While the protests at Westlake seem to have finally gotten the attention of the rest of the media (arrests have that effect), that's not all that's going on. Here's what you may have missed while you were Occupying Seattle: more ›

A long day gets longer for longshoremen in Longview, fire spreads in Southern Washington, La Nina threatens a triumphant return, and Google just keeps buying stuff. more ›

Cliff Mass says: "The latest prediction by the National Weather Service's Climatic Prediction Center is for cooler and wetter than normal conditions over the next month. Sounds like a La Nina forecast to me." Sweet. Cold and wet. If we were a mushroom, we'd be looking forward to that. In any event, you are now required to skip out of work any time there's sun over the next few days. Seattlest says so. Let us know if you need a permission slip. more ›