Should Woodland Park Zoo be Allowed to Keep Its Elephants? Everyone wants to be able to look at elephants. Why? Because they are hella majestic. Unfortunately, they're also hella tortured living in a one-acre enclosure, which is why the Woodland Park Zoo has come under fire for the way it's treated its giant mammalian friends. Phinneywood reports that a task force will be meeting today at 4 p.m. to decide their future—you're invited.

Speaking of Things With Uncertain Futures: A small strip of beach on Lake Washington has become a point of contention: Is it private property? Is it public property? Will it be able to serve tired Burk Gilman Trail travelers in the future? Lake City Live investigates!

Dim Lightbulb Confuses West Seattleite: A West Seattle resident became concerned when she noticed the Alki Lighthouse's beam was unusually dim. She contacted West Seattle Blog, who contacted the Coast Guard, who assure us that it is not the result of lighthouse-bashing environmentalists insisting on LED lightbulbs—the lighthouse just needs some repairs.

False Alarm in Ballard: A mysterious hooded man walked into Ballard Corners park around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. He was dancing and singing to himself while taping trash, wires, tent poles, and other miscellaneous crap together and creating what appeared to be a bomb, My Ballard reports. Police arrived, and determined that it was just a pile of a tape, wires, tent poles, and other miscellaneous crap.

False Alarm in Capitol Hill: Police cordoned off the intersection of E Madison St and 12th Ave to dispose of a mysterious rolling suitcase. This also turned out to not be a bomb, Capitol Hill Seattle reports.