Sexy Italian Sportscar & Cycle Show Coming To Des Moines Marina Sept. 6th

You’d better start massaging your Maserati now, because the 17th Annual Italian Concours d’ Elegance car & cycle show, featuring some amazing and exotic vehicles, is coming to the Des... [Read more]

GOOD NEWS: Get A FREE Car Wash This Thursday! BAD NEWS: You’ll Have To Drive To Renton, Kent, Auburn Or Federal Way

GOOD NEWS: Brown Bear Car Wash is celebrating its 52nd anniversary with FREE car washes this Thursday (Aug. 27th). BAD NEWS: You’re going to have to drive to either Renton, Kent, Auburn or Federal... [Read more]

BTB Reader Report: Rollover Accident At SW 128th & 4th So.

Saturday night (6/20) around 6:15pm, BTB Reader John Montoya reports that there was a rollover accident at the intersection of SW 128th & 4th Ave South between a silver Honda vehicle and a black SUV... [Read more]

Our Latest Advertiser Is Bjorneby’s CARSTAR Des Moines!

The B-Town Blog would like to welcome its latest Advertiser: longtime area business Bjorneby’s CARSTAR Des Moines!

What a great pleasure it was to meet with Anna and Bj Bjorneby and their family recently. Anna won the door prize at our sister site The Waterland Blog’s first ever fundraiser for the Des Moines Food Bank on April 1st (no foolin’). The prize was a three-month Right Sidebar Ad right here on this website. Her husband Bj drew the lucky card. Hmmmm? With no questions asked, we dropped in to their Des Moines location to talk with them and meet the family and staff…

Vision Collision “Relay For Life” Car Wash Is Saturday

BTB Advertiser Vision Collision is holding a car wash for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life fundraiser this Saturday at their shop, which is located at 803 SW 154th Street in Burien.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Fundraiser car wash for Relay For Life

WHEN: Saturday, April 25th from 10am to 3pm

WHERE: Vision Collision, located at 803 SW 154th Street

INFO: Vision Collision’s Amy Driscoll says:

“The carwash is for Relay For Life, and our team name is Fam-Damily (the Hughes family).”

So get your dirty car over there, get cleaned up and help raise some funds for Relay For Life!

Burien City Manager Mike Martin Arrested For DUI

According to The Seattle Times, Burien City Manager Mike Martin was arrested for a DUI Sunday night (April 19th) after his vehicle left the road and struck a ceramic pot in a yard in the 12600 block of 14th Avenue South in Burien (Google street view below).

Apparently Martin was found outside his car, “leaning forward and swaying side to side,” according to King County Sheriff’s records. His breath allegedly smelled strongly of alcohol, his speech was slurred and he admitted to drinking a couple glasses of wine and two beers.

The article goes on to say that Martin refused to perform both field sobriety tests and Breathalyzer tests, and that he was arrested. Under Washington state law, refusing to take a breath test results in automatic suspension of a driver’s license for at least one year. Martin may challenge the suspension or seek approval for an alcohol-ignition device on his car.

According to the Times, this isn’t Martin’s first run-in with the law – he apparently previously resigned as Chief Administrative Officer for the city of Kent after a 2005 hit-and-run incident.

Martin has been city manager since November 2006, and his yearly salary is $135,180.

We’re working on getting comments from both Martin and other city officials, but the Times goes on to quote Mayor Joan McGilton as saying that his arrest will be discussed at the next city council meeting on Monday night, April 28th, which we will cover.

Read the full story here.

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BREAKING: Three-Vehicle Injury Accident Blocks Ambaum

Photos and Story by Gina Bourdage

About 4:30pm Tuesday, a three vehicle injury accident occurred on the corner of Ambaum Boulevard and SW 130th Street blocking all through traffic.

Involved was a early 2000′s white pickup truck, a professional roofing truck (Diamond Roofing) and a newer black sedan.

Burien police were on the scene to detour traffic. The fire department was called in to clean up chemicals leaking from both the pickup and the professional roofing vehicle.

Police said they will investigate the cause of the collision and that one man (the driver of the white pickup) was taken to the hospital for injuries.

The cause appears to be high rate of speed and a illegal turn, however officials were not able to confirm.

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BTB Advertiser Burien Honda Goes “Green” With New Paint

by Josh Hart Car companies and auto dealers have never been known as the most environmentally-conscious businesses around, but times are changing. Many car dealerships and auto body shops are now using... [Read more]

Gem Of A Chevy Sits Inside Burien City Garage’s Museum

by Josh Hart Duane Quande, the owner of Burien City Garage, has been involved in collecting and fixing cars since he was seven or eight years old. Back then it was just something people did. Duane is also... [Read more]

UPDATE:Hit & Run Driver “Unscathed”; Offers Account

1/6/09 9pm UPDATE: We just communicated with Faraz Lakhani, the victim of Tuesday afternoon’s hit and run, who reports that the suspect was captured within the hour by police (it doesn’t help... [Read more]

Winter Weather Watch: Roads Clear Of Snow, But NOT Ice

“Venus de Burien” as photographed in January 2007 by Flickr Photog Crocidillicus. Checking the roads and DOT webcams this morning shows that overall, most main Freeway roads are clear of snow... [Read more]

Welcome Our 20th Advertiser: Mark’s Expert Auto Service!

We’re happy to introduce onto our blog, like high octane injected into a finely tuned engine, our milestone 20th Advertiser: Mark’s Expert Auto Service! It’s a family affair at Mark’s:... [Read more]

Great Pics Of Father’s Day Car Show

Found a great collection of photos taken at Sunday’s Father’s Day Classic Car Show, including this doozy of a “car” (Is that a mini-tank? Converted VW Thing?): Full photo set... [Read more]

Father’s Day Car Show & Chili Cook-Off Is Sunday

This Sunday is Father’s Day, and what better way to celebrate with by treating Dad to a Classic Car Show and Chili Cook-Off right here in Burien? Now in its sixth year, this annual event features... [Read more]

Rollover Accident On Ambaum Traps Driver

BURIEN – The driver of a truck lost control, crashed and was trapped until being freed near the intersection of Ambaum Blvd. and 117th around 1 am this morning. The truck lost control on Ambaum,... [Read more]

Ad O’The Day: Another Stripped Car In Burien!

Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > cars & trucks: UPDATE: Jim Bibby, Burien’s City Code Compliance Officer, emailed the following: I also wanted your readers to know... [Read more]

Ad O’The Day: Come Get Stripped Car In Burien!

Found on seattle-tacoma craigslist > seattle > cars & trucks: stripped car / make and offer / come and get it – $1 (burien / seattle) Make and offer and come and get this... [Read more]