July 2022

Information from Seattle Police Department

On 07-09-2022 at 11:14pm, a caller reported a suspicious male had approached residential property and was outside using obscene language trying to get a response from the occupants of the home.

The caller reported the use of a possible pellet gun while the subject was yelling the obscenities.

Officers arrived and contacted a male who was setting up a camping tent across the street from the caller’s home along the road. At the time of contact the subject had a Glock handgun in a holster on his right hip.

Officers interviewed witnesses nearby and developed Probable Cause for Malicious Harassment/Threats to Kill.

According to witnesses the suspect had yelled at the victim “I’m going to kill you.” The suspect was transported and booked into KCJ without further incident. This incident was screened by Homicide.

District 1 Seattle City Councilmember Lisa Herbold shared this news via her constituent's newsletter.

The Transportation and Utilities Committee adopted the amended resolution this week.  it moves to the Full Council next Tuesday.  Amendment 1 listed on the agenda was adopted by the Transportation & SPU Committee; the amendment addresses the Delridge segment, and other portions of the line (Chair Pedersen combined separate amendments into one Chair’s Amendment).

My comments from the meeting are below.

A fire that was primarily confined to one wall, according to Seattle firefighters, in a small home in the 4700 block of 45th SW, drew more than 21 units from the fire department on Friday evening shortly before 7pm. No one was hurt in the incident.

The initial call said that the fire was coming from a building behind the West Seattle Junction business Nurturing Expressions. But firefighters quickly determined it was in one story home with an attic bedroom. 

They completed a search of the building attic to basement and dealt with the fire which was likely electrical in nature.

No estimate or confirmed cause of the fire.

Information from Seattle Department of Transportation

This week, we finished installing and positioning protective ducts for the new post-tensioning system and began the process of installing nearly 250,000 feet of new strands inside the bridge.

Information from the City of SeaTac

Drivers need to be prepared for a 28-night southbound closure of International Boulevard between South 204th Street and South 208th Street. 

The nearly month-long nighttime closure could begin as early as Tuesday, July 5 and extend through August. The start date is pending approval of permits and a traffic control plan. Detours will be in place to direct drivers around the closure. The nighttime closure is expected to run from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. The project completion date could be affected by inclement weather.

The closure will allow Puget Sound Energy to install a new gas main on a new bridge over the future State Route 509 extension. The project is part of a joint construction project for the SR 509 extension from I-5 to 24th Avenue South and the Sound Transit Light Rail Extension from Angle Lake Station to Federal Way.