Explainer

Everything You Need to Know About Owning a Dog in Seattle

There are more dogs than children here. And they might be more spoiled.

03/16/2026 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach Illustrations by Mike Holm

Not All Fun and Games

In Seattle, a ‘Turf War’ between Pickleball and Tennis Players Has Just Begun

It's a zero-sum game for court time. But it doesn't have to stay that way.

10/13/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Swing into Fall

Seattle Playgrounds Reopen to the Public

Playtime will look a little different, though.

10/06/2020 By Carli Ricker

The Sporting Life

Seattle’s Lawn Bowlers Aren’t Going Down without a Fight

A story of passion, land disputes, and finely mowed grass.

04/17/2017 By Sydney Parker

Outdoor Tech

Seattle Parks Launches New Trails App

Find an urban trail—and help fix it—from your phone.

10/21/2016 By Jack Russillo

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: SDOT Talks Bike Safety

Today's picks for civic nerds

08/20/2014 By Kristen Farnam

News

Parks & Wreck: Seattle Parks District Vote

We love our green spaces in Seattle, but funding them has been a decades-long fight.

08/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Aid Seattle's Parks, Libraries, and Kids

Today's picks for civic nerds.

07/24/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Support the Hungry, Advise the Police

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/22/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Dandelions Be Gone

Today's picks for civic nerds.

07/17/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Big Dinner, Bigger Data

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/15/2014 By Ezra Parter

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Heists, Green Spaces, and Afghanistan

Today's picks for political and civic nerds.

11/26/2012 By Katie Vincent

Post

Slide Show: Westlake Family Fun Day

07/26/2012

News

Bike Group Says they Were Left Out of Bicycle Sundays Cutback Decision

04/27/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

News

Parks Maintenance Funding "Urgent," Parks Patrons Say

04/13/2011 By Erica C. Barnett

News

Queen Anne Community Group Planning Kinnear Park Multi-Use Trail

09/02/2010 By Josh Cohen

City Hall

Seattle Must Preserve Its World-Class Parks System

08/20/2010 By Dorsol Plants

City Hall

SHARE Can't Protest Tom Douglas Event

06/25/2010 By Erica C. Barnett

The C is for Crank

A Modest Proposal: From Vacant Lots to P-Patches

04/12/2010 By Erica C. Barnett

Post

35 Northwest Playgrounds

Great outdoor summer adventures in the water, on the ground, and high in the sky.

12/28/2008 By Courtney Nash