Multiple victims arrived at area hospitals following a shooting overnight outside a 10th Ave E apartment building. Police say the residence was being used as a rental location for a party.
SPD says it was called to the area of 10th Ave E near E Miller on North Capitol Hill around 12:45 AM after callers reported five to seven gunshots along with reports of drinking in the street and a domestic dispute. Continue reading
Seattle Parks is hosting an “open house” and conducting an online survey to shape the planned $627,173 parks-levy powered renovation of the play area in Capitol HIll’s Roanoke Park.
The upgrades will “replace the existing play equipment with new structures compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12, improve safety surfacing, repair drainage, restore surrounding lawn and mulch areas and upgrade site furnishings and accessible paving,” the city says.
The parks department says it is looking forward to “working closely with the community to develop a design that enhances the park experience for neighborhood families and visitors.”
An open house on the upgrade project is scheduled for Saturday, October 25, from 2:30 – 4:30 PM at the park at 950 E Roanoke.
You can also share your feedback via this online survey.
Parks says the project is slated to complete design this winter with construction taking place in early 2027.
The Roanoke Park neighborhood is currently busy with work with what will be years of construction to build the new 520 Portage Bay Bridge and Roanoke Lid. Work on the entirety of that $1.4 billion project is hoped to be wrapped up by 2031.
A victim was stabbed in the leg in a reported attempted carjacking near Broadway and Newton Street Tuesday night.
Police and Seattle Fire were called to the scene around 8:40 PM to the reported attempted heist and stabbing. The victim was being treated for non-life threatening injuries. Continue reading
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A “Pastoral Planning” process will place Catholic parishes in partnership around Puget Sound. The impacts on churches in Capitol Hill and the Central District — two Seattle neighborhoods with long histories shaped by the church — won’t likely be known for another year.
This process is very different from the round of church closures in 2021 which lead to the church shuttering St. Patrick’s and St Mary’s churches, according to Helen McClenahan, spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Seattle.
The archdiocese may close the houses of worship — but many other options are possible.
Some of the driving factors behind the effort, however, have not changed.
As with many faith communities in Western Washington and nationally, church attendance is down, and has been trending that way for years. Even though the region’s population has been growing, fewer people are attending church and receiving the sacraments that are an integral part of the Catholic faith.
There is also a labor crunch. Fewer priests are expected to be available in coming years. Earlier this year, the archdiocese noted that currently there are 80 pastors for 174 locations. By 2036, it expects only 66 pastors. Continue reading
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Capitol Hill’s Amante Pizza and Pasta has closed taking its relatively affordable pies and memories of its notorious flashing E Olive Way sign with it.
CHS reported here on the 2018 closure of the E Olive Way Amante to make way for an overhaul for a new pot shop.
It turned out, the restaurant’s outsized flashing electronic sign was also shut down and removed. Cannabis retailer Reef opened in the building later that year with downstairs neighbor La Rue Creperie and Espresso joining the mix in 2020. Continue reading
North Capitol Hill’s freeway lid will complement Montlake’s, but not until 2030
By Ryan Packer
With work well underway in Montlake adding a new freeway lid that will also sit under a newly reconstructed Montlake Boulevard, the Washington State Department of Transportation is still progressing forward with its plan to complete what it calls the “Rest of the West” projects. Earlier this year, WSDOT announced that the schedule for completion of the segment of 520 over Portage Bay and the accompanying freeway lid at East Roanoke Street would be delayed by a year, with the opening date pushed from 2029 to 2030.
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When North Capitol Hill’s freeway lid is complete at the end of this decade, it will completely remake the street grid around E Roanoke Street, providing bike and pedestrian connectivity that just doesn’t exist now and stitching the city back together a little. 10th Ave E and Delmar Drive E will be joined together by an open space lid almost as large as Roanoke Park to the north of it. Pathways on either side of the central green space will allow people walking or rolling to take shortcuts across the lid. Continue reading
Candles are lit and arranged for Summer Taylor while SPD looms in the background. We are here for a VIGIL. #seattleprotest #seattleprotests #DefundSPD pic.twitter.com/ivCYUmMGtv
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Seattle Police swept in and cracked down on two Capitol Hill protests Wednesday night as tensions continue to run high amid continued demonstrations and riots following the Kenosha police shooting.
Early in the night, officers surged onto 15th Ave E tackling protesters and making arrests after windows were smashed at two businesses and a bank. Later, police and troopers opted to make another show of force as a group of protesters that have become a regular part of Seattle and Capitol Hill’s streets held a candlelight vigil outside E Roanoke’s Washington State Patrol headquarters for Summer Taylor, the activist struck and killed by a driver during a protest on I-5 in July.
The WSP standoff and police surge came around 10:30 PM as the daily-organized Everyday March was holding its vigil at the Roanoke Park-area facility above 520 and I-5 with its usual brigade of several vehicles used to protect the marchers as they cross streets and intersections. Continue reading
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After nearly 25 years, one of Capitol Hill’s oldest of old school bars is getting new owners.
Chris and Jeff Price tell CHS they are stepping away from the Roanoke Park Place Tavern, the North Capitol Hill bar they have owned and run together since May of 1995.
“It’s become a place with a lot of ghosts,” Chris tells CHS about the decision.
Stepping out from behind the bar to take over the Roanoke will be a couple who have also served many a drinker from behind the pub’s bar. The buyers are Sean Donovan and Teresa McElhinney. While the deal hasn’t yet closed, Price says she believe the bar is in excellent hands to keep the good times coming and help extend the building’s reported 89 or so years as a tavern and 39 years as the Roanoke. Continue reading
Growing up in Guadalajara, Angelica Villasenor was the only one of her seven siblings who hated to cook. When Villasenor’s father opened a Mexican restaurant in Kent and asked her and her siblings to help out, she secured a bartending position and let her siblings take care of the cooking roles. Now, her Capitol Hill restaurant D’ La Santa is getting ready to begin its third year of business with an expansion plan that will put that bartending experience to good use.
D’ La Santa is getting ready to add a new catty-cornered bar and six-table patio to its 10th Ave E location. Along with the bar comes an addition of authentic Mexican cocktails and new food items including handmade traditional and green tortillas made with Poblano peppers.
“Finally we have a restaurant that tastes like Mexico,” Villasenor said.
During the decade Villasenor’s father’s restaurant grew, so did Villasenor’s love for cooking. Eventually in 2016 Villasenor considered opening a restaurant of her own in the city, but she didn’t have the money, a location or professional training as a chef. Now, after opening two years ago next month, Villasenor’s authentic Mexican restaurant D’ La Santa in Capitol Hill is expanding. Continue reading
View the latest updates from Seattle City LightThe 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:
Good morning,
We are investigating the cause of the outage in north Capitol Hill affecting more than 6,700 customers. The current estimated restoration time is 1 p.m. We will provide updates as we receive them from our crews. Thank you. pic.twitter.com/RtCxAL2zg5— Seattle City Light (@SEACityLight) September 9, 2019
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.
