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911 | Seattle Fire makes hazardous material response after illegal dumping in Interlaken Park

See something others should know about? Email CHS or call/txt (206) 399-5959. You can view recent CHS 911 coverage here. Hear sirens and wondering what’s going on? Check out reports ...
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Misdemeanor charges — and Capitol Hill SODA zone ban — for suspect in ‘war on graffiti’ helicopter chase

No felony charges have been filed in the gunpoint arrest of a wanted tagger who was chased through the streets of Capitol ...
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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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Seoul Mates: Sam Park tried sushi but now he’s going with his heart on Capitol Hill

The experienced food and drink owner of a Capitol Hill sushi bar says he was ready to give up on a neighborhood location before deciding to jump back in with a menu closer to his heart. Sam Park ...
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Tax the rich? 43rd District’s Rep. Scott at the center of debate over a Washington wealth tax

By Kali Herbst Minino, UW News Lab “Tax the rich” might seem like something you see scrawled in Cal Anderson graffiti or on a Pike/Pine hipster’s ironic t-shirt. Against a ...
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Seattle U president stepping down to lead Georgetown

Seattle University president Eduardo M. Peñalver has been named the next leader of Georgetown University. The Seattle 7,000-student private Jesuit university along 12th Ave south of Capitol Hill ...
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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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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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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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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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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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‘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 ...