Bellevue makes an attempt at a decent night but ultimately fails miserably. Meanwhile, the feds take down a drug ring (not a medical marijuana clinic!), Terminator vision is more possible than it was before, and toll-geddon approcheth. more ›

Five area schools have been listed among the worst performing in the state, David Horsey is moseying south, and a piece of glass fell seven stories in Bellevue. more ›

Bellevue: getting weirder and crime-ier by the day. more ›

You made it! It's Friday. Here's what to talk about over happy hour. more ›

It's time to catch up on the news around the area, wouldn't you say? more ›

Good morning, sunshines. What did you miss while you were safely sleeping (and not being raided)? more ›

Yesterday, we reported briefly on a press conference held by the Bellevue Police Department, during which time Maj. Mike Johnson spoke candidly about the two-year-old boy's disappearance. Now, new factors (like a Law and Order episode) are making the situation even eerier. more ›

Authorities have finally begun to come forward with updates regarding Sky Metalwawa, the 2-year-old who went missing in Bellevue on Sunday when his mother allegedly left him alone in an unlocked car along 112th. Namely, KOMO reports, they have finally admitted that the child likely didn't wander off on his own, and is, in fact, probably the victim of some sort of "foul play." more ›

Sick fish are sick (but fish farmers don't want you to think that), a missing kid is still missing (and guess what? His parents are shady), and the cycling Mayor doesn't like that anti-transit initiative. No surprises here! more ›

A strange and slightly creepy story took over headlines yesterday after police in Bellevue released information about a missing 2-year-old, whose mother told them that she had left the boy in her unlocked car after running out of gas. more ›

Infamous local anti-tax crusader and initiative-pusher Tim Eyman is at it again with this little nugget of anti-rail spite. On the surface, it simply requires that every toll increase be approved by a legislative vote instead of by the Washington Transportation Commission, but the implications run much deeper. If passed, it would block Sound Transit from being able to build light rail on the I-90 bridge through a little, hidden clause that says highway lanes funded by highway tolls and gas taxes cannot be used for "non-highway purposes," like rail. And, surprise surprise, 90% of its money comes from your friend and mine, the King of Bellevue* and notorious light rail opponent Kemper Freeman, Jr. more ›

Listen up, Eastsiders. We know the POTUS put a cramp in your travels last weekend, but it likely won't hold a candle to the pain of the northbound I-405 closure that's coming your way. There are also street-closing events in Issaquah and Kirkland. So read up and plan ahead. more ›

With teachers across the Sound using the threat of a strike as a collective bargaining chip, it's easy to forget that it's technically illegal for them to do so. more ›

What's cooking around the State today? A university behaving badly, a goalie goes shopping, and a fire is rumbling down south. What a week! more ›

Tonight: Take your pick: there are fishes, there are plants, there are TV shows and movies, and Selena Gomez (maybe). more ›

Murder charges for an alleged heroin dealer, a package from Santa, meteors, the Barefoot Bandit, Costco's initiative and a man shot by King County Sheriff's deputies. more ›

Bellevue decides not to sue Light Transit, Oil companies are looking for the State's OK to transport equipment across the border, and if car tab fees happen, it won't be as cheap as $40, all in today's Headlines. more ›

Throughout all East Link Light rail negotiations and arguments concerning Downtown Bellevue, the City Council, pro- and anti-transit alike, could agree on one thing: they would all like to have the train run through a tunnel. The only hurdle was a big one -- an additional $329 million added to the project's price tag. At the beginning of negotiations a few years ago, the idea seemed like a pipe dream, even with the City of Bellevue kicking in $160 million. Sound Transit's governing board decided Thursday that the East Link Light Rail Downtown Bellevue route the Bellevue City Council could agree on, i.e., that tunnel, can go forward. We just still don't know how Sound Transit is going to pay for it. more ›

An independent investigator appointed by the City of Bellevue announced yesterday that he could find no conflict of interest in Bellevue City Councilmember Kevin Wallace's business dealings around the BNSF rail corridor. more ›

If you're not going to Metro's public hearing, at least do something productive with your night. Our calendar has the suggestions you need to plan accordingly. more ›

Saucy Sisters at the Space Needle, PETA activists doing what they do (being offensive and not helping animals, really), people still being out of work and the Seattle Times' unfortunate and slightly sexist choice of a headline. Read up! more ›

Kemper Freeman, Jr has given $500,000 to the inaptly-named Voters Want More Choices, the committee to pass Tim Eyman's latest measure, an anti-tolling initiative, the Seattle Times reports. Freeman says that he likes "the spotlight that I-1125 puts on" strengthening transportation, but this seems beyond just liking -- that kind of money is unprecedented in the developer's giving history, which rarely goes above a couple of thousand dollars, according to PDC records. His company, Kemper Holdings, had already given $25,000 to the initiative in March. According to PDC records, Kemper Holdings also gave a total of $500,000 in three separate contributions to Voters Want More Choices; since the Times article says Freeman's contributions haven't shown up in the PDC database yet, we're not sure whether those are separate from the contribution from Freeman. more ›

Bellevue skyline, looking east. The former John Danz theater, later Bellevue Bowl, is in the foreground. more ›

Kemper goes to court over transit on I-90. Final score: Light rail: 1, Kemper: 0. more ›

A line of crowd-control stanchions snakes down the hallway leading to Din Tai Fung, the kind you see at the airport or a movie theater when the new Harry Potter movie is coming out. As we mentioned earlier this week, the wait times for a table at this newly opened outpost of the popular Taiwan-based dumpling chain have been crazy long. This Seattlest made it over for lunch on Wednesday and was thrilled to have some hot xiao long bao to ward off the nasty weather. more ›

Official election night parties usually don't get too rowdy--perhaps an intern has a little too much to drink and gets fresh, but that's about where it ends. Which is why Dino Rossi and Dave Reichert's party at the Bellevue Hilton was just begging for members of the Stranger Election Control Board (at least Lindy West and Bethany Jean Clement), who came prepared with Four Loko. more ›

We reported on 2/10 that our favorite Chinese restaurant Bamboo Garden was shut down for health code violations. We had not heard anything since then until this arrived in our inbox: more ›

Twenty years have passed since Rick and Ann Yoder opened the original Wild Ginger, an unusual café with a pan-Asian menu on the Western slope below the Market. In 2000 they moved uphill and took over the spacious Mann building at 3rd & Union, remodeling the upstairs in to a multi-sectioned 450-seat drinking & dining emporium and converting the lower level (a one-time porn theater) into one of the city's leading music venues, the Triple Door. Last year they expanded again, to the Bravern in Bellevue, a ready-made village of ultra shops, power offices and millionaire condos. more ›

In Off the Eaten Path, Seattlest visits some of the overlooked and under-rated restaurants in the Seattle area. Whether they are found in strip malls on the Eastside, next to a casino on Aurora or hidden away in an industrial park in South Park these are the places that don't get the exposure they deserve--until now. Today, Off the Eaten Path looks at Bamboo Garden, tucked away in Downtown Bellevue. Thousands drive by it everyday, yet few venture inside. Perhaps the jewel in Seattle's Chinese food crown is Bamboo Garden, precipitously located next to a sketchy adult store in the shadows of Bellevue's condo-mania. Specializing in Szechuan cuisine, this is the place to go if you can take the heat, although they do a fairly good job with the standards. more ›

And then, just when you think it's unsafe to continue, an entrée of braised pork shank arrives. Deliverance! No more underdone or undersalted ingredients; the saucier's apprentice has conjured up a refined, balanced dish, the heavenly meat, topped with crispy shallots, lying atop a soft blanket of rosemary-scented polenta. more ›