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RANT to the lack of law enforcement when it comes to darkening car windows, which allows drivers to cheat in the carpool lane. RAVE to those who direct traffic for sports and other major events at CenturyLink Field and T-Mobile Park. I’m amazed at how adept and coordinated they are as a team, orchestrating safe and...

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A Coast Guard helicopter from Astoria Oregon helps Coast Guard station Cape Disappointment on a training mission in June.

Photographed on June 10, 2019

August 18, 2019 at 7:00 am

Lt. Jessica Shafer keeps her mind on the bar as the 1st female commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment VIEW

She emphasizes teamwork and exudes humility, but Jessica Shafer leads with uncommon courage, dedication and skill.

Reporter Ron Judd at far right…
Commanding Officer Lt. Jessica Shafer (center with black hat) on a training mission in June with a crew from Coast Guard station Cape Disappointment in the mouth of the Columbia River. From left is Paul Xavier (BM3), Brandon Scott (MK3) Shafer, and David Killough (BM1) (blue tee shirt and blue pants)

Photographed on June 10, 2019 209959

August 18, 2019 at 7:00 am

The Backstory: It’s all hands on deck at ‘Cape D’ — and we’re in very good hands

When the lifeboats aren’t rolling, destructive otters and an unusual hard hat are ‘things you’ve just got to roll with,’ says commanding officer Lt. Jessica...

Pacific NW Magazine

August 18, 2019 at 6:00 am

Rant & Rave: Kudos to the cleanup crows

RANT & RAVE Rant to abusers of bus stops who make it their own private trash pail, despite available trash receptacles. Rave to the crows who...

A lively mix of sun-loving, dry-garden plants animates the Edwards Forkner garden in late summer.

August 17, 2019 at 7:00 am

In the gardening dog days of summer, there’s no reason any plant should ‘sit’ or ‘stay’ past its prime

August is the perfect time to edit, adapt and enjoy.

Pacific NW Magazine

An early summer sunrise backlights Lisa Bauer’s back garden featuring tropical plants and a steel enclosed centerpiece topped with hand built bird houses.

Bauer’s garden is in the View Ridge neighborhood of Seattle.

Photographed on July 22, 2019. 210472

August 17, 2019 at 7:00 am

With an artistic pedigree — and perhaps a bit of an obsession — landscape designer Lisa Bauer creates a layered yard of expertly framed delights VIEW

The owner of Chartreuse Landscape Design uses her garden as a gallery.

August 17, 2019 at 6:00 am

Rant & Rave: A huge thank you to the man in the green pickup truck!

RAVE to the gentleman who let me follow him to my daughter's horse back riding camp in Fall City. The road was closed, I didn't know...

Kids from Ballard All Day Summer Camp Max Bastian, rar right, with hat, and Adrian Arenas-Evans, next to Max, shovel composted Zoo Doo as part of a celebration of the new and improved Zoo Doo composting facility at Woodland Park Zoo, Friday, August 16, 2019.
NOTE; All kids in the photo are cleared to be photographed. 211180

August 16, 2019 at 5:28 pm

With a new, modern compost facility, Woodland Park’s ‘Zoo Doo’ becomes serious … stuff

Gardeners rejoice! The Woodland Park Zoo has unveiled a newly modernized compost facility that will allow it to hold larger piles of its popular Zoo...