“The Hobbit” might not be released in cinemas yet, but Gandalf the wizard and Smaug his fire-breathing adversary are already here in Tacoma’s North End, courtesy of a 10-foot fir stump and a creative chainsaw sculptor.
“The Hobbit” might not be released in cinemas yet, but Gandalf the wizard and Smaug his fire-breathing adversary are already here in Tacoma’s North End, courtesy of a 10-foot fir stump and a creative chainsaw sculptor.
Finished just two days ago, the sculpture of a bearded wizard battling a coiled, spiny dragon wreathes around the tall stump of a tree left behind in Ross Barde’s front yard at North 11th and Anderson Streets when a too-tall fir came down this summer.
Some believe the solution to neighborhood violence is increased police presence and arrests. For others, it's teaching parents how to raise respectful children. And then there is a small cadre of idealists who believe all it takes is art.
Pasco police Wednesday afternoon arrested Manuel Preciado, 36, of Finley, in connection with a shooting in the 700 block of South Owen Avenue earlier in the day.
Police said a shooting victim walked into a Tri-City emergency room at 11:30 a.m. after having been shot in the back during an argument in his front yard. The wound was not life threatening.
Preciado was arrested in North Franklin County about 4:30 p.m. on suspicion of felony assault, police said.
When the man working at a medical marijuana dispensary in South Hill saw a chainsaw blade coming through the door, he ran out the back.
Come fall, the Chihuly chandelier in the University of Washington Tacoma library will have some competition in attracting visitors to the campus.
Two men were arrested Wednesday night after stealing nearly $100,000 worth of metal from a rail yard in Tacoma, police said Thursday.
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