West Seattle, Washington
23 Friday
(WSB file photo)
1:02 PM: We reported in July on a project planned for that site in the 5000 block of Delridge Way SW, listed as Puget Park Flats, with 29 units planned for “affordable homeownership,” to be built by Habitat for Humanity. Today the city announced a new round of housing-project grants, almost $14 million, and this project is getting a share of that – we have a message out to the city to ask exactly how much. The city announcement says the 29 units will include 17 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units. The site has been vacant for years but once held a triplex.
11:59 PM: Office of Housing spokesperson Nona Raybern tells WSB tonight that the city granted $5.29 million for Puget Park Flats and $1.26 million for another Habitat project in West Seattle that’s also part of this round of funding, six 4-bedroom townhouses in the 8800 block of 10th SW in Highland Park.
Salmon season is here! Two notes from two salmon-bearing West Seattle creeks:
LONGFELLOW CREEK: Thanks to John McIntyre for the video and photo of salmon seen in the creek by the foot bridge at SW Yancy, next to West Seattle Health Club. He sent a photo, too:
FAUNTLEROY CREEK: As volunteer watchers gear up for prime time, the date’s been announced for the community gathering to sing and drum, welcoming the coho home. It’s set for 4 pm Sunday, October 25 – go to the corner of SW Director and upper Fauntleroy Way, by the fish ladder, and you’ll be directed to the gathering.
The report and video were sent by Avery, hoping that maybe someone has found the package of cat food that was delivered, then taken:
This happened at around 11:30 am (Tuesday) near the (Delridge) branch library. The package contained expensive food for my elderly cat. It seems like the person was moving with intent and was wearing business clothes (???), so I have no idea what is going on here. If anyone knows who this is or where my package went, please just return it to me.
Avery says the package the person didn’t take is “a 40-pound bag of cat litter and you can see the label from the steps.”
(WSB photos/video)
Remember Friday’s saga of the stray goat on Delridge? The goat was back home at the West Seattle Vietnamese Cultural Center this afternoon for some special attention from visitors during the Children’s Moonlight Festival (Tết Nhi Đồng).
The “creatures” who drew even more attention were the lion dancers from Vovinam Burien:
Described as symbols of courage – “powerful guardians” – the lions danced around the all-ages crowd that filled the center’s courtyard:
Vovinam Burien also presented a martial-arts demonstration, with individuals and small groups, instructors as well as students, showing their moves:
Center director Lee Bui welcomed the crowd to what he declared was a “celebration of children”:
The centerpiece of the celebration was a giveaway of lanterns in honor of the moonlight in the name of the festival, which took place under a gray sky rather than silver moonlight, but featured a folk tale princess distributing the lanterns:
Photos preceded the promised lantern parade:
The princess led participants around the grounds of the center (which is at 2236 SW Orchard, just north of The Home Depot):
Other activities were offered, as well as food, for a fun afternoon. The center has several public events each year, listed here, and is open for public visits many Saturdays, noon-3 pm.
12:28 PM: Apparently because it’s lost. We have multiple reports including this one:
We found a brown and white goat crossing Delridge by Home Depot on Orchard. She has horns and is currently at the gas station tied up by a food truck.
Here’s a photo we received (larger size substituted):
(We usually list lost pets on this page but this one’s unusual!)
2:38 PM: We just learned the goat escaped from the nearby Vietnamese Cultural Center (which, we should have remembered, is promising a “goat show” as part of its Children’s Moonlight Festival 2-4 pm Saturday). We’ve sent contact info to all parties and hopefully a reunion will ensue.
You might have noticed the utility crews at the greenspace along SW Webster, south of the Southwest Precinct and The Home Depot. Thanks to Daniel for sending this notice of the work that’s getting under way – Seattle Public Utilities is dredging Webster Pond, to “remove sediment” so it’ll function better to hold stormwater during the coming rains. We’re asking SPU for a clearer copy of the notice; they say the work’ll last two to three weeks.
4:40 PM: A crash reported to involve “a vehicle into a building” is affecting traffic in the 8600 block of Delridge Way SW. SFD is joining SPD at the scene. The driver is reported to have left the scene. Avoid the area for a while.
5:08 PM: We asked SFD about the dispatch, since it wasn’t for injuries: “This came in as a request from SPD who was already on scene … Engine 11 is on scene and requested Rescue 1 to help with determining whether there was significant structural damage to the building.”
5:31 PM: Police just told dispatch that Delridge is open both ways (the SFD response had blocked the NB side for a while).
6 PM: That may since have changed, as units are going back, SFD’s David Cuerpo tells us: “The vehicle collided into a three-story apartment/condo building and damaged eight studs of an exterior wall. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. Rescue 1 was dispatched to a fire [outside WS], but that incident was reduced. They are returning to the scene to help stabilize the exterior wall.”
5:18 AM: Police checking out calls about suspected gunfire in South Delridge around 3 am didn’t find evidence until an hour later, when, according to dispatch audio, they got a call from someone who had seen it. They told dispatch that they found casings in the bus lane at Delridge Way and SW Henderson, after seeing someone firing a gun out of the window of a van. The investigation was going to be taken over by the King County Sheriff’s Office, as they have jurisdiction at bus-related facilities, after an initial SPD response. No injuries reported.
6:07 AM: Police investigating new reports in the South Delridge/Roxhill Park area a short time ago so far say people they’re talking to in the area believe this one was fireworks. (Call 911 if you find evidence otherwise.)
11:49 PM: 911 calls helped police zero in fairly quickly on gunfire reported a short time ago – with casings found in an area that’s seen gunfire multiple times before, 26th SW and SW Brandon. No injuries or property damage reported and no description of the shooter(s).
11:53 PM: “19 casings so far,” an officer just told dispatch.
(WSB photos)
11:44 AM THURSDAY: At last night’s Seattle Police community-safety meeting in West Seattle (report to come), Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Krista Bair alluded briefly to multiple local encampment clearances this week. One of them is under way right now. Thanks to a tip from Jon, we got over to the Delridge Home Depot area in time for these photos of city crews at the notorious encampment west of the store.
This encampment has been the site of problems including multiple fires. It’s on land that the King County Parcel Viewer shows is owned by the city.
We have a message out to the city seeking information about today’s operation.
6:36 PM FRIDAY: Our inquiry got a short reply today: “5 people were identified at the site. No shelter referrals were accepted.”
Whether you call it a People Street or a Pedestrian Street, the little section of 18th SW east of Delridge, between two city-owned parcels destined for parkhood, is the site of an SDOT “community design charrette” right now. We stopped by to verify it’s a drop-in event, and indeed it is – no speeches or presentations, just a chance to get creative:
Kids are welcome to be creative too:
Here’s the timeline:
As for this event’s timeline – SDOT reps will be there until 6:30.
As with the Lander Pedestrian Street table during Sunday’s West Seattle Farmers’ Market, SDOT plans an info table/booth at this Saturday’s Delridge Farmers’ Market for West Seattle’s other Pedestrian Street project, the “Delridge Triangle” project on 18th SW in South Delridge.
10 am-2 pm Saturday (August 8) at the market (northwest corner of 8th SW and SW Henderson), SDOT reps will be ready to talk about the plan for the section of 18th SW between two city-owned parcels eventually envisioned to become – with the street – one park. Then, one week from tonight – at 6:30 pm Monday, August 10 – they’ll be at the site for a “community design charrette.” That won’t be the first meeting they’ve had at the site; three months ago, when the project type was called “People Street” instead of “Pedestrian Street,” they hosted a conversation there and collected comments – we took this photo during that event.
The flyer for the events next Saturday and Monday says the city hopes to “implement improvements” – theoretically closing off this section of 18th east of Delridge – next year. In previous coverage of the park proposal for the area, Seattle Parks told us that project wasn’t expected to have funding before 2028.
(WSB photo, last week)
Five months after buying that empty lot in the 5000 block of Delridge Way SW, Habitat for Humanity is proceeding through the permit process for what’s described as a 29-unit, five-story “affordable for-sale” housing project. Documents in online city files say the project – official address, 5011 Delridge – will be a mix of two-bedroom and three-bedroom units. The name Puget Park Flats is in the permit system too. We have an inquiry out to the nonprofit in hopes of getting their current timeline. Habitat’s previous West Seattle projects include the six-home Highland Terrace in the 9000 block of 15th SW and four homes in the 2100 block of SW Trenton. Under previous ownership, our archives indicate, the 5011 Delridge site was proposed for half a dozen townhouses back in 2018, and once held a triplex.
(Screenshot from Delridge/Juneau traffic cam)
Just in from SDOT:
The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will perform median maintenance and invasive weed removal along Delridge Way SW on Saturday, July 11, to help maintain healthy landscaping and support long-term plant health.
What: Median mowing and invasive weed maintenance by SDOT Urban Forestry crews.
When: Saturday, July 11th from 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Delridge Way SW between SW Hudson Street and Puget Boulevard SW.
Why: Crews will cut back invasive weeds and maintain the landscaped median to help establish healthy ground cover and support long-term plant health.
Travel impacts:
*Drivers should expect lane shifts and minor delays while crews are working.
*No parking will be permitted on either side of Delridge Way SW within the work zone from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
*Please use caution when traveling through the area and follow directions from crews and traffic control.For questions about the work reach out to SDOT Customer Care: 206-684-ROAD (7623) or 684-Road@seattle.gov
Story by Tracy Record
Photos by Torin Record-Sand
for West Seattle Blog
It was a sight Jimie Martin of the Lions Club of West Seattle (above right) had long waited to see.
She didn’t actually “wait.” She fought for almost a decade to get some official TLC for the tiny triangle park where Delridge Way SW, 16th Avenue SW, and SW Roxbury Street meet.
It holds a tribute to veterans, installed by a VFW post that no longer exists:
Fifteen years ago, the then-owner of the adjacent Triangle Pub – “Mac” McElroy, himself a veteran – led an effort to revitalize the small SDOT-owned parklet. We covered that for our partner site White Center Now. But over the ensuing years, it’s deteriorated, and damage from a car crash didn’t help matters. Jimie didn’t think it was right to let the site fall into further disrepair; she and the Lions Club did what they could, but ultimately, it was the city’s responsibiity.
Finally last month, as we reported here, SDOT crews did some work. And a small gathering last night commemmorated that, with Scouting America Troop 799 leading a flag-replacement ceremony, and West Seattle VFW commander Steve Strand speaking.
Here’s our video of his reflections, starting with gratitude and appreciation for the Lions’ advocacy and volunteerism:
The Scouts then hoisted a new Stars and Stripes on the parklet’s pole:
If you visit the parklet, look closely – there are small landmark engravings, and flowers in full summer bloom.
4:45 PM: Seattle Fire has a hazardous-materials callout for an address cross-referencing to the Delridge Arco/AM-PM. Avoid the area.
4:52 PM: SFD says the problem turned out to be a “CO2 leak” which has been found and taken care of; they’re ventilating the building, which they had evacuated.
Checking the police logs from early morning, we found a robbery logged for a partial address (7100 block Delridge Way) that cross-references to the Chevron gas station/mini-mart on the northeast corner of Delridge and Orchard. The radio archives confirmed police were investigating what was reported as an armed robbery, so we obtained this report narrative from SPD:
On 6/24/2026 at approximately 03:20, I responded to an armed robbery at the XXXX located at 7XXX Delridge Way SW in the city of Seattle, county of King. Initial remarks stated, “J/O, 2 MALES ROBBED RP, HAD PISTOL”. Upon arrival, the suspects had left the area and officers began setting up containment in the area. I spoke with the reporting party, (XXXX XXXX), who was a staff member at XXXX. Of note, XXXX was the victim of another armed robbery at this location approximately one month prior.
XXXX showed me XXXX. Once XXXX two masked younger-looking males enter the store and one male pointed a black handgun towards XXXX. The suspects came around the back of the counter and forced XXXX to open two registers. While the armed suspect took money from the registers, the other suspect took tobacco products off the shelves and stuffed them into a bag. The suspect with the firearm grabs XXXX by the arm and pulls him toward the safe. The suspects then flee on foot out the front door.
The exterior XXXX shows a dark-colored sedan pull into the bus lane facing southbound on Delridge Way SW with its hazards on. The suspects run to and get into this vehicle which flees southbound on Delridge Way SW. The vehicle was XXXX. …
The armed suspect had a black handgun with what appeared to be a drum magazine. XXXX, XXXX, black gloves, and a XXXX. The other suspect did not appear to have a firearm XXXX. This suspect was wearing XXXX, black gloves, and XXXX. The suspect vehicle appeared to be a darkcolored newer model sedan with LED headlights.
Some merchandise had fallen out of the suspect’s bag and was recovered. …
XXXX told me that the suspects demanded that he open one register then the second register. XXXX said that the suspect then told him to open the safe but he was unable to open the safe because only his manager has the key. XXXX advised that the armed suspect pushed the firearm into the side of his stomach while making this demand. XXXX told me that he feared for his life. XXXX said that no threats to shoot him were made, but the firearm was pointed at him. XXXX did not know how much money had been taken from the registers, but he estimated approximately $300.00 was stolen. XXXX was uninjured as a result of this incident.
The XXX words are all redactions by SPD done before providing us with the requested narrative. The only descriptive information we heard in the archived radio traffic was that both robbers were believed to be male. Also of note: The narrative mentions that a store staffer said they were robbed about a month ago. This is likely the one they’re referencing.
By Macey Wurm
Reporting for West Seattle Blog
The city of Seattle’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) will be back this season beginning tomorrow (June 24). For more than 50 years, the program has existed as a means of filling the gap in the period when children lose access to lunches provided throughout the school year.
“At a time when groceries and other living expenses are on the rise, the Summer Meals Program helps take pressure off families and makes sure children and teens can get healthy food during the summer. No child in Seattle should go hungry because cafeterias are closed,” said Mayor Katie Wilson in a news release.
The announcement of the program’s return this summer comes after a late April announcement by the Mayor’s Office that Wilson will be implementing free school meals for all Seattle Public Schools students this upcoming fall. The initiative will be funded with the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise levy which passed last year.
SFSP is led by the Seattle Department of Human Services in collaboration with Seattle Public Schools, Seattle Parks and Recreation, and United Way of King County. It is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Last year, the program provided more than 80,000 meals to children aged 1-18 during the summer months in the form of breakfast, lunch, and snacks. This year, 50 sites across the city and 8 in West Seattle and vicinity will be serving food. No ID, proof of address, application, or paperwork is required to receive a meal.
Here are the closest locations, dates of operations, types of meals provided, and service times:
High Point Community Center
6920 34th Ave SW
Monday – Friday
June 24 – August 21
Lunch: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Snack: 3:00-3:30 p.m.
Closed July 3
Highland Park Playground
1100 SW Cloverdale
Monday – Friday
June 29 – August 20
Lunch: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Snack: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Closed July 3
Roxhill Park
2850 SW Roxbury St
Monday – Friday
June 29 – August 20
Lunch: 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Snack: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Closed July 3
Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) @ Salish Landing
6955 Delridge Way SW
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
June 24 – August 21
Snack: 3:00- 4:00 p.m.
Closed July 3
Dick Thurnau Memorial Park
11050 10th Ave SW
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
June 29 – August 21
Lunch: 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Closed July 3
South Park Community Center
8319 8th Ave S
Monday – Friday
June 24 – August 21
Lunch: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Snack: 3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Closed July 3
Southwest Boys & Girls Club
9800 8th Ave SW, #105
Monday – Friday
June 24 – August 21
Snack from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Closed July 3
Steve Cox Memorial Park
1321 SW 102nd St
Monday – Friday
June 29 – August 21
Lunch: 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.
Closed July 3
The return of the program will be commemorated with a celebration on Friday, July 17, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Highland Park Playground. A bouncy house, kid-friendly activities, and free food will be provided, according to the Mayor’s Office news release.
For questions about the Summer Food Service Program you can email sfsp@seattle.gov. Additional meal resources near you can be found using the USDA’s summer meals site finder.
By Macey Wurm
Reporting for West Seattle Blog
You might have noticed, passing through the intersection of Delridge Way SW, !6th Ave SW, and SW Roxbury St that the Veterans Memorial Triangle in front of Max’s Triangle Pub is finally getting long-needed restoration work.
The small park is an SDOT-owned and -maintained public space, so the department sent crew members to begin the restoration project last week. The restoration is specifically focused on repairing the damaged brick veneer and improving the “overall condition of the plaza,” according to SDOT. The brickwork was damaged by a vehicle collision several years ago.
We stopped by earlier this week and spoke with the crew on site. So far, they had laid new brick on the majority of one perimeter wall and were beginning to replace brick at the top of the triangle facing the intersection.
The project has an estimated total cost of $29,000, coming from a levy-funded SDOT public space maintenance program. If all goes well, the restoration will be complete in time for Independence Day, July 4.
The site has been continuously advocated for over the years by the West Seattle Lions Club, specifically Jimie Martin, who told us about the long-needed restoration work
She plans to commemorate the new renovations and the United States’ 250th anniversary with a flag replacement and raising ceremony at 6 p.m. on July 2. The brief ceremony will be open to the public, and West Seattle VFW Commander Steve Strand will speak.
Two notes in Crime Watch tonight:
STOLEN ‘RAT TRAP’: One of the three-dozen-plus area events we spotlighted this past Saturday was the annual Georgetown Carnival. During that big street party, says entrepreneur and preervationist John Bennett – who lives in West Seattle but has property in Georgetown – somebody stole the beloved “life-size” rat trap. “It was made by a Georgetown artit and we alway have it at our events a a photo op … I’ trying to get the word out and offer a reward to get it back.” If you can help, call or text 206-227-1950.
CAR BREAK-IN: The latest reader report comes from Mikayla:
I wanted to send a quick neighborhood tip that my car was broken into on Delridge between Cloverdale and Thistle. The burglar shattered the rear passenger-side back window and did take items from the vehicle.
I do not want to share the details of what was taken, but I thought the location and circumstances were relevant for neighbors to know. I have a newer electric vehicle and had assumed it was more secure than the average car. I had also used features like the child lock with the understanding that it would help prevent access to the cabin if a window was broken.
(Photo by Tom Trulin – Monitor Dennis Hinton with a healthy coho smolt)
By Judy Pickens
Special to West Seattle Blog
Volunteers have just capped a busy spring of comings and goings by coho salmon in West Seattle creeks.
Because culvert construction has temporarily closed upper Fauntleroy Creek to Salmon in the Schools releases, volunteers organized by the Fauntleroy Watershed Council supported nine groups that put 634 fry into lower Fauntleroy Creek and another nine groups that put 920 fry into Longfellow Creek. A total of 686 preschoolers through high schoolers released fish and explored habitat.
(Photo by Julia Chase – “Bug Man” Pete Draughon showing some of the aquatic insects juvenile coho will find to eat)
Spring is also when coho smolts leave freshwater for their two years in saltwater. To count these “teenage” fish, volunteers checked net traps in upper and lower Fauntleroy Creek at least twice daily from mid March to mid May. They documented 16 healthy smolts, for a five-year average of 24.
“These comings and goings attracted new volunteers and proved that we could meet new challenges,” said fish guy Dennis Hinton. “Thanks to Shannon Ninburg, we maintained ties to schools temporarily releasing in Longfellow and, by welcoming our first group of neurodivergent students, we increased our ability to support all kids who want to get out in nature.”
4:27 PM TUESDAY: We’ve been working today to get more information about a person found dead by the northbound Delridge/Andover bus stop this morning. Here’s all we’ve been able to get so far: SFD, which responded to the scene at 8:15 am, says the person was a woman in her mid-60s; they tried to revive her but could not. SPD also responded, but hasn’t been able to provide us with any information so far. No indication that it was suspicious; the woman’s cause of death and name will come from the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, possibly as soon as tomorrow.
ADDED 3:55 PM WEDNESDAY: The Medical Examiner says the woman who died was 58 years old and that her cause of death was a drug overdose – “acute combined drug intoxication including fentanyl and methamphetamine.”
Police are on Delridge Way north of SW Andover, where they’ve arrested someone they were reportedly after for an “order violation.” Officers asked dispatch to send SFD medics because they used a Taser to take the person into custody. No other info so far.
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