by Vee Hua 華婷婷
by Agueda Pacheco Flores
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Bidi Bidi Bom Bash is back again to bring its three-day event full of community vendors, markets, and best of all, cumbia rhythms to the South End.
Festivities will begin next month on April 13 and will kick off with a market at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church. Attendees will see an assortment of local vendors selling anything from art and jewelry to food. A “Bidi Bidi Bom Brunch” at La Esquina will follow the next day, April 14, and will feature drag performances. The festival will end on April 20 with its official cumbia dance event called “Aguacero,” a nod to Seattle’s rainy weather, at Club Sur in SoDo. Both Bidi Bidi Bom Brunch and Aguacero require tickets, which range from $10 to $80. All but Aguacero will be all-ages events.
Continue reading Seattle’s Premier Cumbia Festival Is Bidi Bidi Bom Backby Vee Hua 華婷婷
by Erica C. Barnett
(This article was originally published on Feb. 22, 2024, on PubliCola and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
Recently elected Burien City Councilmember Linda Akey was caught on tape confronting a group of unsheltered people outside her condo building in downtown Burien the week of Feb. 12, 2024. The group, who had set up tents on the sidewalk under the building’s awning, are among dozens now sleeping on sidewalks around Burien after the council imposed a daytime encampment ban that requires people to pick up sleeping bags, tents, backpacks, and other “indicia of public camping” by 6:00 a.m. every morning.
Continue reading Burien Councilmember Tells Unsheltered People Outside Her Building: ‘I Have Authority. I Live Here and You Do Not’by Lauryn Bray
With three hours to go before a $1 million offer expired, the Burien City Council voted 4-3 Monday, Nov. 27, to accept King County’s offer and build a hotly contested tiny home village (THV) for the homeless in the Boulevard Park neighborhood.
Continue reading Burien City Council Accepts King County’s $1M Offer to Establish a Tiny Home Village on Seattle City Light Propertyby Lauryn Bray
Members of a Burien neighborhood expressed concerns, apprehensions, and frustration Sunday, Nov. 5, over the proposed siting of a tiny home village (THV) for homeless residents on a vacant lot next to the Boulevard Park Library.
Continue reading Proposed Site for Tiny Home Village in Burien Neighborhood Faces Opposition, Frustration Over City Effortsby Guy Oron
(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
Buoyed by a landslide victory in Tukwila last year, labor activists are launching campaigns to increase the minimum wage in neighboring jurisdictions of Renton, Burien, and unincorporated King County.
Continue reading Building Momentum, Advocates Expand the Fight for Higher Minimum Wage in South King Countyby Agueda Pacheco Flores
In February of this year, King County awarded nearly $25 million to eight affordable housing projects across the region, including in the South End.
The money, which comes from the Housing Finance Program, will develop nearly a thousand units of affordable housing across the county. Half of those units will be prioritized for people who have previously been unhoused, veterans, and persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Continue reading Funding From King County’s Housing Finance Program Creates Nearly a Thousand Units of Affordable Housingby Mark Van Streefkerk
Seattle Restaurant Week (SRW) is the city’s largest biannual dining promotion celebrating our local restaurant industry and diverse culinary communities. Taking place in the spring and fall, SRW typically features over 200 restaurants, pop-ups, food trucks, caterers, and other small food vendors, all with special curated menus, often at varying price points (from $20 all the way up to $65). Menus feature some of their most popular dishes or some best-kept secrets.
Continue reading South End Spots to Check Out for Seattle Restaurant Weekby Agueda Pacheco Flores
Latinos in south King County now have more spaces to find educational resources, labor programs, and community.
The Latino Civic Alliance and Casa Latina nonprofits each have new locations south of Seattle. Both cited the move in part due to the growing Latino communities that are being priced out of Seattle.
Continue reading Latino Organizations Find New Homes in Burien, Federal Way
