A woman is in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center after a shooting last night in Auburn.
A woman is in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center after a shooting last night in Auburn. Clare McLean / UW Medicine

One Person Dead and One Person Injured After a Shooting in Auburn, 30 Miles South of Seattle: "Stunned witnesses watched in disbelief as a man gunned down two people in a busy Auburn park—killing one victim and critically wounding the second—before calmly walking to his truck and driving off." The truck is white, with Idaho plates.

Speaking of White Trucks, Do You Know Who Was in a White Toyota Pickup in Chelan County June 28? The sheriff's office "is seeking help identifying a white pickup truck seen near the start of the Sleepy Hollow Fire."

A NASA image of the British Columbia wildfire smoke.
A NASA image of the British Columbia wildfire smoke over the weekend. NASA

Haze from the British Columbia Wildfires Didn't Prevent US from Beating Japan in the Women's World Cup: Although it did slip into the open roof, "lending an air of sleepy unreality to the biggest stage in women’s soccer."

About a Dozen Different Wildfires Are Burning in Washington State Right Now: And King County got way more calls about fire over the weekend than usual.

You cant smoke in Cal Anderson Park anymore, nor any other Seattle parks.
You can't smoke in Cal Anderson Park anymore, nor any other Seattle parks. Christopher Frizzelle

Smoking in All Seattle Parks Is Now Banned: Starting today.

If You've Been Meaning to Quit Smoking: There's no time like the present.

The dotted lines are current or funded services. Obviously, light rail to West Seattle and Ballard ought to have dotted lines. They dont.
The dotted lines are "current or funded services." Obviously, light rail to West Seattle and Ballard ought to have dotted lines. They don't. http://soundtransit3.org

You Have Two More Days to Tell Sound Transit What to Prioritize Next: Elevated and/or tunnel options to West Seattle and Ballard are what the city needs most desperately, IMO. But you go tell Sound Transit what you think. The more data they have, the better. You only have 48 more hours to weigh in.

There Are 30 States with Idiotic Gay-Marriage Bans in Their Constitution, Including Idaho: Even though such a ban is now unenforceable. One asshat who thinks Idaho's constitution should keep the language of the marriage ban calls it "a symbolic and historic piece of language." Bahahahaha.

Ending the Drug War Is the New Gay Marriage: So says Brendan Kiley.

The Guardian Covered Weed the People, Organized by The Stranger's Sister Paper, the Portland Mercury: Where attendees each got seven free grams of marijuana. The "historic" event drew "huge crowds."

I took this photo last night in a friends backyard in the Central District. Seattles record-setting gorgeousness wont quit.
Seattle's record-setting gorgeousness won't quit. My cell phone took this photo last night in a friend's backyard in the Central District. Christopher Frizzelle

We Just Had the Warmest Fourth of July on Record in Seattle: Beating the 1972 record by one degree. In related news, "temperatures will be in the 90s for the next few days, with a slight cool-down starting Thursday."