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The first phase involves that ramp you can see while driving the stretch of The Bridge between 99 and I-5; it will bring traffic off the eastbound bridge onto 4th, with one lane turning southbound , the other turning northbound .

Mike McGinn dons a tie before taking his oath. The desk in his sparsely furnished office has a colorful past: After incumbent Frank Edwards bought it in 1928, he became an impeachment target as citizens claimed the city spent as much as $11,000 for the desk and four accessory pieces.

BACK TO SCHOOL! Winter break's over. TRAFFIC ALERT: If you drive through SODO, reminder that several major traffic alerts kick in today - here's the heads-up we published last week.

Then again, we lost some bad ones, and some that started good and went way, way irretrievably downhill.

Closures, detours and delays will occur in Seattle's SODO neighborhood the first two weeks of January while state Department of Transportation crews continue work to improve connections for traffic in the area.

How we choose to live: This is Bellevue. Our region is losing the race against sprawl New figures show that people are not moving to the regional growth centers anywhere near the rate that our 40-year growth plan predicts.

Minus the Bear, above, will play on a bill with Kay Kay & His Weathered Underground and the Lonely Forest at Showbox at the Market.

Chris Martin, president of CleanScapes, stands in front of nine garbage trucks to illustrate what a 10 percent reduction in waste would mean.

The Sound Transit light rail began its service to SeaTac International Airport on Dec.

A busy holiday at Sea-Tac Airport in December 2005. Photo by Sue Frause. Whidbeyites have another convenient way of getting to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

Consumers expect to give as many or more gift cards this holiday season than last, according to a new survey by Corporate Research International .

Monty Sedlak, the new director of the street-maintenance division with the city of Seattle, stands near some of the city's snow-response trucks.

There's a followup on the "low bridge" traffic problem described and discussed in this WSB report from Nov.

Did you miss the grape harvest in Tuscany this fall? No worries. It's easy to sip and sample your way around the globe right here courtesy of local wine shops that offer free weekly tastings.

We're at SODO Sears - where that video shows the bustling scene in just one room where the Rotary Club of West Seattle 's Christmas Shopping Spree is in full swing right now.

Just drove from West Seattle to SODO, where we are covering the Rotary Club of West Seattle 's annual "Christmas Shopping Spree" event.

Especially for the next couple of weekends, says Michell Mouton of WASHDOT: Hello I work with the Washington State Department of Transportation.

Six miles of northbound Interstate 5 through South Seattle will be shut down overnight this Saturday and next so the state Department of Transportation can install 15 sign bridges overhead.

"Good Morning America Weekend" decided to look for the best food cart in the country and with the help of its viewers found it right here in Seattle.

The Tasting Room in Post Alley at Pike Place Market offers Washington wines and delectable snacks.