South Seattle

15 Stories

Animals

'Sometimes you only get one shot.' Restoring salmon habitat and rejuvenating a South Seattle beach

Logs are being adjusted and plans are in place for floating gardens to be deployed into the cove of Be’er Sheva Park in South Seattle. The goal is to bolster fish habitat as part of a larger project to rejuvenate a Lake Washington beach that serves historically Black and diverse neighborhoods.
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
Crime

Kids targeted in string of south Seattle muggings

Seattle Police are investigating a string of recent muggings in South Seattle, including some that targeted kids. It’s similar to a slew of after-school robberies last school year around the city.
Ann Dornfeld
Politics

Watch: Tanya Woo and Alexis Mercedes Rinck face off in Seattle City Council debate
KUOW Staff
Race & Identity

2 men face RICO charges for violent home robberies in Western Washington that targeted Asian Americans

Federal prosecutors in Seattle have indicted two men on rarely used racketeering charges, related to a series of violent home robberies throughout Western Washington targeting Asian Americans in 2022. They said the charges follow a lengthy investigation across multiple jurisdictions that remains ongoing.
Amy Radil
Crime

5 arrests made in South Seattle home invasions targeting Asian Americans

Five people, including one teenager, were arrested in connection with a string of home invasions targeting Asian Americans in South Seattle, Police Chief Adrian Diaz announced Wednesday.
Ashley Hiruko

Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

Derek Wang
Crime

Asian American community on edge after targeted home invasions in South Seattle
Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez

Ashley Hiruko

Stephen Howie
Government

Collect your mail quickly, says USPS, after security concerns in Seattle

As South Seattle mail delivery resumes, postal inspectors are still raising the alarm about theft and fraud.
Paige Browning
What we can learn about Seattle area housing from hermit crabs: The Ripple Effect

When housing becomes too expensive, people wind up getting pushed out before they’re ready. If you could step back and observe from a distance how people move from one place to another, it would look like ripples on the surface of a tidepool, extending outward.
Joshua McNichols
Environment

Envisioning a cleaner Duwamish River in South Park

Communities who live near the low Duwamish River have long experienced the consequences of living next to a Superfind site, including higher rates of asthma and a lower
Libby Denkmann

Hans Anderson
Business

Neighbors claim victory after Amazon abandons Rainier Valley warehouse plans

Seattle residents of the Rainier Valley cheered this weekend over news that Amazon will not build a new warehouse there. The surprise news followed a year of controversy, after a developer closely associated with the company filed site plans with the city showing a warehouse at the site of the Lowe’s Home Improvement store.
Joshua McNichols

1 of 2