Tangerine Thai, which closed its Phinney Ridge location in November, posted a sign on the door of 1480 NW 70th St saying they will be opening soon.

Koo Hoo Thai Street closed suddenly in January after about three years in that location.

No word yet on the opening date for Tangerine, but we’ll update you when we learn more.

The beer garden will be in the Windermere parking lot (311 N 85th St) during the car show, and will have $5 beer, cider and wine, with all proceeds going to the Windermere Foundation.

They’ll have beer from  Georgetown Brewing, Fremont Brewing, and Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery, as well as hard cider from Schilling Cider, and wine from 3 of Cups Winery.  The Now Make Me A Sandwich food truck will be on site, and they’ll have live music throughout the afternoon.

The car show will be from 8am to 4pm; Greenwood Ave will be closed from N. 65th St to N. 90th St. For the full event guide, click here.

Photo from the 2016 car show, courtesy PhinneyWood

Mayor Ed Murray announced the ten 2015/2016 providers and their locations on Monday, July 6. While two of the locations will hold two classes and serve over thirty kids, the majority– including the Northern Ballard provider– will hold just one class and serve 20 kids.

In choosing the program providers, DEEL involved a panel of City staff across departments and community members. On November 4, 2014, Seattle voters approved Proposition 1B (Ordinance 124509) which will fund the four-year demonstration phase of the Seattle Preschool Program, and build toward serving 2,000 children in 100 classrooms by 2018.

The SPP anticipates that enrollment for this first year will be limited, however all 4-year-olds in the city (regardless of income level) are eligible to apply. Additional information can be found online regarding Enrollment requirements and the program’s timeline.

Meanwhile, Fremont preschool Orange Tea School caught fire on Friday, July 10 at 5:30 a.m. Firefighters speculate that the misfortune, which started under the back deck frequented by transients, may have been due to a trespasser’s cigarette.

Fire crews responded to the flames without anyone getting hurt, however the pregnant owner Kerry McMannis, who operates the school and inhibits the building, was forced to flee during the incident.

The school at 3623 Fremont Ave N. is grateful of the encouragement it has received and intends on getting back on its feet. “The community is wonderful and everybody is just, ‘How can we help?’” said McMannis, according to a kiro7 news report.

Orange Tea students hosted a bake sale at the location yesterday from 3-5p.m. to raise proceeds for the recovery of their school. In addition to the impressive $744 raised at the bake sale, McMannis and Teacher Andrew Forrayi have started a gofundme campaign started in an effort to get the school up and running again and to provide childcare in the interim.

The state Liquor Control Board says this morning that the Washington State Department of Revenue is responsible for Tigertail’s closure.

The state DOR will only say that Tigertail, 704 NW 65th St., still has an active business license. They won’t comment on whether they are pursuing a matter against the company, saying it’s a privacy issue.

Still no word from Tigertail’s owners about what’s happening.

6:32 a.m. update: If you’re a Microsoftie, or otherwise heading to work on the Eastside, 520 across Lake Washington is closed due to accidents in BOTH directions. Check your traffic before you head into work today (as of 6:50 a.m., one eastbound lane is open, but traffic is very backed up).

Some Metro bus routes are on snow routes, but none are reported in our area so far. Despite that, Metro warns service could be slowed.

Update: From Polly in comments – Thanks for your concern, the cat has been recovered! Just a correction on the circumstances, the cat did not “escape” from the animal hospital, she escaped her carrier on the way to her car, but the staff did spend the day helping to find her.

Update: Could it be the same burglar responsible for hitting 45 stores in the North Seattle area in the last few weeks?

Earlier: The Wicker Basket market closing its doors

Ball assures us they used recycled materials in this build as well, including bowling lanes from Sunset Bowl, flooring from Garfield High School, bleachers from Lincoln High School, and found doors and kitchen rails.

As always, check out our events calendar. And if you have an event to add, just email us at tips@myballard.com and we’ll post it in the calendar.

• Couth Buzzard bookstore to throw a big sale on its final weekend
• The Pig ‘N Whistle reopened for business on Friday
• Taggers carpet 48th St. in graffiti, including parked cars

• Tully’s Coffee on Greenwood and 85th has closed
• Endangered (and cute) turtles get head start at zoo
• Fire Station 21 plans to expand to two stories

Update: More details on what happened from the Seattle Times
Earlier this month: Bike road rage on Burke Gilman ‘missing link’

Update: The Seattle Fire Department says the cause appears to be accidental: “discarded smoking materials” that caught fire. The homeowner was in the backyard at the time of the fire, and there are no official injuries. No word on a damage estimate, although to my untrained eye the house is a total loss.

Earlier this month: House fire on 2nd Ave. NW and 52nd St.

• Photos from last night’s Greenwood Seafair parade
• Zak & Zoe dog boutique moving into Phinney
• Old graffiti-covered McDonald’s looks new again

The proposal also includes a ban on plastic foam food containers and cups.

There would be a 90-day education program before the fees take effect at grocery, convenience and drug stores on Jan. 1st. More details here.

Patas monkeys can live 15 to 20 years in the wild and more than 20 years in zoos.

“The degree of heart failure was severe and the quality of this monkey’s life was compromised, so we made the humane decision to euthanize him,” explained zoo Interim Director of Animal Health Dr. Kelly Helmick in a press release. It appears to be congestive heart failure, but final findings are pending.

T.C. came to the zoo’s African Savanna exhibit in 2001 from Honolulu Zoo. Two female patas monkeys, Alexa and Fiona, remain in the African Savanna exhibit.

On a related note, Fiona continues to recover from treatment earlier this month to relieve pain caused by kidney stones. The kidney stones were blasted using sound waves (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy) and the resulting small pieces passed through her urinary tract.