At the end of Seafair weekend, a man fell off a boat and drowned.
At the end of Seafair weekend, a man sadly drowned. cpaulfell / Shutterstock.com

A 32-Year-Old Man Drowned Last Night as Seafair Came to a Close: "Witnesses said the man hopped off a 20-foot pleasure boat to swim, without a life vest, and later was seen bobbing in the water," the Seattle Times reports. "About an hour and a half later, the man was found by a police robotics unit about 45 feet underwater, hidden in heavy silt," KOMO says.

Wear a Life Jacket, Wear a Life Jacket, Wear a Life Jacket: That said, even life jackets don't always save you.

Microsoft Is Investing $100 Million in Uber: The car service is now valued at "approximately $50 billion."

Tattoo seen outside the Seattle Art Fair over the weekend. The Seattle Art Fair is the best idea Paul Allens had in years.
Tattoo seen outside the Seattle Art Fair over the weekend. The Seattle Art Fair is the best idea Paul Allen's had in years. Christopher Frizzelle

Stranger Art Critic Jen Graves Is Writing an Essay About the Seattle Art Fair as I Type: So I'll withhold saying anything more. Five hundred pounds of pressed flour. That's all I'm saying.

Virginia Mason Failed to Properly Report a "Superbug" Infection, According to the State: "Virginia Mason Medical Center failed to properly notify state health officials about an outbreak of so-called 'superbug' infections tied to contaminated medical scopes, investigators have found."

The very complicated deal with UW thats expected to result in this building shaped like a high-heeled shoe. Bob Young at Seattle Times dives into the weirdness about this deal.
The city's complicated deal with UW is expected to result in this building shaped like a high-heeled shoe. It's weird to read about the project's "footprint" given that this is the project. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON/WRIGHT RUNSTAD & COMPANY


Did You Know the University of Washington Owns a Swath of Land Downtown? You probably already knew that, they've owned it forever. But did you know they also own development rights for the ground underneath parts of Fifth Avenue and University Streets? Bob Young at the Seattle Times goes in-depth on a deal that allowed UW to count the land under those city streets toward their new shoe-shaped project's footprint, lessening their affordable housing burden.

Speaking of UW, Its Nanofabrication Lab Just Got $37 Million: And the facility dedicated to tiny little particles will double in size.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Is Being Talked About as a Possible Presidential Contender: This has been talked about before, but it would be fascinating, and the chatter has new life in it now that Schultz's name was in Maureen Dowd's column yesterday.

Is Schultz Seriously Considering a Run? The Stranger has a call out and we'll let you know as soon as we hear more.

The Bigger News in That Maureen Dowd Column Was the Joe Biden News: Biden is considering "taking on Hillary in Iowa and New Hampshire." Why? Doing so was his dying son's wishes. Biden is expected to decide by Labor Day.

The Case for Joe Biden: Vox laid it out recently.

President Obama Is Going to Release the Final Version of His Most Ambitious Climate-Change Policy to Date This Afternoon: Basically, "The EPA will give each state an individual goal for reducing emissions from their electric power plants. States can then decide for themselves how to get there," according to Vox.

Amy Schumer: Joining the fight for gun control.

The Man Who Shot Michael Brown: A profile of Darren Wilson.