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Seattle Fire Department

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Firefighters Really Do Rescue Cats: Demythologizing an Urban Legend

    ​As a kitten growing up in St. Louis, Quincy Lou Melton once climbed about nine feet up a skinny tree. He could not get down without the aid of his owner. In the six years since that incident, Quincy (pictured at right, minutes after the conclusion of this blog post's central tale) has not att ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Huarachitos' Owners Vow to Rebuild After Fire

    ​The owners of Huarachitos, the beloved Columbia City taqueria that suffered a serious fire last week, say the restaurant is unlikely to reopen until the fall. Insurance agents have warned Jose Luis Pantiga and Ana Martinez that it will take eight to 10 weeks to issue the check they need to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Body Found at the Scene of South Park House Fire

    Medical examiners haven't identified the body found inside the blaze.​Last night, investigators from the Seattle Fire Department made a grisly discovery at the scene of a house fire in South Park. The SFD says that around 8:20 p.m., a neighbor walking her dog spotted smoke and flames shooting ... More >>

  • Music

    December 16, 2009

    Duff McKagan: Hot-Wire Act

    LSD, my first bands, and real grand theft auto.

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Hundreds Turn Out for Briefing on Greenwood Arsonist

    Seattle Fire Marshall John Nelson fields questions from Greenwood residents​It was standing room only last night at the Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church as city officials briefed what seemed like the entirety of the greater Greenlake community on the ongoing investigation into a recent spate of a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Greenwood Arsonist Strikes Again

    FlickrSomeone is making it their mission to keep Greenwood ablaze.​UPDATE: Two more fires were set last night. Details after the jump. Greenwood has a serial arsonist. Last night at 3:30 AM firefighters responded to a blaze on 85th St. The back deck of a small accounting firm had been set afl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Phinney-Greenwood Fire Ruled an Arson, We Eat Crow

    ​Meanwhile, on the mean streets of North Seattle's Phinney-Greenwood, Seattle Fire Department investigators have concluded that the early morning blaze that took down three neighborhood restaurants and a coffeehouse was intentionally set. Now we've been happy to sit back and lampoon as Phinn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    Was It Something We Said: A Seattle Weekly Distribution Box Feels the Wrath of Aurora Avenue

    ​A few months back we described in cringe-inducing detail the seediness of a few motels on Aurora Avenue north. Since then we, along with an number of media outlets, have done our level best to chronicle the arrest of every pimp, prostitute and pusher that conducts their trade in that more not ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    What Is It With People Getting Wasted and Wandering Around the Woods These Days?

    ​Maybe it's something we've always done--and we just can't hold our intoxicants like we used to. Either way, last Friday, King County Sheriff's deputies rescued a 39-year-old man who had wandered through some woods in Burien for a day-and-a-half, clad only in boxers and reportedly high. (Check ... More >>

  • News

    August 26, 2009

    Hot Scoop

    ​Maybe it's something we've always done--and we just can't hold our intoxicants like we used to. Either way, last Friday, King County Sheriff's deputies rescued a 39-year-old man who had wandered through some woods in Burien for a day-and-a-half, clad only in boxers and reportedly high. (Check ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Chalk Outlines: Man Shot to Death in Homeless Encampment, "The Jungle"

    The Seattle Police Department reports that a man was found shot to death in "The Jungle," the homeless encampment beneath I-5, next to the Industrial District. Someone notified a parking enforcement officer who was working the 1700 block of Airport Way S. that a man had been shot. Seattle Fire Depar ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Smokey the Bear Returns to the Airwaves, and Not a Moment Too Soon

    He's old enough to join the AARB (American Association of Retired Bears--zing!), but Smokey the Bear is still at it. A few weeks ago, the Advertising Council and the U.S. Forest Service teamed up for a new "Get Your Smokey On" set of public service announcements, starring America's #1 forest-fire-pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    Chalk Outlines: Police Seek Rainier Ave. Murder Suspect Who Was Arrested, Released Last Night

    Valente Alvarez-GuerreroSeattle Police just sent out a release announcing a search for the suspect in a murder that occurred in a Rainier Avenue apartment this morning. The suspect, Valente Alvarez-Guerrero, was arrested last night for allegedly attacking the roommate he was suspected of killing tod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    Storytime: Grand Theft Auto and LSD

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb.In an attempt to flesh out some stories that may one day become a gateway to a larger literary body of work, I'm going to write some short pieces of my own. That being said, I am a little scared to share some of these stories in that they are not m ... More >>

  • News

    September 6, 2006

    Wet & Mild

    A trip inside Eastlake's much-ballyhooed drunk residence.

  • Arts

    May 24, 2006

    A Case of Caseys

    A celebrity chef and her landlord hubby tell a historic Ballard pub to stop serving hard booze.

  • Film

    February 22, 2006

    Feb. 22-March 1, 2006

    This week's specialty screenings and venues.

  • Arts

    December 28, 2005

    Hats Off

    A tribute to Seattle artists and institutions lost and found in 2005.

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    Snookered in Seattle: The WTO Riots

    An exclusive book excerpt.

  • News

    November 10, 2004

    Mystery Building

    If Station 31 isn't causing a high cancer rate among firefighters, what is?

  • News

    October 20, 2004

    Defend the Homeland!

    Want to serve your country? Vote Bush out.

  • News

    May 12, 2004

    Firehouse Theater

    In a familiar-sounding case of mayoral assertiveness, the state fines Seattle, citing Greg Nickels' interference in the Station 31 health probe.

  • News

    March 31, 2004

    Love to Hear Percussion

    In a familiar-sounding case of mayoral assertiveness, the state fines Seattle, citing Greg Nickels' interference in the Station 31 health probe.

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    Room with a D骠 Vu

    ... As I read, I shook my head. The testimonials were the same 16 years later. ...

  • Music

    March 12, 2003

    Hypercritical

    The latest on Stephen Malkmus, Meg White, and more.

  • News

    March 12, 2003

    Hilton's Hellholes

    Landlord Eric Hilton has been cited for hundreds of land-use violations, owes thousands of dollars in unpaid fines, and has scads of terrorized tenants. Why hasn't the city stopped him?

  • News

    February 12, 2003

    Love Against the Odds

    Five Valentine's Day tales of love that has defied time, cliché, and convention.

  • News

    January 29, 2003

    Endangered Seattle

    Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.

  • News

    September 25, 2002

    Buzz

    Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.

  • News

    May 29, 2002

    Sliding up the pole

    Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.

  • News

    December 12, 2001

    Calendar of Merriment

    Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.

  • News

    December 5, 2001

    Calendar of Merriment

    Historic preservation? It's just so yesterday.

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    Painter peels off

    Long Painting, the Northwest's largest painting company, flees Seattle after years of controversy.

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    News Clips— Magnolia standoff

    Long Painting, the Northwest's largest painting company, flees Seattle after years of controversy.

  • News

    June 13, 2001

    Spinning wheels

    As new details emerge in latest police shooting, officer claims he feared being run over by fleeing driver.

  • News

    May 30, 2001

    The fire this time

    The Coe School blaze leaves no answers—just new questions and a shake-up in Seattle's arson investigations.

  • News

    May 23, 2001

    The wonder that is Metro

    Just where can your bus pass get you?

  • News

    February 7, 2001

    Long time coming

    City Hall finally responds to South Park's complaints about the Northwest's largest painting contractor.

  • News

    January 3, 2001

    South Park stinks

    Neighbors say the Northwest's largest painting contractor is making their air hard to breathe.

  • News

    December 13, 2000

    Fire danger

    A toxic-waste plant in Georgetown mishandled a fire.

  • News

    September 20, 2000

    Ferry foiled?

    The Kalakala runs aground on regulations.

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    Cop on the run

    Sheriff Dave Reichert chased WTO looters through Seattle streets. Is he trying to chase Schell out of town as well?

  • Arts

    December 1, 1999

    Save the rave

    They're all-ages, after-hours, and under attack.

  • Arts

    July 22, 1998

    Killin' in the Rain

    J.A. Jance and Earl Emerson keep Seattle a hotbed of crime fiction.

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