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The 58-year-old female driver was apparently making a left (southbound) turn onto 23 Av S, when she struck the pedestrian who was walking in the crosswalk from west to east across 23 Av S at S Jackson Street. A Drug Recognition Expert responded and screened the driver for signs of impairment. None were found. Traffic Collision Investigators responded and processed the scene. The investigation continues.

We are still interested in keeping a liquor store at that location and have been negotiating with various individuals about the license. Seems to be too early to forecast any results.

This morning at approximately 9:40 a.m., a small amount of fluid leaked from equipment used to develop x-ray film at the Dental Clinic at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, and one staff member was taken to a hospital. She is currently under observation for a reaction to the fumes. All patients, their families and other staff are safe.

The fluid presents no further health risks.

The Dental Clinic was closed temporarily while the Seattle Fire Department investigated the leak, but the Fire Department has reopened the clinic and declared all clinics at the Odessa Brown building safe for operations. All clinics will continue to see scheduled patients as usual.

Turns out we transported a 25-year-old female clinic worker to Harborview to be checked out for eye irritation and for body aches. The cause was two x-ray chemicals that are normally combined. Apparently the 25-year-old and 3 other workers started feeling symptoms while inside the x-ray lab of the Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic. Haz-Mat Team checked out the lab and cleared it. The Children’s Clinic has their own team that is examining the facility.

Thank you for taking the time to participate in our outreach process for the September 2012 service change – your input has been very valuable.

We undertake our outreach efforts to develop a better understanding of how the community uses our services, so that the changes we propose balance the needs of riders of a particular route with the needs of current and future riders of our entire system.

The proposals Metro presented for feedback were designed to improve the efficiency of our service to serve more people to more places. Talking with you and others helps us understand how existing service is an important part of your lives and neighborhoods. When proposals include long established high ridership routes within a diverse and multifaceted setting, public outreach helps Metro weigh technical considerations with human factors.

We have received valuable feedback. We’ve heard that there are factors that deserve...

When a crowd of nearly 100 showed up in his Central Area neighborhood Monday night for a candlelight vigil to memorialize his life, many told his family that he was the most considerate and loving person they knew.

Gazelle Williams, his great-aunt, is certain that Jackson took the love he received at home and spread it among his friends.

"Their friend was murdered, and no one is talking," Williams said.

"The kid who shot Desmond, we don't want him to suffer any harm," she added. "We just want him to pay for...

On 1/28/12, at approximately 12:15 a.m., a witness saw the victim and the suspect arguing in the 500 block of 13 Ave. The suspect came up behind the victim and shot the victim once in the leg. The suspect then got into the listed vehicle and fled the seen.

The victim suffered a gunshot wound to the right calf. The injury was non-life threatening. He was transported to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. The 25-yr-old victim was very intoxicated and provided very little information regarding the suspect’s information.

The suspect was described as a black male, 20′s, thin build, wearing a black jacket and jeans. Suspect vehicle described as a brown or red colored 4-door sedan.

AT 2:53, we received the 911 call of smoke inside a two story home located in the 100 block of Lake Washington Boulevard East.   Our arriving firefighters found smoke on the second floor. All 6 occupants were outside the home when we arrived. A firefighter did rescue the family dog from the home.

The homeowners had reported smelling smoke earlier in the day but could not locate the source. It turns out, the fire was burning inside the wall and into the attic and down another wall of the home. Firefighters had to open the walls in order to knock down the flames. It took nearly 40 minutes to completely extinguish the fire.

The Fire Investigators determined the cause was accidental.  Wood framing behind the second floor fireplace had ignited. The fire smoldered for awhile and moved its way up the wall, through the attic and down another wall.  Estimates at structure damage are $40,000 and $10,000 to the contents. Fortunately, firefighters...

This particular bill wouldn't help us a written. It is specifically beer & wine where we are trying to expand to cocktails too. It also doesn't have a restaurant requirement and is pretty vague about what the control of minors plan is all about. We think an adjustment to the existing rule that would allow minors under certain circumstances like a restaurant setting, would make more sense in the big picture. We will be contacting the sponsors of the bill to talk about options.

It sounds like there were about 30 people living in the house
yesterday, and then about 15 folks who stayed in the house last night
(knowing that the deadline was coming this morning). Only about 7
people had to be "removed" when the eviction started around 4:20 this
morning. The eviction was handled by the King County Sheriff's
office. All evictions in the county are handled by the Sheriff and
not SPD, although, now that the eviction has occurred, any further
occupation of the house would be addressed by the SPD.

Last night at the Central District's Internet-based Hollow Earth Radio, which looks and feels like a satellite living room at 2018 Union Street, about 20 people laughed, head-nodded and two-stepped to Seattle deejay/producer OC Notes, who played jazz, hip-hop and soul music of all types, pretending to count down his favorite 2011 songs of the last 2011 years. It was a web radio show that was also a real-world concert and party. Judging by the warm, buzzing vibe of the room, Notes said it was the best version of his monthly "Art Show" yet, which consists of him hijacking Rich Jensen and Jonathan Cunningham's weekly "Central Sounds" show, sometimes with guests.

They held up the house key. An anonymous "elf" had come by the Occupy Seattle encampment at SCCC a few weeks ago and handed them the key and the address, they said. (A different anonymous donor also gave them a sailboat that they'll begin using and painting in the spring.) Inside, they'd begun painting a forest landscape, and planned a waterfall down the staircase; they titled the house "Water." They denied doing damage or being a haven for any kind of destructive activity and said they didn't know of any complaints from neighbors. Instead, they saw the house as a home base for adding art to the immediate neighborhood. To that end, they'd completed a mural nearby yesterday, on Fir Street between 14th and 15th, on a garage wall offered to them by a resident. Also yesterday, another donor gave them furniture: a futon, bookcases.

Two of their fellow occupiers are still in jail, set to be released...