West Seattle News

As always, the WSBeat summaries are from reports on cases handled recently by Southwest Precinct officers, beyond ongoing WSB breaking-news coverage: *Faced with a locked restroom door at a Westwood Village store, an anxious customer knocked and asked the person inside to hurry.

WestSide Baby 's experiment in moving the annual Benefit Tea outside West Seattle/White Center, to enable more to attend , paid off in a big way: WS Baby executive director Nancy Woodland made that announcement onstage at the Hilton Seattle Airport Conference Center with emcee Ian Lindsay at the end of this afternoon's event.

Today in our weekly now-and-then gallery we take a look back at the Madrona and Mann neighborhoods of Central Seattle.

Terry Dunning, with the city of Seattle, stands inside the new Belltown Community Center at Fifth Avenue and Bell Street.

Crime scene investigators spent Sunday looking for evidence at a Redmond house where a 20-year-old Seattle woman was fatally shot earlier this morning.

The baristas at Bird On A Wire Espresso probably know Allen Galli better than the average Seattleite, but this actor and West Seattle resident is getting national attention for his role as "Sancho Panza" in Pacific Northwest Ballet 's current production of " Don Quixote ," which wraps with a 7 pm performance tonight.

By Mariano Pensotti. 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at On the Boards, 100 E. Roy St., Seattle.

A 45-year-old man seriously injured in a house fire Saturday morning was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

SEATTLE - ABC 4 news is providing live streaming video of the memorial service for the two boys killed in a horrific fire last Sunday.

Mind Unwind is a little bit of everything; Grand Opening Feb. 25 Mind Unwind is the culmination of a vision for owner Krystal ... The cake at the Southwest Community Center welcomed visitors to Neighbor Appreciation Day.

There's lots going on around Seattle this weekend - especially if you're looking for some great deals on clothing, or to get your hands on the latest arrivals at some of the area's top shops.

Recycled Cycles, Inc. has announced the opening of its second location in Seattle.

Police blocked off a street in the Northgate area and evacuated an apartment building as they responded to a suicidal man who barricaded himself inside his apartment unit there.

Frieda Sondland, left, was genuinely touched that Frye Art Museum director Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker asked her to help curate an exhibit for the museum's 60th anniversary.

What's Mine Is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption is on the reading list for the Seattle Share Fair set for Feb.

Through March 4 at 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle; $29-$129 . "When a show works perfectly," wrote Broadway composer Richard Rodgers, "it's because all the individual parts complement each other and fit together." Many elements in the 5th Avenue's ambitious, vivacious mounting of "Oklahoma!," the first musical in the timeless canon of ... (more)

This is one event you don't want to miss, Seattle! Via Cakespy hwere you can get more information.

AUTHENTICITY WITH VINTAGE INSTRUMENTS. West Seattle raised Frank Gross found success as a rock musician but followed his passion by opening Thunder Road Vintage Guitars on Alki.

Stevens Pass, the ski area that serves the north Seattle metro area is one of the best in the state, right behind Crystal Mountain, for terrain and programs.

Tacoma officials withdrew a job offer to Seattle Principal Gregory King on Thursday night after two days of backlash from parents and staff members.