Features

These salmon fry are being raised in an aquarium at Viewlands Elementary school. They hatched on Jan. 20 and 21, started feeding on March 15 and will be released into the imprint pond at Piper's Creek during the first week of April. Students can…MORE

Wayland, an Australian Blue Healer cattle dog chases down a cloth Frisbee at the Ballard Commons Park. The open space provided Wayland plenty of room to run and launch himself into the air. Dean Wong photo

Come to the Woodland Park Zoo this weekend and see what bears can do to an unsafe campsite set up as a demonstration. Learn how to prepare for bear encounters Saturday and Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Bear Affair is free with admission. Ryan…MORE

Despite construction, the Shilshole Marina is still a good place to walk your dog. A walk on the marina leads to Golden Gardens, one of the city's most popular parks year round. Dean Wong photo.

Seattle residents Cheryl and Bill Gossman donated $1 million toward the establishment of the Gossman Center for Advanced Pediatric and Perinatal Simulation during the Swedish Medical Center's Annual Gala Dinner on March 24. It will be the…MORE

The upcoming Ballard Jazz Festival features an extensive lineup of performances by local, national and international artists and runs from April 25 to 28 in different venues.

The main stage concert at Mars Hill Church, 1401 N.W. Leary Way…MORE

For 10 years the Ballard Chamber of Commerce has presented the monthly Ballard Art Walk which has attracted thousands of visitors annually for a walking tour that brings together area artists, studios, galleries, restaurants, merchants and…MORE

A three-month-old female Sumatran tiger cub needs a name and the public is invited pick her name. The Malay-Indonesian names reflect the endangered tiger's native habitat: Hadish, or "gift;" Senang, "happy;" Sendiri, "single;" Berani, "courageous…MORE

Aromas of buttery brioche waft out the doors and into the Junction. Locals beam as they fill up their bike baskets with fresh-baked baguette and happily ride away to their first spring picnic.

I am lately persuaded that the fifth horseman of the apocalypse drives a small Japanese pickup truck.

They are the nightmare image of the cable-news age, these battered vehicles, packed with men and small boys armed to the teeth and…MORE