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No, Bob, coyotes are not a Seattle public safety problem

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This coyote stole someone’s shoe in September in Volunteer Park — before giving it back. Thanks to that temporarily shoe-less neighbor for sharing the picture.

Seattle City Council public safety chair Bob Kettle has more than street disorder and public drug use on his mind.

The council member representing downtown, Magnolia, and Queen Anne also wants to protect you from your neighborhood coyotes.

“Like many of you, I have personally dealt with menacing coyotes when I’ve walked through Queen Anne, I am concerned to see that the coyote issue has escalated beyond being a nuisance to the point that one of our neighbors was attacked while protecting her dog,” Kettle said in a message to constituents earlier this month. “I have raised this issue of both public safety and public health to the Mayor’s Office, to FAS, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. I am determined to mitigate this issue before a tragic incident occurs.”

Kettle says his office is working on a solution but the city “does not have a mechanism for dealing with animals who are in greater numbers and no longer afraid of humans.”

Kettle’s call for action comes following an October incident in which a woman was bit in her backyard trying to save her dog during a coyote attack.

Coyotes will occasionally make the news on Capitol Hill including an increase in sightings this summer around Volunteer Park. Continue reading →

The Interlaken sinkhole is growing — and nobody knows why — UPDATE

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Thanks to @GordonOfSeattle for the picture

A hole appeared recently in the pavement at the intersection of E Galer and 19th Ave E above Interlaken Park — and nobody is 100% sure why. Meanwhile, a ring of orange safety cones hasn’t contained the modest but gaping maw which continues to grow and crumble the pavement, ever so slightly.

The Seattle Department of Transportation said Thursday city crews were “continuing to work to assess this damage and determine the best repair plan.” Seattle Public Utilities is assisting in the repair effort “by testing the water to verify that it is not connected to their underground pipes,” SDOT said. Continue reading →

Police make new call for help, say victim last seen in April in McKendrick-Mendez murder investigation

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McKendrick-Mendez’s family was in Seattle this week, sharing her photo and information on Broadway (Image: CHS)

Seattle Police are making a louder call for help in the investigation of the murder of Necia McKendrick-Mendez and are expanding the timeframe in which she was killed and her body left in Interlaken Park between Capitol Hill and Montlake.

SPD now says detectives have determined McKendrick-Mendez was last seen April 30th — a month before her body was found in a small stream below Interlaken Park by a Montlake homeowner who called 911. Continue reading →

‘She finally felt free to do the things that were in her’ — Family seeks answers in murder of woman found below Interlaken Park

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A recent photo of Necia on Capitol Hill (Image with permission to CHS)

The family of Necia McKendrick want people to know the face of a mother, a daughter, a sister, and a creative spirit as they search for answers in her death.

“She really was working towards something. She finally felt free to do the things that were in her,” Anne Wolfe-Andersen said. “It really looks like she was just getting started.”

McKendrick’s body was found on the afternoon of Sunday, May 30th in a small stream below Interlaken Park by a Montlake homeowner who called 911 about the sad discovery. Investigators have determined McKendrick died of “multiple blunt force injuries” around May 23rd.

SPD is asking anyone with information about the case to contact police and have said little publicly about the case.

McKendrick’s Texas family including sisters, her grown daughter, and her mother planned to travel to Seattle this week with their world turned upside down around Necia Marie “Q” McKendrick-Mendez, an artist living a new adventure in Seattle, a city she had visited on and off through the years and had settled into again. Continue reading →

CHS Pics | A Capitol Hill coyote in Interlaken Park

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Mornings and evenings this spring on Capitol Hill have included occasional reports of sightings of shy, elusive neighbors.

Thanks to a reader, CHS can share a glimpse of one of these amazing city dwellers.

Tim Schluttenhofer took the picture in Interlaken Park on Sunday afternoon and reported the peaceful encounter to CHS.

Reports of coyote sightings around the Hill seem to have risen this month. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s North Puget Sound – Region 4 office has said that urban coyote reports pretty much always increase in the spring when pups are born and the drive for food and protecting young increases. Continue reading →

Closure after heavy rains wash away portion of Interlaken Park trail

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(Image: Seattle Parks)

Monday’s heavy rains have claimed a structural victim on the slopes of Interlaken Park north of Capitol Hill.

Seattle Parks reports that a section of trail in the park has washed away near Boyer Ave E and E Howe above Montlake.

“That part of the trail has been closed and crews are assessing next steps for repair,” the department said Tuesday.

CHS hasn’t made it down to check out the damage yet but the collapse comes in the area where a new $205,000 Interlaken staircase and bike runnel was installed in 2018.

“The steep slopes and geotechnical recommendations required a robust concrete structure with shoring walls and steel pilings to construct the new stair and ramp connection between Interlaken Blvd and Boyer Ave E at E Howe Street,” Seattle Parks announced about the upgrade at the time. “Also included are community requested elements – a bicycle runnel, guard rails and a switchback that connects to the designated crosswalk.” Continue reading →

CHS Pics | Jeff Goldblum drank coffee and planted a tree on Capitol Hill this summer

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It turns out when one of the largest media corporations in the world spends around $3 billion on a new project and one of the shows planned to be showcased during its launch is filming in your neighborhood, you’re not going to see much. The picture above? That is Jeff Goldblum inside Broadway’s Espresso Vivace in July.

It’s about as close as we got to the action. And now we can finally share what we saw. Continue reading →

Thunder and lightning long gone but Monday morning power outage strikes northern Capitol Hill — UPDATE

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The area came through Saturday’s incredible thunderstorm mostly unscathed but wet branches appeared to be a larger problem Monday morning as a power outage knocked around 7,000 customers offline.

Seattle City light was reporting 6,7000 customers without power in swaths along north Broadway, Roanoke Park, and eastern Capitol Hill along 23rd/24th and Interlaken Park. As of 9:45 AM, City Light said it was investigating a cause and did not yet have an estimated time for restoration.

Witnesses reported hearing loud booms northeast of the Hill just before the outage.

The loss of power triggered alarms and left elevators stuck between floors. Police responded to a false alarm for a possible robbery at a north Broadway bank while Seattle Fire helped in an elevator rescue reported on 14th Ave E.

Saturday night, thousands around the city lost power as an unusually intense thunderstorm produced more than 2,000 lightning strikes across the area.

UPDATE: City Light says its current estimate is a 1 PM restoration of power:

UPDATE x2 11 AM: Restored!

Power has been restored to the North Capitol Hill area. The cause of the outage was due to a tree branch falling on a pair of powerlines. Our crews are also continuing to restore power to those affected by last weekend’s storm. Thank you for your patience.

 

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