Jake Ellison

Just a day away from public viewing, the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium has released a new photo (above) and a new video of the newborn clouded leopard cubs.

Showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Forecast here.

Making headlines in the Northwest:

• Drunk boaters targeted this weekend
• Off the wire: Backlash against traffic cameras and more
• Unemployment checks going up between $3 and $13
• Edmonds concerts series kicks off July 10

A 50 percent chance of showers (pretty much 100 percent in downtown Seattle this morning). Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• Seattle game company PopCap bought for $1 billion?
• Off the wire: Kalebu in and out of hospital; staged ferry jump
• Mayor McGinn supports pot initiative
• Stay off Alaskan Way Saturday, unless running

• Airbus trouncing Boeing in Paris

(Updated with new video)

The newborn clouded leopard cubs at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium will be available for public viewing this weekend, zoo officials say.

Now for a little warmer day: Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• Pot legalization going back before Washington voters
• Off the wire: $2,500 offered over cat; bridge toll working
• Aerospace summit will come to Seattle
• Car thefts in Seattle, Tacoma spike

Time for some fun in the sun: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• Class-action suit claims public defenders swamped
• Off the wire: Train derailment; women attacked
• Unusual dolphin sighting in south Puget Sound
• Olympic National Park rangers kill aggressive elk

The Seattle City Council has unanimously endorsed The Happiness Initiative, reports Sustainable Seattle, an organization that develops regional indicators of well-being and sustainability.

“Measuring the subjective happiness or well-being levels of Seattle residents is an important tool that can help our council make effective policy decisions and can engage our community in conversations about what we really want from life and from our economy,” City Council President Richard Conlin said in a press release.

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. See the week's forecast here, and for a story about our upcoming summer weather, check out this story by KPLU's Charla Bear.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• New graduates making funerals their careers
• When will I-5 potholes be fixed? Later.
• Off the wire: Boeing nets plane orders; shootings
• NOAA's first ship arrives in Newport ... quietly

Installing a piece of jewelry with microdermal anchors just under the skin involves some pain and a little blood and an increasing level of scrutiny from state officials.

There appears to be a deep-seated intellectual boil festering at the base of our discussions around philanthropy, foreign aid and development, reports our global health blog Humanosphere.

Tom Paulson, who runs the blog, says he’s not sure anyone really knows what they mean.

He is sure the experts on philanthropy, aid and development all think they know what they mean, “but as a journalist assigned to cover this stuff — and asked to translate it into “normal” language — I’m increasingly running into debates about fundamentals, if not outright confusion.”

Read more.

Finally! Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• 'Deer with wings' causes power outage
• Hearing on Boeing vs. NLRB begins
• 'Barefoot Bandit' to plead guilty in federal court
• Off the wire: Water search called off, convict caught

Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• Vancouver erupts into chaos after Canucks lose
• Off the wire: Truck crash kills one, deputy reinstated
• Somber Gregoire signs budget; revenue to fall
• Tumwater, Lacey lose longtime businesses

In a new study, Washington teens are only slightly better off than teens in Georgia when it comes to unemployment rates, and that puts them second in the country for the worst employment opportunities.

The analysis of newly-released Census Bureau data by the fiscally conservative Washington, D.C.-based group Employment Policies Institute finds that 25 states have teen unemployment above 25 percent as of April. And, when data about discouraged job seekers is factored into the picture, 23 states have rates above 27 percent.

Washington’s rate plus the discouraged job seekers is 35.4 percent, the Institute reports.

Showers likely this morning. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Forecast here.

Making headlines around the Northwest:

• Two clouded leopards born in Tacoma
• Off the wire: Tacoma police kill a man, budget signing
• Seattle archdiocese sued for sexual abuse
• Seattle woman back to work after I-405 blinding

Former King County Executive Ron Sims has told his staff at the Department of Housing and Urban Development that he is leaving his D.C. post to return to Seattle. That move, announced one day after Gov. Chris Gregoire said she will not seek a third term, had some wondering if Sims is eyeing the governor’s mansion.

However, Sims told the Seattle Times that he will not run for the office and in fact hopes to volunteer to help Rep. Jay Inslee should he announce a bid for the governorship.