News “They are separate projects (one just about complete, the other just about to launch) but together will make the eastern end of Forest Park another of the park’s wonders,” says Dominik Jansky, Forest Park Forever’s director of communications and marketing. Subscribe to the St. Louis Daily newsletter for a smart, succinct guide to local news from award-winning journalists Sarah Fenske and Ryan Krull. With an invitation to “experience Forest Park like never before,” the Glade is described as a sustainable, community-led project to restore Steinberg Rink and transform its 22.5-acre surroundings into an all-seasons destination, rather the winter-centric one it’s been since 1957. Jansky describes it as a complex construction plan with several phases, including a new building, the renovated rink, hillside, water feature, restaurant, and more. The Glade will stretch from Kingshighway to the Taylor Kindle River and from Klein Prairie to Jefferson Lake. Much of the project was influenced by public engagement, which yielded such requests as keeping the rink’s large size, upgrading the facilities, offering more dining options and programming, and providing more warming areas.  Work will begin at the Steinberg pavilion once the ice-skating season concludes in March, with a projected completion in fall 2026. Steinberg will be closed for the 2025–26 ice-skating season, so Jansky warns that the next few weeks are the final opportunity to skate at Steinberg until fall 2026. According to the release, Forest Park Forever is leading a $100 million fundraising campaign, “Imagine the Glade.” Lead gifts, which enabled the project’s launch, have raised more than 60 percent toward the goal. The City of St. Louis and Forest Park Forever have spearheaded a major project, with management assistance from H3 Studio Inc. The team includes design architect Snow Kreilich Architects, known for their work on St. Louis CITY SC’s Energizer Park, as well as landscape architect Hoerr Schaudt, St. Louis-based Christner Architects, and BSI Constructors. The recent renovation, which was largely driven by community input, completes that original goal, Jansky says. “There were a lot of benefits of it: improved water circulation reduced the amount of water that needed to be created to fill the lakes and ponds that existed before; better storm runoff management; it creates a wildlife corridor; and it’s yet another beautiful spot for people to kind of get close to nature and get close to the water.” Jansky explains that this will allow for more spots for people to fish the shoreline of Jefferson Lake, in addition to overlooks that include a waterfall feature and a pedestrian bridge showing off newly cleared angles of the water curving among the trees. “You’ll even get a reflection of the planetarium in the distance and some of the buildings in the Central West End,” Jansky says. For even casual visitors, Jansky says, the project will improve the park’s enjoyability. “A lot of spots we’ve redone, like Art Hill, the Grand Basin, and Victorian Bridge, become instant photo ops for people,” he says. “This is a spot that used to just sort of be a pass-through between the lakes and the recreational path or Steinberg, but now it’s going be another one of those, ‘Oh, wow!’ spots.” Jansky says the final touches to the donor-funded waterways project, such as etchings on the donor plaza at the Clayton overlook, will be completed in April. Listen Here Listen Here Listen Here Listen Here DAILY NEWSLETTER Start your mornings with a fresh take on the day’s top local news from Sarah Fenske and Ryan Krull. No spam, you can unsubscribe anytime you want. Our award-winning content brings readers revealing profiles Start your mornings with a fresh take on the day’s top local news 919-996-5800 Joel Bateman Park Managerjoel.bateman@raleighnc.gov Get DirectionsKnow Before You Go For more information about access at the park please call the 919-996-5800 The Welcome Center at Forest Ridge has a selection of loaner equipment available for use! All loaner equipment is available on a first-come, first-served basis. A RecLink account is required to check out items. Learn how to create an account online. Learn more about the explorer backpack program. Fishing is allowed during park hours. Check out our loaner fishing equipment free of charge. A RecLink account is required to check out items. Learn how to create an account online. Plan for your trip; bank fishing areas are subject to environmental conditions and bait is not available at the park office Call the park office for up-to-date conditions at 919-996-5800 our playgrounds feature adventure elements for ages 5–12 Multi-element design engages both younger and older children View other playground locations. It was installed in the winter of 2017 and has undergone numerous transformations to address stormwater issues and to provide more sustainable habitats and food for wildlife  There is an emphasis on establishing NC native plants plants that can withstand deer browsing and maintenance that supports a variety of food sources and habitat year-round  Contact the Forest Ridge Park office to learn more about our maintenance strategies or how you can incorporate wildlife-positive landscapes in your own yard Learn more about the volunteer program Both paved and unpaved trails are available Single-track trails may close because of adverse weather and environmental conditions Please view the trail status or contact the park office for trail conditions View other trail opportunities with the City of Raleigh Our seasonal disc golf course is currently closed Disc Golf Course Map Enjoy the seasonal 18-hole disc golf course during regular park hours from Oct The first tee box is located just south of the main parking lot Please follow all course guidelines to ensure the enjoyment and sustainability of the course Loaner discs are available at the park office Why does the course close seasonally? Closing the course allows time for the trees and plants to repair and grow without sustaining impacts from discs and foot traffic This practice helps maintain a healthy and sustainable course and ecosystem Thank you for assisting us in keeping this course sustainable Request your rental online using RecLink Take note: Requests will be subject to staff approval payment will be required to confirm the reservation Your reservation is not finalized until you receive confirmation of your payment Park gates will close promptly at the closing time listed below. Please plan your visit accordingly This feedback widget is not intended for customer service issues This feedback is reviewed monthly to help us improve our site. For immediate customer service please refer to our staff directory Seattle-area real estate developer Ron Sher became infatuated with Ray Oldenburg’s 1989 book “The Great Good Place,” which argued that late 20th-century America was lacking in “third places” — spaces separate from home and work where people could gather Sher found an underperforming mall in Lake Forest Park that he believed would be the perfect location for the community hub he envisioned Third Place Books opened — a sprawling 15,000-square-foot new and used bookstore alongside a large food court offering coffee A nonprofit organization called Friends of Third Place Commons hosts hundreds of free events in that shared space every year from dance recitals to book clubs to concerts Sher brought on longtime independent bookseller Robert Sindelar to oversee the operation and Third Place has since expanded into two more locations in Ravenna and Seward Park On any given weekend you’ll find hundreds of people filling the stores exactly as Sher intended They’re not just there to buy books — they’re there to meet the store manager of the Lake Forest Park location has worked at an independent bookstore in Tucson When she’s looking to hire a new bookseller who fits the mission statement of Third Place bookstore experience isn’t the most important criterion “I’m looking for a mix between passion and work ethic but that can be from another realm,” she says “One of my best employees worked at a canning factory in Alaska before she started here.” Ball explains that workers at Lake Forest Park used to be highly specialized with some primarily buying used books and others working in the receiving department everyone in the staff of 25 booksellers “does a little bit of everything It helps people enjoy their jobs more,” and it gives them a broader holistic sense of the store Ball previously worked at the Ravenna branch of Third Place Books but she prefers the nonstop energy of Lake Forest Park “There is so much going on here,” Ball says Rosa Hernandez is always searching for new ways to convey the “third place” ethos on social media She routinely posts videos on Instagram of Third Place booksellers recommending their new favorite titles straight to the camera “People really want to know the face behind the book recommendation,” she explains Hernandez’s central goal with those posts is to share “the books that we’re talking about and that we want our customers to start talking about among their friends and neighbors.” Hernandez also finds “uncommon places where you might not otherwise find a book,” allowing Third Place to find new audiences A recent favorite pairing of hers was a pop-up bookshop outside the Seattle Public Theater at Green Lake as a fundraiser for the theater The last thing that urban hikers and bicyclists circumnavigating the lake expected to encounter was an open-air bookstore and that delight in the act of discovery helped introduce new audiences to Third Place One of the central ways Third Place Books promotes conversations in the community is through its readings and event programming which totals about 300 events a year for audiences ranging from the single digits to a maximum of 800 people in the Third Place Commons is responsible for “scheduling and curating and booking author events for all three Third Place Books locations,” including ordering books for events and planning event logistics it’s hard to create a distinct voice for a reading series Ruchti says Third Place’s specialty is hosting “a lot of popular genre authors,” including “fantasy romance and romantasy” authors “who have enormous audiences.” But Third Place has impressed publishers enough with its handling of those events that the store increasingly draws some of the biggest names in the literary community At a recent reading by novelist Ocean Vuong “the whole store was just flooded with young artists and poets and readers who are also people of color,” Ruchti says and the event helped them discover “this enormous institution on the north end of Lake Washington” for the first time Not every reading is a wall-to-wall banger but Ruchti says “to see people continue to come out to an event every day is a little bit of a miracle.” Even if two people attend a reading by a first-time author “you never know if the two people in attendance are leaders in their community who then go out and tell their community about your store.” Each bookseller offered words of praise for other booksellers on the team from the staff graphic designer to the community events coordinator who partners with local schools to the staff expert in children’s books A bookstore can’t grow and foster a strong community unless its own internal community is healthy from his perch as managing partner of the three-store chain “I remain incredibly enthusiastic and optimistic about the place of bookstores in our lives.” but there’s an excitement that the staff shares which I feel incredibly grateful for,” he says “But there’s even more excitement from the customers.” Whether they’re grabbing a coffee or just hanging out and playing chess with friends Third Place is “a meaningful part of their day.” is the whole point of a third place.  Robert Sindelar, managing partner: “‘Brother Brontë‘ by Fernando Flores It takes place in 2038 in a town in Texas very close to the border the novel opens on a young woman cleaning up her house because the police raided it last night and took all her books Rosa Hernandez, marketing manager: “‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad is about reckoning with the American empire This is probably one of the best books I have read in years a really powerful book that will make you rethink how you consume media and the news.” Erin Ball, store manager: “Evie Wyld wrote ‘All the Birds, Singing,’ and her latest is called ‘The Echoes.’ She writes women characters in a way that is so honest and This one’s about a woman whose partner has recently died and so the chapters alternate between his ghost and her trying to move on The ghost is finding out all of these things about his partner that he didn’t know and it’s just fascinating.” Spencer Ruchti, author events manager: “Robert Macfarlane, the British naturalist, has a new book coming out called ‘Is a River Alive?’ It’s about the history of the rights of nature movement and of course he seems to find hidden fascinating people all across the planet from just a crazy diverse number of walks of life He’s coming to the store on June 12 and it feels like to a lot of our booksellers like a Second Coming The opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times Stay secure and make sure you have the best reading experience possible by upgrading your browser You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience over 111,000 customers have had power restored and we are grateful for the support from mutual aid teams who have joined us to speed up the restoration process Warming Shelter & Community Resources   The City of Seattle and the American Red Cross will open an overnight warming shelter at the Garfield Community Center in Seattle please visit the shelter to use their services If you remain without power and your outage is not shown on our outage map please contact our customer service center at (206) 684-3000 to report it This will ensure your location is logged and addressed We truly understand how difficult this time has been for City Light customers still without power Please know that restoring electricity to homes and businesses is our highest priority and we are committed to restoring your power as quickly and safely as possible we’ve been able to restore power to over 110,000 customers and our teams continue to make steady progress across our service area 21 of the outages impacting more than 10 customers have been assigned to various work groups As the crews better determine the repairs needed we will post more specific estimated times of restoration (ETORs) specific they will move on to those remaining.  Our immediate focus during and following the storm was on getting critical infrastructure back up and running to ensure the safety and well-being of our communities Many of the remaining outages are more challenging to address due to the nature of the damage including downed trees and blocked roads We’re working tirelessly to overcome these obstacles and have called in mutual aid teams from other utilities in the region to speed up the restoration process We have been able to update our outage map to provide more specific estimated times of restoration (ETORs) for the outages currently being addressed We apologize for the continued inconvenience As crews assess each remaining outage today and tomorrow we will be able to provide more accurate ETORs We deeply appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through these challenges Today’s weather forecast calls for windy conditions with gusts up to 35mph Please stay alert to changing conditions and prepare for the potential of more outages Resources for customers who are still without power: KUOW has also prepared a comprehensive list of resources for anyone affected by outages across the region We will add additional information on resources as they become available If you remain without power and your outage is not shown on our outage map Seattle City Light was created by the citizens of Seattle in 1902 to provide affordable and environmentally responsible electric power to the City of Seattle and neighboring suburbs This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience Learn more about our use of your data by reading our Privacy Policy Illinois is a quiet town in Chicago's North Shore suburbs and it's also home to the Best Liberal Arts College in the Midwest as ranked by the Wall Street Journal in 2024 here are all the places in town you should hit up Scott Fitzgerald fell in love with a Lake Forest heiress who spurned him leading him to write the iconic American classic The Great Gatsby The old lakefront mansion that inspired the novel still stands today The Lantern is a longtime Forester favorite bar and restaurant and staff enjoying classic pub fare alongside locals The Lantern opened in 1934 and is still going strong as a Lake Forest favorite Arguably one of the best parts about being in Lake Forest is having access to the beautiful sandy shores of Lake Michigan via Forest Park Beach All Foresters love soaking up the sun or catching a swim (or even sailing) in the gorgeous expanse of freshwater that spans about 22,300 square miles and is 925 feet deep at its deepest point Hometown Coffee and Juice opened its Lake Forest location in 2023 It's the perfect location for a quick breakfast or lunch This boutique hotel was named the Best Resort in the Midwest in Travel + Leisure's 2024 World’s Best Awards, and once you see it, you'll understand why. The Deerpath Inn is cozy and homey and you'll feel transported to the English countryside during your stay It's an ideal spot to host an intimate wedding or even get away for a staycation This scenic bike path spans 25.4 miles through Lake County and intersects with other Chicago-area trails helping riders unlock a vast map of bikeable territory The Robert McClory Bike Path primarily follows the route of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad The path now runs parallel to the Union Pacific North Metra railway line which is Lake Forest's direct line to Chicago Fancy strolling through a quaint open-air market and pretending you're in Europe? The Amidei Mercatino provides a charming shopping experience in a narrow brick alley Find it just behind the Lake Forest town square The Gorton Community Center is a hub of culture and community just a few blocks from campus the Gorton Center is beloved for its mission to enrich the lives of the local community through cultural arts Lake Forest College students can attend any movie nights here for free with their student IDs Arguably the greatest perk of being in Lake Forest is being on a train line that links directly to the heart of Chicago The train station is just a ten-minute walk from campus and it takes an hour to get to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago allowing our students to make the most of being near the third-largest city in the US for fun excursions If you're the kind of person who admires a beautiful headstone and enjoys a stroll through a cemetery Located on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan the cemetery is tranquil and beautiful during all seasons It is the permanent place of rest for many notable local figures who was the mind behind beloved classics like Home Alone and Ferris Bueller's Day Off Sandwiches, soups, salads, and, of course, bagels can all be secured at Once Upon a Bagel a beloved local chain with a new location just minutes from the College All of their bagels are freshly made and delicious and this spot is sure to become a Forester favorite in no time Left Bank is Lake Forest's favorite place to grab a hotdog and more this down-to-earth spot is the perfect place for a quick and satisfying bite to eat Illinois 60045 847-234-3100 Admissions: 847-735-5000 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 2024 at 4:12 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Lake Forest city contracts are set to begin sand replenishment on Oct 14 on the portion of Forest Park Beach indicated in red on the above map leading to closures of the area indicated as orange IL — City workers are set to begin a new phase of sand replenishment efforts at Forest Park Beach next week work will focus on the second northern area of the beach as part of ongoing efforts to address sand loss due to high water levels and erosion over recent years Officials said about 220 truckloads of sand will be transported to the site and placed along the beach This project follows similar work completed two years ago in the northernmost cell the north beach access road will be closed to vehicles on weekdays until 4 p.m The south access road will stay open throughout the project Pedestrian access to most of the beach will remain available via the stairs and the new pathway although some areas will be restricted during construction hours Residents can expected increased truck traffic east of Route 41 along Westleigh Road Deerpath Road and Lake Road as they head to and from the beach The sand replenishment is expected to continue through the end of October City staff asked residents and visitors to be mindful of the construction schedule with crews working Monday through Friday from 7 a.m Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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LAKE FOREST PARK — Ron Ricker remembers hauling 5-gallon buckets full of small smooth stones — the right size for spawning salmon and he was preparing to replace gas pumps over a stream through Lake Forest Park The new pumps would sit above a three-sided concrete culvert along a gravel streambed intended to welcome migrating fish the state is taking that same portion of Ricker’s property through eminent domain It will force the demolition and closure of his business The Washington state Department of Transportation is planning to restore this section of the creek when it replaces its culvert under Highway 104 more commonly known as Ballinger Way Northeast as part of a $13 million investment on Lyon Creek That project is a tiny part of Washington’s largest salmon recovery program ever, costing somewhere between $3.8 and $7.8 billion, which was the subject of a Seattle Times investigation this year the state is tearing out and replacing hundreds of Western Washington culverts — typically concrete or metal pipes under highways — because they block salmon migration The Times investigation found that some of the projects which can cost upward of $100 million each were essentially worthless for salmon migration today because other barriers block fish upstream or downstream WSDOT has accelerated the work to meet a court-imposed 2030 deadline As they pass by these culvert construction projects drivers might be snarled in traffic temporarily he’s now pushed into retirement and his mechanics face unemployment But others — like a city culvert a quarter-mile upstream — will continue to block all fish after the state completes its project Lyon Creek is like many others The Times examined gold-plated stream crossing here,” Ricker said A spokesperson for the department declined to discuss its eminent domain action — the taking of private property for public use — because it was in legal proceedings “The process is not taken lightly and that is why there is state law procedures and even a court process if necessary to ensure state policies are followed.” The federal court order and the 2030 deadline are the result of a lawsuit filed by 21 tribal nations They argued that the culverts had to be replaced to protect their treaty fishing rights as salmon and steelhead trout stocks declined in part due to the state-owned barriers federal judge Ricardo Martinez ordered the state to remove a majority of the state’s fish-blocking culverts by the end of this decade which has been involved in the WSDOT project design Before nonnative people settled this area that drains into what’s today known as Lake Washington hundreds of streams and tributaries supported Chinook the executive director of the nonprofit Adopt A Stream Foundation Urban development like the auto shop and its pavement had a cumulative negative impact They stripped away surrounding plants that helped keep Lyon Creek cool “It’s a classic stream in an urban environment with all the problems associated with urbanization,” Murdoch said “We used to have a lot of salmon in Lyon Creek,” said Katie Phillips a project manager for the City of Lake Forest Park who works on culverts “The creek used to ‘run red,’ people say.” The WSDOT culvert on Ballinger Way is too narrow for the stream causing a “fire hose” effect when the creek is running high Ballinger Automotive’s culvert — the one Ricker built in the 1960s — has collapsed government agencies have steadily chipped away at other barriers along Lyon Creek including the replacement of four undersized culverts at the mouth of Lyon Creek where it enters Lake Washington Lake Forest Park replaced another culvert downstream of Ricker’s auto shop and plans to do yet another in conjunction with the WSDOT project salmon will have a hard time traversing portions of Lyon Creek Homeowners and others that impede migrating salmon are technically violating state law but today the state doesn’t force people to replace their culverts Officials are still developing rules to encourage or force compliance “WSDOT barriers are often the most expensive in a system it leaves less expensive barriers that likely will score higher for grant funding,” WSDOT spokesperson Barbara LaBoe said in an email More than 7 miles of Lyon Creek and its tributaries are upstream of the auto shop WSDOT could count all of that as “potential” salmon habitat the agency has opened This metric — the amount of potential habitat upstream — is driving WSDOT’s project choices as it races toward the 2030 deadline the focus is on the section of stream near Ballinger Automotive WSDOT will try to simulate natural stream conditions within the confines of asphalt and other development built over generations Transportation officials offered Ricker $124,000 for a triangle-shaped parcel carved out of his land plus the temporary use of another area for construction equipment an amount that accounts for the cost to clean up polluted soil government agencies try to avoid taking private land because of its impact on residents and businesses but WSDOT said in court filings that it was necessary A judge ruled in June that taking the property was for a valid public use He recorded a voicemail announcing the closure and has been telling customers individually the shop can’t help them any longer Margaret Salmi stopped by in her Toyota Rav 4 which she has been getting serviced at Ballinger Automotive for years She also owns a Toyota Tacoma with 397,000 miles on it “The work was always reasonable and right on.” She tried to entice one of the mechanics to move the business to a nearby shop — “You could move with all your customers…” — but he said they couldn’t find a workable space WSDOT showed Ricker three options for leasing other auto shops One had no parking and was too big (Ballinger Automotive has just two bays) The others would cost between $6,000 and $12,000 per month in rent which he said would require the company to triple its volume “We don’t owe anything” on the current property Ballinger Automotive has a base of roughly 800 customers and until recently would be booked out for three weeks This isn’t the first time Lyon Creek and the culvert stopped Ricker’s business a massive rainstorm swelled the creek and the culvert cracked under the gas pumps creating a gaping sinkhole (Ricker blamed the city’s undersized culvert downstream for backing up) He got rid of the gas station and has since operated the repair shop only Ricker said that he’s tried to bring state city and tribal leaders together to figure out a fix for this stretch of Lyon Creek that would also save his shop because any construction would have to be coordinated with the state’s replacement for 25 years to get an audience,” Ricker said “Nobody ever wanted to sit down and do a collaborative approach.” In the past few years, as the 2030 deadline loomed, WSDOT ramped up its huge culvert replacement program in Western Washington and the Legislature funneled billions of dollars to various projects One of the biggest is on Interstate 90 in Bellevue costing $110 million to install bridges over a stream that Some neighbors have come to Ballinger Automotive’s defense One posted on the social media site Nextdoor calling on customers to write to the state Attorney General’s Office with their concerns chalk one up for the salmon and a zero for a family business,” Dr whose dental office is near Ballinger Automotive Not a huge chain that has the resources to go anywhere Ricker and his mechanics moved out last week This website is unavailable in your location It appears you are attempting to access this website from a country outside of the United States therefore access cannot be granted at this time All eastbound lanes of Highways 522 and 104 reopened around 8:30 p.m Friday after a crash led to a closure for several hours in Lake Forest Park The Washington State Department of Transportation posted about the closure on X around 2:30 p.m 2025 at 1:40 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}On Sunday law enforcement received a tip that two men were in possession of a large amount of cocaine while traveling through Lake County (Lake County Sheriff's Office)LAKE FOREST IL — Two Chicago men were arrested Sunday in Lake Forest on suspicion of illegally trafficking cocaine through Lake County law enforcement received a tip that two men were in possession of a large amount of cocaine while traveling through the county The men were identified as 29-year-old David Hernandez and 27-year-old Yastin S Members of the Sheriff's Special Investigations Group and the Federal Bureau of Investigations said they observed both men in a vehicle and conducted a traffic stop in the area near Interstate 9 and Route 60 for a traffic violation "A Lake County Sheriff’s Office Canine Team responded The K9 sniffed around the vehicle and indicated there were drugs inside the vehicle Further investigation revealed there were two wrapped packages each containing approximately one kilogram of cocaine inside the vehicle," the sheriff's office said in a statement Over 2.2 kilograms of cocaine were seized in the arrest as well as a loaded pistol Both men were arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and unlawful possession of a controlled substance Zaragoza-Barragan was also charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a firearm “As a federally designated HIDTA Task Force our Special Investigations Group has the unique ability to collaborate seamlessly with federal partners like the FBI to dismantle drug trafficking operations This designation brings critical resources and coordination that help us intercept dangerous narcotics before they reach our neighborhoods I’m incredibly proud of the teamwork that led to this arrest and grateful for the strong partnerships that help us protect the people of Lake County," Sheriff John D Both suspects remain held at the Lake County Jail pending an initial hearing MYNORTHWEST NEWS Demonstrators in Saturday's "Day of Protest" march blocked traffic on Broadway East on Seattle's Capitol Hill (Photo: Seattle Department of Transportation) BY TOM BROCK Hundreds of people publicly denounced policies laid out by President Trump Saturday taking part in a National “Day of Protest” that included dozens of cities here in Washington state a protest and march blocked traffic on Broadway East and East Pine A photo posted by the city’s Department of Transportation shows dozens of protesters in the middle of the normally-busy thoroughfare The march followed a “We the People Means Everyone” rally at Seattle Central College sponsored by Capitol Hill Pride were scheduled to take place in many Seattle neighborhoods an I-5 overpass in the University District and at various parks and other locations in Lake City Activists were also scheduled to take part in protests in Tukwila One of the groups organizing the protests is called “Evergreen Resistance.” Leaders of the group says it is the Washington chapter of the “50501” movement which is partnering with other groups around the state in protests against the Trump administration The 50501 movement is an abbreviation of “50 protests one movement,” a grassroots political organization created to protest the policies and actions of the second Donald Trump term 50501 organized major demonstrations on February 5th and February 17th “Hands Off!” protests were held on April 5th while the “Day of Protest” was slated for Saturday Other protests considered to be part of the movement were scheduled for Olympia 2024 at 3:02 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}With trick-or-treat hours spanning the afternoon and early evening local officials recommend that families remain vigilant about safety and as communities across the North Shore gear up for the holiday local officials have issued recommended hours to help families safely enjoy trick-or-treating official recommended trick-or-treating hours begin at 4 p.m trick-or-treating runs from 3:30 to 7 p.m. trick-or-treating hours are set from 3 to 7 p.m. trick-or-treaters are encouraged to head out after school Officials reminded parents to ensure their little ghouls and goblins stay on sidewalks use marked crosswalks and avoid darting between vehicles to keep everyone safe on Halloween night and communities across the North Shore are dedicated to making sure everyone has a safe and memorable night Parents should keep the following tips in mind to ensure everyone stays safe and has a spooky good time: 2024 at 4:30 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Officers arrested a Waukegan man Monday after a foot chase following a garage burglary in Lake Forest The 19-year-old was found hiding near a bike path (Lake Forest Police Department)LAKE FOREST IL — Police said a Waukegan man was arrested Monday afternoon after he was discovered inside a Lake Forest garage was confronted by a resident of the 100 block of East Franklin Place who found him in their garage and inside their parked car shortly before 3:45 p.m but officers soon found him hiding near the Robert McClory Bike Path by McKinley and Woodland Roads officers apprehended him in the 1000 block of North Western Avenue and the Franklin Place resident later identified Williams as the burglary found in the garage Police said their investigation indicated that Williams had burglarized at least two vehicles and Highland Park police reported a similar incident involving Williams the previous week “This incident highlights how important it is for residents to stay aware and report anything unusual,” Lake Forest Chief of Police John Burke said our officers were able to bring the suspect into custody without further incident.” The Lake County state’s attorney’s office approved charges of burglary to a building and two counts of burglary to a motor vehicle where he was released on pretrial conditions prohibiting drug or alcohol use His next court appearance is scheduled for 9 a.m up to 20 projects with varying priority levels and split evenly between parks and safe streets have been sent to Lake Forest Park voters for approval Accountability would also be enforced by a yearly review of the levy’s use a few high priority projects included in the plans have been waiting for funding to proceed ahead Safe streets projects around elementary schools stand out as top priorities for the LFP city council The Brookside Elementary Safe Routes to School and the Lake Forest Park Elementary Safe Routes to School projects would provide dedicated pedestrian paths on streets lacking sidewalks and also add some bike lanes Both of these projects are already shovel ready Another high priority project would provide safe pedestrian access to Briarcrest Elementary school which serves Lake Forest Park children but is located just outside of city borders A levy handout also outlines installing permanent speed warning signs and a NE 178th Street sidewalk as high priority projects Permanent speed warning signs are also proposed at 55th Avenue NE the NE 178th Project would extend the patchy sidewalk network on the street west from 33rd Avenue NE to 25th Avenue NE a new lakefront park emerges as the flagship project that the levy would fund Next to the small Lyon Creek Waterfront Preserve the proposed park would cover two acres and include 160 feet of public waterfront access 90% of which was paid for by county and state dollars so levy dollars would first go toward a two-year planning process in 2022 which would develop a master plan with park features decided by the community projects include traffic calming for 37th Avenue NE Perkins Way pedestrian/bike infrastructure North Area pedestrian and bike connections These projects would greatly improve safe pedestrian access to major destinations in the city Fully built out sidewalks are not promised in any of these potential sites but the city is in need of any improvements it can make to alleviate dangerous pedestrian conditions two other new parks could be pursued by the City which wants to develop sites at Five Acre Woods and Brookside Park into accessible parks on land it acquired in 2017 Both projects would include removal of invasive plants and restoration of native species The plan for Five Acre Woods includes a trail network the city wants to renovate the fireplace and greenhouse with the exception of McKinnon Creek Trail Park could also see improvements resulting approved levy funds Pfingst Animal Acres could see the most investment: planned improvements include a renovated lawn Big changes could also come to Horizon View Park which could see the addition of a dog park The remaining five parks could see a mix of new play areas Lake Forest Park is a small city with low taxes leaving it unable to pursue projects like these without a major levy like Prop 1 Underinvestment currently leaves glaring inequalities related safe street infrastructure throughout the city with more recently annexed neighborhoods suffering the most from poor pedestrian conditions Lake Forest Park’s residents have some of the lowest park lands per capita in the area the public only has access to a tiny .89 acre waterfront preserve right now Two private clubs are the primary way for residents to access Lake Washington so the levy would significantly expand public access The levy will only lead to a minor property tax increase of 4.9% for the first year with the average homeowner paying $30-40 per month Future city councils will be able to lower the levy amount if deemed necessary but the percentage will automatically lower if there is increased housing supply and/or an increase in property values since the levy only allows the city to collect a flat $2 million annually and safe streets projects could be funded by the levy but increased maintenance costs and inflation may chip away at the flat levy’s ability to achieve future goals With many priority projects already lined up for funding the current levy would go a long way toward ensuring fairer park access and securing safer streets in Lake Forest Park Prop 1 is a good start and deserves voters support Find more information at a community discussion and a pro and con forum on Prop 1 Shaun Kuo is a junior editor at The Urbanist and a recent graduate from the UW Tacoma Master of Arts in Community Planning He is a urban planner at the Puget Sound Regional Council and a Seattle native that has lived in Wallingford He enjoys exploring the city by bus and foot The Urbanist hosts social hour meetups every month. In April, we’re hosting four social events and kicking off our urbanism-themed walking tours starting in Kirkland on April 26 we’ll be hosting a booth at the opening celebration at Downtown Redmond Station Check our urbanist events calendar to see everything happening this month, including events hosted by partner organizations. You can submit your event for inclusion 2024 at 3:52 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Fire crews launch a rescue boat on Lake Michigan after a 43-year-old Lake Forest man went missing while boating Sunday afternoon IL — Search efforts resumed Monday morning for a boater who went missing in Lake Michigan on Sunday afternoon The 43-year-old Lake Forest man was reported missing around 2:45 p.m after he did not meet a family member at the Lake Forest boat launch Lake Forest fire crews launched a boat and piloted a drone which located the man's 15-foot catamaran sailboat overturned about five miles off the shoreline But rescue crews were unable to locate the boater as waves reaching up to six feet hampered search efforts The National Weather Service had issued a gale warning for Lake Michigan advising mariners to avoid hazardous conditions with high wind gusts and waves ranging from seven to 10 feet high Mutual aid was requested from Highland Park and Libertyville fire departments as well as from the Wilmette and Evanston fire departments after the boater’s cell phone was pinged near Glencoe Beach "Reports from the family member confirm that the boater was not wearing a personal flotation device," fire officials said Coast Guard dispatched both a helicopter and a boat to assist in the search Despite the combined efforts of all agencies including rescue boats and aerial searches the water search was suspended around 7:30 p.m the Lake Forest Fire Department and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit resumed surface searches in hopes of locating the missing man 2024 at 2:27 pm CT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Lake County Board candidates Paras Parekh (D-Highland Park) and Andrew Dalkin (R-Lake Forest) debated property taxes and affordable housing at a forum last month IL — Sharp contrasts and blunt criticism were on display in a candidate forum between in a race for Lake County Board One candidate accused his opponent of lying about a vote for a property tax hike while the other accused him of opposing women's reproductive rights is a marketing executive for a pharmaceutical company He is running for a second term on the county and forest preserve boards representing the 12th District and parts of Highland Park and Lake Forest He is a former Cook County prosecutor who now works as a lawyer for an association that represents Waukegan police senior officers in Chicago and other law enforcement agencies Both candidates were asked identical questions at a remote forum last month hosted by local chapters of the League of Women Voters and the Mano a Mano Family Resource Center The moderator's first query was to identify the most important issue facing the board Parekh first said the biggest issue was affordable housing though he said climate change was also "built into the fabric of everything I do as your county board representative." He then began to attack Dalkin addressing him directly in violation of the League of Women Voters rules of the forum agreed by both candidates "Too many of my constituents are just fed up with the whole MAGA movement having Dick Uihlein and people like Andy Dalkin," Parekh said referencing the Lake Forest billionaire CEO and co-founder of U-Line "Andy Dalkin's biggest supporter is Dick Uihlein We want to protect women's rights," Parekh said and I’d like for Andy Dalkin to tell us tonight why Dick Uihlein is your biggest super-funder of your campaign why you support the MAGA movement and why don’t you believe in a woman's reproductive rights?" Dalkin said the most important issue in the county was the prohibitively high cost of living and taxes that have increased under Parekh who he said had been "non-existent in the community." "[Dick Uihlein] is not my biggest supporter I might point out that I have funded most of this campaign myself I will do what I think is right and what is best for Lake County and the 12th District," Dalkin said and I’m not sure where you received that information that I didn’t According to state campaign finance records Uihlein gave Dalkin's campaign finance committee $6,900 on Aug making him the largest donor to the campaign other than Dalkin himself who has chipped in more than $11,000 to the committee Parekh is also the largest contributor to his own campaign committee though he has only reported receiving one four-figure donation so far this cycle The incumbent Democrat listed his accomplishments on the board including constructing environmentally friendly buildings restricting the use of plastics in county operations and completing road projects "all while keeping the tax levy flat." But his Republican challenger said Parekh previously promised not to raise taxes but did so anyway Dalkin has received his information on tax hikes," Parekh said you pay less tax today than you would have if you own that exact same home before I joined." vote in favor of budge and property tax levy for the 2024 fiscal year "The county board voted to increase the tax levy from 2.4 percent to 5 percent so that's where I'm getting my information from," Dalkin said Minutes from the meeting show the levy passed by a vote of 13-3 with three Democratic board members absent and all three Republicans on the board voting against it "After much discussion during the public budget hearings in October Lake County opted to increase its property tax levy by 5 percent the maximum amount allowed," officials said acknowledging the property tax levy increase in a news release "to ensure that adequate funding was available for employee compensation adjustments and other new program requests." Dalkin said taxpayers can easily see that the board had raised their taxes just by looking at the county portion of the tax bill "People have had their wallets basically robbed of money," Dalkin said Parekh talks about the average home value of $280,000 well I would point out that that's the average home value in the 12th District the average value is somewhere close to $900,000 or higher so it obviously has a greater effect on people in this district." Parekh said the Lake County government was growing efficiently and has a smaller tax burden than when he joined the board in 2020 "I want people to be mindful: it is 7 percent of your tax bill that is not what the Lake County government is," Parekh said The candidates sharply differed in their perspective about policies to meet the need for affordable housing I would say that as far as affordable housing goes I don’t believe the county board should be involved in affordable housing," Dalkin said "The way to make sure there is affordable housing is to lower the tax rate so people can afford to buy homes that to me would be the best way of ensuring that there is affordable housing for individual," he added while acknowledging the board should have "some role" in providing housing opportunities to those unable to work Parekh said the county needs to more to make sure that people who work for local governments are unable to live near their jobs "It's easy for any one individual municipality to kind of wave their hands and say the reality is that we live in a community and the county needs to — and I will be spearheading this over the next year — is bringing municipalities together to say 'How do we tackle this as a countywide issue?'" Parekh said "We can't have zoning that is fantastic in Highland Park and Lake Forest but not so great in Libertyville and other communities," he said I'm very intrigued by what Montana and California have done but they have changed how they look at housing Despite their significant policy differences on display at the Sept. 26 forum Dalkin and Parekh found common ground on some key issues including support for expanding the Lake County Forest Preserves and connecting trails from Wisconsin to Cook County Both candidates also acknowledged the importance of prioritizing mental health services in Lake County particularly for vulnerable populations like veterans and children And both Dalkin and Parekh were united in their opposition to the expansion of the Waukegan Airport into protected forest preserve land citing concerns over environmental preservation and the lack of sufficient justification for the project Early voting started Monday across Lake County Read more: Early Voting Begins Countywide In Lake County As Online Registration Closes SEATTLE – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) is today announcing her Community Project Funding (CPF) requests that she will be advocating to include in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) appropriations bills. These 15 projects could bring up to $56 million to the Seattle area.  “Delivering for the Seattle area is the most important part of my job and I am so proud to be working to bring home this money for innovative and critical projects across our community,” said Jayapal “This funding will make our community safer – with both public safety funding and upgrades to aging transit infrastructure While Republicans in Congress continue to lead through chaos working to get this across the finish line.” Jayapal is working to provide the following funding amounts for CPF in the FY25 budget: Jayapl secured $7,566,000 for affordable housing and emergency shelters which is expected to build or renovate nearly 300 housing units throughout the district and maintain emergency shelter for 200 individuals Republicans eliminated non-profits from eligibility for certain funding streams disqualifying multiple previously eligible housing projects in WA-07.  They all have features named after sci-fi author Octavia E "Octavia Butler Avenue" will be located along Lake Forest Park's 37th Avenue between NE 165th Street and NE 162nd Street The city will dedicate the honorary street at the intersection of NE 165th Street and 37th Avenue NE "The City of Lake Forest Park is fortunate to benefit from the wide array of notable and talented people and added to its rich history,” Mayor Jeff Johnson said in a statement The idea to honor Butler with a street began in 2020, but the pandemic stalled the effort. Lake Forest Park Councilmember Phillippa Kassover says that's when she was engaging in an online anti-racism group and discovered Butler once lived in the city. That led her to an article by Professor Sheila Liming which detailed a time during her high school years living across the street from Butler in Lake Forest Park "For a smaller city like Lake Forest Park to have had a resident who received a Macarthur Genius award is tremendously exciting," Kassover said "The Black Lives Matter and anti-racism movements helped us understand how important it is to celebrate our African American neighbors of distinction as they have often been overlooked in the past." "Honorary street names are a way to remember those who lived there and the history associated with them .. where plaques and honorary street names are common and help remind current generations of the history of the area So the I found idea of an honorary street name to be an obvious way to remember Octavia Butler and honor her as a former member of our community." Butler was born in California, where she lived most of her life. The author moved to the Seattle suburb in 1999 and lived there until 2006, when she passed away. When she moved to Lake Forest Park, Butler, who did not drive, merely sought an area where she could walk to a grocery store, a book store, and a bus stop Butler was primarily known as a sci-fi writer "Kindred," perhaps her most well-known novel She continued to write and publish books and series until "Fledgling" in 2005 She garnered a range of awards throughout here literary career Butler was the first sci-fi author to receive a MacArthur "Genius" Grant she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and the National Women’s Hall of Fame the Lake Forest Park joins a handful of other places that honor Butler's name the middle school she attended was renamed Octavia E Paris-based International Astronomical Union named a mountain on Pluto's moon Charon "Butler Mons." Asteroid 7052 in the Solar System's asteroid belt is now also known as "Octaviabutler." And when NASA's Perseverance rover landed in Mars' Jezero crater in 2021 Dyer Oxley joined KUOW as an Online Editor/Producer in 2020 handling day-to-day upkeep of the station’s website while providing editorial oversight He also helms KUOW’s Today So Far newsletter an insightful daily roundup of what KUOW is reporting .. nonprofit news organization that produces award-winning journalism LAKE FOREST PARK — Neighbors along Bothell Way Northeast are making last-ditch attempts to protect their green hillsides from a Sound Transit bus lane project which they say will make traffic even noisier The big agency will excavate a wider roadbed to support its Stride S3 line from Woodinville to Bothell “This will remove 490 trees, deforesting Bothell Way in the city. Also it will widen the road, shifting it west, cutting into the properties of 110 residents,” says the neighborhood group LFP CORE. The exclusive 1.2-mile bus lane through Lake Forest Park should save two minutes and 20 seconds per northbound trip on average Transit board member David Baker of neighboring Kenmore considers the debate closed I can’t tell you how many meetings Sound Transit has had with Lake Forest Park to start with these complaints is pretty amazing,” Baker said Residents say it was Sound Transit who changed the project midstream the agency flipped its land condemnation strategy Instead of expanding the east lakefront side of the roadway officials decided to carve the west uphill side of the highway This takes narrow strips from many residential lots which will be girded by concrete retaining walls “This will destroy the character of Lake Forest Park turning our city entry into a concrete corridor,” said resident Vicki Scuri Neighbors picked an unlucky time to fight Sound Transit. Its 18-member governing board was lectured in March by outside experts that they should reject requests by local cities more often in the interest of keeping megaprojects on time and on budget On the other hand, tree-protection is a celebrated cause as climate studies extol the health benefits of shade, and highlight its absence within lower-income ethnic neighborhoods. Sound Transit withstood an uproar in 2019 over plans to fell 5,400 trees along the Northgate-Lynnwood light-rail corridor to be replaced by 21,000 younger or smaller trees the board granted Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell’s request for 60 days more to weigh South Lake Union train-station sites that would either block traffic Lake Forest Park Mayor Jeff Johnson said the so-called West Shift was unveiled during the pandemic which hindered public knowledge and feedback until recently that it does affect Lake Forest Park more than other communities He said the city supports transit and the bus lane construction is inevitable Neighbors say Sound Transit should reduce its footprint by canceling the full bus lane along Bothell Way in favor of short “queue jump” pockets where buses leapfrog clogged intersections and get a green light before other traffic Stride passengers would still reap two-thirds of the average 2.3-minute time savings of a full bus lane The agency replies the whole S3 project is projected to reduce transit travel times more than 15 minutes from Shoreline to Bothell “Each improvement along the 9-mile corridor contributes to performance of this regional high capacity transit project,” said spokesperson John Gallagher Sound Transit isn’t pursuing any bus-lane widening on Northeast 145th Street which runs east-west along the Seattle-Shoreline border because that requires buying and demolishing too many houses In Lake Forest Park, where median household incomes are near $140,000 detractors say the S3 plan is a breach of equity “It’s the only area that’s primarily single-family homes That’s the big difference,” said Scuri “If you go north to Kenmore and Bothell and there’s very little acquisition going on there.” A fallback option would be to lower the 40 mph speed limit to 35 Doing so might enable the Washington State Department of Transportation to approve 10-foot general traffic lanes instead of the planned 11-foot lanes “You’re saving about 4 feet,” said Phillip Hill WSDOT did agree to 35 mph for Highway 522 in Kenmore also operate at 35 mph or even 30 mph to carry out Seattle’s road-safety initiative Lake Forest Park hasn’t made a formal speed-lowering request The corridor’s limited driveways and side streets are factors that discourage changing the 40 mph limit As Sound Transit approaches 90% design completion in June the city is rushing to draft a retaining wall design ordinance to tame S3’s concrete slabs as high as 16 feet “This thing is going to have graffiti on it by the time the concrete cures,” resident Al Horn said at a public hearing last week look at the mess inside WSDOT’s exit tunnel from I-5 to Highway 522 a few miles away One benefit of cutting the west hillside is it makes space for 10 feet of sidewalks and plantings on the northbound side of the road Goode’s sound meter flashed 80 decibels and she says sometimes it hits 85 to 90 dB “The sound is awful,” Scuri said “But what they’re doing with putting in the wall is make a big reflector for everybody.” A new noise study is needed hoping that a layer of foliage can deter sound waves and spray paint and climb fast enough to cover 30% of walls within three years Sound Transit replies that there is no Pacific Northwest vine species which can survive this “urban application” along the roadside though Boston ivy or Carolina creeper may work One of the area’s first planned communities grows up (but not too big) along Lake Washington Location: Lake Forest Park is bordered by 25th Avenue Northeast to the west and Lake Washington and Northeast 145th Street to the south Why people move to this neighborhood: It’s a small residential city (and one of the area’s first planned communities) that is suburban in feel and made up of wooded hills set away from the hubbub of the city — once you get off the busy highway to the south good schools and a small town center of shopping complexes near Lake Washington just off the major thoroughfare of Bothell Way Northeast It has a number of small neighborhood parks and is a quick drive from Seattle to the south as well as Shoreline to the west and Eastside cities Distance from downtown Seattle: About 13 miles School district: Shoreline School District Major employers: Shoreline Community College, University of Washington-Bothell, Shoreline School District; Northwest Hospital & Medical Center is in nearby North Seattle Housing: Midcentury single-family homes on medium to large lots apartment and condominium buildings sprinkled in Colonial and Tudor Revival homes from the early 20th Century still stand Some of the pricier homes are found near Lake Washington Walk score (out of 100): 16 (input for 40th Place Northeast) Historical facts: The land occupied by today’s Lake Forest Park was once a winter village site for the Snohomish Tribe who also had built small houses on the land but the Snohomish were forced out as white settlers took over the land for logging in the late 1800s most area settlers reached Seattle by boat via Lake Washington which was a muddy set of ruts along today’s Bothell Way and a railway connecting the area to Seattle was built less than 10 years after that as Seattle’s population grew and more people wanted to move outside the city developer Ole Hanson (who also served as Seattle’s mayor from 1918-19) saw potential in Lake Forest Park and hired a civil engineer to design the community and the development was a success as it continued to expand which provides access to its lakefront facilities Zillow Home Value Index: $543,000 (as of April 2016) Zillow Rent Index: $2,457 (as of April 2016) SEATTLE — A 34-year-old Lake Forest Park man is in custody accused of exposing himself to young girls near elementary schools multiple times Police arrested Cameron Javad Sharif on March 14 connecting him to the case through video surveillance Sharif is being charged with 13 counts of indecent exposure and two counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes “The police came by the house and talked to my wife and just told us they were looking for somebody and did we see anybody and checked our Ring camera but we hadn’t seen anybody,” Charles Bigger KOMO News spoke with one parent who wanted to remain anonymous but shared that her 13-year-old daughter was targeted near Coe Elementary in February “He walked up very closely behind her and got her attention The victim’s mother said her daughter ran down the block to a woman for help and the incident was just a few blocks from where another girl had also been targeted “It was very scary for her because she was all by herself when it happened,” the victim’s mother said The victim's mother also spoke with me about how big of an impact this has had on her daughter who now doesn't want to walk the dog alone Other similar incidents happened near Magnolia and Catherine Blaine elementary schools The victims in multiple cases said the suspect approached them asking for directions and there was planning involved coming back to the same place targeting children,” the victim’s mother said “All of this is very scary from a victim's perspective The suspect appeared in court Friday afternoon and pleaded not guilty Court records do not list any prior criminal history and he’s subject to electronic home monitoring if released The suspect is also ordered to have no contact with any minors and is due back in court on March 27 NINETY YEARS BEFORE Octavia Butler moved in 1999 from sunny Pasadena then-real-estate developer and future Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson (1874-1940) envisioned a neighborhood that would provide an escape from frenetic city life Hanson described an environment removed from “the sordid commercialism of today.” During the first decade of the 20th century its population had nearly tripled (to 237,194 from 80,671 in 1900) in time to host its first world’s fair The Queen City had emerged as a major metropolis Hanson intended that his proposed development provide an antidote to the urban hustle and bustle: “Forget your schemes for a moment; lay aside your business; let the telephone ring; allow your callers to wait in the anteroom; Read — Ponder — and Dream.“ Butler could have heeded Hanson’s call when choosing her ideal neighborhood was nestled within easy walking distance of a notable bookstore It also offered a green refuge for the nature-loving writer moved into the neighborhood within months of Butler’s arrival “We got to know Octavia little by little,” he says Sometimes I’d see her walking home from Albertson’s with two bags of groceries and offer her a ride “We invited her over for dinner on numerous occasions but more of a private than a social-type person.” Deborah Magness of Third Place Books concurs While Butler attended reading and signing events “I very clearly recall ringing Octavia up at the cash register,” Magness says “but between being star-struck and having the feeling she wished to go about her business quietly and anonymously a neighbor several doors north of Butler’s former house wasn’t aware of her presence in the neighborhood until reading her obituary in local papers our local book club decided to read her wonderful novel ‘Kindred,’ in which a young Black woman travels through time to the era of slavery I’m not very well versed in science fiction who now lives in Butler’s former Lake Forest Park home and has been a devoted reader of science fiction since childhood was delighted to discover that a favorite author once lived in the house While little trace remains of Butler’s tenure ardent fans show up on his doorstep several times a year A nudge from the past arrived in Milios’ mailbox last summer a local bank sought overdue payment for a safety deposit box Milios forwarded the request to her California estate managers Sharif will face 16 counts of new felony charges that the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office filed on Tuesday Sharif is accused of exposing himself to girls in Seattle’s Magnolia and Queen Anne Communities.According to Seattle police The incidents happened in neighborhoods near Coe The charges: commercial sexual abuse of a minor communication with a minor for immoral purposes told KOMO News she is pleased the charges have now become felonies She said her 13-year-old daughter was near Coe Elementary School when she became one of many victims “This is something that happened over and over again between the beginning of January to the end of February,” the parent said Casey McNerthney with the prosecutor’s office said when the man was arrested these charges were sent to Seattle Municipal Court As police investigated and compiled more evidence it doesn’t only affect the victims individually it affects the entire community,” McNerthney said “We hope that people have some reassurance from the work that’s being done by prosecutors and police to get this before the court.” When asked if she believes justice will happen in this case the anonymous parent said “I really hope so,...he’s really taken the innocence away from these girls.” — A Kenmore business was targeted in a smash-and-grab burglary early Tuesday morning Lake Forest Park Police Department Chief Mike Hardentold KOMO News suspects backed a vehicle through the front door of the building and burglarized the business Harden said the suspects fled eastbound in a different vehicle Surveillance video shows a group of six suspects wearing surgical masks and dressed in all black arriving in three vehicles The suspects used one of the vehicles to smash into the front of the store then all six run into the store to grab merchandise The general manager of the business tells KOMO News the suspects took about $2,500 worth of product but likely caused far more costs in damage to the business The business has been broken into once before but this is the first time they've been hit by a smash-and-grab style burglary since being at this location in Kenmore since 2021 This story will be updated when more information is available.Check back for updates according to a recent update from Sound Transit while the two I-405 projects are delayed to 2028 “These potential delays reflect constraints in the construction industry and slower procurement timeframes,” program manager Bernard Van De Kamp said in April the issue is with design-build procurements that are going a little bit slower than we had anticipated.” the agency will be able to incrementally launch parts of the capital investment program for current bus service New bus lanes between Kenmore and Bothell are an example of that three Stride lines are set to launch in the next five years The S1 Line will run primarily on I-405 from Burien to Bellevue (17 miles and five stops) by 2028 The S2 Line will similarly run mostly on I-405 from Lynnwood to Bellevue (20 miles and seven stops) by 2028 And the S3 Line will run mostly on SR 522 between Shoreline South/148th Station and I-405 (eight miles and 14 stops) by 2027 In a report to the Sound Transit Rider Experience and Operations Committee Van De Kamp highlighted some recent progress on the Stride lines Van De Kamp said the agency has completed environmental remediation of the South Renton Transit Center and construction is underway on I-405 in Renton including the NE 44th Street interchange modifications and freeway stop Other aspects of the project are seeing advancement including final design of transit centers and spot improvements reaching 60% to 90% design and issuance of a contract with a builder for the NE 85th Street interchange freeway stop in Kirkland Sound Transit also plans to accept design-build proposals in June for the Brickyard Sound Transit has completed construction of the Bothell-Kenmore business access and transit (BAT) lane on SR 522 “We are pleased with completion of the first Stride construction project last summer,” Van De Kamp said “These improvements are in use and are benefiting Sound Transit Express and King County Metro services today.” The agency has also been working on final design of the full project and engaging with community on plans A related piece to the lines is the new Bus Base North in Canyon Park The facility will support the lines with operations Design has reached the 60% milestone and the agency is in the permitting process with City of Bothell the agency has hinted at some worry that the sluggish pace of permitting on the City’s side could cause further delay to the project and revisions to the Canyon Park business park’s recorded covenants and restrictions are an outstanding obstacle it will consist of an all-electric bus fleet using a mix of double-decker and 60-foot articulated battery-powered vehicles The double-decker buses will serve the S1 and S2 Lines while the articulated buses serve the S3 Line and take substantial amounts of time to charge up Sound Transit plans to place purchase orders for the whole fleet later this year but the agency needs to first finish developing procurement specifications A unique aspect to the bus base is that Sound Transit plans to operate it with control over a contracted service provider The agency has traditionally relied on other public transit providers for storage Sound Transit intends to put the contract out to bid this year and award the contract in 2024 — two years before the facility is expected to fully open The contractor will be responsible for fully staffing and operating the facility including hiring and managing bus operators Partner transit agencies will have the opportunity to bid for the contract but Sound Transit will be open to private contractors The contractor may also have a hand in operating some of the agency’s ST Express bus service which could help restore currently reduced or suspended service that partner transit agencies have not been able to deliver The agency hopes to reach 90% design as soon as June but the project has stirred quite a bit of controversy in Lake Forest Park — a very wealthy enclave municipality — where some of the most useful investments are proposed Well-connected residents — some city councilmembers — have bombarded Sound Transit officials for months over proposed bus lanes through Lake Forest Park The latest designs would shift some elements of SR 522 and expand it to accommodate a new northbound business access and transit (BAT) lane on a 1.2-mile stretch of the eight-mile corridor It’s the highway expansion that has stirred up opposition since it would mean some removal of trees Sound Transit staff have raised several issues with the legislation The agency says that native vine species that climb walls like the retaining walls Sound Transit is considering Substitutes like Boston Ivy or Carolina Creeper would be the closest option The agency also says that growing vines from wall gaps isn’t compatible with the project and wall coverage goals should be targets rather than outright requirements Meanwhile, a group called “Citizens Organized to Rethink Expansion” or CORE have argued that Sound Transit should forego the highway expansion and instead focus on targeted speed and reliability techniques like queue jumps and transit signal priority They claim that this would retain somewhere between 50% and 80% of the time savings over a BAT lane and save 490 trees from removal CORE has also claimed that the highway expansion could top $250 million so not moving forward with it could save a substantial sum of money though Sound Transit contends that the costs are closer to $102 million as of 2022 the BAT lane is projected to save about 2.3 minutes on average and up to 10 minutes during the most congested periods That cumulative time savings for thousands of daily riders could save several million minutes of travel time per year as officials and leaders in Kenmore and Bothell (farther up the line) have noted That’s not inconsequential and could help tip some people traveling the corridor toward transit and save valuable time for existing riders Something that Sound Transit has not seriously considered is simply taking a general purpose lane and rechannelizing the highway to fully achieve the project goals in Lake Forest Park Washington State Department of Transportation Secretary Roger Millar pondered as much during an agency meeting on the topic “What alternatives exist for Sound Transit We’re building BAT lanes and widening the road to do that so that we provide that reliable and timely service,” Millar said “An alternative would be taking an auto lane and converting it to a BAT lane Another alternative would be running a very expensive regular bus versus [bus rapid transit] Are there other alternatives out there aside from just refining the designs to mitigate impacts where we can but taking that land to have that BAT lane?” Van De Kamp said that the agency hadn’t considered converting an existing highway lane to a BAT lane He cited purported traffic impacts for not evaluating such an option and the importance of keeping the project closer to schedule Sound Transit is now facing down powerful individuals who may try to tie up the project in added costs So it’s an open question if expanding the highway is really the optimal path forward for the project Stephen is a professional urban planner in Puget Sound with a passion for sustainable He is especially interested in how policies and programs can promote positive outcomes for communities With stints in great cities like Bellingham and Cork He primarily covers land use and transportation issues and has been with The Urbanist since 2014 The property at 15348 Bothell Way NE once led to a roadhouse and listen to President Roosevelt's "Fireside Chats" on the radio the Jahoda family built the Sheridan Market and served the Sheridan Beach community for decades It was still a place where you could catch up and connect with your neighbors and leased the building to a series of tenants who ran it as a convenience store The last tenant closed the business in 2017 Driving past the site on a daily basis sparked an idea for Paula Goode and her husband Ernesto Pediangco They wanted to preserve the historic Sheridan Market building while operating a small retail and café business providing an all-ages community space for Lake Forest Park and the region to enjoy The couple used all their savings to buy the former market A friend started a GoFundMe page to help them raise money to obtain permits How can anybody ask for money at this point in time?" Goode said The GoFundMe site took in about 12 percent of their ask before they stopped counting on that source of funding Goode's day job is selling fire alarm systems for large commercial buildings and complexes It's her salary and commissions that continued to fund the Sheridan Market project right when COVID started and we still had to wear masks people were really fearful when they came in "And those same people now come every day and they sit here and drink their coffee and they just talk People have missed that kind of connection A neighbor from across the street redesigned the market's logo to print on T-shirts Their coffee supplier put together a work crew to help clear the construction debris Another neighbor was hired as kitchen help The market is decorated in a midcentury modern style with shelves full of collectables and novelty items and Pediangco is well-known in the region as a master percussionist Their dream for the Sheridan Market included performance space for music and dance Having performed in many substandard situations they put a great deal of thought into designing and building the stage area and facilities "I've been where the stage was a bunch of pallet boards stacked up and then they throw on a funky old carpet that's got grease stains and whatnot probably came out of the garage or kitchen." I've had to change clothes in a cooler," Goode added "And use bathrooms that aren't much more than 'bucket rooms'." Pediangco designed and built two stages for the market; a wide And we took all of the wood that came out of the building The Sheridan Market is also available for rental for rehearsals so people can rent this space and it's already got the stage so we could do high quality live- streaming in a wide panorama to show the whole stage." Regular musical events at the Sheridan Market include the Wednesday open mic night and the Friday "Happy Hour," a no-cover jazz-and-more performance from 5 until 7 p.m The event often turns into a jam session until closing and is fueled by Pediangco's homemade pork or chicken adobo or something he calls a "PeruPino burrito." Student musician showcases are part of the line-up Evening of Jazz" featured students from Roosevelt and Edmonds-Woodway High School jazz bands Upcoming special events include "Jazz for Mothers and Others" on Sunday May 8 Event schedules are on the Sheridan Market website and Facebook red pizza oven when you walk into Lake Forest Park’s Local 104 With a temperature set at 600 degrees inside the oven and at 450 degrees on the wood stone floor pizzas fly in and out of the oven’s mouth — the space above adorned with stickers in the shape of eyes Co-owner Tony Vujovich mans the pizza paddle most likely dreaming up names for pizza specials “When you stare at pizzas cooking in an oven for six hours there’s a lot of transient thought,” he says with a laugh during a recent phone call Vujovich and his business partner Margaret Edwins (owner of longtime Capitol Hill restaurant 611 Supreme which closed in 2014) opened Local 104 on Halloween in 2019 it was a convenience store called the Lake Forest Park Market It was important to Vujovich and Edwins to be in that specific neighborhood; he grew up near there and Edwins in nearby Lake City The menu is centered on neo-Neapolitan-style pizza which differs from Neapolitan in a few ways a neo-Neapolitan usually adds oil and sugar in the dough in addition to flour Vujovich uses Field 41 Bale Breaker beer as the water and sugar components which creates a slightly different crust structure “The difference is when you pick up a piece [of Neapolitan-style pizza] casting a wide net when it comes to menu options to draw in locals there are muffuletta and po’boy sandwiches duck-fat potatoes with wine-poached prunes The menu is dotted with mentions of local farms throughout “We wanted [the menu] to reflect some of what we think of as food and make sure that people don’t forget about all the local producers,” Vujovich says Less esoteric perhaps is the Pat Kane ($22) basil and Ferndale Farmstead’s fior di latte mozzarella a saint in the neighborhood,” Vujovich says There’s also a classic margherita and a pepperoni While the Amy Marie is shellacked with paper-thin slices of mushrooms the Pat Kane’s meatball situation is restrained so as not to overwhelm the crust Vujovich is a self-professed “pizza nerd,” who is always tinkering with his dough spending four years getting his recipe the way he wanted it Local 104 was open for six months before he added a gluten-free crust he says he’s thinking about his dough recipe “all the time.” Local 104: 4-9 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 4-8 p.m. Sunday; 18498 Ballinger Way N.E., Lake Forest Park; 206-309-4104; thelocal104.com head to Brileys BBQ and Grill the next time you’re in the mood for barbecue there’s a lot to love at this little shack spicy-sweet sauce; Texas-style brisket; Kansas City-style pulled pork tossed in a sweet barbecue sauce; dirty rice flecked with barbecue beans collard greens and slices of andouille sausage; and Baltimore-style pit beef Meats are offered in half- or full-pound increments and there are also sandwiches and a full selection of classic barbecue sides The Dorfman Platter ($25) features a choice of two half-pound meats I went with pork back ribs and sliced brisket adding on extra half-pounds of pit beef ($13) and pulled pork ($10) The ribs are hefty — and while they’re not quite falling off the bone they are all the things you want in a rib — smoky and tender with a good blackened crust softened by just the right amount of sticky sauce delightful to eat on its own or with a forkful of coleslaw I made a rookie mistake with the pit beef not ordering it as a sandwich Thinly shaved and accompanied by the horseradish sauce Order to go and they’ll walk it to your car curbside I know I’ll be back for more ribs — and a pit beef sandwich 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, Saturday; 15030 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park; 206-466-1589; brileysbbq.com 27 near Bothell Way NE and NE 145th Street around 9:00 a.m Diego Zanello told KOMO News the shooter was questioned and released without charges while the investigation continues RELATED: Detectives investigate fatal shooting, crash at multiple scenes in Lake Forest Park and Seattle Police said the incident started with a man trying to recover his stolen car and another person in an RV trying to prevent it which was then seen on video speeding recklessly from the scene and driving into Seattle city limits where police found the body of the person who was killed KOMO News video shows bullet holes in the windshield of the RV The identity of the victim has not been released Police said they are still gathering videos and witness statements including witnesses and any available video is asked to contact the Lake Forest Park Police Department through Bothell PD dispatch MYNORTHWEST HISTORY 10:29 AM | Updated: May 21 Sheridan Market has been closed for more than a year; a local couple recently bought it and has plans to reopen after the pandemic BY FELIKS BANEL Time marches on and beloved old buildings get torn down all the time instead of being demolished to make way for condos with a view of Lake Washington a classic old mom-and-pop grocery store north of Seattle may be coming back to life Paula Goode and her husband Ernesto Pediangco seem like otherwise reasonable and sane Seattle people in their sixties They’re healthy and active and maybe looking ahead to retirement And so maybe there are other sane people who can identify a little bit with the impulse the couple followed one day last year It happened when Paula was driving east on Highway 522 through Lake Forest Park and it was one of those buildings that I thought that’s a really cool building’ or [Ernesto] would drive by ‘That’s a really cool building,’” Goode said by phone a few days ago Fate intervened in 2019 when Goode had to drive to Bothell to call on a customer of her fire safety business and I saw that there was a sign on the building and it was closed,” Goode said who is the daughter of the original owner.” many things had aligned and that the universe somehow was signaling to them what they should do and her main concern was that a lot of people that were interested in buying the building wanted to tear it down,” Goode said because that was her childhood and her memories.” Thanks to that conversation with Marilyn – Marilyn Stewart – the two parties made a deal Paula and Ernesto — who’s a well-regarded and very busy percussionist – put the financing together including borrowing from their retirement accounts to buy Sheridan Market from Marilyn Stewart She pretty much grew up at the old store because the family lived behind it in an apartment for years The “mom and pop” of the operation were Marilyn’s parents Edward and Bertha Jahoda “Mother was 5’ in stockings and very petite,” said Stewart her friends called her ‘Birdy,’ and Dad always called her that “He liked to be called ‘Captain Ed,’” Stewart said “He always wore kind of a captain’s hat … when he was younger Ed Jahoda was born in Seattle and worked in the grocery business for years in Alaska in the 1930s and 1940s before returning to Washington after World War II Stewart says her parents bought the property along the highway – known for decades as “Victory Way” – in 1946 what’s now SR-522 was a main highway and the most direct route to Stevens Pass as well as something of a bypass of Highway 99 The property included a structure that had reportedly served as a roadhouse in the 1920s and 1930s – that part of the history is murky – and it included a handful of residential units in an old house immediately behind who seems like he was one of those 20th century dynamos made of hardier stock than subsequent generations continued to work full-time as a produce guy for various grocery stores in the area He took the next seven years to build Sheridan Market in his off-hours By the time Sheridan Market opened on September 1, 1953, America had already entered the age of the post-war supermarket and the Seattle area was replete with several big and shiny places where respectable people could buy groceries easy-to access location by a busy highway and with its tall and glowing neon sign that her father had proudly commissioned filled a particular and very important retail (and thirst-quenching) niche all the big supermarkets closed on Sundays when the major grocery stores finally decided to open up on Sundays and I don’t remember what year that was our business dropped quite a bit,” she continued “But it was still going pretty good because we had a reputation our store was noted for having the coldest beer in town.” Sheridan Market morphed and evolved over the years but it always served people who just happened to be driving by as well as families who lived in the Sheridan Beach neighborhood And not just adults in search of icy brews “We had a lot of walk-in neighbor business We were having kids all the time coming in for their penny candy which the bigger stores wouldn’t handle.” Captain Ed even survived a couple of robberies and attempted robberies including one circa 1970 where he got shot in the leg and the posterior – which provides even more evidence of the toughness of shopkeepers of an earlier era Marilyn Stewart says the family was approached by a buyer who wanted to purchase the business but they decided to keep the real estate and go ahead and sell the business the new business owner changed the name to “Lakeview Market.” Then that same tenant did something that still bothers Marilyn Stewart the first tenant [who had bought the business in 1976] the first thing he did was he took down that neon sign,” Stewart said “And it was out in the yard south of the store building on the ground smashed up.” and I could see that it really bothered him,” Stewart said her voice cracking with emotion as she recounted the demise of the old sign more than 40 years later the business changed hands a few more times It was still operating as a store under this name as recently as a few years ago now live in one of the apartments behind the store They’re working to restore and renovate the market’s interior and exterior and to get approval from the City of Lake Forest Park for various building and occupancy permits they need to operate a business there The two seem to definitely embrace the mom-and-pop approach but have their own 21st century vision for what they want to offer at Sheridan Market once the pandemic passes “What we’re going to do with the property is open it as a coffee shop and just a community spot for people to come and buy coffee no Lotto — but hopefully a glass of wine because we felt that the building was worthwhile to save and not tear down.” Ed Jahoda passed away in 2001; his wife Berty died in 1993 Marilyn Stewart says her dad would approve of Paula and Ernesto’s plans for reinventing Sheridan Market Stewart also says her dad also was fond of his red Cadillacs In one of the many vintage images preserved by Stewart and now belonging to Paula and Ernesto (and featured in the gallery of photos for this story) Captain Ed’s 1950 Cadillac convertible can be seen parked in the background Maybe once they’ve resurrected Sheridan Market Paula and Ernesto can bring back a new version of Captain Ed’s beloved neon sign someday You can hear Feliks every Wednesday and Friday morning on Seattle’s Morning News and read more from him here. 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