December 2025

Chief Sealth International High School is setting the stage for a spectacular collaboration this December, hosting the "Winter Sealthstice: A Performing Arts Celebration". Set for December 18 at 7:00 PM in the Chief Sealth IHS Auditorium, located at 2600 SW Thistle Street, this performance promises to be a powerful display of student talent and a crucial fundraiser for the school’s expanding arts programs.

This unique concert event will feature nearly every performing arts group at the high school, including the Symphonic Band, Choir, Orchestra, Jazz Band, and Drama. While attendees can expect individual performances showcasing separate winter-themed selections from each music program, the highlight of the evening will be the collaborative spirit demonstrated through three "massive pieces". For these major numbers, the choir, orchestra, and symphonic bands will all perform together.

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

Girls basketball

Kennedy Catholic 64, Bethel 34

The Lancers beat Bethel big time in Saturday morning action.

Liberty 56, Highline 20

Highline was hammered Saturday by the Patriots.

Foster 35, Evergreen 13

Evergreen was felled by Foster on Friday.

Ballard 62, Holy Names 36

Ballard beat Holy Names in a Friday game.

Chief Sealth 44, Cleveland 40

The Seahawks won a close one Friday.

Kentridge 52, Mt. Rainier 42

The Chargers topped the Rams in a Friday game.

Kennedy Catholic 70, Stadium 16

Kennedy Catholic crushed the Tigers of Tacoma Thursday.

For audiences who believe they have seen every possible version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Burien Actors Theatre (BAT) offers a hilarious and inventive challenge with the Northwest Premiere of The Past, a Present Yet to Come. This play, running November 28 through December 21, 2025, is not just another holiday tale, but an irreverent imagining of how Dickens’ famous story actually came to be written.

Set in Victorian London, the plot centers on a young entrepreneur who seeks to soften his Uncle Ebenezer Scrooge’s notoriously hard heart by producing a play. For this unusual mission, he engages the help of no-nonsense theatre producer J.B. Roth, who then hires the broke and philandering Charles Dickens. The mission begs the question: are there ulterior motives driving this unlikely theatrical attempt to save Scrooge?

A Comedy That Delves Deep into Change

Update 10:52pm

Power has been restored.

Original Post 6:32pm Friday

High winds gusting near 40 mph took out the power for nearly 5000 West Seattle City Light customers on Friday Dec. 5. 

The outage extended from Alki Point down to near Fauntleroy Way SW on the south. It put out the lights along Beach Drive SW up to 49th SW on the east, until Juneau Street SW where it extended over to 32nd Ave SW.

High winds also took down a tree in the West Seattle Junction, in front of the former Starbucks location.

Restoration was not expected until around midnight.

You can track outages and restorations on the City Light page here

https://www.seattle.gov/city-light/outages

By Liz Steen

“@Bindlepunscoffer,” “@theknittingschool,” and “@highbrow_hedonist” are some of the artists selling vintage goods, jewelry, and pottery that you’ll see at the Sweet Reel Pop up 11-4 p.m. Sunday December 7 at 5001 Delridge Way SW. Soups, savory hand pies, and desserts will be available from local chef Madeline, who formerly worked at VIF in Phinney Ridge.

“We find different artists from word of mouth… I love them all. Come check us out and enjoy some food and buy some local art,” said host Angie Norwood Browne, who has owned Sweet Reel photography studio and production group with her husband, Eric Browne, for 21 years.

“(Eric) is retired now, but he did film and video, so that was the reel, and I photograph food, and that was the sweet. Sweet Reel,” Browne said. “We’ve been here since 2004 – 21 years now.”

Information from Seattle Police Department

by Public Affairs on December 3, 2025 11:30 am

Throughout the month of December, the Seattle Police Department Traffic Section will have officers on the streets watching for impaired drivers.

Every night this month officers will be across the city, watching busy streets and paying close attention to popular nightlife areas. The goal of this effort is to stop drivers before they cause injuries or fatalities.

For the first time since 2019 the department will be launching a DUI emphasis team. This team will work nightly, from 6 p.m. until 4 a.m., throughout the city.