West Seattle resident Tim Nelson was hit by a semi truck on the lower West Seattle Bridge while jogging to work during the Alaska Way Viaduct week-long closure in October, sustaining life-threatening injuries.
Nelson told KOMO News on Dec…MORE
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Seattle Chinese Garden tiles are going up on the Recognition Wall
Tue, 12/20/11
The Recognition Wall at the Seattle Chinese Garden saw donor tiles go up on its 30 foot length on Monday, Dec. 19 as Miguel Aparicio and Dan Johnson from LP Tile from Bellevue worked to place and space them properly.
The two sided wall…MORE
City Council passes West Seattle Triangle rezoning
Mon, 12/19/11
A unanimous vote from Seattle’s City Council approved rezoning changes for West Seattle’s Triangle on Dec. 19, leading the way for new developments and streetscapes to transform the area confined by Fauntleroy Ave to the northwest, 35th Ave to…MORE
City Council unanimously votes to ban plastic bags
Mon, 12/19/11
By Anne-Marije Rook Seattle City council today approved Council Bill 117345, intended to help clean up Puget Sound and protect marine wildlife by banning single-use plastic bags.
Similar legislation passed in Bellingham and Edmonds earlier…MORE
UPDATE: Southwest Precinct 'tweets' while patrolling South Park on Dec. 20
Mon, 12/19/11
Update for Dec. 20 At the halfway point in S.W. Precinct Officer Scott Luckie's tweetalong day in South Park, he said it had been oddly slow.
"It is normally very busy," he said in an interview during a lull in the low-key action. "In…MORE
Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield to step down in June
Fri, 12/16/11
By Anne-Marije Rook
Superintendent Dr. Susan Enfield announced today that she won't seek nor accept the permanent position of superintendent when her contract ends in June.
"This was not an easy decision for me to make given my…MORE
Metro will operate on reduced schedules Dec. 19 through Jan. 3
Fri, 12/16/11
press release: Between Monday, December 19 and Tuesday, January 3, some Metro routes will operate on reduced schedules, and there will be two Monday holidays when Metro operates Sunday service.
Some Metro bus routes have reduced service…MORE
Department of Justice investigation finds excessive use of force, calls Seattle Police Dept. ‘broken’
Fri, 12/16/11
U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan and Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez presented the findings of their investigation of SPD in a press conference on Dec. 16, reprimanding the department for excessive use of force and a lack of oversight and…MORE
Overnight closures of Spokane Street Viaduct reduced
Fri, 12/16/11
press release: The contractor working on the Spokane Street Viaduct Widening Project for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) has been able to reduce the number of overnight closures due to favorable progress on construction, and thus…MORE
Seattle Police Dept. posts 2010 'Use of Force' report
Fri, 12/16/11
The Seattle Police Department has posted their 2010 Use of Force report and it notes that it was up only slightly, 2.6% but that complaints rose 30%. That number is lower than the national average, by "nearly one third" for metropolitan police…MORE
