King County Council wants the youth penalty for skipping a fare to be a civil infraction--not a criminal one.
King County Council wants the youth penalty for skipping a fare to be a civil infraction—not a criminal one. King County Metro Transit

King County Council Says Young People Shouldn't Get Criminal Charges for Skipping Bus Fare: Wait, criminal charges? Yes. County code classifies fare evasion as a misdemeanor. On Monday, the County Council adopted a motion to make changes to Metro's enforcement policy so that young people will no longer be criminally charged for skipping fares.

Seattle Really Needs an Earthquake Retrofit: The city's Emergency Management Director says that there's an 84 percent chance Seattle will see another Nisqually in the next 50 years, and a 15 percent chance of a Cascadia subduction zone megaquake. The city council is expected to work on an incentive program to help homeowners retrofit their homes to be more earthquake-ready. The Viaduct, however, is still standing.

Studio That Offered a Yoga Class for People of Color Reports a Death Threat: Rainier Beach Yoga also reported a hate crime that's currently being investigated, according to the Seattle Police Department. But wait, hold down your breakfast, there's more: "The city’s Office of Civil Rights also a received complaint against the yoga studio for discriminatory practices — specifically the exclusion of whites from the POC class," the Seattle Globalist reports. People complained to the Office of Civil Rights about creating safe spaces for POC in what's too often an overwhelmingly white yoga scene. "While the studio has reopened after closing temporarily due to threats, POC Yoga— which had been offering monthly classes for five years — has shut down." Shameful bullshit, Seattle.

State law doesnt ban rent control for commercial properties, according to Sawants office.
State law doesn't ban rent control for commercial properties, according to Sawant's office. Seattle City Council/Flickr

Kshama Sawant and Dave Meinert Are Working Together: They're presenting a rent stabilization plan for small businesses at City Hall today.

Regional Traffic Is 19 Percent Worse Post-Recession: "WSDOT says the number of licensed drivers increased 7.6% from 2012 to 2014," KING 5 reports. "More drivers ultimately lead to more collisions, vehicle stalls, or other emergencies. WSDOT says its teams responded to 8.1% more incidents in 2014 than in 2012. Those incidents resulted in a 5.8% increase in delays."

What if Capitol Hill Shared Parking so Developers Wouldn't Build so Much of It? Capitol Hill Seattle Blog reports on two parking items being considered by the Seattle city council. "One could lead to the creation of a pool of shared parking across Capitol Hill to reduce the need for developers to create large parking structures while the other would earmark a certain percentage of street meter funds back into the neighborhoods from which they’re generated."

The Lummi youth canoe family wants to bring their 39-foot cedar canoe to the Paris climate talks.
The Lummi youth canoe family wants to bring their 39-foot cedar canoe to the Paris climate talks. Alex Garland

The Lummi Youth Canoe Family Wants to Bring Their Canoe to the Paris Climate Talks: And you can help! In May, the Lummi canoe family helped lead the mass kayaktivist protest against the Polar Pioneer, the Shell-contracted Arctic drilling rig, while it stayed in Seattle. Now, skipper Justin Finkbonner and the rest of the Lummi canoe family want to join the Indigenous Environmental Network's Canoes to Paris action and demonstrate on the Seine. Read more and donate here.

The Coast Guard Is Looking for a Man Who Disappeared Near Bainbridge Island: His 15-foot fishing boat was found adrift last night.

Eating Processed Meat Causes Cancer: And eating red meat also likely increases cancer risk. Here's an excellent, visual breakdown of the 478 other things that could give us cancer.

Hey! A New Women-Led Media Site: And, thank god, it doesn't have a dumb name.