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Multiple agencies are investigating a suspicious vehicle Saturday near the Tidal Basin in Southwest D.C., authorities said.

Japan gifted the United States a Japanese Pagoda in 1957. News4’s Tommy McFly has the story of how the gift was assembled.

Access will be limited to both people on foot and those in vehicles.

The cherry blossoms could reach peak bloom around the Tidal Basin in a week. Officials warn if crowds become too big, the event will be shut down for safety because of the pandemic. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss has more details about how and what that shutdown could look like.

The National Park Service announced plans to limit access to the Tidal Basin and surrounding monuments over fears large crowds could make the cherry blossoms a COVID-19 superspreader event. News4’s Mark Segraves reports on the closures.

Access will be limited to both people on foot and those in vehicles.

News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports on events included in this year’s Cherry Blossom Festival.

Some of the famous cherry blossom trees around D.C.’s Tidal Basin entered the first phase of their blooming cycle, the National Park Services (NPS) announced Thursday. NPS said in a tweet that the Yoshino cherry blossom trees have started to develop green buds, the first of six stages culminating in peak bloom. NPS makes its own prediction about the...

As the weather begins to warm, D.C.’s cherry trees are finding their way to bloom. Storm Team4 Meteorologist Amelia Draper is predicting the cherry blossoms’ much-anticipated peak bloom to happen April 4-9. With temperatures running cooler than normal this month, Draper said the blossoms have yet to hit their first of six stages. The final stage is peak bloom,...

Meteorologist Amelia Draper predicts it will be about another month before the cherry blossoms bloom.

A hungry beaver made a (hopefully) very tasty snack out of one of D.C.’s most treasured landmarks along the Tidal Basin: a cherry tree. When a Yoshino cherry blossom tree was found missing layers of bark and wood and surrounded by fresh wood chips in October, it was pretty evident who the culprit was, the National Park Service said...

D.C. is closing off a large part of the National Mall and the Tidal Basin to pedestrians, cyclists and drivers in an effort to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

D.C. Chef José Andrés is promising people paella if they stay away from the cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin. His request comes after the National Parks Service asked people to stay home and practice social distancing. Andrés started the #StayHomeCherryBlossomsChallenge to motivate D.C. residents and tourists to avoid the popular site on the National Mall. He tweeted Sunday...

Large crowds gathering at the Tidal Basin to see the iconic cherry blossoms prompted the National Park Service to urge people not to go see the trees. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Hundreds of people flocked to the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., Saturday to see the iconic cherry blossoms, prompting the National Park Service to take steps to keep crowds away amid the coronavirus pandemic. NPS urged people to stay away from the Tidal Basin as it has become “increasingly difficult to maintain effective social distancing.” “Quite frankly, the crowds...

News4’s Aimee Cho went to the Tidal Basin to see how the coronavirus has impacted the area’s busiest season.

Metro shuttered the two stations closest to the Tidal Basin Thursday to keep cherry blossom visitors from crowding stations and trains. The Smithsonian and Arlington National Cemetery stations were closed at 5 p.m., planned in advance. The reason for those closures is so the system can be reserved for essential travel by the likes of employees of the Pentagon, the…

Though smaller than usual, crowds at the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms are cause of concern about the coronavirus. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports Metro closed stations nearby to prevent crowding at stations and on trains.

With ridership down 70% systemwide, Metro will begin running trains every 15 minutes starting Wednesday. Metrobus drivers will be allowed to skip stops if they feel their buses are too full. As News4 Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss reports, Metro is going as far as telling riders to not take their service to the Tidal Basin’s cherry blossoms.

Storm Team4’s Amelia Draper explains her prediction for when the iconic cherry blossoms at the Tidal Basin in D.C. will be in peak bloom.