MLK Day Protest Ends in 19 Arrests: Seattle police say that 19 arrests were made after yesterday's highway-traffic-blocking Black Lives Matter protests, which Ansel covered here. One officer also seriously hurt his leg, but we're not sure how.

Seattle Police Department's East Precinct Slices Off Eastlake: The Capitol Hill Seattle blog reports that in order to cut down on response time to Pike/Pine incidents, officers will now be patrolling only east of I-5, plus First Hill.

Why Bertha Needs a Plan B: Seattle once hired engineering consultant Thom Neff to look at the risk involved in drilling a deep-bore tunnel. Now he's arguing why we need to be looking for alternatives more than a year after Bertha's been stuck.

Washington's Black and Native American Students Three Times More Likely to Be Homeless: The state superintendent's office released numbers showing unacceptable levels of homelessness for Washington's minority students. The Washington Low Income Housing Alliance pointed out on Monday that cutting social services is not the best way to fund the state's dire educational needs.

Butt-Dialing Slows Down Kitsap County 911: Someone in Kitsap County butt-dialed 911 4,000 times between July and November of last year. KIRO reports that accidental 911 calls suck up between 30 seconds and two minutes of an operator's time. By a conservative estimate, that's 33 hours the serial butt-dialer stole from 911 operators on the job.

Elon Musk Explains Why "Space Internet" Venture Will Be in Seattle: No reporters were allowed inside Elon Musk's private Seattle event last Friday, but some brave soul uploaded the YouTube footage from a Q&A about Musk's satellite plans anyway. "There’s a huge amount of talent in the Seattle area, and a lot of you guys, it seems, don’t want to move to LA," Musk said. You can read the whole transcript over at Geekwire.

The Stranger Building Could Become a Protected Landmark: Because where Stranger staffers park their tuchuses is hallowed ground. The vote is on Wednesday afternoon.

Montana Governor Declares Emergency Over Yellowstone Spill: A pipeline spill on Saturday morning dumped as much as 1,200 barrels of oil next to the partially frozen Yellowstone River. After residents of Glendive, Montana, started reporting that their tap water smelled like diesel, the city warned residents not to drink it. Montana governor Steve Bullock issued a state of emergency for two counties today as drinking supplies are trucked into the area. We still don't know how much oil made its way into the river, but the EPA reports that evidence of the spill has been found in the drinking supply.

The State of the Union is Tonight: Will it be feisty? Will the president say anything about Keystone XL? Will Obama finally put "trickle down" economics to bed? The New York Times anticipates that the president will dig into income inequality and the educational system.

An Overpass Collapsed onto the Interstate in Cincinnati, Killing One: The aging bridge was being taken apart when it dropped onto I-75, killing a construction worker and injuring a tractor-trailer driver. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the construction worker's death.

Kenyan Police Tear-Gas Kids Trying to Get Their Playground Back: Nairobi schoolchildren were taken to the hospital after protesting a private developer's acquisition of their playground, BBC reports. An AFP photographer took disturbing shots of the scene, in which police used tear gas on kids between 8 and 13 years old. On Twitter, people are discussing the news at #OccupyPlayground.