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• Police move to clear rowdy protests involving hundreds in Portland

  04-08-2018 23:53
  Demonstrators aligned with Patriot Prayer and an affiliated group, the Proud Boys, gathered around midday in a riverfront park. Small scuffles broke out and police tried to disperse hundreds of right-wing and self-described anti-fascist protesters.
  
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• Heavy police presence as Patriot Prayer group rallies in Portland, Oregon

  04-08-2018 23:53
  Demonstrators aligned with Patriot Prayer and an affiliated group, the Proud Boys, gathered around midday in a riverfront park. Small scuffles broke out and police tried to disperse hundreds of right-wing and self-described anti-fascist protesters.
  
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• ‘Hazardous’ smoky air shuts Yosemite in peak tourist season

  04-08-2018 19:06
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yosemite National Park’s iconic cliffs are shrouded in so much smoke from nearby wildfires that the air quality is worse than anywhere in America and is rivaling Beijing. The unhealthy haze prompted officials to close the scenic Yosemite Valley and other areas on July 25 along with hundreds of campsites and […]
  
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• Questions raised over Washington state lawmakers’ visit to Cambodia to observe elections

  04-08-2018 15:00
  The recent visit by a group of Republican Washington lawmakers to Cambodia has raised questions about whether they were used to legitimize the sham elections of an authoritarian government.
  
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• France’s first baby panda celebrates one-year anniversary

  04-08-2018 12:52
  PARIS (AP) — France’s first baby panda celebrates his one-year anniversary Saturday with a birthday cake composed of bamboo, honey, apples, oranges, strawberries and lemons. The panda named Yuan Meng weighs about 30 kilograms (66 pounds), and has recently started eating bamboo while still suckling milk from mother panda Huan Huan. For the occasion the […]
  
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• Bring on the cake: France’s baby panda has his 1st birthday

  04-08-2018 12:52
  PARIS (AP) — France’s first baby panda celebrated his first birthday Saturday with a cake of bamboo, honey, apples, oranges, strawberries and lemons. The panda named Yuan Meng — which means “accomplishment of a dream” — weighs about 30 kilograms (66 pounds). He has recently started eating bamboo while still suckling milk from his mother, […]
  
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• Washington State Patrol investigating possible highway shooting on the Eastside

  04-08-2018 06:22
  Initial reports from the State Patrol claimed there was a shooting around 8:50 p.m. at Interstate 90 at 148th Street Southeast in Bellevue and that one victim was driving a semitruck at the time.
  
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• Malice requirement prevents charges against Seattle police officers fired over shooting

  04-08-2018 05:50
  King County prosecutors determined they couldn’t prove the officers acted with malice, a controversial requirement that led to a change in state law this year but that is tied up in a legal challenge.
  
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• Sexual-harassment scandal reignites at Oregon Capitol

  04-08-2018 04:55
  A complaint from Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian accused his fellow Democrats, Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek, of allowing a sexually hostile environment at the Capitol and not acting quickly enough to protect women from Republican Sen. Jeff Kruse.
  
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• The Seattle Art Fair features exhibitors from 10 countries

  04-08-2018 04:41
  The fourth annual Seattle Art Fair continues through Sunday, Aug. 5, at the CenturyLink Field Event Center. This year, exhibitors from 10 countries have spaces on the center floor.
  
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• With $800M Safeco Field deal, it feels like taxpayers are about to get toasted

  04-08-2018 04:40
  A $501 toaster is but one of the signs that something’s out of whack in the deal to pour more public money into our baseball stadium.
  
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• Signature-gatherers at Washington State Fair must observe limits as lawsuit continues

  04-08-2018 04:26
  A signature-gatherer sued the city of Puyallup, contending that so-called “pedestrian safety zones” barring him from the fair’s main entrances violate his free speech rights.
  
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• Limits remain for initiative signature-gatherers at Washington State Fair

  04-08-2018 04:26
  A signature-gatherer sued the city of Puyallup, contending that so-called “pedestrian safety zones” barring him from the fair’s main entrances violate his free speech rights.
  
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• Let's Clear Up This Vaccination Drama In WA-08

  04-08-2018 03:00 via thestranger.com
  
  BOY I LOVE THIS JOBby Rich SmithSorry about the flash. Kim Schrier
  After Shannon Hader criticized Kim Schrier for being wishy-washy on vaccine policy, Schrier is now criticizing Hader for criticizing her for being wishy-washy on vaccine policy. In a new mailer, Schrier accuses Hader of lying "about Dr. Schrier's work as a local pediatrician" and divisively slams Hader for being divisive.
  As anyone can see, this mailer drama is the sort of stuff that will tear the Democratic party apart. It's wha
  
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• Brut IPA Has Arrived in Seattle and It’s Fucking Delicious

  04-08-2018 01:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Brut IPA, a new trend in the world of American hoppy beers, has arrived in Seattle and it tastes fucking awesome.by Lester BlackHellbent's Hella Lazy Brut IPA Lester Black
  A good Brut IPA is a curious thing. It bursts with the hop aromatics of a heavy IPA but beneath those brash flavors is a delicate, almost dainty body. It drinks like a glass of dry champagne.
  Brut IPAs have spread across the country since their invention in San Francisco last year. Brewers make these beers with aromatic Americ
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 125 Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 3-5, 2018

  04-08-2018 01:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't want to shell out for the Seattle Art Fair? Check out studio e gallery's 1 Room instead, a show starring 40 Northwest artists. And if you are going to the Fair, there's even a golf cart shuttle supplied by the organizers. Warren Dykeman, The Garden, 42.5 x 71 inches, Acrylic on Okawara, 2017
  Panicking because you haven't yet made plans for the weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that
  
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• The Best of Sean Nelson's Writing in The Stranger

  04-08-2018 01:18 via thestranger.com
  
  When Nelson is not writing, he is not doing what he does best.by Christopher Frizzelle"When Nelson is not writing, he is not doing what he does best," Charles Mudede once said.
  Shortly after I wrote this blog post about Sean Nelson's place in pop immortality, Sean told us all that he had some news: He's leaving The Stranger (again) to take a new job in Nashville, Tennessee.The staff had a private send-off party earlier this week that included such luminaries as Annie Wagner and Rebecca Brown and
  
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• Blaming state lawmakers, Seattle school officials forecast years of financial doom and gloom

  04-08-2018 01:10
  Thanks to the nearly $1 billion that lawmakers injected into Washington state’s K-12 budget this year, Seattle Public Schools will be flush with cash — for at least the next school year. After that, however, the state’s largest school district anticipates that boost won’t be enough to make up for an upcoming cut to its local property-tax […]
  
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• Ignore the Huge Horse Cock in Sorry to Bother You

  04-08-2018 01:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Sorry to Bother You
  This post will not be about that huge horse-like cock that appears in the excellent film Sorry to Bother You. I will indeed ignore it (for now) and turn your attention to that floating apartment in the middle of the movie. I will not explain the posh apartment's function in the plot or how it ends up in the center of San Francisco, the US's most expensive city. But this post, which promises to be brief and not to refer to critical theory of any kind, will ex
  
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• On Sparkle Hard, Stephen Malkmus Sounds Like a Man at the Top of His Game

  04-08-2018 00:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ben SalmonWho knew Stephen Malkmus—who plays here tomorrow night—was a horseman? Giovanni Duca
  For the past three decades, Stephen Malkmus has approached his music career with a sort of oblique nonchalance, whether he’s fronting ’90s indie giants Pavement or piloting a solo-ish career with his band the Jicks. In a world where so many artists must hustle to make something of their art, Malkmus keeps getting dragged back in, somewhat reluctantly, by the music and the exp
  
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• Sen. Maria Cantwell faces 28 primary challengers, including Republican Susan Hutchison

  04-08-2018 00:28
  The three-term Democrat drew the most challengers she’s ever faced.The most familiar name is former state Republican Party chair Susan Hutchison, who argues the sheer number of candidates shows a lack of support for Cantwell.
  
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• Free Shit Alert: There's a Lemonade Party with Free Half-Seas Sparkling Cocktails

  04-08-2018 00:03 via thestranger.com
  
  A roster of noteworthy DJs and musical talents will be spinning tunes (2Cents, BlueEyedSoul, Stas Thee Boss, and Justin Hartinger) all throughout the 3 to 10 p.m. event, and one of its sponsors, Half-Seas Sparkling Cocktails (which were conceived by local Seattle bartender and Scrappy’s Bitters founder Miles Thomas), will celebrates their Seattle launch by giving all attendees the chance to try out the canned, bubbly alcoholic bevvies for free.You can definitely taste the bite of tequila i
  
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• Where to Get S'more Choco Tacos, Crack Pie, and Rosé IPA, Plus More Seattle Food News You Can Use: Aug 3, 2018 Edition

  04-08-2018 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLark alum Mitch Mayers' new Ballard restaurant Sawyer features new takes on classic American desserts, like house-made s'more choco tacos. Brooke Fitts
  This week in food news, Lark alum Mitch Mayers' highly anticipated new restaurant Sawyer opens in Ballard with oxtail nachos and fancy choco tacos (!), Dexter Brewhouse opens a new cafe and brewery with a huge patio in Sand Point, and Starbucks debuts the first standalone location of its Italian artisan bakery Princi
  
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