Archive for the ‘westneat’ Category

Danny Westneat | Homeless: new growth industry

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

Something is ragged in the Emerald City. We've had our frenzies, like the dot-coms and real estate. Now it feels like there's an anti-boom, an echo of the others. A week ago Friday wasn't especially cold or windy or any of the other things that drive street people inside. ...

Seattle Places Released Sex Offender Under Bridge

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Sex offenders are the new lepers. She fitted him with a GPS bracelet and drove him to the 88th Street bridge. "At least we could check on him," she said. "We could keep trying to find him a place. I'm sorry to say it, but it was the best ...

Feds catch radioactive cat on Interstate 5

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

Wow that the government now has the ability to detect radiation in a cat inside a car going by at 70 miles per hour. And wow at this world we live in, where we feel compelled to sniff, at random, inside the traffic coming out of Bellingham. What else ...