Seattle WA

With Seattle-flavored grunge fashion and music making a comeback, we pay tribute to iconic figures who have passed away, and the legendary ones left standing.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A two-year investigation into an alleged organized crime ring targeting vulnerable older adults across the Pacific Northwest has led to charges against two suspects — and Bellevue police say the investigation is far from over. Simona Paun, 41, and Ion Miclescu, 21, face two counts...

For Patrick Morin, opening a French bakery in Seattle was a long-held dream that followed him across an ocean. Before La Parisienne ever opened its doors, Patrick was in Paris, teaching baking classes and sharing his craft with students from around the world. Over time, a pattern emerged. Many of his American students encouraged him to take what he had built in France...

A bitter eviction fight between the iconic Seattle staple, Little Red Hen, and its landlord will wage on after the eviction trial was pushed to late September.

In Washington, electric bills are on the rise, with average costs hitting $125 in Seattle and $141 in Kitsap. Community events will tackle these growing energy concerns.

A 43-year-old Seattle man was sentenced to 75 months in prison Wednesday for his years-long activity dealing meth and fentanyl in Seattle homeless encampments and the Chinatown-International District (CID). Khampheth Keodara sold fentanyl pills, methamphetamine, and cocaine to people residing in a homeless encampment under I-5 near the CID, informally...

A shooting occurred after a fight broke out at a Safeway in Seattle’s University District Wednesday afternoon, injuring one person.

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — A waterspout was spotted off the coast of Bainbridge Island on Wednesday afternoon as thunderstorms rolled through Puget Sound. The National Weather Service confirmed the waterspout, which was about 3 miles west of Magnolia about 3 p.m. The waterspout was “short lived,” NWS said.

Story in The Urbanist this week about King County Metro’s fare enforcement program. It was so over the top, I read it twice, then pulled the actual report to the King County Council, thinking there was no way it could be true. Welp. King County Metro fare enforcement 2025:...

SEATTLE — A man was taken into custody Wednesday night after a standoff involving a firearm on Lake City Way, police said. Officers responded around 7:20 p.m. to reports of a man who had stopped his vehicle in the northbound lanes just south of Northeast 80th Street. Police said...