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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
3 hurt in downtown Seattle shooting, police investigating
The Brief Seattle police are investigating a shooting in downtown Seattle that injured three people Wednesday night. It's currently unknown what led up to the shooting. There is a large police presence at the scene. SEATTLE - Police are investigating a shooting that injured three people in downtown Seattle Wednesday night. What we know Seattle PD initially posted about the incident at 10:36 p.m. The shooting happened at Union Street and 1st Avenue, near Pike Place Market. It's currently unknown what led up to the shooting, or if there are any suspects in custody. There is a heavy presence of officers at the scene. More information about this incident will be available at a later time. Additionally, police are responding to a stabbing near 4th Avenue and Pike Street, which happened around the same time as the shooting. This is a developing story. Check back for updates. The Source Information in this story is from the Seattle Police Department. A religious group held a protest outside Seattle City Hall. Here's why LIVE: Updates on Seattle's Tuesday protest, arrests, more Crews battle Second Creek Fire near Leavenworth, WA 2 injured in separate Seattle shootings Teen, child killed in Lacey, WA mobile home fire Crews investigate explosion at Woodinville, WA hardware store College Inn Pub announces closure after 50 years in Seattle Dave's Hot Chicken to open 4 new locations in Seattle area. Here's where To get the best local news, weather and sports in Seattle for free, sign up for the daily FOX Seattle Newsletter. Download the free FOX LOCAL app for mobile in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store for live Seattle news, top stories, weather updates and more local and national news.
Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Three shot near Seattle's Pike Place, one critical
Three people were injured in a shooting near Seattle's Pike Place Market Wednesday night. According to preliminary information from Seattle PD, at least one of the three is in critical condition tonight. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Daily Mirror
18-05-2025
- Daily Mirror
'I visited America's least known wine state and one thing blew my mind'
When Laura Hill told people she was going on a vineyard tour in Washington State, they were surprised — that's because Washingtonians are keeping their exquisite wines a secret. When most people think of a wine road trip in the US, they think of California. So when I told people I was going on a vineyard tour in Washington State, they were surprised, with many telling me they 'didn't know they made wine that far north'. Neither did I, so I packed waterproofs and jumpers for my flight to Seattle expecting typical Pacific Northwest Coast rainy weather. I was pleasantly surprised a few days later to find myself sitting on a sunny terrace overlooking acres of vineyards, with temperatures in the high 20s in mid-October. Far from being 'too far north', much of Washington State's wine country is on a latitude of 46 degrees north – similar to regions including Burgundy and Bordeaux, boasted my tour guide. And with an extra two hours of sunlight per day than California on average, the region has perfect conditions. So why is Washington wine not better known worldwide? The answer is partly because Washingtonians are keeping it to themselves. 'Around 75% of wine made here is consumed within the state itself,' Adam Acampora of Woodinville Wines explained. That and the fact many wineries are small, with most making 5,000 cases per year or less. So for the time being, it seems the best way to sample the wines of this well-kept secret region is to travel there and take a road trip. It would be criminal to head to Washington and skip over Seattle so my first stop was the famous Space Needle. The 1961 monument is still the city's tallest building. On a clear day it's possible to see the surrounding lakes and mountain ranges from the viewing platform. After a pit stop at the Pike Place Market – renowned for fish being thrown to customers – it was time to hit the road in search of Washington's wine. The first 'wine town' I visited was Woodinville itself, just half an hour from downtown Seattle. It is far from the vineyards, but it's home to 130 wineries in four 'wine districts' with various tasting rooms, restaurants and bars. The map of the area reminded me of a theme-park guide with a 'Downtown' and a 'Hollywood District' to explore. Before I hit the tasting rooms, a huge roaring fire and a complimentary glass of red wine was awaiting me as I checked into Willows Lodge, a boutique hotel, which leans into the cosy woodland lodge style with reclaimed wood furniture and fireplaces. Rooms overlook tree-lined grounds giving the illusion of a countryside escape, but just on the other side of the car park were warehouse-like buildings housing wineries. Inside one of the nondescript industrial buildings was Sparkman Cellars, a family-run winery where I tried a variety of reds in the modern tasting room. I quickly realised red is the tipple of choice here in Washington and most of the tastings included three reds with just one rose, white or sparkling. My usual wine order is a dry white, so I was apprehensive. But I'm pleased to report there were plenty of 'white-wine drinker's reds' – aka light and fruity wines on offer –alongside the punchy, full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignons the area is best known for. Many of Woodinville's wineries are within walking distance from each other, so across the road is the oldest winery in Washington, Chateau Ste. Michelle which dates back to 1912. If Woodinville is a wine theme park, this is Cinderella's Castle with a huge chateau-style building surrounded by gardens. After a day of tasting the end product, it was time to hit the road (with a designated driver) and head east to the vineyards. In just a two-hour journey from Seattle, the landscape changed from moody, Twilight-style forests to almost desert-like on the other side of the Cascade mountains. The area had a slight Wild West vibe with fruit stands and quaint clapboard farm shops to stop off at along the route for a true all-American road-trip experience. Despite the Wild West appearances, the vineyards I visited on the first stop, Yakima, were 100% Pacific Northwest in laid-back style. I joined a Harvest tour visiting three – Dineen Vineyards, Two Mountain Winery and VanArnam Vineyards – to see how the wine was made and was soon stomping grapes with my feet and tasting wine straight from the barrel. 'There's no right or wrong, it's about people having a good time,' said Branden Seymour, the new owner of VanArmen Vineyards as he clambered to the top of a stack of barrels to allow us to sample last year's vintage unblended. A short hike through the scenic Cowiche Canyon freshened me up before a two-hour drive east to Walla Walla, a college town near the Oregon border. The cute Main Street was home to half a dozen wine-tasting rooms, boutique bakeries and upmarket restaurants including the Salted Mill where American classics like mac and cheese and burgers are paired with local wines. I stayed at the historic Marcus Whitman hotel, proclaimed to be ''the grandest hotel for at least 150 miles'. Sticking with the theme park idea, I'll admit the 1928 13-storey property reminded me slightly of Disney's Tower of Terror. But newly-renovated chic interiors put a stop to that. This elegant style continued at the nearby vineyards, which I explored on an e-bike with Kickstand Tours (from £132). I enjoyed the driest white wine of the whole trip in the Ibizan-inspired tasting room at Grosgrain Vineyards, before heading to neighbouring Valdemar Estates. The ultra-modern winery was opened in 2019 by a Spanish family who have had vineyards in Rioja for more than 130 years, giving the region a European stamp of approval. Overall I found this wine tasting road trip more relaxed than any previous tours. Combining a tipple or two with a city stop and a road trip filled with all-American icons means even people who don't love wine would have a great time exploring the US's lesser-known vineyard region. Book the holiday British Airways flies from Heathrow to Seattle starting at £492 return. Rooms at the Moxy Seattle Downtown hotel start at around £180 a night. Rooms at Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Washington State, start at around £265 a night. Rooms at the Marcus Whitman hotel in Walla Walla, Washington State, start at around £93 a night.
Geek Wire
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Wire
‘We are sticklers in Seattle,' ‘Jeopardy' host says to contestant who wrongly put ‘s' on Pike Place Market
Geek Life: Fun stories, memes, humor and other random items at the intersection of tech, science, business and culture. SEE MORE Pike Place Market in Seattle. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Don't cross 'Jeopardy' host Ken Jennings, or any Seattleite, on the proper way to say Pike Place Market. During an episode of the popular television game show this week, under the category, 'They almost tore it down,' the clue was, 'If the 1960s plan to replace this Seattle market with high-rises had succeeded, there might be no Starbucks today.' Watching from my own kitchen in Seattle on Wednesday, I nonchalantly supplied the question: 'What is Pike Place Market?' But on TV, the question from contestant Dan Moren, a writer and podcaster from Massachusetts, didn't match: 'What is Pike's Place Market?' Uh oh. 'No. Sorry, Dan,' Jennings said. 'We are sticklers in Seattle. It's PIKE Place. No 's.'' A clip of the exchange was posted on the r/Seattle subreddit under the title 'Jeopardy tonight puts an end to Pikes Place,' where it had almost 5,000 upvotes by Friday morning. The Seattle Times wrote about it, digging up the history of when the market was almost abandoned as 'a ramshackle firetrap' and even checking in with a Western Washington University linguistics professor about why people add an 's' to business names, like Costcos or Fred Meyers. 'Jeopardy' host Ken Jennings. (Sony Pictures Television Image) The 'no' from Jennings seemed to be dripping with decades of consternation over correcting people. Now in his third year as host, Jennings often comes across as the smartest person on the stage, because he probably is — his unprecedented 74-game victory streak as a 2004 contestant won him $2.52 million. But for the Seattle native, who takes clear delight in clues related to the city or Pacific Northwest, this wasn't just any grammatical miscue. It seemed personal. If you've been around Seattle long enough you've no doubt heard transplants and tourists alike refer to the 117-year-old market as 'Pike's Place.' It can serve as a quick identifier of out-of-towners or those who haven't properly assimilated. For history's sake, the landmark Pike Place Market was created in 1907 on Pike Place, a street named for pioneer builder John Pike. Maybe the place was Pike's. But it's not our place to put an 's' in the official market name. As for Moren, the 'Jeopardy' contestant, the only 's' he needs to worry about is in dollars. He's won 33,500 of them as a two-day champion on the show.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Historic Pike Place Market restaurant will remain open after uncertainty
A historic Pike Place Market restaurant will remain open after all. Earlier this month, The Virginia Inn announced it would close because of a lease dispute with the Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority (PDA). However, on Monday, the restaurant posted online that it received a 'last-minute reprieve' of its eviction notice. 'Thank you all for your overwhelming support, we couldn't have done it without you,' the post from the restaurant said. 'We will resume business as usual.' The Virginia Inn opened in 1903 – four years before the Market itself. According to the restaurant's website, the modern chapter began when Patrice Demombynes and Jim Fotheringham took over in 1981. It quickly became one of the first art bars in Seattle, showcasing a rotating selection of local artists. The restaurant was even featured in the 1992 'grunge era' film 'Singles.' In 2019, Seattle restaurant veterans Karl Sexton and Craig Perez took over. 'We have survived through Prohibition, the Great Depression, the Great Recession, the COVID pandemic, and many other events in between,' the owners wrote online. Now, the restaurant has survived a near-closure over lease negotiations.
