A Stormy Weekend Wrap Filled With Fireworks

The Visitors Center at Mount Rainier, during the Good Friday Storm of 2010.

The Good Friday Storm of 2010 has come and gone without sinking the 520 bridge, but Seattle is already looking ahead to July and fireworks. Turns out that after laying off thousands of employees the past two years, Microsoft and Starbucks had a little fun money for the Fourth. Tesoro Corp. and Anacortes made national news when a refinery explosion killed five. The refinery has a history of safety violations.

The Teamsters Local #174 came to an agreement with Allied Waste, but rejected Waste Management's "best, last, final offer" and it looks like a strike will take place. That's how this week was. People are not giving up their money without a fight. A woman on Capitol Hill pulled a knife on muggers, and a man apparently stabbed an aggressive panhandler downtown.

The Seattle Bubble noted a decline in Seattle-area home value, and a spike in foreclosures. The PSBJ reported that Seattle is ninth nationally in business bankruptcies. It was holy iPad week, so TechFlash did a round-up of Seattle's iPad apps. Publicola reported on the pro-Chihuly GOTV strategy at a Seattle Center meeting.

We balanced all this news with pictures of a cute little Pika and the Zoo's fuzzy baby penguin. In sports, Seth told the M's to stop kidding around and practice. Audrey told you to go to the Croc, Jeremy sent you to On the Boards, Seth said go see Fences at the Rep. And Columbia City Cinema needs your help, if you get down there.