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"News radio 1000 FM 97 7, stay connected, stay informed. I'm Kelly blier and here's what's happening violent and property crimes in Seattle increased in 2022, northwest news radio's Ryan Harris. 4% is the number in Seattle for increases in both violent and property crimes with shootings up significantly and murders up 24% year over year, but starting to fall in the latter half of 2022, a trend police chief Adrian Diaz says appears to be continuing. DSS property crimes are coming in under the 5 year average, which he also says shows police are doing good work, but where Diaz expressed concern that many of those crimes are not reported. The more we can get people to report that crime, it gives us much more accurate reflection about what crime trends we need to actually be addressing and what people are experiencing. Council member Sarah Nelson says the 4% increase in property crime can't be accurate because of the number of small business victims many of whom she says don't report the crimes to keep their insurance costs down poor because they can't get officers there quickly enough to take reports. Ryan Harris northwest news radio. Governor Jay inslee says action is being taken to clean up a homeless encampment under the ship canal bridge in Seattle, and they're offering the residents a safer place to live. We've identified quite a number of spots to be able to do that in the upcoming weeks. We want to end that encampment as soon as humanly possible. The neighbors deserve that. And I think we have a reasonable plan to get that job done. Residents in the nearby wallingford neighborhood are asking insley to clear the encampment entirely but for now that won't happen. Well, the transportation department is working to clean the area. They say any residents who want to stay at the site will be allowed to do so. Seattle needs more health won in so does the rest of the country according to democratic congressman Adam Smith from our state. Smith took a ride along with Seattle fire's alternative emergency response unit and was impressed. It needs to be much larger than it is right now. Health one's crew includes a social worker trained to deal with mental illness, homelessness, and drug related emergencies. Smith would like to see the program expand to King County, then across the nation. More than two dozen victim advocates gathered at the state capitol today to
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"Valuables, shut your doors, roll up your windows and another good tip, try parking in a well lit area. That's coming four as Hannah Knowles reporting, despite an increase in violent crime in Seattle, police chief Adrian Diaz says he still has hope for the future. That story from Forrest Michelle estimates. The chief was very candid. You can not sugarcoat this stuff. He told me that in 2021, it was considered the worst year and yet in 2022, it climbed a little higher, much of it linked to homicides, 52 last year. That's an increase of 24%. What do you say to the community members who say I just don't feel safe in my own city? I know. That's one of the, that's some of the most challenging things I do community walks. And I do hear it. You know, I hear that, you know, people just, it doesn't feel safe for me to go out. But I'm also over the last couple of months have actually been hearing a lot more people feeling like things are feeling like they're changing. And I really want to make sure that we capitalize on that that we make sure that we're putting officers in more visible presence that we're trying to make sure that we'll put them in the right places. And really, you know, create those wins. Michelle Esteban, colonies. As the home is a home invasion suspect late last year has been released weeks earlier. Weeks earlier from jail, Eric heintz reports. Elazar Cabrera of Marysville is accused of breaking into a home with another man and demanding cash before shooting the homeowner early in the morning on December 16th. He was eventually arrested a month later in Arlington while police still looked for the other intruder. They ever had Harold reports, guerrera has a lengthy criminal history last November, he was released from jail following an artisan charge on condition he not have any firearms. He's now back in jail on a $2 million bond. Erika it's northwest news radio. Northwest news time, 1240. That means it's time
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"The so called right to repair legislation is on the agenda in the state legislature later on today. Kelly koopmans has more. Under House Bill 1392 in Senate Bill 54 64, you would have the right to repair your own electronic devices rather than relying on only the manufacturers and their authorized technicians. The goal here is to save people money and cut down on electronic waste, both hearings in the House and Senate begin at one 30. Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz provided a statement yesterday regarding the collision involving an SPD officer that killed 23 year old janavi canula. From my heart, this collision is a terrible tragedy for all involved, but especially and most importantly, from miss Kendall's family. I've reached out to her family and will be working with them as an investigation into this collision proceeds. Diaz identified the officer involved as an EMT, Kevin a Dave, a spokesperson with the Seattle police department clarified that Dave was responding to the call with the Seattle fire department, a vigil was held on Friday for kandola in the south Lake union neighborhood. Parents are pleading with the Bellevue school district not to close specific schools, the district says it does have to shut down some campuses due to declining enrollment the story from como forest Denis Whitaker. Is one of 7 schools on that potential closure list what we're being told is that three will be chosen. Parents here at eastgate and at the other schools are more anti phantom Lake, Sherwood forest, woodwards and wilburton. Tell me they have a lot of unanswered questions about the geography, the demographics, all use to single out these 7 schools. We're saying get a second, get a third opinion. Let's really look at the numbers. They were sneaky. Sneaky and underhanded. The way that they posted it on the website is planning for the future. Well, planning for the future can mean just a whole host of about anything. We have not yet hit the beginning of the process in the beginning of that is as providing a recommendation to the board. Denise Whitaker, come on news. It's now 6 ten. It's time to get to the Beacon plumbing sports desk, the rave gear ring, getting ready for a big international tournament this weekend, as we hear from Tom. The sounders open Club World Cup action coming up Saturday in Morocco. The problem is they don't yet know who their opponent will be. They could face a team from Egypt or New Zealand
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"Points. And the only way we can course correct that is a fair and competitive labor contract and political support from our elected officials. Saying new leadership might help recruiting and retention. Do you think it changes things? I do. I think that that gives a shot of confidence to keep police officers. The feeling as if there's a sense of hope that they're going to be valued. We have an opportunity if we vote for a moderate candidate to change the political scope that we've seen sadly occur in the past 5 years. And aside from swant, there are at least two other council members who have decided not to seek reelection announcing that formally. The business owner I talked to hopeful at the very least that more compromise on public safety policies can be reached with that new group next year. In Seattle, Paul Rivera. Come on news. It's more companies move out of downtown Seattle. What does that mean for the region's economic vitality? Chris Daniel spoke with police chief Adrian Diaz about the role of public safety is playing in the exodus. You have to focus on economic development for actually to address a lot of public safety issues. And being actually visible presence on the streets, it actually helps us lower crime rates. The news is not good for Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz, who believes there is a connection between crime and those boarded up storefronts. When you look at third avenue where you see sometimes a lot of unsheltered population, sometimes drug usage in and around that area. I know, I walk those streets, I actually drive those streets to economic development throughout the city. It creates a lot of investments for not only just police services, but for all the social services that the city needs to be funding as well. That's why the news of yet another departure from downtown leaves the city with some big shoes to fill. Meanwhile, Twitter is now being sued in Seattle, the owner of century square filed a suit Thursday in King County superior court, seeking damages, attorney fees, and interest alleging the troubled tech company has failed to pay rent. Trader has occupied the space since 2013, but has vacated the building located at 6th and union. The suit indicates rent was not paid for December or January, adding does not appear Twitter will pay rent from now on. Saturday was a day of service to clean and remove and do away with garbage, graffiti and scattered debris throughout the city Rachel Smith is with the Seattle metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. There's a lot that we can and
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"Florida, potential 28 24 presidential contender and Republican governor Ron DeSantis blocking an advanced placement African American studies class from the state's high school curriculum. Florida education officials saying, of course, does not comply with the state law and quote lacks educational value. ABC News spoke to Lisa hilde has three department chair at hamden hall country day school in Connecticut. She worked with Harvard scholars to develop the course, already taught by the way in dozens of schools across the nation. In order to present anything, you have to show good, bad, ugly, because you can't just sanitize history. So they're using reverberations and Hollywood as they say, following this week's announcement of involuntary manslaughter charges against actor Alec Baldwin and the film set armorer Hannah guerre's Reed charged in the death of rushed cinematographer Hana Hutchins killed by that live round fire from an onsite gun that was supposed to contain no live ammunition, ABC's moelingen. Screen actors guild, releasing a statement this week, supporting Baldwin insisting that while Hutchins death tragic, it was not Baldwin's job to ensure the gun was not loaded, saying, quote, an actor's job is not to be a firearms or a weapons expert. The industry assigns that responsibility to qualified professionals who oversee their use and handling in every aspect. Mueller protests in Memphis 5 police officers have been fired as part of that ongoing investigation into the death of a 29 year old motorist family attorney bed crump sharing the Tyree Nichols was beaten beyond recognition after he fled a traffic stop out of fear. That's according to relatives. It seems to be whether the victim is black or white, how the police is going to engage that citizen whether it's a black police officer or a white police officer. No decision yet on criminal charges. We're told the FBI has launched a civil rights investigation. 8 47 now here at northwest news radio. We're here in King County council member Joe McDermott says he's not running for reelection in the fall. McDermott has served in public office for more than two decades, including terms in the Washington House of Representatives, the state Senate and the King County council. McDermott will remain part of the council until his current term ends. Downtown Seattle more companies move out of the downtown area corps. What does that mean for the region's economic vitality? Christian Daniels acoma four talking with police chief Adrian Diaz about the role public safety is playing in the exodus. You have to focus on economic development for actually do address a lot of public safety issues. And being actually visible presence on the streets, it actually helps us lower crime rates. The news is not good for Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz, who believes there is a connection between crime and those boarded up storefronts. When you look at third avenue where you see sometimes a lot of unsheltered population, sometimes drug usage in and around that area. I know I walk those streets. I actually drive those streets to economic development throughout the city. It creates a lot of investments for not only just police services, but for all the social services that the city needs to be funding as well. That's why the news of yet another departure from downtown leaves the city with some big shoes to fill. 8 48 now here at northwest news. Washington isn't the worst state to drive in, but we're hearing very close wall the hub with a study out for this week. Did you hear? Hawaii is the only one with lower marks than what we get. Researchers looked at 31 factors affecting drivers like car thefts, gas prices and road quality, Washington is in the bottom ten for all three of those. We are 35th for traffic. Remember the higher the number, the worse it is, drivers we spoke to say, that seems about right, especially the condition of our roads
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"Around us. Yeah. These are my people right here. Wallace is among those the city is hoping to help get into permanent housing. Jeremy Harris, come on in. Seattle's police chief now says that his officers have recovered over a million fentanyl pills in the last couple of years. Chris Daniels sat down with police chief Adrian Diaz to talk about how drugs play into the homeless crisis. What you see on a daily basis is a housing issue or is it more related to drug addiction and mental health needs that exist in our community? I think it's all above. I think we want to put into one little certain box and try to figure out how do we solve that issue. You see the amount of fat and all that's operating in this city. We were just, you know, already in the first couple of weeks, covering hundreds of thousands of pills. You're also looking at over a million pills in the last couple of years that we've recovered. Enough to kill this entire city. That is going to be one of the next challenges that we face. It isn't going to be the housing because many of these people, they actually, if they do get housing, they're still finding themselves on the street because of their drug addiction. Diaz lost the interim tag a couple of weeks ago and has been in really this position for the last two and a half years and he says some of the problems are in those usual spots downtown and elsewhere. He also says keep in mind he believes there are positive signs in law enforcement as well that arrests for burglaries and assaults are up in the city of Seattle. Komal forest Chris Daniels, speaking with Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz. Northwest news time, 1240. Time for an update on sports from the Beacon plumbing sports desk and Bill Schwartz. The kraken
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"No facts to prove that. Carlene Johnson, northwest, news radio. Gunfire left two men dead overnight in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood, police chief Adrian Diaz telling como four officers found them in a vehicle near Fifth Avenue south and south Michigan street just after midnight. Officers attempted along with Seattle fire department, attempted lifesaving measures at that time. They realized very early on that there was no lifesaving measures that they could provide, and they were pronounced deceased at the scene. Police don't know if the men were targeted, or if this was a random attack, there is a homeless camp nearby, but detectives don't know yet if it has any connections to the killings, so far, no suspects announced. Coming up after traffic and weather should your business follow the tech sector's example, I'm corwyn hake and economist warns you to hang on to your talent. First at 1204 an update on traffic from the high performance homes traffic center. Here's Kimi Klein. Good afternoon and tuck willow watch for a crash partially blocking the southbound I 5 off ramp to interurban avenue. It's not causing any backups on the main line though. Earlier maintenance on north down 99 at the first 70s southbridge is wrapped up for now, so traffic is moving freely in both directions around there. In north Seattle, we have road work happening on north gateway just west of I 5 between meridian and first Japanese northeast, it's blocking your eastbound right lane and ferry riders, we're seeing a one hour away that the Kingston terminal, both font Roy vashon south or boats are running 20 to 25 minutes behind. And one of our anacortes San Juan ferries to till come is running about one hour behind schedule. Your next northwest traffic at 1214. Our forecast now sponsored by northwest crawl space services. Here's Theron's on. A dry day around western Washington and we're going to find our temperatures topping out today in the mid 40s and some nice sun breaks out there. Overnight, we're going to cool things off, dropping down to the mid 30s and yeah, we're going to be chilly
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"This year's theme is 40 years of celebrating doctor king's mission, community organizers say that doctor king's dream is still alive, but there is still more work to be done. It's been a deadly few days for Seattle's newest police chief Adrian Diaz, come a fours Lee stole on the violence making his first weekend on the job. His tenure, unfortunately, is beginning with three shootings involving 5 people, one person who is dead. Saturday night police say three people tried to rob someone inside a teriyaki restaurant on rainier avenue south, a man in his 60s was shot and killed. Chief Adrian Diaz responded to the scene himself. We're paying attention to everything that's going on at night. Our officers are trying to make sure that they're diligent about responding out to the scene. The search for those three people is on top of two more shootings just hours earlier. Saturday morning three men were shot when someone opened fire on Capitol Hill near tenth and pike street. They're all expected to be okay. Police don't have any suspects, but say people saw a tan or beige SUV in the area at the time of the shooting. Also, on Saturday, a man was shot in the Columbia city neighborhood, Seattle city light says an electrical line may have been hit by gunfire, that knocked out power to 8000 people for a few hours. In all three cases, no one is under arrest. Come a four's Lee stole. Police are investigating after a teenager was shot in Tacoma last night to coma police say a 16 year old boy was shot on north pearl street. It was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries, north pearl street was closed between north 44th and north 42nd street for several hours while police investigated the road reopened around midnight no other information about the shooting has been released. A house fire Saturday morning was intentionally set, damage to the Seattle home on 16th avenue northwest was about $50,000, fire investigators determined arson was the cause, set a police say no one was inside at the time of the fire. Let's get an update on our roadway and head to the high performance home of the traffic center. Here's Natalie Melendez. He spun 5 22 traffic is free flowing going from 4.5 to two year drive to 14 minutes issaquah two Seattle traffic I'm not seeing any delays on I 90 west you're trouble take 13 minutes in Seattle white center area east found on Holden street an accident between 24th and delven way I am still looking at some slow traffic. 27 minutes to go from Tacoma to Olympia 5 south. Our next other traffic at a 44. Come a fours Rebecca Stevenson has your forecast sponsored by northwest crawlspace services. Tonight we've got a fairly dry night inland but slowly but surely we're seeing that change is
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"Arrest accused of paying four men to shoot at homes of democratic officials in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Solomon Pena lost an election for state lawmaker last fall, acting police commander Kyle hartsock. On the last shooting, we now have evidence too that Pena himself went on this shooting and actually pulled the trigger on at least one of the firearms that was used. At the site of a Russian rocket attack on a Ukraine apartment complex in Denis pro, ABC's Matt Gutman dozens remain wounded at this point. It was 70. The death toll continues to rise. It was about 25 yesterday, but they continue to find people buried in the rubble. It's now at 40 and expected to rise further. There are about 30 people unaccounted for. Some of them might be found elsewhere, but we do anticipate that some additional bodies will be found in that pile of debris that remains. A hundred Ukrainian troops have arrived at Oklahoma's fort sill to begin training on the patriot missile defense system, which shoots down incoming enemy missiles. Chuck severson ABC News. News radio 1000 FM 97 7 stay connected, stay informed. Good evening it is 6 31. I'm kellee blye and here are the top local stories from the northwest news 24/7 news center. Santa Fe police say a man was shot and killed in a robbery at rainier teriyaki restaurant in the mount baker neighborhood on Saturday, komal four's mohair is more. Chief Adrian Diaz did say the victim was shot in the chest. They're still investigating what the connection was to the restaurant or what the victim was doing inside. Now police got the call around 8 30 about the shooting at rainier teriyaki. When they got here, they learned it was also robbery that was happening and involving three suspects and now one person is dead. This deadly shooting is one incident when it's been a very violent weekend in Seattle. Already this weekend is not been the ideal weekend. Friday 13th, we had three people shot in the Capitol Hill area, had one earlier with a graze wound to his head, which actually caused some of the power losses. Now at this point, police are still canvassing the area questioning and talking to businesses is gather more information to help track down these suspects in Seattle by Cuomo news. Como four's Mohit. Tacoma police have arrested a teenager in connection with the shooting death of a 14 year old boy, koma force Michelle Esteban spoke to Tacoma's police chief and has the very latest in the investigation. A 17 year old has been arrested right now booked on suspicion of first degree murder. That
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"County, Brian Calvert, northwest used radio. The man suspected of killing four university of Idaho students appeared in court today for a status hearing to schedule future court dates. Brian kober's court appointed attorney asked the judge to give them several months to prepare for the next hearing. When evidence will be laid out in advance of a plea from the defendant. What, mister coburger, I need to speak to you for a moment, then sir, you do understand and miss Taylor has represented here that she's advised you of your right to have or fully discussed with you the right that you have, which is to have your preliminary sharing within 14 days of the date that you initially appeared before this court. The judge blocked out the week of June 26th for the preliminary hearing. Coburger faces four counts of first degree murder in the November knife attack that killed 21 year olds, Caylee gonsalves, and her best friend, Maddie Morgan, and 20 year olds and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin. Adrian Diaz is now permanent Seattle police chief after taking his oath, Diaz said that SPD has made great strides in building relationships and centering equity as well as making the city safer. We are going to get to the heart of public safety. And we are going to get to the root of crime. And we will make the city safe because as your chief, I am up for the challenge. Seattle police officers guild president Mike solin says, with Diaz, they have a good working relationship and I commend the mayor for making it permanent. Sullen says now they need a fair deal on a contract that's been expired for two years, and they need public support from the city's political leaders, so officers feel valued and will stay with the department. SPD has lost more than 500 officers since 2020 and sullen says showing officers that they're appreciated is going to go a long way toward retaining and recruiting. Northwest news time, two 34. Time for an update on traffic from the high performance homes traffic center. Here's Kimi Klein. Unfortunately, no change in Everett we're still dealing with some emergency road work happening on northbound 5 at marine view drive still blocking two left lanes, so that means only one left lane is getting through in its causing it a 7 to 8 mile back up now north of one 28th in south Everett, even the Boeing freeway is extra busy, I'm seeing a lot of extra traffic filling in along a Broadway approaching the snohomish river bridge there, so a lot of our back routes are also starting to get a lot worse, but we have this crash in Renton on northbound one 6 7 approaching 405 that's also blocking two right lanes and that's to recover a box truck that went over the guardrail on the right, so that's backed up solid north of two 12th and Kent were also filling in for the afternoon on south and four or 5 out of downtown Bellevue Newcastle, also noticing some brake lights around the king's gate, a totem Lake area on both directions of 405 so keep watching that in case something's going on. South on 5 and a Seattle is busy south of Lake city way towards I 90 and also filling in around tuck willa as you head up that south center hill. And the valley freeway is struggling against south of algona towards Sumner. This supports sponsor by unbound dot org a girl in Kenya drews becoming a doctor in elder and Guatemala dreams of being part of the community, reach out and change a world and it will change your own unbound dot org. Your next northwest traffic at two 44. Our forecast now sponsored by northwest crawlspace services. Here's coma four meteorologist Kristen Clark. High puddle potential today across puget sound, a light yet steady rain will continue throughout the afternoon evening commute home, do you expect a longer commute this evening as we do have hydroplaning issues across the lowlands, but it's the coastal areas experiencing dangerous waves and beach erosion, and with rain even at the mountain passes, it's high avalanche danger impact in the northern central cascades. The widespread study rain becomes much lighter on Friday before sun breaks start on Saturday for the upcoming holiday weekend. In the comma four weather center, meteorologist Kristen Clarke. Reigning in Seattle 52° northwest
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"Coming before weather center, I'm meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell. Currently 46° with light rain in downtown Seattle. It's now four 35. Cart documents reveal new details about the man accused of shooting and killing another man and poured Orchard. Prosecutors have charged 39 year old Chad Wilson with first degree murder. Michelle Esteban was in court when he was first arraigned. He gave a statement to police telling them in short that he was concerned about male theft and that he shot allegedly in self defense. He appeared in court said nothing his attorney pleaded not guilty on his behalf, prosecutor told the judge. He's a danger to the community, ask for bail to be set at a million bucks. The judge agree the prosecutor told the judge that he followed the victim in his vehicle and then blocked him in with his vehicle. And then allegedly shot him at close range. Multiple surveillance cameras from neighbors captured different angles of the confrontation at one point you hear a voice saying, give me my blank mail, and then you hear a bang. The victim's car crashes into mailboxes, the defendant according to court documents and surveillance video drives off. That's come up for us, Michelle Esteban reporting. Interim Seattle, police chief Adrian Diaz will officially be sworn into the job of chief of police today. Mayor Bruce harrell selected him for the job in September after a nationwide search and the city council approved a selection. Diaz replaced Carmen best who stepped down in September 2020. And FAA computer outage leaves a backlog of passengers attempting to reach their destinations. Come for his coronavirus spoke to passengers at sea tac international airport and Omar quinlan, founder of travel insurance company, goose insurance. Travelers, we spoke to say they wish they were able to get some financial reimbursement for the impact the delays had on them. The passengers are on their own. And it's really dependent on two things. The
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"One 36. Violent crime is up year to year in Seattle coma forest Jackie Kent has more on that story. People ringing in the new year are hoping the city can get a handle on violent crime in 2023. There has been a lot of shootings lately. Which is unfortunate. Johnny Wynn often walks through Seattle's Chinatown international district, which reported 7 deadly shootings in 2022 through November. I don't always feel safe It's generally at nighttime you usually kind of want to be with other people than yourself. Seattle police data shows a 23% increase in shooting death citywide last year with 38. The most happening in the Chinatown international district followed by bitter Lake and north gate. A devastating reality, but not surprising to crime stoppers director Jim futa. It's a bigger focus now with less police on the street and then you've got the courts letting violent offenders out. This data comes out of time when Seattle police are still short about 400 officers. Chief Adrian Diaz addressed the staff in crisis last week, in the wake of a violent attack on a bus ride or a troubled third in pine. So we're putting officers in the right place. So right now, while we don't have enough officers, we're actually putting them in the right place. Fuda and others strongly believe the city is on the right track. Are you hopeful the city can get a handle on violent crime in the new year? I am. I actually spoke with the chief the other night. And when you are hiring officers that are that represent the community is that that's how some of this trust gets built back. When you hire an officer today, it's at least 18 months before that officer could be a viable one person police car So it's going to take some time to build up. There were also 151 non deadly shootings reported through November. That's about 25 more than the year prior. We did reach out to Seattle police, but were unable to get a comment on the holiday. For now reporting in Seattle. Jackie Kent, come on in. This past weekend, rather quiet after a busy winter time experience in the mountains at Christmas, and even Thanksgiving. Many first timers trying to drive mountain passes with lack of knowledge and lack of gear, resulted in so many highway closures on long waits and cars and trucks even overnight. Has advice on what you need to do in future planning of wintertime travel here in our state. Snow is returning to the mountain passes here in Washington back east this winter has turned deadly with some people trapped in their cars and not making it out alive. Tragic scenes are playing out in Buffalo, New York and other parts of the eastern United States hit hard by severe winter weather. In Buffalo, some people decided to drive, even after a driving ban was put in place because of an impending blizzard. Rescuers have been finding people frozen to death in their cars after they were trapped in the heavy snow. I have my 90 year old in laws in the car, so we're being as safe as possible. People traveling across the Kwame pass told us what they have in their cars in case of an emergency. I have blankets, water, food, chains, a snow shovel. Truck driver Andrew bauman was stuck on I 90 in his truck recently. Last week, there was a collision down down by north bend and I think a state trooper got hit, it was about a 5 hour wait. The national highway traffic safety administration has this advice if you're trapped in your car in the snow. First, stay focused on yourself and your passengers and figuring out where you are so you can tell 9-1-1
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"Speaker northwest news and the world While the day's top local stories straight ahead after ABC 8 30 Recession ahead the government reports the U.S. economy contracted the first three months of the year 1.4% investopedia editor in chief Caleb silvers and ABC News contributor The economy is slowing There's no two ways about it but it's slowing from a very fast pace in 2021 when GDP grew 5.7% and it grew 6.9% in the fourth quarter So we were expecting the slowdown He says low unemployment and continuing strong consumer spending might keep the economy out of recession The House approved and sent to President Biden to Bill streamlining the World War II era lend lease program to help Ukraine beat back Putin's invaders The president is asking Congress for another $33 billion in military and humanitarian aid House January 6th committee chair Benny Thompson says they've got at least 8 hearings sent for the month of June Some of which will be during prime time He also said that before the week is out they'll be asking House minority leader Kevin McCarthy for his cooperation Richard cantu ABC News Stay connected stay informed with the northwest's only all news station northwest news radio art Sanders and here's what's happening Sound transits expecting construction delays on all four of its major projects East link project was scheduled to start running trains across Lake Washington by June of 2023 but this week February of 2024 surface spokesman John Gallagher can be repaired but in some cases they can not and in that case the entire plan needs to be demolished and a new one in its place That's happening right now along the former I 90 express lanes were construction defects and flawed concrete have crews tearing up those tracks Gallagher says many major projects are going to see delays because of the four month long concrete strike Shuttle's chief of police says the department stretched so thin officers are working around the clock to keep the city safe Sat down one on one with chief Adrian Diaz to talk about what needs to happen to help with the ongoing staffing crisis and a new plan to retain officers The chief didn't mince his words about how dire things are right now He says officers are working hard to hold people accountable with the resources that they have but they can only do so much Chief Adrian Diaz told me he hopes a program he's launching will help invest and retain officers in the long term The program is called before the badge and part of that training involves officers meeting with community members and learning how to earn the community's trust and what's expected as a Seattle police officer It's not just about you know handling the current staffing crisis We really want to make sure that we infuse a culture of compassion and empathetic policing And we want to make sure that we have healthy outcomes for not only our officers but the community that we're dealing with The chief hopes to get that going before this summer at como forest Tammy matasa Washington's attorney general is suing the U.S. Postal Service claiming it violated federal environmental law when it signed a contract to replace its trucks with a fleet of 90% gas vehicles Assistant AG Bill Sherman says the decision was made before environmental review was finished Sherman also says the USPS didn't offer enough reasonable options and limited those options to 90% gas 100% electric or no new trucks It really didn't take seriously the various options it could have given itself And the national environmental policy act says you need to take a look at a reasonable range of options And the postal service didn't do that in this case The postal service says its environmental review was thorough and fully complied with the national environmental protection act USPS also says it can still buy additional electric vehicles beyond the 10% in the contract Tacoma police say two men who kidnapped a woman Wednesday night have been arrested They say the abduction happened near 38th and south.
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"Incidents of gunfire increased throughout the city of Seattle last year and this year is off to an even more violent start in new Seattle police department report reveals corwin Hague has more Shots fired these two words are heard with increasing distressing frequency over police bands citywide We saw more victims of gun violence than we've ever had since we started tracking these numbers Interim police chief Adrian Diaz tells the city council public safety committee 2021 saw 174 incidents citywide in which some one was either shot or shot and killed a significant uptick from the pre-pandemic era In 2019 we just had 97 instances of a victim shot or killed Diaz notes 25% of those shootings occurred in or near unsanctioned homeless encampments We have seen a significant uptick in shots fired related to homeless encampments in 2021 DS says 2022 is off to a troubling start with already 31 victims shot and or killed Corwin hake northwest news radio They state legislature seems poised to lessen the sentences for certain gun crimes at the moment the penalties for firearms enhancements must be served consecutively in a certain nonviolent offenses can carry a penalty of decades in prison However House Bill 1169 will allow the courts to stack them only where appropriate rather than requiring them in every single case They have a tree whiler with the Washington association of criminal defense lawyers says that means judges would be allowed more discretion at sentencing but several sheriffs testified against the measure saying the state would no longer be holding criminals accountable The bill has already passed the house and is now being considered in the Senate That's that time of year when tax bills start going out King County assessor John Wilson says the increases this year are around 3% despite property values rising by 9% He said Seattle's residential sector saw an average of 6% increases but he says commercial properties struggle This is the first year where we're starting to see the COVID impacts on the commercial sector So we're seeing some of the offices some of the other sectors that really got hammered by COVID where their values are flat or even in some cases down a little bit The cities with the lowest increases include algona and Pacific with a 1% bump while Covington smash and black diamond had the highest with 13 to 14% jumps Seattle municipal court will no longer allow certain test results from the state's toxicology lab to be used as evidence Because part of the lab was once used to synthesize methamphetamine for training and research purposes a number of blood tests have resulted in false positives Several attempts have been made to decontaminate the lab but have not been entirely successful So the Seattle municipal court will no longer accept tests that were conducted in the lab between March of 2018 and October of last year It's unclear how many cases this will affect That's Jeff poggio reporting the Washington state patrol which operates the toxicology labs as they respect the court's findings and will continue to work to ensure the accuracy of all tests conducted in the lab and hold themselves to high legal ethical and scientific standards Grunge music pioneer Mark Lanigan is dead at the age of 57 born in ellensburg landing and rose to fame as the lead singer of screaming trees that launched a solo career which included collaborations with Kurt Cobain and Chris novoselic in 2020 he released a memoir that detailed his rise in music as well as his struggles with addiction Rolling Stone reports lanning and died at his home in Ireland though cause of death has been given he was 57 Disturbing story out of Kent involving a disabled woman being left in a car for days On Valentine's Day the sister of a severely disabled woman who had not been seen since February 5th told Kent police officers she was concerned detectives started looking into the matter and it was discovered the missing woman's mother parked her car at a gas station in Kent and walked off leaving her disabled daughter inside Police found out the car had been towed at the request of the gas.
KOMO
"adrian diaz" Discussed on KOMO
"Public safety plans today at city hall John libertini was there The increase started back in 2020 as many of you know continues today Mayor Bruce Harold delivered the grim news aggravated assaults up by 24% shootings and shots fired jumped by 40% to an all time high Overall violent crime increased by 20% reaching the highest level we've seen in 24 years The newly elected mayor is focusing on crime hotspots like little Saigon at 12th and Jackson Police officers in the first 21 days of January May 23 felony arrests recovered stolen property on 24 occasions They seized narcotics ten separate times The mirrors public safety plan also includes hiring 350 police officers police chief Adrian Diaz were working around the clock We worked through the entire city which is why we need our police officers Some neighborhoods are so violent just this week firefighters started wearing bulletproof vests and helmets John libertini northwest news radio is skyrocketing use of firearms complicates the aggressive effort by new Seattle mayor Bruce harrell the slow at two year uptick in crime Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz Nearly every month last year saw more shots fired than the same month from the previous year and homeless related shootings and shots fired increased by a 122% Last year violent crime reached the 24 year high in Seattle the mayor's public safety plan focuses on crime hotspots and people known to use guns Seattle lawmakers want to change the definition of first time home buyer Jeff Pedro explained this has to do with the housing trust fund which provides grants and loans to low income populations Bill sponsored democratic representative strong Peterson says certain people have been left out of the program This could be a victim of domestic violence that is fleeing a situation but it's able to get their life back together and find a home that they can afford in that example if they owned a home with their previous spouse they would still qualify as a first time buyer Republicans also favor the belt and it has passed out of committee on a unanimous vote Jeff Poe to let northwest news radio The legal challenge to the state's capital gains tax is now waiting for a decision from a Douglas county superior court Among the arguments made by the state solicitor general Noah Purcell claimed the capital gains taxes like the real estate excise tax which he says the state Supreme Court upheld unanimously 70 years ago That tax does not apply just because you own real estate It applies when you sell real estate And a Supreme Court held the tax was not a property tax because quote a tax on the sale of property is not a tax on the subject matter of that sale The capital gains excise tax does not apply just because you own capital assets It applies when you sell or use it The lawyers for those challenging the tax argue the real estate excise tax is a tax on the sales transaction not on the income generated by the sale The judge says he'll look over the arguments and over a case other materials and likely issue a written ruling in the next two to three weeks Unregulated marijuana products would fall under the control of the liquor and cannabis board under a bill in the state house Ryan Harris has details Washington's law regulates pot products that contain delta 9 THC but backers of the bill say that since the feds made it legal to grow hemp in 2018 products are being derived from hemp that can still get you high are totally unregulated and untested and are available at vape shops and convenience stores to anyone who wants to buy them Democratic representative Shelley clova of Kirkland says it's about safety and not just because these products don't go through the testing A young person can go online and buy some of these products that are marketed as somehow safer but the reality is they are still and impairing substance and they do not belong in the hands of children Opponents say they prefer the language of a similar state Senate Bill which includes a clear definition of an impairing product The bill was already approved by one committee and is expected to get another committee vote this weekend Ryan Harris northwest news radio It's 7 ten in the zags huskies and coogs basketball teams keep on rolling Here's Bill Schwartz Thursday night road wins for Gonzaga Washington Washington state men's hoop second rags zags blew out San Diego Now they had to Provo to play BYU Saturday night Wazoo paid back Stanford with a 6 point win on the farm The kooks had across the bay to play Cal tomorrow afternoon Washington hibernated those golden bears in Berkeley They stick around until Sunday to face Stanford Seattle kraken represented by forward Jordan eberly at tomorrow's NHL All-Star Game in Vegas Reports indicate the last place kraken are thinking about trade possibilities for veteran captain defenseman Mark Giordano Seahawks Russell Wilson and Dwayne Brown on the NFC roster for Sunday's Pro Bowl game also in Las Vegas The AFC champion Bengals continue workouts in Ohio for the Super Bowl Quarterback Joe burrow staying in the routine It just feels like another week obviously it's the Super Bowl and we're gonna have to try to eliminate as many distractions as we can but it just feels normal Sunday February 13th the Bengals are underdogs against the LA rams in the Super Bowl 56 Sports were Swartz attended 40 after.
Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
Police search for shooting suspect after man killed at church in Seattle's Rainier Valley
"Inside Emerald City Bible Fellowship in Seattle's Rainier Valley neighborhood. The search for the shooter continues. We get the latest from Cuomo's Carleen Johnson. Police responded to the scene around four o'clock Wednesday afternoon, A man entered the church. And confronted the victim, who was attending the gathering inside. They exchanged words, then gunfire. What we do know is that this suspect was not part of that meeting and that the suspect and the victim were in some sort of verbal. Discussion, so not sure it was targeted specifically to the two. But that is something that will be part of that investigation. Police Chief Adrian Diaz did not release information about the suspect. But they know who he is. And they're searching for him. Neighbors coming by, say, crime and violence in the area is out of hand. But not good for this. Maybe there were about 40 people inside the church at the time. Many of them witnessed the shooting. No one else was hurt. Carleen Johnson come on, Use a
Jason Rantz
One on one with Seattle's interim police chief
"The Seattle City Council is considering yet another budget cut to the Seattle Police Department a move that I suppose we should not find surprising. It's a preemptive cut of over dollars. This, of course, on top of what was previously cut, and of course, it has implications. Joining me on the line is interim police chief Adrian Diaz. Ideas. Welcome back to the show. Welcome. Thank you for having me. I really appreciate you taking the time. So what is the $5.4 Million cut mean in terms of public safety? Yeah. You know, we have had, you know some cuts last year. At the end of their session, Another $2 million and some of the other additional cuts that they have This 5.4 million is just One of those things that we're trying to just kind of stabilize our efforts and our hiring efforts. We have some other crude costs that come up. We have You know, we've had a lot of people leave our department. So we had to pay additional money out in separation pay. We've had people because we have Ah, younger workforce, eh? So we've had people that go out on pay parental leave. And so this is some of that money that you know can you know, cover those costs, But we've also had, you know, we really tried to focus our efforts because we've lost a lot of sworn officers. Hiring additional civilian positions that conduce you of riot different works from CSOs, our community service officers, crime prevention coordinators. And you know that you know another additional cut with a lot wouldn't Wouldn't allow us to be able to hire for some of those civilian positions that are so desperately needed. So they've also effectively cut your overtime budget. So how does that work? Because you've got a dwindling for she lost What? 197 police officers last year I'm told that the numbers are still going down. You lost about 20 this month. I don't know if that's been confirmed yet, but you know you've had to use over time as a result of that, of course. Also you had a lot of instances of unrest that you were staffing. So what exactly is the plan this year? Yeah. You know, we've we've actually had to make some obviously some some adjustments. You know, when I moved 100 officers back into patrol we created during that same time we created a community response group. That has been able to handle 911 calls but also be able to, you know, work and deal with the demonstrations, some that direct action that has been occurring for the last several months. And that has helped us out immensely having a group or squad or units that are able to, um Be able to respond to that direct action that is actually limit that's actually pared down some of our overtime. But as we see more people leave the department. You do have to figure out ways that you can have personnel, you know, sure that up, and that means that you know if we have this level of direct action occurring, you know, luckily not on a nightly basis, but it's been enough. Where it impacts our ability to go out and do proactive public safety on destroying to recover guns off the street because we've had an all time high when it came to about an all time high, but 28 year high Yes. You know, we've tracked. You know our shots fired. Going up are you know homicides going up and so we've got to figure out how do we get? Our resource is back into just doing police work so we can Get some of these guns off the street when part of the issue is and you know you made a point to discuss this over the weekend is you'll make arrest. Your officers will make arrest and then nothing really happens. And so you kind of got a little bit of Ah, potential fight brewing with Pete Holmes, Seattle City attorney. You announced this new policy that he will actually prosecute the vandalism by some of these anti for groups and other agitators. His office has since come out and said, there's no new policy. It sounds like someone's playing a game of semantics here. So what was your conversation with him like between inauguration night violence that that broke out which you indicated? That's when the conversations started to happen? At least and your press conference? What was the conversation? So you know, I'm not going to speak for homes. What I can say is that e think we can all agree that the actions of the direct direct action of these groups that have you know Been breaking windows and created property damage and assaulting, you know, people, there's no tolerance for it. Um And I do think that you know Pete Holmes had mentioned they not gonna prosecute peaceful protesters. We don't arrest people protest. Yeah, Exact. That is not what our focus is. You know, our focus is literally trying to make sure that people that are committed to property damage. Uh, that we address those issues, you know, right away, and and so you know, and we've we've taken you know some different approaches over the last several Uh, months to try and reduce the confrontation between our officers Because direct action. People are looking for that confrontation. And so you know, we've we've taken a different stands on it. And actually Wednesday, the Wednesday case on Inauguration day he did charge and so I'm grateful for that. We have to put good cases you know, together and making sure that officers when they do arrest somebody. They have all the elements of the crime and and I will keep on pushing that our officers need to go out and do their job and making arrests in and try to Fine cases. And then I'll work with Pete Holmes on a case by case basis of making sure people are held
KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"adrian diaz" Discussed on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"Impeachment managers will deliver a single insurrection charge to the Senate tomorrow against former President Donald Trump. This is the second time Washington congresswoman Pernilla Dia Paul has voted to impeach him. She says. Since then, she's received multiple death threats from Trump supporters. Honestly, it's something very sadly, I have become used to in this time of this last four years of having to take on Donald Trump and the white nationalist and white supremacists who don't want to see somebody like me anywhere near Congress. Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says The Senate will hold a swift trial in early February so it could turn to other, more pressing matters. The King County Sheriff's Office is investigating a suspicious death at Poo Poo Point, Sergeant Tim Meyer says a 911 call came in around two o'clock this morning. The circumstances is to why they were up there. And what prompted that are very much still under review until we wanna let major crimes and do their good work. And determine exactly what happened before deputies responded. The body was found near the trailhead off Issaquah Hobart Road will bring you more details as we learn them. Seattle's interim police chief. Has this message for any demonstrators, Amy to cause property damage around the city. It's time to stop any. If not, you're gonna go to jail and we will prosecute you. Chief Adrian Diaz says the SPD and city attorney will be reviewing cases where the same people continue to commit similar crimes. We cannot allow people to continue to come back You know, four or five times, you know, continue to destroy windows and not have any level of accountability. Yesterday around 50 demonstrators marched through downtown Seattle, but things.
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"adrian diaz" Discussed on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM
"Cairo radio at in his first public comments since the right of the U. S Capitol, President Trump takes no responsibility, saying His speech before the attack was totally appropriate. And if you look at what other people have, said politicians at a high level about the riots during the summer, the horrible riots in Portland and Seattle and various other other places that was a real problem what they say. President also says the move to impeach him is causing tremendous danger and insists he wants no violence. The FBI warns of armed protests planned it all state capitals ahead of President elect Biden's inauguration. Carl seven. CVS, Lauren Donovan is outside the FBI headquarters in downtown Seattle. Right now, the feds are extremely concerned about the days between January 16th. In the 20th. We spoke to a former FBI special agent, he told us warnings like these are not common. If law enforcement isn't prepared for it, then we could have bigger problems than we already do here in Washington. We know that they're bolstering Patrols and security over at the state Capitol as well. 2020 Sav big jump in Seattle's homicide numbers 50 people were murdered the most in 26 years. But interim police chief Adrian Diaz says he is not putting much stock into the rise. Telling you that certain reported crimes or upper down compared to 2019, I believe has less mean this year than any other U says the pandemic and other factors make 2020 and out liars. Still, he says, any loss of life is unacceptable. There is an avalanche warning, in effect for the Cascades today cover seven TVs one decent haul reports from the summit at Snoqualmie. We're having a lot of hard rain and snow mixed in here up, but the summit officials are warning hikers that they got to be careful that they're going to go up there. The state says. This is a large avalanche shooting. Only people with experience should be navigating the train were right now they're saying no one should navigate avalanche terrain as they try to do Avalanche control, which started around four AM coming up on 9 33 kind of radio. Real time traffic.
KUOW Newsroom
With gun deaths up in Seattle, leaders ask how 'to bring us together'
"There have been thirty nine homicides in Seattle so far this year more than there were in all of two thousand, nineteen many victims were killed by guns that's prompted community members to meet in a gun violence roundtable to seek solutions K. UAW's Amy Radel reports Alicia Dasa is apparent whose son was shot and killed in Seattle. Last may she's struggling not only with her son's death, but the deaths of so many other young people since then I feel like right now as a community and as. As parents a metal lost four where we are what we can do. It's so overwhelming in the last few months. Dasa spoke at a roundtable organized by converged media and the South Seattle Emerald Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz told the community members that this year's gun violence statistics are a challenge we are at the highest level in eleven years we've had three hundred, twenty nine shots fired this year. Let me give that perspective. We had three hundred and thirty two. All last year Diaz says the victims of gun violence have been disproportionately young black and male but community members are not calling for more funding for police sean good with the youth intervention program choose one eighty, one city leaders to divert funding from the police to violence prevention groups are we could begin to invest in alternatives but we have to do. So aggressively chief D as says, he has to maintain public safety until new types of emergency responders are ready to go. Amy Radel K. U. O. W. News?
Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
Seattle police clear homeless campers out of Cal Anderson Park
"The Seattle Police East East Precinct Precinct came came under under attack attack last last night night after after officer officer swept swept through through nearby nearby Cale Cale Anderson Anderson Park, Park, removing removing illegal illegal campers campers and and tense tense Momo's Momo's Corwin Corwin Hank Hank reports reports it's it's happening. happening. Justus, Justus, the city's new interim police chief, assumes command former deputy chief Adrian Diaz has taken over a department still bedeviled by anti police protesters. One or more people, presumably from that protest movement logged flaming projectiles over the newly installed barrier surrounding the East Precinct. Starting at least one small fire. The The attack attack came came after after police police swept swept down down dozens dozens of of tents tents from from the the officially officially closed closed Cale Cale Anderson Anderson Park, Park, a a move move this this neighbor neighbor supports. supports. I I do think that they have the right to shut it down. If it got too out of control, some neighbors have complained of smoke rising from illegal campfires here at the park. Police say the sweep also yielded weapons, including an explosive mortar, Ah, hatchet and a machete on Capitol Hill, Corwin Hey HQ, Momo News and dozens of Seattle police officers lined the downtown streets today to say goodbye to outgoing Seattle police chief Carmen Best.
Afternoon News with Tom Glasgow and Elisa Jaffe
Seattle police clear homeless campers out of Cal Anderson Park
"The Seattle Police East East Precinct Precinct came came under under attack attack last last night night after after officer officer swept swept through through nearby nearby Cale Cale Anderson Anderson Park, Park, removing removing illegal illegal campers campers and and tense tense Momo's Momo's Corwin Corwin Hank Hank reports reports it's it's happening. happening. Justus, Justus, the city's new interim police chief, assumes command former deputy chief Adrian Diaz has taken over a department still bedeviled by anti police protesters. One or more people, presumably from that protest movement logged flaming projectiles over the newly installed barrier surrounding the East Precinct. Starting at least one small fire. The The attack attack came came after after police police swept swept down down dozens dozens of of tents tents from from the the officially officially closed closed Cale Cale Anderson Anderson Park, Park, a a move move this this neighbor neighbor supports. supports. I I do think that they have the right to shut it down. If it got too out of control, some neighbors have complained of smoke rising from illegal campfires here at the park. Police say the sweep also yielded weapons, including an explosive mortar, Ah, hatchet and a machete on Capitol Hill, Corwin Hey HQ, Momo News and dozens of Seattle police officers lined the downtown streets today to say goodbye to outgoing Seattle police chief Carmen Best.
Noon Report with Rick Van Cise
Seattle police Chief Carmen Best says City Council’s budget cuts, lack of respect for SPD drove her retirement decision
"Best confirmed today She is retiring and blames it on the City Council's decision to cut back the SPD budget lay off more than 100 officers. Deputy chief Adrian Diaz will serve as the interim chief of police starting early next month. I'm
Morning News with Manda Factor and Gregg Hersholt
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best Says She Will Retire Amid Protests, City Council Cuts
"It was a dramatic day for policing in Seattle, a City Council vote, cutting the Seattle Police Department's budget this year by 14%. And then that was followed by an even bigger bombshell. Police chief Carmen Best says she is retiring as we hear from comas. Corwin make chief bests announcement of her decision to retire followed closely on the heels of the council vote, which included a 6% cut in her own salary. She does not mention the cuts in her brief email to the department. Instead, she writes, When it's time it's time. Adding quote. I look forward to seeing how this department moves forward through the process of re envisioning public safety. It's a re envisioning. She voiced support for earlier this summer, she told a group of African American clergy participating in a black lives matter March had opened her eyes. The moment standing there watching people will buy with the other side. A black man defense police. But the defund movement plus a legal debate over police, use of tear gas and other crowd control measures seem to have taken their toll on Seattle's first African American woman to serve as chief. Mayor Jenny Durkan Notes in a statement. Best lead the way on community policing and diversity hiring jerkin has asked Deputy chief Adrian Diaz to serve as acting chief. Korwin Hey, HQ co Moh