The intern over on the Slog has put together the stats on our brutal week of murders. There have only been eleven murders in Seattle this year--which is the good news; the bad news is, a quarter of 'em happened this week. more ›

For all of two hours today in South Lake Union, you can view the new hydrogen-powered vehicles from the auto powers-that-be at Seattle's first Hydrogen Car Show. It's no two-week long Detroit auto show, but from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. today everyone can check out the cutting edge designs and crazy fuel alternatives at Propel Fuel's biodiesel flagship station off Westlake Ave. And maybe--just-maybe (fingers crossed)--we might get a glimpse of Tesla's new showroom. 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. // Propel Station, 609 Westlake Avenue North // Open to the public more ›

So the makers of the electro-rocketcar are opening a Seattle Tesla-emporium on Westlake. The Tesla Roadster is said to hit 60 in under four seconds and tops out at 125 mph (some kinda rev limiter). It goes over 200 miles on a charge. more ›

(First, did you get our Herb Alpert reference? This is the kind of thing that gives us the eye-twitch.) Spencer Alpert--he's a real estate developer, he owns a 2008 all-electric Tesla--says on his website that he's "partnering with a major New York developer on an iconic high rise tower project in downtown Seattle." Now the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce reports (thx, Jesse!), that Alpert is courting the Donald, and wants to build a "strikingly tall marquee two-tower condo project." It seems like perfect timing: "With five new buildings, encompassing about two million square feet, opening next year, the vacancy rate [in Seattle] is expected to hit 15 percent. Most of the new space has not been leased." more ›

Paul Weller may be MIA, but the rest of his first band play the Moore tonight under the moniker From the Jam. more ›