People were great at reporting the locations of redwoods in Wallingford– I mapped them out here:

Then I went on a bike tour with my kids. The first stop was at Woodland Park and Motor Place. The redwood was little, but the art fence there is worth the trip:

Next up we saw a number of redwoods in people’s back yards south of 45th. They were all pretty hard to get to though, Without being able to pose kids or stuff in front of them, it was hard to capture scale. Here’s one of the more impressive ones on 39th:…

Ed writes:

BikeWorks is hosting what may become a bi-annual bike drive this Sunday, September 20 from 11-2.  There are multiple locations throughout the city, including one at my house right here in Wallingford. These bikes are used to teach disadvantaged kids bike repair, bicycling skills, work and business, recycling, leadership, and much more.  Our signature program teaches the kids how to strip and rebuild a bike, and then after a set number of community service hours they “earn” their own bike.  We also have camps, our own bike shop (we sell used bikes with the help of youth apprentices), …

Yesterday Jordan laid out how Washington State’s regressive tax system is damaging our schools, leading to the teacher strike we are now going through. Not only that, but property taxes and sales taxes focus the burden of taxes on middle and lower income individuals, amplifying housing affordability problems in the process.

Back in 2010, 68% of people in Seattle voted for the income tax proposed by initiative 1098. Unfortunately, the initiative lost on the East side and in rural Washington, with 54% of King County in opposition and 64% of the state opposing it. This failure followed similar failures previously …

The Harvest Breakfast scheduled for this morning by the WCSC is cancelled because their fridge broke. In other cancellation news, the teacher strike is resulting in the postponement of the the JSIS Playground meeting this Monday.

The Tilth Harvest Festival is not reliant on a fridge or teachers so it’s still on from 10 to 4 today. Check out chickens, goats, honeybees, and a rooster. If you’re interested in waterways or other Community Council doings, they’ll have a booth at the festival as well.

Teachers did community service on Friday after spending Wednesday and Thursday marching in circles. We got …

This strike is just sad. Both the SEA union president, Jonathon Knapp, and the SPS superintendent, Larry Nyland, seem like level headed people that deescalate situations. Larry Nyland graduated from Seattle Public Schools and has a track record of staying put in superintendent jobs without causing trouble. Jonathon Knapp is a moderate in the union who was elected over the firebrand Jesse Hagopian.

Why couldn’t they just split the difference in negotiations? It seems like this strike is the result of pent up frustrations resulting from years of bad administration and bad contracts. Now that district finances are doing somewhat …

Vegetarians and caracassatarians are similarly losing out. Hawaiian Breeze has been gone for a little while, but we figured we’d make it official with this picture:

There’s no indications the building will be redeveloped, which is too bad as it’s the sort of older brick structure that is vulnerable in earthquakes. Ideally CVS would move into every building in the neighborhood, upgrade them all seismically, then move out.

Sutra is slated to close on September 19th. Some of the owners are relocating far away to be closer to where they live, but another set of people from the restaurant have …