Thousands affected by Bethesda power outages

By Teta Alim
Anna Isaacs
October 2, 2018 | 1:00 AM

WASHINGTON — A group of outages in the Bethesda, Maryland, area affected thousands of Pepco customers and briefly modified Metro service Monday night.

Power was fully restored by 1 a.m. Tuesday morning.

The outages involved different neighborhoods, including the West Chevy Chase Heights area up to Alta Vista and Pooks Hill.

Metro said that due to the outage, escalators, elevators and other station equipment were affected, but trains were still operating normally. After 8 p.m., trains were bypassing the Bethesda station and riders had to request a bus to and from the Medical Center station for a time, but regular service has since been restored.

A Pepco spokesperson said there’s an equipment issue at the Bethesda substation. Pepco said most folks should have their power restored sometime Monday night.

Maryland Zoo’s lone female elephant moving as facility transitions to all-male herd

By Catherine Chen
August 23, 2026 | 5:48 PM

The Maryland Zoo is preparing to say goodbye to its only female African elephant as it changes to an all-male herd. Felix, a 43-year-old elephant who has lived at the Baltimore zoo for 19 years, will move to another facility later this week. Zoo officials said the move is in Felix’s best interest because it will give her opportunities to socialize with other female elephants. Her interaction with other females have been limited since the zoo’s other female elephant died in 2024. “We will all miss her but having social companionship in a female herd is the best thing for Felix’s overall well-being,” Mammal Curator Erin Cantwell Grimm said.

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