West Seattle, Washington
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The West Seattle 5K, coming up on Sunday morning, May 18, is not only West Seattle’s biggest run of the year – with more than 1,500 participants last year alone – but also a fundraiser for, and coordinated by, the West Seattle High School PTSA. They hope to encourage even more students to be part of it this year, so they’re highlighting this part of the original announcement:
Sign your student up for the annual competition among West Seattle High School students. The goal is to see which grade and club gets the most classmates to register. The winning grade gets out of Homeroom early for a special treat and cash ($250) to their grade level ASB. “We have heard from event runners that they didn’t know this event benefited the high school so we want to make sure to raise that awareness as well as get as many WSHS students involved as possible,” says Kelley O’Connor, event co-chair. Be sure to select your grade and club when registering. The winning club gets a special treat for all it’s members as well!
Registration is live now at www.westseattle5K.com and www.getmeregistered.com/WestSeattle5K
Adults are $40 (5/10 raises to $45)
Youth 19 and under are $20 (5/10 and later is $30)
West Seattle High School students are $20 (5/10 and later is $30)
West Seattle High School staff is free (need passcode and can buy shirt for $15)
Kids under 6 are free (no shirt included, but can buy for $15)
The WS5K start/finish line is on Alki Avenue near 61st SW.
9:20 AM: Collision at Glenn/Oregon on the west side of The Junction, with police and SFD responding.
Earlier:
6:00 AM: Good morning! It’s Monday, April 21, 2025; schools are back in session after spring break.
WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET TIMES
Cleearing today,, high in the upper 50s. Today’s sunrise/sunset – 6:08 am and 8:08 pm.
(Saturday night’s sunset from Cove Park in Fauntleroy – photo by Tom Trulin)
TRANSIT TODAY
Water Taxi – Regular West Seattle service; spring/summer schedule has begun, with later-in-the-evening sailings Fridays and Saturdays.
Metro buses – Regular schedule.
Washington State Ferries – Regular service on the Triangle Route, with M/V Kittitas and M/V Cathlamet, plus M/V Salish is serving as the “bonus boat”.
ROAD WORK
-The Admiral Way Bridge’s outside lane on the eastbound/southbound side remains closed.
-With the nice weather, projects may pop up without warning – please let us know if you see one affecting traffic.
SPOTLIGHT TRAFFIC CAMERAS
High Bridge – Here’s the main camera, followed by the Fauntleroy-end camera:
Spokane Street Viaduct – This view usually looks westward, with eastbound lanes at left and westbound lanes at right:
Low Bridge – Looking west:
1st Avenue South Bridge:
Delridge cameras: In addition to the one below (Delridge/Genesee), cameras are also at Delridge/Juneau, Delridge/Henderson, Delridge/Oregon, and video-only (so you have to go to the map), Delridge/Holden and Delridge/Thistle.
MORE TRAFFIC CAMS: All functioning traffic cams citywide are here (including links to live video for most); for a quick scan of West Seattle and vicinity-relevant cameras, see this WSB page.
See a problem on the bridges/streets/paths/water? Please text or call our hotline (when you can do it safely, and after you’ve reported to authorities if they’re not already on scene) – 206-293-6302. Thank you!
Before volunteers start digging into their work at the twice-yearly Duwamish Alive! events, organizers usually lead an opening ceremony at one of the sites on the river. Our photo above is from Saturday’s gathering at həʔapus Village Park, where longtime Seattle Public Utilities fish biologist Katherine Lynch was honored as a “Green-Duwamish Champion.” Joining in the recognition at the port-owned park were Seattle Port Commissioners Hamdi Mohamed and Fred Felleman, and photographer Tom Reese, who has documented the Duwamish (and whose photo graces the award plaque). Sharon Leishman of the Duwamish Alive Coalition presented the award to Lynch – one of just a few to receive the honor:
As Leishman and Lynch both explained, her work focused on, and in, urban streams, such as West Seattle’s Longfellow Creek, as discussed in a 2023 Duwamish Longhouse event (WSB coverage here) at which they and Reese all spoke. Meantime, the port commissioners also received gifts of gratitude, after voicing their appreciation for the volunteers’ work helping the river heal:
Once the speeches wrapped up, volunteers gathered at this park and more than half a dozen other sites to get briefed and start their work.
If you missed the chance to volunteer during this Duwamish Alive! day, watch here for word of the fall edition – and keep an eye on sites like this and this for other cleanup and restoration opportunities all year long.
For the second time in less than 24 hours, police are investigating gunfire on SW Brandon. After multiple 911 calls about half an hour ago, an officer told dispatch they just found casings at 26th/Brandon. No report of injuries.
Another way to get fresh food to more West Seattleites, just announced by the local entrepreneurs behind Cascadia Produce (among other things):
Looking for a way to support local farms, small businesses, and your own health — without blowing your grocery budget? We’ve got good news: fresh, affordable produce is coming back to West Seattle, thanks to a brand-new Fresh Produce Box program created by West Seattle’s own Jill and Jeremy of Cascadia Produce and Mom’s Microgarden.
When the Cascadia Fresh Market pilot on Delridge wrapped earlier this year, Jill was determined to keep fresh food access alive in the neighborhood. By combining the growing power of her microgreen farm (Mom’s Microgarden) and the aggregation and distribution expertise of Cascadia Produce, she’s created a low-overhead model that brings value and values right to our community.
Here’s How It Works:
STEP 1: Pre-order your box at https://app.barn2door.com/momsmicrogarden/all (or go to www.momsmicrogarden.com and press “SHOP ONLINE”)Choose from two box style options:
*Mom’s Local Produce Box – $34
Includes six local, Washington-grown items each week — always fresh, often organic, and sourced from BIPOC-, woman-, and Native-owned farms. Each purchase supports a network of growers working insanely hard in an uncertain food system economy.*Cascadia Wild Harvest Box – $29.50
Eight items (2 fruit / 6 veg), sourced with value and variety in mind. Many items are surplus — delicious, just maybe a little wonky-looking (aren’t we all?). Expect staples you’ll actually use, and the occasional exciting surprise like raspberries or avocados.You can easily add on additional microgreens to any box order (cantaloupe greens are amazing, just sayin).
STEP 2: Pick your pickup spot
Fresh Produce Boxes will be available at four West Seattle locations to start:
– Youngstown Cultural Arts Center Parking Lot – Tuesdays, 2:30–4:30 PM
– Highland Park Improvement Club Parking Lot (HPIC) – Sundays, 2–4 PM
– Highland Park Corner Store – Mondays, 9 AM–5 PM (limited number available)
More sites coming soon as the program grows!STEP 3: Pick up your box
Come during your pickup window, look for a produce–themed van and/or obvious signage, and grab your box drive-thru or walk-up style.
Questions, comments, another box-pickup site to suggest? Email Jill at jill@momsmicrogarden.com.
Tuesday is when voting ends in the April 22 special election – and you have one measure to vote on, King County Proposition 1, renewal of the levy that pays for the Regional Automated Fingerprint Identification System. This goes back almost 40 years, first approved by King County voters in 1986. The renewal is for seven years starting at 2.75 cents (or less) per thousand dollars of property valuation; that’s lower than the 3.5 cents with which the previous renewal, approved in 2018, began (dropping to 2.9 cents by last year). So what is this used for? Not just criminal-justice matters, according to the FAQ on its website. It’s the only countywide measure on Tuesday’s ballot, but five school and special-purpose districts have measures to decide too. As usual, your deadline for turning in your ballot is 8 pm Tuesday at a King County Elections dropbox or getting it to the US Postal Service early enough to ensure it’ll be postmarked no later than Tuesday.
“Is it junk, or is it everything you ever dreamed of?” asks one of the almost 400 listings we’ve received so far as registration for West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day 2025 – the 20th anniversary of the first WSCGSD – enters its final days. We’ve reviewed more than 300 of the listings already, and have noted more than 20 fundraisers – from schools to Scouts to service clubs – as well as more than a dozen that will be treat-enhanced (lemonade, cookies, hot dogs, cotton candy, more). One sale is offering kids’ face painting! The big day is now less than three weeks away, on Saturday, May 10, 9 am-3 pm (though some are starting earlier and some are ending later, as you’ll see on the map and in the guide when it’s available a week in advance), from Alki in the north to White Center in the south. (Someone even tried to register a sale in Ballard – sorry, that’s just a bit too far to stretch the boundaries.) If you haven’t registered your sale yet, you have until 11:30 pm this Thursday (April 24) to do it here!
P.S. The confirmed sites offering spaces to sellers – if you need a space for a small sale – remain Fauntleroy Schoolhouse and Hotwire Coffee; please contact them directly to see if they have room and if so, how to get in on that.
Story by Jason Grotelueschen
Reporting for West Seattle Blog
Westwood neighbors and senior residents of Village Green West Seattle (2615 SW Barton; WSB sponsor) gathered on Wednesday night for a well-attended community-safety conversation with Seattle Police, to share thoughts and concerns as it relates to challenges with crime and recurring problematic activity in the area.
Residents of the Village Green community, who live across the street from Westwood Village and near Roxhill Park and a Metro transit center, shared their own observations and reports of individuals and groups repeatedly engaging in suspicious and criminal activity nearby. This has included having people coming onto the property, openly using drugs and other criminal activity, being loud and threatening, and gathering/camping in the park and starting fires, among other reports. Neighbors and residents also expressed concerns with shootings in the area, and ongoing crime at Westwood’s stores.
The evening’s featured guest was SPD crime-prevention coordinator Jennifer Satterwhite from the Southwest Precinct, along with a panel that included community liaison officer German Barreto, crime prevention specialist Matt Brown, and community service officers Jamie Heslin and Helene Masyr. The officers acknowledge the recurring issues and challenges with criminal and nuisance activity in the area, and encouraged neighbors to continue to stay involved and to report any troubling activity they see, to help SPD respond accordingly.
After brief opening remarks by Eva Thomas, executive director of Village Green, Satterwhite told residents and neighbors that for her and her colleagues, their goal is “to help you feel safe, and to help you know what to do if you don’t feel safe.” She added that she appreciated the invitation, having been to Village Green “5 or 6 times previously” and reiterating that she wants to be a direct-line resource for neighbors, saying “if you take nothing else away from tonight, at least take my business card!” and to contact her with any questions or ongoing concerns. Her contact information is Jennifer.Satterwhite@seattle.gov and 206-471-2849.
While the evening featured serious stories and frustrations, attendees also noted the strong spirit of community and gratitude for law enforcement, and even a moment of levity during Satterwhite’s remarks about SPD stepping up their recruitment efforts for new officers, saying that “if you know anyone who would like to apply, and can pass the exams, please do — there’s no age limit!” which brought big laughs in the room full of Village Green’s senior residents.
Here’s a summary of discussions and remarks from the meeting:
Read MoreThanks to West Seattle runner Joe Drake for the photo!
Patti Shuster, Joe Drake, Mike Marshino, Huy Son, and Shannon Chappon, all of West Seattle and ready to run the Boston Marathon tomorrow.
The 129th Boston Marathon starts in 10 waves between 6:06 am and 8:15 am our time tomorrow (Monday, April 21).
P.S. We last heard from Joe a year ago, when he updated us on West Seattleites running the Tokyo Marathon, where he and Patti earned Six-Star Medals.
(Sunrise photographed by Theresa Arbow-O’Connor earlier this week)
Two-part list today – we begin with Easter events:
EASTER SERVICES: See our list for the times/locations of the services sent to us for inclusion. They start with the three local UCC churches’ traditional sunrise service at Alki Beach, 6 am near the Bathhouse (59th/Alki).
EGG HUNTS: Five of those churches are offering them today – we listed them here.
EAGLES’ EASTER BRUNCH: Membership not required for this special brunch at the West Seattle Eagles‘ HQ (4426 California SW), 10 am-1 pm (the Easter Bunny arrives at 11).
EASTER PICS WITH REAL RABBITS: At Ounces (3809 Delridge Way SW), 1 pm-4 pm, Special Bunny Rabbit Rescue will present a photo booth, by donation.
CLOSURES: We don’t make an Easter open/closed list, because historically we haven’t heard of many closures. But there are a few – one big West Seattle store will be closed today – Target; other closures we know of include Circa (WSB sponsor), Junction Hardware, Husky Deli, Northwest Art and Frame, .
Now, here’s what else is notable today, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar and previously published previews:
WATER TAXI STARTING LATE: As noted here, West Seattle Water Taxi service won’t begin until the 1:30 run from downtown – that’s because the annual underwater cleanup will be happening in the Seacrest vicinity.
WESTIES RUN CLUB: Today’s run leaves from Highland Park Corner Store (7789 Highland Park Way SW), 9 am.
AMERICAN MAH JONGG: Meet up with other players – all levels – 9:30-11:30 am at The Missing Piece. (35th/Roxbury)
WEST SEATTLE FARMERS’ MARKET: Yes, it’s open today – 10 am-2 pm, with spring produce (lots of greens!) plus beverages, flowers, cheese, yogurt, fish, meat, prepared hot food, baked goods, nuts, dried peppers, garlic, candy, condiments, more. (California SW between SW Alaska and SW Oregon)
DUWAMISH TRIBE LONGHOUSE & CULTURAL CENTER: Usually open Sundays but closed for Easter.
FREE NIA CLASS: 10:30 am Sundays, first class free if you pre-register. At Inner Alchemy Sanctuary/Studio (3618 SW Alaska)
WEST SEATTLE TOOL LIBRARY: Need a tool to get your project going? Borrow it from the Tool Library, open 11 am-4 pm on the northeast side of Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. (4408 Delridge Way SW)
WELCOME ROAD WINERY: Enjoy your Sunday afternoon at this West Seattle tasting room open 2-5 pm, kids and dogs welcome. (3804 California SW; WSB sponsor)
‘ATHENA’ MATINEE: “Theater plus fencing!” is what ArtsWest (4711 California SW) promises with its production “Athena“; our calendar listing has play info plus the ticket link for today’s 3 pm performance.
420 PUFF & PAINT: 4 pm at Nepenthe (9447 35th SW).
MIDNIGHT MORNING AT EASY STREET: 5 pm, the record store hosts a free, all-ages show with songs from the “psychedelic grunge” band’s new EP “Faded Colors.” (4559 California SW)
LIVE MUSIC AT THE ALLEY: End your weekend with Sunday night music provided by the Triangular Jazztet at The Alley (behind 4509 California SW) – 8-10 pm.
Are you planning, organizing, and/or publicizing something that should be on our community event calendar – one-time or recurring? Please email us the basic details – westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!
After several 911 calls about suspected gunfire, police just told dispatch they’ve found “rounds” at 29th/Brandon. No reports of injuries.
(WSB photos by Oliver Hamlin. Above, 15-month-old Peter)
Earlier, we showed you West Seattle’s biggest egg hunt. Now, one of the smaller-yet-spirited events at Seattle Parks community centers: The two scheduled this year were both set for 10 am, so we had to choose one, and Delridge Community Center won.
The hunting happened in waves, grouped by age.
(3 1/2-year-old Molly)
If your little one didn’t get a chance to egg-hunt today, several local churches are offering opportunities tomorrow – here’s our list.
WSB photos by Dave Gershgorn
In honor of Earth Day, this was a day for hundreds of people to dig into restoration and cleanup work in some of West Seattle’s greenspaces, particularly the watershed of the Duwamish River. Some of them joined the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association – DNDA – at Pigeon Point Park, to celebrate a longtime partnership and the legendary woman who launched it:
Nancy Whitlock founded the environment-and-art focused Nature Consortium in 1998 and led it until a decade ago. It’s now part of DNDA, which “revived” Nature Consortium – with Whitlock on hand – for today’s volunteer event at a site where it hosts many work parties each year
DNDA’s announcement of today’s event explained, “This year is the 20th anniversary of the Green Seattle Partnership. The milestone has prompted reflection on all that has been accomplished by tens of thousands of volunteers over the decades, and it felt like a natural occasion to highlight all that was accomplished under the Nature Consortium banner.”
(Volunteer Emily Grayson, chopping through roots obstructing a trail)
DNDA continues the work that Whitlock began, “connecting people, arts, and nature.” And that was in evidence as volunteers dug into their tasks this morning, with arts and music to be part of the event too.
(Volunteer Alex Tranum, chopping through blackberry vines)
Today also was the multi-site Duwamish Alive! volunteering event, and we’ll have coverage from one of its sites a bit later.
Video, photos and story by Jason Grotelueschen
Reporting for West Seattle Blog
Kids and families flocked to the south meadow at Lincoln Park on Saturday morning for West Seattle’s biggest annual egg hunts, sponsored and organized by Eastridge Church and featuring 15,000 treat-filled eggs.
The slight drizzle and overcast skies were no match for the prevailing Easter spirit, as families began lining up to check-in and get their designated hunt bags, divided into age groups:
Eastridge has a campus in Issaquah and also a West Seattle campus (4500 39th Ave SW), and on Saturday the organizers including pastor Craig Mathison welcomed attendees to the Lincoln Park hunt:
…as prospective hunters and families began taking their places around the two fields that event volunteers had set up with thousands of eggs each:
Here’s video of the first wave of young hunters (with parental help allowed): Lincoln Park — Eastridge Church egg hunt 2025 (group 1).
And following a short break to allow volunteers to restock each field, here’s the second wave (kids only): Lincoln Park — Eastridge Church egg hunt 2025 (group 2):
In each group, one lucky participant was able to find an egg containing a “golden ticket” to exchange for a large Easter basket:
Read MoreFauntleroy has lost a longtime leader.
Just a few months after resigning as Fauntleroy Community Association president after 11 years, Mike Dey has unexpectedly died at age 74.
His wife Susan Lantz-Dey had been outdoors at their home Thursday night, then came indoors to make dinner, and found him unconscious. Seattle Fire medics responded but were unable to revive him.
This past January’s FCA meeting was Mr. Dey’s last one as president. As we reported in meeting coverage, he planned to stay on the board at least a year to help with the transition, but was hoping that handing over the reins would mean “new ideas can float to the top.”
In the subsequent edition of the FCA’s quarterly newsletter, editor Judy Pickens published this list of highlights from Mr. Dey’s years of leadership (while noting he would be first to point out that many others assisted):
*increased residential memberships from 121 to 224 and business memberships from 6 to 15.
*administered an annual FCA budget that more than doubled to $11,800.
*beautified the Endolyne business area with 23 planter boxes and maintained them.
*introduced crossing flags for pedestrian safety at 11 intersections in the neighborhood.
*opposed pickleball courts and an off-leash dog area in Lincoln Park.
*took positions on ferry-terminal replacement and pressed at city and state levels to be heard.
*examined and responded to numerous city proposals to increase building heights and density and decrease street and off-street parking for residents.
*took positions to enforce the city’s noise ordinance and retain funding for public safety.
*supported federal funding for repairing the West Seattle high bridge.
*introduced annual community egg and pumpkin hunts.
*pushed for converting Brace Point Dr. SW to one way and improving parking, adding a guard rail along Marine View Dr. SW, installing a wide-angle mirror for traffic safety at SW Roxbury and SW Marine View Dr., and adding traffic calming and pedestrian safety striping at problem locations.
*succeeded in getting the state to remove creosote logs and debris from Fauntleroy Cove.
*introduced automated FCA membership renewal and payment options.
A full obituary and word on memorial plans will be forthcoming.
1:07 PM: So far we’ve been from Morgan Junction…
… to the north end of The Junction…
… and we’ve seen hundreds of protesters on a dozen streetcorners, midway through a planned two-hour protest of various actions the Trump Administration has taken or might take. Next, we’re traveling the rest of California Ave.
1:20 PM: Just did that, and counted another dozen intersections with protesters at multiple corners, ending at Admiral Way.
1:53 PM: Just made it up to Highland Park and a group is at 16th/Holden as announced.
2:25 PM: The photos above were all taken by us from our car window, at stoplights. We’re back at HQ now and below we’ll be adding other photos a bit later this afternoon.
ADDED 3:07 PM: Above, Dave White‘s photo from Walk-All Ways; below, Bucky Hayes-McQueen‘s photo from Admiral/California:
ADDED 5:15 PM: Below are photos from WSB contributor Dave Gershgorn, who went to several of the locations:
The protests were organized by West Seattle Indivisible.
(Photo by Oliver Hamlin)
By Tracy Burrows
Reporting for West Seattle Blog
Clear skies and warm breezes made it a perfect Friday night for baseball, as rivals West Seattle High School and Chief Sealth International High School suited up to take the field at Nino Cantu Southwest Athletic Complex. The weather fostered a festive atmosphere in the stands as well. At one point, the fans broke out into a singalong with the Zac Brown Band’s breezy single “Knee Deep” between innings.
(Photo by Tracy Burrows: Above, CSIHS #2, Julian Reinhardt)
On the field, it was a tale of two contests – a slugfest for the first three innings and a pitcher’s duel for the final three and a half, with West Seattle coming away with the win by a score of 7-6.
(Photo by Oliver Hamlin)
The Wildcats got things going in the bottom of the first, scoring three runs off Sealth’s starting pitcher, Teo Perala.
(Photo by Oliver Hamlin)
The big blow was a towering double by Lincoln Scott (#44 below), who advanced to third on the throw to home plate.
(Photo by Tracy Burrows)
Sealth tied the game at 3-3 in the top of the second with timely hitting and smart baserunning, scoring a run on a West Seattle wild pitch. Sealth went ahead 6-3 in the top of the third, powered by a Perala double. West Seattle wasted no time in answering back, tying the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the inning, helped by three walks and a hit batter by the Sealth pitchers.
(Photo by Tracy Burrows)
The rest of the night belonged to West Seattle’s pitcher Oliver Heltzel (above), who held the Seahawks scoreless for the last four innings, notching 5 strikeouts and forcing many ground ball outs. Sealth kept the game close with some stellar defense but gave up an unearned run in the bottom of the fifth through a combination of a walk, stolen base, fielder’s choice, and wild pitch. Sealth’s Sam Popelka (#7) pitched 3+ innings in relief
WHAT’S NEXT: Both games are back at NCSWAC next Wednesday (April 23), against different opponents – Sealth vs. Roosevelt at 4 pm, WSIHS vs. Nathan Hale at 7 pm.
Until noon today, the annual shredding event and food/money donation drive for White Center Food Bank is on in the northwest section of the Westwood Village parking lot (south of the post office).
The shredding service is provided for free by John L. Scott Westwood Real Estate-The Madrona Group (WSB sponsor).
(Spring blossoms, photographed by Susan Whiting Kemp)
The weekend begins! Here are highlights for today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar:
HOLY WEEK CONTINUES: Easter vigils and more on our list of local services – see it here.
SATURDAY GROUP RUN: Meet at West Seattle Runner (2743 California SW; WSB sponsor) at 8 am for the free weekly group run.
FREE SHREDDING AND FOOD DRIVE: You bring the food and/or money for White Center Food Bank, a shredding service provided by John L. Scott Westwood Real Estate-The Madrona Group (WSB sponsor) does the shredding, 9 am-noon in the northwest section of the Westwood Village parking lot (closer to Trenton entrance, south of the post office)
HEAVILY MEDITATED: Free community meditation, 9 am at Inner Alchemy‘s sanctuary/studio (3618 SW Alaska).
THIS WEEKEND’S EGG HUNTS: They start today at 10 am – here’s our full list, including Delridge and High Point Community Centers and Lincoln Park this morning, Ounces this afternoon (with an adult egg hunt too!) and church egg hunts tomorrow.
DUWAMISH ALIVE! The spring day of work parties along the river and its watershed is here, 10 am-2 pm – if you haven’t pre-registered for one, you can try dropping in! This year’s opening ceremonies and acknowledgments are again at həʔapus Village Park (4500 Duwamish Trail).
DNDA EARTH DAY EVENT: Revisit the legendary Nature Consortium as its founder Nancy Whitlock returns for this restoration event at Pigeon Point Park (1901 SW Genesee), 10 am-1 pm
INTRODUCTORY WALK: First of two sequential weekly walking events – meeting at the same spot, 47th/Fauntleroy, first at 9:30 am for a flat-terrain 1-mile walk.
WALKING FOR WELL-BEING: Then at 10 am, join others for the full weekly walk in Lincoln Park (also meet at 47th/Fauntleroy).
MORNING MUSIC AT THE COFFEEHOUSE: 10:30 am-noon at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor), Marco de Carvalho and Friends perform. Info about Marco’s music is here.
GRIEFSHARE: If you have lost someone close to you, this is for you. 13-week series continues today, 10:30 am, Grace Church (10323 28th SW).
FREE WRITING GROUP: 10:30 am – “This is a free, weekly, in-person active writing group grounded in the Amherst Writers and Artists method. It is a safe, critique-free space. Writers of all levels welcome, 16 and up.” Our calendar listing has location and RSVP info.
FAMILY STORY TIME: 10:30-11 am at High Point Library (3411 SW Raymond), meant for kids 0-5.
FAMILY READING TIME: 11 am family reading time is back at new home of Paper Boat Booksellers (4522 California SW) and this week features Sheryl Murray and her new book “When Night Comes Calling.”
EARTH DAY AT THE P-PATCH: Join The Clay Cauldron and friends at Delridge P-Patch (5078 25th SW) for an Earth Day event, 11 am-3 pm.
SPRING BUCKET GIVEAWAY: White Center Pride‘s fun giveaway for kids is set to start at 1 pm at Dubsea Coffee (8th SW south of SW Roxbury).
PRESCHOOL OPEN HOUSE: 11 am-1 pm at Westside Wonderspace (7018 14th SW).
STREETCORNER RALLIES FOR DEMOCRACY: Noon-2 pm, democracy advocates plan to gather at California SW streetcorners from Admiral to Fauntleroy, plus at 16th/Holden in Highland Park, with signs and noisemakers, continuing what started with the “Hands Off!” rallies two weeks ago.
LOG HOUSE MUSEUM OPEN: The home of West Seattle history is open for your visit, noon-4 pm – see the newest exhibit, about the West Duwamish Greenbelt! (61st/Stevens)
VIETNAMESE CULTURAL CENTER OPEN: The center is open to visitors noon-3 pm, as explained here. (2236 SW Orchard)
VISCON CELLARS TASTING ROOM/WINE BAR: Tasting room open – wine by the glass or bottle – 1-6 pm at Viscon Cellars (5910 California SW; WSB sponsor).
FREE MASSAGE: Nepenthe event is canceled this week.
INTIMATE CONCERT SERIES: 6 pm at Alki Arts (6030 California SW), pay what you can, Kelly Hyde and Joey Valentine perform “living room style” in the gallery.
PASSOVER’S FINAL WEEKEND: The Jewish festival of Passover concludes this weekend.
BAD NERVES AT EASY STREET RECORDS: 7 pm show and signing, free, all ages. (4559 California SW)
LIVE AT KENYON HALL: Doors 7, show 7:30, Wes Weddell & Del Rey at Kenyon Hall (7904 35th SW). All ages; tickets here.
FESTIVAL OF FRIENDS AT THE SKYLARK: Doors 7, show 8:
BANDMIXERS DISCOGRAPHY / VOL. 16
Bandmixers-Discography events feature curated cover bands showcasing select tracks from some of rock music’s most iconic albums. Performing bands are made up of musicians from within the Festival of Friends Events musician community. Our Volume 16 installment includes the music of Rush, Boston, Pixies and Pearl Jam. Join us for a great night of community live performances!
Tickets here. 21+. (3803 Delridge Way SW)
‘ATHENA’ AT ARTSWEST: Second weekend continues, 7:30 pm at ArtsWest Playhouse (4711 California SW), for “Athena,” by Gracie Gardner – get tickets here.
MUSIC AT MR. B’S MEAD CENTER: 8 pm, with Alec Estes, no cover. (9444 Delridge Way SW)
REVELRY ROOM DJ: Spinning starts at 9 pm with DJ Topspin at Revelry Room. (4547 California SW)
KARAOKE AT TALARICO’S: Want to sing on your Saturday night? 10 pm at Talarico’s Pizzeria. (4718 California SW)
West Seattle event coming up? If community members are welcome, your event is welcome to be listed on our calendar! Please email info to westseattleblog@gmail.com – thank you!
(Added: Reader photo)
9:25 PM: What started as a small response in the 8100 block of 17th SW has been upgraded to a full “fire in building” response. Updates to come.
9:27 PM: Firefighters told dispatch the fire is in the one-story house’s basement. … It’s extended through a window and caught the exterior on fire.
9:41 PM: Not out yet. But now one firefighter just radioed that the fire may have started in the “vinyl siding.” Another reiterated the earlier observation that flames came through a window and caught the siding on fire, adding that the basement electrical panel might have factored into it.
9:48 PM: City Light has arrived. The fire is reported to be under control.
10 PM: And now it’s been declared out.
By Tracy Record
West Seattle Blog editor
Though Thursday night’s Alki Community Council meeting yielded no major revelations about the summer safety plan for the beach, the fact that the meeting happened at all, one month before the season’s traditional start, was a triumph.
ACC brought together reps from Seattle Police, Seattle Parks, and Seattle Public Utilities, with other guests and with the Alki Bathhouse serving as a symbolically important setting, just steps from the epicenter of summer activity at the beach – both good and bad. Last year, a multi-agency community meeting (WSB coverage here) happened after a still-unsolved murder on Duwamish Head in June.
As we’ve been reporting since last month, Parks plans to finally make earlier closing times at Alki (and elsewhere) permanent, after years of implementing them as a “pilot” (here’s our coverage of last week’s Parks Board meeting at which commissioners voted in favor of the change. So that means a 10:30 pm closing time for Alki. But closing times alone won’t solve everything. Other aspects of Alki summers were spotlighted at the meeting.
“We are really looking forward to the summer season,” opened Starck with optimism, even with the possibility that a small percentage of “bad actors” can cause trouble. The meeting was intended, she explained, to learn from city reps who are “guardians” of the area, and to learn how everyone can be a “guardian” in their own way.
Taking the concept of guardianship back a few centuries, the area’s First People were represented by Chief Sealth descendant Ken Workman stood before the crowd to deliver a welcome in Lushootsheed, the Duwamish Tribe‘s language, which he said children are learning again. He spoke of his great-great-etc. grandfather welcoming the Denny Party in 1851. In the less than two centuries that have passed, he observed, “On this land, everything has changed. … this was all trees.” He wanted to come and “show you where you are.”
EXPLORER WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS: Two guests whose stewardship of the land started far more recently spoke to the ACC next – Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor) eighth-graders whose “Change the World” project is plastic pollution. They’re oganizing a beach-cleanup day – no date chosen yet – and will need help getting the word out. They haven’t set a date yet but will let the ACC know. Starck told them, “We’re super proud you’re taking control of what’s happening in your back yard.”
SUMMER-PREVIEW PANEL: Then it was on to the summer-preview panel – Seattle Police Southwest Precinct commander Capt. Krista Bair, Jon Jainga from Seattle Parks’ security and emergency-management team, Tracy Cramer from Seattle Public Utilities‘ Clean City Initiative, and one more Parks rep, Brian Willis, Southwest District maintenance captain (handling 86 parks – with “not a lot” of staff, he said when Starck asked).
A car found burning on a West Seattle street early Thursday was stolen, according to SPD. Their short summary of the incident just after 3 am Thursday near 27th/Othello says that while the vehicle had been stolen in Seattle, checking its VIN showed it was linked to a shooting in the King County Sheriff’s Office jurisdiction, so what was left of the burned car was towed to a KCSO-controlled location. We haven’t yet been able to obtain report narrative on the incident.
(April 12 WSB photo by Dave Gershgorn)
Only one major West Seattle egg hunt is in the history books – the Fauntleroy Community Association‘s event last Saturday – all the others are in the next two days. Here’s what we have on the list:
DELRIDGE COMMUNITY CENTER: 10 am Saturday (4501 Delridge Way SW)
HIGH POINT COMMUNITY CENTER: 10 am Saturday (6920 34th SW)
LINCOLN PARK: The mega-event presented by Eastridge Church, also featuring bouncy toys and Easter Bunny pics, is in the park’s south meadow at 10 am (8011 Fauntleroy Way SW)
EGG HUNT FOR DOGS: 11 am-2 pm at All the Best Pet Care (4722 Fauntleroy Way SW), which also invites cat owners to stop in for feline-treat-filled eggs.
OUNCES BEER GARDEN Three egg hunts at 3809 Delridge Way SW – two for kids (noon for ages 4-8, 3 pm for younger), one for adults (5 pm)!
SUNDAY EGG HUNTS AT CHURCHES: Among the ones that sent us their Easter/Holy Week schedules, egg hunts are part of the plan at:
Bethany Community Church: After 9:30 am Easter service, egg hunt on Highland Park Playground (11th/Cloverdale)
HOPE LUTHERAN (4456 42nd SW), 10 am Sunday
Alki UCC (6115 SW Hinds), 11:15 am Sunday
The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist (3050 California SW; WSB sponsor), 11:45 am Sunday
Fauntleroy UCC (9140 California SW), 12:20 pm Sunday
(Any to add? westseattleblog@gmail.com or text 206-293-6302 – thank you!)
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