Culture
Help from Yelp: Harvard study shows online reviews boost Seattle restaurants
The study also found that online reviews seem to help independent restaurants take a larger share of the overall market from chain operations.
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano's reporting on social and environmental issues for The Weekly (later Seattle Weekly) won Livingston, Kennedy, American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Politics
A jail with a view proposed for Seattle's Beacon Hill
King County appears to favor a plan to move its juvenile detention facility to the landmark PacMed tower, former home of Amazon, in the south Seattle neighborhood. "Here we go again," says a neighborhood leader. "We're getting dumped on."
Equity
The forgotten (and surprisingly simple) solution to long commutes
Two weeks ago the Seattle Times’ Janet Tu recounted the plaintive tale of a Kenyan immigrant named Simon Nakhale, who
Environment
Ditch the car and flash your Undriver's License
A Seattle artist transforms the challenge of driving less into the joy of Undriving - and gives undrivers something to show for it.
Politics
We can all get along: Bikers and drivers learn to share the road
A lament from the past highlights recent progress: Motorists are learning to accept cyclists, and biking is getting safer in Seattle.