Jonathan Andujar, 28, was ordered sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for observation at his arraignment on charges he threw a brick at an occupied Boston Police cruiser this morning, in an incident that sent one officer to the hospital with minor injuries. Read more.

Kathleen O'Donnell paused to admire the scene outside Sault New England on Tremont Street in the South End this morning.

The Boston Sun reports that Mayor Walsh concentrated on the ongoing problems related to addicts and homeless people along Melnea Cass Boulevard and Mass. Ave. and on Boston Common at a recent South End Forum meeting.

We’re laser focused on it. It’s the same for Boston Common. We’re laser focused on Boston Common. That and the area here are the two hot spots. We’re meeting weekly internally on every aspect of the problem…You’ll still see homeless people, but we’re hoping to reduce it…

Boston Restaurant Talk reports that Teranga has apparently resolved its issues with the state and is planning on being open this weekend.

The Boston Guardian reports Emilio's on Tremont Street is closing for good.

Via Boston Restaurant Talk.

Kathleen O'Donnell woke up to snow in the South End this morning. Read more.

The Boston Sun reports the news of the possible impending sale of the former Hotel Alexandra at Mass. Ave. and Washington Street comes in time to quiet neighborhood calls for the city to take the building by eminent domain.

The church bought the building some nine years ago as a Boston-area headquarters, then never did anything, then decided to move to Allston.

Herald photographer Mark Garfinkel reports how he was on his way to an anodyne assignment (photograph a house on Beacon Hill) when he drove into "the leading edge of what appeared to look like an ocean tide encroaching on a beach" - from what turned out to be a fatal water-main break.

The Globe interviews the families of the two men who died in that trench on Dartmouth Street. The Herald has photos from the scene.