Traffic jam cam

Published 12:01 am Monday, July 18, 2011

Traffic jam cam

Drivers who want to check out I-5 between Arlington and Tacoma for traffic jams and accidents can go to the state Department of Transportation website and check a string of cameras and sensors that monitor the interstate. Cameras will soon be added for the five-mile stretch between Marysville and Everett.

And if the cameras are aimed just right, maybe you’ll catch stunning vistas, like the Cascades reflected in Everett’s sewage treatment ponds.

Help! The myriad details of running a small business can overwhelm even the most enterprising owner. Luckily, there’s free help available in Snohomish County for one of the most difficult tasks: recruiting, screening and hiring new employees.

Sure makes a lot more sense than paying that guy you met in the bar $1,500 to torch the place.

Happy motoring is here again: Los Angeles’ Interstate 405, one of the nation’s busiest freeways, reopened ahead of schedule Sunday, ending a nightmarish weekend for Angelenos in which they were forced to park their cars and stay home with their families.

Many city residents celebrated the end of “Carmageddon” by driving three blocks to their local T.G.I. Friday’s, then circling the parking lot for 20 minutes until the space closest to the main entrance opened up.

— Jon Bauer and Mark Carlson, Herald staff