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Fiery 4th in WS

July 5, 2007 11:54 am

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| High Point | West Seattle fires | West Seattle news

We’ve received reports of several overnight fires blamed on fireworks around WS, but the one in the High Point vicinity was by far the biggest. News coverage includes this P-I article, an update from the Times, and a KIRO update with links to video. We’re glad to hear nobody was hurt, but honestly, this is why personal fireworks are banned in cities like ours. Fun, sure; dangerous and damaging, unquestionably, no matter how hard you try to keep it safe.

In the news

July 1, 2007 12:17 am

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| West Seattle news

-Deadly diving accident near Alki Point tonight; here’s coverage.

–Here’s the P-I report on the Charlestown Cafe picketing.

-The P-I also just got around to the warning about the guy who attacked the same woman, in the same area of WS, twice.

Honor for High Point

June 20, 2007 7:21 pm

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| High Point | West Seattle housing | West Seattle news

You don’t hear the word “cottage” around here much, unless it’s deployed as spin on a dinky house’s for-sale listing, but tonight it’s part of an honor for High Point — Cottage Living magazine has chosen HP as one of its Top 10 Cottage Communities for 2007.

Cool coverage

June 20, 2007 9:31 am

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| West Seattle news | West Seattle restaurants

What better time than a sunny day — on the brink of “official” summer — to contemplate “the region’s hidden ice-cream shops” — that’s what the UW Daily does in this article, with Husky Deli featured prominently.

3 quick notes

June 15, 2007 6:30 pm

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| Gardening | Gas prices | West Seattle news | WS culture/arts

–Sidewalk Cinema has finalized the list of what it’s showing during the West Seattle outdoor movie series in July and August.

–The Seattle Chinese Garden project near SSCC in east WS just got $1.2 million from one of Seattle’s sister cities (Chongqing, China).

–The P-I paid a visit to our gas-war intersection (Fauntleroy/Alaska, still both below $3 as of our last driveby a few hours ago).

Lucky to be alive

June 15, 2007 2:02 am

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| West Seattle news | West Seattle people

Earlier this week, we grumbled to ourselves there just wasn’t much WS news to share with you; but tonight, it just won’t stop. Looks like WS is home to at least two members of this local family who survived a scare while hiking in Canada.

WS in the “weeklies”

June 14, 2007 12:42 am

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| West Seattle news

Seattle Weekly gets snarky about our lack of parking paystations, suggesting it’s ’cause Hizzoner lives here (but what is UP with the quote about “no kids with blue mohawks”?). Meantime, The Stranger includes two WS churches (#10 and #17) in this odd little roundup.

Job cuts in West Seattle

June 13, 2007 8:24 am

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| West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news

We must admit we didn’t know this manufacturing business was here in WS (in the business-but-not-retail zone east of The Junction) till this story just turned up about 90 people losing their jobs there.

Details on the Delridge development boom

June 10, 2007 12:58 am

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| Delridge | Development | West Seattle housing | West Seattle news

Big article in today’s Times about the West Ridge Park condo-conversion project and Delridge-area housing development in general. Notable infobits in the article include the WRP developers’ expectations that only about a dozen of the 200-plus tenants will buy their units.

Trader Joe’s rumor watch

May 31, 2007 6:51 pm

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| West Seattle businesses | West Seattle news | West Seattle Trader Joe's

The ol’ Trader Joe’s rumor just keeps swishing around WS like a glass of Two-Buck Chuck in a Nisqually-length earthquake. An intrepid reader just e-mailed the company again, hoping perhaps for a pleasant surprise, and shared with us the following response. (Personally, we find the “check back in fall” rather intriguing!)

“At this time, we do not have any confirmed plans for Western Seattle. Feel free to check back sometime this fall for any updates.

Thanks for shopping with us,

Marci

Trader Joe’s Customer Relations”

Toddler hurt in Delridge fall

May 27, 2007 5:02 pm

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| Delridge | West Seattle news

According to this short report, a toddler is in critical condition after falling off a balcony. No address specifics in that report, but the online Fire Department log lists a major medic call in the 5400 block of Delridge (near Brandon) this afternoon.

Delridge dilemma

May 23, 2007 3:46 pm

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| Delridge | West Seattle news

Thought-provoking article just posted at The Stranger’s site.

Food-bank fame

May 23, 2007 12:31 am

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| How to help | West Seattle news

The Robin Williams surprise also brought a few moments of TV stardom to the West Seattle Food Bank and executive director Fran Yeatts. (She told us the same thing in e-mail that she told the TV crew — no clue why Williams now has chosen twice to have local shows benefit the WSFB.) P.S., you can do your own good deed for the food bank right here, right now.

47th/Admiral, revisited

May 22, 2007 12:19 am

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| West Seattle news

Today the P-I takes on the 47th/Admiral safety issues and the record of the driver who hit and killed Tatsuo Nakata, though without any new revelations (the Weekly thoroughly dug into the driver’s background earlier this month).

The joy of commuting by water

May 21, 2007 7:50 am

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| Elliott Bay Water Taxi | Transportation | West Seattle news

No new info in today’s P-I article on the Water Taxi — the year-round possibility hit the headlines 3 weeks ago — but it’s nice to see it get more time in the spotlight. Gives us an excuse to put up a photo left over from our weekend peek under the Seacrest pier – here’s how steep the walkway from the WT dock gets during a -3′ tide!

It’s a steal

May 18, 2007 12:55 am

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| Crime | West Seattle news | Westwood

That phrase apparently applies to the Westwood Village vicinity for a non-shopping reason.

Persistent patrollers

May 15, 2007 8:31 am

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| Crime | West Seattle news

This article finally explains the wild sight some saw on WS streets at midday last Saturday. The officers’ persistence reminds us of the bank robber/signholder caper.

Condolences to Mayor Nickels and his family

May 13, 2007 10:05 pm

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| West Seattle news | West Seattle people

P-I just posted that Mayor Nickels’ father, Robert Charles Nickels, died today at his WS home, at age 81.

Sunday afternoon news

May 13, 2007 4:32 pm

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| Not WS but we're mentioning it anyway | West Seattle news | West Seattle people

Two noteworthy articles just posted at the P-I site:

–First official online account we’ve seen of Charlie Chong’s funeral. Also, CharlieChong.com is updated with the funeral program that he wrote himself.

-For our fellow Blue Angels fans: Seafair says they’re definitely in.

Delridge crash

May 5, 2007 10:44 pm

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| Delridge | West Seattle news

TV news report (can’t find it written up online anywhere) says 7 people went to the hospital after a crash in WS this morning; pictures showed several crunched cars, one even upside-down. Online 911 logs show the rescue callout went to the 7700 block of Delridge at 9:23 am.

47th/Admiral crash suspect’s record

May 2, 2007 11:15 pm

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| Crime | West Seattle news

The Seattle Weekly has continued digging into the background of the 47th/Admiral crash that killed City Council staffer Tatsuo Nakata; the latest edition reports that the driver who hit him has a record.

Worth reading

April 28, 2007 9:58 am

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| West Seattle news

Three WS-related articles on the P-I site today:

-A well-known climber from West Seattle, Lara-Karena Kellogg, died after falling in Denali National Park. A tribute on this climbing blog points to a site friends have set up to share memories and condolences.

–Robert Jamieson pays tribute to Charlie Chong. (We are still keeping an eye out for funeral/memorial plans and will let you know when we hear something.)

-The entrepreneurs who moved Retroactive Kids from Morgan Junction to Columbia City are profiled. Among other things, they observe that WS wasn’t funky enough. (We hereby apologize; we’re quirky and crazy ourselves but never quite made it to funky.)

25th/Brandon standoff aftermath

April 27, 2007 12:33 am

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| Crime | West Seattle news | West Seattle online

A few more miscellaneous notes in the aftermath of the domestic dispute turned SWAT standoff @ 25th/Brandon last night: A nearby resident’s blog reports on the news crew that lingered long afterward and also has an earlier post with some great pix of the police action; the P-I has a fairly basic wrapup; Slog’s got the only truly complete report, including an interview with the owner of the battered BMW, seen below, ax in windshield and SWAT vehicle right behind, in a photo sent to us by a witness. P.S. According to the King County Jail Lookup, the suspect, Robert Joseph James, is still behind bars as of this writing, under investigation for four possible crimes including domestic violence, court-order violation, and malicious mischief.

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