November 16, 2010

Detective Mike Cruzan addresses the crowd at tonight’s meeting on burglaries. There’s probably not a crime wave despite the raft of recent neighborhood burglaries, residents were told at tonight’s crime meeting, which is still in progress. Most of the turnout was from the Ravenna and Roosevelt neighborhoods, as the meeting was held in Ravenna off

November 16, 2010

King County Prosecutors today charged an 18-year-old man and two juvenile boys in last week’s Maple Leaf burglary, in which six suspects were arrested. Prosecutors did not yet charge the 18-year-old Ingraham High School student who lives just six blocks from the burglarized home, although he is named in accompanying legal documents that say all

November 16, 2010

There are a few new faces this year on the Maple Leaf Community Council’s Executive Board, so we’d thought we’d help you get to know them a little bit, starting with Joshua Newman, who was elected to join the board in April and just last month was elected vice president. Full name: Joshua Richard Newman Kids?:

November 16, 2010

A man wanted for a string of burglaries, and allegedly driving a stolen Subaru, crashed in Interstate 5’s express lanes after being chased south on the highway by a string of patrol cars. Our news partners, The Seattle Times, has the story here. Injuries were minor. Just south of Northgate, the man’s vehicle crossed the

November 16, 2010

By the way, in case you haven’t heard, traffic just might be a nightmare Thursday night. King County Metro Transit warns that a football game Thursday night at Husky Stadium between the University of Washington and the University of California-Los Angeles is expected to disrupt the evening commute. Kickoff is at 5 p.m., and traffic