May 2020

UPDATE 9:11 Thursday

The King County Sheriff's office provided more details in the shooting in White Center on Wednesday May 6 that resulted in the death of a 20 year old male.

They said, "5:20 PM a deputy was in the area of SW 107 near the 1400 BLK on an unrelated call when he heard multiple gun shots.  As he came around the corner on 14 AVE SW he saw a male running away from the scene and a second male lying on the ground.  He lost site of the suspect and put out the last known direction of travel and began life saving measures on the victim.  Medic 1 arrived on scene and continued life saving measures but the victim died at the scene, a 20 year old male.  Witness's stated the suspect fled in a vehicle unknown description.  Major Crimes is on scene investigating."

 

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information from the City of Seattle

Mayor Jenny A. Durkan announced today that at least 20 miles of Stay Healthy Streets will become permanent and the construction of bike infrastructure will be accelerated in 2020. In addition, 3 more miles of Stay Healthy Streets will be added in Rainier Valley and 1/3 mile of Beach Drive SW in Alki this weekend. The Mayor also announced that all Regional Parks will now be closing at 8 p.m. to ensure residents do not gather and create a public health risk.  

King County Sheriff's deputies were on the  scene of another shooting in White Center, the second one in less than 24 hours.  This one took place around 1am in the10600 block of 16 Ave SW,  The male victim was transported by medics in stable condition to Harborview Medical Center. 

Around 5:45pm on Wednesday  a 20 year old male was shot near 107th and 14th SW near Mt. View Elementary School. He died at the scene. That is roughly two blocks away from the second shooting.

There was no suspect information, and no indication the two shootings were related.

information from Highland Park Action Coalition

HPAC received this follow up response on the questions posed during our 4/22/2020 meeting and our follow up letter sent on 5/4/2020 from SDOT. We have received several other areas of concerns and needs from neighbors and HPAC will be sending a follow up letter with those additional requests. If you have additional requests/areas of need, please email hpacchair@gmail.com.

Dear Highland Park Action Committee and community members, 

Thank you again for the opportunity to present and answer questions about the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge Safety Project at the Highland Park Action Committee (HPAC) meeting April 22.  Adiam Emery, James Le and I attended to share information and answer questions about the West Seattle Bridge closure and its impacts to the Highland Park neighborhood.  

information from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board

Restricted pre-mixed cocktails are now allowed for curbside pick-up or delivery During COVID-19 Stay Home – Stay Healthy Order.

In addition to the current delivery allowances, effective immediately, restaurants with a Spirits, Beer, and Wine (S/B/W) license issued by the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (WSLCB) may sell pre-mixed alcoholic drinks (“cocktails”) for consumption off the licensed premises during the COVID-19 Stay Home – Stay Healthy Order (No. 20-25).

Requirements

In order to sell pre-mixed cocktails to-go, an S/B/W licensee must:

By Patrick Robinson

My mom was an artist of course. She taught herself to paint (she took some “correspondence courses” back in the day and had some large figure drawing books for reference. It was cool.

She would draw and paint and write and play piano and sing. She was quite gifted at all of them.

And again.. completely self taught.

She suffered from what we now call bi-polar disorder but back then, it was just called the blues.

I recall many late afternoons when my father was away at work, she would play sad music on the piano, the melodies drifting up through the house expressing her personal anguish.

She had a right to it of course.

Recently named athletic director Don Hoffman made official his first two head coaching hires, naming Greg Caldwell  and Willy Burns the next head coaches of the boys and girls basketball programs, respectively.

Greg Caldwell takes over the boys program following Hoffman’s recent decision to step down from the position. Caldwell spent the past eight seasons as the head girls coach, compiling a 92-91 record during that time, but was anxious to return to the same boys sideline where he served as an assistant to Hoffman prior to accepting the girls job in 2012.

“It was a very difficult decision to step away from the girls program,” Caldwell shared. “I am excited about what we were building there, but I felt that I could not pass up this opportunity. I am eager to get back over to the boys side and continue and grow the great culture that Don has established for this program.”