(Image: Poquitos) (Image: Poquitos) As Seattle restaurant groups are claiming a growing share of the city’s dining revenue, a new local food and drink conglomerate with deep connections to Capitol Hill — as well as Ballard, Bothell, Tacoma, Leavenworth, and, yes, Denver — has taken shape. The Yes Parade Restaurant Group now encompasses 13 venues including Poquitos and Rhein Haus locations on Capitol Hill. Formerly organized as Weimann Maclise Restaurants, the company began in 2008 under founders James Weimann and Deming Maclise with Bastille Cafe & Bar in Ballard and the roster of rest ..read more

Young The man arrested three years ago in a 4 AM Capitol Hill traffic stop driving a blood splattered car in which police found a 9mm handgun, two fired rounds, a bullet, and a half kilo of drugs has been found guilty of murder and sentenced to 30 years in jail. In February, a jury found Bryson Morgan guilty of first degree murder for the January 2021 killing of 21-year-old Autumn Young. Court records show Morgan was sentenced last week to 360 months for the crime. CHS reported here on the charge leveled against Morgan after his arrest as Young was found stripped naked and shot to death near ..read more

Seattle’s new transportation plan makes a big deal about making the city’s sidewalks better and adding new ones to the remaining areas without. Cal Anderson Park is out in front on things. Capitol Hill’s central park is starting spring with its buckled eastern edge lined by a smooth new sidewalk and new solutions to help save the space’s Red Sunset Maples. Meanwhile, city officials are meeting with area business representatives and organizations with hopes to address larger questions around public safety on the park’s west side. On the east, the Seattle Department of Transportation’s three-bl ..read more

(Image: @seattledot) “Nearly one hundred years ago, on April 21, 1924, the first traffic light in Seattle was installed at 4th and Jackson…” The Seattle City Council Tuesday approved a new 20-year transportation plan for transit, street, sidewalk, and bridge projects across Seattle that will serve as the framework for the planned $1.35 billion transportation levy renewal vote this fall. While still massive in scale and the result of a two-year process of outreach, bureaucracy, and budgeting, Mayor Bruce Harrell and council leadership are emphasizing the plan’s focus on day to day issues like ..read more

There were no reported injuries and no arrests after a gunfire incident involving a shooter reportedly firing from the sunroof of an SUV on E Jefferson just west of Garfield High School Tuesday afternoon. According to East Precinct radio updates, witness accounts described the shooter in an SUV reportedly opening fire on another vehicle near an unloading Metro bus and students on E Jefferson near 22nd Ave around 1:20 PM. Both SUVs fled the scene. Police were collecting shell casings along E Jefferson and video evidence from security systems and the nearby Garfield campus. Police were also work ..read more

Jayapal marked Earth Day by helping the Washington Trails Association (Image: Jayapal office) Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal will hold a neighborhood town hall Wednesday night for Madison Park, Madrona, the Central District, and Capitol Hill. The federal leader for the state’s 7th congressional district represents voters from across the area from Vashon Island to Shoreline and has held town halls in other areas in recent years. Wednesday night, Jayapal will address and hear from her Central Seattle constituents: The location of Wednesday night’s appearance is under wraps. To take part, attend ..read more

(Image: CHS) (Image: Tirto) By Juan Jocom It is a time for milestones in the commercial community that has formed around Capitol Hill’s 19th Ave E. Monsoon, which has grown into the small business core of the neighborhood since it began redefining Vietnamese dining in Seattle at the turn of the millenium, is celebrating 25 years on the street. There are more celebrations underway. Across the street at Tirto Furniture, a family business is marking its own anniversary, celebrating resilience and quality. Even as the industry has trended toward mass-produced, disposable, build-your-own furnit ..read more

Groups including Washington State Unite, The Revolutionary Student Union of King County, and student groups at the University of Washington and Evergreen College say they have organized a “statewide walkout” Tuesday morning with rally points across Washington including Cal Anderson Park calling for the end of U.S. aid to Israel and for the end of the Israeli occupation of Gaza. “We the students of Seattle refuse to turn a blind eye to the atrocities that Israel and the U.S. commits every day! Being silent is being complicit in these crimes against humanity,” the message from @wawalkoutforpales ..read more

Inside a Seattle sorting facility (Image: CHS) Earth Day 2024 in Seattle brings some hopefully material changes to the waste we create — and a few ideas for some garbage loopholes we might want to tighten up. In Seattle, styrofoam takeout containers have been banned since 2009 but you still see the cheap but hugely wasteful packaging in use. The Seattle ban is now about to be taken more seriously as the rest of the state is finally catching up with a prohibition on single-use foam coolers and styrofoam coffee cups and clamshells going into effect this summer. The 2021-approved ban on expande ..read more

See something others should know about?  or call/txt/Signal (206) 399-5959. You can view recent CHS 911 coverage here. Hear sirens and wondering what’s going on? Check out Twitter reports from @jseattle or join and check in with neighbors in the CHS Facebook Group. Broadway gunfire: Police were searching for an intoxicated gunman who opened fire in a Broadway parking lot early Sunday morning. According to East Precinct radio updates, police were called to the parking lot next to Mud Bay and Capitol Hill Tobacco just after midnight to a report of multipl ..read more