Eastlake News

It's sunny. Then it's raining. And the vernal equinox arrives next Thursday. Let's just call it spring, shall we? Because here at ArtsPage HQ, we are thoroughly done with winter.

Since Washington voters voted to legalize recreational marijuana in the state, a slew of new businesses have sprouted up, from grow operations to retail businesses.

This week's sunshine gave Gatewood photographer/pilot Long B. Nguyen a chance for more West Seattle aerial imagery - and here's one photo he shared with WSB: Duwamish Head and beyond.

By Charlayne Woodard. Through Saturday, March 22, Isaac Studio Theatre at Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St., Seattle; $25 .

A recent inspection of the Alaskan Way Viaduct revealed new cracks in the 61-year-old elevated road's girders and supports, the Washington State Department of Transportation announced Monday .

Ancient Indian artifacts could lie in the shaft contractors need to dig to repair the broken machine boring a highway tunnel under downtown Seattle.

A survey of small businesses from 18 Seattle neighborhood commerce groups and the Greater Seattle Business Association showed that the majority of the city's entrepreneurs who responded have little faith that raising the minimum wage will address income inequality - but the business owners would prefer at least a three-year phase-in of the wage and ... (more)

Celeste Miles, 18, works for minimum wage at Husky Deli in West Seattle. A new report has found that job prospects for teenagers fell nationwide over 12 years, but more so locally, adding fodder to the debate over a $15 minimum wage for Seattle.

The past could present yet another obstacle to the future of the state Route 99 megaproject on the Seattle waterfront.

Feet will be flying: Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day a little early with the dancers of SCOIL RINCE SLIEVELOUGHANE, the largest Irish dance troupe in the Pacific Northwest.

For years, Seattle City Hall has allowed developers to shut down the sidewalk in front of construction sites - sometimes for weeks or months at a stretch.

Thanks to Alki photographer David Hutchinson for yet another wonderful West Seattle view - the colorful sunrise, through the recently installed Luna Girls on Alki .

The Ballard Jazz Festival, Seattle's most convivial and inviting jazz event, has announced that the great saxophonist Sonny Fortune will headline this year.

The push to raise the minimum wage in Seattle was just a campaign slogan last fall.

Good spring weather - sunny and high near 60F- on Thursday is a perfect reason to walk around the 'hood and check out the art shows opening for the monthly Capitol Hill Arts Walk , aka your hyper-local affordable art fair.

On Wednesday night, around 20 people gathered inside Dr. Jen's House of Beauty on E Pike for the first meeting to resurrect the once prominent citizen safety brigade aimed at preventing gay-bashings and violence in Seattle's gay neighborhoods.

When then-Mayor Mike McGinn left office earlier this year, union activists lost an ally in the fight against a proposed housing project anchored by a Whole Foods in West Seattle - but during a public commentary yesterday, it was clear they'd gained one in Councilmember Kshama Sawant.

Everyone's Irish at the St. Patrick's Day Parade and Irish Festival this weekend in Seattle, whether you're one of the many with Irish heritage - here's to my grandmother from Ballina, County Mayo! - or honorary Irish for fun, wearin' of the green.

SCOUTING FOR FOOD: It's that time again, for West Seattle's Troop 282 and other Scouts to carry out a door-to-door food drive.

The Pocket Theater recently called Fremont home while performing at the West of Lenin Theater from January 31st until March 1st.