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Tonight’s pandemic-related toplines:

KING COUNTY’S NUMBERS: From the Public Health daily-summary dashboard:

*18,877 people have tested positive, up 53 from yesterday’s total

*712 people have died, up 1 from yesterday’s total

*2,198 people have been hospitalized, up 16 from yesterday’s total

*344,954 people have been tested, up 1,376 from yesterday’s total

One week ago, those totals were 17.980/696/2,115/327,109.

STATEWIDE NUMBERS: Find them here.

WORLDWIDE NUMBERS: Find them here.

BRIEFING TOMORROW: For an update on the statewide situation, watch the weekly media briefing with the state’s COVID-19 response leaders tomorrow (Wednesday) at 2 pm; it’ll be streamed here.

WEST SEATTLE TESTING: With the new site at Southwest Athletic Complex opening Friday, you should be able to make an appointment starting tomorrow – when the link appears on this city webpage.

NEED FOOD? This week, 2-5 pm Friday is when you can drive up or walk up to get a free box of food at Food Lifeline‘s HQ (815 S. 96th).

GOT SOMETHING TO REPORT? westseattleblog@gmail.com or 206-293-6302, text/voice – thank you!

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WEST SEATTLE RESTAURANTS: 1 closing, 1 reopening

| West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

Two restaurant notes:

CHACO CANYON ORGANIC CAFE: The vegan restaurant at 3770 SW Alaska in The Triangle says it’s shutting down “until further notice” after Sunday. They’re inviting fans to come say goodbye before then; their announcement says, “We’re extremely proud of how many tasty recipes we tried and how many amazing customers we took care of; however, we are beyond sad that this chapter is over.” They’ll be open 10 am-5 pm daily through Saturday, 10 am-3 pm on Sunday.

BE’S RESTAURANT: The longtime Junction eatery (4509 California SW) has reopened, 8 am-2 pm daily, with a “limited menu that consists of breakfast food, burgers, and Vietnamese lunch options.” Plus: “Brunch cocktails from The Alley” (which is next door). Reservations are available by phone, 206-937-1110, or email, beskitchen1986@gmail.com.

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The no-parking signs you REALLY don’t want to try ignoring

August 25, 2020 6:59 pm

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| Transportation | West Seattle news

Though the city hasn’t gone back to fully enforcing all parking restrictions yet, here’s one sign you do NOT want to ignore: The no-parking sign on Fauntleroy Way alongside Lincoln Park. The photo is from Ian, who emailed to say: “I live across from Lincoln Park and have seen an increase in towing over the last two weeks of cars that parked in the ferry line after 2 pm. As I type this I’m watching a family of 5 trying to arrange pickup after their vehicle was towed. I can see both sides of this, there are plenty of signs stating it’s a tow away zone, but there’s also no ferry traffic to speak of. Paying to recover a towed vehicle isn’t cheap especially in these economic times.” He counted 7 towed vehicles today alone, and suggested a PSA to remind people about the restrictions – no parking 2-7 pm weekdays, 9 am-3 pm weekends.

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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Car and e-bike stolen in the same neighborhood, and vandalism nearby

August 25, 2020 4:17 pm

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| Crime | West Seattle news

Three West Seattle Crime Watch reports. First, two thefts in the same Gatewood neighborhood:

STOLEN CAR: From Franci: “Red 2015 Subaru Forester. License plate is AWC6225. Police report is 20-249328. The only blemish is paint missing from the back of the driver’s-side mirror.” Call 911 if you see it.

STOLEN E-BIKE: Lauren says this happened along the same alley near California/Webster: “My bike was stolen out of a closed garage last night, sometime between midnight and 4:30 AM. RadRover Step-Thru, white, no battery in place. Only a few months old.”

And a short distance to the southwest, this happened early Monday evening:

CAR VANDALIZED: From Ava:

On Fauntleroy and Rose, someone broke my daughter’s car window. It is a small Nissan Versa. Why would someone do this? Please let me know if you hear of someone having seen (it) or taken a video.

No hint of how the window was broken – no rock or projectile found inside.

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Outer Space Seattle, offering ‘learning pod’ child care: Welcome, new WSB sponsor!

August 25, 2020 3:01 pm

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| West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

Outer Space Seattle is joining the WSB sponsor team with a new offering. Here’s what they would like you to know:

Starting Tuesday, September 8th, Outer Space Seattle, on Alki, is offering Learning Pod Child Care for elementary-age kids, Kindergarten to 5th grade.

There is a lot we cannot control in the world, as this pandemic has taught us. But we can control how our children experience it. This is an opportunity for your child to NOT be on screens for 6 hours a day. This is an opportunity for your child to have social connections, and emotional support. This is an opportunity to explore the beach and make messy art projects. This is an opportunity to play, and to be a kid.

We are not only providing child care. We are proving a happy, safe space for your children, and establishing their new normal.

And with that, we are excited to announce that we will now be operating as a learning-pod location for elementary-age students, grades Kindergarten to 5th. We are hiring two experienced teachers to lead their pods. Our teachers will assist in logging on and off of remote learning, and assist the full curriculum of reading, math, and science. One teacher to 8 children. There will be a limit of two classes (16 kids) at Outer Space Seattle at a time. This allows us to maintain social distancing while following health and safety guidelines provided by the CDC and Department of Health. Masks will be required for the duration of all children and staff at Outer Space Seattle.

Our 5-day program will be closed pods, meaning the same 16 kids will be there in the morning, and the same 16 kids will be there in the afternoon. All families must adhere to following the COVID-19 guidelines and self-quarantine if traveling out of state.

Following the sample schedule provided by Seattle Public Schools, we will be offering a Morning Session or an Afternoon Session. See example below:

MORNING SESSION 8:30 am-12:15 pm
Earth & Mars Class: (two classes of 8 kids, 1:8 ratio)
8:15 Doors open

8:30-9 am Check-in/ Community Building

9-10 am ELA Instructional Block: Mini-lesson, independent reading, embedded Social-Emotional learning, Read Aloud, small group reading instruction, shared reading, writing about reading and conferring/feedback with student readers, Special Education/504 supports and services*

10 am-10:30 am Recess/Break

10:30-11:30 Math Instructional Block: Mini-lesson/direct instruction, independent work time, small group math instruction, teacher conferring/feedback with individual students, Special Education/504 supports and services*

11:30 am-12:15 pm Art/Music/P.E./Library Special Education/504 supports and services*

12:15 pm STUDENT PICKUP

Sanitation and Cleaning of Outer Space Seattle

AFTERNOON SESSION 1:00 pm-4:45 pm
Jupiter & Saturn Class:(two classes of 8 kids, 1:8 ratio)

1:00-1:30 pm Social Studies/Science/STI (Washington State Tribal History, Since Time Immemorial)

1:30-2:30 pm Small groups and independent offline learning (asynchronous)

Special Education/504 supports and services*

2:30-3:00 pm Family Connection

3:00-4:45 pm 2 hours of free play/beach (Art/Music/P.E./Library)

4:45 pm Pick Up

Sanitation and Cleaning of Outer Space Seattle

List of school supplies for Outer Space Seattle: Face mask, Headphones, tablet or device, personal curriculum, packed lunch or snack, weather-appropriate clothing.

For Outer Space Seattle enrollment/information, go here!

We thank Outer Space Seattle for sponsoring independent, community-collaborative neighborhood news via WSB; find our current sponsor team listed in directory format here, and find info on joining the team by going here.

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LOWMAN BEACH: Racket-court meeting online tomorrow

August 25, 2020 2:32 pm

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| West Seattle news | West Seattle parks | WS & Sports

(2012 Lowman Beach aerial photo – pre-Murray CSO Project – by Long Bach Nguyen

Reminder that tomorrow night is when you can find out about, and comment on, plans for a racket court at Lowman Beach Park. In case you missed the first announcement, this one’s from Parks:

While we cannot meet in person right now, your input is important to us! Seattle Parks and Recreation(SPR), Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, and Seattle Sports Complex Foundation invite the community to participate in an online meeting on August 26, 2020 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm to learn about the challenges and opportunities of locating a new racket court at Lowman Beach Park. (Here’s the link – password lowmanbeach – or call 206-207-1700; for both, the access code is 146 008 1942.)

At Lowman Beach Park, 7017 Beach Dr. SW, the existing court will be removed as part of the Shoreline Restoration and Seawall Replacement project. A new racket court will provide recreation experience for all ages and will be ADA accessible. The community has come together to explore options to install a racket court because the existing one needs to be removed as part of the restoration project. Funding for the planning and design of the racket court is provided by the Department of Neighborhood Matching Fund.

The Lowman Beach Park seawall began to fail in 2015 and needs to be addressed. As visitors to the park have seen, the existing seawall is slowly falling over/sliding towards the water. SPR’s goal is to remove the existing seawall and continue the shoreline restoration work that began when the south half of the seawall failed in the mid-1990s and was removed.

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FOLLOWUP: Longfellow Creek death investigated as hit-run homicide

August 25, 2020 12:12 pm

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| Delridge | West Seattle news | West Seattle police

(WSB photo, Monday night: Evidence markers placed during investigation)

We first told you last night about an investigation near Longfellow Creek after a man was found dead. Today, we followed up with police, and they’ve just released this update:

SPD Homicide and Traffic Collision investigators were called to West Seattle Monday evening after a 34-year-old man was struck and killed by a driver.

Around 6 pm, a resident in the 6500 block of 25th Avenue Southwest called 911 and reported a possibly deceased person in some bushes on the street. Police arrived, located the 34-year-old man, confirmed he was deceased, and contacted witnesses in the area.

At this point in the investigation, detectives believe the driver intentionally struck the victim, killing him. The driver then fled the scene.

If you have any information about this incident, please call 206-233-5000.

This happened near where 24th/25th meet, west of Delridge Way – here’s a map.

ADDED 12:30 PM: The not-yet-publicly-identified man is West Seattle’s second homicide victim of the year (not counting the suitcase-bodies victims, who were killed in Burien); the first was 41-year-old Jana Layman, whose roommate is awaiting trial in her January murder.

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LAST CHANCE: Final feedback opportunity for Reconnect West Seattle projects

August 25, 2020 10:57 am

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| Transportation | West Seattle Bridge Safety Project | West Seattle news

That’s the top 10 list of community-prioritized traffic-easing projects for Highland Park, Riverview, South Delridge, and Roxhill, emerging from the Reconnect West Seattle survey process. As mentioned at last week’s West Seattle Bridge Community Task Force meeting (WSB coverage here), you have one last chance to speak up if you have a comment or concern about the list, and tomorrow is the deadline for that. SDOT says two of the “priority” projects are already done – #3 and #4, left-turn pockets and signal changes at 16th/Holden – and another is in progress – #9, signal changes at Delridge/Orchard. The others are set to “advance to project development,” except for #2, road repairs, planned for “implementation” by year’s end. (For reference, here’s the original list that went out for prioritization.) If you have feedback on those – or the South Park, Georgetown, SODO, freight, bicycle project lists linked here – WestSeattleBridge@seattle.gov or 206-400-7511, by day’s end tomorrow (Wednesday, August 26th).

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TODAY: 3 Tuesday notes

August 25, 2020 8:59 am

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| West Seattle news | WS miscellaneous

(Recent sunset, photographed by Marc Milrod)

Three notes for your Tuesday:

LIBRARY EXPANDS CURBSIDE SERVICE: Noon-6 pm, the High Point branch of the Seattle Public Library (3411 SW Raymond) offers curbside service – and starting this week, you can place new holds on up to 25 items. Here’s how it works.

STREETCORNER DEMONSTRATION: As announced:

Black Lives Matter sign waving

Tuesday Aug 25th, 4 to 6 pm, corner of 16th SW and SW Holden

Thursday, Aug 27th, 4 to 6 pm, 16th and Holden

Come show support for BLM and ending systemic racism. Hold signs, meet
neighbors and stand for racial justice. Scott at PR Cohousing, endorsed
by Hate Free Delridge. Signs available.

THEATER TICKETS: Starting today, ArtsWest is offering tickets to “Temporary Occupancy,” described as “a digital immersive performance piece that explores isolation during a time of isolation – inventing new modes of performance in the process.” Go here to find out more about it and to get tickets.

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ROAD WORK, TRAFFIC, TRANSIT: Tuesday watch, 23rd week of West Seattle Bridge closure

August 25, 2020 6:07 am

| Comments Off on ROAD WORK, TRAFFIC, TRANSIT: Tuesday watch, 23rd week of West Seattle Bridge closure

| West Seattle news | West Seattle traffic alerts

6:07 AM: It’s Tuesday, the 155th morning without the West Seattle Bridge.

ROAD WORK/CLOSURES

*Major work continues along Delridge Way for the RapidRide H Line prep project, and part of south Delridge Way will be closed this weekend (August 29-30) – here’s the newest bulletin detailing where crews are working this week and how that affects traffic/access.

*Reminder: More pavement repair is expected to close part of 44th SW between Edmunds and Alaska again this weekend.

CHECK THE TRAFFIC BEFORE YOU GO

Here’s the 5-way intersection camera (Spokane/West Marginal/Delridge/Chelan):