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Update for Sept. 30

In the arraignment of six men charged in connection with the July 23 Kent car show shooting, all six pleaded not guilty.

All six are members of the Playboy-Surenos street gang, according to prosecutors.

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Stockbox Grocers, a prototype miniature market opened in West Seattle Monday Sept. 12 to provide an oasis of needed grocery items to the Delridge neighborhood, an area identified as a "food desert" meaning the residents there have no easy access…MORE

As expected, election races for SeaTac City Council positions and the city's elected-mayor proposition are heated.

During public comments at the Sept. 13 city council meeting, former candidate Othman Heibe accused Deputy Mayor Gene Fisher…MORE

Burien lawmakers are still talking, not voting on White Center annexation.

A special meeting is being held Monday, Sept. 19 to talk about annexation some more. At the Sept. 26 regular meeting, the council is asking for more public comment…MORE

press release: The contractor working to widen the Spokane Street Viaduct will close First Avenue S at S Spokane Street overnight for up to four consecutive weeks, beginning September 19. The closures will be on weeknights with the possibility…MORE

In October 1981, the Phinney Neighborhood Center and the Phinney Neighborhood Preschool Co-op opened their doors in a recently closed elementary school building. Today, 30 years later, both the Center and the preschool are integral to the Phinney…MORE

A new program called "We are Family Community Lecture Series" begins Monday, Oct. 3, at 7:00 p.m. at the Admiral Congregational United Church of Christ, 4320 SW Hill Street, just off California Ave. SW. The monthly series, a shared effort…MORE

On Thursday, September 15, dozens of bicyclists and alternative transportation activists came together in the U-District across from the place where bike messenger Robert Townsend was struck by a car last week to call for safer roadways.

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Update for 3 pm, Sept. 15 The suspect was arrested at 2:11 pm and the matter was resolved peacefully.

Please click the photo above for a slideshow of the standoff.

A Seattle Police negotiator, partially obscured from the suspect's…MORE

UPDATE: Check out this photo, above right, of West Seattle fashion designer Justin Bartle standing beside Ghizlane Morlot, the wife of the Seattle Symphony orchestra's new music director, Ludovic. This photo was taken the night of last Saturday…MORE