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It's already against Washington state law to discriminate against public breastfeeding, but the Seattle City Council on Monday specifically made it illegal for businesses and other entities to ask nursing moms to stop, cover up or move to a different location in public areas.
A venture capitalist who wants to build a sports arena to bring professional basketball back to Seattle will pay for a study to determine the impacts on traffic and parking following objections by his potential neighbor — the Seattle Mariners.
The newly crowned Miss Seattle says she was just having a bad day back in December when she tweeted, "Ugh can't stand cold rainy Seattle and the annoying people."
For 17 minutes Seattle outhustled, outshot and outplayed the second-ranked team in the country.
Those whispers that circulated for months about a possible arena plan that might bring the NBA back to Seattle — and perhaps professional hockey, too — are now replaced by a concrete proposal with a staggering private investment.
Kristen Riley had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead three scorers in double figures as No. 23 Brigham Young cruised to its eighth straight victory, 69-55 over Seattle on Wednesday night.
For the second year in a row, a flight tracking company has honored Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, finding its on-time performance is tops among major international airports. FlightStats says Sea-Tac also finished as a finalist in the category of best on-time performance among major North American airports.
Seattle police released surveillance images Friday of a person they suspect may have left a firebomb under an ATM inside a foyer at a Chase bank branch.
In its first two seasons making the transition back to Division I, Seattle made headlines with wins over Oregon State and Virginia.
Mike Scott scored a career-high 33 points and No. 24 Virginia held off a second-half rally by Seattle for an 83-77 victory Wednesday night.
The Seattle City Council voted Monday to ban single-use plastic bags from groceries and other retail stores, joining a growing trend among cities that embrace green values.
A mentally ill petty thief pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he joined another man in planning to attack a Seattle military recruiting station with machine guns and grenades — a plot inspired by the 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, authorities say.
Officials in Seattle have decided not to press charges against a self-proclaimed superhero who was accused of assaulting several people with pepper spray.
Seattle police have launched an internal investigation after a 19-year-old woman says she suffered a miscarriage after being pepper sprayed at an Occupy Seattle protest.
An 84-year-old woman in Seattle has quickly become a face of the national Occupy Wall Street movement after she was hit with pepper spray during a march.
Komen Planned Parenthood controversy hurting Race for the CureWhen Gillian Godlewski wanted to support breast-cancer research, she bought a pink Kitchen Aid mixer, pink spatula, pink scraper, pink wallet, pink notepads, pink compact and a pink shirt — all with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure logo. "Well, if I want that item anyway …
One of the beauties of living in Seattle is that when one wants to pull off the road there are plently of choices of where to chill. As everyone knows we have coffee shops about every twenty feet, so if coffees your game the choices are unlimited. All, Starbucks, Peets, Tu …
The Last Mother's Day I starting making wine a couple of years ago with a bunch of guys who know far more about the ways of the grape than I do. Between the crushing, racking, barrel-tasting and bottling we talked about wine and sports, women and sports, politics and sports, and maybe some other thi …
Remember my post, a while back, stating that Occupy had universally died? Well, I stand by it! But it was not to say that the revolution has died... in fact, it has just begun. One vein, from Occupy, is now going by "Decolonize". I like the sounds of it already. I've been hesitat …
For your pleasure I am sharing some wall art that lives obscurely on a partially hidden wall in north Seattle. Just when one has tired of the non stop rain, and finds their car automatically driving to a bridge they can fling themselves off, this little slice of happiness …
Why All the Smashy-Smashy? A Beginners Guide to Targeted Property DestructionDiversity of Tactics. We can all agree under diversity of tactics, but what is the line between non/violence? "Non-violence" is a fluid definition. There is no one right answer. Words can hurt more than an arrow in the knee, but many people don't consider that violence. Many peo …
This may be hard to believe but there is a K-8 school in greater Seattle that remains open in spite of the following. Imagine touring the school with the principal trying to understand why his school should be the school you send your kids to for one of the most important times …
On Wednesday and Friday, Professor Ed Reed PhD, Seattle University, Matteo Ricci College, World Poverty Course, accompanied 25 students each day on a tour of Tent City 3, presently housed at Saint Marks Cathedral on Capitol Hill, Seattle. The students got a thorough tour and e …
No, I'm not exaggerating. It seems a telemarketing company with a Seattle-based area code phone number wants access remotely to your computer--DON"T GIVE IT TO THEM!!! Here are the details: You receive a call from a company called TACCESS on your caller ID with a Seat …
Archbishop Turns Every Seattle Mass Into an Anti-Gay Political RallySeattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, who oversees Washington State's Catholic hierarchy and nearly 250 churches, has angered local Catholics by ordering a petition drive in all parishes to repeal the state's gay marriage law. In a letter to parishioners, Sartain explains he has …
Amazon a virtual no-show in hometown philanthropyWhen the Puget Sound Business Journal named Amazon founder and Chief Executive Jeff Bezos "Executive of the Year," he was a no-show at a January 2011 luncheon to honor him.
Frappuccino's colorful ingredients bug some vegetarians |Turns out the strawberry sauce used in strawberries-and-crème Frappuccinos contains cochineal extract, which is made from the bodies of ground-up insects indigenous to Latin America
W. Seattle teen beaten bloody in possible hate crime | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO NewsSEATTLE - A 16-year-old boy from West Seattle says he was held hostage and beaten for hours, all because of the color of his skin. Shane McClellan says two men kicked and whipped him at gunpoint - and told him they singled him out because he is white.Tim McClellan, Shane's f …
Seattle woman cleaning up Puget Sound one battery at a timeA Seattle woman has found her inspiration at the bottom of Puget Sound in the form of old boat batteries. "At first, you see everything beautiful and then realize that everything beautiful is growing on something. And then you realize that something is oftentimes human debris or …
Edible Forest Free For All in Seattle Like the edible candy forest in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," a park in Seattle is designed to be eaten. But unlike the junk food forest of Wonka’s factory which only a few children got to taste, Seattle’s edible ecosystem will be all-natural, healthy, an …
Is this the world's strangest coffee shop? Starbucks in Japan designed by architect to look like tree branches From Seattle to Swansea, the identikit branches of coffee shop chain Starbucks are a familiar sight around the world. But one unique outlet in Japan has broken the mould in a big way, with a wooden interior designed by an architect to resemble tree branches in a forest. The s …
How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on YouMany evangelicals wear their religion on T-shirts and around their necks and on car bumpers and eye-blacks. They hand out tracts on college campuses and stage revival meetings on military bases. They use weddings and funerals to preach come-to-Jesus sermons. In their resolve to …
Chase Bank Occupiers: Not Guilty. "A Huge Victory"March 15th, 2012, the "Chase 5" of Occupy Seattle have been proven "Not Guilty" for the allegations of criminal trespass after engaging in a sit-in at a local Chase bank branch. The bank management had locked the doors, trapping the protesters inside while they called 911 to repo …
Washington School Shooting Charges: 9-Year-Old Faces 3 ChargesSEATTLE — Prosecutors are expecting the police investigation into a shooting at a Washington elementary school to include a harder look into what role adults played in a 9-year-old boy bringing a gun to school.
This is a letter that I sent to my State representatives. I have as of today I have received 2 responses. I will post those replies below.
Woman Weds Warehouse: 'If corporations can have rights as people, so can buildings'Babylonia Aivaz is scheduled to marry a warehouse on Union and 10th in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA.(KOMO News/ABC News) “If corporations can have the rights as people, so can buildings,” Aivaz told KOMO.
Twin winter storms slamming Pacific NorthwestSeattle could see one of its largest snowfalls since the 1940s as twin winter storms move over the Pacific Northwest, according to the National Weather Service. Between 5 and 10 inches of snow could hit the Seattle-Tacoma area Wednesday, said Dustin Guy, a meteorologist at the …
Enter the Dragon: The World Prepares for Lunar New YearPeople around the globe are preparing to celebrate the Lunar New Year and the coming Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac, which begins on January 23rd. After the jump: Photos of the preparations in Beijing, Shanghai, Toronto, Seattle, Bangkok, Central Java and more.
In Mt. Rainier air search for gunman, coffee cups held a warning“A ranger has been shot, shooter at large,” said the message, scrawled on the side of a Cruisin Coffee cup that had just dropped from the helicopter hovering over their camp site. “Call on cell if able to Pierce Co sheriffs.”
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