28 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: April 19–22, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe Cat Returns for Studio Ghibli Fest this Sunday. This weekend, pair hypnotic music and footage at the Drone Cinema Film Festival, discover black cinema talent at the...
View ArticleMedian Pay for Amazon Employees as of 2017 Was $28,446
by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede The median annual pay for Amazon's 560,000 employees is $28,446. It's $240,430 for Facebook Inc—but that company only employs 25,105 people, many of whom do not have...
View ArticleThe King County Sheriff's Office Is Going to Have Patrol Officers Looking for...
Still, the legal THC level for driving makes little sense.by Sydney BrownstoneNot a good idea in Maple Valley tomorrow? sestovic/Getty The King County Sheriff's Office sent out an advisory today...
View ArticleWatch a Sleazeball Predator Get His Comeuppance at Operamuse's Don Giovanni
"Opera is very stuffy most of the time, and we're trying to change that."by Rich SmithMike Heitmann (far right) isn't really a sleazeball, but he'll play one in his version of Mozart's Don Giovannion...
View ArticleIt’s official: Mariners, opponents will soon no longer be able to chew...
The King County Board of Health voted unanimously Thursday to prohibit smokeless tobacco in field and clubhouse areas, which means half of all MLB stadiums now have bans on the habit.
View ArticleHero Volunteers for Organizations Working to Resist Trump, Wins President's...
by Dan Savage So the President's Volunteer Service Award is a thing—it's a thing that's been around since 2003, it's a thing that subtly reinforces the conservative nostrum that private charity can...
View ArticleDepartment of Defense employee from Port Orchard pleads guilty to sexual abuse
Officials say Michael Cerera admitted that while he was a civilian employee of the Department of Defense in Yokosuka, Japan, he engaged in sexual contact with a female co-worker when she was asleep.
View ArticleAt Woodland Park Zoo, a new roof from ‘the oldest roofing known’
The thatch roof project in the African Village is a redo of the original roof installed in 2001. The village will reopen sometime in May. According to the zoo, the estimated cost of the installation,...
View ArticleConnelly: America's gun debate brought home, rival rallies in Seattle and...
The gun debate resonates. High school and middle school students in the Puget Sound area will leave school Friday morning, and rally at noon in Seattle's Occidental Park, to protest gun violence and...
View ArticleBuy Your Tickets to These 18 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out
by Stranger Things To Do StaffPopular podcast My Favorite Murder will do a live taping in Seattle in October. We all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But...
View Article‘Offended’ Seattle U professor admits taking copies of student newspaper...
Staff members of the student newspaper The Spectator defended publishing the photo, saying that they stand with the LGBTQA community.
View ArticleCharge: Woman threatened neighbor with knife for being black
A 59-year-old woman is charged with a hate crime after months of alleged racially charged threats against her neighbor escalated to brandishing a knife at her neighbor's front door.
View ArticleAtlantic salmon, caught in Skagit 8 months after escape from pen, had eaten a...
Upper Skagit tribal fishermen caught an Atlantic salmon in the Skagit River, 8 months after the net-pen break at Cypress Island, which freed 300,000 Atlantics. Experts say it’s not a sign that the...
View ArticlePlanning to get high on 4/20? More deputies will be on the lookout for...
The King County Sheriff’s Office is cracking down on impaired driving Friday, April 20 — a day also known as “420,” a holiday of sorts for cannabis culture. Extra deputies in Precinct 3, the...
View ArticleEffort to let Anacortes-built trawler fish in U.S. waters runs aground
Caught in a political crossfire, another measure that would permit the $75 million factory trawler to work in U.S. waters has failed to pass the U.S. Senate.
View ArticleJustices: Teachers not required to report abuse of their own children
The state Supreme Court said the law requires some connection between the occupation and the suspicion of abuse, and because of that justices ruled a teacher was not obligated to report the suspected...
View ArticleVolcano in southern Japan erupts for 1st time in 250 years
TOKYO (AP) — A volcano in southern Japan has erupted for the first time in 250 years, and authorities set up a no-go zone around the mountain. Mount Io spewed smoke and ash high into the sky Thursday...
View Article12 Record Store Day 2018 Events in Seattle
by Stranger Things To Do StaffGarage-punk band Naked Giants will headline Everyday Music's Record Store Day event, along with Tomo Nakayama, Raica, FKL, and more. Samira Shobeiri It's time again for...
View ArticleLawsuit, criminal charges allege massage clinic sexual assault
A man working as a massage therapist is saddled with two criminal charges for sexual assault and his alleged actions led the woman to sue the massage business for employing someone who not only is...
View ArticleHappy 4/20: Glassblowers get ready to make world’s largest bong in Seattle
Glassblowing artists gathered in South Lake Union on Friday to begin practicing for what they hope will become the world's largest bong.
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