Somehow winning.
Somehow winning. JOSEPH SOHM/Shutterstock

Is This a Nightmare? Donald Trump won last night's Nevada Republican caucus, taking about 46 percent of the vote. Marco Rubio took second and Ted Cruz took third. There's a lot of talk about how Trump—the guy who thinks most Mexican immigrants are rapists—won the Hispanic vote in Nevada. But the nerds at FiveThirtyEight point out that just 8 percent of Republican voters there were Hispanic (or about 1 percent of Nevada's Hispanic population) "and they are not politically representative of the larger Hispanic community."

NAACP President Calls Police Shooting of Che Taylor "Cold-Blooded Murder": Seattle-King County NAACP President Gerald Hankerson says Taylor put his hands in the air and was trying to comply with police orders when he was shot. Ansel has details on Taylor here and video of the shooting here.



Bertha Is Drilling Again: Seattle Tunnel Partners got the go-ahead to start up the tunnel boring machine again, but only on a conditional basis. Sydney explains.

Hundreds Compete to Get Spot In Affordable Housing: David Kroman at Crosscut has a story about the high demand for scarce affordable housing, which has resulted in some people camping out in tents or cars to get in line for cheap apartments. "After the three-hour application period finally opened at 4 p.m.," Kroman writes, "El Centro de la Raza received more than 450 applications for affordable housing in the Plaza, which won’t even open until July. There are only 112 units available."

Mayor Ed Murray says he was recently on Capitol Hill on a Saturday night and thought, my God, what happened to the gays?
Mayor Ed Murray says he was recently on Capitol Hill on a Saturday night and thought, "my God, what happened to the gays?" City of Seattle

The Guardian Covers the Death of the Gayborhood: “My husband Michael and I were recently out on a Saturday night and were walking around the Pine/Pike Corridor,” Mayor Ed Murray told The Guardian. “And we looked at each other and said: my God, what happened to the gays? Literally, who are all of these straight people in our neighborhood?” The piece covers hate crime statistics on Capitol Hill, community and police efforts to respond, and, of course, John Cristicello.

City Officials Speed Up Plans for Demolition of Old Seattle Times Building Because of Squatters: Evan Lewis, a development manager for the Vancouver-based company that owns the building "said staff have been working to secure the building for months, though people have continued to find ways to get in," the Times reports. "The trespassers have used power saws and crowbars to take down barriers, he said, and installed hidden hinges for easier access."

Rehab Center Near The Jungle Has Empty Beds: The center has rules, including a dress code and a "spiritual component," but leaders tell Danny Westneat they blame Seattle's "permissive attitude toward letting people sleep on the streets."

Seattle Diversion Program Featured in Heroin Documentary: Frontline's “Chasing Heroin" aired last night, featuring King County’s LEAD (Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion) program and calling it a “radical new approach” to the nation's heroin epidemic, KPLU reports. Here's the full documentary and here's the trailer:

Scalia Suffered Many Health Problems: Coronary artery disease, obesity, diabetes, and other ailments likely contributed to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death, according to his doctor. Not on the list: A pillow over his head, ordered there by President Obama.

Oregon May Use Tiered System to Increase Minimum Wage Across the State: Wages will raise faster in Portland than in more rural parts of the state. That's notable, The Atlantic explains, "because it addresses one of the chief concerns some economists have about raising federal or state minimum wages: that rural areas will struggle to weather a decrease in jobs that may come with the increased cost of labor."

Is Olympia-Based K Records a "Broken, Sinking Ship?" Dave Segal explains why the legendary indie label is struggling to stay afloat as Kimya Dawson and other artists demand unpaid royalties.

Seattle Home Prices Rise Nearly 10 Percent In a Year: The average price of a single-family home in three local counties—King, Snohomish and Pierce—rose by 9.9 percent over the last year, writes Sanjay Bhatt in the Seattle Times. Of the 20 major metro areas measured, only Portland, San Francisco, and Denver outpaced Seattle.

"Super Lice" Are Coming: "In 25 states, including Washington, scientists are finding super lice that can’t be killed with the chemical used in most over-the-counter treatments," KING 5 reports. "Pyrethroids used to work 100 percent of the time back in 2000, but by 2013, it only worked in 25 percent of cases." Stranger publisher Tim Keck is on it: