Also Damaged in the Everett Shooting: Two homes, two vehicles, and a boat.
In Other Gun News: "A tense situation escalated Saturday evening when gunshots were fired near a KOMO reporter and photographer shortly after 5 p.m. in Mount Vernon."
There Have Been 227 Shootings So Far This Year in Seattle, as of July 20: According to the Seattle Times. "That’s more than one per day," Danny Westneat writes. "It’s up 24 percent over last year and 40 percent over 2013."
Guess What? There's One Republican Running for President Who Actually Thinks There Should Be Slightly Tougher Gun Laws! "I think every state should strengthen their laws," Bobby Jindal said yesterday, three days after a gunman with mental-health issues shot up a Louisiana movie theater.
The Water in the Columbia River Is 5 to 6 Degrees Warmer Than Usual: And it's "wiping out at least half of this year's" sockeye salmon.
The Columbia Is Warm Because of Low Snowpack This Year, Weakening Salmon Immune Systems and Causing Infection: "The water temperatures in the Lower Columbia are physiologically unsustainable for salmon," a microbiologist who works for the US Fish and Wildlife Service says. “It’s crazy.”
We Really Needed That Rain Yesterday—and It Felt Great, Didn't It? As for the Block Party, "Rather than killing the buzz, the overcast atmosphere chilled things out, with the focus a little less on the party and a bit more on the music."
Several Hours Later and a Few Blocks Away, a Cyclist Crashed and Was Taken to the Hospital with Life-Threatening Injuries: The crash occurred near Belmont Avenue and East Pine Street at 4:39 a.m. "It did not appear the woman was struck by a car."
Which Is Why the Forest Service Wants to Install a Landline Closer to the Ice Caves: In case there are any more emergencies up there.
Obama Weighs In on All the Crazy Things Donald Trump and Mike Huckabee Have Been Saying: "We’re making a culture that is not conducive to good policy or good politics. The American people deserve better. Certainly presidential debates deserve better."
He Also Pushed for Gay Rights While He Was in Kenya: Which was a good and bold thing to do and is "likely to stir up colonial resentment." He just DGAF.
Have You Voted Yet in the Primary? C'mon, just do it, we've made it very easy for you.