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Starbucks to cut 61 tech jobs at Seattle HQ in department reorganization

Starbucks is cutting 61 technology jobs at its Seattle headquarters, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing… Read More

HAPPENING NOW: West Seattle Junction Association’s 2026 flower baskets are going up!

(Photos courtesy of West Seattle Junction Association) They’re here! The West Seattle Junction Association‘s annual hanging flower baskets have arrived in the past hour and they’re going up. This year you’ll see 96 baskets in the heart of The Junction, “adopted” by local people and businesses to help cover the costs (WSB “adopts” one every […]

Here’s what’s happening on your West Seattle Monday

(Photo by Rosalie Miller, who explains: ‘Ground nesting native Mining Bee, Genus Andrena, in a West Seattle garden’) Here’s your Monday list of highlights, mostly from our West Seattle Event Calendar: BABY STORY TIME: Noon at Southwest Library (9010 35th SW). For up-to-18-month-olds. Free. NO CITY COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING: Canceled today. FREE HOMEWORK HELP: Drop-in […]

LAST CALL: Tennis/pickleball survey closes this afternoon

Quick reminder that if you haven’t already responded to the city’s survey on its Draft Outdoor Racquet Sports Strategy announced last month, it closes today at 3 pm per the city website. Find the survey link here.

UW DubHacks Next startup incubator produces 20 new student ventures in latest batch

University of Washington students pitched 20 startups at Demo Day for DubHacks Next, a 16-week incubator that has produced 68 startups since 2022. Projects range from a manufacturing design automation tool already live in three plants to an AI audio plugin builder and a web accessibility suite. Read More

Let there be light: Redfin powers up ‘Sunscore,’ an interactive map to track property sunlight

What’s it take to be a neighbor with a sunny disposition? Perhaps more sunlight, for starters. Seattle-based real estate brokerage… Read More

Startup building portable AI data centers for remote operations grows Seattle-area hub to 120 people

Armada's customers include the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, which uses its technology for wildfire connectivity, and oil and gas companies operating in remote locations. The company has also expanded its partnership with Microsoft. Read More

TRAFFIC CAMS, WEATHER, TRANSIT: Monday notes

6:01 AM: Good morning! Welcome to Monday, May 11, 2026. WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET Sunny, high in the mid-60s. Sunrise was at 5:36 am; sunset will be at 8:35 pm. (Photo by Mike Burns – Sunday’s sunset) CLOSURE ALERTS -After this weekend’s 1st Avenue South Bridge northbound repair closure, the work now moves to overnight closures, […]

WEST SEATTLE CRIME WATCH: Police search for 16th/Holden 7-Eleven robber

The 7-Eleven at 16th SW and SW Holden in Highland Park has just been robbed, according to police radio, and officers are searching for the robber. The preliminary description they’re circulating is a Black man in his 20s, 5’8″, heavy build, beanies, black, white, and blue jacket, black pants, black-and-white shoes, armed with a gun, […]

BASEBALL: Chief Sealth IHS to play for district championship

PHOTOS BY OLIVER HAMLIN FOR WEST SEATTLE BLOG (Bodhi Smith celebrates after Sealth gets the final out) A Saturday morning victory has sent the Chief Sealth IHS Seahawks into Thursday’s district championship game. They beat Cedarcrest 13-6 Saturday at Steve Cox Memorial Park to earn the title-game spot. (Jaxton Daily on the mound) That’s also […]

SOCCER: Home opener day for West Seattle Rhodies FC and Junction FC

Season-opening matches are in the books for West Seattle’s pre-pro soccer clubs, Rhodies FC and Junction FC. WSB contributing photojournalist Dave Gershgorn was at the opening match of the doubleheader, Rhodies vs. Tacoma Galaxy. Rhodies were victorious – but first, a new era dawned after the club owners won their long battle for the right […]