The train left Seattle for Los Angeles on Sunday but hit a fallen tree Sunday night in the mountains outside Oakridge, Oregon. The 183 passengers were stuck for 36 hours before the train got moving again Tuesday morning. People banded together to help each other while they were stranded, passengers said.  WATCH

Server got your order wrong? Maybe it's because the restaurant was too noisy. And no, it's not just you. In recent years, Seattle restaurants have gotten louder. Our writer tries to explain why that is, and to offer solutions to ensure that you can hear your dining companion at dinner.

Midfielder Danny Leyva left home at 14 to train in the Sounders' academy and last fall, at 15, became the youngest player to sign with their professional USL club in Tacoma. Last week, three months shy of his 16th birthday, he took the pitch in front of 30,000 people at CenturyLink Field.