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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 is Night Out, a national crime prevention event that encourages blocks or neighborhoods to get out of their houses and into the streets for one night. It's about meeting and spending time with neighbors with a premium on…MORE

Press release:

The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation has donated musical instruments to four Seattle elementary schools, a middle school and a high school.

The Foundation, which donates new and refurbished musical instruments to under-…MORE

"I was there and I was told by my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to attack my enemies, and I did so," Isaiah Kalebu said under questioning by one of his lawyers, Ramona Brandes, in court this morning during the murder trial of the…MORE

The Internet publication la Repubblica, stepfather of West Seattle raised Amanda Knox, Chris Mellas, now inside the courtroom (at the time of this report,) and Janet Huff, Amanda's Aunt, the DNA on the knife, the alleged murder weapon prosecutors…MORE

The wading pools available for toddlers and their parents (and even some older kids) are open again when the weather is right. Temperatures must exceed 70 degrees.

On most days the Seattle Parks Department will fill them half full…MORE

From the Seattle Police Blotter:

On June 27th officers from the Aggressive Driver Response Team worked 2 hours of emphasis on the West Seattle Bridge and issued the following tickets while on patrol:

West Seattle Bridge

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Just before 3:30 p.m. on June 26 two girls, ages 13 and 14, and their 8-year-old brother were “flashed” by an unknown male suspect walking by as they played outside a relative’s home near the corner of 44th Ave S.W. and S.W. Hanford St.

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Update 3 for 6/29 Det. Renee Witt with the Seattle Police Department said the man arrested for suspicion of arson was the same injured man who emerged from the blazing house as firefighters arrived on the scene. Furthermore, Det. Witt said the…MORE

A Terrible Beauty Irish Pub is about to open on June 28 and the owners Jenna Shannon Garvey O'Brien and Paddy O'Brien threw an invitation only preview party for friends, supporters and the media Tuesday, June 27.

Like its sister restaurant…MORE

Lynn Sweeney and husband Matt Pedersen talked about what the intent was in the re-invention of West Seattle's only motel, The Grove West Seattle Inn, during a public open house June 27.

Using a code phrase known and understood by locals…MORE