• As the Seattle Art Museum nears the end of the Mimi Gates era, they have announced Derrick R. Cartwright, of San Diego Museum of Art, will become SAM's newest director.
• Wallywood reports raccoons are infiltrating the Wallingford neighborhood. We wonder if it has anything to do with the large medical marijuana growing operation going on in a local Wallingford home.
• A big ol' three-alarm fire engulfed a South Seattle apartment building today--the fast-spreading fire left Whisper Wood Apartments neighbors without shoes, coats or even a standing home.

With news that long time Seattle Art Museum director Mimi Gates is retiring next year, we are hoping that the Mariners will fire current General Manager Bill Bavasi and hire Gates as his replacement. more ›