Capitol Hill Fire: An under-construction house on 20th Avenue East caught fire early Saturday morning. Neighboring houses were also threatened. "There were no reports of injured occupants but the construction site appeared to be a total loss and one house to the south of the fire near 20th and Prospect was partially destroyed," Capitol Hill Seattle reported. According to CHS, the southern home belongs to Mark Grouine, African art collector and Fred Hutch executive vice president.

Sitting Room Only: According to KUOW's Joshua McNichols, Seattle's shelters are so strapped for bed spaces that some people are sleeping on chairs just to have a roof over their heads. His report follows Kevin Burke ofOperation Nightwatch, a Christian organization serving low income and homeless individuals, on a typical night as he tries to find available beds in Seattle's "logistical nightmare" of a shelter system. (In March, nonprofit SHARE closed 15 shelters because of financial troubles.) As a result, people seeking shelter are stuck waiting in line for a space until – and if – they find permanent housing. "They either resign themselves to organizing their lives around shelters and their schedules, or they give up on shelters entirely - and set up camp somewhere," KUOW reports.

Washington's Racist Place Names Are Still on Their Way Out: The Committee on Geographic Names is considering dropping "Jim Crow" from the names of three geographical features in Wahkiakum County in southwestern Washington. This follows efforts headed up by Sen. Pramila Jayapal to wipe racial slurs from 36 geographic features across Washington. Knute Berger from Crosscut:

Jospeh Budnick, a resident of Cathlamet — a town bordering the Columbia River – has put forward three new names for the board to consider to replace Jim Crow Point, Jim Crow Creek and Jim Crow Hill near the Columbia River. Instead of Jim Crow Point, Budnick proposes Brookfield Point, a name he says is already used locally and which refers to a 19th century town once located there. He also suggests Harlows Creek after John and Mary Harlow, who had a houseboat on the creek in the 1870s, and Beare Hill to honor early 1900s settlers Georgiana and John Beare.

Bothell High School Reopens After Teacher Was Attacked: Last Thursday, someone bashed BHS woodshop teacher Cal Pygott over the head after school, leading to a school shutdown the following day. Police have yet to identify an attacker, but school reopens this morning with extra police officiers on campus, KOMO reports.

Activist Donnie Chin Receives Posthumous Award: On Saturday, the late community leader's family members accepted the Bamboo Award for community health service work, KING 5 reports. Chin was fatally shot while patrolling the International District near a hookah lounge last July. A controversial task force created by Mayor Ed Murray cracked down on hookah lounges last summer as a result.

A Bus Driver Was Stabbed in Rainier Beach Last Night: According to the SPD Blotter, witnesses identified the suspect after they fled the scene on foot. They are now booked at the King County Jail. The driver was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment.

Third Place Books Opens in Seward Park: The bookstore and attached Raconteur Cafe opened in a former PCC location in the neighborhood, South Seattly Emerald reports.

Human Experimentation at Harborview Medical Center: Two women died on the operating tables during spinal cord surgery "after their doctor injected bone cement into their spine and some of the material leaked into their bloodstream, causing clotting," The Seattle Times reported. The doctors used Norian bone cement, which has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The Golden and Bryant families have filed lawsuits against Dr. Jens Chapman, the companies, the University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center and Washington state. The lawsuits claim Chapman knew the cement caused lethal clotting, and that the university and hospital knew or should have known the product had been prohibited for such use.

The first trial, in King County Superior Court, is scheduled for June.

Yep, this is the stuff of nightmares.

Yesler Way Bridge Construction Begins Today: Seattle Department of Transportation is beginning safety improvements on the bridge to better serve pedestrians, bikers, and public transit, in addition to car. "Construction is anticipated to last between 14 and 16 months, with an expected completion date in fall 2017," SDOT reports. According to KIRO, the $19.8 million project will require about 30 bus routes to take alternate routes. More of today's closure details here.

ICYMI, Seattle Police Officers Save a Sixth Person from Overdosing with Naloxone: A woman, about 25-years-old, was found struggling to breathe beneath the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Friday, SPD Blotter reported. Officer Kevin Oshikawa-Clay treated her with Naloxone nasal spray. "Her breathing stabilized over the next few minutes, and she was able to walk to a Seattle Fire Department aid car under her own power. Seattle Fire EMTs provided the woman with oxygen and transported her to Harborview Medical Center," the blotter reported.

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