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Christmas: What's Open, What's Closed

Christmas is Tuesday and is recognized as a federal holiday. Here's what you need to know to get around the week of Christmas.

Christmas is being observed Tuesday. Here's what you need to know to get around during the week.

If you are traveling this weekend, check out the Washington State Department of Transportation web pages to plan your route. Be sure to check traffic and weather conditions along Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass, US 2 at Stevens Pass, Interstate 5 near the U.S./Canadian border and I-5 between Olympia and Tacoma.

There are still family activities over the holidays. The Castle Ice Arena is open Christmas Eve from 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. and Christmas Day from 2-6 p.m. As always, Clam Lights will be shining at Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park.

Here is a list of what’s open and what's closed:

Renton City Hall is closed Monday, Dec. 24 and Tuesday, Dec. 25. It will reopen Wednesday, Dec. 26.

Renton Technical College is on winter break. 

Renton School District is on winter break.

King County government: Closed Tuesday, Dec. 25.

US Postal Service: Closed Tuesday, Dec. 25.

King County Library System is closed Monday, Dec. 24, and Tuesday, Dec. 25.

King County Metro transit: Reduced weekday service on Monday and will operate on a Sunday schedule on Tuesday. Transit also will be on reduced weekday service during the “winter holiday period” Dec. 26-28. Routes to the University of Washington are closed during winter break.

Sound Transit: Express buses will operate on regular weekday schedule on Monday, Dec. 24, and Sunday service on Tuesday, Dec. 25. Sounder trains will run on a reduced weekday schedule on Monday with no service on Tuesday. Tacoma Link will operate on a Sunday schedule on Monday and Tuesday. Central Link will run on a Saturday schedule Monday and Sunday schedule on Tuesday. Sounder will run special event service to the 5:20 p.m. Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers game on Sunday, Dec. 23. For a schedule of Sounder game day service, please go to www.soundtransit.org/seahawks.

State of Washington: Closed Tuesday.

Washington State Ferries: Routes will operate on revised and holiday schedules.

Federal government: Closed Tuesday.

Banks: Many, if not most, will be closed Monday and Tuesday. Check your local branch.

Garbage and Recycling: Garbage and recycling will be on its regular schedule in Renton on Monday. There will be no collection Tuesday.


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Richard Bray May 10, 2013 at 02:00 am
The City Council recommended to KCLS that a Library Entrance over the Cedar River be kept. I lookRead More forward to KCLS acting upon this recommendation about what our community has asked for all along--a library that we can be proud of.
Kendall Watson (Editor) April 19, 2013 at 04:46 pm
@rentonben it may be pleasing to the sense of aesthetics, but maintaining food at room temperatureRead More for too long (2 hours) is potentially dangerous, according to the CDC. The CDC also reports that each year, about 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases — which it characterizes as a "preventable health problem" http://www.cdc.gov/features/befoodsafe/
rentonben April 19, 2013 at 03:19 pm
The one regulation that stood out to me as being particularly "American" is the one aboutRead More noodles "not being cold enough." I've been all over Asia and Europe, and leaving noodles out in room temperature is generally considered the right way to protect their texture and flavor. I almost don't want to comment on this story, as I don't want to bring a spotlight on these good people minor problems. I'm more that willing to give them a second chance.
Kendall Watson (Editor) April 18, 2013 at 06:42 pm
Very interesting, Rentonben. They sell food in a similar way in the Philippines at roadside placesRead More called "carinderias". But those places that are keeping food out with no control over temperature appeared to be very much "at your own risk" sorts of places (things tend to be very much less "regulated" in the PI). If we didn't see them bringing out the food from the kitchen to the table or tray at these places, we avoided them, as we had no idea how long the food had sat out in the afternoon shade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) actually urges avoiding these establishments altogether. http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/philippines.htm
Richard Bray April 12, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Great letter David! As you said we expect that a reasonable priced, full size library basic designRead More will be among the ones and that KCLS will present on Monday. Residents expect to be treated with respect by KCLS.
Sara M. DuBois April 12, 2013 at 07:56 am
Well put, David Keyes, well written. I sincerely hope that Renton's Mayor Law and the City CouncilRead More are considering all that Mr. Keyes has stated, remembering that their constituents here in Renton are the most important ones to continue considering. That KCLS's Board of Trustees is only secondary to we citizens, because we arw the ones that must ultimately be satisfied with the results of these alternative plans.
Michelle Peterson April 12, 2013 at 12:33 am
The KCLS is a fabulous catalog and resource to our family. I never had access to any of the materialRead More I regularly access today, thanks to the anexation. I have borrowed books for research on Sanskrit and Yoga that have come from far reaches of the county. My family has enjoyed music and movies that we otherwise never would have. I have listened to many audio books while walking my dogs hours and hours around this beautiful city. I love being a part of the King Co Library System and would be truely heartbroken were we to loose it. Renton has never had such resources alone as we do being a part of a greater system. Please, please, please, keep KCLS. It's the catalog, not the building that matters!!
Dave Beedon April 9, 2013 at 06:31 pm
Good letter, Stuart. I hope the City and KCLS can get together to solve this issue.
mthrship March 25, 2013 at 12:51 pm
Hi Kerrick, Strangely enough, this plan looks like they took the BIG 5 plan and tried to fit itRead More onto the deck of the current library. Many of the items talked about in the Renton Reporter article aren't the only way to go. And, that article seems to be a direct response to residents protesting KCLS' high-handed and money-wasting tactics. As usual, KCLS has given residents one solution. And, it's the one KCLS said they most feared! Why drizzle on and on about avoiding environmental impact and then produce a design that's not only a dead loss for residents in terms of service area and stack space, but will set off every flag KCLS wanted to avoid? Because they're not dealing in good faith with Renton. On the face of it this design looks like a very real attempt to walk away from what voters said they clearly wanted. KCLS is trying to make the possible impossible and has given no valid rationale to date.
Dave Beedon March 24, 2013 at 02:30 am
The City of Renton must pay for building or renovating its its two libraries. KCLS is in charge ofRead More developing new building designs. KCLS should be concerned about the opinions of the people paying for the new library, but it is ignoring the two critical design issues (space and entrance) mentioned repeatedly by residents. Is this “serving the public interest”? The proposed design eliminates about 30% of the current floor space by demolishing the section abutting the pedestrian bridge. That eliminates the entrance over the river and affects the space available for services. What becomes of the delightful children’s area if that portion of the building is demolished? The building would better serve the community if it added meeting rooms and study rooms. More computers might also be beneficial. But how can these things be provided if the library is made smaller? The City will either accept or reject the proposed building design next week, after KCLS’s Open House on the 26th. A majority of the City Council has not shown support for our concerns about the library. If you want your tax money spent well, please come to the City Council meeting on Monday, March 25 and tell the City that it must reject KCLS’s proposed building design. If you don’t want the library’s wonderful character destroyed, come to KCLS’s Open House at the library on Tuesday the 26th and stand up to an organization whose motto could be “we have to ruin the library to improve it.”
David A. Keyes March 24, 2013 at 12:57 am
Kerrick is spot on with her points here! Her single letter describes accurately and eloquently moreRead More reasons for you to attend Monday's Council Mtg & Tuesday's "design presentation" than KCLS's Ptacek and his ill-informed 'communications' specialist could distort or diminish in twenty interviews to the local rag. By the way, the drawings Kerrick references were delivered to the City three weeks ago on 3/1, and titled, in part, "...100% SD". "SD" standing for Schematic Design. These are scaled drawings the architecture and engineering consultants have workied on since at least early November. The submission is significant enough that, if accepted by our City Council, it will establish "Final Design" direction under the ILA, for the remainder of the project. Ask yourself why KCLS Director Ptacek and his staffer, Ms. Brand, would claim in the Reporter interview that this work to be presented Tuesday is "nowhere near the design phase."? Is it possible that they simply want to assuage your concerns? Or that by doing so, imply you really need not bother to attend...? ATTEND! ASK questions of the consultants! If the response given is no answer or makes no sense, say so and REPEAT THE QUESTION!. Ask what ALTERNATIVE solutions were explored! Do not accept for a moment any statement that your question will be answered at to a later date. Presently we own this Library. It is still ours. As Taxpayers, WE are the ones paying for the decisions of KCLS & Council .