City Grind Espresso is now open on the ground floor of the King County Courthouse serving coffee, tea, Italian sodas, energy drinks, food from local vendors, and more.

Located just past the security check point near the Third Avenue entrance, the City Grind Espresso café is a great place to grab a drink and snack to go or take a break at one of the tables and chairs.

“It’s really nice to have a spot that isn’t a bench outside a courtroom where employees and Courthouse customers can meet up, sit down, and enjoy a drink or a snack,” said Catherine Cornwall, Superior Court Clerk and Director of Department of Judicial Administration. “There is such a wide variety of people that come to the King County Courthouse every day – and for many people, the Courthouse is the face of King County. It’s great to have the café make it a little more welcoming.”

The City Grind Espresso café is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Get ready for the next stage of construction on Seattle’s busiest corridor. As early as Jan. 9, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will resume its Revive I-5 preservation work on the northbound Ship Canal Bridge.

The Revive I-5 project is designed to extend the life of the aging Ship Canal Bridge and improve safety and ride quality for years to come. While the short-term traffic impacts will be challenging, the long-term payoff will be smoother, safer travel through this critical stretch of I-5.

As part of the project, two northbound lanes across the Ship Canal Bridge will close while crews repair and resurface the bridge deck. To minimize impacts during major events, work zones will be removed in June for World Cup soccer matches in Seattle, then reinstalled when games conclude in July.

To help support ridership demand during Revive I-5, Metro is planning to add up to 17 buses on key routes on weekdays and 12 buses on weekends to help riders avoid travel delays due to highway construction. These buses will be able to be deployed flexibly by Metro staff to locations and routes where there is crowding or delays.

Learn more about this work from WSDOT.

The WSDOT schedule of northbound I-5 includes:

• As early as Jan. 9 to 12: weekend-long full northbound I-5 closure (work zone set up).
• As early as Jan. 12 to June 5: five-month closure of the two left northbound I-5 lanes across the Ship Canal Bridge, causing northbound traffic delays. The reversible express lanes will remain northbound for the duration, causing southbound traffic delays.
• June 5 to 8: weekend-long full northbound I-5 closure (work zone removal).
• June 8 to July 10: all lanes of I-5 reopened for FIFA World Cup games.
• July 10 to 13: weekend-long full northbound I-5 closure (work zone set up).
• July 13 to end of 2026: months-long two right northbound I-5 lane reduction across the Ship Canal Bridge.
• End of 2026: weekend-long full northbound I-5 closure (work zone removal).

Weekend-long full closures for work zone set up or removal are weather dependent. Crews need dry weather to re-stripe lanes. That means if the weather is too rainy, crews may reschedule work for the following weekend.

Express lanes will run northbound only, 24 hours a day, whenever there are lane closures or reductions for Revive I-5 construction. Read more.

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) are trained volunteers who advocate for the best interests of children involved in the dependency court system. Whether or not serving as a CASA is the right fit for you, we encourage you to share this information session with family members, friends, colleagues, or recently retired coworkers who may be interested. Increasing awareness of the CASA program helps ensure more children have a consistent, caring advocate by their side.

CASA information sessions are held via Zoom on the second Monday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. The next one will take place on Monday, Jan. 12 at noon. To register or learn more, visit kingcountycasa.org. View additional information session dates in this flyer.

You can also follow King County Dependency CASA on Facebook and Instagram for updates, upcoming information sessions, and program highlights.

Community members and King County employees are invited to join in honoring our nation’s foremost human rights leader and King County’s namesake, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The theme for the 2026 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration is “mentorship”, and the accompanying quote by Dr. King Jr. is “We must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.”

The event will feature remarks from Executive Girmay Zahilay, an MLK Proclamation by Council Chair Sarah Perry, the honoring of Larry Gossett Service Award Recipient, Blackpast.org, and refreshments.

• Thursday, Jan. 15, from 5 to 6 p.m. Pigott Auditorium, Seattle University, 901 12th Ave. Seattle, WA 98122. 

For more information, visit the Celebration website.