Police investigating multiple 911 calls about suspected gunfire in High Point have found evidence. The reports came in just before 9:30 pm, and officers have since reported finding 16 shell casings. (updated) This was described as a “drive-by shooting” in the 5900 block of 32nd SW; no report of any injuries so far, but according to what officers told dispatch, at least one vehicle might have been damaged, in addition to one caller reporting “bullets inside her house.”

WEST SEATTLE HALLOWEEN: Another three to see!

October 29, 2023 9:28 pm

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On this Halloween-Eve-Eve, three more West Seattle displays to show you, starting with this one at Ashley‘s house:

We have a Halloween display at 7019 14th Ave SW. We have a giant spider named Garth, a giant skeleton names Indiana Bones, and a humorous mausoleum.

There are several other decorated houses on 14th and Myrtle.

A texter sent this photo of macabre marine life in a window along 34th north of Thistle:

And not only did Alki Mail & Dispatch (47th/Admiral) send this photo from their spirited in-store display, customer Al tipped us about it too:

Though this hectic Hallo-weekend is wrapping up, we still have some Halloween-night info to add to the Halloween Guide – and there’s one more big pre-Halloween event tomorrow, the Fall Fest at West Seattle High School – check back!

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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Theft leads to spill response; found laptop in bag, possibly stolen/dumped

October 29, 2023 7:39 pm

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Two reader reports tonight:

GAS THEFT BRINGS SPILL RESPONSE: Sometimes if a parked car is broken into or damaged, and someone other than its owner calls police, the owner will later find an SPD card. Today, Jeff found his car with a card from a different city department:

My gas tank on my truck was drilled and they stole the gas. Someone called City of Seattle in the middle of the night to investigate a leak and they found it to be my truck. I was parked just North of Genesee on 44th Ave SW. They put a temp patch on it and a drip pan and left a note.

Hope everyone is on the lookout.

FOUND BAG WITH LAPTOP: Maybe stolen and dumped, maybe somehow “just lost,” but whatever the case, Brenda hopes to find the owner:

I found a bag with a MacBook and car keys, note pad, etc but there’s no name or number anywhere.

She found it in the street near California/Othello. If yours, email us – westseattleblog@gmail.com – and we’ll connect you with Brenda.

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WEST SEATTLE HALLOWEEN SCENE: SUPs replace brooms on Witches & Warlocks Paddle

October 29, 2023 6:10 pm

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Another one-of-a-kind West Seattle Halloween event today – thanks to Jeff Jones for sending photos from the Witches and Warlocks Paddle!

With costumes and standup-paddleboards, the participants headed out onto Elliott Bay from the Seacrest area.

Maari Falsetto of Inner Alchemy Treasures & Transformation organized it.

This is the third year for the Halloween paddle, which Maari said was intended to “cast a spell of JOY and FUN.”

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ROAD-WORK ALERT: Crew to work overnight Monday in Highland Park

October 29, 2023 4:09 pm

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An overnight-road-work from SDOT for tomorrow night/Tuesday morning:

We are removing the existing traffic markings and painting new ones at the Highland Park Way SW and SW Holden St intersection. This process requires special equipment that is noisy, and we will be working outside our normal construction hours.

When
Monday, October 30 | 7 PM – 5 AM. Please note: This work is weather and temperature dependent, so we may need to shift the date.

What to Expect
We will be running equipment that sounds like a giant vacuum, but no vibration or banging is expected. Noisy work will be done by 10 PM. Alternating traffic lanes will also be closed, but there will always be one lane open for cars to get through.

Other major components of the Highland Park Way/Holden project are due for installation in the next few months, including the public art – a giant Steller’s Jay – and permanent signal.

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WEEK AHEAD: Cruise-ship season ends Monday

October 29, 2023 2:36 pm

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(Norwegian Sun, photographed in 2018 by Carolyn Newman)

When Elliott Bay-watchers see that ship head out tomorrow (Monday, October 30th) from Pier 66 downtown, they’ll be seeing the end of this year’s Seattle cruise season, according to the Port of Seattle. The 2,000-passenger-capacity Norwegian Sun is scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning after a 10-day Alaska cruise and head out at 4 pm tomorrow on a 20-day “repositioning voyage” that’ll take it down the Pacific Coast to the Panama Canal and eventually to the Bahamas. In a media advisory, the port says this season “brought a record 1.7 million revenue passengers, or over 800,000 unique passengers through Port of Seattle cruise terminals, on 291 homeported cruise voyages.”

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AS-IT-HAPPENED COVERAGE: Trick-or-treating and more at Halloween in The Junction

October 29, 2023 10:58 am

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(WSB photos, video unless otherwise credited)

10:58 AM: Halloween in The Junction is on! The costume parade, led by the West Seattle High School Marching Band, will soon leave Junction Plaza Park and head around the Farmers’ Market, then around the extra block that’s closed for today’s celebration, California between Alaska and Edmunds. Trick-or-treating is getting under way – find candy outside participating businesses as well as at booths south of Alaska. The Seattle Thrillers are set to perform at noon, and there’s a surprise performer – The Bubbleman is here.

We’re helping hand out candy (while it lasts!) near Walk-All-Ways. See you here!

11:20 AM: The parade is over (added: video) …

(Photo by Holli Margell)

… and the trick-or-treating has ramped up.

11:50 AM: Huge turnout. Hundreds of pieces of candy already distributed. (We’ve gone to the store in search of more.) In the booths here on California south of Alaska, you’ll find local schools and organizations with treats and activities, like Westside School (WSB sponsor):

And Tilden School (WSB sponsor):

Coming up: Thrlllers perform here at Walk-All-Ways at noon.

12:19 PM: Many creative costumes!

Everything stopped dead in its tracks, of course, when the Seattle Thrillers started their show:

They’re also doing a slow-speed audience-participation version:

The Bubbleman – who’s emerged from retirement – remains here close to our booth, with low-key bubbly fun:

The party’s on until 2 pm. (And yes, we found more candy.)

12:45 PM: The pace has slowed. More time to appreciate the costumes!

If we were judging, we’d have to say this multi-holiday family wins:

And we have to go out on another candy run!

1:31 PM: New phenomenon this year – non-costumed adult trick-or-treaters. (Hey, the free candy’s for everyone!) Meantime, we should note that it’s not just those of us who have been hanging out in the street who are handing out treats – your Junction businesses are at the heart of this, long before it turned into a block pqrty – this is presented by the West Seattle Junction Association! It’s an especially big day for kid-oriented businesses, like Curious Kidstuff:

And 3 Little Birds:

And a visiting-for-the-day business, from south of The Junction – West Seattle Nursery:

Thanks to everyone who’s stopped to say hi, too!

2 PM: Party’s over, as somebody just said. We’ll be adding video and more photos later.

7:19 PM: Still in the process of doing that. Meantime, regarding the comment discussion about leaving Alaska open to cross-traffic this year, Marco says he emailed WSJA and executive director Chris Mackay has replied that they’ll definitely return to doing that next year.

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West Seattle Junction and North Delridge trick-or-treating, Halloween paddling, free art workshop, more for your Sunday

October 29, 2023 6:16 am

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Anybody rocking a troll costume for Halloween? In today’s featured photo, Lincoln Park’s troll Bruun Idun gets a visit from the Northup family’s bearded dragon Athena. Thanks to Ashley for sending the photo! … Meantime, this is another two-part list day, starting with events from the WSB West Seattle Halloween Guide, topped by the big celebration in The Junction:

HALLOWEEN IN THE JUNCTION, An extra block of California SW, between Alaska and Edmunds, will be closed to motor-vehicle traffic for Halloween in The Junction. The trick-or-treating event starts with the West Seattle High School Band-led costume parade at 11 am, and continues until 2 pm – look for participating merchants all around The Junction, as well as treat and activity booths on California between Alaska and Edmunds.

Here are the other Hallo-weekend events:

FRISBEE: West Seattle Ultimate Frisbee Family‘s sixth annual Halloween Game, 10 am. Bring treats to share! Prize for best costume. Walt Hundley Playfield (34th/Myrtle).

HALLOWEEN PADDLING: Witches and Wizards Paddle, 11 am from north beach at Seacrest (1660 Harbor SW) – bring your own board – details in our calendar listing.

FALL FEST: West Side Presbyterian Church Fall Fest, 4-6 pm, activities and chili. Costumes welcome. (3601 California SW)

NORTH DELRIDGE TRICK-OR-TREATING: Combat Arts Academy (5050 Delridge Way SW) invites families to a trick-or-treat event, 4-6 pm. RSVP requested – info is in our calendar listing.

SPOOKY SHOW: Nightfall Orphanage, spooky experience at 4544 51st Place SW, 7-10 pm each night (extended hours Halloween). No admission charge, but charity donations requested – food or funds.

And from the year-round WSB West Seattle Event Calendar, the rest of what’s happening today/tonight:

WESTIES RUN CLUB: Now they’re running on Sunday mornings too – meet at 9 am at Dough Joy Donuts (4310 SW Oregon).

SOUTHWEST ARTIST SHOWCASE: Community art still on display at Southwest Library (9010 35th SW), open 10 am-6 pm.

WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: 10 am-2 pm, the market is open as usual between SW Alaska and SW Oregon on California, offering fall fruit and vegetables as well as flowers, cheese, fish, meat, baked goods, condiments, fresh-cooked food, beverages (from cider to kombucha to beer/wine), nuts, more. Here’s today’s vendor list. The market will be in its usual location on California north of Oregon, with the Halloween celebration centered in the block south.

PEGASUS POP-UP: Last day. Pegasus Book Exchange is celebrating its “40th-ish” anniversary with a pop-up at California/Oregon – book and merch sales 11 am-6 pm.

‘BALANCE DUE’: All are welcome as Admiral Church (4320 SW Hill) starts a three-part series on “Balance Due: The Price the Duwamish Paid for Seattle’s Development,” 12:30 pm. More info here.

FREE ART WORKSHOP: Drop-in workshop in printmaking and watercolor with artist Eileen Jimenez at Southwest Library (9010 35th SW), all ages, no registration required, 1-3 pm (but you can stop by for just part of the time).

FISHING: 2 pm at Emerald Water Anglers (4502 42nd SW; WSB sponsor), “Tim Arsenault of Bridge Fishing products will be joining us in the shop for the release of his much-anticipated Torrent Spey Head. Tim will be talking about his philosophy on line design and spey casting.”

BOOK/FILM CLUB: 3 pm, monthly gathering of the West Seattle Classic Novels (and Movies) Book Club at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor): “Discussion of two novellas by Henry James: ‘The Turn of the Screw’ (1898; 138 pages) and ‘The Aspern Papers’ (1888; 106 pages).” All welcome.

LIVE MUSIC: Also at C & P, five-woman band Moon Candy performs, 3-5 pm,

SUNDAY NIGHT JAZZ: Triangular Jazztet at The Alley (4509 California SW), 8 pm and 9 pm sets.

Something for our calendar – one-time or recurring? Or for our upcoming West Seattle Holiday Guide? Email us the info – westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

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