Late last night, the Rainier Valley Post reported that Jose "Angel" Blanco finally returned from Mexico to give himself up to authorities. He had fled south after being charged with murder in the first degree of his ex-wife Noemi Lopez, discovered on November 30th by her children to be dead in her home from 60 stab wounds. Blanco confessed via text message to his daughter on the day of the murder, but immediately went on the run from the police; according to the Times, he is also suspected of theft to the tune of $5,000 from the airport pay phone company where he worked in order to finance his trip to Mexico. more ›

From the Rainier Valley Post: "In less than a week, 75 people have donated more than $3,500 to the children of Rainier Valley neighbor Noemi Lopez, who was stabbed to death by her ex-husband and high-school sweetheart exactly one week ago today." more ›

• The Beacon Hill Blog reminds us that this time last year, it was snowing.
• The Rainier Valley Post continued their personal-meets-professional coverage of the stabbing death of their neighbor, Noemi Lopez. The RVP is calling for their readers to boycott the Seattle Times for their lack of coverage of the story and invites readers to come to a candlelight vigil in Noemi's honor.
• Capitol Hillebrities spotted everyone's favorite tanorexic and Seattle Project Runway alum Blayne out and about this weekend.