Thanks for the tips. That's what the drive-up ATM at US Bank in The Junction looks like after someone went after it overnight. The police call log shows it was reported around 6:30 this morning; no other details available yet. This bank's drive-up ATM has been targeted before; so … | Continue reading
10:19 PM: SPD and SFD are responding to what’s at least the third reported crash on the West Seattle Bridge today. This time, a texter says, it’s an SUV that crashed into/near the “Welcome to West Seattle” sign on the westbound side of the Fauntleroy end. One vehicle, according t … | Continue reading
If you enjoy growing vegetables – and helping others – here’s a way to do both this spring. It’s a new effort called Heron’s Nest Sprouts, and it’s offering free plant starts later this month for would-be giving gardeners. Here’s how organizers explain what’s planned – and what’s … | Continue reading
After three days of registration for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2023 - 9 am-3 pm Saturday, May 13 - we're up to 75 registered sales for the 17th WSCGSD! Sellers promise as wide a variety of stuff as ever - kid stuff, grownup stuff, collectible stuff, bric-a-brac, knic … | Continue reading
9:25 PM: Police are closing California SW at Brandon for a collision investigation. Updates to come.9:31 PM: A witness says this was an incident involving a woman walking, hit by a driver, who remained on scene. The witness says the victim was injured but conscious. It's reported … | Continue reading
Reported by Nick: “We’ve got brown water in our taps. Started after 5 pm tonight. Near Madison Middle School (48th and Spokane).” It’s been reported to Seattle Public Utilities (206-386-1800 if it ever happens to you); no nearby outages on the SPU map currently. | Continue reading
(Sunday photo by James Bratsanos) Here’s what’s up for the rest of your Monday, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar: NEW LIBRARY SCHEDULE: Today’s the first day of new hours for Seattle Public Library branches, as previewed here. BABY STORY TIME: Speaking of libraries … | Continue reading
When we first reported last month on plans for the spring Duwamish Alive! multi-site habitat restoration/cleanup event, the full list of West Seattle opportunities was still a work in progress. Now with less than two weeks to go, there are four West Seattle sites still accepting … | Continue reading
In West Seattle Crime Watch tonight:STOLEN PICKUP: Sent by Jack:Woke up today at 2 am and my 1997 white Chevy pickup, license plate C16787P, was stolen. This is a old truck and easily recognized by the heavy damage on passenger door and also the bed of truck. If found or seen, p … | Continue reading
We often feature school fundraisers, most commonly for sports or music. Tonight, we have a teacher seeking a community boost for an arts project. From “Ms. A” at Chief Sealth IHS: Hello, West Seattle community! In the Chief Sealth International High School Art Department, in our … | Continue reading
From Washington State Ferries:Due to lack of Coast Guard documented crew, the #2 Sealth will be out of service after the 5:20 p.m. Southworth departure. The vessel will tie up at the Vashon terminal and the route will operate on the #1 vessel schedule for the remainder of the eve … | Continue reading
We photographed that display at the Fauntleroy Community Association's annual Food Fest last week - it was set up to promote tomorrow's FCA Spring Egg Hunt. All are welcome to come to the Fauntleroy Schoolhouse (9131 California SW) Saturday, 1-4 pm, to look for eggs with (non-can … | Continue reading
As we do most years, we’re building a list of Easter/Holy Week/Passover services in West Seattle. Several local faith institutions already have sent their info, but we’d welcome more – date/time/brief description, email to westseattleblog@gmail.com. (And if you have special activ … | Continue reading
Jak’s Grill is revealing a new community-minded mural this Thursday, March 30th, 2023, 6PM at its 4548 California Avenue location. That depiction of an early-20th-century streetcar is at the heart of West Seattle’s newest mural, “Birth of the Junctions.” It’s on a wall inside JaK … | Continue reading
6:03 AM: Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 30th. WEATHER & SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES The forecast for today: Partly sunny, high in the 50s, showers possible tonight. Sunrise 6:52 am, sunset 7:36 pm. OPENING DAY If you travel through SODO, be aware that it’s Opening Day for the Marine … | Continue reading
Your next chance to get up and dance - while helping local students - is just four nights away! In case you haven't seen it the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar listing yet, here's the invitation:The Madison Music Boosters would like to invite students, their families, and communi … | Continue reading
Big Seattle Fire response to the 3500 block of West Marginal Way [map], coded as a “confined-space rescue.” Firefighters have told dispatch that it’s an injured person in a 200-foot barge in a space that’s only accessible via a two-foot-wide opening. They say they’re “working on … | Continue reading
Thanks to the texter who just told us about discolored water near 40th/Oregon. They've contacted Seattle Public Utilities - 206-386-1800 if this happens to you - and they aren't working any breaks at the moment (none on the SPU map either), so they speculated it might be Seattle … | Continue reading
(WSB photos)> Baseball and softball season-openers continue this afternoon as West Seattle Little League‘s season-opening jamboree concludes, with more than 800 players and 68 teams participating. Saturday we stopped by the softball venue, Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex (2 … | Continue reading
In case you haven't already seen it in the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar, this year's chance to visit a local fire station is Saturday, April 1st, noon-2 pm, when Fire Station 37 (35th/Holden) will roll up the doors and host a Fire Safety Fair. Here's what SFD says you will be … | Continue reading
We present volunteer opportunities when we hear about them, but some people have yearned for a central opportunity to connect with ways to help. A new one is coming up – West Seattle Nursery plans to present “Doing Good in the Neighborhood” volunteer fairs next month. Here’s how … | Continue reading
4:06 PM: SFD and the Coast Guard are responding to what's reported as a boat colliding with a dock in the 1300 block of Spokane St. Updates to come.4:09 PM: Texter (who sent the photo) describes this as 'runaway crane barge' hitting a marina.4:22 PM: No injuries reported. SFD has … | Continue reading
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor Seattle Public Schools plans to stake its future on “well-resourced schools” – but hasn’t settled yet on what exactly they are. That’s one of the takeaways from what turned out to be a relatively short online community meeting about the di … | Continue reading
Streets are blocked off around the area beneath the south end of the 1st Avenue South Bridge, as the encampment cleanup begins. We reported last week that the long-planned cleanup was scheduled for this week, so we went down this morning to see if it had begun. We couldn't get cl … | Continue reading
It wouldn't be St. Patrick's Day without a look at the mysterious green stripe that leprechaun(s) refresh every year along 41st SW north of SW Admiral Way. This year, the photos are courtesy of a reader who got an aerial view via drone.Who does this? That remains a mystery - and … | Continue reading
Tonight at the Alki Community Council meeting, Southwest Precinct Operations Lt. Dorothy Kim said auto theft is the one category of crime that’s continuing to rise, here and citywide. And tonight we have two vehicle-theft reports to start a late-night West Seattle Crime Watch rou … | Continue reading
11:06 PM: SPD and an SFD “rescue extrication” response are arriving at a crash that is described as blocking Delridge both ways in the 4700 block [map]. Updates to come. 11:09 PM: One person is reported to be out of the vehicle. No major injuries, firefighters told dispatch. | Continue reading
(WSB photo, ferries seen from Lincoln Park at midday earlier this month) Though Washington State Ferries has said it doesn’t expect to be able to restore the “Triangle Route” to three-boat service until later this year, it has added some sailings starting this week. Here’s the an … | Continue reading
With another six weeks to go for the State Legislature, our area’s three legislators are planning an online town hall Tuesday (March 14th) for updates and Q&A. State Senator Joe Nguyen and State Representatives Joe Fitzgibbon and Emily Alvarado represent the 34th Legislative Dist … | Continue reading
A one-of-a-kind event happens Saturday night at historic Kenyon Hall – the century-old silent movie telling the “Snow White” fairy tale, accompanied live by a Vashon Island musician’s 21st-century harp and viola score. Here’s what it’s all about: Everyone knows Disney’s classic a … | Continue reading
(WSB photo, Sunday in Sunrise Heights) After two more water-main breaks in West Seattle on Sunday and Monday, following the two on Thursday, we had a few followup questions for Seattle Public Utilities. Here’s the reply we received today from SPU spokesperson Sabrina Register, in … | Continue reading
One month ago, in the latest quarterly update on Terminal 5 in West Seattle, the Northwest Seaport Alliance reported that shore-power use at T-5 was imminent. But that month has passed, and it hasn't happened. As noted here back in November, first the delay was attributed to labo … | Continue reading
Thanks to the texter who sent the photo of Alki Beach’s newest tree – another palm, at 59th/Alki. It’s been nine years since Seattle Parks‘ planting of palms on Alki drew a lot of attention; our subsequent followup included Parks’ explanation that they were planted in a spirit of … | Continue reading
We recently spotted that Halloween holdover in Highland Park, costumed as a Girl Scout Cookies promoter. Until now, it’s just been advance/online cookie-sales time, but starting Friday, cookie booths will pop up around West Seattle (and of course elsewhere) for in-person purchase … | Continue reading
The photo and request are from Caroline:Over the weekend, while visiting the Senior Center of West Seattle, I came across these crocheted snowflakes. They were selling for $1 each.I thought about the time and love that someone out into making them and decided that the best outcom … | Continue reading
Readers at tonight's Bruce Springsteen concert at Climate Pledge Arena report The Boss showed some love to the West Seattle Food Bank again, as he did six years ago. A texter says the WSFB got a shoutout from the stage at the end and a pitch to donate - if you weren't there but w … | Continue reading
It’s been the most popular business-related question in the WSB inbox for weeks: When is the Westwood Village McDonald’s reopening? It closed six months ago for what a corporate spokesperson told us would be a “major transformation.” At least from the outside, the work has appear … | Continue reading
Congratulations to the West Seattle High School girls' basketball team for a strong season. It ended far from home this afternoon, with a 47-45 loss to Lynnwood in a state-tournament regional game at Arlington High School. According to writer Doug Petrowski's tweets from the game … | Continue reading
1:36 AM: Seattle Fire is headed to a possible house fire in the 2300 block of 41st SW. Dispatch says “resident reports a basement fire” and that “four adults are evacuating.” Updates to come. 1:40 AM: First crews on scene say they’re seeing only “light smoke.” | Continue reading
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor We often hear from people upset about RV encampments. We seldom hear from the people who live in them. Tonight we talked with an RV resident because of this: Last night, that note was called to our attention on Twitter by local “mutual aid … | Continue reading
If you have a preschool-age child, this is for you. The announcement was sent by the Greater Seattle YMCA (parent organization of longtime WSB sponsor West Seattle YMCA): Ready for Kindergarten? By KCLS & YMCA of Greater Seattle Wednesday, February 22; 2:00 pm-3:00 pm Join us onl … | Continue reading
Keith Hughes, who runs the West Seattle Veteran Center and the emergency shelter hosted inside it, is “Washingtonian of the Day.” Governor Jay Inslee and First Lady Trudi Inslee traveled to West Seattle this morning to present the award in person. Here’s our video of the short ce … | Continue reading
Jesse hopes to get these postcards to their rightful recipients:We got these postcards a few days ago from Andrew addressed to Mary Kay and Mat, and Mom and Dad. There's no one here in the building by that name, so I figured I would reach out to see if any of the blog readers mig … | Continue reading
(WSB file photo) Though the stolen-car-magnet encampment by the 1st Avenue South Bridge was the central topic of tonight’s Southwest Precinct Crime Prevention Council meeting, another encampment is the subject of our first headline from the meeting: City rep Tom Van Bronkhorst to … | Continue reading
King County Elections didn’t update results today because of a power problem, according to its website. So the newest numbers remain the ones posted Wednesday. But here’s one we haven’t looked at yet – the “other” election in which voting ended Tuesday night – the “online ballot … | Continue reading
(WSB photo, Wednesday, Cove Park entrance) Just in – the King County Wastewater Treatment Division says Fauntleroy beaches have reopened “after water quality testing over consecutive days showed safe results.” As reported here Wednesday morning, the beaches were closed because of … | Continue reading
(WSB photo, Tuesday morning) The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged the man accused of setting the two-alarm fire Sunday that damaged at least six apartments including his own in South Delridge. 35-year-old Ermiyas N. Woldearegay is charged with one count of fi … | Continue reading
Some got flowers for Valentine's Day. Some got jewelry. Sara got ... a replica of the West Seattle Bridge. She and her Valentine emailed us late tonight to tell the story:We thought we’d share our valentine to which other West Seattleites might relate. Sara lives in West Seattle. … | Continue reading