Sunday, July 12th at 10:00 am
Come help beautify our little park, then head on over to the West Seattle Farmers Market and treat yourself to all that they have to offer.
Clean up supplies provided:
Trash Pickers, Gloves, Masks, Safety Vests, Garbage Bags, Gardening Tools and Buckets!
Junction Plaza Park is located at the corner of Alaska Street SW and 42nd Street SW.
information from the City of SeaTac
At 10 AM on Wednesday, July 8, a SeaTac hotel manager called 911 requesting assistance for a burglary that had just occurred to one of the hotel rooms. Hotel staff witnessed the suspects on the premises in the 19000 block of International Blvd and had captured video of the suspects before they fled the scene.
Officers arrived soon after the call, some going to the hotel to contact management and others searching the area around the hotel for the suspects. A short time later, an officer located one suspect inside a nearby convenience store. Soon after that, another officer located the female suspect inside an adjacent hotel.
Once the suspects were taken into custody, the King County Sheriff’s Office, the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) staff responded to the scene to process the scene for fingerprints.
Both suspects were booked for investigation of burglary.
The City’s Summer Food Service Program began on July 6th and will run through August 21st. It provides free breakfasts, lunches and afternoon snacks for children ages 1-18. Many sites are available to the public, so any child 18 years and under can come to receive a meal.
Summer Food Service Program sites will operate with precautions in place to minimize risk while serving meals to the community. Sanitation and distancing practices will be followed in accordance with CDC and local health department guidelines.
A day after Duke's Seafood on Alki was closed due to issues stemming from Covid-19 the relatively new Grillbird Teriyaki restaurant at the corner of 35th SW and SW Morgan has closed until further notice.
In a note posted on the door they state:
We are closed until further notice
On Wednesday July 8th, a staff member at Grillbird tested positive for COVID-19. This individual was not customer facing and was immediately sent home to recover. Our entire staff will receive testing over the next couple days.
The Seattle Department of Transportation has been busy. The closure of the West Seattle Bridge in late March put them into full mitigation and solution modes and in the process brought them to the creation of a new website Reconnect West Seattle.
information from West Seattle Artwalk
At the July 9 Art Walk, there’s something for everyone who loves Art!
information from King County Health Department
Seattle & King County closed Duke’s Chowder House on Alki Beach.
This restaurant location was closed due to an ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 among employees, the potential for workplace and employee transmission, and for lack of overall compliance with Washington’s Safe Start Plan.
“At this time, all the cases have been in employees of Duke’s restaurant and we are not aware of cases among customers. The risk to diners is generally lower because they are typically not in close contact with employees for prolonged periods of time. For these reasons, customers do not need to quarantine, but should monitor their health closely for any symptoms and get tested at any sign of COVID-like illness,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, Health Officer, Public Health- Seattle & King County.
As crews got going with the short term stabilization repairs to the West Seattle Bridge, the Seattle Department of Transportation held its fourth Community Task Force online meeting July 8. The meeting was abbreviated as they attempted to do "breakout" sessions for the Admiral area and South Park. But attendees had trouble accessing what they labeled an experiment. Former Mayor said his breakout session was "terriffic: and very different from the larger meeting. Paulina Lopez who led the South Park group said it was "super helpful."
The meeting did bring up some new information.
Matt Donahue, said that SDOT was beginning the process of stabilization on the bridge and that they were already engaged in the cost/benefit analysis of repair or replace options with consultant WSP and the Technical Advisory Panel.
Floreen Nair lost her home on the Fourth of July.
In a fire that Seattle Fire Department investigators say was caused by fireworks, the flames that swept out of a shrub, up and into the apartments at 7100 California Ave SW in West Seattle took with them many memories.
Now she needs your help.
The Red Cross arranged for she and her son to live in a motel in Kent but it's only temporary.
Nair said, "I moved to West Seattle last year in March. I’m disabled due to an auto accident. I have a 10yr old son. Originally I’m from Fiji. I’m a single mom trying to raise my son. I lost everything in the fire and I’m turning 50 on July 27th so by now I should have been more stable. But now I’m restarting my life all over again. I have been living in USA since 1991.
information from Seattle Police Department
Out of an abundance of caution, and in accordance with the CDC and WA State recommendations for gatherings - Seattle Night Out 2020 has been canceled. We understand that during this challenging time, neighbors need each other now more than ever.
Please visit the Night Out event page (https://www.seattle.gov/police/community-policing/night-out) for ideas on how to safely celebrate your neighborhood.
