Public TV's documentary historian refuses to see the connections between yesteryear's prohibition and today's drug war. It's particularly strange for someone who otherwise sees so much about race in America.
In the news: Corrections abstains from more projected budget cuts; an Alaska town takes environmental controversy into its own hands; city council badmouths the mounted police; social security, explained; and why ATM users should watch their backs.
Why has Attorney General Rob McKenna piled onto Mayor McGinn's crusade against Village Voice Media's online sex ads? And why is the Seattle Weekly's parent company hanging tough against them?
King County appears to favor a plan to move its juvenile detention facility to the landmark PacMed tower, former home of Amazon, in the south Seattle neighborhood. "Here we go again," says a neighborhood leader. "We're getting dumped on."
Gather 150,000 into a public place. Let many of them get drunk. Have maybe 300 cops on hand. The result was predictable mayhem, followed by an orgy of blame-shifting.
Some police experts suggest focusing more on crime hot spots and less on citywide "beats" or 911 response times, a strategy that should appeal to advocates of urban density.
Young cyclist riding for the "Ride to Conquer Cancer" charity event was stuck and killed by a car in Snohomish County, in what is considered an accident.
SEATTLE TIMES
Let's use the surveillance metadata to fight urban crime
Two-thirds of women killed by firearms are murdered by their partner. Often, innocent bystanders get in the way and the domestic violence turns into a mass shooting — like the April Federal Way domestic violence shooting that left four people and the gunman dead.
Citing the April 29 Central District shooting and two South Seattle shootings, gang tension is on the rise. This may be due to an influx of Valley Hood Pirus members being released from prison, local gang-prevention specialist, Gabe Morales, said.
An Alaska Airlines passenger is in custody after he reportedly attempted to open a door of a plane as it approached Portland International Airport for a landing with 137 passengers on board Monday morning.
OREGONIAN (PORTLAND)
Oregon high school student said to plan bombing attack
New evidence suggests the Tsarnaev brothers — accused of bombing the Boston marathan — may be linked to a 2011 triple homicide. Among the victims was Brendan Mess, Tamerlan Tsarnaev's roommate.