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Gracious Seattlest readers! It is with a heavy etc.! Hey, today is my last day as editor of Seattlest. I started writing for this site back in May 2005, and just three years later had worked my way up to the tippy top. And you can, too! I'll show you... continue reading on Seattlest

Humboldt penguins wondering who will be next. (Photo: Dennis Dow/WPZ) Once again, mosquitoes have ruined our summer. On Tuesday, one of the older penguins at Woodland Park Zoo died of avian malaria, the vets think, which relies on mosquitoes to do its dirty work (it's not transmissible penguin-to-penguin or... continue reading on Seattlest

As of 1:57 p.m., five emergency units started rolling to 1823 Terry Avenue to deal with a natural gas leak. A tipster says nearby buildings are being evacuated, so they must not have gotten it dealt with yet. If you're in the area, don't smoke! UPDATE: We hear they... continue reading on Seattlest

Remember "15th Ave Coffee & Tea", Starbucks' new Saturn division? Well, they're doing it again, but this time they've got their sights set on the north end of Broadway. They're plunking a "Roy Street Coffee & Tea" into the first-floor retail of the 700 Broadway building, creating the world's first... continue reading on Seattlest

This never happens to us--all we get are next-door-basement grunge-type bands--but Wallyhood has the salacious details about what our life would be like in a Russ Meyer movie: "the neighborhood gossip is that the residents are a feisty bunch of eight college-age girls. New modifications to the house apparently include... continue reading on Seattlest