Ever since we almost died from choking on a salmon bone, Seattlest has known the truth: fish are terrorists, they are anti-American, and they should be illegal. It's nice to know the feds are on their enforcement game: early this morning, Immigrations and the FDA raided Ocean Beauty Seafoods, a seafood processing plant here in Seattle, taking with them all kinds of "historical stuff" (verbatim from Ocean Beauty's Director of Marketing). No official word on the reasoning behind the raid, and the company's still in business shipping out slimy briny dead creatures for profit. more ›

Ahh, Aurora: what a beautiful name for Seattle's often-ugly, often-sketchy throughway! Why does it not surprise us to hear that an Aurora "tanning salon," located in the Oak Tree cluster, got busted this weekend for fronting a prostitution service? So, so tacky. more ›

While Seattle may have made marijuana possession its lowest legal priority, the latest figures from a statewide conference of sheriffs and police chiefs indicate the prosecution of marijuana in Washington State is anything but decreasing. In 2007, the state of Washington more than doubled its seizures of marijuana plants. 296,111 marijuana plants were seized in Washington alone last year. more ›

Timothy Garon is 56 years old and dying of liver failure. Without a liver transplant, he will die in a matter of days, but the University of Washington Medical Center has decided he is not a fit candidate for a possibly life-saving transplant. The reason? Garon used physician-prescribed medical marijuana to treat the symptoms of hepatitis C, the disease that is killing him. more ›

Never a good idea to shoot a nation's mascot/symbol, folks. Don't go to, say, Australia and kill a koala bear or kangaroo. As logic would then follow, no harm should come to bald eagles within the United States. That means someone on Bainbridge Island is in big trouble after critically injuring a female bald eagle. Local police and State Fish and Wildlife officials are searching for the shooter, who could face jail time and a $10,000 fine. more ›