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• Video: Watch Seattle's nightmare traffic bloom Monday morning

  26-09-2016 23:46
  
  This is a time-lapse video of traffic developing this morning in the Seattle region — we all know how it's going to go. It's going to suck. But watching it from the bird's-eye view of Google Maps with the traffic overlay is still pretty interesting.
  
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• Big homeless spending boost in Mayor Murray's activist interventionist budget

  26-09-2016 23:29
  
  Mayor Murray:  a $12 million boost in budget for homelessness, a downtown trolley, and the declaration:  "Black lives matter."
  
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• Seattle Times Editorial Board Endorses Safe Injection Sites for Drug Users

  26-09-2016 23:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThis is what it looks like inside Vancouver's safe injection site, Insite. City of Seattle
  In case you missed it, the sometimes completely idiotic Seattle Times Editorial Board got something right last week. The board officially endorsed safe injection spaces—places where people would be allowed to use drugs like heroin while having on-site access to healthcare staff to prevent overdoses. The sites would also offer information about treatment services.Local activists have b
  
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• Watch Mayor Ed Murray Deliver Budget Address with Focus on Homelessness, Policing

  26-09-2016 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverIn prepared remarks, Murray pledges to continue work on police reform, while standing by his controversial commitment to hire 200 new police officers. City of Seattle
  As he faces increasing pressure over the city's homelessness crisis and police reform, Mayor Ed Murray is delivering his annual budget address to the Seattle City Council today, launching the council into two months of budget deliberations.
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• Mayor Delivers 2017 Budget Speech, Members of the Public Complain They Weren't Allowed In

  26-09-2016 23:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverMayor Ed Murray pledges to continue work on police reform, while standing by his controversial commitment to hire 200 new police officers. City of Seattle
  As he faces increasing pressure over the city's homelessness crisis and police reform, Mayor Ed Murray delivered his annual budget address to the Seattle City Council today, launching the council into two months of budget deliberations.
  The speech—which included funding promises ranging from extended hours at community ce
  
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• 3 campaign-finance complaints filed against Tim Eyman

  26-09-2016 23:01
  
  The state attorney general has filed complaints in Thurston County Superior Court alleging shoddy accounting and improper disclosure of contributions.
  
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• Watch: Clinton and Trump take the stage for first presidential debate

  26-09-2016 22:48
  
  Follow Seattle Times reporters live for updates on the Trump vs. Clinton showdown. The candidates took the stage shortly after 6 p.m. and are set to debate for 90 minutes. Watch it here.
  
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• Live updates from the debate: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump in must-see showdown

  26-09-2016 22:48
  
  This is gonna be good: Trump and Clinton are poised for a showdown likely to draw a massive audience. Follow our reporters for updates throughout the night.
  
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• Debate night rolls on with Washington gubernatorial candidates

  26-09-2016 22:48
  
  Follow Seattle Times reporters live for updates on the presidential and gubernatorial debates. Clinton and Trump ended their roughly 90-minute showdown around 7:40 p.m. Inslee and Bryant are squaring off now.
  
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• One More Gone From Pioneer Square: G. Gibson Gallery to Move Uptown

  26-09-2016 22:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jen GravesAs of November, G. Gibson Gallery will be in the same building as On the Boards, the great contemporary performance center. Courtesy of the gallery
  Adding to the end-of-an-era feeling at the Tashiro Arts development in Pioneer Square, yet another anchor tenant is moving out this year. G. Gibson Gallery, a venerable showplace of art that's a highlight of every First Thursday Art Walk, will move uptown to Queen Anne at the end of October.G. Gibson will land in the same building at On
  
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• Where to Watch the First Presidential Debate: 26 Spots Across Seattle

  26-09-2016 22:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff patrimonio designs ltd / Shutterstock.com
  Tonight is the first presidential debate of the 2016 election, and it's going to be streamed on essentially every screen in the city. To help you decide where you should commiserate with your fellow Seattleites while watching 90 minutes of Clinton v. Trump, we've compiled a list of debate-watching parties below where there will be comedy, karaoke, discussion, trivia, games, and (of course) plenty of alcohol. You can also se
  
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• Security tight, anticipation high for Murray’s Seattle budget address

  26-09-2016 22:21
  
  A line of people waited inside Seattle City Hall on Monday to hear Mayor Ed Murray’s annual budget speech to the City Council. Council members earlier held a closed-door meeting to discuss recent “disruptive conduct” in the council chambers.
  
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• Murray promises more police, homelessness spending in new Seattle budget

  26-09-2016 22:21
  
  Unveiling his proposed 2017 budget Monday, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray reaffirmed his plan to grow the city’s police force and vowed to increase spending on homelessness from a record nearly $50 million this year to almost $60 million.
  
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• Mayor Murray promises more police, homelessness spending in new Seattle budget

  26-09-2016 22:21
  
  Unveiling his proposed 2017 budget Monday, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray reaffirmed his plan to grow the city’s police force and vowed to increase spending on homelessness by millions.
  
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• Food News: Cafe Flora Turns 25, Ezell's Expands, and Paseo Heads to the Hill

  26-09-2016 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueCafe Flora's Oaxaca Tacos are so popular that when they were taken off the menu, irate customers successfully petitioned the restaurant to bring them back. Cafe Flora
  Seattle's Most Venerable Vegetarian Joint Clocks a Quarter Century
  In October, Cafe Flora will celebrate 25 years of vegetarian goodness. The Madison Park mainstay opened in 1991, helping bring meatless dining to the masses.“They were founded by four friends who wanted to create a place for locals to g
  
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• Seattle police have made ‘significant progress,’ could reach reform goals by next fall, federal monitor says

  26-09-2016 22:10
  
  While significant work and key assessments lie ahead, the Seattle Police Department is on the right track, federal monitor Merrick Bobb wrote in his seventh semiannual report, which was filed Monday.
  
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• Seattle police could reach reform goals by next fall, federal monitor says

  26-09-2016 22:10
  
  While significant work and key assessments lie ahead, the Seattle Police Department is on the right track, federal monitor Merrick Bobb wrote in his seventh semiannual report filed Monday.
  
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• Adorable Seattle pup plays hand in attempted cocaine dealer's arrest

  26-09-2016 22:09
  
  A cute dog disarmed an aspiring cocaine dealer Sunday who accidentally ditched his briefcase full of drugs to pet the pooch and then asked an officer for help finding it.
  
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• Two Weeks After Turning Down a $50K Record Deal, Olympia Punk Band G.L.O.S.S. Split Because Fame Is Too Stressful

  26-09-2016 21:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalG.L.O.S.S.: "Being in the mainstream media, where total strangers have a say in something we’ve created for other queer people, is exhausting."
  Rising Olympia-based, queercentric punk group G.L.O.S.S. have broken up, according tomaximumrocknroll.com. The news comes two weeks after the band made headlines for rejecting large indie label Epitaph's $50,000 record deal. G.L.O.S.S.'s members say that their meteoric popularity has simply stressed them out; they admit they've "become
  
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• Ferguson: 'Shoddy' accounting, 'improper disclosure' by Eyman

  26-09-2016 21:56
  
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson plays public disclosure traffic cop, files three campaign finance complaints against Tim Eyman and his committees.
  
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• KOMO Reports Ranting of Gun Advocates at Olympia Rally After Cascade Mall Shooting

  26-09-2016 21:37 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede"In Washington state, more people are killed by firearms than by car crashes, according to the governor's office." AEDKA STUDIO/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM
  This weekend, there two rallies in response to the mass shooting in Burlington, Washington. One, happened in Olympia; the other, in Cal Anderson Park. The former was held by those who want to pour more guns into our already gun-crazy society, and the latter by those who want to restrict access to and place bans on certain types of guns.
  
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• The 39 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week

  26-09-2016 21:25 via thestranger.com
  
  The Northwest Tea Festival, Macefield Music Festival, Debate Watching Parties, And More Critics' Picks For September 26-October 2by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur music critics have already chosen the 32 best concerts in Seattle this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn to pick their favorite events. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Northwest Tea Festival to the Macefield Music Festival, and from BenDeLaCreme's Inferno-A-Go-Go to A Raisin in the Sun. See them all below, an
  
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• Pedestrian hit, killed in Mill Creek

  26-09-2016 21:25
  
  The identity of the male victim was not immediately known.
  
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• California wildfire forces geothermal plant evacuation

  26-09-2016 21:25
  
  CLOVERDALE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that erupted amid hot, dry conditions and gusty winds in Sonoma County north of San Francisco was burning close a massive geothermal power producing facility on Monday, forcing the evacuation of one of its 14 plants, officials said Monday. Brett Kerr, a spokesman for Calpine, which operates The Geysers […]
  
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• California wildfire forces evacuation of 300 homes

  26-09-2016 21:25
  
  CLOVERDALE, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire prompted the evacuations of 300 homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, while fire crews continued to battle a blaze burning close to a massive geothermal power producing facility in Sonoma County, officials said Monday. The blaze that started Monday on the southern edge of Santa Clara County quickly […]
  
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• 2 construction workers hurt when crane touches power line in West Seattle

  26-09-2016 21:25
  
  The workers were touching the crane’s cable when it came into contact with the power line, authorities said.
  
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• School-bus driver, teacher among 8 arrested in Snohomish County underage-sex sting

  26-09-2016 21:12
  
  The eight men were all booked on investigation of third-degree attempted rape of a child.
  
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• Gary Johnson Is a Moron (And If You Vote For Him, You Are Too)

  26-09-2016 21:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  CNN:
  Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson offered an outta this world solution on Sunday to the planet's environmental crises. "We do have to inhabit other planets. The future of the human race is space exploration," Johnson said on ABC's "This Week." Johnson was responding to a question about comments he made in 2011 at the National Press Club when he said people should think about global warming in the long term, because one day in the distant future, "the sun will engul
  
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• California heat wave brings gusty winds, high wildfire risk

  26-09-2016 21:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soaring temperatures and dry, gusty winds led forecasters to warn again about potential wildfires as California sweltered under an autumn heat wave Monday. “Humidity is dropping below 10 percent. That is very critical when it comes to fire danger,” said meteorologist Eric Boldt at the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Across […]
  
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• California bakes in triple-digit autumn heat wave

  26-09-2016 21:04
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autumn heat wave sent California temperatures soaring again Monday, baking coastal cities that normally benefit from the cooling influence of the Pacific Ocean. The mercury shot up into triple digits in downtown Los Angeles and points north and south as high pressure gripped the drought-stricken state. Most other areas were […]
  
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• Does Seattle Need 200 More Police? The View from the Police vs. the View from One Local Police Abolitionist:

  26-09-2016 21:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ansel HerzDoes the city need 200 more police? The Stranger
  Having helped bring a halt to plans for an expensive new North Seattle police station, the city’s Block the Bunker campaign—an organized local group of Black Lives Matter activists and supporters—has moved on to seventeen new demands, including: “Do not hire 200 more police officers... We demand that the City of Seattle prioritize the health, power, and future of our communities by divesting from policing and p
  
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• State AG Charges Trump Fanboy Tim Eyman Over "Shoddy Accounting," Improper Reporting

  26-09-2016 20:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi GrooverThis guy? Shoddy accounting practices?tim eyman
  Anti-tax initiative huckster and Donald Trump fanboy Tim Eyman is facing new allegations from the Washington State Attorney General's office today.
  Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that three cases have been filed in Thurston County Superior Court against Eyman's political committees and their principals: Eyman, Jack Fagan, and Mike Fagan. (Mike Fagan is a member of the Spokane City Council.) The groups' treasurer, Barb
  
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• Jupiter moon may have water plumes that shoot up 125 miles

  26-09-2016 20:54
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has spied what appear to be water plumes on one of Jupiter’s icy moons shooting up as high as 125 miles. The geysers are apparently from an underground ocean that is thought to exist on Europa, considered one of the top places to search for signs of […]
  
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• Hubble spies possible water plumes spewing from Jupiter moon

  26-09-2016 20:54
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted possible water plumes spewing from one of Jupiter’s icy moons. NASA said Monday the workhorse telescope detected the activity in the south pole of Europa where an ocean is thought to exist beneath its icy crust. If the finding is confirmed, Europa would be the […]
  
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• Cascade Mall shooting at a glance: the victims, the community, the suspect

  26-09-2016 20:53
  
  On Friday night, five people were shot dead in a Burlington mall. Here are the key points of how the shooting and manhunt unfolded.
  
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• King County budget cuts may hit sheriff, prosecutor’s office

  26-09-2016 20:29
  
  Executive Dow Constantine’s proposed budget includes $22 million in cuts that would fall hardest on law enforcement and criminal justice — but won’t hurt response to 911 calls. He and other officials blame a law limiting the annual growth of tax revenue.
  
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• Presidential Debate: The Stranger's Live-Slog

  26-09-2016 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Stranger staffers will be live-slogging their analyses, reactions, and an occasional gif. Keep us company—follow along right here.by Stranger Staff MIKE FORCE
  Tonight is the first presidential debate of the 2016 election. It's Clinton v. Trump for 90 minutes and it's going to be streamed everywhere.
  Stranger staffers will be live-slogging their analyses, reactions, and an occasional gif. Won't you keep us company and follow along right here in this very post?
  How are the candidates prepari
  
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• Follow Our Debates Live Slog Right Here, Starting at 6 p.m.

  26-09-2016 20:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Stranger staffers will be live-slogging their analyses, reactions, and an occasional gif. Keep us company—follow along right here.by Stranger Staff MIKE FORCE
  Tonight is the first presidential debate of the 2016 election. It's Clinton v. Trump for 90 minutes and it's going to be streamed everywhere.
  Stranger staffers will be live-slogging their analyses, reactions, and an occasional gif. Won't you keep us company and follow along right here in this very post?
  How are the candidates prepari
  
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• Study: Earth’s roughly warmest in about 100,000 years

  26-09-2016 19:52
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study paints a picture of an Earth that is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark in more than 2 million years. As part of her doctoral dissertation at Stanford University, Carolyn Snyder , now a climate policy official […]
  
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• Why it matters that Jupiter's Europa is spewing water into space

  26-09-2016 19:49
  
  Once again, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has seen evidence of water being ejected from Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
  
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• NASA spots possible water vapors shooting off Jupiter's moon Europa

  26-09-2016 19:49
  
  Once again, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has seen evidence of water being ejected from Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
  
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• NASA spots possible water vapors shooting off Europa

  26-09-2016 19:49
  
  Once again, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has seen evidence of water being ejected from Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
  
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• Clean Your Bong: Straining to Care About Strains

  26-09-2016 19:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by David Schmader Uncle Ike's Pot Shop
  Walk into any weed store in Seattle, and you'll be bombarded with dozens of available strains, most boasting prog-rock names and each promising a specific experience. Chocolope, one of the 90-plus strains available at Cannabis City, promises a "dreamy cerebral effect" and "a strong mental shift that is great when coping with depression or stress." PK Starship, one of the 100-plus strains at Uncle Ike's, offers a "hard-hitting body high, delivering warm and
  
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• At Depths, Andrew Crawshaw Rescores Classic Cult Films

  26-09-2016 19:11 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalAndrew Crawshaw at Broken Press, in front of some Depths posters he created. Dave Segal
  Depths—an audio-visual night that happens every second Monday at Substation—is the logical extension of Seattle synthesizer player Andrew Crawshaw's lifelong fascination with weird cult films and the strange sounds that inhabit them. A drummer with the brutal psych-rock group Terminal Fuzz Terror, Crawshaw embarked on a solo career a few years ago as Meridian Arc, whose eerie, forebod
  
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• Suspected Cascade Mall gunman charged with 5 counts of premeditated murder

  26-09-2016 19:09
  
  Court documents say that Armin Cetin, in an interview after his arrest, told detectives he committed the killings Friday evening.
  
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• Clinton Predicts that Lying Liar Donald Trump Will Lie to the American People in Tonight's Debate

  26-09-2016 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleAfter all, he's been lying like crazy lately—why should tonight be any different?Clinton's ad says he "can't win the debate" if he lies tonight, although he's never been hurt by a lie before. Why should tonight be any different? Lester Holt, the moderator, who is a Republican, is not required to fact-check statements during the debate.
  What time is too early to start drinking for a debate that starts at 6 pm PST? Asking for a friend.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscr
  
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• Photos of the 2016 Stranger Genius Awards!! The Highlights! The Stage Lights! The Dancing!

  26-09-2016 18:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher FrizzelleSeptember 24, 2016 at the Moore Theatre. Victoria Holt
  Erin Pike and Markeith Wiley. Victoria Holt
  Jody Kuehner and a Cherdonna fan. Victoria Holt
  Lindy West and her family. Victoria Holt
  Noelani Pantastico. Victoria Holt
  Barbara Earl Thomas and her fans. Victoria Holt
  Sandy Cioffi, center. Victoria Holt
  Sarah Moody of Hardly Art. Victoria Holt
  Billy O'Neill and Piper O'Neill. Victoria HoltHeidi Broadhead, Brittany Dennison, and Joshua Beckman of Wave Books. Victoria Holt
  
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• Upside to morning sickness: fewer miscarriages, stillbirths

  26-09-2016 18:21
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — It’s dreaded by moms-to-be but morning sickness is actually a good sign — for the baby, a government study shows, confirming common pregnancy lore and less rigorous research. Women with nausea early in pregnancy were half as likely to have miscarriages and stillbirths as those who sailed through the first few months. […]
  
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• US not on track to meet 2025 carbon pollution cutting goal

  26-09-2016 17:38
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Unless it does more, the United States probably will fall short of goals set under last year’s Paris agreement to dramatically reduce emissions of heat-trapping gases, according to a new study. The U.S. pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 by 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels. But taking […]
  
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• What you need to know about tonight’s presidential and gubernatorial debates

  26-09-2016 16:53
  
  Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump square off in the first presidential debate of the election. Afterward, Gov. Jay Inslee squares off with Republican challenger Bill Bryant in Seattle.
  
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