July 4, 2010

Expectations for tonight’s Independence Day fireworks range from neutral to downright gloomy. The National Weather Service is predicting fairly good weather north and south of Seattle, but a Puget Sound Convergence Zone may set up directly over Lake Union, with up to a 60 percent chance of showers. Cliff Mass, University of Washington professor of

July 4, 2010

Expectations for tonight’s Independence Day fireworks range from neutral to downright gloomy. The National Weather Service is predicting fairly good weather north and south of Seattle, but a Puget Sound Convergence Zone may set up directly over Lake Union, with up to a 60 percent chance of showers. Cliff Mass, University of Washington professor of

July 3, 2010

Perhaps not surprisingly, fans of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” weren’t mobbing the Puget Sound Blood Center bus that was parked outside Regal Cinemas Thornton Place all day Saturday. But we had expected at least some kind of a mob for the “Eclipse” cast member who Thornton Place said on its Twitter feed would be at the

July 3, 2010

In days of yore - in fact, apparently up until this century - Maple Leaf was thought to contain only the fourth-highest spot in Seattle. But we now know that we’re actually No. 3, at 466 feet above sea level. At least, so we think. What happened? It’s a popular question, dating back to when

July 2, 2010

On the last day of June, a robber again hit the Alaska Federal Credit Union inside the QFC at Roosevelt Way Northeast and Northeast Northgate Way, police report. It was the third time an area credit union has been robbed this year, and the second for this credit union, previously robbed by the “F-Bomb Bandit.” Police