If you don’t have any friends and family to spend Thanksgiving with this year, the Twilight Exit has got your back:

Broadcast Coffee is open for limited hours:

Some area grocery stores have limited hours:

Madison Market

until midnight Wednesday

Thanksgiving: 7a – 2p

Safeway Madison

regular hours 5a-1a

Trader Joe’s

Thanksgiving: Closed

Grocery Outlet

Thanksgiving: Closed

Promenade Red Apple

Open Thanksgiving from 7a – 7p

Liquor stores

Thanksgiving: Closed!

What else is happening in the neighborhood this Thanksgiving? Let us know in the comments below. Also, what are you thankful for in your neighborhood? I’ll go first: All of you!

The power is out for over 4,800 customers in north Squire Park, Capitol Hill and South Lake Union, according to the Seattle City Light outage map:

As of 12:10 p.m.

The outage is causing headaches for some, including the Seattle Central Community College Board which is currently holding a meeting to discuss kicking Occupy Seattle off campus:

But others, like Tougo Coffee on 18th are taking the outage in stride:

We’ll update as we learn more.

Emergency responders were called to a parking lot at 34th and Union in Madrona around 6:30 a.m. this morning. We are still working to find out more, but a tipster sent CDN a photo from the scene.

The tipster said a body was taken from the scene by the coroner, and SPD was taking pictures of a white Toyota 4Runner.

We will update as we learn more.

Reminder that the Seattle Marathon occurs on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, and encircles much of Capitol Hill.

Getting off the hill can be a challenge during the event.

Useful links:

• Marathon homepage
• Map of the event
• Neighborhood impact timeline

Going north on 23rd to the University District or getting to I-5 via the Roanoke onramps won’t work. Accessing I-5 via Madison, Denny-Steward-Yale (southbound) or Olive (northbound) will work.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lake Washington Boulevard will have lane closures from 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. There will also be some restrictions in Madison Valley until 2:15 p.m. See map for more information.

SPD units are demanding a suspect give himself up in a standoff on 21st Ave between Union and Pine. We don’t yet have details on what lead to the situation but we have reports of a flash-bang going off and police attempting to communicate with the suspect via bullhorn and demand that he come outside and give himself up.

Ages 6 – 14

December 19, 20, 21, 22, 23

December 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

One year ago today, Joe LaMagno was inexplicably killed with an axe on a snowy Union St near 15th Ave. The alleged killer, Michael LaRosa, has been in custody ever since and is still awaiting a decision as to whether he is fit to stand trial.

From our sister site Capitol Hill Seattle:

On the morning of November 22, 2010 as the first flakes of a Thanksgiving week snow storm fell on Seattle, a surreal and horrible scene unfolded at the corner of 15th Ave and Union. In the front yard of a home at the corner, the body of Joe LaMagno laid on the ground and was slowly blanketed by the snow where, just after 10:30a, the 14th Ave boarding house resident was murdered with a hatchet in a brutal attack.

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26-year-old Michael LaRosa was taken into custody after a brief chase less than 10 minutes after the attack. Police say he didn’t know his 58-year-old victim who had been reportedly walking home after a trip to the Madison 7-11.

A psychiatrist report later would document the accused attacker’s schizophrenia and mental illness. The Stranger reported on LaRosa’s family’s attempts to get the man help in a health system with fewer and fewer resources to help people like him.

Today, LaRosa remains in custody and stands charged of the LaMagno murder and the equally random killing of another man on the street the day before. His defense lawyers and state prosecutors agree — LaRosa’s doctors need more time to determine if he is fit to face trial for the murders. The case is scheduled to resume in January.

Here’s a roundup of robberies in the neighborhood in recent weeks, according to police reports.

November 21, 25th and Marion

A man walking at 25th and Marion told police that two men came up behind him around 8:15 p.m. and threw him to the ground. He felt a metal object pressed against his back, which the suspects told him was a gun.

The suspects demanded his property, and he told them there was money in his coat pocket. The suspects removed his coat and took it. It’s unclear from the report if they took his whole coat or just his money.

The suspects then fled in a vehicle. The victim was unable to give a description of the vehicle or the suspects.

November 13, Jackson and Rainier

Two people were assaulted after chasing a group of smart phone robbers off a bus at Jackson and Rainier, according to the police report. The victims told police that they were on the bus around 6 p.m. November 13 when a group of people stole her smart phone and exited the bus.

The victim and her brother chased after them, but they were assaulted and did not recover the phone. From the police report:

The stolen phone had the “Find My Droid” app installed, so police were able to track it to a location near 24th and Charles in Judkins Park. Police approached a group of males near the area they thought matched the description. One of the alleged suspects took off running and was eventually apprehended. However, the victims said the people detained were not the suspects.

Police arrested the man who ran for obstruction.

November 10, 23rd and Cherry

A man was left with a fractured jaw after three men jumped him around 11:15 p.m. near 23rd and Cherry. The victim had visited a friend who worked nearby and had just crossed the street to the northwest corner of the intersection when the three suspects approached him from behind and threw him to the ground.

Two of the suspects then repeatedly punched him in the face, and one of them may have been wearing brass knuckles.

The suspects made off with $451 in cash, as well as the victim’s eyeglasses and ID. He was left with a fractured jaw and was taken to the hospital by an ambulance.

Urban farming collective Alleycat Acres has signed a lease for its second farm in the Central District, this time on the east side of MLK between Cherry and Columbia (JohnS posted about this earlier).

The lot has long been vacant, and the collective hopes to turn it into an active community farm similar to the one at 22nd and Union (remember how that lot looked just two years ago?). The group also has a farm on Beacon Hill, making this their third space since forming in late 2009.

The new farm will also be just a couple blocks south of the Green Plate Special farm at MLK and Union. When that farm went in, we joked that there were still a few vacant lots in the area that did not yet have urban farms. Soon there will be even one fewer.

From Alleycat Acres:

For the past month, we’ve been working with the neighbors of the property and the owner discussing how we could all move forward with this 7,200 square foot parcel. Today, we all came together to make it official —  and a 3rd farm was officially born at 12:30 PM.

The property is located at the northeast corner of MLK and Cherry, a couple blocks away from our 22nd + Union space, and just a few doors down from our friends at Green Plate Special.

Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be working on all the details of moving forward with this space. Be on the look out for community meetings so we can gather ideas + interested parties to come up with the official groundbreaking work party.

A huge thank you (and high ten) to Henery (our property owner) and Kiki (our neighbor) for believing in the work that we do. Many harvests await!

In other Alleycat Acres news, they have opened up registration for their spring fundraiser bike ride called Streets & Beets. It’s $15 if you register before December 15, and $25 after that. They are aiming to raise $25,000 during this year’s ride, which will allow them to pay some staff to keep the farms humming.

5 cruisers at this location and 5 more down the street across from Grocery Outlet. Police detained one guy at gunpoint then loaded him into an AMR. Anyone know what happened?