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Photo by Seattlest photo editor Chris Lynch.
- This morning, a fire caused significant damage to the historic pagoda in Tacoma's Point Defiance Park. [KOMO]
- Seattle Public Schools are undergoing a "management reorganization, " including the abolition of the "school facilities chief" position. Could it be that there are too many chefs in the SPS' proverbial kitchen? [Seattle Times]
- The proposal to raise the fee to obtain and renew WA State driver's licenses passed a House panel today, making it very likely that the raise in rates will become law. The proposal is said to raise $120 million over the next two years--money which would go not to roads, but to the faltering ferry system. [Seattle PI]
- Battery and Wall Sts. will both be getting new bus lanes, says KC Metro, which is exciting for anyone who's ever sat through three consecutive light cycles without moving on a bus on Wall St. Which is probably many among us. [King County Metro]
- As if tomorrow being Record Store Day isn't awesome enough, this weekend also bring the opening of the EMP's new Nirvana exhibit, and the Friends of the Library book sale! So go buy music, look at artifacts, and pick up gently-used, exceptionally inexpensive books. [Happening Around Town]
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