July 2022

Information from King County

Executive Constantine and King County Sheriff Patti Cole-Tindall announced the first big steps the Sheriff will be taking as the agency rethinks how public safety is delivered across King County. These updates, released just two months since Cole-Tindall was named Sheriff, focus on four main areas of action, including revising the mission, vision, and values of the King County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), reorganizing the structure to improve service, creating a strategic framework, and establishing a standing community advisory board.

Public comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the West Seattle and Ballard light rail Link Extensions was gathered during the last few months and is now available in summary form online. 

The project received nearly 5,200 comments from Tribes and Tribal organizations, businesses, community and arts organizations, individuals, government agencies and elected officials.

A Land Use application to allow a 5-story, 48-unit apartment building with retail at 9218 18th SW. Parking for 28 vehicles is proposed. The Early Design Guidance Review was conducted under 3036524-EG

Read the full Director's Decision here.

The project has been brewing for the last two years at least  It has changed over time with last year's plan calling for a 5 story 59 unit apartment structure and parking for 25 cars.

View full design proposal: as of 2021. 

By Marc Lainhart

As an Independent - Constitutionalist, Veteran, and Professional Psychic, I now have great concern and a deep sadness witnessing this broken two-party system destroy the “UNITED” States of America. Perhaps all that is happening today needs to happen and unfold through chaos, dysfunction, and division. Giving birth to new parties, new ideas, new people, new transformations, new ways of governing, new energy for how to legislate for EVERYONE, and bring people, family, friends, and colleagues back together in a more moderate fashion vs. this extreme left and extreme right agendas that we all are seeing daily.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand” -said Abraham Lincoln.

Information from Seattle Police Department

On 07-06-2022 at 4:44am, two suspects walked into the 7-11 located at the 3800 BLK of California Ave SW.

One of the suspects was wearing gloves and pointed a black handgun at the 7-11 clerk.

The suspect demanded the clerk open the cash drawer and give him money. The suspect grabbed the cash and also took some tobacco products and left the store.

The suspects got into a possible Toyota Prius and fled at a high rate of speed. K9 was enroute but called off once it was determined the suspects left in a vehicle. The SPD Robbery Unit was notified about the incident.

Over the 4th of July holiday weekend the administrative area of the White Center Food Bank was broken into and burglarized. They lost computers, tools, grow lights for their garden, headphones, other electronics and more that they are still trying to sort out.

Please keep an eye out for anyone selling or dumping these items and please let them know at admin@whitecenterfoodbank.org.

This is heartbreaking for a non-profit food bank with the sole intent of serving our neighbors, but they know they will get through it with the community’s support. They are filing an insurance claim, but if you wish to support the recovery of stolen items, they have set up a ‘Theft Recovery Fund’ designation on our donation website: https://whitecenterfoodbank.networkforgood.com/

West Seattle/White Center and northwest known favorite, Zippy's Giant Burgers on 15th SW in White Center announced on July 5 the sudden closure of the restaurant on July 10.

Zippy's has consistently ranked among the best burgers in Seattle and was originally in Highland Park on Holden Street, moving to the White Center location in 2011.

They announced their closure on social media.

It is with heavy hearts that we are closing Zippy’s Giant Burgers after 14 years. Sadly, our last day of business will be Sunday, July 10th, 2022.

To say this decision is heart breaking is a monumental understatement. Over the last two years, we have done everything we could to try to keep Zippy’s open for business. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, all of our efforts have been thwarted.