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Gee Automotive, held a "Block Party" on Saturday featuring the band 'Unite', Pookie the clown, Seahawk Marcus Tubbs, free food and prizes.Gee put together a successful car business in Spokane before purchasing all of the dealerships previously…MORE

As a movie concept, the idea of a rat becoming a famous cook doesn't hold much promise. It's a counterintuitive storyline considering the rodents inhabit the opposite end of the hygiene scale from anything we would want associated with food…MORE

For 25 years, West Seattle native Daniel Lilleness navigated thousands of 16-year-olds through his commercial driving school in Federal Way.

The Sea Rover was docked near Pacific Fisherman recently. A stroll on the dock at the end of 24th Avenue Northwest offers views of many ships, but watch out for the Canada goose droppings.

On Labor Day, just inside the Ballard Locks entrance, Brittany Rupert, 16, of Gold Bar, performs a trick on her unicycle called "wheel walking." She propels the unicycle pushing the wheel forward with her foot, without using the pedals. A sign…MORE

Canoers paddle past Shilshole Marina.

Mom Lynn Brown chats with Seattle School's new superintendent, Maria Goodloe-Johnson. Jojo, 10, is entering 5th-grade. He says that when he grows up he wants to direct a new Godzilla movie. The Browns live one block from Viewlands Elementary…MORE

Summer fun in the 20th Century

By Kay F. Reinartz

While winters on Salmon Bay were, and are still, marked by lots of damp chilly weather, the summers were generally dry and sunny with light long into the evening.

Ballard,…MORE

More people are moving to, and moving through, Ballard to catch a buzz. They are saying "yes" to mopeds, those noisy, 50cc motor scooters with pedals that hit nearly 38 miles per hour.

Don't laugh.

They're cheap, fun to ride and get…MORE

This 108' boat at Fisherman's Terminal has "Free Ballard" painted on the wheelhouse which refers to the fact Ballard should have remained an independent city and not have joined Seattle 100 years ago. The longliner "Blue Ballard" will fish in…MORE