April 2, 2010

Looks like it’s a little too wet out there for the city’s parks this weekend. Seattle Parks and Recreation has closed all of its grass athletic fields today and tomorrow because they’re simply too muddy from our spring showers. All baseball and softball games and practices are canceled on those fields through Saturday, although games on

April 2, 2010

If you’d like to get an idea about the variety of prints available at Fine Impressions Gallery, you merely need to compare its two most recent featured exhibits: Asian Art in March, and now this month’s Historic Images of the Civil War and Lincoln. Even from the displays visible from outside of the gallery and

April 2, 2010

The man who police say endangered thousands last summer by firing an assault rifle just over the tops of cars driving on Interstate 5 near Northgate Mall was sentenced this week to five years in federal prison. Our news partners at The Seattle Times have the story. The sentence handed to Richard Floyd Blake, 32, was exceptionally

April 2, 2010

The man who police say endangered thousands last summer by firing an assault rifle just over the tops of cars driving on Interstate 5 near Northgate Mall was sentenced this week to five years in federal prison. Our news partners at The Seattle Times have the story. The sentence handed to Richard Floyd Blake, 32, was exceptionally

April 2, 2010

UPDATE 6:45 p.m.: Winds still gusty (currently around 20 mph in Maple Leaf) but not nearly so dramatic. Maybe I’ll go put the portable greenhouse back on its feet. Weather service reports: WINDS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL SLOWLY EASE OVERNIGHT AND MOST OR ALL WIND WARNINGS/ADVISORY WILL LIKELY END BY LATER THIS EVENING. UPDATE