Seattle news

• Jeb Bush Probably Doesn't Care About Black People, Either

  12-01-2015 23:28 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Lately, Jeb Bush has talked about reaching out to minorities and women. In 1994, he said he'd do "probably nothing" to help African-Americans and announced that women on welfare should get husbands.Okay, so Jeb Bush is the compassionate conservative. Or, I mean, he's looking to transform America into a kinder, gentler nation. Or, no, wait. Jeb Bush says the middle class has a "right to rise." But surely we should take Jeb Bush at his word, right? Unlike his father and his broth
  
  Read more

• I, Anonymous: Yr Fucking Nuts

  12-01-2015 23:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  STEVEN WEISSMANHey, manager of a local chain restaurant. A close friend of mine decided to celebrate his 26th birthday with dinner at your establishment. Because he didn't know about the peanut oil used to fry your food, my friend had a severe allergic reaction that required hospitalization. This was a terrible and preventable accident, but your follow-up was what truly disgusted everyone. When his father returned and asked you to add a warning to your menu to help prevent futu
  
  Read more

• Golden Globezzzzzzz

  12-01-2015 22:38 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  AND THE GOLDEN GLOBE GOES TO... Arnold Schwarzenegger, Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture, Male, 1977
  A few people have asked why The Stranger posted no coverage of last night's Golden Globe awards ceremony. The answer is threefold: 1) No one on staff gives what could even charitably be described as a single shit. 2) The ceremony is a sanctimonious snoozer (minus some pretty funny highlights) designed to make you feel bad about yourself while some very good people and shows
  
  Read more

• State proposes water-quality rule tied to fish consumption

  12-01-2015 22:06
  
  The Department of Ecology has formally proposed a water-quality rule tied to how much fish people eat.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Kitsap teen charged with 3 counts of vehicular homicide

  12-01-2015 22:06
  
  A 17-year-old driver was charged Monday with three counts of vehicular homicide for an accident over the weekend that claimed the lives of his three teenage passengers.
  
  Read more

• Feds arrive to monitor outbreaks of avian flu in Benton County

  12-01-2015 22:01
  
  RICHLAND — A federal team of bird flu experts has been sent to Benton County to ensure proper disposal of two infected flocks and promote biosecurity measures to reduce risk of spreading the disease.
  
  Read more

• Things To Do Tonight

  12-01-2015 21:54 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Adieu au Language plays tonight and tomorrow only at the Cinerama
  1) A cavalcade of curated video delights, Collide-O-Scope @ Re-Bar
  2) A brilliant adaptation of a brilliant Pynchon novel, Inherent Vice @ Guild 45th
  3) Cut a rug to the most popular and critically revered of all time. Motown Monday @ Bar Sue
  4) You won't be able to look away from Selma @ Ark Lodge Cinema
  5) Godard won the Prix du Jury at Cannes for his newest film. And it's in 3D. Adieu au Language @ Cinerama
  
  Read more

• Bail set for 2 suspects in fatal drive-by shooting in Seattle

  12-01-2015 21:48
  
  A King County District Court judge on Saturday set bail for two men in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in Seattle's Rainier Valley on New Year's Eve.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Hearing Monday for Redmond-area man accused of killing father

  12-01-2015 21:22
  
  A bond hearing for a 22-year-old Redmond-area man accused of fatally shooting his father is scheduled for Monday afternoon.
  
  Read more

• City taking own look at Bertha; report cites 'catastrophic risk'

  12-01-2015 21:20
  
  The City of Seattle says it has hired its own engineering consultants to take an independent look at the Alaskan Way Viaduct, to see whether groundwater removal and other Highway 99 tunnel work poses a hazard.
  
  Read more

• Former Seattle SuperSonic Robert Swift goes back to jail

  12-01-2015 21:15
  
  Former Seattle SuperSonic Robert Swift goes back to jail
  
  Read more

• Death Cab for Cutie Unveil Song Titles for New Album, Kintsugi

  12-01-2015 21:13 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Via Rolling Stone
  Extremely popular Seattle alt-rock band Death Cab for Cutie have announced the song titles of their new album, Kintsugi [see below]. The group's first album since 2011's Codes and Keys, Kintsugi comes out March 31 on Atlantic. It's their first release without guitarist/songwriter Chris Walla, who joined the band in 1997 (read his explanation for leaving DCFC here).
  Some of Walla's contributions can be heard on Kintsugi, and his departure inspired the title.
  
  Read more

• Feds propose water-quality rule tied to fish consumption

  12-01-2015 21:12
  
  The Department of Ecology has formally proposed a water-quality rule tied to how much fish people eat.
  
  Read more

• Seahawks' moms forming organization for other NFL mothers

  12-01-2015 21:00
  
  Seahawks' moms forming organization for other NFL mothers
  
  Read more

• Lunchtime: The Downside of Eating at the Food Trucks in South Lake Union

  12-01-2015 20:50 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  314 Pie: Not terribly complex.
  When you walk around South Lake Union's many blocks of food trucks, do you see a diverse paradise of densely packed food options, or a libertarian's dream come true? In a recent interview with Business Insider founder and CEO Henry Blodget, Jeff Bezos praised Amazon's South Lake Union campus for inspiring "an unbelievable food truck scene." But food trucks are good news and bad news, like most of the ideas that Bezos praises. On the one hand, they
  
  Read more

• Anti-police brutality protesters disrupt Seattle City Council meeting

  12-01-2015 20:40
  
  The Seattle City Council temporarily suspended its weekly briefing Monday morning after people upset with the Seattle Police Department’s handling of recent anti-police brutality demonstrations began shouting and singing.
  
  Read more

• Students mourn loss of classmates killed in crash

  12-01-2015 20:39
  
  Students mourn loss of classmates killed in crash
  
  Read more

• Trial in Carnation slayings delayed again as Supreme Court grants stay

  12-01-2015 20:39
  
  The state Supreme Court granted a temporary stay in the death-penalty trial of Joseph McEnroe late last week, postponing opening statements by at least a week and potentially into early February in a case that has already taken more than seven years to get to trial.
  
  Read more

• Rick Santorum Thinks He's Gonna Be President

  12-01-2015 20:33 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  NYT:
  Santorum Criticizes Potential G.O.P. Rivals as ‘Bomb Throwers’
  Rick Santorum is positioning himself as the moderate in the race—that tells you almost everything you need to know about today's GOP. And the way Santorum phrases this criticism of Mike Huckabee tells you everything you need to know about the GOP's current relationship to reality:
  “Climate change. This guy was for climate change.”
  Mike Huckabee once endorsed a cap-and-trade progra
  
  Read more

• City hires independent consultants to assess Bertha situation

  12-01-2015 20:17
  
  The City of Seattle says it has hired its own engineering consultants to take an independent look at the Alaskan Way Viaduct, to see whether groundwater removal and other Highway 99 tunnel work poses a hazard.
  
  Read more

• Ex-Sonic Robert Swift pleads not guilty to weapon charge

  12-01-2015 19:57
  
  The Associated Press
  
  Read more

• Walk Is Cheap: The "Circus of Hypocrisy" Among World Leaders at This Weekend's Rally in Paris

  12-01-2015 19:53 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Hadrian/ShutterstockYesterday's rally in Paris.
  Yesterday, as you know, an estimated 3.7 million people marched in France, ostensibly to support freedom of expression, show solidarity in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and condemn the intimidation of journalists.
  But as reporters have been pointing out, the lineup included traces of hypocrisy—Turkey, Egypt, and Russia aren't exactly on the vanguard of robust and unshackled journalism. As one Gabonese journalist sai
  
  Read more

• Daily Rant & Rave: You're up for the Darwin Award (it's not an honor)

  12-01-2015 19:45
  
  RAVE To the thoughtful Fed Ex driver who wisely placed our package behind a planter box on our front porch, with a dog treat on top so Murphy, our golden retriever, could lead us to the semi-hidden delivery.
  
  Read more

• Protesters Briefly Shut Down Council Meeting About Police and Bertha, Continue to Shout

  12-01-2015 19:41 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Heidi GrooverProtesters concerned with police brutality shut down this morning's council meeting with songs and chants of, "Which side are you on?" As the meeting briefly adjourned, Council Member Kshama Sawant raised her hands in solidarity.
  This morning's city council meeting—called to discuss Bertha's latest troubles and the $1.6 million spent on policing recent protests—was interrupted by protesters against police brutality who sang and chanted until Council Pre
  
  Read more

• Flu kills 5-year-old Tacoma girl in couple of days

  12-01-2015 19:11
  
  The Associated Press
  
  Read more

• Issaquah police recover $48,000 worth of stolen sports equipment

  12-01-2015 19:11
  
  Issaquah police recover $48,000 in stolen sports equipment
  
  Read more

• Surveillance photos show Bremerton car prowlers

  12-01-2015 18:45
  
  Surveillance photos show Bremerton car prowlers
  
  Read more

• New Year Brings New Bike Lane (And Now, Cycletrack!) Blockages

  12-01-2015 18:26 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Slog, I stand corrected. Back in May, I was cycling along 12th Avenue and found the bike lane blocked by a delivery truck. I wrote that this is why we need more protected bike lanes—also known as cycletracks—like the one Broadway on Capitol Hill. A cycletrack, I wrote, "doesn't have this problem" of people parking in it and forcing bicycles to merge in and out of car traffic.
  Slog tipper Dan Simmonds, however, ran into that exact problem last week, and he's got phot
  
  Read more

• The Morning News: Seahawks One Step Closer to Second Super Bowl; City Wasn’t Warned About Fears of “Catastrophic Failure” Regarding Bertha Rescue Pit

  12-01-2015 17:59 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONSTP hasn't been digging lately. Maybe because of impending "catastrophic failure"?
  Remember That Time Bertha Rescue Pit Engineers Warned the City About “Catastrophic Failure”? Wait, what?!? The city council actually never got that seemingly very important memo, and when the concern was conveyed, it was relayed in highly edited, watered-down language. The city council is holding a session with WSDOT this morning to get s
  
  Read more

• The Morning News: Seahawks One Step Closer to Second Super Bowl; City Wasn’t Warned About “Catastrophic Failure” Regarding Bertha Rescue Pit

  12-01-2015 17:59 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONSTP hasn't been digging lately. Maybe because of impending "catastrophic failure"?
  Remember That Time Bertha Rescue Pit Engineers Warned the City About “Catastrophic Failure”? Wait, what?!? The city council actually never got that seemingly very important memo, and when the concern was conveyed, it was relayed in highly edited, watered-down language. The city council is holding a session with WSDOT this morning to get s
  
  Read more

• Europeans March When Their Freedoms Are Challenged by Islamic Terrorists and Not So Much When Challenged by White Power Terrorists

  12-01-2015 17:47 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Frederic Legrand - COMEO/ShutterstockThe march to nowhere...
  What was the massive march that happened yesterday in Paris about? What were the protesters demanding? And who exactly were they sending a message to? Islamic terrorists? Nearly 4 million Europeans were standing up against this form of fanaticism? But not too long ago, a certain Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 people, most of whom were teenagers, for clear political reasons. He was on the extreme right of the Eu
  
  Read more

• Moses Lake third-grader removed for threatening school

  12-01-2015 17:16
  
  The Associated Press
  
  Read more

• Candle sets fire at Portland State University residence hall

  12-01-2015 17:01
  
  The Associated Press
  
  Read more

• Experimental MS treatment halts disease ‘in its tracks’

  12-01-2015 16:39
  
  A Seattle man is among two dozen MS patients in a promising clinical trial that found high-dose immune-suppressing drugs and stem-cell transplants may stop the progress of the disease in those who've failed usual care.
  
  Read more

• Seahawks Insufferably Close to Second Straight Super Bowl After Taming Panthers

  12-01-2015 16:15 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Seattle SeahawksNext up, Green Bay.
  The Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers 34-17 on Saturday, meaning the Super Bowl Champion Seahawks are one game away from their second consecutive Super Bowl.
  One more time.
  The Super Bowl Champion Seahawks are one game away from their second consecutive Super Bowl.
  The Insufferable Road to Rewinnining the Super Bowl has had some twists and turns, but the next exit is the Super Bowl, and we’re merging into the right lane. LET US IN, GR
  
  Read more

• 10 issues to watch in Olympia

  12-01-2015 16:03
  
  If you been following the news, you’ll know that state lawmakers will be dealing with a pretty wide range of issues this year. As the legislative session begins Monday, and the Capitol fills with legislators, lobbyists and proposals, here are 10 issues to keep an eye on:
  
  Read more

• Putting a Seattle spin on a car-service app

  12-01-2015 16:02
  
  A homegrown app puts a personal touch on Seattle ride-sharing.
  
  Read more

• USS Stennis leaving Puget Sound on latest deployment

  12-01-2015 15:45
  
  The aircraft carrier USS John Stennis is leaving Puget Sound Monday on its latest deployment in the Pacific.
  
  Read more

• Classic car crashes on Ballard Bridge

  12-01-2015 15:44
  
  Classic car crashes on Ballard Bridge
  
  Read more

• Marysville police: Men win $5,000 at casino, get robbed

  12-01-2015 15:42
  
  The Associated Press
  
  Read more

• Human remains found in wooded area near Mill Creek

  12-01-2015 15:15
  
  A man walking in the woods in Mill Creek Sunday evening found the remains of a body in a small wooden structure near the Bothell-Everett Highway, according to a Mill Creek Police Department news release.
  
  Read more

• Daily Rant&Rave: You're up for the Darwin Award (it's not an honor)

  12-01-2015 15:01
  
  RAVE To the thoughtful Fed Ex driver who wisely placed our package behind a planter box on our front porch, with a dog treat on top so Murphy, our golden retriever, could lead us to the semi-hidden delivery.
  
  Read more

• Seattle Officials Not Warned About "Catastrophic Failure" Concerns for Bertha Rescue Pit

  12-01-2015 15:00 via slog.thestranger.com
  
  Washington State Department of TransportationWhy did the state quietly tell its contractor to stop digging Bertha's rescue pit in mid-December? Was it because engineers warned of imminent doom?
  The Washington State Department of Transportation has not been straight with Seattle.
  Last week, in a damning letter from Seattle's own Department of Transportation and Seattle Public Utilities, city officials called on the state to explain why Bertha's rescue pit engineers had apparent
  
  Read more

• Lakewood home found empty after SWAT response

  12-01-2015 14:33
  
  Lakewood home found empty after SWAT response
  
  Read more

• Jury selected in 2009 killing of Seattle officer

  12-01-2015 14:16
  
  Jury selected in 2009 killing of Seattle officer
  
  Read more

• Dedicated 12s spending nights outside for Seahawks playoff tickets

  12-01-2015 13:47
  
  Dedicated 12s spending nights outside for playoff tickets
  
  Read more

• Businesses credit Seahawks’ success with huge boom in sales

  12-01-2015 13:28
  
  Businessess credit Seahawks success with huge boom in sales
  
  Read more

• Police probe motive in Idaho shooting spree that killed 3

  12-01-2015 10:17
  
  Investigators say a laptop computer from the vehicle of a man suspected in a deadly shooting spree in western Idaho could yield clues to a motive for the violence.
  
  Read more

• The state budget process: a clash of parallel universes

  12-01-2015 06:37
  
  As lawmakers start work in Olympia to make hard decisions on taxing, cutting and spending, it all has the look of parallel universes colliding. So far, they can’t even agree on the scope of the problems, or some fundamental numbers.
  
  Read more

• In a year of new costs, Legislature to debate how, whether to pay

  12-01-2015 04:43
  
  As lawmakers start work in Olympia to make hard decisions on taxing, cutting and spending, it all has the look of parallel universes colliding. So far, they can’t even agree on the scope of the problems, or some fundamental numbers.
  
  Read more

Follow @Seattle_news_ on Twitter!