Police and city leaders @ SW Precinct Advisory Council, and more for your West Seattle Tuesday

(Alki during Monday’s sunrise, photographed by John Graham)

Here’s our reminder list for your Tuesday, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

POSTCARDS4DEMOCRACY: Weekly advocacy gathering, until noon at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor). Sign up here before you go, if you’re a first-time participant.

ROTARY CLUB OF WEST SEATTLE: Noon lunch at West Seattle Golf Course (4470 35th SW), featuring a guest from the WSU School of Medicine.

CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays 1:30-3 pm, at the Center for Active Living (4217 SW Oregon). All levels welcome. (Questions? Email conwell@conwelld.net.)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING: 2 pm, weekly meeting, open to public comment in person or online. The agenda explains how to watch/participate.

HOMEWORK HELP: 4-5:45 pm at High Point Library (3411 SW Raymond), volunteers are available to help K-12 students with their homework.

DROP-IN WINE TASTING: 5-7 pm Tuesdays at Walter’s Wine Shop (4811 California SW) – $10 fee, $5 off with bottle purchases.

DEMONSTRATION FOR BLACK LIVES: Long-running weekly sign-waving demonstration on the corners at 16th/Holden. 5-6 pm. Signs available if you don’t bring your own.

WEST SEATTLE TAE KWON DO: 6 pm at High Point Community Center (6920 34th SW), first class of the month, all levels welcome.

WEST SEATTLE RUNNER TRACK RUN: More daylight for evening runs, as sunset approaches its latest point – tonight at 6:15 pm, meet at West Seattle Runner (2743 California SW; WSB sponsor) for WSR’s free weekly track run.

SOUTHWEST PRECINCT ADVISORY COUNCIL: 6:30 pm at High Point Neighborhood House (6400 Sylvan Way SW), the quarterly meeting for the community to hear from and talk with local police. Plus special guest panel with City Attorney Ann Davison, City Council president Sara Nelson, and community-safety leader Natalie Walton-Anderson from the mayor’s office. All welcome. (Afternoon update: We’ve just learned Davison won’t be there after all.)

TOASTMASTERS 832: Work on your leadership and speaking skills with this group meeting online and in person, 6:30 pm at Brookdale West Seattle (4611 35th SW).

MAKE POTTERY: Weekly 6:30-9 pm “girls’ night” at pottery studio The Clay Cauldron (5214 Delridge Way SW), sign up in advance to work on your project(s).

WOMEN’S MEDITATION CIRCLE: Weekly small-group event at Mama Be Well Healing Studio (4034 California SW), 7 pm. Our calendar listing has details on signing up before you go.

BINGO X 2: Play free Tuesday night Belle of the Balls Bingo at The Skylark, 7 pm. (3803 Delridge Way SW) … Talarico’s Pizzeria also offers 8 pm bingo (4718 California SW).

TRIVIA X 4: Here’s the answer to the question “who’s got trivia in West Seattle Tuesday nights?” – The Beer Junction (4711 California SW) has Sporcle Pub Quiz with David at 7 and 8 pm … 7 pm at Ounces (3803 Delridge Way SW), free and hosted by Beat the Geek Trivia; 7 pm at Zeeks Pizza West Seattle (6459 California SW), hosted by Geeks Who Drink; 7:10 pm at Admiral Pub. (2306 California SW).

WATER TAXI ADDS SAILINGS: ICYMI our other mentions, tonight’s the first weeknight the West Seattle Water Taxi adds sailings – 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 pm from downtown – for Mariners’ home games.

Organizing an event, class, performance, gathering, etc.? Tell your West Seattle neighbors via our event calendar, from which we draw our daily lists too – just email info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

norsegirl June 3, 2025 (10:29 am)

What a lovely photograph.

ltmmgm June 3, 2025 (1:27 pm)

Pretty in Pink!

Cid June 3, 2025 (1:35 pm)

John, What a gorgeous photo of the sunrise! Thanks for sharing.

Jay June 3, 2025 (2:09 pm)

Yesterday there was a 3-car police response to my house for a “Drive Slow Children Playing” sign. Nothing happened, just one of the neighborhood speeders beefing and calling the cops. I can’t make the meeting as I’m taking care of a toddler tonight, but I would be grateful if someone could bring that up that issue and ask how the police decide to prioritize such a sign vs say… the high volume of gang violence, reckless driving and speeding, the copper thieves burning the toxic plastic wrapping off of stolen romex wires in a huge green copper flame bonfire next to the bridge, constant rush hour red light runners at the crosswalk where Robb Mason was killed, or many other serious issues facing our community. But while this was all going on yesterday, the Southwest Precinct decided it was a good allocation of resources to tie up three vehicles and half a dozen officers looking at a sign on 18th Ave and not even doing anything about it. I bike commute daily and the trash fires to burn the coatings off of copper wires is giving me respiratory issues.

WSB June 3, 2025 (2:35 pm)

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The precinct does not decide who it dispatches. The 911 dispatchers, who are part of an entirely different department, do. So that’s who your question would be for. I’ve never heard a dispatch “for a sign” but there was some traffic enforcement going on yesterday, just one car though; three would suggest there was some reason to require backup, like a threat, a weapon, or …
Derp June 3, 2025 (2:57 pm)

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The police don’t make the decisions where signage goes. That would be SDOT. You are all over the board on a few issues, are you ok ?
Anne June 4, 2025 (9:10 am)

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Get a grip.

WSB June 3, 2025 (2:36 pm)

General note: Ann Davison has canceled for the police/community meeting. But if you have a City Attorney’s Office-related question, the SW Precinct liaison will be there.

T June 3, 2025 (3:10 pm)

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No surprise there. As terrible as she is at her job, she’d only embarrass herself more by showing up and taking questions from the public.