Spotlight Wins Best Picture: “In a ceremony that became a raucous diversity lesson under the guidance of its host, Chris Rock, ‘Spotlight,’ a newspaper drama about the Roman Catholic Church cover-up of sexual abuse by priests, snatched top honors at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday,” the New York Times reports. “It beat out ‘The Revenant,’ which had been widely viewed as the favorite, but which nevertheless earned a best actor prize for Leonardo DiCaprio, his first Oscar, and a best director award for Alejandro G. Iñárritu.”
Chris Rock’s Opening Monologue: Watch it here.
In 2015, Half of This City’s Female Homicide Victims Were Homeless: “While men accounted for three-quarters of Seattle’s 24 homicide victims last year, the comparatively small number of female homicide victims reflects the vulnerability of homeless women,” Sara Jean Green writes. “Of the 18 male homicide victims, one was a homeless man found dead from gunshot wounds in October, according to information compiled from data from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Seattle Police Department. In contrast, three of the city’s six female homicide victims in 2015 were homeless at the times of their deaths.”
Hillary Clinton Won the South Carolina Democratic Primary on Saturday: By a lot. And tomorrow is Super Tuesday. “A raucous Republican race could gain clarity this week,” the New York Times reports, “and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont could face a dwindling opportunity to prove he can develop support beyond his coalition of younger, whiter voters, as the parallel primaries head into Super Tuesday.”
The Theory That Today’s Expensive Housing Is Tomorrow’s Affordable Housing: “Many urbanists have a different take [on Seattle’s boom in pricey new housing],” writes Gene Balk. “Today’s market-rate apartments, they counter, are tomorrow’s affordable housing. As a building ages, it no longer commands the top-tier rents of new construction, so it gradually becomes more affordable.”
The Seattle Times Buffet Investigation Continues: “Warren Buffett used his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Saturday to expand his defense of the mobile-home business Clayton Homes,” the Seattle Times reports, “while disclosing that the company foreclosed on more than 8,000 customers last year.”
Preparing for the Big One: “The last damaging earthquake in Washington struck 15 years ago, on Feb. 28, 2001,” writes Sandi Doughton. “The next one is scheduled for June 7. The ground isn’t expected to actually shake this spring. But nearly 6,000 emergency and military personnel will pretend it is during a four-day exercise to test response to a seismic event that will dwarf the 2001 Nisqually quake: A Cascadia megaquake and tsunami.”
Largest Container Ship Ever: “The Benjamin Franklin pulled into Elliott Bay Monday. It’s the largest ship to ever call on the Port of Seattle or any U.S. port,” KING 5 reports. “It can hold 18,000 containers, is more than 1,300 feet long, 177 feet wide, and has draft of 52 feet. Not that long ago a 5,000 container ship was considered big.”
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