• Another creepy Washington horse story, of course, of course. A 26-year-old Kennewick man was arrested Friday, caught without his pants and chasing the neighbor's very scared horsey. Ummm...dude, if you don't recall, horse and human sexual relationships generally don't have a happy pleasant ending.
• The Puget Sound Business Journal spells it out in big numbers that a whopping 68,800 jobs have been lost over the past year in Seattle alone.

• Condos for sale! Really attractively priced condos for sale! Local developers with properties Brix in Capitol Hill and Gallery in Belltown are trying to sell condos quickly, so they've put a slew of them up for auction with big discounted prices. Prices that will only make their neighbors cry.
• Oh, the joy's of naked urban cycling. Make sure to cover the kiddies eyes Saturday, as the Gardens Everywhere Bike Parade begins riding at 1 p.m. near Gas Works Park and plans to head north.
• It's a big day for Seattle media and all the advertising and pr folk. The Puget Sound Business Journal reports, Seattle moved up to No. 13 TV market in the U.S., finally kicking Tampa-St. Petersburg to the curb 14th spot.

• The sounds of a police helicopter woke up sleeping residents on Capitol Hill around 3:30 a.m., CHS blog reports the police were above trying to track down the assailant who attacked a woman in the alley near 17th and Howell.
• If you've found "Wash Me" written on to your vehicle recently, you may want to take up Brown Bear Car Wash offer for a free car wash today until 8 p.m. at all tunnel locations.

First the Seattle Public School teachers put a spike in the heart of summer, by agreeing to a one-year contract (not ratified until Monday, August 31, kids, so get out there and lobby). Now Shoreline's teachers have reached a "tentative contract agreement," and will vote on it tomorrow. That leaves Kent facing a strike vote at 5 p.m. today. The teachers want smaller classes, better pay. When do they want it? Now! more ›

• Out of the gate from the 12 post position, Assessment (6-1) won Sunday's 74th running of the Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs. The top race brought in $796,268 worth of wagers, a single-race record.
• Finally, the Woodland Park Zoo's male snow leopard has a name: Gobi. Regardless of what 35,000 people wanted, we still think a Thundercats-inspired name would have been so much cooler.