January 2020

Keep your batteries handy and be prepared if your power goes out. The National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement today noting that winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50mph are coming tonight.

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...

* WHAT...South winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected.

* WHERE...Tacoma Area, Bellevue and Vicinity, East Puget Sound Lowlands, Southwest Interior, Bremerton and Vicinity and Seattle and Vicinity.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM PST Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The strongest winds are expected to be late this afternoon through this evening.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

Information from Seattle Police Blotter

Detectives need your help finding a bank robber considered to be armed and dangerous.

30-year-old Abdi Yusef is believed to be responsible for multiple bank robberies in the Seattle area in recent weeks. 

Detectives with the Seattle Police Department and the FBI are currently searching for Yusef and believe he may be armed. 

If you see this man please call 911 immediately and do not approach him.

information from Seattle Police Blotter

SPD Narcotics seized fentanyl pills, cocaine, xanax, methamphetamine and cash while serving warrants last Friday in connection with an investigation into drug trafficking and money laundering in West Seattle.

Officers from the South Precinct’s Anti-Crime team arrested the 40-year-old suspect in a West Seattle parking garage and found he was carrying 62 fentanyl pills, 28 grams of cocaine and a small number of xanax pills, as well as a handgun.

information from King County

King County Executive Dow Constantine announced today that King County Metro has agreed to purchase 40 battery-electric buses from New Flyer, Inc., to be delivered in 2021 and plans to order 80 more in the coming year – a major milestone in the county’s efforts to improve air quality, reduce carbon and create a zero-emissions bus fleet by 2040.

The order is comprised of 40 60-foot-long articulated buses valued at $1.3 million each for a total of approximately $50 million. The remaining 80 battery-electric buses planned for purchase include 20 more articulated buses and 60 40-foot-long buses, valued at approximately $925,000 each. Total cost for the second order, arriving in fall 2022, is estimated to be around $80 million.

A Land Use Application has been filed with the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections to allow a 3-story, 9-unit townhouse structure at 5242 California Ave SW.

Parking for 11 vehicles to be proposed. Existing structure will be demolished.

Next door is project number 3029469 at 5248 California Ave SW -

A companion Land Use Application has been filed to allow a 3-story, 9-unit townhouse building. Parking for 7 vehicles proposed. Existing structure will be demolished.

The design review meeting was held Jan. 24.

You can download the 87 MB design packet here.