West Seattle News

A group is planning to take to the streets of Capitol Hill Wednesday night to recruit local businesses into a new "block watch" and raise awareness of crime issues in the neighborhood: CAPITOL HILL ANTI-CRIME/VIOLENCE MARCH & RALLY Join Social Outreach Seattle for a peaceful march and rally to call for an end to violence and crime on Capitol Hill.

Last month, Seattle resident Katherine Evans took her dog Abby on a long walk through the Arboretum and Montlake Playground.

Pot-infused bacon? There's a shop for that. A Seattle butcher said he's found a way to marry marijuana and meat - by feeding pot plants to pigs.

The traditional approach to land an airplane is called the "step approach," where airplanes drop down, throttle up to maintain altitude, then fall again.

I asked Seattle City Council president Sally Clark what she thinks of Nick Licata's bill expanding homeless encampments , and she said she'll wait to hear him out when the bill is presented and debated tomorrow afternoon before making up her mind.

No, it's not the high capacity transit that residents have been waiting for for years, but it is one of few tour companies to make its way out of the downtown core and give neighborhoods such as Ballard and Fremont some love.

Capitol Hill is home to Seattle's start-up of the year. Belmont Ave's Simply Measured took home the title last week at the 2013 GeekWire Awards .

The mayor declared Monday, May 20th Capitol Hill Housing day in Seattle as the non-profit developer was announced as a recipient of a $150,000 grant for its 12th Ave Arts project currently under construction at the former site of the East Precinct parking lot.

An officer on patrol in North Seattle was struck by a hit and run drunk driver early this morning on 3rd Avenue Northwest.

One of the most joyful annual fundraisers in West Seattle is happening right now on the playfield at Pathfinder K-8 on Pigeon Point.

Going to Seattle Center for the Northwest Folklife Festival next weekend? Though it's not happening in West Seattle, three West Seattleites are involved in making it happen, as we recently found out.

In Director District 5, which includes Capitol Hill, the Central Area, Beacon Hill and downtown, Kay Smith-Blum is stepping down from her board seat after one term.

William von Schneidau, who owns the BB Ranch butcher shop at Pike Place Market in Seattle, has made prosciutto from pigs fed marijuana.

It was a race against time Sunday morning to end juvenile diabetes - and to beat the bridge.

Their site says they're still investigating the cause; we're checking with media relations.

Click that map for a larger version, showing the plan along Alki for this morning's West Seattle 5K , followed by the Summer Streets festival .

A felon who police say was in possession of a firearm was arrested following a early Saturday morning shooting in North Seattle that wounded a man.

Community means cooperation and that's what was in evidence May 18 as Sustainable West Seattle and some willing volunteers came together at Westcrest Park to create what they called a Presto Garden.

Have you seen the new green trolley cruising around Ballard lately? It's called the Emerald City Trolley , and it officially debuts today as a hop-on, hop-off tour service around Seattle.

It's Friday, and it's Bike To Work Day , which we'll cover in a separate update.