We heard from CHS that a truck had hit a power line at 12th Avenue and East Aloha, so we just ran up to check. It's a semi that has broken off a huge tree branch, which in turn snagged a power line. So now the semi, branch, and downed line are waiting for a Seattle City Light crew to arrive and untangle them. In the meantime, East Aloha is closed to traffic between 12th and 13th. We suspect it'll be closed at least an hour or two, given the ticklishness of the situation. more ›

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Writing news for Seattlest, we spend a lot of time feeling slightly befuddled by local news headlines. Last night's perusal of headlines offered us this gem: "Semi road rage leads to big mess on I-5." We read it as a case of mild road rage, somehow causing a traffic jam. A sentence into the story, we realized our error. In reality, the driver of a semi truck suffered a case of road rage when another truck driver tailed his truck too closely. The angry driver slammed on the brakes, damaging his trailer and sending him careening onto the highway's dirt shoulder. more ›