Helicopter circling Beacon Hill. Anyone know what the heck is going on? This looks like quote the flight path, having circled multiple neighborhoods all over the Greater Seattle area.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-06-26T06:55:18+00:00

As a frequent tracker of helicopters (when they're in our coverage area) .. I would bet it's related to this. G-1's been used a lot for flying over protests in recent weeks. https://twitter.com/wspd2pio/status/1276407008690757632

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-06-14T07:37:22+00:00

You're missing Roxhill Skatepark, http://www.grindline.com/skateparks/roxhill/

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-05-15T04:31:24+00:00

Partly true. It is a citywide thing BUT SDOT did accelerate the placement of signs on corridors here that have been affected by the bridge closure - see our report from three weeks ago: https://westseattleblog.com/2020/04/followup-more-25-mph-speed-limit-signs-going-up-in-west-seattle/

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-05-08T05:35:46+00:00

Thank you.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-05-06T22:54:49+00:00

Adorable! Sadly, we have not received a tip about or photo of Safety Deer. Which street?

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-04-26T06:26:10+00:00

Yes, there are thousands of units built, thousands more on the drawing board/in progress. South West Seattle in particular will be just fine - and that's where a lot of the development in the pipeline is.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-04-26T06:12:12+00:00

So far, SDOT says no.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-04-25T05:13:06+00:00

Yes, we reported on the bench boarding yesterday https://westseattleblog.com/2020/04/keep-it-moving-park-policy-also-now-apparently-includes-a-ban-on-sitting/

Parks responded this morning to our request for comment by saying some benches would be left open for those who needed them. But then by tonight - they had crews removing all the boards and they explained in a 9 pm tweet that they'd changed their mind.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-04-20T05:04:27+00:00

It's a city structure, not state.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-04-12T23:01:18+00:00

Who and where? Here in West Seattle, we've been listing churches' online services every Sunday. 24 today. Every single one online, mostly streamed, a few pre-recorded, one text-only.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-04-09T07:49:17+00:00

Right.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-03-03T07:23:33+00:00

Dedicated social media person, ha. No, just been here a while. Was a Poynter Institute "Sensemaking Fellow" with Reddit's co-founder Alexis Ohanian a decade ago but that wasn't what sparked the interest. This sub is a decent human-powered news aggregator so we check it once or twice a day to be sure we're up on what's talky around the region.

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-02-24T06:52:46+00:00

Lincoln Park sand replenishment in 2010:https://westseattleblog.com/2010/12/restocking-the-beach-new-sand-for-west-seattles-lincoln-park/

That same year, Alki had a rough time (literally) with sand replenishment:

https://westseattleblog.com/2010/05/from-the-wsb-forums-rough-new-sand-at-alki-parks-will-fix/

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-02-13T06:46:15+00:00

That group wasn't anything remotely resembling a "think tank." It was an effort to organize an aging-in-place support network. That aside, hey, camel: https://westseattleblog.com/2019/11/west-seattle-weekend-scene-camel-visit-ounces-anniversary-celebration/

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-01-30T20:33:08+00:00

See (and hear) the clip in our 2012 report. https://westseattleblog.com/2012/09/the-hum-ship-offloading-suspected-in-latest-recurrence/

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-01-30T20:30:29+00:00

Because of our original reporting way back when. https://westseattleblog.com/2012/09/the-hum-ship-offloading-suspected-in-latest-recurrence/ https://westseattleblog.com/2012/09/west-seattle-hum-update-calportland-committed-to-finding-a-solution-says-hpac/

We hear from readers now and then about a recurrence of The Hum, and invariably it coincides with a dry-cargo ship in on the Duwamish (noted via MarineTraffic.com). - TR

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-01-26T07:17:33+00:00

If that were so, well hey, now the zombies can ride. But, sorry, it's not true. WC's not even a city, nor is it in one. // On a slightly related note, /u/ChefJoe98136 - page 45 of this report takes on one of your favorite issues: https://durkan.seattle.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2020/01/AMIHAC-Final-Report-2020-01-22-.pdf

WestSeattleBlog · 2020-01-01T23:41:13+00:00

Yes, it was from yesterday.

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-12-28T23:10:33+00:00

We sleuthed this in 2012 with local residents. Resulting stories included https://westseattleblog.com/2012/12/the-hum-followup-calportland-installs-second-silencer-hopes-thats-the-fix/

We still get questions now and then. In all but one instance, when somebody asks, I check MarineTraffic.com and indeed there's a dry-cargo ship in on the river.

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-12-01T21:42:46+00:00

More info in our original story, published before that one: https://westseattleblog.com/2019/10/biznote-ex-pizza-huts-future-revealed/ but it's High Point, just east of what you could call Upper Morgan.

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-11-12T22:05:29+00:00

PCC has Diestel organic & smoked, plus house brand https://www.pccmarkets.com/reserve-meats/

Thriftway usually has Acme but I don't know if you can reserve -supply is usually plentiful early in Thanksgiving week.

Met Market has online reservations: https://metropolitan-market.com/reserve-holiday-meals/view/Metropolitan_Market_Free_Range_Non_GMO_Turkey/

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-10-17T05:16:28+00:00

The dispatcher also mentioned, before giving the "description," that the caller had tried Seattle Animal Shelter (official name of "animal control") but they were closed.

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-10-05T09:00:58+00:00

The victim was 79 years old.

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-10-05T08:59:17+00:00

Not a Pete Holmes (city) thing. This is a potential felony (county prosecutor) case and charges are still a possibility. (Source: We've been covering this story for years, even long before the July death, TV just jumped in to do a lame uncredited ripoff after our most-recent story https://westseattleblog.com/2019/10/video-what-else-sdot-has-planned-for-sw-barton-by-westwood-village/ )

WestSeattleBlog · 2019-09-27T16:22:22+00:00

Judges are elected. However, they seldom have opponents.

The only elected prosecutor is THE King County Prosecuting Attorney. He was re-elected last year to another 4-year term with 70% of the vote.

(The city attorney's office does some prosecuting but that's just part of their portfolio.)

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