Welcome to the B-Town (Burien) Blog. Please subscribe to our RSS feed, or Register to Comment on stories. Thanks!Come July 25th, shoppers and diners will be able to admire Mt. Rainier through a 90-foot glass facade while eating inside the $240 million remodeled Westfield Southcenter mall.
The addition brings the mall to 1.7 million square feet, […]

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Shooting SceneTUKWILA – Earlier this month we reported about the April 13 shooting death at a Dr. Dre book signing after-party in Tukwila, and today charges of second-degree murder and assault were filed by King County prosecutors.
Lovelychild “Fredde Mac” James Manuel (yes, that’s his real name) is in jail on $1 million bail.
Manuel is scheduled […]

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The Sound Transit Board is currently seeking public input on new options that would modify last year’s mass transit expansion plan to form a faster and lower-cost package, including expanding service to the Des Moines area.

“Again and again our region’s residents tell us we face an urgent need to expand mass transit,” said Sound Transit […]

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TUKWILA – Police busted up a major indoor marijuana-growing operation today, including shutting down Greenhouse & Garden Supply, a Tukwila garden shop located at 4451 South 134th Place (map below).
Fifteen people were indicted. A second garden shop in Auburn, Scitek Garden Supply, was also raided and shut down.
Two indictments unsealed today in federal court outline […]

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Tukwila PoliceTUKWILA – Another detective is being added to the Tukwila Police Department’s investigative unit to handle the recent outbreak of shootings, including the most recent one at Foster Golf Links last weekend.
The department plans to reassign a patrol supervisor with broad investigative experience to the 12-member detective unit. To fill that vacancy, Public Information […]

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