Flooding in Bellevue last night.
  • Bellevue Police Dept.
  • Factoria Blvd. in Bellevue flooded last night. The drainage systems couldn't take it.

We Got More Than a Month's Worth of Rain Wednesday Morning: In "some areas of Western Washington," King 5 News reports. "Some drainage systems weren’t ready to handle the unusual amount of rainfall, causing minor flooding," which is what's happening in that photo. In other weather-related imagery: A tree fell in White Center, cutting off power to 4,000 City Light customers, according to KIRO, and a tree fell in Phinney Ridge, landing on a vehicle and cutting off power to one house.

Rainier Beach: The neighborhood is asking for help from the mayor and police after a rash of brutal crimes. "We're going to need more police officers," the mayor says.

Incredibly Sad News in Maple Leaf this Morning: A 2-year-old fell out a third-story window and died last night, SPD says.

Steve Ballmer, ex-Microsoft CEO, is looking forward to being in LA more.
Steve Ballmer Officially Owns the Los Angeles Clippers: “The next wave of Clipperdom, hopefully, has arrived,” Ballmer told the Los Angeles Times yesterday, "adding a belly laugh." As for the hefty $2 billion he paid for it, he told ESPN: "It's not a cheap price, but when you're used to looking at tech companies with huge risk, no earnings and huge multiples, this doesn't look like the craziest thing I've ever acquired." After the deal was finalized yesterday, he gave this official statement. The word "Clipperdom" makes me think of this.

Must Be Nice to Have So Much Dough to Throw Around: As mentioned yesterday in the Morning News, Ballmer also just plunked down a bunch of money on the campaign to require background checks on gun sales in Washington State.

The Latest from Ferguson, Missouri: "This is how the boy died! With his hands up in the air!"

AP Journalist and Four Others Dead After Bomb Explodes While Being Dismantled by a Bomb Squad: "An unexploded Israeli missile in Gaza went off as bomb experts were trying to defuse it, leaving five people dead, including an Italian Associated Press journalist, on the last day of a 72-hour truce," The Guardian reports. The journalist, Simone Camilli, was "the first foreign journalist killed in Gaza." Here's a picture of Camilli, on the left, earlier this week:


Man Allegedly Threatened to Kill Trucker Who Refused to Go on a Date with Him: This story, set at Love's Truck Stop in Fife, Wash., includes this sentence: "When the victim repeatedly turned down the man's offer, Truelove became angry, removing his shirt, grabbing a large piece of metal and advancing on the victim while threatening to kill him, according to the charging documents."

Why It's So Difficult Getting TV and Movies Filmed in Seattle: Hey filmmakers, arts activists, Seattle's Office of Film + Music—can you PLEASE do something about this already?

Hey Guys! Forbes Thinks Seattle's Really "Cool"! Phew! "Forbes just came out with a list of the coolest cities in America, and Seattle did quite well. Only Washington, D.C., managed to top it."