USA TODAY
About a dozen people were arrested during small Inauguration Day protests in the Pacific Northwest intended to pressure President Joe Biden into action on immigration and police reform.
Police in Portland said in a statement they arrested eight Wednesday afternoon on charges of felony criminal mischief, riot and possession of a destructive device after some in a group of 150 people smashed windows and vandalized the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Oregon.
The FBI previously warned of possible armed protests around the inauguration in state capitals by supporters of former President Donald Trump, but these demonstrators were described by local media as antifascist and anarchists.
We have permanent Snowpocalypse brain. After that blessedly brief housebound week in February 2019, the sight of a single snowflake in Seattle triggers a now-familiar dash to the grocery store (to buy up all the kale, for some reason). But, it turns out, weâre pretty good at laughing at ourselvesâor at least each other. This light-hearted roast of Seattleâs annual snow-verreaction made our list of top stories after a puny dusting in January.
Seattle real estate junkies went berserk this year: They could no longer rely on the trusty calendar, had to deal with the Schroedingerâs Cat of suburban flight, and never quite got a break from skyrocketing home prices (though renters did). Our most-read real estate story addressed the fate of downtown Seattle condo buildingsâand downtown Seattle, for that matterâwhen Every Door Real Estateâs Lindsey Gudger says âweâre seeing a lot more interest in, âI just want room.ââ