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When Barack Obama visits the liberal ATM machine again today in Seattle , it is not likely he will be answering questions about federal support for eastern Washington wildfire operations, nor about yesterday's decision by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to take decisive action against the tidal wave of illegal immigration along the state's border with ... (more)

The original caption read: A streetcar speeds past Cordray's Theater at Third Avenue and Madison Street on its way to Madison Park, circa 1892.

Raw, vegan, gluten-free, paleo. In Seattle, where elimination diets abound, I'm a convinced and happy omnivore.

Seattle police are looking for the armed robber who slashed a man with a knife during a robbery on Lake City Way early Sunday morning.

The King County Council unanimously approved a compromise plan on Monday to move forward with Metro service reductions for September of this year, and February of 2015, while also deferring an additional 200,000 hours of reductions originally slated for June and September 2015, pending the adoption of the King County budget for 2015/2016.

Selling juice. That's Adam Bligh's backup plan if the city tells him to shut down his medical marijuana dispensary.

A group of activists from Standing Against Foreclosure and Eviction sat outside Mayor Ed Murray's office for four hours today, asking hat he intervene to prevent the eviction of veteran and his wife from their West Seattle home, until the mayor and his chief of staff came out and met with them this afternoon.

The prospective entry to the new Aegis site, from Third Avenue West in Queen Anne.

A lion entertains the crowd during the parade. Thousands lined the streets of the International District to watch the Chinatown Seafair Parade on July 20, 2014.

If you love marching bands, two things you'll want to know: First, the All-City Band - which won the grand prize in the West Seattle Grand Parade > on Saturday - will be in the Seacrest vicinity this evening for its annual photo shoot, 5:30 pm per its boosters' Facebook page .

Does a lump-sum payment from the city and developers really compensate people displaced from their homes? What if there's nowhere left for low-income tenants to move? For the last six months, workers, seniors, folks with disabilities, and veterans have been organizing at the Lockhaven Apartments in Ballard and the Theodora Apartments in Ravenna to ... (more)

The 73-foot La Rata Bastarda, still showing damage from the 2013 April Fools' Day fire, sits moored near the site of the former Peninsula Plywood mill to be towed to Canada.

Earlier this week, the City of Seattle and King County Parks launched Pianos in the Parks , a summer campaign that runs from July 17 to August 17. Twenty pianos that were nearing the end of their lives have been refurbished and made into works of art by the Gage Academy of Art faculty, students and friends.

In his poem "Bubbs Creek Haircut," Beat poet Gary Snyder drew on impressions from a trip through Seattle in the mid-1950s: Seattle has the best for logger gear once found a pair of good tricouni boots at the under-the-public-market store, Mark Tobey's scene, torn down I hear-a Not so fast, Snyder.

The 2014 West Seattle Garden tour features ten locations that combine beautiful garden design and outdoor living with community service.

West Seattle photographer/pilot Long B. Nguyen flew over the Alki Art Fair on Saturday.

UPDATE 2; 6:45 From the Seattle Police Blotter Around 4 p.m. a pedestrian discovered the body of an adult female in the 7100 block of 1st Avenue S. This is directly underneath Highway 99. The woman suffered injuries similar to the first victim.

Enjoy self-guided tours of two Olympia Gardens from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. The tour benefits Chase Garden in Orting with admission of $5.

Shortly after today's West Seattle Grand Parade concluded, the award winners were announced, and our video above shows parade-presenting Rotary Club of West Seattle president Shane Carew making the announcements.

Two bodies were found dumped along the Duwamish Waterway on Saturday, Seattle Police said.