January 2023

Seattle Colleges will join in the 50th annual community Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Seattle Colleges, including South Seattle College will join in the 50th Annual Community Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Friday, January 13, from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event will be held at

South Seattle College's Brockey Center
6000 16th Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98106
 

Rev. Sharon Risher will be the keynote speaker. DaNell Daymon and Greater Works gospel choir will perform their award-winning music. Monique Ming Laven, KIRO 7 Evening Anchor, will emcee.

Schedule for the event:

9:30 a.m. Breakfast, Social Hour
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Program featuring Keynote and Gospel Music 1:00 p.m. Community Conversation with Rev. Sharon Risher

Full details at www.seattlecolleges.edu/mlk/50th-annual-celebration

About Rev. Sharon Risher:

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King County partnering with community-based organizations to create food hub
40,000 sq. foot hub will better connect local farmers to hunger relief organizations

Information from King County

Executive Dow Constantine today announced that King County is partnering with community-based organizations and Food Lifeline to convert their 40,000-square-foot warehouse into a facility that will strengthen connections between local farmers and hunger relief organizations. The South Seattle Community Food Hub will provide much-needed shared space for storing, packing, and distributing fresh produce and goods to people and families experiencing food insecurity.

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Blooms that brighten winter

This is part of a series of columns prepared by the staff at the award winning West Seattle Nursery.  The Nursery is open for shopping, offering an array of trees, shrubs, bedding plants, house plants, garden supplies, and thousands of decor and gift items. They are located at 5275 California Ave SW and you can find them online at https://www.westseattlenursery.com

Yes, it’s January and spring seems a long way off. But there’s still color in our gardens. Look for these when you are out for a walk.

Sasanqua camellias bloom from November through February. This one, called ‘Yuletide,’ starts blooming around Christmas time. The sasanquas are smaller and finer textured than the japonica varieties that bloom in April and May. They also take well to being trained as an espalier.

 

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Power out for 876 in North Highline

Update 9:45pm

Power was expected to be returned much earlier but it remains out. The most recent updated time for restoration is 11:15 pm. In the meantime streetlights and traffic signals remain dark. The law requires drivers to treat these intersections as four way stops and to take turns.

Drive carefully.

Original Post 12:45pm

Power was knocked out for 876 City Light customers by a tree falling SW 126th on Monday as gusty winds buffeted the area. Estimated restoration was 3pm.It began shortly after 8am

You can check the system status any time by visiting the City Light System Status page here.

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

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Man seen loading body into SUV leads to arrest on previous warrant
He was taking a woman who had overdosed to the hospital

by Detective Valerie Carson 

Seattle Police Department

Police arrested a man after he placed an apparently lifeless body, wrapped in a blanket, into the back of an SUV Sunday night in West Seattle. After SPD’s SWAT Team served a warrant at his residence – causing an extended closure of a major arterial – the possible victim was found alive at Harborview Medical Center.

At 4:42 p.m., a resident in the 4000 block of 35th Avenue Southwest reported his neighbor had placed a woman’s body – wrapped in a blanket or rug – into the back of an SUV and drove away. The caller saw this on footage from his home surveillance system and shared the video with police. After officers watched the video and identified the neighbor, they learned he had a felony robbery warrant.

A short time later, the caller reported the SUV from the video was back at the residence.

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