July 2024

District 1 City Councilmember Rob Saka shared news about the new Seattle Transportation Levy. He shared the news in his weekly newsletter to constituents:

On Tuesday, July 9th, the full Council UNANIMOUSLY passed the most robust transportation levy package, and on the next day, the Mayor signed the bill during a celebratory bill-signing event!   

This levy is your levy. It was carefully and collaboratively crafted to best position our City to deliver the everyday basics in an extraordinary way, if approved by the people of Seattle. Now it is up to the voters to decide, as it will be on the ballot this November...

Information from the Log House Museum

Join the Southwest Seattle Historical Society, photographer Tom Reese, the Duwamish Alive Coalition, and Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association on Thursday, July 25 to celebrate the success of t?awi Creek of Hope. The exhibit will be closing at the end of the month.

The award-winning exhibit tells the story of West Seattle’s ancient Longfellow Creek from when salmon first chose to make it their home, through intense urbanization in the late 19th and 20th centuries, through today when the creek and its people are beginning to tell a new story – one of renewed hope.

It features photographs of the creek from award-winning photographer and author Tom Resse and is a collaboration between the historical society, the Duwamish Alive Coalition, and the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association.

North Delridge businesses held a rally on July 11 to raise awareness and support regarding their potential displacement by Sound Transit's plan to extend light rail into West Seattle.

Led by Ounces Taproom owner Laurel Trujillo the group held signs and waved at passing cars, many of whom honked in support. Trujillo said, "The biggest thing that we want to communicate here tonight is that our Ounces is in every business on this block. Our future is uncertain and if light rail is approved in the coming months, this place will be forced to relocate....The sad and stark reality that I face as a business owner is that we are not given. We won't be given the adequate relocation assistance.

At issue is the future of the 14 businesses near the proposed Delridge Station being displaced as indicated in the Draft Enviornmental Impact Statement. The final version of the statement is due this summer.

The 90th anniversary of the West Seattle Grand Parade is set to roll at 11am on Saturday July 20, Temperatures at the parade start are predicted to be 74 degrees under sunny skies. If you plan on attending go early and get your place.

It has been staged annually since 1935 (except for an interruption by the Pandemic), and is hosted by the West Seattle Rotary Service Foundation. It is one of the oldest and most beloved community events in the Seattle area. The West Seattle Grand Parade celebrates the diverse community and participants of the greater Seattle area and is a proud member of the Seafair community of events which includes the pirates, clowns, marching bands, drill teams, floats, pageantry and excitement that leads up to the Seafair Torchlight Parade the following weekend.  

Parade Route

The West Seattle Parade starts Southbound on California AVE SW and SW Lander Street at 11:00am and ends on California AVE SW and SW Edmunds ST. 

By Tim Clinton

SPORTS EDITOR

Baseball

Summer collegiate

The Gumbaroos team visits the Dub Sea Fish Sticks for games at 6:35 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 6:05 p.m. Saturday at Mel Olson Stadium inside Steve Cox Memorial Park in White Center.

Little League

West Seattle's Majors age 10-12 all-star team opens state action with a 9 a.m. Saturday game in Aberdeen.

Softball

West Seattle is also sending its age 8-10 all-star Little League softball team into state action this weekend.

It opens with 9 a.m. Sunday competition in Othello.

Pros

Mariners

Seattle is in Anaheim for four games against the Los Angeles Angels.

Admiral Safeway, and the two QFC's in West Seattle plus Safeway on 15th NW in Ballard and one one 148th SW in Burien are all on a list to be sold if a Kroger-Albertson's merger is approved. These stores and 119 others would be sold to C&S Wholesale Grocers.

WestSideSeattle news partner Fox 13 reported that: 

"The companies will sell the stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers, a New Hampshire grocery supplier and operator, for $2.9 billion. Under the initial divestiture plan, announced in September, C&S had planned to purchase 413 stores for $1.9 billion.

Update 3:58

Power is now restored.

Update 2:25

The bulk of the power outage that began at 12:40pm is now down to 382 and full restoration is expected by 4pm.

More power outages are possible as the temperatures remain in the 90's through Tuesday.

Original Post 12:50pm

A power outage hit West Seattle at 12:40pm as temperatures in the region were headed to 90 degrees.

The outage affected 4471 customers along Delridge Way from 38th Ave SW on the west to the edge of Westcrest Park on the east to Henderson Street SW on the south and just short of Graham Street on the north. 

Customers along Sylvan way were affected. The Southwest Seattle Police Precinct and Home Depot were both out as well.