http://www.rainiervalleypost.com Proudly serving Southeast Seattle since 2007 Thu, 17 May 2012 05:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/second-rainier-beach-shooting-in-less-than-a-week/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/second-rainier-beach-shooting-in-less-than-a-week/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 04:55:43 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48607 KOMO (RVP news partner) RAINIER BEACH – Shots once again rang out Wednesday evening in a notoriously violent area of the Rainier Valley. Police and paramedics were called to Rainier Avenue South and South Fisher Place just before 8:30 p.m. after getting a call of shots fired. When they arrived on scene, they found a [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/second-rainier-beach-shooting-in-less-than-a-week/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/thursday-i-heart-rainier-valley-happy-hour-at-tutta-bella-in-columbia-city/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/thursday-i-heart-rainier-valley-happy-hour-at-tutta-bella-in-columbia-city/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 14:21:40 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48581 Everyone is invited to join the Rainier Valley Post and Rainier Chamber of Commerce for a special happy hour event on Thurs., May 17, from 5:30 to 7 pm, upstairs at Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria in Columbia City. Enjoy good food, good neighbors and good conversation at one of Southeast Seattle’s favorite restaurants. Your $10 [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/thursday-i-heart-rainier-valley-happy-hour-at-tutta-bella-in-columbia-city/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/hundreds-of-off-menu-pot-plants-found-in-rainier-valley-restaurant/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/hundreds-of-off-menu-pot-plants-found-in-rainier-valley-restaurant/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 18:33:20 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48592 KOMO (RVP news partner) RAINIER VALLEY – An electrical fire at a Rainier Valley restaurant uncovered hundreds of marijuana plants in the eatery’s basement. Firefighters responded to the My Canh Restaurant in the 6000 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Way after a 911 caller reported black smoke pouring out of the building. Once the [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/hundreds-of-off-menu-pot-plants-found-in-rainier-valley-restaurant/feed/ 10 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/assault-disturbance-at-rainier-beach-park/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/assault-disturbance-at-rainier-beach-park/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:25:28 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48584 By  Neale Frothingham RAINIER BEACH – Shortly after 9 p.m. last Saturday, an unknown male started pounding on the back door of a home one block north of Beer Sheeva Park. According to the neighbor, who wishes to remain anonymous, “[He] was drunk and said he had a broken jaw.” He said he had been [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/assault-disturbance-at-rainier-beach-park/feed/ 3 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/no-arrests-in-armed-robbery-of-columbia-city-business/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/no-arrests-in-armed-robbery-of-columbia-city-business/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 21:05:50 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48575 COLUMBIA CITY – Less than a month after a Columbia City sandwich shop was robbed at knife-point, Seattle Police Department (SPD) is investigating the armed robbery of another business in Columbia City this morning. SPD spokesman Mark Jamieson said it was about 10:40 a.m. today when South Precinct officers responded to the call of an [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/no-arrests-in-armed-robbery-of-columbia-city-business/feed/ 27 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/parents-upset-about-proposal-for-earlier-school-bus-pickup/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/parents-upset-about-proposal-for-earlier-school-bus-pickup/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:59:27 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48569 Seattle Times: Keith Ledford has enough trouble getting his kids up in the morning. Some days, Ledford and his two sons just barely make it to the bus stop in Mount Baker by 7:33 a.m., when a yellow bus takes the children, aged 6 and 9, to TOPS K-8 School in Eastlake. Under a budget-cutting [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/parents-upset-about-proposal-for-earlier-school-bus-pickup/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/man-shot-in-rainier-beach-suspect-at-large/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/man-shot-in-rainier-beach-suspect-at-large/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:44:20 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48560 RAINIER BEACH – Seattle Police say that a man was injured Saturday when he was shot in the legs during an argument outside a Rainier Beach restaurant. Seattle Police Department (SPD) spokesman Mark Jamieson said it was about 5:15 p.m. when South Precinct officers responded to the scene in the 9100 Block of Rainier Avenue [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/man-shot-in-rainier-beach-suspect-at-large/feed/ 17 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/got-something-to-say-say-it-at-your-rvp-16/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/got-something-to-say-say-it-at-your-rvp-16/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 13:00:31 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=47354 The Rainier Valley Post is a volunteer-run, neighborhood-based forum that thrives on contributions from its readers and other members of the south-end community. We invite and encourage participation in the form of letters to the editor, guest columns, op-ed articles, photos, event notices and more. Letters to the Editor: Send your letter to the editor [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/got-something-to-say-say-it-at-your-rvp-16/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-70/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-70/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 12:00:17 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48013 Jimmy on “Bicycle Sundays Start This Weekend”: I work in health care and I HATE BICYCLE SUNDAYS!!! Where will the sick people come from if people start going outside for fresh air and exercise? Please stay in your car. Please fill your face with sugary drinks and starchy pastries. Please keep turning yourselves into marshmallows. [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/comment-of-the-week-goes-to%e2%80%a6-70/feed/ 0 http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/weekend-update-bike-swap-plant-sale-wine-tasting-more/ http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/weekend-update-bike-swap-plant-sale-wine-tasting-more/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 05:17:29 +0000 Editor http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/?p=48537 RAINIER VALLEY – There’s all sorts of fun to be had in the Rainier Valley this weekend. See below for a sampling of events. Orca K-8 Plant Sale: The Annual Orca K-8 Plant Sale is planned for Sat., May 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the school garden at 5215 46th Ave. S. [...]]]> http://www.rainiervalleypost.com/weekend-update-bike-swap-plant-sale-wine-tasting-more/feed/ 0