West Seattle, Washington
07 Sunday
First, from Julie:
Embossed leather bag, possibly a motorcycle pannier, found in the traffic circle at 39th Ave SW & SW Ida St. It’s empty and the leather flap is damaged, but please contact me through the Blog if you’d like to retrieve it.
Second, from Mike
2HP Craftsman compressor found in the street. 2400 block of 53rd Ave SW
If either is yours, email us and we’ll connect you,
From the WSB inbox, two reader reports of items more likely to be stolen/abandoned than simply lost:
Above is a bicycle Mike found along Beach Drive, in or near the 4800 block, where he is holding it for safekeeping. Below are items Celeste saw along an Upper Alki stairway:
If you think any of the above items is yours, please contact us and we’ll connect you to the finders.
Thanks to Stewart L. for the photo! Hours after the Mariners signed Josh Naylor to a five-year dea; – after his three months with the team this season – the T-Mobile Park roof is displaying his initials in celebration, as seen looking across the bay from West Seattle shores. Naylor, a 28-year-old first baseman who hit .295 last year, will get more than $92 million from the deal, according to MLB.com.
Just received from a texter in Admiral:
My BF and I found a bunch of groceries that had been dumped by the corner dumpsters by our apartment this morning. These were not garbage groceries, they looked like maybe they had been stolen from someone’s porch or their car or something.
4 brown paper bags had produce, and two cardboard boxes had nonperishables. In this time with so many having anxiety around food I thought maybe it’s worth saying something. We grabbed the boxes of non perishables with the intention of taking it to a food bank, but if you think it’s worth posting, or if you heard from anyone about a grocery theft, I’d be happy to connect with them.
Some of the produce was completely ruined, but some (looked like apples) were in plastic produce bags and would maybe be salvageable if someone was desperate? The bags and boxes were not marked (no Amazon smile or Safeway or anything just plain brown) so I’m not sure where they came from. I just felt horrible to see it all sitting there clearly dumped when so many are worried about their next meal right now.
If you have an idea how these might have ended up by the dumpsters, please comment, or contact us and we’ll connect you.
Sent by Matt:
I saw this PS4 and some other items on a wall next to the alley on the north side of Genesee just east of 44th. Thought it might be stolen and abandoned.
Thanks to Erin for the video! We’ve been telling you for a few days about the parking restrictions today along part of Harbor/Alki Avenues, attributed to a production company with a lot of car commercials among its credits. The neighbor who originally tipped us said a Toyota logo was seen during some advance work, and indeed, that’s what it seems to be – we screengrabbed Erin’s video, tried an online image search, and it came back as the Toyota b74X electric SUV. The parking restrictions also are supposed to be in effect Monday (October 6), but not tomorrow.
Thanks for the tip! The 1301 Second Avenue building downtown has arranged its office lights into the shape of a trident tonight, wishing the Mariners the best of luck on the eve of their first American League Division Series game against Detroit, 5:38 pm tomorrow.
P.S. Watching the game with sound up at your venue? Let us know so we can include in our daily event list!
Three weeks ago, a U.S. Postal Service spokesperson told us the long-gone West Seattle Junction Post Office drive-up/ride-up/walk-up mailbox was finally close to being replaced. And now, it has been; thanks to Lauren for the tip and photo (thanks also to Gregg, who sent word of it too). The Junction mailbox’s predecessor was stolen more than a year and a half ago. Crime also took out the Westwood Village Post Office outdoor mailbox, damaged in what was described as a break-in earlier this month (we haven’t been to WWV today but will go by this evening to see if that box reappeared too).
2:42 PM: Thanks for the tips. Police have received calls this past hour about two masked men in The Junction, photographing people and businesses. Officers checked them out in the vicinity of the Post Office and Eagles aerie; they told dispatch the men weren’t doing anything illegal (permission is not required to photograph anyone or anything visible from a public space like a sidewalk or street). What some who’ve seen them report to be unsettling is their outfits (here’s one photo texted to us), reminiscent of what plainclothes ICE agents have been photographed wearing, but one report we’ve received say the men identified themselves as “independent media.” They were also described as “belligerent.”
2:55 PM: Someone just called this into 911 again, and officers told dispatch they’d made contact earlier and “there’s nothing we can do.”
3:31 PM: As noted in comments, this is apparently a practice called 1st Amendment Auditing, carried out by provocateurs. It would explain why we thought we heard officers tell dispatch the men were “auditors.”
4:40 PM: We’ve received a couple photos of both.
A reader texted us over the weekend to say, “Looks like Nucor is getting a dark green paint job. Looks great!” No photo, so we went over to have a look late today. Our photo shows the south side of the steel-recycling mill, along SW Andover, visible from West Seattle Health Club. We asked a spokesperson for Nucor (which is a WSB sponsor) about the repainting – here’s what we heard back:
We are in the midst of painting the buildings at our local mill this summer and anticipate doing an additional round of painting next year, including building roofs. This investment is part of our overall work to maintain our mill responsibly for our teammates and our neighbors. We chose green to help reflect the character of our neighborhood. The last time the mill was painted was about a decade ago and it was time for a fresh coat. We look forward to making additional investments at the mill, like the removal of the old, decommissioned smokestacks and the current painting project.
We reported on the smokestack removal back in May.
P.S. The repainting’s not done yet, so you can still see the previous beige-ish color on part of the building.
9:43 AM: Thanks to Al for the photo and report – he says that toppled tree is affecting the vicinity of the US Bank branch in The Junction (42nd and Edmunds) right now.
12:20 PM: Just got that photo from another reader, noting that the situation was being handled as of about an hour ago.
The report and photo were sent by Keri:
Around 8 this morning, I was driving along Beach Drive. One my way to meet a friend at the Thistle Street stairs.
I kept seeing folks pass by, holding flowers. Then I saw it:
I stopped and got a couple for my friend and a couple for my daughter.
Everyone who stopped seemed to be doing the same. Just a few that brightened their day, leaving more for the next person.
I’m guessing they are gone by now but it was a truly lovely gesture. Thanks to the family that put them out. ❤️
Thanks to Steven Rice for the photo of the two fighter jets that flew over north West Seattle about an hour ago – F/A-18s as identified by the photographer, a texter, and image search. While we haven’t been able to find confirmation of this, it seemed likely to have been a Mariners flyover, since their game started just after 1 pm. (Anyone reading this at the ballpark who can confirm?)
11:25 AM: The report and photos were sent by CJ:
I found this two bags (near 42nd/Holly). One includes at a Dell laptop computer and what appears to be a folder containing school work from WSHS.
If you know who these bags belong to, contact us – westseattleblog@gmail.com – and we’ll connect you with the finder, who has taken them for safekeeping.
1:55 PM: As noted in comments – reunited.
1:22 PM: Just a note in case you’re hearing the cannon fire: The Seafair Pirates, aboard the landing craft Prudhoe Bay again this year, are on their way to storm Alki Beach. Updates to come.
1:38 PM: The Pirates have arrived. Lots of cannon fire preceded. We’re told they’ll seize the key to the city from a deputy mayor.
2:06 PM: Still awaiting that.
2:49 PM: All the antics and ceremony aboard Moby Duck – with Queen Alcyone (former SPD Chief Carmen Best), King Neptune (former TV news anchor Eric Johnson), and Deputy Mayor Greg Wong – has concluded. Separate report later with pics and video! (Update: See all that here.)
It’s not quite lemonade-stand weather. So this enterprising trio has set up a Pokémon-card stand instead! One participant’s parent sent us the photo, noting you can find them until 3 or so by the 38th SW/SW Barton standpipe in Upper Fauntleroy.
Sent by Lucia, who also has checked with nearby residents to be sure this isn’t theirs:
Near the corner of 36th SW and Southwest Findlay. A large plastic toolbox like one that would be in a pick up truck bed. Large gas, canisters and other debris. It is stashed between two cars that would not have had the toolbox in them.
René found these in unusual-enough circumstances, we’re mentioning them here:
I found two credit cards for Garrett H——. A VISA and a Discover card.
Found at the northbound bus stop at California Ave SW and Hanford just outside of St. John the Baptist Church.
I also found a pair of contact lenses in a blue and white case. Those were found at California Ave SW and Spokane St.
Looking to return all to their owners.
If any might be yours, contact us and we’ll connect you.
P.S. For items likely simply lost, our Lost/Found/Non-pets board is a self-post area in the WSB Community Forums, and you can get a login here.
Two “found, possibly dumped/stolen” reports:
BINOCULARS: Sent by Evan:
I found a pair of nice-looking Bushnell Binoculars in a leather case on the median outside our house near SW 17th and Trenton.
Evan took them in for safekeeping – if they’re yours, let us know and we’ll connect you.
SCOOTER: Brandon spotted this in front of Alki Dental (we don’t know its current status):
Reminder that for discoveries more likely to have been simply “lost,” we have a self-post “lost/found/nonpets” board in the WSB Community Forums; you need a log-in, which should be easily obtainable here.
(Added: WSB photos)
11:15 AM: Several questions so far this morning about a film crew set up on the SW Barton side of Fauntleroy Park. We asked the Fauntleroy Watershed Council if they had any notification, since this is salmon-release season and they routinely have volunteers in the park as well as dozens of visiting students. They hadn’t been notified in advance but did some investigating for us and volunteer John learned, “They’re shooting stills for Kia car company that will be used in a variety of marketing material. They will be there all day.”
12:29 PM: Added photos. As volunteer John added in a followup email, “They’re taking shots of a new Kia vehicle nestled under a cedar.”
The photo and report are from Laura:
A box of someone’s family Christmas ornaments / decorations was found in the alley behind my house near Admiral Safeway this morning. It looks like it was stolen and dumped. Could you post a photo of this box to see if I might connect it to the owner?
Recognize it? Contact us and we’ll connect you.
Thanks to West Seattle photographer Steven Rice for these images of sightings today:
Above, he says, that’s “Vietnam’s CB-8022 (formerly USCGC Mellon) as viewed from the north end of West Seattle around 11:30 this morning.” (A smaller US Coast Guard vessel is in the photo too.) Mellon was decommissioned by the USCG five years ago; at the time, it was to be transferred to Bahrain. It is reported to have been acquired by Vietnam in 2023.
Steven also sent this montage of “four shots taken around 12:30 from the north end of West Seattle today. This is the third time I’ve heard and/or seen it since April 4th. Apparently it’s an F-15SA used for various types of training exercises.”
We’re still researching, but F-15SA is reported to be a Boeing-built fighter jet that flies for Saudi Arabia.
(Photo by James Tilley, from 2023 Seahawks-gameday flyover by Growlers from Whidbey)
The Mariners‘ season starts tomorrow, with an evening game vs. Oakland at T-Mobile Park. And the Mariners’ media memo for the homestand reveals the 7:10 pm game will be preceded by a flyover. Since that often means the participating aircraft are sighted over West Seattle in advance, we asked M’s spokesperson Adam Gersch for specifics:”U.S. Navy, flying a pair of EA-18G fighter jets in a south-to-north flight pattern.” Those are also known as Growlers, many of which are based at NAS Whidbey Island.
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