Most Hate Crimes in Seattle Committed Against Gays and Lesbians: Seattle police report that in the first half of 2014, gays and lesbians made up 35 percent of bias incidents in the city, reports Q13 Fox News. Most of the incidents against gays and lesbians took place in the East Precinct, which includes Capitol Hill, Central Area, First Hill, Judkins Park, Madison Park, Montlake, and the upper Pike/Pine neighborhood. Incidents against African Americans made up the second highest amount, at 18 percent. The report comes days after a man yelled “all gay people would be killed” because he was denied entry to a Capitol Hill nightclub.

City Council Finalizes Rules for Micro-Housing: As West Seattle Blog reports, they include a name (Small Efficiency Dwelling Units, or SEDU) and requirements including a 150-square-foot-minimum sleeping area, a 220-square-foot-minimum total floor area, a food preparation area (sink, refrigerator, countertop, cooking appliance), and a bathroom (sink, toilet, shower, or bathtub).

Columbus Day Is Now Indigenous People’s Day: The city council voted unanimously.

Bill Gates Faces Fines for Illegally Storing Horse Manure: He's racked up $40,000 in fines for building a waste storage structure for his horses only 18.75 feet from a narrow pond (code mandates that it be at least 100 feet away) and less than 50 feet from a drainage ditch, reports the site Gossip Extra. It was also installed without a permit, according to city records.

Gap Between Rich and Poor Grows: Seattle saw the second-highest increase in median income last year, reports the Seattle Times.

For the 20 percent of city households at the top of the income ladder, things couldn’t be better. Their earnings averaged $248,000 in 2013 — a hefty $15,000 jump from 2012. But for the 20 percent of households at the bottom, incomes averaged just $13,000, unchanged from the previous year.

Meanwhile, Housing Prices Continue to Climb: After a slump in August, the median price for a single-family home in King County in September rose 9.5 percent (to $460,000) over the last year, reports the Seattle Times. In Seattle, the median price rose 12 percent, to $517,000.

Mercer Island Tap Water Tests Negative for E. Coli: But officials are still advising residents to boil their water. They still can’t find the source of the contamination.

Wait, the Justice Department Is Holding Banks Accountable?!? Kinda, sorta, according to the New York Times, which reports that the DOJ is preparing to file charges against “at least one bank” by the end of the year (with more charges to come) for their role in the financial crisis—specifically, for colluding to alter the price of foreign currencies. The dozen or so banks under investigation include Deutsche Bank, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, and UBS. Although “the charges will most likely focus on traders and their bosses rather than chief executives.”

Walmart Cutting Health Benefits for Part-Time Workers: The cost-cutting move will affect some 30,000 employees, reports the AP.

A Sports Thing That a Lot of People Care About Happened: And during halftime, a guy who had just picked up a pizza was shot in the back in an attempted robbery in Auburn. He’s in serious condition.

Lunar Eclipse Will Create a “Blood Moon” Tomorrow: But you’ll have to be awake at 3:30 a.m. to see it.