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Christine Gregoire and former Seattle Mayor Charley Royer have endorsed State Sen.

Live theater around town tends to go dark this weekend, reluctant to compete with the popular Seattle International Film Festival, the Northwest Folklife Festival, and various blockbusters luring people out of the rain.

What a beautiful start to Memorial Day weekend. If you're not heading out of town, here's a sampling of what to do in and around Phinney Ridge and Greenwood; check our Events calendar for more.

It's no surprise that the city that gave the world Jimi Hendrix and Nirvana rocks to the beat of great music, and while Seattle's legacy may be grunge, the city's venues leave no musical stone unturned Located just across the street from the picture-perfect Pike Place Market, the Showbox at the Market is a Seattle legend.

King County prosecutors contend Yusuf H. Shire and Mohamed Ibrahim opened fire on a group of young men following a brief interaction near the corner of North 86th Street and Fremont Avenue North.

A blog for Seattle music lovers of all stripes, from hip-hop and indie rock to jazz and world music.

The author of "Elders" will appear at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Elliott Bay Book Co., 1521 10th Ave., Seattle; free .

One early measure of the Seattle mayoral race is the fight for endorsements from the city's Democratic legislative-district organizations.

The most stolen ware in Seattle area bars, like this one at Ba Bar. Some local watering holes may need to install metal detectors for those on the way out of the bar.

A dog who was left in a vehicle was returned to his owners in West Seattle, Washington after an investigation found no cause for animal cruelty charges.

Fat, filling burritos for less than $7? SA , sA ! Even the massive combo plate that features spicy shrimp tops out at $9.50. Of course, El CamiA3n is famous for its flavorful tacos , which you can now eat sitting down in the bright, busy dining room.

Seattle Police Detective Jill Vanskike spends her days focused on residential and industrial burglaries, from tracking down perpetrators in real time when a 911 call comes in to evaluating evidence in the aftermath, tracking stolen goods that show up at pawn shops, and keeping an eye on known crooks who have been released back onto the streets ... (more)

White Center Artist Marianne Maksirisombat's original art is now on display at the northeast corner retail space at Burien Town Square through the last week of June.

Heading for a 4-day holiday weekend? Many are this year, particularly since school is out Friday through Monday for Seattle Public Schools and others that follow its calendar.

SEATTLE A recent spike in violent crimes at Seattle city parks is prompting city leaders to take action.

Washington State parks have suffered considerably in the recession-era trend of funding cuts.

A recent rash of marijuana dispensary burglaries doesn't appear to be subsiding in North Seattle, and police say two more businesses were hit this week.

If Apple can have a " spaceship ," then Amazon can have a biodome. Although the company isn't creating a totally self-contained ecosystem so its employees never have to leave work, documents filed with the Seattle Department of Planning and Development indicate it is planning to build something not too far removed from that at its new campus ... (more)

Seattle's central waterfront is getting a huge, decade-long face-lift: a new tunnel for State Route 99, a new ferry dock, a new seawall, pedestrian promenades, maybe even a mist machine to remind summer visitors that they're in Seattle.

Across Seattle, reports alt-weekly The Stranger , posters are appearing linking gay rights and gun rights in ways that are just freaking out the usual control-freaky suspects.