News

Detectives Recover Three 15-Year-Olds In Backpage Prostitution Stings

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. Three teenage girls recovered from prostitution sting on Backpage.com

09/28/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Prosecutors Charge Prolific Downtown Pickpockets

Prosecutors charge two prolific pickpockets for series of thefts in Pacific Place, convention center.

09/28/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Backpage Says It's Doing Enough, McKenna Still Pushing The Issue

Backpage.com won't budge on escort ads.

09/27/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

City

I Found All the Bike Cops

This is what it looks like when every single bike cop lines up on 1st and Virginia.

09/27/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Home Invasions, Queen Anne Stabbing, And An Attempted Robbery In the U-District

A home invasion, a domestic violence stabbing, and a University District robbery.

09/27/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

City, County Officials Want To Help Prostitutes Clear Their Records

City and county officials are readying a legislative push to help former prostitutes clear their records and move on with their lives.

09/27/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Arts & Culture

Today In Hamburgers Eating People: Seahawks Better Than Colts, Worse Than Bills, Lions

Only 13 more weeks of suffering!

09/26/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Phoenix Jones Pepper Sprays Suspect In Party Bus-Jacking

Suspect in party bus-jacking pepper sprayed, dyed orange by Phoenix Jones.

09/26/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Workers Sickened By Powder In "Booby-Trapped" Columbia City Home

THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED. Workers sickened by powder in "booby-trapped" home in South Seattle.

09/26/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Two Wounded in Shooting, Photocopied License Plates, and a Fire Station Crash

Gang detectives investigating shooting at library, photocopied license plates, and auto thieves crash into fire station.

09/26/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

PubliCola Adds Life

As Always, Mayor McGinn Is To Blame

If you're reading this, you're not on a computer at a Shoreline school.

09/26/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

City Hall

McGinn Public Safety Budget: Cop Hiring Freeze; Preserve Advocates, Mounted Unit

Mayor Mike McGinn's budget plan: continued freeze on police hiring, preservation of crime prevention coordinators, victim advocates, and mounted unit.

09/24/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Backpage Responds to AGs

Backpage.com has finally responded to Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna's call to crack down on juvenile sex trafficking on the site.

09/23/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

Arts & Culture

Hot Bird-On-Bird Action

0-2 Seahawks vs. 1-1 Cardinals! An epic battle of mediocrity!

09/23/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

SPD's Ranks By the Numbers, Card Room Fugitive Arrested In Casino, and Cold Case Arrest

SPD's ranks have only increased by 45 officers in the last 20 years, more details on a fugitive arrest, and charges in a cold case.

09/23/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

This Washington

Dept. of Corrections Budget Proposal is Grim

DOC makes it official, sends grim list of cuts to Governor Gregoire.

09/23/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

John Slashes Prostitute In the Central District, UW Students Robbed, And Gym Creepiness

John slashes prostitute in the Central District, UW students warned about robbery, and police arrest a man for making creepy comments to a 12-year-old at a gym.

09/22/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

City

Police Union Trying to Block SPD From Reviewing Patrol Videos

The Seattle Police Officers Guild has filed a complaint against the department, accusing commanders of using in-car videos to go on "disciplinary fishing expeditions."

09/22/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Man Beaten To Death In the Central District

Man beaten to death in the Central District Thursday morning.

09/22/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee

News

Charges In Lake WA Park Shooting, SPD Releasing More Misconduct Files

Charges filed in a shooting in a Lake Washington park, SPD to release more internal investigation records, and a guilty plea in shoplifting ring case.

09/21/2011 By Jonah Spangenthal-Lee