Kidnapping tip: If your intended victim runs into a karate studio, do not follow.
Kidnapping tip: If your intended victim runs into a karate studio, do not follow. FatCamera/Getty Images

Slog PM tonight is brought to you by my favorite sandwich in Seattle: I'm writing a story about it so I can't tell you which one it is. Don't try to guess. It'll come out soon enough.
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All you need to know is that it's delicious and if anyone ever wants to eat sandwiches with me let me know and I will take you here. I also learned that sandwiches were invented by a British man in the 1700s who's known as the Earl of Sandwich. He invented the food so he could eat while gambling and never have to stop gambling. I learned that from Google, not the sandwich place.

Jay is making moves: Gov. Jay Inslee announced today that he would be pardoning misdemeanor marijuana possession charges in Washington state. Over 3,000 people could be eligible for the pardons. This so-called Marijuana Justice Initiative is only applicable to convictions that occurred between 1998 and 2012. Inslee recently announced that he's officially running for President in 2020. Maybe this move will put him ahead of the heaps of Democratic candidates expected to join in the race. Or, maybe it'll just alleviate some of the pain experienced by communities of color, people who have been disproportionately affected by marijuana convictions.

Tim Eyman's New Year's Resolution is to murder Sound Transit: Eyman should really look into SMART goals, or at least mixing up his goals from year-to-year. This whole $30 car tab thing is getting old and I'm sure he has a lot more to work on personally—and financially (you know, considering the bankruptcy)—since he's such an angry little man. Except, this year, his dreams are coming true. Initiative 976 which would establish a flat $30 car tab fee is going to the Legislature, and then, probably voters. Car tab fees fund Sound Transit, something I would very much like to remain funded.

The family of the man killed by police on Monday questions the use of deadly force: Iosia Faletogo, 39, was pulled over in North Seattle on New Year's Eve. "Six officers chased him across the highway and toward a side street, where they tackled him and struggled to arrest him," reports Lester Black. After spotting a handgun on Faletogo, an officer fired a shot. Faletogo was killed. His family is demanding answers.

Arrest made in 1992 Washington cold case: A Bremerton woman was murdered 26 years ago. No arrests were made. Now, a 54-year-old man in Boise, Idaho has been arrested in connection with the case. He was identified using DNA evidence.

Speaking of cold cases: Snow.


Four vehicles were involved in the same crash: Eastbound I-90 over Snoqualmie Pass is shut down after four commercial vehicles and one pickup truck crashed. The icy roads on the pass created hazardous conditions. There's at least one confirmed fatality.


This is apparently the trendy new mindfuck going around the internet: Experience is subjective or whatever and meme culture likes to capitalize on that. We lived through The Dress and suffered through Yanny vs. Laurel. This time this tie-dye kit of a gif is up for debate. I see green and yellow but the green is sometimes blue and the yellow is sometimes green, Kim Selling, our music calendar editor, sees "yellow, green, and aqua blue." Katie Herzog, a staff writer here, sees the yellow and the green but no blue. Somehow, some people reportedly see some kind of purple? Those people are wrong. But, who knows:


Coyote sightings sweep across Seattle: Coyotes? In these parts? Sightings are increasing in the city and the trend is reflected in cities across the country. The lovable scavengers (also my high school's mascot—Go Coyotes, pronounced kai-yoates) are industrious and adaptable. They can make city life work. Local scientists are setting up cameras in urban green spaces to monitor the canines as part of the soon-to-be-launched Urban Carnivore Project.

The happiest thing I've ever seen online: Screw our dumb memes, look at the meme going around China right now. If you go to Twitter and continue down that thread there are like, three other videos and they just, well, they thaw your gosh darn heart. I love and cherish the grandma in this video.


Bay Area woman attacked by dog, then attacked by dog's owner: The woman was jogging when she was bitten by a dog. She pepper sprayed it in self-defense. A little while later, the dog's owner, another woman, threw herself at the jogger, tackled her, and bit her.

The government shutdown persists: I have a feeling I'm going to be typing a variation of this sentiment every day for the next long while. Well, it's not really a feeling. It's more an educated guess since Donald Trump said that he would continue the government shutdown for months or years. Meanwhile, Trump administration senior officials are getting $10,000 raises.

A woman gave birth in a nursing facility: She has been in a vegetative state for 14 years. The Phoenix police department is investigating possible sexual assault allegations. "Possible" and "allegations" seem too flimsy, but I have to use them because no one is clear what is going on. What is clear is that a woman in a vegetative state cannot consent to sex.

TSA officers are calling in sick amid the shutdown: The airport screeners are required to work without pay during the partial government shutdown. That seems criminal. They seem to think so too. Either that, or the flu Timothy mentioned this morning is really spreading in airports. Hundreds of TSA officers have called out sick this week at four major airports.

Man tries to arrest woman, gets ass handed to him by Karate instructor: A North Carolina woman narrowly avoided getting kidnapped when she broke free of her attacker's grip and fled into a nearby Karate studio. The attacker followed her inside. The instructor of the studio confronted him. He left the studio in a stretcher with multiple injuries.

Headline of the week: New Hampshire restaurant asked to change 'Pho Keene Great' name