Happy end-of-the-special-legislative-session day! Here's what else is going on: charges for the man accused of running down some pedestrians in Fremont, high schoolers make their voices heard, taller buildings for Roosevelt and some alleged terrible child-rearing. more ›

Due to lack of funding, 15 indoor shelters run by SHARE/WHEEL had their last operational night last night -- leaving many residents outside starting, oddly enough, on World Homeless Action Day. Starting at 7 p.m., or 6:30 if you want soup, you can show your solidarity by sleeping out with them in the alley behind SHARE at 1902 Second Avenue, just a hop, skip and a jump from the Occupy Seattle camp at Westlake Park. The mission of the sleepout is right in tune with Occupy happenings: to "draw attention to corporate responsibility and profiteering in this age of the shredded social safety net," according to a statement on their website. more ›

Amanda Knox came home, the Occupy Seattle protests kept running strong throughout the night, a downtown gas leak, a North Seattle robbery and more, in this morning's headlines. more ›

Perhaps it's a resurgence of energy after the post-holiday blues that galvanized city activists to gather in solidarity against world problems this weekend. There were two rallies we know of: yesterday's 1,500-strong pro-Israel rally at Temple De Hirsch Sinai on Capitol Hill, and a gay rights protest march from Capitol Hill to Westlake Center on Saturday. The pro-Israel rally was the larger and better-organized of the two; as Dominic Holden over at Slog notes, the anti-DOMA march was poorly attended and organized by a small, inexperienced group without the help of Equal Rights Washington. (Our apologies if the headline makes it seem like the anti-DOMA and pro-Israel camps had anything to do with each other, because they sure didn't.) more ›