Despite the typical political friction accompanying local primaries, there’s something all five District 3 candidates can agree on: the city’s hunger for affordable housing.
Every year, taxpayers in Seattle pay for millions of dollars of emergency medical care for people who have been shot. It’s time for the gun industry to chip in to help defray these costs.
After an overturned fish truck on state Route 99 caused a nine-hour citywide traffic jam last March, Mayor Ed Murray and other city officials adamantly defended the city’s slow response. The national experts, whom Murray commissioned to study the incident response, came up with a different conclusion.
I wouldn’t want to be in Ethan Hunt’s shoes. In Christopher McQuarrie’s fun, over-the-top “Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation,” Hunt (played again by Tom Cruise) puts himself in a number of high-stress, gutsy situations.
In “Irrational Man,” Woody Allen turns Fyodor Dostoevsky’s dense philosophical novel “Crime and Punishment” into a light, modern-day murder mystery/romance.
While watching National Lampoon’s “Vacation” (starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as Clark and Ellen Griswold, respectively) did you ever think to yourself: “Gee, I wonder what it would be like if their son Rusty was grown up and took his own family on a road trip to Wally World?” Neither did I.
Kyle Patrick Alverez’s alarming, uncomfortable “The Stanford Prison Experiment” is about the psychology behind the abuse of power: What kinds of situations make seemingly normal people turn cruel?
The city certainly got itself into a mess when it instituted its ordinance requiring Seattle Public Utilities customers to separate their compost from their garbage.
In terms of narrative, “Southpaw” plays things safe. However, as far as bright spots go, “Southpaw” has Jake Gyllenhaal, and what a bright spot he is.
The good news is that we will get 15-minute service on Metro Transit’s No. 11 East Madison Street bus this September due to Proposition 1 funding. The bad news is that there is currently a proposal floating around that would remove the No. 11 from Madison.
Crews working on the state Route 520 West Approach Bridge North Project will close Lake Washington Boulevard in the Montlake neighborhood from 9 a.m. Saturday, July 18, to 10 p.m. Sunday, July 19.
This week, the Seattle City Council’s Education and Governance Committee will hear two gun bills proposed by Council president Tim Burgess, who chairs the committee.
Peyton Reed’s “Ant Man,” the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is both a pleasant surprise and kind of frustrating.
The Douglass-Truth Library will close on Saturday, July 18, due to a temporary water shut-off for water main connection maintenance.
Benni Diez’s “Stung” is the low-budget, goofy, creature feature you would expect it to be and nothing more.
Three Seattle City Light employees were injured at the East Pine Substation today around 1:55 p.m. and were taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Tarsem Singh’s “Self/Less” is a high-concept sci-fi movie that doesn’t realize its full potential.
Last week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced his selection of three potential sites for city-sanctioned homeless encampments.
As of Monday, July 6, all Seattle parks will be smoke-free.
Many Seattle Parks and Recreation facilities will close for Independence Day or will be on special holiday schedules.
Seattle Parks and Recreation will turn on field lighting on ballfields throughout the city on the evenings of Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, to protect the surfaces.
King County Metro Transit bus routes will operate with a Sunday schedule on Friday, July 3, in observation of Independence Day and operate Saturday service levels on Saturday, July 4.
The Seattle Police Department has released a sketch of a suspect who is said to have tied up a woman inside her Washington Park home in the early morning hours of June 20.
Forget San Francisco — Seattle is eyeing to become New York City. But just a more aesthetically pleasing version.
Back in 2012, the male stripper movie “Magic Mike” came as a pleasant surprise. The sequel, “Magic Mike XXL,” is another pleasant surprise but for different reasons.
I don’t know where to begin with “Terminator Genisys,” the abysmal fifth installment in the “Terminator” franchise.
Between jobs, I bartended at the Red Onion Tavern and The Attic in the ‘70s, which were popular options in Madison Park for the after-work bunch. The various groups always brightened the day with humor and laughter.
Soon, Mayor Ed Murray’s Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory (HALA) Committee will issue its oft-delayed recommendations on how to “chart a course for the next 10 years to ensure the development and preservation of a diversity of housing for people across the income spectrum” in Seattle.
There are things that seem so physical, like smoke, you try to grab it, only to see it seep through your fingers.
People have interesting short-term needs. Sometimes, it’s for a ladder or a pressure washer; other times, a movie projector or kayak. And every once in a while, a chicken start-up kit.
Beginning Aug. 1, new rules could go into effect that impact every person who applies for a mortgage.
If your financial life is confined to boxes, file cabinets and various piles of statements and receipts that only you can navigate, it might be time for a little de-cluttering.
Brighten up your patio, deck or front entrance with containers. They’re an excellent way to add color, fragrance and beauty where plantable space is limited or nonexistent.
While your two-legged family members may delight in partaking in the Fourth of July holiday feasts and parties, the extravagant gaieties are not always appreciated by our four-legged family members, as the sky illuminations can sometimes cause fear and anxiety in many pets.
There are great health benefits to gardening, including improved endurance, flexibility and strength. But with these benefits also come risks for injury.
A free Parkinson’s disease support group is starting up at Park Shore Retirement Community.
Caring for someone with memory loss? Do you need information and support? The Alzheimer’s Association African American family caregiver support groups are starting in September.
Tresa Thomas Massiongale has joined Sound Mental Health as its new community development officer.
Some experts have called noise pollution “a modern plague” because it’s ubiquitous and nearly impossible to escape.
Burke Shethar has lived in Madrona for more than two decades and, for most of that time, has owned the Madrona Eatery & Alehouse. Now he’s making plans to leave the Alehouse behind.
Maria Mirabueno knew that if she sent her eighth-grade daughter, Truth Taylor, to a public school next fall, Taylor might drop out of high school.
The political sniping between Kshama Sawant and Pamela Banks had been going on for months. But a new voice, retired journalist Lee Carter, officially joined in on the combativeness at the most recent District 3 City Council candidate forum.
