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Seattle rolls out $1.7M grocery plan including security funding to thwart shoplifting — but will it reach Capitol Hill and the Central District?

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(Image: Lam’s Seafood Asian Market)

Seattle will spend $1.7 million in an effort to support grocery stores including a new Office of Economic Development program that will offer one-time facility and facade upgrade grants to grocers powered by Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design standards and Seattle Police Department crime data.

The boost for “local neighborhood grocery stores” is a last minute rollout for Mayor Katie Wilson’s administration of an item from last year’s budget debate as City Hall is preparing to dig in on its new 2027 spending plan. In 2025, West Seattle council rep Rob Saka pushed for the spending over concerns of food deserts taking shape in the city including in Delridge, South Park, and Georgetown in Saka’s district. Seattle was “not gonna bodega our way out of this” when large supermarket chains pull out, Saka said last year.

The $1.7 million might end up being spread pretty thinly. The plan announced this week directs resources across three core areas: Continue reading →

The Roll Pod brings its take on Indian bowls and wraps to 22nd Ave

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(Image: The Roll Pod)

(Image: The Roll Pod)

An Indian fast food concept already familiar for its food truck presence on First Hill and its growing roster of shop locations including Bellevue and White Center is now open on 22nd Ave across from the neighborhood’s Safeway.

The Roll Pod’s newest location is celebrating a grand opening Saturday. “We delight customers with yummy, fresh, balanced Indian food on the go assembled in a ROLL or a BOWl, easy to carry and eat” is the pitch.

Owners Anubha Singh and Parimal Kumar have grown The Roll Pod to include regular food truck locations plus restaurants in Bellevue, White Center, and now on the edge of the Central District and Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

Man shot overnight in E Madison Safeway parking lot

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Police were searching for a reported female assailant after a man was shot in the shoulder overnight in the Safeway parking lot near 22nd and Madison.

Multiple 911 callers reported gunfire and a wounded man fleeing the area near the grocery store on the edge of Capitol Hill and the Central District just before 4 AM.

Arriving officers reported a man with a gunshot wound to the upper body at the scene. Seattle Fire arrived to treat the victim and transport him to Harborview in stable condition.

Police were looking for a group including the reported female shooter and a possible four-door sedan suspect vehicle leaving the scene.

The Seattle Police Department posted a brief on the incident and reported witnesses said the shooting appeared to stem from an altercation in the parking lot. The victim was reported as a 44-year-old man. Anyone with information can call the SPD Violent Crimes Tip Line at (206) 233-5000.

 
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Family of woman killed by E Madison hit and run driver asks for public’s help in investigation — UPDATE

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Family of the 80-year-old woman struck and killed by a hit and run van driver Sunday on E Madison has posted flyers at the intersection asking for help.

The posters seeking witnesses to the collision ask anyone with information to contact Seattle Police. Earlier Monday, police released an update announcing the woman had died from her injuries but did not have new information about the investigation or any arrests.

The King County Medical Examiner’s office said the woman would be publicly identified later today. UPDATE: Investigators say Bari Barbara Hill, 80, died Sunday night of multiple blunt force injuries. According to public records, she was a resident of Madison Park where she had a 43rd Ave E apartment.

CHS reported here on Sunday’s just before 5 PM incident. Witnesses reported the woman was struck while crossing E Madison at 22nd Ave in the crosswalk either riding or pushing a bike when she was hit. Police say the driver was turning left onto Madison from 22nd Ave in front of the Safeway when the woman was struck. Continue reading →

With movable barriers and flimsy signs, Central District Stay Healthy Streets ‘under review’

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The neighborhood turned E Columbia into a giant hopscotch route in 2020

SDOT says these purple-dashed CD’s Stay Healthy Streets are “under review”

Created during the pandemic to give more people safer options for walking, running, and biking but implemented with movable barriers and frequently ignored signs, the city’s “Stay Healthy Streets” routes across the Central District are either under review or already marked to revert to simpler “neighborhood greenway” setups, the Seattle Department of Transportation has announced.

In its update on the program laying out plans for the existing routes in the city and a few new additions being planned, SDOT says some Central District streets in the program including the key route on 22nd Ave connecting to neighborhood greenways on Capitol Hill and giving bikers and walkers an alternative to the 23rd Ave traffic artery are set to have the Stay Health barriers and signage removed.

Other streets in the CD, SDOT says, including stretches of E Columbia and 25th Ave are now “under review.”

“Over the next few weeks, we plan to visit all existing Healthy Street locations to check on the condition of signs and repair or replace them as needed,” the SDOT update reads. “We’ll also remove signs on Healthy Streets that will become neighborhood greenways like they were before the pandemic.” Continue reading →

Police: E Madison Doordash delivery dispute ends in gunfire

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Gunfire rang out Friday morning near 22nd and Madison in what Seattle Police say appears to have been a dispute between a restaurant delivery driver and a customer fighting over the temperature of her meal.

911 callers reported the single shot around 10:15 AM Friday in the street at 22nd Ave and Madison near the neighborhood’s Safeway. Witnesses described a male who pulled out a gun during a dispute with a woman and then fired a shot into the air before speeding away in a dark colored BMW SUV. Continue reading →