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911 | Players say pick-up opponents pulled guns on Cal Anderson basketball court

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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After Executive win, Zahilay nominates three Black women to take his King County Council seat

With Girmay Zahilay’s Seattle-powered victory in November’s King County Executive race, the county council member’s District 2 seat representing a major swath of the city ...
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For first time since pandemic and staffing crunched services, Seattle Police will roll out DUI squad for holidays

The Seattle Police Department has announced it will roll out a DUI emphasis team for the first time in the city since 2019. SPD says the effort will run through the holiday season in December and ...
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Once a hotel at the base of Capitol Hill above downtown, Avia Apartments on Pike is now open

Three years ago, CHS broke the news on a company’s $60 million bet against the future of business travel to convert a hotel at the base of Capitol Hill into apartments. New residents are now ...
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15th Ave E merchants to host Capitol Hill Holiday Wine Walk

The 15th Ave E business community is holding a new holiday event this year to celebrate the season and the neighborhood. The Capitol Hill Holiday Wine Walk will take place next week with a ...
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Roots and thorns: Chris Persons on 18 years of building affordable housing on Capitol Hill and across Seattle

By Matt Dowell There is still much to be done about affordability in Seattle. The buildings of Community Roots Housing can’t ...
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SDOT levy update: 460 potholes, 12 bridges repaired per month in 2025 — New dashboard coming in 2026

The Seattle Department of Transportation is briefing the Seattle City Council Tuesday morning on its progress this year ...
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The Wilson administration: Here is the team Seattle’s new mayor is bringing to City Hall

As a 60-member transition team is shaping first priorities for the administration, Mayor-elect Katie Wilson has named her senior staff that will accompany her at City Hall including a ...
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After a year in Capitol Hill’s tumultuous street food scene, Tacos Cometa will open on Broadway in 2026

Tacos Cometa is moving inside. The street taco venture from brother chefs Rey and Osiel Gastelum that has grown a devoted following this year at Nagle and Pine on the edge of Cal Anderson Park as ...
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City monitoring coyote incidents reported at Volunteer Park

Seattle Parks and Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife officials say they are aware of reports of aggressive coyote ...
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Church breaks ground on affordable New Hope Family Housing and Clean Greens Farm and Market in the Central District

A project in the works for more than five years to add new housing around the Central District’s New Hope Missionary Baptist Church broke ground over the weekend with Mayor-elect Katie ...
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Check your contacts: Here is Mayor-elect Wilson’s 60-member transition team including Capitol Hill and Central District connections

Mayor-elect Katie Wilson has announced a 60-member transition team with a handful of Capitol Hill and Central District connections as she spends December preparing to take office in the new year.