PHOTOS, VIDEO: Record turnout for 10th anniversary Loop the ‘Lupe, including high-profile participants

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That’s the start of the first wave of the first event in today’s record-setting 10th annual Loop the ‘Lupe at Walt Hundley Playfield – the “Elite Wave” taking on the only obstacle-course 5K in Seattle city limits, with bonus obstacles. The “Family Wave” of the obstacle course featured high-profile participants – here are two of them:

(WSB photo by Oliver Hamlin)

Mayor Katie Wilson and her daughter Josie joined in. City Councilmember Rob Saka told us he had invited her – we photographed him with Loop the ‘Lupe director Brian Callanan:

(WSB photo by Oliver Hamlin)

One more elected official ran in Loop the ‘Lupe – state Attorney General Nick Brown (unfortunately no photo). In all, 781 people were registered for today’s event, the most ever. Now some scenes from the main event, the obstacle course itself:

(OBSTACLE COURSE PHOTOS BY OLIVER HAMLIN)

Also along the way – runners got squirted by Scouts:

Top two Elite Wave finishers were 17-year-old Lute Williams and 18-year-old Blake Thomas:

Loop the ‘Lupe features two non-5K events – a short walking course geared toward seniors, the Silver Saunter:

(PHOTOS FROM HERE BY TORIN RECORD-SAND)

And the events concluded with the Kids’ Dash:

Medal presentations, too – including this team whose name got a callout from emcee Seaver Radovich earlier, as the first team name in which he’d ever encoutered alliteration with the letter “U” – the Uterus Unicorns:

(They’re in women’s medicine, you might have guessed.) You can see all the results here. One more note – as always, Loop the ‘Lupe was one big party, and that included a barbecue, reason enough to have come to the field even if you weren’t running:

Loop the ‘Lupe benefits community and social work done by Our Lady of Guadalupe, which is just west of the field where all the fun unfolded today. WSB was media sponsor again this year; you can see all the sponsors here, including four that are also WSB sponsors (West Seattle YMCA, The Mount, Lake Washington Physical Therapy-West Seattle, and O’Neill Plumbing).

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PHOTOS: West Seattle High School alums gather for 2026 All-School Reunion

June 6, 2026 7:04 pm

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(PHOTOS BY DAVE GERSHGORN FOR WEST SEATTLE BLOG)

Three hours of remembering and reconnecting are just wrapping up at West Seattle High School, where alumni from many years gathered for the annual All-School Reunion.

Above, WSHS Alumni Association president Karen (Seamens) Dobbs and Nancy (Rutherford) Sleight led attendees in singing the historic alma mater song. Memorabilia was on display as usual:

And more-modern logos adorned school merch offered for sale:

Along with gathering in the commons …

… people also gathered class by class in smaller spaces including classrooms and the library:

Every year the 50th-anniversary class is spotlighted – that meant this year was the turn for those who graduated in the bicentennial year, 1976. You can read what various classes’ alums are up to – and about this year’s two Hall of Fame inductees – in the latest issue of the Alumni Association publication, the Chinook.

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PHOTOS: Westside Pickleball League’s ‘Rally on the Rock’ raises $ for Chief Sealth IHS Athletics

June 6, 2026 6:20 pm

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(PHOTOS BY OLIVER HAMLIN FOR WEST SEATTLE BLOG)

Some of the 130+ players who competed in the Westside Pickleball League‘s “Rally on the Rock” tournament today went home with medals like that.

Players also went home with the knowledge that they not only had fun, but also supported students. The all-day tournament at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex raised money for Chief Sealth International High School Athletics, and this year included youth players – 15 and under – for the first time, league co-founder Rosina Geary told WSB. That meant competitors spanned a wide range of ages:

The support for CSIHS included two $2,000 scholarships donated to the Class of 2026. And Sealth supportred the tournament too, with student-athletes and coaches volunteering.

Today’s tournament was the end of the league’s fourth year of play (we first wrote about it 3+ years ago). Year five will start this fall – watch the league website for updates.

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UPDATE: SFD ‘full response’ for fire in 3000 block 60th SW

June 6, 2026 3:00 pm

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3 PM: Seattle Fire has a “full response” going to a townhouse in the 3000 block of 60th SW [vicinity map], and SPD is blocking streets near the scene. Updates to come.

3:04 PM: Arriving units report lots of smoke coming from one unit at a two-story residential building – but then as we typed this, they report “the fire appears to be out, by occupant” and are downsizing the response.

3:41 PM: Our crew talked with SFD on scene.

They traced the fire to a heater and say damage is minimal; no one was hurt.

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WEEKEND SCENE: White Center Pride’s 2026 Street Festival

June 6, 2026 2:49 pm

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2:49 PM: As we type this, it’s pouring in White Center, but the White Center Pride Street Festival has been going “all out” in keeping with this year’s theme, and drawing lots of visitors. We were there for photos just before the rain.

This (downpour) too will pass, eventually, and the festival – on 16th between Roxbury and 100th – is scheduled to continue until 8 pm, so there’s plenty of time left for the fun, which includes three DJs, a bouncy house, bull-riding, wrestling later outside Lariat Bar, and performances. The beer garden is outside The Lumber Yard, and there’s plenty of food at WC restaurants (including WSB sponsors Big Mario’s Pizza and Alpine Diner).

3:13 PM: One more photo for now, and some additional ones later: The Lumber Yard’s aforementioned beer garden took the downpour in stride:

8:45 PM: As promised, here are additional photos of what our photographer saw at the festival:

The restored Welcome to White Center sign was an attention-getter. So was Metro’s Pride-themed bus:

Rainbow umbrellas were perfect for the on-off rain:

Things got bubbly too:

And the beats went on:

Some pets showed off in style:

This was the seventh annual festival presented by White Center Pride!

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WEST SEATTLE WEEKEND SCENE: Greasy Peeps car show at WSHS

June 6, 2026 1:33 pm

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Those are some of the cars (and trucks, and motorcycles) on display right now in the West Seattle High School lot (3000 California SW) during the Greasy Peeps student club’s annual car show. Community members are here showing off their vehicles too, like Don and his Spirit of America edition 1974 Chevrolet Nova hatchback:

Ernie is here with a 1958 Olds:

The show is scheduled to continue until 3:30 pm.

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WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Car prowler

June 6, 2026 12:36 pm

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Reported via email:

Last night (3am), there was a car prowler in the North Admiral neighborhood (near Hiawatha Playfield).

I did make a police report (no report number yet), but wanted to share with you all as well. I did catch most of it on my ring camera, but could only get one image that includes his face (attached). Wasn’t deterred by my cameras or motion sensor lights.

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PHOTOS, VIDEO: Grand Opening Day 1 at Thunder Road Guitars

June 6, 2026 10:30 am

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10:30 AM: “Enter the House of Thunder!” That was the amplified invitation minutes before 10 am, after the ceremonial ribboncutting (shown above), for the customers lined up down the block to enter the new Admiral home of Thunder Road Guitars (2611 California SW; WSB sponsor).

Until 6 tonight, and again 10 am-6 pm tomorrow, the store is offering discounts and giveaways to celebrate, as detailed here. More photos later!

(PHOTOS FROM HERE ARE BY OLIVER HAMLIN FOR WEST SEATTLE BLOG UNLESS OTHERWISE CREDITED)

4:43 PM: As promised, more photos. First, the jubilation of the ribbon-cutting, which was hosted by (at right) Rachel Porter of the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce; participants included, as he had told us during our sneak-peek visit, the family of TRG proprietor Frank Gross, plus Chad Beeler of co-housed The Bass Shop (WSB sponsor), and District 1 City Councilmember Rob Saka, among others:

Frank noted that TRG started as a home-based business in an apartment not far from the new location – with “five guitars and a website” – and “a dream” for His shoutouts included Will York, who runs TRG’s Portland outpost:

Chad talked about meeting Frank long ago, when he was in a different usic-focused business, and how years later they teamed up.

Now they’re both in a big new space that drew a big line of people excited to be the first to get in this morning:

(WSB photo by Tracy Record)

Among the early shoppers was Olivia, testing out a Novo guitar by playing “Crazy on You” by Heart.

Frank and Chad had told us the other day that they hope the new space’s proximity to schools will inspire more young musicians.

Again, the grand opening celebration continues on Sunday.

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WEST SEATTLE SATURDAY: 38 notes!

June 6, 2026 6:07 am

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(Friday sunset photo by Beth Jackson – sunset tonight is at 9:03 pm)

Welcome to June’s first weekend! Here are our highlighted happenings for today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:

TRAFFIC ALERT: As previewed here, a big reason to stay on-peninsula besides all the events below – northbound I-5 is closed from I-90 to NE 45th all weekend.

RUN WITH WEST SEATTLE RUNNER: Meet up at West Seattle Runner (2743 California SW; WSB sponsor) by 8 am for today’s free group run.

FREE PRENATAL FITNESS CLASS: 9 am at Alki Statue of Liberty Plaza with FIT4MOM. (61st SW and Alki SW)

FREE MEDITATION: For a calming start to your Saturday, check out Heavily Meditated, 9 am free meditation at Inner Alchemy Studio/Sanctuary (3618 SW Alaska).

BENEFIT PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT: The Westside Pickleball League‘s “Rally on the Rock“ is raising money for Chief Sealth IHS Athletics. Registration closed but cheer them on, 9 am-6 pm at Nino Cantu SW Athletic Complex (2801 SW Thistle)

BENEFIT PLANT SALE: 9 am-3 pm plant sale to raise money for health research. (3703 SW 107th)

INTRODUCTORY WALK and WALKING FOR WELL-BEING: 9:30 am, walk a mile before the 10 am well-being walk (or just show up for that one). Both start from 47th SW and Fontanelle.

(WSB photo from our preview visit to TRG’s new home)

THUNDER ROAD GUITARS GRAND OPENING, DAY 1: 9:45 am ribboncutting at new Thunder Road Guitars/The Bass Shop (WSB sponsors) location (2611 California SW) starts the first day of the weekend-long celebration! “Massive giveaways,” discounts, much more including Fundamental Coffee and Top Pot Doughnuts for those in line plus early customers, also Elliott Bay Brewing proprietor Todd pouring 1-3 pm, full details in our calendar listing.

DELRIDGE FARMERS’ MARKET: New season, new location! 10 am-2 pm, shop for fruit and vegetables, prepared food and beverages, artisan body care, more … (9th SW and SW Henderson)

RICE, BEANS, & HAPPINESS POP-UP: 10 am-2 pm at Milpa Masa (3416 SW Webster),

LOG HOUSE MUSEUM CLOSED: Monthlong closure now under way to prepare for new exhibit.

SSC GARDEN CENTER: 10 am-3 pm, open today with sale on native plants! North end of campus at South Seattle College (6000 16th SW; WSB sponsor)

MASTER GARDENERS AT DELRIDGE HOME DEPOT: Saturdays, 10 am-2 pm – take them your toughest garden questions and get free expert answers! (Delridge/Orchard)

SINGALONG BRUNCH: 10 am both weekend days at Admiral Pub, sing to classics – table reservation includes a brunch buffet! (2306 California SW)

MORNING MUSIC AT THE COFFEEHOUSE: 10:30 am-noon at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor), Marco de Carvalho and Friends perform. Info about Marco’s music is here.

FREE WRITING GROUP: 10:30 am today – free, weekly, in-person, critique-free group – details including location are in our calendar listing.

HABITAT IN YOUR GARDEN: 10:30 am with Garden Hotline at High Point Library (3411 SW Raymond) – free, registration required.

LOOP THE ‘LUPE: 11 am at Walt Hundley Playfield (34th SW and SW Myrtle) is the first start of four events – obstacle course 5K, non-obstacle 5K run/walk, seniors’ walk, kids’ dash – with last-minute registratiion open at 10 am if you haven’t signed up in advance! Even if you’re not running/walking, show up for barbecue, music, fun times, Rain or shine.

ALKI HISTORY WALKING TOUR: 11 am departure from outside Log House Museum (61st SW and SW Stevens).

SPRAYPARK SEASON: The season continues at the Highland Park Spraypark (1100 SW Cloverdale), 11 am-8 pm.

FAMILY READING TIME: Every Saturday at Paper Boat Booksellers, 11 am family reading time. (4522 California SW; WSB sponsor)

WHITE CENTER PRIDE STREET FESTIVAL: Noon-8 pm, White Center’s annual party in the streets is themed “All Out” this year – all welcome to 16th SW (closed to vehicle traffic south of SW Roxbury)

FOOD TRUCK/BEER GARDEN POP-UP: Noon-7 pm, new event at Super Deli Mart (35th SW and SW Barton), parking lot pop-up for the Heart in Seoul food truck plus beer garden.

GREASY PEEPS CAR SHOW Noon-3:30 pm at West Seattle HS (3000 California SW) as previewed here.

COLMAN POOL’S FIFTH WEEKEND: Noon-7 pm, fifth preseason weekend begins at the outdoor pool on the shore at Lincoln Park; the daily season starts one week from today. (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)

VIETNAMESE CULTURAL CENTER: Community visitors welcome noon-3 pm at the West Seattle Vietnamese Cultural Center (2236 SW Orchard).

BE READY! Free “Household Preparedness” info event at High Point Library (3411 SW Raymond), 1-3 pm. (If you miss this, here’s your next chance!)

VISCON CELLARS TASTING ROOM/WINE BAR: Tasting room open, with wine by the glass or bottle – 1-6 pm at Viscon Cellars (5910 California SW; WSB sponsor).

PRIDE EVENTS AT MR. B’S MEAD CENTER: 1-5 pm Pride Art Market, 6 pm to close A Queer Night of Performances, at Mr. B’s Mead Center (9444 Delridge Way SW), no cover.

NORTHWEST WINE ACADEMY TASTING ROOM, WINE BAR, STORE: Open 1-6 pm on north end of South Seattle College (6000 16th SW; WSB sponsor) campus:

The Northwest Wine Academy Tasting Room and Wine Bar offers student-produced wines, tasting flights, and casual food pairings while supporting hands-on winemaking and hospitality education. Each tasting and purchase directly contributes to student production, education, and training opportunities.

FASHION EVENT: 3-7 pm at Welcome Road Winery (3804 California SW; WSB sponsor), first of two days – “The Wardrobe Edit: Two closets. Hundreds of beautiful finds. One weekend only. Sizes XS–XL. Apparel, shoes, handbags, and accessories. Most pieces are new with tags, like new, or worn only once.” Details in our calendar listing.

WSHS ALL-SCHOOL REUNION: The As previewed here, 4-7 pm gathering at West Seattle High School (3000 California SW) for all alums (and current students).

MUSIC AT THE COFFEEHOUSE: 6-8 pm, Circle of Songs, unplugged, at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor).

BASEBALL: Home opener for the DubSea Fish Sticks at Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center, 6:35 pm, vs. Washington Athletics. Sold out but check for future tickets here!

LISTENING PARTY AT EASY STREET: 7 pm, hear Death Cab for Cutie‘s new music, at Easy Street Records, free, all ages (4559 California SW).

LOCAL BAND AT THE SKYLARK: Doors at 7 pm, music at 8 pm, West Seattle band Panic Grass with Living with a Bear, Lost in the Sound, 21+, $10/door. (3803 Delridge Way SW)

REVELRY ROOM SPINNING: 9 pm, Jules Esquire for Prince’s Birthday Jam. (4547 California SW)

SATURDAY NIGHT SKATING: 9 pm to midnight, skate at Southgate Roller Rink (9676 17th SW), with rotating DJs spinning old-school funk & hip-hop, $18 (plus $5 skate rental).

KARAOKE AT TALARICO’S: Close out your Saturday night with Rone at 10 pm at Talarico’s Pizzeria. (4718 California SW)

If you’re planning a West Seattle event that’s open to the community, tell us about it; calendar listings are free of charge, always! Please email info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!

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