Hot off a gloomy spring and halfway through a dreaded Juneuary, the thirst for a raincoat-free day lake- or oceanside is very real.
But even once sunny skies return, a couple of recent announcements by Seattle Parks and Recreation are cramping dreams of floatie swimming and firelight volleyball at some of our city beaches.
First came the news that two sunset-watching magnets, Golden Gardens and Alki Beach, will shut down at 10pm through September 4, a cut back from the typical 11:30pm closing time of years past.
The truncated hours arrived in response to dangerous and illegal late-night activities on these beaches—incidents that cropped up last
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