Tough night for both West Seattle High School basketball teams at the King County District 2 3A playoffs. Both played at Bellevue College, and both lost. This afternoon, the girls fell to Bishop Blanchet, 55-48, and tonight, the boys lost to Eastside Catholic, 54-48. Both get one … | Continue reading
(Tonight at sunset – photo by David Hutchinson) Will those clouds bring snow? Or maybe these? (Tonight at sunset – photo by James Bratsanos) Here’s the latest on tonight’s possibility, from the National Weather Service: Rain showers, snow showers and a slight chance of thundersto … | Continue reading
For the third time in less than three weeks, police are investigating a reported robbery at a West Seattle Junction bank/credit union. Police are at Sound Credit Union (4730 California SW). So far the robber has been described by dispatch as a (updated 5:05 pm) white man, late 20 … | Continue reading
Yet another big spring/summer event will be back this year. It's the only one we at WSB actually coordinate as well as publicize - West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day will be on the second Saturday in May as usual, so this year that's Saturday, May 13th. If you're new, that's … | Continue reading
Thanks to Lynn Hall for tonight's sunset photo! We're continuing to watch the forecast for the week ahead - and a bit of snow is still mentioned as a possibility tomorrow night and overnight Wednesday into Thursday. Nothing major, but worth keeping on your radar. (Last year, we s … | Continue reading
If you’re a frequent WSB reader, you likely know that during football season, we feature galleries of readers’ bird photos. While we’ve gone back lately to spotlighting birds one at a time in our daily “what’s happening” lists, Jamie Kinney suggested joining in “Superb Owl Sunday … | Continue reading
Everyone knows about 911. What about 211? People in West Seattle's five zip codes made 2,200 calls to the help hotline in the past year, according to stats you can check here. Today's an awareness-raising day for the service, according to this news release we received:Saturday, F … | Continue reading
(SDOT photo) A two-part advisory/update from SDOT regarding the low bridge: Between 1 AM Saturday, February 11 and 5 AM Wednesday, February 15, maritime vessels will have limited access under the Spokane St Swing Bridge to navigate the Duwamish Waterway. We do not expect impacts … | Continue reading
6:02 AM: Good morning! It’s Wednesday, February 8th. WEATHER Some sunshine expected today, high near 50. TODAY’S TRANSIT STATUS –Metro is on its regular schedule, but still canceling some trips, as its fleet is not yet back to full strength, so keep watching notification channels … | Continue reading
We've been talking in morning traffic coverage about truck backups outside local cargo terminals. This came up at today's meeting of the managing members of the Northwest Seaport Alliance - Seattle and Tacoma port commissioners - and the ultimate reason for the backups are not be … | Continue reading
(Photo by Merry Nye) From the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar, here’s today’s highlight list! MONDAY MOVIE: 1 pm at Senior Center of West Seattle (4217 SW Oregon), “Terry’s Greatest Movies You’ve Never Heard Of,” today featuring “A Stolen Life.” Free popcorn! Advance registration … | Continue reading
By Tracy Record West Seattle Blog editor It’s not just the official Washington state sport. It’s not just a hobby. Pickleball is an addiction. That’s what we heard multiple times this afternoon while visiting the weekly Westside Pickleball League takeover at the Chief Sealth Inte … | Continue reading
West Seattle author Ari B. Cofer is publishing a new collection of poetry and prose, “Unfold,” on Tuesday (February 7th). Her book is described as “a poetic, aching, and hopeful retelling of realizations made while on the journey to healing from both loss of love and loss of self … | Continue reading
With spring just weeks away, youth-sports leagues are getting ready for this year’s fun. Among them, West Seattle Little League, which is welcoming softball players this year too. Next weekend, WSLL offers two clinics for players who’ve signed up for the upcoming season: WSLL is … | Continue reading
(WSB photo, November 2022) Three months ago, we photographed Animated Café founder/proprietor Melanie (aka “Ana“) just after her coffee stand moved to 4518 Fauntleroy Way SW. Today, she has a new cause for celebration: It’s been exactly one year since she opened (originally at 35 … | Continue reading