http://www.yourstreet.com/news/lake-washington YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us Last weekend marked the halfway point of Spectrum Dance Theater’s Byrd Retrospective Festival - three weekends, nine shows, 16 works. The festival is an earnest reflection on the influence of Artistic Director and choreographer Donald Byrd, who has rapidly... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6751900/spectrum-s-studio-series-enters-final-week Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:08 -0700 Lake Washington as seen in the Seattlest Flickr pool . Salmon Bay Sand & Gravel Co. has been fined $12,000 by the Washington State Department of Ecology for spilling sand and gravel into the Lake Washington ship canal. The company, which has been operating in Ballard... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6662559/ballard-firm-fined-12,000-by-state-department-of-ecology Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:00:08 -0700 Back in 1909 during the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, one of the most popular events during the three-month fair was “Norway Day”, a celebration which included a specially built Viking ship which sailed across Lake Washington. This year’s... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6630471/200-year-old-boat-gets-fresh-look,-new-launch Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:29:08 -0700 A body of a man was recovered this morning in Lake Washington, according to the King County Sheriff's Office. It will be up to the Medical Examiner's Office to ID the man and notify next-of-kin. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6626698/man-s-body-found-in-lake-washington Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:07:08 -0700 King County sheriff's divers are using a different type of scanning sonar Tuesday in hope of locating the body of a man presumed drowned in Lake Washington near Kirkland. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6602910/search-resumes-for-body-in-lake-washington Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:16:08 -0700 The King County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit will resume the search today for a man who disappeared in Lake Washington off Juanita Beach Park. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6602919/search-to-resume-today-for-man-in-lake-washington Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:08:08 -0700 A woman escaped from her car, apparently uninjured, after it went into Lake Washington at Colman Park on Saturday morning. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6515703/car-rolls-into-lake-washington-driver-escapes Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:11:08 -0700 A woman escaped from her car, apparently uninjured, after it went into Lake Washington at Colman Park this morning, according to Seattle police. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6512569/woman-escapes-from-car-that-went-into-lake-washington Sat, 08 Aug 2009 09:26:08 -0700 "Dick's, Wallingford" courtesy of our very own Seattlest Flickr pool member James Callan Resident Capitol Hill psychic Destiny recently opened her ground-level storefront on Broadway. Not even two months later, CHS reports, a devastating fire started by an overheated... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6487533/neighborhood-news-and-local-blog-round-up Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:30:08 -0700 Photo courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member Sjohnston The cocoa butter bandit didn't slip away from the Everett police--officers have arrested a 24-year-old Lake Stevens man who is suspected to be responsible for the recent string of tanning salon robberies. The... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6479176/neighborhood-news-and-local-blog-round-up Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:30:08 -0700 A 20-something Rainier Valley Beach man suffered critical injuries on Sunday evening, after a failed jump from a three-story-high balcony into Lake Washington . The young man's alcohol-infused plans for a successful jump into the lake below were foiled after striking... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6478609/man-critically-injured-after-three-story-jump-into-lake Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:00:08 -0700 SEATTLE – Dave Villwock drove Ellstrom E-Lam Plus to victory Sunday at the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair unlimited hydroplane race. Villwock averaged 137.532 mph and led wire-to-wire in the winner-take-all final heat on Seattle’s Lake Washington. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6472886/villwock-wins-at-seafair-mon,-03-aug-2009-pst Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 RENTON, Wash. – The motto for this all-new Seahawks training camp – and season – echoes off the walls of the team’s opulent headquarters. It bounces off the ripples in Lake Washington that lap up to the edge of the practice fields. New offensive coordinator... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6466871/on-the-run-sun,-02-aug-2009-pst Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:00:08 -0700 The motto for this all-new Seahawks training camp - and season - echoes off the walls of the team's opulent headquarters. It bounces off the ripples in Lake Washington that lap up to the edge of the practice fields. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6466613/seahawks-on-the-run-without-holmgren Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:31:08 -0700 Continuing our 4th annual collection of reports from Temporary WSB HQ East, aka Boeing Field during the Blue Angels‘ appearances at Seafair: If you are thinking about going to see them today, but not necessarily determined to watch from Lake Washington, we... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6466151/blue-angels-weekend-another-boeing-field-place-to-watch Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:04:08 -0700 Kirkland police say a man found dead in Lake Washington was in his 90s and lived in a waterfront home in the Juanita Bay area. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6454560/man-s-body-found-in-lake-washington-at-kirkland Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:29:08 -0700 Unlimited hydroplane racing's top rivals resume their quest for a national championship when qualifying begins Friday morning on Lake Washington for the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6454563/top-hydroplane-racers-renew-rivalry-in-seattle Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:55:08 -0700 Sound Transit says weekday ridership is at estimated at 12,000 per day--with 15,000-17,000 on the weekend, so suck it, Seattle Times . ST is aiming for 21,000 riders per day by the end of this year, with another 5,000 daily stragglers due to board after the final leg... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6453790/light-rail-already-up-to-12,000-passengers-per-day Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:45:08 -0700 FORECAST: It’s improved a tiny bit. Today is now projected to reach into the 90s (previously, there was a projection we’d hit triple digits again). (WSB photo from Angels’ arrival at Boeing Field Tuesday) BLUE ANGELS: Today’s the first of two... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6450961/today-tonight-heat,-blue-angels,-concerts,-king-county-s-future Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:37:08 -0700 With the Blue Angels practicing or performing today through Sunday as part of Seafair, the Interstate 90 bridge across Lake Washington will once again be closed to traffic for parts of all four days. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6448220/i-90-closures-begin-for-blue-angels Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:29:08 -0700