Shoreline News

It took 10 men more than 12 hours to restore power back to everyone in Shoreline.

KOMO reporter Melody Mendez spent Thursday morning at Meridian Avenue North, which utility crews closed late last night due to fallen trees and debris.

The storms were so strong, they yanked a huge fir tree down onto a woman's car as she drove along Meridian (pictured above).

The woman was o-k - but the tree didn't stop there. It pulled down power lines, breaking a power pole and knocking out power to thousands.

And this may be just the beginning.

The KOMO weather team is predicting another round of strong winds tonight.

So crews are gearing up for more long hours on the job.

"Hopefully (we can) get everybody back in, take a break, go home, take a little time off, see our families and get ready to do it again, said Marshall Jensen with Seattle City Light.

As of Tuesday morning, almost 20,000 people had clicked on Shorecrest's YouTube production of "Hey Ya" by Outkast.

When we first told you about the class project-turned-internet-hit last week - only a fraction of that number had seen it. And we still thought it was a lot.

But the music video just continues to gain momentum.

Evening Magazine and the Seattle PI Blog both ran stories about it yesterday.

And how's this for a cherry on top -

Shorecrest Alum (and star of The Office) Rainn Wilson gave the video a shout out on his twitter account. Followed by some fightin' words for rival HS Shorewood.

A man was rushed to the hospital early Monday morning after being thrown from a pick-up.

The man was riding in the bed of the truck when it crashed near the Richmond Beach Library.

He was alert and talking to medics on the scene.

The man arrested blocks from Friday's massive fire on Aurora had his bail set at $1 million on Saturday.

Kevin Swalwell made his first court appearance on Saturday.  A judge set Swalwell's next hearing for Tuesday.

Swalwell was arrested a few blocks from the massive fire that destroyed an empty furniture store on the 16900 block of Aurora.  He is also the main suspect in as many as 17 arsons in the Greenwood neighborhood in northwest Seattle over the past couple of months.  The fire on Aurora was also declared an arson.

Records show Swalwell has a lengthy criminal record, including two previous convictions for arson in 1995. Other felonies on his record include burglary, theft and possession of a controlled substance.