‘Friend Thing’ is filming in Seattle with a standout cast, local ties, and 90s...
Harry Calbom isn't wasting any more time. The Seattle native has built a successful career in advertising through his creative production studio Society, which he founded in 2010, but Calbom has always viewed directing feature films as the end goal. After years working "adjacent to [his] dream," Calbom was struck by so
‘The leadership stinks’: Gee says Bite of Seattle texts expose what’s really wrong at...
KIRO host Gee Scott’s suspicions were confirmed when Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s office released hundreds of pages of internal text messages Friday, offering new details about the hours-long communication gap that followed the July 26 gang-related mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle. The texts show the mayor’s...
‘The mayor is just not ready for prime time’: Spike rips Mayor Wilson’s response...
'The mayor is just not ready for prime time': Spike rips Mayor Wilson's response to deadly Belltown shootings. Three people were killed and three others wounded in three separate shootings across Seattle's Belltown neighborhood in a single 24-hour stretch over the Labor Day weekend, and KIRO host Spike O'Neill said Sea
Woman injured during altercation, shooting in Seattle’s Bitter Lake neighborhood
SEATTLE - Seattle police officers and detectives are investigating a scene following an altercation between two people that left a 20-year-old woman injured on Tuesday morning. What we know:. Police responded to a report of scenes of violence at 924 North 143rd Street near the Bitter Lake neighborhood. According to...
This Massive Washington Secondhand Shop Is So Enormous It Defies Every Expectation
Some places in Washington look small from the sidewalk, then swallow up your entire afternoon once you step inside. That is exactly the surprise waiting behind an unassuming storefront where two full floors of secondhand treasures stretch farther than you would ever guess. Bargain hunters, families, and curious weekend
‘Our governor was able to destroy so many businesses’: Curley celebrates Beth’s Cafe coming...
Beth’s Cafe is open 24 hours a day again. For John Curley, host of “The John Curley Show” on KIRO Newsradio, the comeback is as much an indictment as a celebration. Seattle’s beloved greasy spoon survived a dumpster fire, a cancer diagnosis and an egg shortage, but it was the pandemic shutdowns that nearly finished the
Mayor Katie Wilson to debut new gun violence strategy, budget after Belltown shootings
SEATTLE — Mayor Katie Wilson said Tuesday that Seattle will announce a gun violence prevention strategy next week after three people were killed and four others were wounded in a series of shootings in and near the Belltown neighborhood over the Labor Day weekend. “This weekend is tragic and...
The Top 35 Events in Seattle This Week: Sept 8–13, 2026
We hope your long weekend was fun (and restful)! We're getting right back into it this week with top event picks from Role Model Presents: Chuck On Tour to Weezer: The Gathering and from The Stranger's 2026 Genius Awards to A Chorus Line. Check out our September events guide for more things to do this month.
First Steve Pool Memorial Scholarship awarded: ‘It really means a lot to me’
SEATTLE — On an unusually damp May morning at the University of Washington, Michelle Pool is on campus to congratulate student Zayna Haider. Maybe the spring showers are a sign. The occasion? Zayna is the first winner of a scholarship named in honor of Michelle’s husband, Steve Pool -- a man once so synonymous with the
NOW SELLING: A RARE PARK-FRONT ADDRESS IN THE HEART OF BELLEVUE
In great cities around the world, homes bordering celebrated parks have long held a particular distinction. They offer something increasingly difficult to replicate: nature at the doorstep, open views that endure and the energy of the city close at hand. Now selling in Downtown Bellevue, Park Row brings that tradition

















