Police Search for Missing Boy, Elizabeth Smart to Speak at YES Fundraiser, and More of This Week's Highlights

Here are some of the top stories and some others you may have missed in the past week on Bellevue Patch:

The mother of Sky Metalwala, 2, told Bellevue police that she left the boy in her car when she and her four-year-old went to get help after she ran out of gas in the 2400 block of 112th Avenue Northeast Sunday morning.

State Route 520 Bridge reopened Monday morning after the weekend closure and after the installation of girders for the future lid at 84th Avenue Northeast. Another major closure is slated for December to install girders at 92nd Avenue Northeast.

The mother of 2-year-old Sky Metalwala told police she was taking the boy to a hospital because he was sick.

The 56-year-old victim was identified as Arville James Chappell of Port Orchard.

A shoe that was found Thursday near the scene of Sky Metalwala's disappearance does not belong to the boy, police told KOMO 4 TV.

Elizabeth Smart, the victim of one of the most followed child abduction cases of our time, will deliver the keynote address at the Bellevue-based Youth Eastside Services' fundraiser next spring

This week, I-1183 passes, Italianissimo introduces new wine promotion, Efeste fall releases featured at RN74, and the Wine Pick of the Week.

Despite steady rain and occasional gusts of wind, a small crowd gathered at Sunset Hills Memorial Park in Bellevue to honor veterans on Friday at a ceremony hosted by Redmond-based VFW #2995.

Police say search-and-rescue teams came up empty-handed in their efforts late Saturday in the search for a Redmond boy at Marymoor Park in Redmond.