Eastlake News

With the Seattle City Council voting earlier this week to select First Avenue as a future streetcar route, and agreeing to seek up to $75 million in federal money to fund the project, this week's throwback post harkens back to the days when Ballard had streetcars and trolleys running through the neighborhood.

BELL + WHETE Belltown: Somewhat bizarrely, this sibling of Local 360 celebrates the cuisine of the conquering Normans of yore , including "modern interpretations of old world dishes, such as pottage with fried bread, house cured ham + sausages, pork knuckles, venison, boar, and roasted fowl ," from chef Forrest Brunton .

The Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness accounted for 97 homeless people in Auburn in January during its annual One Night Count.

There are numerous proposals for public spaces on Seattle's new waterfront. One is a swimming pool barge, shown in the foreground, at Pier 62/63.

FLOOR 'TREEHOUSE': Krystal Kelley from Mind Unwind at 2206 California SW in The Admiral District says its Treehouse Lounge is reopening at 4 pm today after a big change - more like an exchange: The lounge will now be on the ground floor, while Mind Unwind 's adult art classes will be on the second floor.

Thanks to Myrtle for sharing the Wednesday afternoon double-rainbow view! Perfect promise of more summery weather returning - in time for tonight's Summer Concerts at Hiawatha show, and more: SAVE LIVES : Be a blood donor - today, with the Bloodmobile at the Clock Tower Plaza on the South Seattle College campus, 10:30 am-4:30 pm, with a 12:30 ... (more)

Nothing spilled when three tanker cars in an oil train from North Dakota derailed at a rail yard early Thursday, but it alarmed environmentalists.

CORRECTS DATE TO JULY 24, NOT JULY 14 - An investigator photographs the scene where a locomotive and cars carrying crude oil went off the track beneath the Magnolia Bridge in the Interbay neighborhood of Seattle, Thursday morning, July 24, 2014.

Hector Barreto is the former head of the Small Business Administration and currently serves as the Chairman of The Latino Coalition.

The Capitol Hill Block Party - Seattle's favorite one-day actual block party-turned three-day corporate-sponsored music festival - is returning to a fenced-in Pike Street for the 17th year this weekend.

Seal Sitters Marine Mammal Stranding Network's final training for the 2014 seal pupping season will take place on August 9th.

King County Sheriff Deputies forcefully evict the wheelchair bound Byron Barton from his West Seattle home on July 18, 2014 Mayor Ed Murray asked Seattle police to "stand by" instead of evicting a wheelchair-bound Vietnam vet and his wife.

A year and a half after 1-502 was first passed by Washington State voters, Seattle's first recreational marijuana stores have begun opening their doors.

When it's nice out, Seattle is the most beautiful place in the world. Summer might not start until July 5 , but it sails straight through Labor Day, and everyone in Seattle, local or tourist, does their damndest to soak up as much of that sunshine as they can - which means taking all meals outdoors.

The Beatles arrived in Seattle August 21, 1964 and performed an historic set of their hits at Seattle Center Coliseum that evening.

"You don't want to be a financial analyst like your dad?" Jasmine teased her daughter.

Electrical equipment at a Seattle City Light substation burst into flames Wednesday morning, knocking out power to some buildings in the Seattle Center and shutting down the Seattle monorail.

The Seattle Police Department is looking for 18-year-old Lemel Groce, aka Lil' Soup, in connection with the armed robbery of a 15-year-old boy last week in Rainier Beach.

Police are searching for two people suspected in a reported 'home invasion' situation in Highland Park.

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