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Groups planning Capitol Hill ‘No Kings 2.0’ rally before meeting up with Saturday’s Seattle Center march

This summer, an estimated 70,000 marched from Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson Park as part of a nationwide “No Kings” protest ...
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One year later: How Bonito Café y Mercadito became Capitol Hill’s newest cultural hub

What began as a simple pop-up market to celebrate their photography has transformed into something much larger for Ismael Calderon and his husband Daniel on Capitol Hill. One year after opening ...
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Amid Capitol Hill’s growing set of shuttered spaces, Seattle considers ban on agreements that block new groceries and pharmacies

With two major grocery store locations shuttered and two former big chain drugstores empty and boarded-up on Capitol Hill, Seattle leaders are looking at a ban on legal agreements they say are ...
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‘Things are getting worse out there not better’ — In re-election tussle, Nelson touts progress at a Capitol Hill park

As another Capitol Hill green space remains fenced-off by the city due to “bouts of negative park activity,” City Council president Sara Nelson is taking credit for the approach she ...
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‘Hey, what should go in this space?’ — Calls from neighborhood to fill empty Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill campus spaces being answered along 15th Ave

Kaiser Permanente has responded to calls from the neighborhood to do more to fill the empty retail spaces of its Capitol Hill campus along 15th Ave. There is a new property management effort in ...
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Stateside, Mamnoon, the Roastery — Plans for Blue Willow hoped to fill one of the recent holes in Capitol Hill food and drink

It isn’t the largest piece of the puzzle but one of the holes recently torn in Capitol Hill food and drink is about to be filled back in. Permit and license paperwork shows a new restaurant ...
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That helicopter manhunt over Capitol Hill? It was part of Seattle’s war on graffiti

Seattle Police have made it clear they are familiar with the suspect the King County Sheriff’s Guardian One chopper, a police ...
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Regional Transit Safety Task Force recommendations: bigger barriers to protect drivers, stronger rider code of conduct, better responses for ‘vulnerable riders’

A task force formed to address operator and rider safety on public transit in the wake of the slaying of a Metro bus driver last year has delivered its recommendations. The Regional Transit Safety ...
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Homicide: Victim shot in chest at Pike and Broadway— UPDATE: Second victim reported

One person was reported shot in the chest and police were searching for a white Dodge Charger after a shooting Thursday night outside the QFC at the troubled corner of Pike and Broadway. Police ...
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A third victim and city council rep public safety plan as 18-year-old victim in deadly Broadway and Pike shooting identified

The 18-year-old shot in the chest and killed in this week’s deadly shooting at Broadway and Pike has been identified and a third victim hit in Thursday night’s chaos of gunfire has ...
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This week in CHS history | Bolt Creek Fire smoke, Rubinstein Bagels opens, Stitch Cafe is born

Rubinstein Bagels is ready for its Capitol Hill debut. Andrew Rubinstein tells CHS the 15th Ave E shop is ready for business and celebrating a grand opening on Friday. “We’re very excited about this ...
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Seattle Public Schools rejects plan supported by mayor and police chief that would have stationed cop at Garfield High School

The Seattle School Board has rejected a plan supported by Mayor Bruce Harrell and his police chief to return a uniformed Seattle Police Department officer to the Garfield High School campus citing ...