A selection of new titles by Washington authors, or of local interest. New releases "The New Low-Maintenance Garden: How to Have a Beautiful, Productive Garden and the Time to Enjoy It" by Valerie Easton, photographs by Jacqueline M. Koch .

Water wonderland: Artist Tony Angell will sign his book "Puget Sound Through an Artist's Eye" at 7 p.m. Monday atThird Place Books.

The author of "The Lacuna" will read from her book at 1 p.m. next Friday, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park, free .

A dead fin whale has been discovered wrapped around the bow of a car freighter at Lyttleton Harbour.

The author of "The Collector" will discuss his book at these area locations: 2 p.m. Sunday, main branch of the Seattle Public Library, 1000 Fourth Ave; free .

Be still my beating BBQ lovin' heart : that rascal Casper Townsend has gone and done it again, only this time he's opening another outlet of Casper's a Taste of the South even closer to my front door.

We're more than halfway through Seattle's fall literary season, and it's been as rich as any in recent memory.

Shame on you Patty Murray for taking this stance! You are MY Senator representing the vote of MY peers in what's best for MY state.

Today we have Video Fix: The Halloween version. Didn't think we could find enough cool Halloween-related videos? Try us.

3, Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park; free , by Hulk Hogan: He may have had his own reality show and starred as Thunderlips in "Rocky III," but Hulk Hogan will always be remembered as the wrestling legend who told children to take their vitamins and say their prayers, brother.

Best-selling novelist Vince Flynn will be presenting his new book Pursuit of Honor Monday night at 7 PM.

A Child Left Behind: The near-starvation of 14-year-old Nicole Pomeroy is just the latest case in which the state has failed to protect endangered kids.

Schoolchildren wrote letters. People dropped off toothbrushes, trail mix, comic books and coffee.

By Today, 12:13 PM The Blue Heron stage will come alive this weekend with a patchwork quilt of original monologues and scenes written and directed by playwright Stefani Priest.

An 83-year old Lake Forest Park, Washington man died and four others were injured Wednesday evening in a two vehicle head-on crash on Highway 101 about one mile north of the Arch Cape tunnel south of Cannon Beach.

The author of "The Sibley Guide to Trees" will discuss his book at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park .

Need help surviving the current economic crisis? A free community-resources and services fair is from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today at Third Place Commons in Lake Forest Park.

People are much more likely to be open to work through diplomacy. Like the time...er, uh....the time, uh....um....that time that....errrrrrrrrr Oh, I remember now--never. This isn't citizenship class it's global politics, Obama hasn't been given a single concession, and I highly doubt he will.

In response to King County's plans to close its animal shelter, PAWS has contacted the cities of Shoreline, Bothell, Woodinville, Lake Forest Park and others to discuss providing animal sheltering services at its facility in Lynnwood.

When pioneering black female sci-fi writer Octavia Butler died of abrupt but apparently natural causes near her home in Lake Forest Park, she was living alone, without heirs, her career somewhat dormant.