West Seattle was not isolated from Tuesday's raid on medical marijuana dispensaries. Meanwhile, arson news is disturbingly frequent, a local 20-something is taking up a fantastic cause, and y'all just can't stop driving in the West Seattle Bridge's bus lane. more ›

Some sharp local kids one-up their lemonade-stand-having peers with some farm-fresh goods. Meanwhile, a local hate crime, one life ending while another one nearly begins on the West Seattle Bridge, some new features at Camp Long, and the return of the guy who allegedly stuck his face in joggers' butts. Plus, coming up: the Mobile Chowdown, Psalm One, and bridge closures. more ›

• The Central District News is hoping the CD and ID get a streetcar out of the passage of Proposition 1. We share their hope.
• If you're heading west this weekend, West Seattle Blog reminds you there will be lane closures on the West Seattle Bridge.
• Just in time for Thanksgiving, it's the last Capitol Hill Farmer's Market of 2008 this Sunday. We'll definitely be heading to the market, rain or shine, for some local ingredients for the upcoming feast.

See what happens when it snows in the mountains in June? Even the bears are tired of it. This shopped photo entitled simply "bear" from the Seattlest Flickr Pool. Thanks mraaronmorris! more ›

Once again, we trucked it all the way across the West Seattle Bridge this week to check out the latest installment in the Four Sheep Acoustic Music Series at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. more ›

After the city of Seattle decided to tear down the legal skateparks in the city (Ballard Skatepark and Seaskate) to purportedly "rebuild them at a future date", local skate kids did the unexpected: they started a blog. Well, OK, actually they started a grassroots volunteer group that is building their own skatepark under the West Seattle Bridge. And, they have a blog. more ›

Three small earthquakes off of Vancouver Island Monday morning were fortuitously timed to coincide with the Seattle Fault Earthquake Scenario Conference in Bellevue. Of course the Vancouver Island quakes were nowhere near the magnitude the conference was discussing. more ›