Petula Dvorak

Articles by Petula Dvorak

Fear Not, Fireworks Fans: The Shows Will Go On (June 22, 2008)

Power Failure Causes Havoc Downtown (June 14, 2008)

Homeless Make Themselves Visible (June 6, 2008)

D.C. Social Workers Remove More Kids (June 3, 2008)

Adoring Fans, Incognito Celebs Revel in Spelling's Super Bowl (May 31, 2008)

Teens Charged in Robbery Attempt (May 21, 2008)

Burst Pipes Cut Off Service in Southeast (May 7, 2008)

Palfrey Described 'Exit Strategy' (May 6, 2008)

Grooving and Moving With Hip-High Hipsters (May 5, 2008)

Agency Reopens Six Abuse Cases (May 3, 2008)

Brightness Outside, Darkened Moods Inside (May 1, 2008)

Shooting at Vocational School Hurts 2 (April 30, 2008)

Cab Switch To Meters Is Tied Up (April 19, 2008)

D.C.'s Puny Peak Enough to Pump Up 'Highpointers' (April 18, 2008)

First Reactions Run From 'Awesome' To 'Expensive' (April 12, 2008)

Audit Faults City Agency On Monitoring Contracts (April 10, 2008)

On the Other Tightrope (April 3, 2008)

Surge in Caseload Has Put Agency in 'Crisis,' Court Told (April 2, 2008)

D.C. Residents Wait In Stadium's Shadow (March 31, 2008)

City Tries to Cut Down on Unnecessary Ambulance Calls (March 29, 2008)

New Ideas for Blossoms' Bottleneck (March 24, 2008)

Now All the City Needs Is a Pied Piper (March 20, 2008)

Demonstrators Mark 5 Years of War With Protests Across District (March 19, 2008)

Damage to Apartments, Church Put at $20 Million (March 18, 2008)

Fire Clues Still Inaccessible (March 15, 2008)

D.C. Blaze Displaces Nearly 200 (March 14, 2008)

Gunfire Incidents in Shaw Rattle Residents, Prompt More Patrols (March 2, 2008)

D.C. Could Have Done More To Help 4 Sisters, Families Say (February 28, 2008)

Savoring the Oscar Limelight (February 24, 2008)

Shooting Tests Neighborhood's Fragile Calm (February 20, 2008)

Charge Filed In Ballou Drive-By (February 9, 2008)

D.C. Taxi Drivers Strike (February 5, 2008)

New Cases Strain Child Welfare Agency After Deaths of Four D.C. Girls, Firings (February 2, 2008)

D.C. Court Also at Fault in Girls' Deaths, Judge Says (January 16, 2008)

Fenty Fires 6 In Girls' Deaths (January 15, 2008)

Neighbors Remember and Mourn After Fire Kills Mother, Daughter (January 12, 2008)

Youth Had Just Turned 17 When He Was Fatally Shot (January 10, 2008)

Ex-Officer Gets 2 Months For Theft on Break-In Call (January 9, 2008)

Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII (October 6, 2007)

Bottle and Threatening Note Found (November 28, 2006)

For Starters, Mall Visitors Just Want More Bathrooms (November 16, 2006)

2nd Victim Dies; Driver Is Charged In 2-Vehicle Crash (November 14, 2006)

In King's Honor, A Dream Achieved (November 14, 2006)

Memorial Planners Have a Dream, Too (November 12, 2006)

A Classic Finish for an Old Fire Station (November 9, 2006)

Need to Reach Mark Plotkin? Make Sure the Right One's on Speed Dial (November 6, 2006)

Park Service Seeks Ideas for a Mall Makeover (November 1, 2006)

From Gallaudet to Capitol, a March in Step With History (October 22, 2006)

Maximum Bliss at the Pound (October 21, 2006)

Antiwar Message Travels From Texas to Washington (September 6, 2006)

A Covert Chapter Opens For Fort Hunt Veterans (August 20, 2006)

A Chapter Closes (August 17, 2006)

Lebanon Supporters Converge at White House (August 13, 2006)

5 D.C. Youths Arrested in Robberies On the Mall (August 12, 2006)

Protest to Encircle White House (August 11, 2006)

Stepped-Up Police Efforts Don't Avert Club Fracas (August 9, 2006)

Late Learner (August 6, 2006)

Vietnam Wall Visitor Center Approved (August 4, 2006)

Degrees of Suffering (August 3, 2006)

1st Early-Curfew Violators Picked Up (August 1, 2006)

1st Early-Curfew Violators Picked Up (August 1, 2006)

Crime Measures Derided as Too Little, Too Late (July 31, 2006)

Capitol Police Join Park Officers In Efforts to Better Patrol Mall (July 27, 2006)

Park Police Shift Duties To Increase Mall Patrols (July 14, 2006)

Robberies On Mall A Trend, Chief Says (July 13, 2006)

Gun Stolen From D.C. Officer Used In Crimes (July 7, 2006)

3 Officers Disciplined In Rosenbaum Case (July 7, 2006)

Tense Standoff Follows I-395 Shootout With ATF (July 6, 2006)