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Junction trouble?

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Trying to find out more about a report I heard on radio news while we drove home tonight after spending the day out of town. Something about a shooting early this morning in the Junction. As of right now, not a shred posted on any local-news site I can find, even the one for the station where I heard the blurb (I suppose their Web producers all have the holiday weekend off) … but the Seattle 911 log does have an “assault with weapons” at California and Alaska at 12:53 am today.

(Monday update: Discovered a small eyewitness account on chasBlog … scroll down to the photo of flashing police-car lights.)

Funny but not factual

May 27, 2006 8:36 am

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| Transportation

OK, I have to mention this here because I haven’t seen anyone else point it out yet.

Two little factual/timeline inaccuracies in the mayor’s viaduct/tunnel spoof video …

Narration says “The Blob” came down in the ’80s and the Kingdome in the ’90s.

Actually, “The Blob” was demolished in 1997, and The Dome in 2000.

OK, I feel better now.

Opening day

May 27, 2006 8:14 am

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Sun or no sun, it’s opening day for West Seattle’s coolest pool.

Most people get there by parking in Lincoln Park’s south lot and walking north on the paved waterfront path. We prefer the other way — find a spot by Lowman Beach, walk down the end stub of Beach Drive to the start of Lincoln Park’s unpaved path — so much more beautiful and peaceful.

But whatever you do, our advice is, just go! We won’t get there today; something else is on the calendar … but before the holiday weekend’s over, we’ll definitely make our start-of-season pilgrimage.