If high gas prices, bad weather, and teeming masses of people are not enough reason for you avoid the big box stores in the malls (if you can) and include shopping locally on the biggest shopping day of the year, here are some bargains, buys,…MORE
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UPDATE 2: A first? RECOVERED! Stolen Electric Vehicle owned/ built by West Seattle resident
Fri, 11/18/11
UPDATE 5:45 pm Tuesday Geo Tracker Electric Vehicle recovered! I was down in SODO area on a Photo Booth event (with AllStar Entertainment) and just happened to drive past it parked about a mile from where it was stolen. Loser that took it found…MORE
West Seattle Coins billboard installed off WS Bridge, a sign of success
Fri, 11/18/11
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Billboard
The loud jingling of gold coins and jewelry, the ticking of antique gold pocket watches, and even chatter over the occasional loose gold tooth continues to be heard at West Seattle Coins as…MORE
SLIDESHOW: The Salty’s nutcrackers are sweet
Fri, 11/18/11
By David Rosen
If you have been to Salty’s at Alki since November 2007, then you likely noticed the 30 huge, decorated nutcrackers that during the holiday season stand like guards of the Christmas spirit.
Gerry Kingen, owner of…MORE
WestSide Baby gets another 100,000 Huggies diapers; KCHA Americorps Team on hand to help
Fri, 11/18/11
With the help of a contingent of volunteers from King County Housing Authority's AmeriCorps team, WestSide Baby in White Center took delivery of 100,000 Huggies disposal diapers on Friday Nov. 18.
The donation is through Kimberly-Clark's “…MORE
SLIDESHOW: Occupy protests near UW drew local participants
Fri, 11/18/11
The Triangle Park at 2500 NE Pacific Street across from Husky Stadium was the gathering point for hundreds of people from all over the state, including people from West Seattle and White Center voicing their anger over the lack of living wage…MORE
Greg Nickels, others, interviewed by kids in “Telling Our Westside Stories” a SW Historical Society effort
Thu, 11/17/11
“Telling Our Westside Stories”
“Telling Our Westside Stories” is wrapping up as youth interview adults about their early West Seattle and White Center memories. The Southwest Seattle Historical Society received a Department of…MORE
REMINDER: Mayor McGinn and Road Safety Summit will seek public feedback tonight at SW Community Center
Thu, 11/17/11
Mayor Mike McGinn and members of the Seattle City Council are hosting a Road Safety Summit on Monday Nov. 21 from 6pm to 8pm to listen to what the public has to say about safety on Seattle roads. The goal is to create a shared citywide commitment…MORE
Metro Transit Chief on the ins-and-outs of policing public transportation
Thu, 11/17/11
Metro Transit Chief of Police Lisa Mulligan stopped by the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council meeting on Nov. 15 to explain how her division of the King County Sheriff’s Office operates.
A small crew with a large beat Starting out with…MORE
GAME Collective owner frustrated by DEA raid, denies any laws were broken
Thu, 11/17/11
The GAME Collective medical marijuana group, with two local outlets in White Center and West Seattle, was raided by the DEA on Nov. 15 for a search warrant stating probable cause of unlawful distribution of marijuana outside “the spirit of…MORE
