Some stabbing, some stealing, and a sob story from Target are all in the news today. And don't forget about Occupy Seattle. Who could possibly forget about them? more ›

Occupy Seattle has voted to move onto private property where they've already been told they're not welcome. Maybe there's a silver lining? more ›

One tent, two tables, and two toilets. These are a few of the things allowed under the new park use permit Occupy Seattle obtained yesterday for Westlake Center. While these new amenities are nice, Seattlest is wondering whether more ›

Image by Dikla Tuchman from the Seattlest Flickr pool more ›

Despite City Hall's prime location near banks and the financial district, Occupy Seattle's general council has announced that they will not be moving to the location that Mayor Mike McGinn has essentially reserved for them. more ›

Last night, protesters, whose shelters had been removed from the site, gathered in solidarity to speak out and motivate each other to continue to occupy Seattle. The day had started calm and peaceful, crescendoed with arrests and the breakdown of the encampment that started the night before, and finished off with words of encouragement and plans for the day to follow.
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They're still occupying, despite the increased police presence and likelihood of more arrests. more ›

Amanda Knox came home, the Occupy Seattle protests kept running strong throughout the night, a downtown gas leak, a North Seattle robbery and more, in this morning's headlines. more ›

Protesters are gathered at Westlake Center where they met on Saturday to express solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, and the protesters in New York. more ›

Today, we're sharing our photos from yesterday's SlutWalk. Tomorrow, it's your turn. more ›

PARK IT FOR REGGAE: From noon to 1:30 p.m., enjoy the pure roots reggae and live dub of Clinton Fearon & The Boogie Brown Band. That's downtown in our urban rest stop, Westlake Park. It's part of the Summer in the City series, and their site even includes a list of to-go food options nearby. If you can't decide, probably your best one-stop lunch option is the Westlake Mall Food Court. more ›

Actually, there's a little Friday night music from 5-6:30pm in Westlake Plaza, the Latin jazz sound of Sonando. Saturday the music runs from 11am-4:30pm, which is when the results of the sculpture competition get announced. more ›

After all, the Seattle P-I's got a story on the recent street violence, the Seattle Times has coverage of the war zone and the thug factor. And although three of the four incidents since June occurred after 10pm, it's easily worth the $500,000 the city will spend over the next four months to keep lunch hour safe in Westlake Park. We were there, and we've never felt more secure -- which was great because we couldn't find any bike racks in front of Westlake Mall and had to lock our bike to a trash can. more ›

The buskers are an expansion of the city's effort during the past two summers to change the flavor of downtown parks. As downtown draws more residents, parks officials have said it's important to get more use out of the parks, which largely have been taken over by homeless people and drug dealers -- intimidating office workers and downtown residents. more ›

Oh Boston, you silly over-reacting bunch of Nancys. Who can't tell the difference between a LiteBrite and a real bomb? Seriously, getting riled up and freaking the fuck out over some strange marketing thingies? more ›

If you are afraid of fast cars (Tracy Chapman) or of movie characters existing in reality (Tom Cruise), then don't go downtown today. Because two characters from the upcoming Pixar film Cars---sotto voce: in theaters everywhere June 9th---are making an appearance at Westlake, as real-life cars. more ›

How often do you walk through the Westlake Park plaza? Ever look down on your way through? more ›

Seattle is a great progenitor of technology, but only now, in the year 2005, is municipal Wi-Fi finally coming to town. To put this in context, Spokane has had a wireless downtown corridor for over a year. Is Seattle behind the times? more ›

Nestled right in the heart of downtown Seattle is a little bit o' free WiFi. Of all places to find out about this little gem, I came across it while viewing pictures of Seattle on Flickr. So take your laptop to Westlake Park and go surfing. thnx dantc more ›