Been playing a lot so the news section has escaped me a bit. But here's the rundown on what's happened after Valentine's (which was extended by a day given server outages):
1)
Year of Dog. In accordance to the Chinese Lunar Year, Niantic has tripled the dust catch of these species (
Eevee,
Snubbull,
Electrike,
Poochyena,
Growlithe), as well as made them more common. Shiny
Poochyena (and by extension
Mightyena) is released and available for capture as well. This ends today, February 17th in about 16 hours or so.
Side note: Have amassed over 700K Stardust thanks to this tiny event + the Luvdisc spam so I'm eternally grateful.
2) These two tiny events served as the PRELUDE to Community Day (triple dust!). Speaking of which, we finally have confirmation on Dratini's move. Only, it is Dragonite's and it is the move
Draco Meteor! For this interval, any caught or evolved Dragonite will be able to get this move! Additionally, unlike the first Community Event, TMs are confirmed to
NOT work for the purposes of getting Draco Meteor Dragonite, so you must evolve one during the 3 hour interval this event will be live.
Notes:
a) There is nothing that states you can't evolve a currently existing Dratini / Dragonair, so simply hold on to a high IV specimen til Community Day, amass the candies (if needed) and evolve it.
b) Draco Meteor is purely a collector's move - Outrage outclasses it in most (not all!) situations, so it is not something to be worth stressing about at present time - unless Draco Meteor receives a buff / Outrage gets a nerf in the future.