Rainier Valley’s Ammana Houseware and Grocery is one of roughly eight Seattle-area Somali-owned shops that carries camel milk from the state’s first camel milk distributor.
Iryna Mykhalchuk of Ukraine, Tenaye Adem of Ethiopia and Bebe Renzaho of the Democratic Republic of Congo work in the kitchen at Ubuntu Street Cafe at the historic Titusville Station Building in Kent.
King County Metro officials have raised bus driver pay dramatically while neglecting some promised service increases. Now, the wages threaten to cut into existing service.
Transit demand should continue to fall through the year, owing to fuel prices and high unemployment. But the demand for new transit taxes, based on last year's rise in usage, will not go away.