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To get the 65th celebration of Seafair really moving, the Seafair Pirates made their annual invasion of Alki Beach on June 28, amid a crowd of thousands. Many onlookers were in pirate garb themselves as the invaders embarked from their landing…MORE

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The West Seattle Garden Tour celebrates the Art of Gardening’s 20th Anniversary this year. Our milestone garden tour, showcasing nine spectacular NW residential gardens in West Seattle, will take place on Sunday, July…MORE

UPDATE: 9:55am The windows damaged at the restaurant overnight were dealt a more serious blow than first thought. It was more than just one window.

“The incident happened at 3:20AM, An hour later the Seattle Police showed up,” said…MORE

West Seattle resident, Shane Carew, was elected president of the Rotary Club of West Seattle, to serve for one year beginning July 1, 2014. He is an attorney in practice in West Seattle at Carew Law Office.

As president of the 62…MORE

The annual fundraising Gala and auction for ArtsWest raised more than $160,000 according to the organizers.

Over the course of the past year in addition to the all the theater and art shows the organization adopted a new logo, website and…MORE

Starting June 23, The Seattle Public Library’s summer of learning program “Zone In!” will feature a new focus on science, technology, engineering, art and math skills, thanks to funding by Google, The Seattle Public Library Foundation and U.S.…MORE

With two new water taxis on the way to replace the aging (and frequently out of service) existing vessels) King County Ferry District is looking for help with names for the new boats. They will serve on the West Seattle and Vashon Island routes…MORE

The South Park Bridge, rebuilt at a total cost of $162 million will open at 6am on June 30 but first a neighborhood celebration will take place the day before.

The effort to replace the original bridge that was open from 1931 to 2010…MORE

Update as of 9:50 am June 26

From SFD PIO Kyle Moore

Seattle Fire Investigators have classified an overnight fire at a West Seattle playground as undetermined because there was no obvious source of ignition.

At 1:19 a.m. a…MORE

Seattle Police and fire responded to a report of a 23 year old man stabbed in the thigh near 61st Ave SW and Alki Ave SW around 11:30 pm on June 25.

According to Seattle Police the altercation began as two groups fighting which ended up…MORE