Off the Charts: Hosting a (small) Fourth of July barbecue could set you back almost $200 this year KUOW pulled prices for various barbecue staples from four grocery stores within city limits (two Safeways and two QFCs) and averaged them together to get a better sense of barbecue costs this summer. Teo Popescu
Get ready, Seattle. Summer '24 is about to bring the heat Western Washington is bracing for potentially record-breaking heat this weekend. While that might sou Stephen Howie
21,000 Washingtonians to get payout from lawsuit over fake plastic surgery reviews A Seattle-area plastic surgery business and its owner have agreed to a $5 million settlement in a federal lawsuit that charged the company with coercing patients into providing falsified online reviews to help boost its reputation. Diana Opong
Does the US Supreme Court ruling on public camping bans criminalize homelessness? The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that cities can ban camping and sleeping in public, even if there is no shelter to send them to, overturning a previous ruling that has guided cities' approaches to homelessness for years. Kate Walters
Off the Charts: Downtown Seattle is working from home. What about your neighborhood? In some Seattle neighborhoods, driving to work has been replaced by working from home or walking to work, but that trend doesn't hold across the city. Teo Popescu
Seattle Symphony offers day of free cultural performances to celebrate 25 years at Benaroya Hall Benaroya Hall is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a free day of music and sharing of culture on Saturday. Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Like father, like daughter. The Seattle Fire Department's first dad/daughter duo Natalie Akane Newcomb