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Norma and Terri — Women in First Hill senior community bus accident identified

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The community around Terrace Street’s Hilltop House senior living facility lost two neighbors this week. Friends, loved ones, and family are remembering Norma Luisa Versakos and Terri May Marble.

The King County Medical Examiner has identified the women as the victims in Tuesday’s terrible incident in which a shuttle bus serving the facility was backed into a smoking shelter in the Hilltop House parking lot. Both women died at the scene. A third narrowly escape injury. Police say the driver was evaluated and no signs of impairment were found.

Results of the state collision investigation will not be released for weeks.

Versakos was 77 and Marble, 66. Continue reading →

Three years after Starbucks boarded the place up and left, All the Best ready to serve Capitol Hill pets on E Olive Way

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A new era for an E Olive Way commercial building begins Friday as All the Best debuts its new Capitol Hill store:

After sitting vacant, boarded up, and behind fencing since 2022, this historic space has been transformed into a bright, welcoming destination for Capitol Hill’s pet lovers. Local illustrator Sarah Robbins helped bring the space to life with a joyful mural that reflects the energy of the neighborhood—and the pets we serve.

Starting on the 13th, All the Best says it is welcoming dogs (“and brave cats”) with “tasty treats, and offering personalized recommendations on the best food, treats, and gear to help them thrive.” Continue reading →

With daunting list of open issues, Seattle City Council comprehensive growth plan committee meets Friday

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The Seattle City Council’s Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan helmed by District 3 representative Joy Hollingsworth will meet again Friday morning as it works this summer to finalize the update of the city’s 20-year growth plan including new “Middle Housing” laws that will expand zoning to allow a greater range of housing types in more parts of the city.

Friday’s session will include a discussion of issues that have emerged on growth strategy, land use elements, and the state’s new Middle Housing requirements as the committee works through compromises shaped after massive pushback from some of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the city.

Planners have revised and shrunken the borders of 9 out of 30 proposed , more densely-zoned Neighborhood Centers in the proposal. Continue reading →

20th anniversary HUMP! coming to Dan Savage’s neighborhood this weekend

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Capitol Hill’s very own Dan Savage is bringing a neighborhood Pride approach to this year’s 20th edition of his annual HUMP! film festival that was born in the days before “amateur” was the most popular category on Pornhub and has grown into a showcase of “unapologetically human, sex-positive short films—each five minutes or less—crafted by independent filmmakers and everyday people from around the world.”

With planned smaller neighborhood screenings in Seattle for the 20th anniversary year of the festival, of course the sex columnist/podcaster/film buff is bringing HUMP! to his home turf. HUMP! is coming to 15th Ave E’s Quality Flea Center this Saturday: Continue reading →

This week in CHS history | Seasmith arrives, ‘CHAZ’ takes shape, Herb and Bitter is born on Broadway

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Here are the top stories from this week in CHS history:

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Act big, keep loud, and do a good job sharing Volunteer Park with your ribald pal, coyote


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On the List | Capitol Hill Pride begins with Volunteer Park celebration, Cal Anderson clean-up, and the return of On The Block Second Saturdays in Pike/Pine

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Pride and Seattle summer fun on Capitol Hill will begin with a burst of activity Saturday across the neighborhood. CHS reported earlier this week on the traditional Pride kick-off celebration in Volunteer Park as Pride in the Park returns Saturday for another year of music and good times. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | The Korean Food Promotion Institute held a cooking contest at Capitol Hill’s Seattle Culinary Academy

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Moore on her way to victory

Anybody wondering about the wave of Korean-flavored food and drink that continues to wash over Capitol Hill can probably find a few answers in the spicy sweetness and umami of gochujang chilli paste. It also helps that the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Seattle is really into food and drink.

Last month, CHS stopped through a Korean cooking competition sponsored by the consulate and the Korean Food Promotion Institute held at the Seattle Culinary Academy at Seattle Central College as a battle over bulgogi and bibimbap played out. At stake in the 2025 “Culinary Class Wars” competition? An all-expenses-paid trip to Korea to compete in the International Namdo Food Festival in October where the winner will “represent Seattle & U.S in the final global round, with flights, accommodation, meals, local transportation, and interpretation fully provided.” Continue reading →

The Capitol Hill Farmers Market’s summer season of Tuesday markets begins with a bonus for food workers

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The return of the Tuesday night Capitol Hill Farmers Market this summer will be especially sweet for neighborhood food and drink workers:

To celebrate the seasonal opening of our Tuesday market in Capitol Hill, we will be offering Farm Bucks for local food workers. If you work as a barista, cook, or wait staff, stop on by the manager’s tent for $4 in NFM currency to spend at the markets! You can take advantage of this promotion every first Tuesday of the month through September.

Tuesday night, June 3rd marks the start of the weeknight season for the market joining the year-round Sunday markets. Continue reading →

After skirmishes ‘on the frontlines at Denny Blaine, Cal Anderson, and recent events at City Hall,’ the Pride flag flies above Seattle

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City officials and community leaders gathered at Seattle City Hall this weekend to again raise the colors of the Pride flag above the city.

This June’s Pride celebrations come amid a rush of recent challenges to the city’s queer communities.

Jaelynn Scott of Capitol Hill’s Lavender Rights Project acknowledged “the leadership of the young people who were on the frontlines at Denny Blaine, Cal Anderson, and recent events at City Hall” in celebrating the flag raising event. “We are so proud of you,” Scott said to the assembled crowd. “Our liberation will be led by this movement of youth right now.”

Saturday’s ceremony follows political attacks on Seattle and Mayor Bruce Harrell over the city’s handling of Christian fundamentalist and anti-trans rallies that have provoked counter-protests and demonstrations on Capitol Hill and at City Hall. Continue reading →

The Capitol Hill Class of 2024: How neighborhood’s new food and drink joints fared in their first year

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Inside Koko’s

By Domenic Strazzabosco

Last spring, a crop of new bars and restaurants opened across the corners of Capitol Hill. Two new food and drink joints joined Broadway, Chandelier Lounge and Guillotine, the contemporary Vietnamese cuisine of Ramie opened on 14th and a Seattle expansion of the Salvadorian-Mexican joint Koko’s found a home on 10th.

A year later, CHS talked with the new class to check in on how the first year has gone and how they’re planning on navigating going forward.

Koko’s Restaurant and Tequila Bar, located on 10th Ave, opened last spring, and the owners remain appreciative of the reception it’s received from the neighborhood.

“Honestly, it’s been amazing. The support from the community has been great,” said Gibran Moreno, who owns Koko’s with his partner Alexi Torres. “We just can’t believe how people are so happy for us to be on The Hill.” Continue reading →