Restaurant Grading System Coming, Bertha & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
By Lauren Mang December 17, 2014
Of course there’s Bertha news: Digging is slated to continue on the access tunnel above the stalled Bertha boring machine. The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that Seattle Tunnel Partners “will continue its plan to dig an access tunnel to the cutting face of the machine in preparation to raise the machine to the surface and replace the damaged main bearing.” All repair work had abruptly stopped last week after land around the area had sunk about one inch. The saga continues.
If you need a bit of schooling on Seattle’s affordable housing issues, Crosscut’s Josh Cohen explains it well here, including giving us the 411 on linkage fees, incentive zoning and what our city is doing to provide affordable housing.
Prepare your snow dance if you’re hoping to ski by Christmas: Warm temps and little precipitation have dashed powder-lovers’ dreams of whooshing down mountains anytime soon. Snow showers are supposed to hit the Cascades by Wednesday, but as MyNorthwest.com’s Josh Kearns writes, “it’s not not likely to bring enough precipitation for most local areas to open.” Get the full forecast here.
A restaurant grading system is in the works for King County, reports KIRO 7 News. Soon, you’ll see health inspector scores displayed on local restaurants’ front doors.
A local artist’s Angry Birds lawsuit will proceed after a judge refused to dismiss it. Seattle PI reports that artist “Juli Adams designed the Angry Birds toys in 2006 for The Hartz Mountain Corp., a New Jersey-based pet products company. Three years later, she says in her lawsuit, Hartz licensed her intellectual property to game-maker Rovio Entertainment without telling her.”
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