Cityfeeds Seattle
Latest Entries
Nada Mucho to Release a Seattle Sounds and Songs Compilation CD
Nada Mucho to Release a Seattle Sounds and Songs Compilation CD May 6, 2008 Fellow Seattle music lovers and writers Nada Mucho, have been hard at work creating a compilation cd of the sounds and songs of the “Seattle Underground.” They’ve rounded up a number of great local acts to…
Via Technorati Seattle (RSS)
Katherine Heigl Gets Grey’s Renewal Offer
Katherine Heigl Gets Grey’s Renewal Offer Posted by admin at May 5, 2008 Katherine Heigl Gets Grey’s Renewal Offer Katherine Heigl has been invited back to Grey’s Anatomy - the last of the big stars to get a renewal offer for the fourth season of the hit medical television show. …
Via Technorati Seattle (RSS)
Police searching for man they say raped 14-year-old
Police are searching for a man in his 20s suspected of raping a 14-year-old girl early Monday morning in the Boulevard Park neighborhood of South King County.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Drivers need to warm up to lanes
The state's first experiment charging tolls for using carpool lanes brought confusion and some criticism from motorists Monday, the first full commute day the lanes were operating.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Tall-building plan stirs South Lake Union alarm
A South Lake Union group is considering new proposals that would do just that -- seek zoning changes to allow 300- or 400-foot buildings in response to business interest in the growing area.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Gas tax holiday would cost state $126 million
The gas tax holiday proposed by Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton would save the typical driver $28 but cost Washington about $126 million in lost highway money and more than 4,300 highway-related jobs, according to a recent report.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Streetcar routes have potential, but need cash
Four new crosstown streetcar routes appear promising enough to consider building, a Seattle agency said Monday. Next steps: finding the money and deciding if they're worth it.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
'Suspicious' ferry riders identified as European business consultants
The FBI has called off a global manhunt for two men spotted last summer who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent and were spotted on a Washington ferry exhibiting "suspicious" behavior.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
County Council OKs Eastside trail with rail
In a vote that some King County Council members call historic, the council agreed Monday to a proposal to bring an Eastside rail corridor into public ownership for a hiking and biking trail and a freight line -- and potentially, for commuter transit.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Police visits unable to prevent killing
Federal Way police said they were called twice before to check on verbal disputes between a woman killed Saturday morning and the man accused in her slaying.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Plans issued for dams, salmon safety
The Bush Administration on Monday issued its final court-ordered plans for making Columbia Basin hydroelectric dams and irrigation projects safe for endangered salmon, calling them the most robust and comprehensive effort yet.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
R&R for an ailing African elephant at zoo
A sick elephant at Woodland Park Zoo has prompted her keepers to shutter the elephant barn temporarily to give the recuperating animal some peace and quiet.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Housing aid on the way for state's homeless vets
Seattle and other Washington cities will receive nearly $1.5 million from the Department of Housing and Urban to help nearly 250 homeless veterans around the state rent homes, HUD regional director John Meyers said Monday in Seattle.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Insanity ruling in West Seattle killing
A young man accused of gunning down a popular high school tennis coach in West Seattle almost three years ago will go to a state mental hospital instead of facing a murder trial.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Ex-classmates asked to help solve boy's '83 Kingsgate slaying
Patrick Cress, 13, was beaten to death and left at a construction site in 1983. His unsolved case was recently reexamined by investigators.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
3 charged in high-end fencing ring plead guilty
Three people charged in a high-end theft ring that involved paying drug addicts to steal designer fashion, glass art and other items pleaded guilty to numerous crimes Monday.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Police find woman who crashed SUV, then fled scene
Police arrested a woman early Monday after she eluded officers in a pursuit and apparently crashed her sport-utility vehicle in Fremont, Seattle police reported.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Bellevue home damaged by fire
A fire caused about $100,000 in damage late Sunday to a garage in Bellevue's Wilburton neighborhood, the Bellevue Fire Department reported.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Fire engulfs South Seattle home
A blaze destroyed an older, two-story craftsman house early Monday in South Seattle.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Man shot after Burien bar fight dies
A man shot in the head at a Burien bar died Monday, the same day the man who allegedly shot him was charged with attempted first-degree murder.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Weekend vandals hit Whitman Middle School
Nearly 80 windows were broken at Whitman Middle School over the weekend, possibly by someone swinging a bat.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Seattle residents worry about loved ones half a world away
The upheaval in Myanmar is not only the loss of life and physical damage caused by the catastrophic cyclone. For some in Seattle, it's also the anxiety of not knowing whether family and friends in the Southeast Asian nation survived.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Seattle house prices slide in April
Seattle house prices continued to fall in April, while King County showed some improvement over recent months, according to statistics released Monday.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Sea lion killers well-informed, investigators say
PORTLAND -- Investigators think the killers navigated tricky waters in a restricted area, knew how to drop the doors of two metal cages, and then began firing a high-powered rifle into six trapped sea lions, which would have tried to bolt at the first gunshot.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Wife dies but new hospital bills keep coming
Thomas Smailus keeps getting bills for a pricey medical procedure his wife supposedly received four months after she died undergoing cancer treatment.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Parents are autism's hidden victims
The parents of children with autism are often invisible casualties. Their child's disorder ricochets through their lives, breaking up marriages, draining bank accounts and robbing them of sleep.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
What's autism? Symptoms vary among people with disorder
Autism covers a range of symptoms. People on this spectrum can be gifted or can struggle with developmental delays. They can engage their parents or appear trapped in their own worlds.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Try rush-hour luck in HOT lanes
Solo commuters driving on state Route 167 between Renton and Auburn on Monday will be able to use the car pool lanes for the first time. But it will cost money to use the high-occupancy toll lanes.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Using cell phones to find missing persons pushes law
Cell phone locater technology has helped police track down missing people almost instantly. But the technology raises questions about warrantless searches to find people who aren't accused of any crime.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Getting There: Free pass sought for some in new HOT lanes
Readers ask why Kent and Renton residents can't use the car pool lanes for free, too-narrow streets in Fremont, a dangerous turn in Shoreline.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Thousands march to ensure infant health
Thousands of Seattle-area parents, adults and youths spent Sunday morning walking in the "March for Babies," the March of Dimes-sponsored event that raises money and awareness for infant health.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Under the Needle: Amphicars make a splash on boating's big day
Amphicar owners revel in being the jesters of the boating world, launching their boat-car (or car-boat) on the opening day of boating season annually for nearly a decade.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
It's time to change a crazy energy policy
America's energy policy is shortsighted crazy, with our leaders doing everything possible to keep it that way.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
It's official: Words for 'top two' ballot set
Secretary of State Sam Reed has released the official language that will be used on the ballot in Washington's new "Top Two Primary."
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Hundreds honor those who died in fishing season
Hundreds came to honor those lost at sea at a Sunday memorial service held at Seattle's Fisherman's Terminal.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Man killed, two injured in head-on car crash
One man was killed and two people were rushed to Harborview Medical Center late Sunday afternoon after a head-on car crash that shut down traffic on Westlake Avenue North.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
King County could help rescue Skate Barn West
Renton's Skate Barn West; Fifth Annual Average Joe Cat Show; the Pacin' Parson
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Pregnant Fort Lewis soldier dies in I-5 crash in Oregon
ROSEBURG, Ore. -- A pregnant soldier from Fort Lewis was one of two women killed in a crash on Interstate 5 near Roseburg caused by a wrong-way driver.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Homicide victim identified
The man fatally shot in Des Moines on April 25 has been identified as Eduardo Rosas-Mata, the King County Medical Examiner's Office reported Sunday. He was 34.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Protected sea lions shot dead on Columbia River
PORTLAND -- The deaths of six sea lions are under investigation after the bodies of the federally protected animals were found in open traps on the Columbia River and appeared to have been shot.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Ex-sheriff of Clallam County is U.S. marshal
Joe Hawe's been a globe-trotting special agent assigned to protect the secretary of state, a small-town police chief, sheriff of a rural county -- and now U.S. marshal for Western Washington.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Ninth case of measles confirmed in Grant County
OLYMPIA -- A ninth case of measles has been confirmed in Grant County in Eastern Washington, and some people in King County also may have been exposed.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Retired justice from WPPSS case dies
YAKIMA -- Robert Brachtenbach, who served 22 years as a justice on the state Supreme Court, died Friday at his home in Cottage Grove, Ore., after battling cancer, said his wife, Marilyn. He was 77.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Deputy suspended for yelling at umpire
PORT HADLOCK -- A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy has been suspended for five days without pay for yelling at a volunteer Little League umpire while the deputy was on duty and in uniform.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)
Nine teens injured when deck collapses
BUCKLEY -- A deck collapse in Buckley sent nine teenagers to Pierce County hospitals, but no one was seriously hurt.
Via Seattle PI local news (RSS)