day : 09/12/2007 9 results

We patrol Craigslist every day or two to keep an eye out for anything unusual that’s West Seattle-related. Nothing’s really jumped out for a while – till the pug saga. Apparently there’s a missing pug out there somewhere. The latest ad seems gentle and desperate — talking about a lost pug and a heartbroken child. But it’s the same dog featured in this extremely gruff ad from five days earlier, directly addressing a suspected thief and snarling, “We are closing in on where you live, pal … Give him up, you bastard!” Then, between those two postings, was the appeal to the heartstrings, featuring baby pictures of the dog in question. Certainly desperation can be the parent of creativity; good luck finding the pug.

West Seattle Christmas lights, 12/9/07

December 9, 2007 9:12 pm

| Comments Off on West Seattle Christmas lights, 12/9/07

| Holidays | West Seattle Christmas lights

Thanks to Katie for e-mailing to tell us about this house in North Admiral (west side of 45th SW, south of SW Seattle). This is a camphone photo; the real thing is exponentially more festive. It’s the latest addition to our clickable, photo-embedded West Seattle Christmas lights map, viewable any time on our WSB Holidays page.

Share This

Reader Recommendation Request: Chimney repair

December 9, 2007 5:31 pm

| 4 COMMENTS

| Reader recommendations

Since the burn ban (see previous post) won’t last forever … Rick needs recommendations:

Can anyone recommend a qualified chimney repair person, i.e. tuck point and
cap repair/replace? Thanks.

If you have someone to suggest, please post a comment; previous RRRs are archived here.

Share This

Don’t throw another log on the fire

December 9, 2007 3:11 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| Environment | West Seattle news | West Seattle weather

The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency just implemented a burn ban throughout King County (and Pierce and Snohomish) – so no fires unless that’s your only way of staying warm. Here’s what the burn ban means, and why it was called.

Share This

“West Seattle Art Attack” strikes again

December 9, 2007 1:33 pm

| 1 COMMENT

| West Seattle news | West Seattle people | WS culture/arts

What a night last night turned out to be — not just because of the Christmas Ship, but also because “West Seattle Art Attack” and accompanying elves (explanation and background here if you need it) struck again. Here are a few of the pix that arrived with the WSAA communique:

Share This

Fire callout at 3435 California Ave

December 9, 2007 10:40 am

| 3 COMMENTS

| West Seattle fires | WS breaking news

ORIGINAL 10:40 AM POST: Just getting reports and pictures. Will have something up in a couple mins. 10:42 UPDATE: First photo from WSB contributing photographer Christopher Boffoli. He says California is closed here because of all the firefighting equipment. This is near California/Spokane (map).

Another view of where the street was blocked off comes in this photo from Jerry (thank you!):

10:55 UPDATE: This building is home to a salon and insurance agency among other businesses; here’s a picture from a leasing-agency site. Here’s 2 more photos from Christopher, in which you get a better look at the ground floor of the building. We’re listening to scanner communication – doesn’t sound like a huge fire, which is good news.

Christopher reports no smoke smell or visible damage. We’ll let you know if/when we find out anything else.

Share This

Sorry for the downtime

December 9, 2007 10:38 am

| 4 COMMENTS

| West Seattle online

Our hosting company had an outage this morning that, judging by our logs, rendered WSB inaccessible for about an hour and a half. Please forgive us. It’s normal for any website to have the occasional flutters but if we ever intentionally plan on something long like that, we will forewarn you; thanks to the people who e-mailed to be sure we knew WSB was out of commission. Now, on with the day; sounds like other areas got some snow but so far we’ve been spared – here’s the newest forecast. 1:36 PM ADDENDUM: The hosting company says there may be intermittent problems for a while. So if you wander by and see the Internet equivalent of this … know we’ll be back soon (here’s hoping).

Share This

A dose of prevention is worth a pound of cure

December 9, 2007 7:02 am

| 1 COMMENT

| Delridge | West Seattle news

Quick reminder that the county Public Health Department‘s free flu-shot clinic in West Seattle is happening today: 10 am-2 pm, Delridge Community Center.

Share This

Reader report: Gas station smashup

December 9, 2007 12:26 am

| Comments Off on Reader report: Gas station smashup

| Crime | West Seattle news

From Chris (thank you!):

I visited the gas station/convenience store at 35th and Barton earlier today, and the front wall of the store had been smashed in. The owner said it was a car sometime in the night, probably stolen. The store was open and he had a crew there making repairs, so I guess the business won’t be interrupted, but it must be costing him quite a lot of money.

We’ll go over to have a look in the morning.

Share This