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Muralist Glenn Case restores a mural on California Avenue, just north of Edmunds Street. The mural depicts California Avenue in 1918, where streetcars of the West Seattle line branched north and the Fauntleroy line headed south along California…MORE

A $140,000 settlement in a case involving state campaign law violations prior to the 2001 Des Moines city election was announced last week by the Attorney General's Office.

TME Capital Group, Environmental Materials Transport and Monarch…MORE

Mayor Greg Nickels has announced the appointment of Christopher Williams, current Seattle Parks and Recreation acting deputy superintendent, as the interim superintendent.

Williams will serve as interim superintendent until the mayor's…MORE

White Center Park was renamed "Steve Cox Memorial Park" last week in honor of fallen King County Sheriff's Deputy Steve Cox.

A veteran deputy who also served the public as a prosecutor in several Washington counties, Cox was shot and…MORE

King County Council members voted last week to re-establish a permanent gang suppression unit in the King County Sheriff's Office.

The original gang suppression unit was disbanded in 1996.

Council budget committee members also urged…MORE

A reminder for everyone who signed up for the national Do Not Call Registry back in 2003 when it was created: It's time to renew your spot on the list if you want to continue to stay off of telemarketers' phone lists.

Numbers are flushed…MORE

Seattle City Council members Nick Licata, Tom Rasmussen and David Della have proposed adding 24 traffic-safety cameras to the City's Red-Light Camera Program at a cost of approximately $1 million dollars.

The council members'…MORE

The Seattle City Council has said it would wait one year before considering forcing nightlife establishments to obtain controversial licenses and aide by certain operating rules.

Mayor Greg Nickels had proposed last year that clubs and…MORE

Members of the Ballard Lions have been busy organizing their Golden Ears fundraiser on Oct. 5 and 6, and starting a new service club for local high school students.

While the Golden Ears Days take place annually, for the very first time,…MORE

It has been a good month for the Ballard Food Bank. Last week the organization accepted a $10,000 donation from the Ballard Rotary Club and a new executive director has been hired.

Food bank Board of Director's President Monica Greenberg…MORE