Eastlake News

We're often asked, "When's the next benefit car wash?" This weekend's answer - Sunday ! 10 am-2 pm at West Seattle Autoworks , the West Seattle High School softball team will wash cars, by donation, to help pay for a trip next year to play in France, according to WSHS athletic director Trevor Leopold .

On Wednesday, July 30 at the Seattle Public Library in Ballard, author / illustrator James A. Cole will read from his new book "Drawing on our History: Fishing Vessels of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska."

Bigger hotels would be allowed along Seattle's central waterfront if the City Council approves a recently proposed set of changes to the city's land use code.

A 69-year-old retired Seattle Police Department officer apparently missed his old job so much he donned his uniform and started directing traffic around a Capitol Hill construction site, according to charges filed Tuesday by the Seattle City Attorney's Office.

A Ballard resident and interim president and CEO of Shoreline Community College will take over the helm of Seattle Goodwill Industries next month.

One Saturday night in July of last year, a pickup truck sped through a red light on southbound Delridge Way at Kenyon, hit an SUV , and rolled.

Music, music everywhere: Piano man Victor Janusz at ACT, Chive Fest in W. Seattle, Wye Oak at Neumos.

Resignation Brewery, theCHIVE's very own brewery will be pouring the elusive KCCO Black Lager and the previously unreleased Gold Lager exclusively at Seattle Center.

This bird shows the breeding plumage well. The Auklets are Puffin relatives and feed by diving for fish and "fly" underwater.

West Seattle Bike Connections announced on Tuesday that a "bike corral" for on-street bike parking will be coming soon to the West Seattle Junction.

Guest Opinion: Especially when South Seattle is losing service, we need to look closely at the costs of a new downtown streetcar plan.

The Ballard Community Center will play host to the launch of an annual Ballard Block Party this Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. A collaboration between the Vona Church and the Seattle Creative Arts Center , the event will feature live music, activities, games, inflatables, and a barbecue.

Mon-Thur 11:30 am-midnight; Fri 11:30 am-1 am; Sat 10 am-1 am; Sun 10 am-midnight Let's talk about the view.

Westward's interior looks like Wes Anderson designed it, which might be a bit much for some people - the diorama-fantasia shaped like a ship behind the bar is really, really cute - but no one could argue with the straight-up greatness of the outdoor seating.

Getting there is the strange part - which is why it's a Seattle secret that only the tourists know about.

Two of the walls of the outdoor deck at the Quarter Lounge - which is one of my favorite bars in the city - are tall, blank, and imposing.

The opening of Seattle's first retail pot shop amassed a zoo. While members of the media crowded Cannabis City's front door, flapping their press passes and craning their cameras like giraffes, about 200 people waited in 80-plus degree heat.

Patty Tronquet, a longtime Magnolia resident and owner of the floral company Pocket Full O'Posies, has been elected as president of the Women's University Club of Seattle.

The buildings at 2406 32nd Ave. W. have long been empty in the Magnolia Village.

Three days until West Seattle Summer Fest - our area's biggest party of the year, in the heart of The Junction, Friday-Sunday, July 11th-13th.