West Seattle, Washington
03 Monday
The forecast suggests the weather will calm down by nightfall – as it did yesterday – so keep that in mind as we preview what’s coming up for the rest of the day and tonight. First, from the WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide, it’s the WS Art Walk, holiday edition!
(Click image to see larger version of the map/venue list)
HOLIDAY ART WALK HIGHLIGHTS: Preview artists and venues at wsartwalk.com. 6-9 pm, all over West Seattle. Here are some of the highlights:
CERAMICS AT VAIN (WSB sponsor) – Opening night for “Polarity” by Sandra Farmer – details here. (4513 California SW)
‘PUNY PICTURE SHOW’ AT WALLFLOWER: Always a favorite, the “Puny Picture Show” returns to Wallflower Custom Framing (WSB sponsor) for a seventh year – biggest one yet! And it’s a benefit, as explained here. (4735 42nd SW)
AUTHORS AT MERRYWEATHER BOOKS: Buy and read books by West Seattle authors – and meet some of them tonight at Merryweather Books during Art Walk! (4537 California SW)
WEST SEATTLE WILDLIFE CALENDAR AT CAPERS: You’ve seen many wonderful wildlife photos by Mark Wangerin here on WSB, like this one:
Tonight, the West Seattle Wildlife Calendar featuring his images will be sold by students from Chief Sealth International High School – for whom it’s a fundraiser – at CAPERS, during the Art Walk. And we’re told Mark will be there too! (4525 California SW)
MUSIC AT THUNDER ROAD: Red Jacket Mine Duo plays live at Thunder Road Guitars (WSB sponsor) during tonight’s Art Walk. (4736 California SW)
HOLIDAY SMALL WORKS SHOW AT TWILIGHT: Here’s what you’ll find at Twilight Gallery during tonight’s Art Walk.
‘SANTA AL’ IN THE JUNCTION … Don’t be surprised by Santa sightings during tonight’s Art Walk!
GROWING VISIBILITY OF ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS: Featured exhibition at South Seattle College (WSB sponsor) Gallery tonight. (6000 16th SW)
In addition to the Art Walk, tonight’s holiday events include:
‘SHOP LATE THURSDAY’: Late hours (open until 9 pm) at participating Junction stores listed here.
CRAFT FAIR AT LAFAYETTE: Craft Fair and Art Show at Lafayette Elementary, 5:30-7:30 pm. Students and adults selling homemade goods to the community. (California SW & SW Lander)
MIX, MINGLE, & JINGLE: 5:30 pm at The Sanctuary at Admiral, it’s the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce‘s annual holiday party – register ASAP. (42nd SW & SW Lander)
And from our regular year-round calendar:
GET FIT, WEST SEATTLE – INFO NIGHT! 6:15 pm at West Seattle Runner (WSB sponsor), you’re invited to find out about the next Get Fit, West Seattle series, free sessions to get you from couch to half-marathon. Details in our listing. (2743 California SW)
WEST SEATTLE HIGH SCHOOL INFO NIGHT: For incoming 9th graders and their families – next fall will be here before you know it! Find out everything you need to know, and get your questions answered. Starts at 6:30 pm in the WSHS Theater. (3000 California SW)
EXPLORER WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 6:30-8 pm, families interested in Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor) are invited to an open house – details in our listing. (10015 28th SW)
THE DEEP CUTS WITH DJ KINGBLIND: 7 pm at Maharajah Cuisine of India in The Junction – details in our listing. (4542 California SW)
WINE TASTING AND MUSIC: 7 pm on second Thursdays, it’s wine tasting and Brazilian music at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor) – details in our listing. (5612 California SW)
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ORIGINAL REPORT, 9:30 AM: We’ve been following up on a situation brought to our attention by a Roxhill Elementary School parent – a water shutoff at the school yesterday. We didn’t hear about it until after school was out for the day, but contacted the district immediately, and they couldn’t find any reports of water problems at the campus while checking around last night. First thing this morning, Seattle Public Schools staff started investigating, and here’s what spokesperson Stacy Howard tells us happened: The city was doing water testing/work in the area, and that led to some water discoloration. Instead of following the usual protocol to put up signs marking the faucets as temporarily off-limits until the city finishes flushing the system, Howard says – a process that would usually just take an hour or two – a staff member turned off the school’s water entirely, and unnecessarily. At one point, apparently, a parent learned of this and went to Target to ask if they would donate bottles of water for the kids. Today, the misunderstanding and the water are both cleared up, the water is back on, and fine, according to Howard. We still have a message out to Roxhill principal Sahnica Washington to ask if there’s anything else parents should know about what happened, and we also are checking with Seattle Public Utilities to see what kind of work was being done.
UPDATE, 9 PM: SPU said it wasn’t doing any work. Principal Washington attributed it to a hydrant replacement nearby in the short letter she was planning to send to families – here’s the copy (PDF) we received from SPS.
(Six WS-relevant views; more cams on the WSB Traffic page)
6:47 AM: No incidents so far this morning on routes through/from West Seattle.
8:44 AM: Wrapping up what’s been an incident-free commute. Thanks again to everyone who shares the news when something does happen (as long as you can safely text or call – from the passenger seat or when you get to where you’re going) – 206-293-6302 any time.
A day that began in tumult – lightning, thunder, rain, wind – ended peacefully and tunefully, in calm weather, on the Harbor Island shore, as the Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship made its first West Seattle stop of the 2015 season, at Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsoor). A cozy crowd watched from inside, while other spectators stood on the shore. Here’s some of what they heard from Choir of the Sound, singing on board, amplified for those ashore to enjoy too:
Two more West Seattle stops are ahead for the Christmas Ship, both on Saturday night (December 12th) – Lowman Beach 4:20-4:40, Alki Beach Park 5:10-5:30, with The Dickens Carolers singing; see our WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide for other events happening on Alki before/during the visit. If you want to experience the Christmas Ship from on board, schedule and booking information can be found here.
The Senior Center of West Seattle‘s end-of-year pitch for donations isn’t your everyday end-of-year pitch.
This year, the center is trying to make up for $60,000 it’s not getting from United Way of King County.
That was the West Seattle center’s share of $700,000 that UWKC gave Senior Services last year.
Next year, SS isn’t getting that at all, because UWKC has decided not to fund general-purpose organizations – instead, a spokesperson told us, they’re focusing on a new strategic plan with missions such as helping end homelessness and raise graduation rates.
General funding of services for senior citizens, for example, just doesn’t fit, explained United Way of King County spokesperson Jared Erlandson when we called to ask the reason for the cuts. He said the organization is focusing on spending that can have a direct effect on problems and challenges, rather than spreading the dollars thinly. But Senior Services points out that the elder population is swelling, and, SS spokesperson Karen Bystrom points out, seniors are also a vulnerable population. (SS is not the only organization affected – in all, $1.7 million in funding that goes to 30 organizations is being redirected by UWKC, and they’re not all senior-focused organizations.)
In the meantime, the West Seattle center is trying to raise $25,000 for starters by year’s end. The theme is “keeping the Senior Center thriving.” Center executive director Lyle Evans says WSSC is “responsible for raising 75 percent of the nearly $800,000 annual budget. This loss hits hard since we have counted on this stable income.”
The center is a 501(c)3 organization, so contributions are tax-deductible. Its programs include feeding dozens of local seniors every day in the center’s “Junction Diner.” The center also offers programs that help seniors deal with challenges such as finding affordable housing. And they offer fun, too, from dances to bingo to movies. Right now, they’re just hoping to rustle up the funds to keep all that going.
6:35 PM: A crash response on the eastbound bridge has closed the exit to Highway 99, according to scanner traffic, a reader report, and an SDOT tweet, which adds that the right lane is blocked at that spot too. Metro says Routes 120, 125, and the C Line are routed off the Viaduct as a result.
6:56 PM: Haven’t heard yet if that has reopened – Seattle Fire units have cleared – but now there’s word of a crash on the westbound bridge by the Delridge exit.
7:17 PM: SDOT says the eastbound crash scene is now clear.
7:20 PM: Also just checked out a report that a police car had blocked off 17th SW and SW Henderson. We talked to the parking-enforcement officer who is with that car; utility lines are down in the area and they’re waiting for Seattle City Light to come determine if they’re power lines or some other utility, but they don’t want to run the risk in the meantime that a passing vehicle might snag the lines.
6:33 PM: We don’t know if these two events are related, but just in case one affects you, we’re mentioning them: Kevin asked via Twitter about a lack of water service near 36th/Edmunds, without notice. One reply came in from a 36th SW resident who said their building had been notified the water would be off 6-8 pm tonight “for repairs.” Meantime, we have heard via Twitter from someone near 35th/Charlestown that their water is discolored and Seattle Public Utilities told them it’s an emergency-repair situation.
7:13 PM: Though there was no original tweet about a “water-main break,” SDOT tweeted this a short time ago:
UPDATE: The water main break on 35th Ave SW at SW Avalon Way has been repaired. All lanes are open now.
— seattledot (@seattledot) December 10, 2015
UPDATE, 2:41 PM THURSDAY: Seems the shutoff and the “water-main break” were one and the same. From SPU’s Ingrid Goodwin:
SPU did not have any planned work yesterday near 35th and Avalon. However, there was a water main break yesterday afternoon near 4435 35TH AVE SW. As a result of this break, water was shut off for a couple of hours between about 6 pm and 8 pm to repair the pipe. Customers in the surrounding area experienced some discoloration in their water throughout the evening and night as a result of sediment being stirred up when the water was turned back on. Sometimes when working an emergency repair, our crews are able to verbally tell customers in advance when they will need to turn off the water. If they have time and crew resources to provide customers with a verbal warning that their water will be shut off soon, they will do so and will seek out businesses and multi-family buildings first as a courtesy.
4435 35th SW is the address of Luna, the mixed-use building under construction across from the stadium.
After this morning’s lightning, thunder, wind, and rain (WSB coverage here), you might wonder: What’s next? Answer: Another alert, this time a “coastal flood advisory” for tomorrow, 2 am-6 pm (read it here). As explained by the National Weather Service, “High tides augmented by unusually low atmospheric pressure will likely flood very low-lying areas next to the inland waters. Flooding is expected to be minor and will last only a few hours around the time of high tide.” Here’s what the approaching “unusually low … pressure” looks like:
Stunning Suomi NPP #VIIRS view of the powerful "hurricane force low" approaching the U.S. Pacific Northwest coast. pic.twitter.com/J6GymIf7Ak
— UW-Madison CIMSS (@UWCIMSS) December 10, 2015
As for the times of possible flooding – tomorrow’s high tides in our area (see the chart here) are 11.2 feet at 5:05 am and 10.8 feet at 3:14 pm.
P.S. Since the storm that passed through in the 6 am hour, we’ve received two reader videos recorded as it happened. Molly caught the hail that left an almost-snowy-looking aftermath in some spots:
Al was bicycling to work when the storm hit – distant lightning flashes and not-so-distant hail is part of what his helmet-cam recording captured:
And if you’re missing a rainbarrel – this one went astray near 46th and Hanford, and Chris sent a photo:
Chris has checked with nearby residents already and says it’s not theirs.
Baby boom = business boom for these West Seattle entrepreneurs/health-care providers. From left are Christine Tindal, LM, CPM, MSM, and Taylor Hamil, LM, CPM, MSM, co-proprietors of In Tandem Midwifery, “thrilled” to have just moved into a bigger new location in The Junction. It’s not far from their old one but it’s at streetfront, street level, three times the space, at 4522 44th SW. They’ve just settled in and we were able to catch them for a photo this afternoon. They’re adding something new, too: Childbirth-education classes will be offered at the ITM office soon, with Alise McAllister and Beth Doyle from There’s No Place Like Home Birth Services. “Both were our clients and are great about teaching our families about home and birth-center birth,” Hamil says.
A development note from South Delridge: The second Early Design Guidance meeting for the proposed apartment building at 9021 17th SW now has a date – January 7th. That will be less than three months after the Southwest Design Review Board took its first look at the building on October 15th (WSB coverage here), sending it back for a second round of EDG after saying it seemed too much like a “fortress” . The building is still proposed for four stories and 31 units, according to the city website, which shows that a revised design “packet” for the next meeting is not yet available. The review meeting is set for 6:30 pm January 7th at the Sisson Building (California/Oregon) in The Junction.
Though Christmas is still more than two weeks away, some donation/gift drives have to wrap up early so there’s time to get gifts and other items to the people who will have happier holidays because of your generosity. Among them – the kids who will be helped by the Giving Tree at Hiawatha Community Center (2700 California SW). The photo is from Tiffani on the center’s staff; as the poster says, they’re collecting unwrapped gifts until this Friday at 6 pm – just two days away – and they’re hoping to have something for all the kids under 17 who will be at the South Park Community Center holiday party on Saturday.
Your chance to be a real-life Santa continues past then, of course – please scroll through the WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide for a long list of giving opportunities, including many local businesses where you can drop off a toy or a coat or other items, large and small.
(No, it didn’t snow! Hail/slush on stairs – shared by Gina via the WSB Facebook page)
As post-storm cleanup continues – we look ahead to the rest of the day/night. First, from the WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide:
BAZAAR AT ADMIRAL BIRD: 5-8 pm, second and final night of local arts/crafts holiday-gift bazaar at Admiral Bird. (California/Admiral)
GINGERBREAD-HOUSE MAKING: 6 pm at Delridge Community Center – details in our calendar listing. (4501 Delridge Way SW)
CHRISTMAS SHIP AT SALTY’S: The Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship makes its first West Seattle visit of the season, as previewed here a few nights ago. 9:15-9:35 pm, it’ll be serenading Salty’s on Alki (WSB sponsor), with Choir of the Sound on board. (1936 Harbor SW)
And from our year-round West Seattle Event Calendar:
HIGHLAND PARK ELEMENTARY BOOKFAIR: 6-7:30 pm at Barnes & Noble/Westwood Village, you can support Highland Park Elementary during its Bookfair. Readings and other activities are planned, and a percentage of purchases benefits the school. (2800 SW Barton)
BENEFIT WINE TASTING: 6-7:30 pm at Bin 41, to benefit Cara, a co-worker of co-proprietor Jon, in her fight against a rare cancer. Details in our calendar listing. (4707 California SW)
‘FINDING KIND’: Film screening for Madison Middle School parents as MMS embarks on its “Choose Kind” program, as previewed here. 6:30 pm. (45th SW & SW Spokane)
AWARDS PRESENTATION: 7 pm annual awards are part of the 34th District Democrats‘ annual holiday party at The Hall at Fauntleroy – not a business meeting. (9131 California SW)
ROO FORREST & FRIENDS: 7-9 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), “an eclectic mix of originals and covers.” (5612 California SW)
If you’re planning to, or thinking about, sending an incoming 9th grader to West Seattle High School next year, they would love to see you there tomorrow (Thursday) night – both parents and students. The Information Night will start with staff/student panels at 6:30 pm in the WSHS Theater, continuing with student-led tours at 7:30, and Q&A at 8. Our calendar listing has the specifics.
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(Above: 2 live cams; you’ll find more on the WSB Traffic page)
6:17 AM: Lightning and thunder are accompanying the next storm band headed this way – so we’ll be tracking that as well as watching the roads and buses. If you’re headed out on foot/bike, obviously, wait a bit! Wind is roaring through with this, too.
Lightning and crazy rain from @wsferries Hyak @ScottSKOMO @NWSSeattle pic.twitter.com/nBxe4QnskP
— zargoman (@zargoman) December 9, 2015
(Added: Lightning from ferry Hyak, video tweeted by @zargoman)
6:36 AM: The lightning/thunder/wind appears to have moved on, for now. Left some hail behind in spots too – thanks for this texted photo from an Alki alley:
Michelle sent this closeup look:
(added) WSB’s Christopher Boffoli said some of what fell at his house was even nickel-sized:
6:48 AM: The City Light map shows one pocket of power outage, 114 homes/businesses in Westwood (added – also 25 in Fairmount Springs, near Fauntleroy/Raymond). If you have power and/or road trouble, please let us know (once you’ve notified authorities!) – comment here or text/voice to our 24/7 hotline 206-293-6302.
7 AM: Via Twitter, @janaobscura says bridge traffic is worse than usual for this hour, too.
7:29 AM: Breezy but at least here near Lincoln Park, the rain is taking a break. Keep in mind that after all that rain, trees can be at risk – Peter sent the photo of this one down against a house in Seaview:
We’re checking out one in Arbor Heights too. No reports of road blockages so far.
7:46 AM: That may be changing – we’re off to check out a possible tree-over-road near Lincoln Park. Meantime, if you have to report a road emergency such as a tree, as explained here earlier this fall, SDOT says THE number is 206-386-1218.
8:03 AM: The aforementioned tree is across 44th SW south of Southern – and a couple of guys were working to clear it, but if you use the “switchbacks” between California and Fauntleroy, that might be a trouble spot for a bit.
8:46 AM: Another post-storm hazard for drivers/bike riders/walkers in neighborhoods – lots of branches, small and large, blown off trees. We noticed this on 41st SW west of Fairmount Park, from which Peter sent this updated photo of tree vs. house:
If you haven’t been out yet – still breezy but lots of blue sky; if we didn’t have the photographic evidence (thanks to everyone who has contributed!) you’d never know how this day began!
9:39 AM: More storm aftermath – thanks for the tips! Another toppled tree – this one in Arbor Heights:
And on 41st, not far from the house shown above, a big branch is down on the street, taken off this tree, which has a blackened spot almost as if it had a lightning strike:
Thanks also to G for the info that the Westwood-area outage mentioned earlier is affecting some (but not all) of the businesses at the center – you might want to call ahead if you’re heading that way.
10:08 AM: Some branches brought down this morning are themselves the size of trees.
Joe Szilagyi shared the photo of an 18-foot branch down at his house in Arbor Heights.
Meet Boden, William, and Whit. They are part of the only Seattle Parks cross-country team in the city, based at High Point Community Center, and they are off to the national championships in Albuquerque! The photos and info are courtesy of their coach, Eric Linxweiler, who explains:
We started training in September at Lincoln Park, and have competed in races all across Western Washington. We have one particularly special set of runners, our 7- and 8-year-old boys. The team took second or third in all their races, including the Western Washington region of USA Track and Field’s Junior Olympics championships. That bought them a ticket to a Regional meet held on 11/21 in Pasco, including runners from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska. There, they placed 5th in their age group, getting them a ticket to the National Championship on December 12th in Albuquerque.
We have three boys who will be representing our team going. Whit, Boden, and William. All three are students at Schmitz Park Elementary, and are really excited to be a part of this team, representing all of West Seattle at the national championship. Their race, as all have been, are 2,000m (about 1.2 miles).
They’ve been continuing their training, right on up to this week’s travel to Albuquerque.
The Southwest District Council was not among the community groups canceling December meetings. Members gathered to hear a briefing on the most-discussed issue before city leaders right now, housing – specifically, the Housing Affordability and Livability Agenda, aka HALA.
Mayor Murray’s policy-office director Robert Feldstein led the briefing, sitting in for HALA outreach manager Jesseca Brand. “HALA is going to come roaring like a freight train,” explained Cindi Barker, who represents West seattle Emergency Communication Hubs on the SWDC and was a member of the HALA advisory committee.
Feldstein recapped all the basics, which you can review on the HALA website, summarizing: “We think if you build more housing, it reduces the total costs.”
(WSB photo: KCSO officers outside house where murder suspect was arrested last Thursday)
Charges are now filed against 39-year-old Aaron Parypa, arrested by SWAT-geared King County Sheriff’s Officers last week at his Junction-area home in connection with a shooting death near Sea-Tac Airport. Parypa is charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault, for the death of Andrae Medina-Wong and the attempted shooting of a second man in what detectives say started as an attempted marijuana sale. Parypa remains jailed in lieu of $1 million bail, requested by prosecutors because while he has no criminal history, they allege he “shot at both victims from a moving car in broad daylight during rush-hour traffic … (firing) at least seven times with a high-powered assault rifle.” The shooting made regional news on October 29th because of its proximity to the airport; Medina-Wong was found dead by a car in an intersection just north of Sea-Tac. Another man found hiding in the woods nearby turned out to have been with him. According to court documents, that man told police he and Medina-Wong had used Craigslist to try to buy marijuana, and had obtained – possibly stolen – some, in a glass mason jar, from a prospective seller they arranged to meet in the shopping-center parking lot on the northeast corner of 1st and 160th in Burien.
A vehicle believed to belong to that person subsequently pursued them, the survivor told investigators, and caught up with them at the intersection near Sea-Tac, where he saw a gun barrel pointing at them from the other vehicle. He got out of the car, carrying the mason jar of marijuana, and started running, at which time he heard gunshots. Medina-Wong was later found to have been hit by .223-caliber bullets in the head and heart. The other man was not hit.
The documents tell a detailed story of how detectives identified Parypa as the suspect, including phone and Internet records:
This Saturday, you’re invited to a pancake breakfast at Highland Park Improvement Club (12th & Holden) to raise money for an 18-year-old West Seattle resident who survived being hit by a train last month in South Seattle. His godmother e-mailed WSB to get the word out, saying that Vincent Hance “is super lucky to be alive and doing amazing!” The event Saturday is from 9 am to noon, with a $5 donation requested to support Vincent’s family: “They don’t have a lot of money and his mother has missed a lot of work.” They also are accepting donations via a GoFundMe page, which tells the story of the incident that left Vincent in the Harborview ICU.
That’s the latest draft rendering for 1307 Harbor Avenue SW, the mixed-use project planned for what is currently about a half-block of shuttered, fenced off vacant buildings including the former Alki Tavern, across from Don Armeni Boat Ramp. The tavern already had been closed a year by the time the proposed mixed-use project had its first Southwest Design Review Board meeting in April of 2014 – and now, more than a year and a half later, the date is finally set for its next one. In our coverage of that first meeting, the project was described as including 21 residential units and 41 underground parking spaces; now it’s described as including 15 residential units and 27 parking spaces “within the structure.” It’s also still proposed for “retail, restaurant, office, and light manufacturing” space, the same non-residential uses as mentioned before. Here’s the draft of the packet for the meeting, with more details on the plan:
The project has changed architects – the packet shows Rhodes Architecture & Light, a West Seattle-based firm, as “architect of record,” while Miller-Hull was the architect at the time of the 2014 review. The upcoming review meeting is scheduled for 6:30 pm Thursday, January 21st, at the Sisson Building in The Junction (California/Oregon).
ADDED WEDNESDAY: See the comment from Tim Rhodes with clarification of the two architecture firms’ roles.
A bit blustery at Constellation Park. pic.twitter.com/4QBYO4iOe7
— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) December 8, 2015
Even before the wind really started kicking up at midmorning, lots of whitecaps off Constellation Park, which is where we recorded the short video clip above. The wind advisory is currently set to expire around 3 pm; right now, before we get too much further into the day, we wanted to share two three scheduled highlights ahead. First, from the WSB West Seattle Holiday Guide:
CRAFT BAZAAR: First night of a two-night craft bazaar by local artists and crafters at Admiral Bird, spotlighting local holiday-shopping options. 5-8 pm. (California/Admiral)
(added) CONCERT: The West Seattle Community Orchestras‘ Intermediate and Debut Orchestras perform at 6 pm at the Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium. Free admission, donations appreciated. Program includes Bohemian Dance, El Tango, Good King Wenceslas, Bizet’s Aragonaise from Carmen, España, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7, 2nd movement. (2600 SW Thistle)
And from our regular year-round calendar:
HARBOR SCHOOL INFO NIGHT IN WEST SEATTLE: You don’t have to travel to Vashon Island this time to learn about K-8 Harbor School (WSB sponsor) – it’s having a West Seattle Information Night tonight, 6:30 pm at Fauntleroy UCC Church. Details here. (9140 California SW)
P.S. The two community councils that usually meet on second Tuesdays, Admiral Neighborhood Association and Fauntleroy Community Association, are NOT meeting tonight – many neighborhood groups take December off.
Seattle Police say they have arrested Si Phu, the man accused of shooting and killing a 14-year-old Chief Sealth International High School student in Columbia City on Sunday. Relatives of the victim say Phu is her uncle. According to police, he was found in South Seattle, and will be booked into King County Jail for investigation of homicide. Meantime, the candlelight vigil mentioned in the letter sent home to families is set for 5 pm tomorrow outside the school, according to Sealth staff.
ADDED: The King County Medical Examiner has identified the victim as Christy Phu.
7:26 AM: At this early hour we’ve already received three texts from Admiral-area residents who woke up to brown water. So we’re publishing this quick note to let you know, it’s not just you. The first texter says Seattle Public Utilities told them it’s water-main-replacement work – we don’t yet know where. In the meantime, as noted during all our coverage of discolored water in recent months, do call SPU if it’s happening to you: 206-386-1800.
9:04 AM: One texter mentioned the 2200 block of California, so we went there to check, and found an SPU crew flushing a hydrant:
Shortly thereafter, Ingrid Goodwin from SPU answered our inquiry:
There was a planned water main shutdown this morning from 5 am to 8 am on California Avenue SW from SW Holgate to SW Walker Street. The work was to seal off a 2 inch water main. Customers impacted by the shutdown would have received a door hanger notification late last week from SPU’s water quality inspectors.
If customers are experiencing dirty water, they should run the cold water for a few minutes to see if it is clearing or still discolored. If the water does not clear, let the water sit for an hour. Then, run the water for a few minutes and flush the toilet a couple of times. If the water remains discolored, please contact SPU at 206-386-1800.
More information about discolored water can be found here.
12:30 PM: Commenters have been discussing continuing concerns; SPU says that while the work is complete, the water main was still being flushed, and a second hydrant was opened to help with that. Goodwin adds, “Flushing too quickly, however, can cause even more discoloration. So they are doing this work carefully. SPU thanks its customers for their patience as we work to clear the water as soon as possible.” We’re expecting another update soon.
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