Morning Rundown

Streetcar Funding — Mayor Muriel Bowser’s budget proposal calls for keeping $335 million in the streetcar program over six years, to finish the H Street line and extend it to Georgetown and to the Benning Road Metro station in Ward 7. The latest estimate for the size of the system is 7.5 miles. [WAMU]

Development Planned at 501 H St. NE — The six-story mixed-use development planned at 501 H St. NE was supported this week by the planning committee of ANC 6C. The latest designs call for 28 residential units and 17,500 square feet of retail. [Urban Turf]

More Details on Killing of Hill Lawyer — The 30-year-old Capitol Hill resident found fatally stabbed in a hotel room posted to Craigslist in search of a sexual encounter, police documents show. The 21-year-old woman charged with murder told detectives she attacked David Messerschmitt after she had a flashback of previously being assaulted. [Washington Post]

Women’s Self-Defense Workshop — An instructor with a fourth-degree black belt in Aikido will hold a women’s self-defense workshop on 8th Street NE on Thursday, April 9. For more information, see our events calendar.