Name: Baum Bat vs Fish Sticks
Start: 2026-06-28T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-28T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Mel Olson Stadium at Steve Cox Memorial Park

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to clarify that a person who identified himself as a resident alleged there were “drug dealers on every floor” at Bloomside, but staff […]

Homelessness

Safety, services, and silence: Burien’s DESC Bloomside dilemma

Minimum wage repeal, airport expansion and KCRHA concerns top busy Burien City Council meeting

King County Council’s move to dismantle KCRHA raises questions for DESC Bloomside in Burien

Transform Burien continues weekly hot meals, clothing and food bank services through February

UPDATE: As temps drop, Burien Severe Weather Shelter will remain open through Monday morning; volunteers, donations needed

King County awards $23.7 million for affordable housing including projects, including south King County

UPDATE: Due to continued cold, Burien Severe Weather Shelter to remain open through Thursday night

Burien Severe Weather Shelter to open tonight and operate through Monday, Jan. 19

Burien Mutual Aid Drive delivers hundreds of gifts, supplies to local shelters and community pantries

King County joins national lawsuit challenging Trump administration housing restrictions

Councilmember Akey calls DESC’s Bloomside ‘federally funded crackhouse’ at Monday’s Burien City Council meeting

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘We can’t continue to ignore our most vulnerable neighbors just because we don’t see them as often’

SNAP benefits will be halted Nov. 1 as federal shutdown continues, hitting south King County families

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘DESC Bloomside is a welcome part of our community’

Mary’s Place and Mercy Housing break ground on new Burien family shelter and housing campus

Can you help? Transform Burien in urgent need of water and juice donations

City of Burien responds to community concerns about DESC Bloomside facility

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ‘Shut down the DESC in Burien’

South King Housing and Homelessness Partners makes $3.5 million available for affordable housing in South King County

Homelessness advocates take City of Burien’s sleeping ban to appeals court

Mary’s Place temporarily closes Burien shelter for major redevelopment project

‘We are disappointed — but not deterred,’ homelessness coalition vows to appeal after judge upholds City of Burien camping ban ordinance

Burien City Council discusses formalizing temporary housing at religious sites

Judge rules for City of Burien in encampment lawsuit: ‘The State Constitution cannot fix every societal problem’

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