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1 day ago | cascadepbs.org | Rachel Belle

Take yourself on a pizza crawl, from a bacon-and-egg topped breakfast pie to an East Coast-style slice shop (that also has a cult-classic hoagie). In the latest episode of The Nosh, Rachel Belle visits one of the places defining Seattle-style pizza. As a 12-year-old, I hoped the jingle in the 1990s Bagel Bites commercial was actually a psychic reading — that with a shake of the Magic 8 Ball my future would include: Pizza in the morning. Pizza in the evening. Pizza at supper time.

1 day ago | cascadepbs.org | Josh Cohen

It has been funded by a voter-approved property tax levy since 1986. The newly approved levy renewal will impose a tax of 2.75 cents per $1,000 of assessed home value for seven years, beginning in 2026. For the owner of a median-priced home in King County —  currently about $915,000  — the levy would cost $25 per year. In 2023, the levy brought in $23.3 million from property taxes and another $1.9 million from investment interest.

6 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Josh Cohen

The City Council took up its work on the comp plan in January. In February, neighborhood groups and individuals filed six legal challenges, arguing the city had not sufficiently analyzed the impact of its proposed changes.  The Council was prohibited from passing legislation related to the comp plan while the legal appeals played out. Historically, those sorts of challenges have delayed new housing policy by many months or even years.

6 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Rachel Belle

From Dungeness crab to miso and chashu, some Seattle chefs are defining the city’s pie style through the flavors of their diverse cultures. In 2024, uproar ensued when a study by Mandoe Media ranked Seattle as America’s #1 pizza city.

6 days ago | cascadepbs.org | Brangien Davis

Plus, local art shows with “opening sequence” vibes and three inventive takes on memoir. Seattle-based creative studio Plains of Yonder created the opening sequences for all three seasons of ‘The White Lotus.’ (Plains of Yonder/HBO) Presidential decrees continue to hit close to home, including executive orders threatening funding for public media, museums and libraries, and arts and cultural organizations.