Tonight, head to the Sunset for the shoegaze stylings of Film School. There's also L.A. pop mainstay Adam Marsland at the Skylark and local troubadour Rocky Votolato at Neumo's.......

This dog has been accused of no crime, to our knowledge. Photo by Sea Kay Yes, that headline implies that there is more than one odd and animal-related crime news story to report which, we know, boggles the mind. First, we have the story of a Seattle-area woman who came up with the adult version of "my dog ate my homework" to explain why she careened into a police officer with her car. The woman......

"Eat Your Veggies" by Seattlest Flickr Contributor zeebleoop Now's your chance, Tacoma and Seattle! According to Lights & Sirens, crews from the epic show COPS will be riding and filming with Pierce County sheriff's deputies for the next four to six weeks. While we're not encouraging illegal behavior, this could be your only chance at 15 minutes of fame and a lifetime of re-runs.Meanwhile. "Magnolia is Really Part of Seattle..." is a little disturbed by......

Our bike route to work from Magnolia to Capitol Hill takes us down a short hill on 20th Ave W to the Pier 91 bike trail. That little street runs right along a ton of train tracks leading into the train yards. (It's on the back side of the Interbay Golf Center.) Generally it's filled with locomotives connected to empty cars or lines of containers waiting to be shipped one place or another. Noting terribly......

The second-longest serving member of the Washington House of Representatives, Helen Sommers, is retiring at the end of the current session, according to Crosscut. The second-longest-serving member of the Washington Legislature has confirmed she will not run for re-election. “This is my last session. I’m not going to run again.” Asked why, she laughed and said: “Because I’m 75 years old and I’ll be 76 in a couple weeks. That’s why.” She's been in the......

The Seattle Weekly's Rick Anderson pointed us to what may be the greatest unintentional comedy festival in Internet history. Following a series of nearly thirty break-ins, Magnolia residents have turned to the internets to catch the burgular, through a series of extremely misguided tips.—We had a young white male with a green hooded sweatshirt knock on our door and ask if we would like to sign up for evironmental action support. He walks with a......