June 2025

Morgan Junction Park 6311 California Avenue SW

ENTERTAINMENT: Performances will take place in Morgan Junction Park. 

The Bubbleman: Returning Festival favorite featuring good clean fun.

Mikey the Rad Scientist What will Mikey do?

Crush on her Ex The local dance band playing feel good originals & covers

The Potholes: Still slinging funky-fusion, guac and rock right back at ya!!

Gary Benson: Our local folk-rock favorite.

This year the vendor marketplace and resource showcase booths are back too.

Don't miss this round up of local artists, makers, writers, and of course, local businesses along with local non-profits.

Vendors and non-profits will be featured on our Facebook page every day.

For years, JaK's Grill has been a familiar name in Seattle's dining scene, particularly in West Seattle. The restaurant, part of the 509 Hospitality group overseen by COO Jeff Kanzler, recently embarked on a significant change, relocating to 4209 SW Alaska Street, Seattle, WA 98116. While a physical move is notable, Kanzler suggests it's part of a much larger story about the evolution of the restaurant industry itself.

Getting around the region this summer is about to get easier and more rewarding. The popular “Bike and Scoot to Transit” program has returned for 2025, offering residents and commuters the chance to earn free bike, scooter, and transit trips. The program, a partnership between King County Metro, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), and Sound Transit, along with companies Bird, Lime, Siemens, and Velocia, has been expanded this year to include even more transit hubs in Redmond, Seattle, and Shoreline.

Information from Seattle Police Blotter

#2025-157181/Southwest Precinct/First Watch/W1:

At 5:22 am, officers were dispatched to a 911 priority 1 call for a felony threats/assault with a firearm in the 1600 blk of Harbor Ave SW.

The victim stated that the suspect was in an older white Mercedes sedan and a male subject was armed with a black handgun with an extended, translucent magazine. Officers arrived and did not locate the vehicle in the reported location.

After an area check, they located the vehicle parked a short distance away in the parking lot of Seacrest Park along with four subjects matching the description in or near the vehicle described. All four subjects were detained.

The next free admission Art of Music performances presented by the West Seattle Junction Association are coming up on Second Thursday Art Walk Evening June 12 at three locations:

ALASKA JUNCTION

District 1 City Councilmember Rob Saka was apparently taken by surprise by the announcement by the Seattle Department of Transportation that in addition to converting back in angle parking at Duwamish Head to parallel parking, they planned to add an additional 150 waterside parallel spaces. Saka released a statement about this on Thursday.

"I want to clarify my position regarding SDOT’s recently announced proposed parking changes at Alki, that was attributed to work being done by my office.

For background: During last year’s Council budget review, I supported converting diagonal to parallel parking at Duwamish Head in response to ongoing community concerns about nightly street racing and loud gatherings that have disturbed neighbors year-round. The Council appropriated $175,000 for this change. I strongly support this first aspect of the project pertaining to Duwamish Head reconfiguration only.