News & City Life

Open Letter

Dear White People Who Plan to Party on Cinco de Mayo

Leave me out of this.

04/28/2016

Morning Fizz

New Alaskan Way Configuration Removes Bus Lanes

$600 million for broadband and no bus lane on new Alaskan Way?

04/28/2016 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Housing Affordability Formulas and Parking Space Formulas

Where will Seattle's affordable housing be and how did Sound Transit come up with its estimates for 8,000 new parking spaces?

04/27/2016 By Josh Feit

Afternoon Jolt

The New York Times Asks if Any City Will Vote for Sanders

Seattle asks do we exist?

04/26/2016 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Local Democrats Push National Party on Trans Delegate Rights in Advance of Summer Convention

Democratic National Committee tells local party delegate reforms are on the table.

04/26/2016 By Josh Feit

City Hall

The Follow Up to $15: Secured Scheduling

The bottom line in labor's latest fight is more about power than money.

04/25/2016 By Josh Feit

Feature

Katie Rose on Top of the World

Twenty years after her father, Seattle climbing legend Scott Fischer, died on Everest, Katie Rose Fischer-Price traveled back to the land that claimed him—and found herself in the midst of an even greater catastrophe.

04/25/2016 By Kade Krichko

Morning Fizz

Strict Male-Female Delegate Assignments Challenged After District Caucuses

Male delegate proposes change to state party rules.

04/25/2016 By Josh Feit

Back Fence

Urban Hiking: Does It Make Us Better Citizens?

I walked the widest girth in Seattle to find out.

04/25/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Behind the Scenes

Lindy West: How We Got That Shot

A peek at our shoot with photographer Brandon Hill.

04/22/2016 Photography by Brandon Hill

How We Got Here

Crowd Cow: Kickstarter for Carnivores

Startup vets Joe Heitzeberg and Ethan Lowry retrace the tech steps that led them to become virtual ranchers.

04/22/2016 By Rosin Saez

Quote Unquote

Lindy West Is Not Afraid to Be Shrill

"[Being funny] is something that's gendered. People don’t think women are funny, so it’s always satisfying to upend people’s expectations."

04/22/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Morning Fizz

What to Make of Murray and Sawant's First Joint Proposal

A city hall first reflects changing council dynamics.

04/22/2016 By Josh Feit

Politics

Will Donald Trump and His Bullying Win Over Washington Republicans?

His political ascension may be vulgar and unlikely. But even here on the Left Coast it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

04/22/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Power Lines

Seattle's Next Big Labor Battle Will Be Over Flexible Scheduling

What does a $15 an hour minimum wage matter when you’re not getting any hours?

04/22/2016 By Josh Feit

Questions Answered

Dan Warter Knows Where the Bodies—and Boats—Are Buried

The diver turned filmmaker explores the many forgotten mysteries lurking in local waters.

04/22/2016 By Jessica Voelker

Defying Gravity

Dan Price's Quick Rise and Quicker Fall

Price became a media darling in April 2015 by raising the minimum wage at Ballard’s Gravity Payments to $70,000—but this May he’s scheduled to answer accusations that he used the company as his “personal piggybank.”

04/22/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Snap Judgment

The Denny Regrade Is Back

Colloquially obscure since the ’90s, the name Denny Regrade is back to describe the previously underdeveloped pocket of the Denny Triangle where Amazon’s new Doppler building sits. Reasonable return or redundant revival?

04/22/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Morning Fizz

Seattle Police Make Several Pot Delivery Arrests in Recent Buy Bust Operation

Pot delivery, rural socialism, and single-family zoning.

04/21/2016 By Josh Feit

Morning Fizz

Transit, Density, Minority Voters, and Other Questions About Cities

Committee passes controversial arena legislation, Ballard wants faster light rail, Mayor doubles down on no density for single family zones, and much more from a busy news day.

04/20/2016 By Josh Feit