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The Alki Bathhouse is buzzing with kid-focused activities this summer. Many classes still have openings.

Kids Pottery – Beginning Ages 5 – 10 years This is an introduction to clay basics. Experiment with textures, shapes and colors while…MORE

At relatively young ages, my children have had death and hardship explained to them. When they were 2 and 5 years old, their grandmother died. They were perhaps too young to really mourn this loss, but not too young to ask a million questions…MORE

Pay tribute to America's love affair with classic cars, cruisin' Main Street and rock-and-roll during Burien's free Hot August Nights on Saturday, Aug. 7.

A spin-off of the show in Nevada that draws hundreds of thousands of people, the…MORE

Ask a silly question, get a silly answer. I should have known better than to expect straight answers from a man who painted his van chartreuse with slogans for a nonexistent business. Then again, is the business real and the slogans fake, or is…MORE

By Sara Reardon

On July 30, the Ballard Library looked more like the battle deck of a sci-fi spaceship than a library. Little barrel-shaped robots blooped and bleeped and whizzed their way about on the carpet as teams of children and their…MORE

The sun was out but hazy Sunday August 1, and it gave the normally yellow orb a distinctive orange tinge. The cause? Smoke from wildfires burning in inland British Columbia. Winds aloft pushed the smoke over Washington State and gave everything…MORE

April 28 was the scariest day of Jayme Miller's life. The White Center resident suddenly realized she was paralyzed from her waist down and did not know why. She called 911 and medics transported her to Swedish Hospital First Hill. Three months…MORE

Ola Salon was the motivating force behind the LunaPark Block party July 29 which brought together the businesses of the neighborhood on Avalon Way in an event featuring live music, inexpensive food, glass blowing, tarot card readings, pet…MORE

Thousands of people young and old lined the streets of Greenwood July 28 to bear witness to the 60th annual Greenwood Seafair Parade.

Politicians and princesses waved to the crowd, marching bands played, giant meerkats posed and children…MORE

He is an avid board paddler who used to live in Maui but now rides the waves at Alki Beach and Three Tree Point in Burien. He was enjoying himself this week on the evening tide near Seahurst Park. He is 32 and unmarried.