If you've been missing the outdoor festivals, neighborhood gatherings and get togethers Boulevard Park has got you covered.
Coming up Aug. 7 the Boulevard Park Block Party will happen from 10am to 10pm featuring vendors, food, music, a bicycle rodeo, and a film festival! It all happens at 1832 South 120th Street.
For film schedules, visit www.48hourfilm.com/en/seattle-wa
Topping it all off are one of the northwest's best,
information from Seattle Department of Transportation
Members of our team will provide updates about the ongoing repair effort on the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge (high bridge), expanded access on the Spokane St Swing Bridge (low bridge), and our work to improve access to and around West Seattle through the Reconnect West Seattle, Home Zone, and neighborhood travel options programs. We’ll also have plenty of time for you to submit questions, which will be answered live at our meeting by a panel of team members.
information from King County Council
As the region experiences a dramatic surge in homicides and firearm violence, King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn on Wednesday introduced legislation that would reestablish a Gang Unit within the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO).
information from the Seattle Department of Transportation
Since the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge closed in March 2020, the neighborhoods of South Park, Highland Park and Georgetown have experienced a large increase in detour traffic. We’re committed to improving safety along these routes and created a Reconnect West Seattle Home Zone for each of these neighborhoods, engaging with nearly 1,000 community members on projects that would improve safety and mobility.
A man was shot to death outside the Des Moines Planet Fitness at 27073 Pacific Hwy S around 3:30pm Tuesday afternoon.
Two suspects are being sought by police but are still at large.
Multiple shots were fired in the incident, and despite efforts of paramedics the man, 18, died at the scene.
The suspects are described by Des Moines police as a man and woman in a black Oldsmobile sedan with one hubcap missing and a sticker on the back with the word "Dub."
information from the National Nordic Museum
By Ruby Tuesday Romero
I’ve often wondered what a farmers market could do for the White Center neighborhood.
Markets open the floodgates of community, offering a weekly home to local farmers and creatives who otherwise may not have the platform to do so. At these trade posts, I have found the best tasting fruit and other products that provide encouragement to eat healthy every day. Naturally, I was excited to hear about a new opportunity to get farm fresh produce.
Barbara Glee Maurer died on July 15, 2021, at the age of 76, in the comfort of her home overlooking Puget Sound, surrounded by friends and family. Her death was a culmination of a valiant battle against cancer.
Update 5:36pm
The suspect that had threatened to hurt himself and caused such a stir at Saars Super Saver in White Center is now in custody.
He was taken by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center for observation.
Original Post 5:00pm
A man with a knife entered Saars Super Saver market on 16th SW in White Center around 4:50pm and threatened to hurt himself.
King County Sheriff's deputies responded and a hostage negotiator arrived to try and talk to the man.
Store employees were evacuated.
By Patrick Robinson
The pandemic laid bare many things. From the fragility of our supply chain for everything from pork ribs to computer chips.
But it also revealed some of the coarser aspects of human nature.
You’ve probably seen it yourself. The people speeding on a residential street. Others seemingly oblivious to the danger they pose to themselves and others as they jabber on a phone, pressed to their ear as they power a 4000 pound chunk of metal, glass and plastic around.
People screaming at checkers in grocery stores about being asked to wear a mask.
The withdrawal into online camps by people of different beliefs, who then reassure themselves of their superiority with every echo in the chamber.
To me, it comes down to some simple ideas. Your rights end where mine begin. This can get murky of course (think of the tortured explanations for why we should only read the second half of the second amendment.
