That encampment ordinance from yesterday passed, a lawsuit against SPD gets $20,000 for an elderly man, and a "suspicious" death. The Mariners get a shutout, Apolo Ohno gets naked. Oh, and there's some "fish waste," too. more ›

Want to see Apolo Ohno take it all off? What about Hope Solo? Of course you do. more ›

That feeling of oppression, smog, and soy sauce in the air can only mean one thing; the Beijing Olympics are underway. more ›

The dark cloud of loss and failure has lifted! The jubilation in Seattle this week will be palpable. Not only did local skating phenomenon Apolo Ohno capture Olympic gold in the 500-meter, but Sweden won the gold in hockey. Expect to see the streets of Ballard teeming with puffed up Swedes yelling "Vi Vinna!!" To get a taste of the glory, we recommend stuffing yourself with fluffy golden medallions this Sunday, March 5, at the Swedish Cultural Center. The monthly pancake breakfast kicks off at 8 am and runs till 1:30 pm. For $6, you get flapjacks smothered in lingonberries and whipped cream, plus ham and coffee. As an added bonus, centarians in traditional costume usually dance and perform live Swedish music while you eat. The breakfast is served only on the first Sunday of every month, so you should go this weekend while victory is still burning hot. more ›

If you're watching the Olympics we sincerely hope you're at least tuning in to the CBC and not NBC. We accidentally saw some of the men's halfpipe competition on the Costas chanel and it was, like, so rad. The camera angles were so funky fresh that it was impossible to get any sense of how a competitor was actually riding. Ok, most people don't know what a good ice dancing routine looks like either, but you don't film them with an under-ice cam do you? We're willing to bet more viewers are knowledgable about the finer points of snowboarding than they are about ice dancing. It's the Olympics, not a bunch of bras hitting a kicker in the back country and filming each other puking and bouncing off rocks. Please, NBC, leave the camera theatrics to the videos. Alternately, please do something, anything, to make ice dancing watchable. If you have to show entire routines via so-and-so's skate-cam, we're down. more ›