• My Ballard lets all you Ballard-drivers know that a traffic camera has been installed at the busy corner of 15th and Market.
• The Rainier Valley Post reports that Ana Ortega, the principal at Ali Kurose Middle School has resigned in the midst of an SPD investigation into sexual abuse by a teacher's aide at the school.
• Phinneywood is mourning the loss of another Woodland Park Zoo animal. Last week it was a monkey from congestive heart failure; today, a gazelle that died after being attacked by another animal in the African Savannah exhibit. (The lions are pleading the 5th.)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008053572_webfundraising15m.html">out-raised Republican incumbent Dave Reichert. In the second quarter of fundraising, Burner had raised $1.25 million for her campaign, to her challenger's $916,401. more ›

Darcy Burner, Dave Reichert's Democratic challenger in the 8th Congressional District's race, lost her home this morning to a fire. Early reports say the house was destroyed but the candidate and her family escaped without injury. We'll post more details, including photos, as soon as they are released. more ›