West Seattle, Washington
18 Thursday
2:22 PM: Lots of 911 calls for suspected gunshots. No, those were fireworks – Sounders FC just won the Major League Soccer championship.
We've done it, Seattle! 🏆
We are the 2019 MLS Cup Champions! pic.twitter.com/PsLl7WAQtq
— Seattle Sounders FC (@SoundersFC) November 10, 2019
7:00 PM: If you want to join the celebration downtown, here’s early info from a postgame media advisory:
Media and fans should be advised that Sounders FC is set to hold its MLS Cup Champions Parade and Rally …on Tuesday, November 12. The event will follow roughly the same path as 2016’s celebration, with the Parade element departing from Westlake Park at 12:00 p.m. PT, followed by the Rally portion at Seattle Center at roughly 1:30 p.m. PT.
(Massing renderings by GGLO)
Missed the recent “town hall” discussion of Admiral Congregational Church‘s potential early-stage redevelopment concepts (WSB coverage here)? Your next chance is Tuesday, during the Admiral Neighborhood Association‘s next meeting. ANA’s agenda highlights:
1. Update from the Seattle Police Department’s Southwest Precinct;
2. Admiral UCC’s Redevelopment Update; and
3. Officer elections and bylaw amendments
All welcome. The meeting is at the church, 4320 SW Hill, 6:30 pm Tuesday (November 12th).
Cheerleading is not just support – it’s a sport! For kids interested in checking it out, this is an opportunity:
The WSHS Cheerleaders will be holding a Mini Cheer Camp Saturday, November 23, 2019 in the West Seattle High School Gym from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
All Ages will have a great time learning fun cheers and making crafts with the Westside cheerleaders. Campers will receive a T-shirt and official team hair bow, picture of themselves with the cheerleaders AND perform as an honorary West Seattle Cheerleader at an upcoming home basketball game!
8th-graders Welcomed. Get help for our 2020-2021 Try-Outs
The cost of this camp is $60. Registration paperwork and payment are due by November 15, 2019 to be guaranteed a t shirt the day of camp. Space is limited so register early to ensure your spot.
Contact Nadine Nguyen at wshsminicheercamp@wshs.com if you have any questions.
(Anna’s Hummingbird, photographed by Mark Wangerin)
Welcome to Sunday. Go, Sounders! Here’s what else is up:
WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: See what’s fresh at this week’s market, 10 am-2 pm in the street in the heart of The Junction. (California SW between SW Oregon and SW Alaska)
BUY YOUR BREAKFAST TICKETS: While you’re at the Farmers’ Market, visit the Kiwanis Club of West Seattle< booth at the south end, and buy advance discount tickets for their December 7th pancake breakfast, a holiday tradition. WSB is among the community co-sponsors. (California/Alaska)
MEET OUR MAKERS: That’s the theme for the holiday market you’ll find inside Alair today, 10 am-4 pm, with some of their best-selling local makers on site, as shown here. (3270 California SW)
THE NOT-ITS: This way-fun group performs the second concert in the Kindiependent series at Fauntleroy Schoolhouse, 10:30 am. Tickets here. (9131 California SW)
FAUNTLEROY FINE ART & HOLIDAY GIFT SHOW: 11 am-2 pm, your last chance to catch this year’s show, with 18 local artists participating. Don’t miss the milliners!
In the Fellowship Hall at Fauntleroy Church. (9140 California SW)
JUNCTION HOLIDAY PREVIEW: As noted here, this shopping event continues today. Spend $20 or more, get an ornament! Participants are listed here. (Multiple merchants)
NEW GIRL SCOUT TROOP: 4th graders and their families interested in formation of a new troop are invited to this meeting, 4-5 pm at Alki UCC. (6115 SW Hinds)
BENEFIT COFFEEHOUSE CONCERT: Hear the music of award-winning balafon artist Naby Camara, bid on cool silent-auction items, all while helping raise money to build a dormitory that will help girls stay in school in Tanzania. 6-8 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), as previewed here. $20 at the door. (5612 California SW)
STEVE RYALS: Live at the Pacific Room (WSB sponsor) on Alki, 6-9 pm. No cover. All ages. (2808 Alki SW)
NEIL YOUNG TRIBUTE: Rubies in the Dust at Parliament Tavern, 8 pm. $10 cover. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)
Meet Michael Tomber and Billy Conwell, if you don’t know them already. They are the new owners of Admiral Pub (2306 California SW) and they’re making some changes.
Last week, they closed the pub for a few days to do some renovations and bring in additions including those pool tables – now they have four, as well as three dart boards:
A member of their team tells us they plan to be “very event-driven” including trivia, and that they’re “ready to be the best damn sports bar in West Seattle.” And of course that means they’ll be showing the Sounders‘ MLS Cup match tomorrow, as well as the Seahawks‘ Monday night game.
Gratitude was on the menu tonight, along with spaghetti, at the annual pre-Veterans Day dinner at American Legion Post 160 in The Triangle. On the stage – an empty table and chair in honor of POWs and MIAs:
Post 160 commander Keith Hughes talked about it, after a few words about the national organization’s new membership rules:
The free dinner is an annual tradition, free to all veterans and their families. Two more notes:
JUNCTION FLAGS ON MONDAY: Post 160 will lead volunteers putting up and taking down the Stars and Stripes in The Junction on Monday. Help is appreciated – you can meet up with them on the northeast corner of California/Alaska at 9 am and/or 4 pm. All ages welcome.
FERRY FLAGS, MOMENT OF SILENCE: Also on Monday, Washington State Ferries will fly the POW-MIA flag on all operating vessels, as well as observing two minutes of silence aboard each one at 11:11 am. After that, the ferries’ whistles will blow in tribute to all who have served.
(WSB photo, October 2017)
One week from today, you can help Roxhill Park continue healing from the underground peat fire two years ago. Here’s how:
20 Volunteers needed for Roxhill Park: Replanting Fire-Damaged Peat Cell 3
Saturday, November 16th starting at 10 am, rain or shineTwo years after the underground peat fire in Roxhill Park, the community has successfully organized, with the Green Seattle Partnership, the delivery of 300 native grasses, ferns and perennial plants to restore the damaged area.
RoxhillPark.org is seeking at least 20 volunteers to assist with planting on Saturday, November 16th. Bring gardening gloves and wear warm outdoor clothing. Shovels, warm drinks and snacks will be provided.
(Roxhill Park Champions photo: Prepping Peat Cell 3 for next Saturday’s planting)
We’ll meet near the restroom and parking lot along 29th Ave SW, across the street from 9227 29th Ave SW. If you arrive a little later, the planting site can easily be found looking directly east from the playground and parking lot.
Register here for more details about the location. If you need additional information, contact: RoxhillParkCommons@gmail.com
Roxhill Park Champions meets every (corrected) second Saturday to clean litter and remove invasive plants along the park’s trails.
Football season’s over for West Seattle High School and Chief Sealth International High School. WSHS beat Evergreen last night at Southwest Athletic Complex, 38-12, for the Wildcats’ second consecutive win, ending the season at 3-7. CSIHS lost at Newport on Thursday, 56-27, ending with a 5-5 record.
Those are the members of the 7th-grade Ultimate Frisbee team from Louisa Boren STEM K-8, who made the playoffs after going undefeated in the regular season. The photo and report are from L’Nayim:
They have worked incredibly hard as a team over the past few months, practicing twice a week, and playing 1-2 games each weekend.
Our coach is the amazing “Mr. Des,” our illustrious History, Art, Soccer coach and UF coach. He is kind and inspires kindness in all his players. Without him, UF would not happen at STEM.
Back Row (L-R): Jack, Dominick, Bryson, Kana, Cedar, Cyrus, Cory, Manny, Coach Travis DesAutels
Front Row (L-R): Lukas, Jane, Fern, Bella, Seth, Noble
They lost their first playoff game today 8-7 but will play again next weekend and are in contention for 3rd place.
1:03 PM: If you’re seeing/hearing a big police response near Riverview Playfield – police were trying to catch two suspects in a reported auto theft and it turned into an on-foot chase.
One person was caught by police, another by a bystander. (updated) A vehicle related to this was abandoned nearby on SW Austin.
1:21 PM: 2 juveniles have been arrested. This turns out to be a somewhat complicated case related to the theft of a car that has been reported ditched near 11th/Kenyon. (added) Here’s that car, a Jetta:
Two other suspects reportedly were in it so now there’s a search for them, with a K9 team involved.
2:16 PM: The other car, abandoned on SW Austin, was being sought by Tukwila Police, apparently also stolen. The two people who left the stolen Jetta on 11th SW are at last report still not in custody. We’ll request the report on Monday if no further details emerge sooner.
ADDED SUNDAY: SPD Blotter has a few additional details:
Police arrested two teens after they carjacked a woman in the High Point neighborhood on Saturday afternoon.
A woman was driving through the High Point neighborhood in the 7100 block of 32 Ave Southwest at 12:50 pm Saturday when two teenage boys got into her running vehicle. The two teens then assaulted the woman before pushing her out of the car and driving away.
Officers flooded the area and spotted the car fleeing. The suspects ditched the car near Riverview Playfield. The two suspects ran across the field where a youth soccer game was taking place. Officers caught one of the suspects and the second was stopped by two parents and held until officers could take control of the situation.
Officers booked the 14 and 15-year old boys into the Youth services center for investigation of robbery.
No mention of the other car and the other 2 suspects, so we’ll still be requesting the report tomorrow.
It’s the only West Seattle holiday bazaar in a historic community center, and you can check it out until 3 pm today: The Highland Park Improvement Club Holiday Bazaar is on!
24 vendors this year, of all ages – above are Girl Scouts Juliete, Layla, and Cora. Some items are distinctively holidayesque, some are not:
Food and beverages from the HPIC kitchen, too, if you feel like noshing while you’re there. It’s indoors at 1116 SW Holden. You’ll want to visit next Saturday (November 16th) too, for the Centennial Celebration!
In case you haven’t caught this in the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar for tomorrow, a new Girl Scout troop is forming in West Seattle:
Girl Scout Troop #40067 is accepting 4th grade girls with a parent volunteer. This is a new troop forming in West Seattle, utilizing a co-op model, and is excited to embrace the Girl Scout mission to offer leadership opportunities and character development to empower girls of every race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, ability, gender identity, religion, or geographic location to make the world a better place. Our first meeting will be on Sunday, Nov. 10th at 4 pm for all interested girls and parents.
The meeting will be at Alki UCC (6115 SW Hinds). Questions? Contact info is in our calendar listing.
9:17 AM: Thanks for the tips! Orcas are in the area again today – headed southbound off Fauntleroy a short time ago per Kersti Muul and now in view off The Arroyos per a texter – murky so not ideal viewing, but since they’re southbound, they’ll eventually have to head back this way.
11:24 AM: Kersti reports in comments that some of the southbound whales are headed back northbound.
(Seen at Don Armeni Boat Ramp. Photo by Steven Director)
Happy weekend!
HIGHLAND PARK HOLIDAY BAZAAR: 10 am-3 pm, 24 vendors have unique offerings for you at Highland Park Improvement Club‘s annual bazaar. Shop and enjoy food/drink. (1116 SW Holden)
FAUNTLEROY FINE ART & HOLIDAY GIFT SHOW: 10 am-4 pm, second day you can see and shop the work of 18 local artists.
Participants are listed here. Find them in the Fellowship Hall at Fauntleroy Church. (9140 California SW)
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION HOLIDAY PREVIEW: As noted here, this shopping event continues today and Sunday. (Multiple merchants)
FAMILY READING TIME: 11 am at Paper Boat Booksellers. (6040 California SW)
CANNA WEST CULTURE SHOP TURNS 1: First-anniversary party at Canna West Culture Shop (WSB sponsor), noon-5 pm. Free massages, music, refreshments, more! (5435 California SW)
LINE DANCE PARTY & POTLUCK: 1:30 pm at High Point Community Center. (6920 34th SW)
‘DANIEL & THE DREAMCATCHER’: 2 pm at Kenyon Hall, “a comic operetta for young audiences.” Ticket information is in our listing. (7904 35th SW)
FREE DINNER FOR VETERANS: 5:30-7 pm at American Legion Post 160 in The Triangle, it’s an annual tradition – a spaghetti dinner will be served for free to veterans and their families. Just drop in! (3618 SW Alaska)
JAZZ AT THE PACIFIC ROOM: Award-winning jazz trumpeter, composer, producer Thomas Marriott performs at the Pacific Room (WSB sponsor), 7 pm. Tickets here. (2808 Alki SW)
BLUES AT C & P: 7 pm at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), the Jump Monkeys perform. No cover. All ages. (5612 California SW)
‘A FEW GOOD MEN’: Third night of the West Seattle High School Drama Club production, 7:30 pm curtain.
Ticket info (veterans free!) is in our calendar listing. (3000 California SW)
JAZZ AT KENYON HALL: Rebecca Kilgore and the Ray Skjelbred Trio perform for a second night, 7:30 pm at Kenyon Hall. Ticket info is in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)
THE PORNADOS: 9 pm at Parliament Tavern. $10 cover. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)
That’s a WSDOT crew uncovering one of the signs south of the northbound Highway 99 tunnel last night. By 5 am, all signs in both directions will be uncovered, because that’s when tolling begins – though it’ll be a little later on the northbound side, since that’s scheduled for a maintenance closure 10 pm tonight until 8 am tomorrow. If you’re still not entirely sure how tolling will work, here’s a WSDOT video:
And here’s the chart of what you’ll pay and when:
If you don’t have a Good To Go sticker pass, you can still get one, but they’re not free any more. You can also open a Good To Go account without a sticker – that’ll cost you an extra quarter each time you’re tolled if your car is registered to the account. Or if you skip Good To Go altogether, every time you take a tolled trip, you’ll pay $2 extra and get a bill via postal mail.
6:48 PM: SPD and SFD are heading to the 8600 block of 18th SW for a reported shooting. More to come.
6:55 PM: At least one person’s been shot. Police are searching with K9 and the Guardian One helicopter – but no one is reported in custody. The shooting is now reported to have happened in an alley west of 18th/Thistle.
7:05 PM: The victim is female, we’ve learned at the scene, and is being taken to Harborview Medical Center.
7:11 PM: We’ve also learned at the scene that the victim is 19 years old. An area resident says the first they heard of this was a group of young people on the run, yelling that someone had been shot.
7:18 PM: SPD says the victim’s injury is not life-threatening. Gang Unit detectives have joined the officers investigating.
8:05 PM: No further updates, nor word of anyone in custody. Our crew’s back and we’ve added two photos above.
ADDED SATURDAY: Here’s what SPD Blotter has today. Not much beyond what we reported last night:
Gang Unit detectives are handling the investigation following a shooting that occurred Friday evening in the South Delridge neighborhood. The victim, a 19-year-old female, was transported to the hospital with a non life-threatening gunshot wound.
At approximately 6:40 pm, Southwest Precinct officers were dispatched to a reported shooting in the 8600 block of 18th Avenue SW. Officers arrived and located the female victim. Officers performed first aid until Seattle Fire took over primary care and transported the victim to the hospital. Fortunately her injuries are not life-threatening.
Officers learned from witnesses that the victim was with a group of other people in the alley just west of 18th Avenue SW and SW Thistle Street. The witnesses stated that an unknown male who was with another group fired a shot toward the victim and her group, striking her.
Officers searched the area for the suspect, including the King County Sheriff’s helicopter Guardian One and an SPD K-9 team, but the suspect or people he was with was not located. Gang detectives responded and will conduct the follow up.
(WSB photos)
Call it the first weekend of the holiday season. If you’re ready to look for gifts, the Fauntleroy Fine Art and Holiday Gift Show is ready for you.
(On the Fellowship Hall stage, hats by Millinery Artisan Guild Pacific Northwest)
This curated show/sale has 18 participants, set up in the Fauntleroy Church Fellowship Hall (9140 California SW) with wares from wall art to hand-crafted hats, jewelry to garden art, and more (here’s the list).
(Battleworks 451 booth, artist Christopher Allen)
The show’s open until 8 tonight, 10 am-4 pm Saturday, and 11 am-2 pm Sunday. No admission charge.
3:36 PM: Just released: The 4th round of results since voting ended Tuesday night, first of two updates promised today. Here’s where Seattle City Council District 1 (West Seattle/South Park) stands:
Lisa Herbold – 18,460 – 55.36 %
Phil Tavel – 14,764 – 44.28 %
That’s roughly double the margin she had after yesterday’s count. And that means the incumbent has sewn up the win, as the number of D-1 ballots left to count is about 2,600, smaller than the number by which she leads. (added) One more D-1 note – with 37,000+ ballots cast in this election, that’s a third-plus more than the 27,000 cast in 2015, when Herbold won by 39 votes.
And in other results, Kshama Sawant is now leading in D-3, by 500+ votes. The only other district that was in play appears to be settled – in D-7, Andrew Lewis (behind by a few votes on Election Night) is now 1,400+ votes ahead of Jim Pugel.
In the statewide measures, (update) Referendum 88 is now too close to call; I-976 approval is still well ahead, though the gap closed a bit more.
WHAT’S NEXT: King County Elections plans to release one more set of results by 8:30 pm, and says that will be less than half the size of this one. As noted above, ballot-return statistics indicate a little over 2,500 ballots remain to be counted in D-1.
8:29 PM: That next round is now up. In D-1:
Lisa Herbold – 19,647 – 55.63 %
Phil Tavel – 15,542 – 44.00 %
That leaves about 2,500 D-1 ballots yet to be counted. … For those watching the D-3 race, Kshama Sawant now leads Egan Orion by more than 1,500 votes. … The next results won’t be out until Tuesday, since Monday is Veterans Day.
9:55 PM: It’s been pointed out that we were using the wrong stats to calculate what’s left to count. Not all ballots have votes in all races. So with 36,853 *ballots* counted in D1, and 37,736 ballots received, there are actually fewer than 900 remaining to be counted.
ADDED SATURDAY MORNING: Phil Tavel has just sent this to his campaign mailing list:
First of all, I want to thank you so much for all of your support during my campaign. My supporters are the reason I ran – to help make the community better for us all. The way that the community stepped forward to support me over the past year is truly humbling.
Unfortunately this time around, we came up short. While things didn’t end up the way we had hoped, I am proud of the campaign we ran and forever grateful for the backing I had every step of the way.
I’m going to take some time off and spend some time with my family, but I look forward to seeing what other opportunities arise in the future. My commitment to our community has not diminished, and I want to thank you again for believing in me.
2:39 PM: Thanks to Kersti Muul for the tip – she reports southbound orcas off Bainbridge Island. She also notes this is at least the third consecutive year of orca sightings in this area on this date!
3:22 PM: Just heard from Donna Sandstrom of The Whale Trail. She says the orcas are off Blake Island, slowly heading south, visible from Me-Kwa-Mooks/Emma Schmiz Overlook (4500 block Beach Drive SW) if you use binoculars (she’s there now with some you can borrow!).
5:01 PM: Texter says they’re now northbound, passing Fauntleroy.
Four weeks ago, we broke the news of a dramatic change in the redevelopment proposal for the auto-shop site at 9201 Delridge Way SW. Instead of a 4-story storage facility, a 5-story mixed-use building is now planned, with 51 apartments, 5 live-work units, and offstreet parking spaces for 8 cars and 59 bicycles. Today, we just got word from Caron Architecture that an “early design outreach” community meeting is planned, 6-7 pm Tuesday, December 3rd, at Jim Wiley Community Center in Greenbridge (9800 8th SW). Above is the flyer, in English, Vietnamese, and Spanish (or see it here in PDF). As it says, you also can answer an online survey to provide feedback – find it here.
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
Now there are two redevelopment projects on the way to construction in the heart of The Junction, after 4508 California SW cleared the Design Review process last night.
This was the Southwest Design Review Board‘s third review of the yet-to-be-named building, which will be the third mixed-use Junction redevelopment for Leon Capelouto, after Capco Plaza (42nd/Alaska) and AJ Apartments (42nd/Oregon). This one will replace the building that currently holds Lee’s Asian Restaurant, Kamei Japanese Restaurant, and The Naked Crepe.
Last night’s meeting was sparsely attended, with two community members commenting. David Reddish of Caron Architecture led the briefing on design changes made since the project’s last review one year ago (WSB coverage here). Here’s the packet:
As recapped last night, 58 apartments are planned, plus 12 lodging units, 17 underground parking spaces, and ground-floor retail space. Reddish said the project is intended to create spaces for smaller retailers, as the current building does. Other design points: Read More
Two West Seattle Crime Watch incidents:
STOLEN CAR: From Joey:
Our black 2015 Honda CRV (license # AXZ7036) was stolen last night from in front of our home on the 1700 block of Alki Ave SW.
If you see it, call 911.
CAR BREAK-INS IN APARTMENT GARAGE: Thanks for the tips on this. At least four vehicles were broken into in the garage at The Huxley (4754 Fauntleroy Way SW) Wednesday night/Thursday morning. We obtained the police report today. It says windows were broken on three victims’ cars. While police were there, the report says, building maintenance told them about damage to an exterior door that leads to the bicycle-storage area, from which the garage is accessible. They believe that’s how the burglar(s) got in. No description in the report, but it says security video was expected to be available for followup.
(Golden Pheasant on Genesee Hill, photographed by Christopher Mitchell)
WEST SEATTLE JUNCTION HOLIDAY PREVIEW: As noted last night, this shopping event starts today and continues through Sunday. (Multiple merchants)
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES: 1 pm at Senior Center of West Seattle, 1940’s “Foreign Correspondent” is this week’s “Greatest Movie You’ve Never Heard Of.” $1 members/$2 members. (4217 SW Oregon)
FAUNTLEROY FINE ART AND GIFT SHOW: First of three days, 5-8 pm at Fauntleroy Church. Participating artists are listed here. (9140 California SW)
SPARKLE! VAIN (WSB sponsor) offers your hair and nails a chance to sparkle tonight, 5-9 pm. Details here. (4513 California SW)
(Thursday night sunset, photographed by Kersti Muul)
FOOTBALL: West Seattle High School plays Evergreen HS at 7 pm tonight, Southwest Athletic Complex. (2801 SW Thistle)
SONGWRITERS’ SHOWCASE: Monthly showcase at C & P Coffee Company (WSB sponsor), 7-9 pm. No cover. All ages. (5612 California SW)
‘A FEW GOOD MEN’: Second night of the West Seattle High School Drama Club production, 7:30 pm curtain. Ticket info (veterans free!) is in our calendar listing. (3000 California SW)
JAZZ AT KENYON HALL: Rebecca Kilgore and the Ray Skjelbred Trio, 7:30 pm at Kenyon Hall. Ticket info’s in our calendar listing. (7904 35th SW)
BLUES AT THE PACIFIC ROOM: Award-winning blues artist Sheri Roberts Greimes performs at the Pacific Room (WSB sponsor), 8 pm. Tickets here. (2808 Alki SW)
TRIPLE BILL: Knick Knack Records artists Gravelroad, Low Hums, and Sweet Jesus at Parliament Tavern, 9 pm. $8 cover. 21+. (4210 SW Admiral Way)
PREVIEW THE WEEKEND … via our complete calendar!
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