August 2025

The next free admission Art of Music performances presented by the West Seattle Junction Association are coming up on Second Thursday Art Walk Evening August 14 at five locations—three of them are in the Alaska Junction (Click here to view the Alaska Junction flier featuring those three):

Canopy White Center is a brand-new affordable apartment community opening in October 2025 in the White Center neighborhood of Seattle. Developed by Community Roots Housing, it’s designed to foster hope, unity, and belonging while offering family-sized homes in a transit-connected, park-adjacent setting.

A community session to learn more and how to apply to live there will be Wednesday, August 13 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the TAF Assembly Room.

Join us to have the opportunity to come and ask questions about your eligibility, the application, and how to set yourself up for a successful application submission.

Location: TAF Bethaday Community Learning Space at 605 SW 108th St,

Seattle, WA 98146

Registration link https://bit.ly/ canopy-info-sessions

Seattle Police and Fire units responded to a Scenes of Violence call out on shortly before 9 AM on Sunday at 2580 SW Barton Street.

A 31 year old male had been reported to have suffered severe facial injuries. 

it was not clear what had happened but the injured male was treated at the scene and most units were called back. 

Seattle is facing a costly and disruptive crime wave: smash-and-grab burglaries. These brazen acts, where vehicles often ram storefronts, are not only causing significant financial damage but also eroding our sense of security. The estimated total cost of burglaries in Seattle from August 2024 to July 2025 is projected at $235.6 million for 2025, covering direct property damage, stolen goods, law enforcement costs, and lost economic productivity. While this figure encompasses all burglaries, smash-and-grab incidents are a particularly frequent and costly subset, with individual incidents often causing $15,000–$40,000 in combined theft and damage. Annually, these specific crimes could easily exceed $10–20 million.

The impact is felt keenly by businesses across the city, especially cannabis retailers and smoke shops, which have been notably targeted. We’ve seen vivid examples:

Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes will be hosting a series of community safety forums across the city this summer as part of the Creating a Safer Seattle initiative.

The Creating a Safer Seattle Community Forum (for D1) will occur on Thursday, August 14 from 6-7:30 pm at the Delridge Community Center at 4501 Delridge Way SW.

These meetings are designed to engage residents in conversations about public safety, share updates on the One Seattle Restoration Framework, and gather feedback from neighborhoods.

Barnes was just confirmed as Chief this week.

Here are the other two confirmed locations:

•  District 2:  Rainier Community Center  Thursday, July 10 6:00–7:30 PM

•  District 4:  Magnuson Community Center  Monday, July 15 6:00–7:30 PM

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

Pros

Mariners

Seattle gets a 7:10 p.m. visit from the Tampa Bay Rays this Friday at T-Mobile Park ahead of action at 6:40 p.m. Saturday and 1:10 p.m. Sunday.

The Mariners go to Baltimore to battle the Orioles at 3:35 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday and 10:05 a.m. Thursday.

Sounders

Seattle flies to Los Angeles to play the Galaxy in a 7 p.m. Sunday match.

Storm

The Seattle women's basketball team visits the Las Vegas Aces at 7 p.m. Friday, the Los Angeles Sparks at 3 p.m. Sunday and the Atlanta Dream at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Reign

Seattle drops in on the Portland Thorns for a 1 p.m. Sunday women's soccer match.

Rainiers