Seattle news

• New Puget Sound Climate Report Projects Increased Flooding and Landslide Risk

  17-11-2015 23:39 via thestranger.com
  
  An image of the Oso debris field four weeks after the fatal mudslide in 2014. Brendan Kiley
  Climate science has come a long way from where it was even a decade ago. While scientists have long described how man-made greenhouse gas emissions are linked to global warming, it's only in recent years that they've been able to hone in on something the average person can more easily get his or her head around: local climate change impacts.Today, scientists at the University of Washington released the mo
  
  Read more

• I Went to a 12-Course Pop-Up Dinner in a Queer Arts Space Last Week

  17-11-2015 23:16 via thestranger.com
  
  All lined up. Ashley Bullock
  When I went to “Rough Draft”—a 12-course pop-up dinner put on by chefs Aaron Wilcenski (formerly of Zig Zag Cafe) and Erik Jackson (Capitol Cider), along with booze dude Nick Jarvis (Tom Douglas Restaurants)—I expected it to be a little eccentric. I did not, however, expect it to be the best argument for prix-fixe pop-ups I’ve encountered. The ambitious dinner, which included pairings (tickets cost $130 per person), was held in a queer a
  
  Read more

• The Cover of Tomorrow's Issue of Charlie Hebdo

  17-11-2015 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  A demain dans #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/LWB5bL2ADD— Mathieu Madénian (@mathieumadenian) November 17, 2015
  The text, translated, reads: "They have weapons. Fuck them. We have champagne."And there's champagne pouring into and right back out of the guy's body.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
  Read more

• Justice Scalia disputes gay civil rights protections, likens to protecting pedophiles

  17-11-2015 22:47
  
  U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, an angry dissenter in past rights rulings, has questioned whether civil rights protections should be extended to the LGBT community and thrown in a crude comparison to pedophiles. “What minorities deserve protection?  What? It’s up to me to identify deserving minorities?” Scalia told first year Georgetown Law School students, in a talk first reported by The New York Times. Scalia argued that such decisions should not be made
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Tim Eyman to file new anti-tax ballot measure

  17-11-2015 22:43
  
  While waiting to see what the courts do with an anti-tax initiative recently passed by voters, initiative promoter Tim Eyman says he’s already moving forward with another ballot measure.
  
  Read more

• King County prevails in fight over Brightwater tunnel costs

  17-11-2015 22:29
  
  King County will recover $144 million in a dispute about tunnel cost overruns in the Brightwater sewer project. A look at similarities -- and differences -- between this tunnel battle and the Seattle debacle involving Bertha.
  
  Read more

• Bruce Harrell wins Seattle’s District 2 seat; Tammy Morales concedes

  17-11-2015 21:43
  Seattle City Councilmember Bruce Harrell retained a seat on the council, with his opponent conceding the race Tuesday.
  
  Read more

• Thundercat's "Paris" Pays Tribute to Those Who Died in France's Terrorist Attacks

  17-11-2015 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  Thundercat: Lovely, consoling, understated pathos
  LA bassist/vocalist/composer Thundercat (Stephen Bruner) has composed—along with fellow Brainfeeder recording artist Mono/Poly—a tribute song to those who died in the November 13 Paris terrorist attacks. While he's best known for his flamboyant electronic/jazz-fusion productions and collaborations with Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar, Thundercat goes for understated pathos on "Paris." It's a lovely, consoling piece of music, worthy of
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Lynnwood to pay $60,000 to couple over violent traffic stop

  17-11-2015 21:29
  
  Lynnwood police have settled a civil-rights claim by a couple who say they were roughed up and arrested by an officer during a routine traffic stop.
  
  Read more

• New civilian watchdog to oversee King County sheriff

  17-11-2015 21:28
  Cheryle Bloom, a former King County auditor, has been appointed by the Metropolitan King County Council as interim director of the county’s Office of Law Enforcement Oversight (OLEO).
  
  Read more

• Another big global oil company abandons plans for Arctic offshore drilling in Alaska

  17-11-2015 21:18
  
  The government-owned Norwegian firm Statoil said Tuesday it is pulling out of oil leases in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, just two months after Shell Oil abandoned its $7 billion Arctic program after drilling an unsuccessful well. “Since 2008 we have worked to progress our options in Alaska. Solid work has been carried out, but given the current outlook we could not support continued efforts to mature this opportunity,” Tim Dodson, executive vice president at Statoil, said in a stateme
  
  Read more

• Trees Are Toppling, Traffic's a Mess, and There Are 17 Concurrent Power Outages in Seattle Alone

  17-11-2015 21:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Two hours ago, a tree landed on this Metro bus. King County Sheriff’s OfficeAs KOMO reports:Gusty winds and heavy rain battered Western Washington as a powerful storm system began moving in Tuesday, toppling trees, triggering traffic mayhem and knocking out power to thousands even before the main brunt of the storm arrived.
  That tree above landed on a Metro bus just before 10 am today. The route 331 runs near Shoreline Community College. "The driver was the only occupant," according to Ser
  
  Read more

• Check Out the Official Trailer for Bill Murray's A Very Murray Christmas!

  17-11-2015 21:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Not so long ago I whet your appetite with a teaser for the upcoming one-off holiday special A Very Murray Christmas (debuting December 4 on Netflix)—and now? Here's the official trailer, just released today! Directed by Sofia Coppola and shot with the same corny adorableness as those old-timey celebrity holiday spectaculars, this one stars Bill Murray (as himself) whose Christmas special is crapping the bed because of a snowstorm. Will guest stars George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, Amy Poehler,
  
  Read more

• Lewis County mill owner admits to trafficking in illegally cut maples

  17-11-2015 20:55
  
  The owner of a Winlock lumber mill has pleaded guilty to trafficking in big leaf maple trees that were illegally harvested from national forest lands.
  
  Read more

• Student sues Portland university for $3M after rape

  17-11-2015 20:39
  
  A Portland university student who says another student raped her has filed a $3 million lawsuit.
  
  Read more

• 12 views of how much Seattle has changed in 8 years

  17-11-2015 20:26
  
  These 12 images show the stark contrast in a few Seattle locations in just eight years.
  
  Read more

• Updated: After 19 Years, Suyama Space Is Closing at the End of 2016

  17-11-2015 20:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Ian McMahon's giant curtains made of plaster were one of the most spectacular installations at Suyama Space over the years. At the end of their run, in 2014, the curtains came crashing to the floor in a controlled destruction that took place in front of a SRO crowd. Courtesy of Suyama Space
  In a letter sent to supporters this week, Suyama Space co-founders Beth Sellars and George Suyama wrote:Having few conventional administrative limitations freed Suyama Space to present a fluid presentation of
  
  Read more

• How Much Gum Was on the Gum Wall? A Ton—No, More Than a Ton

  17-11-2015 20:07 via thestranger.com
  
  This is the last time you'll see this gross bucket. The great gum wall fiasco is over. Let the healing begin.Justin Huguet
  Last week, those of us still glued to the gum wall battle going down on Slog turned our attention from abstract arguments about the political nature of the wall and stories full of armchair auto-psychoanalysis to more concrete concerns. Namely, was Pike Place planning to compost the gum? And how much gum was on that wall in the first place?In an official Slog poll in which w
  
  Read more

• Suit: Connecticut scoutmaster abused 19 kids in ’60s, ’70s

  17-11-2015 19:59
  
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Seventeen men and two women are suing the Boy Scouts of America and local chapters in Connecticut, saying a now-dead scoutmaster sexually abused them when they were children in the 1960s and 1970s. The suit alleges that some of the accusers were assaulted hundreds of times. The lawsuit filed in state […]
  
  Read more

• Republican Candidates Are Taking a Brave Stand Against Terrorism, Facts

  17-11-2015 19:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Donald Trump: "Is anything I'm saying true? I don't know! Who cares!" Ilya B. Mirman / Shutterstock.com
  Well, another day, another opportunity for the Republican presidential candidates to show off how much they hate foreigners. While Bernie and Hillary have made a good show of their openness to refugees, Republicans have gleefully jumped on the same train that tried to keep Jews from fleeing the Nazis. (In 1938, 67.4 percent of Americans thought we should bar Jewish immigration.)
  And so how do
  
  Read more

• Man in wig, shorts sought in Capitol Hill flashing incidents

  17-11-2015 19:20
  
  A man responsible for a series of indecent-exposure incidents on Capitol Hill may have struck again last week, police said.
  
  Read more

• King County Set Ambitious New Climate Goals Yesterday. Here's What That Means.

  17-11-2015 19:09 via thestranger.com
  
  A very determined-looking King County Executive Dow Constantine signed an ambitious new regional climate plan on Monday.SB
  On Monday, King County Executive Dow Constantine signed a renewed, regional plan to address climate change over the next half-century. The exhaustive, 151-page Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP) consists of an update to climate goals the county established in 2012, and lists 70 (!) ways to get there.
  The five-year plan is split into two parts. The first pledges to reduce K
  
  Read more

• Man Shoots and Kills Woman During "Freaky Sex" Gone Wrong

  17-11-2015 19:04 via thestranger.com
  
  Your kink is not my kink but your kink IS NOT OKAY:
  A man has been arrested after accidentally shooting a woman in the head while they were engaged in sexual activity. Just before 2 a.m. on November 7, Tampa Police responded to a 911 call from Tyrone Fields who said he shot Christina Meagher in the head at the Regency Inn and Suites on Church Avenue. When police arrived they were met by Fields and saw Meagher on the bed with a gunshot wound to her head.... Fields admitted to shooting the victim
  
  Read more

• Changes Within Debacle Fest and MOTOR Records to Impact Seattle's Underground-Music Scene

  17-11-2015 19:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Debacle Fest and MOTOR Records founder Sam Melancon announced over the weekend several personnel changes within those organizations, which have become cornerstones of Seattle’s underground-music scene:
  First, he tapped New York-based Nathaniel Young—who runs the excellent Blankstairs imprint, which has Seattle techno artists Josef Gaard and Archivist on its roster—to manage the Debacle and MOTOR labels. Second, Rachel Glasgow will take over from Samantha Fonteyne-Crescioni the
  
  Read more

• Klingon sword brandished after trash dispute in Spokane

  17-11-2015 18:59
  
  A 50-year-old Spokane man is facing assault charges after his neighbor says he swung a Klingon sword at him during an argument about trash.
  
  Read more

• Grand jury: Cop killed ex-wife while daughter, 7, was in car

  17-11-2015 18:54
  
  FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey police officer chased after his ex-wife and then gunned her down with his service weapon while their 7-year-old daughter was in his car, a grand jury alleged in an indictment unsealed on Tuesday. Neptune Township Sgt. Philip Seidle was charged with murder, weapons offenses and child endangerment in […]
  
  Read more

• Wintery storm brings snow to Colorado, twisters to Texas

  17-11-2015 18:53
  
  DENVER (AP) — A powerful wintery storm dumped heavy snow on parts of Colorado on Tuesday while bringing the threat of tornadoes to millions in Arkansas and Texas, where a handful of damaging twisters had plowed through that state’s Panhandle the day before. Much of Interstate 70, Colorado’s main east-west highway, was closed because of […]
  
  Read more

• NYC sets goal of screening all new mothers for depression

  17-11-2015 18:52
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City health officials are setting a goal of screening every pregnant woman and new mother for maternal depression. First lady Chirlane McCray and Deputy Mayor Richard Buery announced the initiative Tuesday. As a first step, the city’s public hospitals and Maimonides Medical Center have set a two-year deadline to […]
  
  Read more

• Mill owner admits to buying maples illegally cut in national forest

  17-11-2015 18:09
  
  The U.S. Attorney's office says Harold Clause Kupers and his Winlock company, J&L Tonewoods, admitted to buying the highly prized wood without requiring sellers to show they had a special permit.
  
  Read more

• Charlie Sheen’s statement on being HIV positive

  17-11-2015 17:59
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Sheen issued the following statement Tuesday. What follows is the complete, unedited letter: Roughly four years ago, I suddenly found myself in the throws of a seismic and debilitating three-day cluster-migraine like headache. I was emergently hospitalized with what I believed to be a brain tumor or perhaps some unknown […]
  
  Read more

• The Morning News: Governor Jay Inslee Calls Out Other Governors' Islamophobia

  17-11-2015 17:56 via thestranger.com
  
  Governor Jay Inslee says that 'Washington will continue to be a state that welcomes those seeking refuge from persecution, regardless of where they come from or the religion they practice." Washington State/Flickr
  ICYMI, Governors from 27 States Are Saying They Don't Want Syrian Refugees: And two presidential candidates, Ted Cruz and Jeb Bush, have said that if those refugees were Christian it'd be a different story.
  Not That Governors Actually Have the Ability to Deny Refugees: But that doesn't
  
  Read more

• 1 killed as storm rakes Western Washington

  17-11-2015 17:46
  
  One person was killed as a potent storm roared into Western Washington with gusty winds and heavy rain, toppling trees, triggering traffic mayhem and knocking out power to well over 200,000 customers as the storm peaked.
  
  Read more

• Northbound I-405 jammed by multiple-car collision

  17-11-2015 16:38
  
  Traffic on northbound I-405 came to a crawl Tuesday morning before 7 a.m. due to a collision involving up to 11 vehicles, according Washington State Patrol Trooper Chris Webb.
  
  Read more

• High winds to hit Puget Sound area: Flooding, downed trees, landslides possible

  17-11-2015 16:27
  
  A high-wind warning begins at 8 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. for the Puget Sound region.
  
  Read more

• After 19 Years, Suyama Space Is Closing at the End of 2016

  17-11-2015 16:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Ian McMahon's giant curtains made of plaster were one of the most spectacular installations at Suyama Space over the years. At the end of their run, in 2014, the curtains came crashing to the floor in a controlled destruction that took place in front of a SRO crowd. Courtesy of Suyama Space
  In a letter sent to supporters this week, Suyama Space co-founders Beth Sellars and George Suyama wrote:Having few conventional administrative limitations freed Suyama Space to present a fluid presentation of
  
  Read more

• Dual-language instruction will start in three more Washington districts

  17-11-2015 16:00
  
  For the first time, the legislature is giving financial support to districts that offer dual-language instruction. Five districts will receive the first grants.
  
  Read more

• Missouri would likely be alone with 10 percent black faculty

  17-11-2015 15:21
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — If the University of Missouri succeeds in meeting a student demand for a faculty that’s 10 percent black in two years, it will likely be alone among its peers. No state’s “flagship” public university campus had a black faculty population approaching that level, and only a handful topped even the 5 […]
  
  Read more

• Judge grants request to drop Craigslist ad murder appeal

  17-11-2015 15:19
  
  SUNBURY, Pa. (AP) — A judge has granted a newlywed husband’s request to drop his bid to have his guilty plea withdrawn after admitting he helped kill a Pennsylvania man who was lured through a Craigslist ad. A judge approved 24-year-old Elytte Barbour’s request on Monday after talking with him. Barbour and his 20-year-old wife, […]
  
  Read more

• Man sentenced for killing, dismembering boyfriend

  17-11-2015 15:10
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who killed and dismembered his boyfriend, leaving the head near the Hollywood sign, has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. City News Service says 40-year-old Gabriel Campos-Martinez was sentenced Monday by a judge who urged him to explain why he committed the murder. Campos-Martinez earlier declined […]
  
  Read more

• Man charged after 6 slain at rural Texas campsite

  17-11-2015 15:09
  
  PALESTINE, Texas (AP) — Six people were killed at a Texas campsite, authorities said, and a suspect has been arrested and charged in the weekend homicides. Anderson County Sheriff Greg Taylor said Monday that the bodies were found in a rural part of the county, southeast of Dallas. Authorities haven’t released the victims’ names and […]
  
  Read more

• Washington colleges continue to draw a large number of foreign students

  17-11-2015 15:02
  
  The number of international students coming to Washington for college continued its upward trend in the 2014-15 school year, although growth wasn't as strong as in previous years.
  
  Read more

• Charlie Sheen says he is HIV-positive; has been blackmailed

  17-11-2015 14:34
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Former “Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen has HIV. In an interview Tuesday on NBC’s “Today,” the 50-year-old actor said he tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS about four years ago, but that, thanks to a rigorous drug regimen, he’s healthy. When asked by co-host Matt Lauer […]
  
  Read more

• UW study: Puget Sound area may face more flooding as climate gets warmer

  17-11-2015 09:01
  
  A UW climate-change study for Puget Sound forecasts a temperature rise of 2.9 to 5.4 degrees Fahrenheit by midcentury, resulting in wide-ranging shifts as more storms bring rain rather than snow.
  
  Read more

• Western US hit with blast of winter-like weather

  17-11-2015 07:20
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wintry blast of air brought blizzard-like conditions Monday to parts of the West after whipping up a damaging tornado in Central California and buffeting the Los Angeles area with gusts topping 70 mph, forecasters said. Drivers in Southern California mountain areas were urged to use caution as light snow and […]
  
  Read more

• Vast forest fires in Indonesia spawn ecological disaster

  17-11-2015 06:51
  
  KAMPAR, Indonesia (AP) — For farmer Achmad Rusli, it was a season of smoke: Ten weeks without sunlight for his oranges, guavas and durians, thanks to deliberately set forest fires that burned a chunk of Indonesia the size of New Jersey. The fires have finally died down with the arrival of monsoon rains, but too […]
  
  Read more

• Gates Foundation cuts fossil fuel investments — but why?

  17-11-2015 06:15
  
  Divestment campaigns intensify before Paris climate meeting, but Seattle charity is mum on whether profits or ethics led to unloading Exxon, other stocks.
  
  Read more

• Last dam-explosion worker released from Harborview

  17-11-2015 05:18
  Six workers were hospitalized with injuries that ranged in severity after an explosion at the Priest Rapids Dam last month.
  
  Read more

• Rainfall helps area’s potential water shortage problem

  17-11-2015 05:13
  Everett, Seattle and Tacoma have moved to the lowest stage of their plans for a water shortage, ending a summer request to customers to cut use by 10 percent.
  
  Read more

• The late Billy Frank Jr. and Ruckelshaus to receive Medal of Freedom

  17-11-2015 05:02
  The late Billy Frank Jr. and William Ruckelshaus are being awarded the highest civilian honor in the U.S. Both worked on environmental issues for decades.
  
  Read more

• Billy Frank, Jr., William Ruckelshaus honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom

  17-11-2015 04:18
  
  Two of Washington’s great champions of environmental protection and salmon restoration, Billy Frank, Jr., and William Ruckelshaus, are being honored at the White House next week with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Both men have made stellar contributions to the environment of the Evergreen State and nation, but from very different starting points. Shortly before his death last year, Billy Frank Jr. posed for a photo near Frank’s Landing on the Nisqually River in Nisqually, Wash.
  
  Read more

Follow @Seattle_news_ on Twitter!