Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo has three elephants. But a group called Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants thinks the elephants are far too intelligent to be kept in such a small space, with very little to occupy their time. They want them moved to a sanctuary. I went to the zoo this morning to check it out.
A pink EasyBake Oven certainly didn't stop little Tom Douglas' budding baking skills. "I feel very good about my manliness today, and I feel very good about doing my share in the kitchen."
A married couple, who work at the Sub Pop and Hardly Art record labels, have launched Gold Van Records, a mobile record store selling new and used (and obscure!) records. They park in various locations, and welcome you inside of their gold lined, shag rugged van.
Every week on Seattle Kitchen, Tom and Thierry offer their simple, helpful tips to turn the ordinary into something special. This week, they take on barbequed chicken, nachos and corned beef.
It's all some kind of hoax, and we're not sure where it ends and where it begins. We don't fully know Manti Te'o's involvement, but now we do know that his girlfriend that died of Leukemia never existed.
Seattle Pacific University has partnered with World Relief, in Kent, to create The Refugee Project. Students spend a day role playing as refugees, to get an idea of what that life is like. They are also paired up with refugee families for a quarter, so they can get to know and help each other.
For the past 15 years, Saaduuts has been carving canoes in the slow, traditional style of the native people. He usually carves outside of the Seattle Center for Wooden Boats.
Justice Clarence Thomas is famously quiet on the Supreme Court bench. On Monday, he broke seven years of silence, and although no one is 100 percent positive, it was likely to make a joke about his alma mater, Yale.
Struggling with depression wasn't an unfamiliar feeling for Aaron Swartz, and his federal court case was set to begin in February, where he was facing up to 35 years in prison. The walls might have felt like they were closing in.
Seattle poet, and UW professor, Heather McHugh used her MacArthur grant money to start a nonprofit called Caregifted. She sends hard working caregivers on week-long vacations, to give them a break from their responsibilities.
Seattle Superhero Phoenix Jones is looking to add to his 15 person crew. He has an official application and will be conducting interviews until he finds the perfect crime fighters. Our very own producer/engineer Sean applied, and you can hear part of his interview in this story.
"American Hipster" is a newish web series, featuring vignettes on art, music, food and culture in 10 US cities. But the creator, who is originally a Seattleite, says he's learned the hard way that many consider "Hipster" to be a filthy word.
In the wake of more mudslide spawned cancellations, a growing chorus of critics is calling for Sound Transit to permanently scrub Sounder north line train service.
The Tukwila School District is the most diverse district on the country. And at Foster High School, ESL students are involved in a special poetry project that lets them tell their immigrant stories on the radio.
While many people have joined gyms the past week as part of their new year's resolutions, a new chain is offering a unique twist: members must be at least 50 pounds overweight.
After watching a video released Friday by a lawyer showing a Seattle police officer striking a man during an arrest in 2010, KIRO Radio's Luke Burbank says the thing that bothers him most is that it appears the conflict didn't have to happen.
A Seattle Food Geek gets his dream job at Modernist Cuisine, where a new cookbook called "Modernist Cuisine at Home" has recently been released. Scott Heimendinger talks about his love of, what I refer to as, molecular gastronomy.
A local soldier's photo has been lifted, and used thousands of times on online dating profiles by scammers in West Africa. They lure in ladies with the photos and then ask them to send them thousands of dollars.
In a letter from Mohammed Rahim al-Afghani to his attorney, Carlos Warner, he wrote "I like this new song Gangnam Style. I want to do the dance for you but cannot because of my shackles."
It would be tempting to tell Roger Stidell to grow up and stop playing with toys. But when his toy is a 10,000 pound monster truck, you probably don't want to make him mad.
