Parking scams

Consumer affairs reporter Candace Heckman looks at game-day parking scams in the neighborhoods surrounding Safeco Field and Qwest Field.

The story includes a handy infographic offering tips on how to tell if a potential spot is on private property or city-owned land. It can be hard to tell because some streets in Sodo don't have sidewalks.

Candace tells me that the only way to tell for sure is to look at aerial photographs of the neighborhood and overlay them with tax parcel boundaries using King County's iMap service. But that's probably not something most people are equipped to do while hunting for parking.