The Medical Examiner's office now says that the lone hold-out who died in the Marion Apartments fire, Ed Jackson, shot himself in the head. We'd been wondering about that ever since CHS mentioned yesterday that a gun had been found at the scene. It's beginning to seem likely that Jackson, a former apartment manager there, set the fire himself on the morning he was due to be evicted, then committed suicide. The Marion Apartments were going to be demolished and the lot developed. more ›

The news about this morning's fire just got grimmer: the P-I reports an elderly man, the last tenant of the apartment building scheduled for destruction, has died before he could even make it to the hospital. The man, in his 80s, was supposed to move out today or face eviction. KING 5 has video of the fire, and a quote from Dennis Saxman, development gadfly, about the victim: "He was having a hard time letting go." more ›

• West Seattle Blog has the update on Nickelsville and the encampment's scheduled ouster.
• Losing your glasses sucks. Losing your glasses on the bus, and knowing they will be donated to someone in need of glasses but unable to afford them, sucks slightly less.
• Ooh this sounds delicious and delightful. MyBallard announces 2009's "Dinner and Movie" series, with dinner courtesy of Volterra paired with some truly classic food films.