The Terence Blanchard Quintet will headline the 2010 Bellevue Jazz Festival presented by First Tech Credit Union at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, June 3-6. Festival packages and individual tickets went on sale Thursday.

In addition to Blanchard, featured artists include: The Bad Plus, Pat Martino, Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes plus Sachal Vasandani Quartet Seattle and the Repertory Jazz Orchestra also featuring the Bellevue Jazz Festival Rising Stars.

The Terence Blanchard Quintet will headline the 2010 Bellevue Jazz Festival presented by First Tech Credit Union at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, June 3-6. Festival packages and individual tickets went on sale Thursday.

In addition to Blanchard, featured artists include: The Bad Plus, Pat Martino, Bill Charlap and Renee Rosnes plus Sachal Vasandani Quartet Seattle and the Repertory Jazz Orchestra also featuring the Bellevue Jazz Festival Rising Stars.

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A unanimous City Council on Monday endorsed a shorter tunnel for the future East Link light rail segment in downtown Bellevue. The tunnel alternative is intended to maximize ridership, shave light rail travel times and avoid congestion on heavily used city streets.

One of the most wired cities in the Northwest is pursuing an offer by Google to make super-fast Internet service available to homes and business in the community -- at speeds up to 100 times faster than the current standard.

The City of Bellevue has announced it will seek to become a test site for a project by Google, the Internet search giant, to offer super-fast, fiber-optic broadband service at a competitive price for up to 500,000 people.

Hugh Jennings is an expert birdwatcher, tracking them in his backyard and at the Lake Hills Greenbelt for more than 20 years. Jennings is a "community treasure," featured in the March episode of the "It's Your City" television show now airing on channel 21.

Other stories include an interview with the Bellevue Arts Museum's new director of curatorial affairs and tips on how to live safely with cougars, coyotes and bears in the general neighborhood.

Questionnaires for the 2010 census began going to residents this week. The City of Bellevue is working with the U.S. Census Bureau to encourage everyone to answer the 10 quick questions in the form and mail it back.

The city has produced a video translated into six languages and will host a community forum at Crossroads Bellevue on Wednesday, March 24.