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The Seattle City Council’s Transportation and Pedestrian Safety Committees will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 21 at 5 p.m. in Council Chambers to hear input on the draft of the city’s proposed Pedestrian Master Plan.

The council…MORE

Owners of the Ama Ama Oyster Bar & Grill have announced that they will be closing their doors after a final good-bye party on July 25.

“We want to thank all of our fans and we hope you will come in at least one last time and get your…MORE

The Altamira Apartments, one block west of the Alaska Junction at 4100 S.W. Alaska St., are now giving hard-hat tours of its rental units.

The 157 units range from $830 per month, plus utilities-that's with a year lease discount program-…MORE

The West Seattle Hi-Yu Summer Festival Weekend was scheduled to begin Friday at noon in Hiawatha Park. However, Ballard entertainer Tony Comito magically appeared an hour earlier to mystify more than 150 young day campers.

Rainier Beach,…MORE

Volunteers from around the community worked together with the non-profit organization KaBOOM! to build a new playground for the Delridge Community Center on July 17.

In just one day the site transformed from holes and gravel to a completed…MORE

The city of Seattle is the No. 1 large city for environmental stewardship and sustainability, according to a new “Smarter Cities” survey released by the Smarter Cities Project of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

“This ‘Smarter…MORE

Amanda Knox, the West Seattle native on trial for sexually assaulting and murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher Nov. 1, 2007 in Perugia, Italy during her college studies there, spent her second birthday in Capanne Prison July 9. This…MORE

The Greenwood Park Steering Committee hosted its first of three design workshops July 16 that would incorporate four properties they would like to add on to the current park at 300 N.W. 80th St.

Throughout the workshop, neighbors and…MORE

Contractors recently noticed condensation leaking through the concrete lids covering West Seattle’s Myrtle reservoir and Beacon Hill’s Jefferson reservoir. While the water supplies were not contaminated, the waterproof seals covering each…MORE

The Seattle Department of Transportation has unveiled a new Web site in support of open government, according to the department.

Upgrades include social networking tools, such as Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, podcasts and a blog.

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