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"Welcome back, rich vow that's here with you. So many things I want to talk about. But the folks in these Palestinian chanted no more Joe ahead of Trump's arrival, which I think is kind of funny. And the folks in Seattle are reversing course on defunding the police as crime is literally ravaging locals and it's a big crisis. This is Fox News reporting that Seattle residents Victoria beach and Eli hocher, as well as Jonathan Cho, said that police shortages have left their city and Dire Straits in the aftermath of these officials and anti law enforcement activists and their rhetoric. Homicides listen to this homicides in Seattle have skyrocketed by 24% while motor vehicle theft has climbed by 30% in the city year over year. Overall crime is up almost 5%. The mayor, Bruce harrell, pushed for increased police presence to curb the issue, and he did that just when yesterday, it looks like it's when he did it. Saying, we need an immediate action. We need innovation to respond to our public safety issues. Seattle saw a 4% rise in reported crime last year and with the mayor saying we need more officers to address our staffing crisis. So isn't that interesting how a couple of years ago it was like defund the police. If you have to hide your uniform, you're persona non grata, you did everything wrong. And now not so much when you're getting robbed
Northwest Newsradio
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"Radio 1000 FM 97 7 stay connected, stay informed. Good evening made it a 7 31 I'm Kelly and here are the top local stories and avalanche near leavenworth has taken the lives of three climbers and injured another. Northwest news radio's Cathy O'Shea. 6 people from a New York State climbing group were ascending col chick peaks Sunday afternoon when the lead climber triggered a slide this according to Sri Lankan county emergency management specialist rich Magnussen. Magnussen said four climbers were swept away and fell about 500 feet, killing three of them. They suffered traumatic injury from the fall very steep terrain, hundreds of feet, they fell. The fourth climber was injured, but able to accompany the two uninjured people back to base camp at colchic Lake, a 7th member of the group, notified deputies. And then one of the members had hyped all the way out to the trailhead and had to drive to leavenworth and we weren't notified until 8 o'clock Monday morning when he arrived in leavenworth. Magnussen said a mountain rescue team will recover the victims as soon as weather and avalanche conditions permit. Kathy O'Shea, northwest news radio, affordable housing, new downtown business, and public safety are some goals Seattle mayor Bruce harrell outlined in his state of the city address. Harrell says downtown, they've brought in more than two dozen new businesses with plans to go further. We'll sell empty storefronts with a special focus on small businesses owned by people of color. We'll also make it easier and less expensive to start a business and create jobs. Harold says they'll put another levy on the ballot to pay for new housing, the mayor plans to continue hiring police and hold those accountable for bad behavior. They'll launch a new department to include behavioral health specialists. A Ballard store owner is recovering after being shot during an attempted robbery Monday. Police say the man trying to rob the store was shot and killed when the injured owner returned fire. Lin and win. We spoke to people inside the shop. They say that the store owner is doing okay. They're not sure what he might be released
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"To washed out there approximately 30 people in the encampment and there have been 6 fires this month and at least two shootings in recent months. We learned state officials are planning to clean up the site next week, but will not require the people living here to leave. Parents from the nearby John Stanford school say this is unacceptable. It feels like there's a tug of war. People are saying, well, homeless folks are more important or children are more important as parents versus the housing authority. And what I would like to see happen is just action. Now both Seattle mayor Bruce harrell and governor Jay inslee have said these unlawful and cabinets on state right of ways are unacceptable and they have both called for urgent action to clear them. That's come up for as Jeremy Harris reporting. In elderly couple was held at gunpoint inside their Beacon hill residents as a group of men stole a safe during a home invasion Friday afternoon. The robbery happened around 1 p.m. of the home on the 1330 block of south Ferdinand street in Seattle. Police say the victims were a 75 year old man and an 80 year old woman. It's unclear why the suspects targeted the couple's home, the woman suffered minor injuries after being pushed, but no shots were fired. There's a new tool in the arsenal to fight trash in downtown Seattle. Come on force Karina Vargas says more. Vincent Boone is a clean team ambassador. He's been cleaning up the downtown area for more than a year. He called the addition of the new trikes a game changer. 5 blocks on foot could take, you know, 5 minutes as an attractive advantage for us. Prevents in saving that kind of time makes a big difference. It's important work to him, though not always
Northwest Newsradio
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"The cascades, be ready for winter driving conditions up there, and then on Sunday we're dry once again in the low ones, temperatures mid 40s, and then Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, staying dry across western Washington. In the come with its own parents on come on news. In Seattle right now, skies are mostly clear, and it's 45° at two O 6. Four fresh faces on the city council next year in Seattle is seen as an opportunity for mayor Bruce harrell, northwest news radio's Ryan Harris, spoke with the mayor. There's excitement and hope for mayor Bruce harrell about the emergence of new leadership on the council, and he tells me his job will be to make sure they understand what he hears. People want strong and effective public safety. They want us to address the homelessness issues with a sense of urgency. They want their parks usable. They want their streets safe and they want me to lead with safety so I'm hoping we have a new emergence of leaders in this opportunity that they are aligned with what we're trying to do. With more businesses moving out of downtown, parts of his talks right now at the U.S. conference of mayors in D.C. are focused on what they call activating areas with places and events to draw people. Because we know in areas are not activated, that's where trouble can start and it becomes unsafe. And Harold says when businesses leave, he wants to know why and what they can do to help bring in something else to replace them and keep the money flowing downtown. Ryan Harris northwest news radio. Northwest news time to O 7. Tacoma's mayor, also making some news today in Washington, D.C., partnerships with cities and mayors across the country is the theme for the mayor of Tacoma, Victoria Woods. At the yearly conference of mayors in the nation's capital, woodards is this year's national league of city's president and encouraged her counterparts to remind federal officials that they are best suited to put money to work that Congress sends their way. Woodard says they did that with the American rescue plan dollars to rebuild from the pandemic and they're doing it with money from the infrastructure law. Enabling cities, towns and villages across the nation to map out programs and projects to help rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. Today, together, we're providing resources and assistance to help communities access those funds. Woodards also says that as a group, they successfully lobbied for passage of the chips act, which she says is already leading to investment in communities as the U.S. tries to build up semiconductor chip making capacity. A measure that would allow victims of revenge sexting or sexploitation to seek damages from the perpetrator is a step closer to becoming law. Northwest news radio is carlene Johnson has details. This often happens after a couple breaks up and to get back the other person intimate pictures or videos that were intended to be kept between the two of them are suddenly shared with others, representative Tina Orwell's sponsored the bill. You know, we live in a media world and I think having a really strong law, I think will be the four state to adopt this is important because I think people are being harmed. Orwell says it's important to make sure victims can go to court seeking those civil penalties. The statute of limitations does not begin till they're 18. So if this damage is done when they're in youth, they have a longer period of time to seek justice. That statute of limitations would be four years from the time of the disclosure or four years after the victim turns 18, the measure passed unanimously today out of the house civil rights and judiciary committee, carlene Johnson, northwest news radio. A newspaper's probe into allegations of neglect and abuse at schools for special needs children has led to a state investigation, and new legislation. Northwest news radios core when Hank explains. The investigation co published by the Seattle times and ProPublica targets NW soil, a three campus chain of private schools contracted by the state to provide special education to kids with needs beyond the scope of public schools. The investigation found teachers were often not well credentialed, and that the school relied too often on restraint and isolation to control their special needs students in the wake of the investigation comes legislation sponsored by Federal Way Democrat Claire Wilson. Set a Bill 53 15 with just place additional standards that these private and out of state agencies must agree to follow if they provide special education programs. Also in response to the bill, the state office of the superintendent of public instruction is demanding NW soil provide detailed information about its staff and methods in a lengthy statement to the times and W soil does not deny using restraint or isolation, but says it does so in compliance with all rules and regulations, regarding abuse allegations the statement says any such allegations are promptly investigated with appropriate remedial actions taken. Corwin hake, northwest, news radio. Two ten, time for an update on sports from the Beacon plumbing sports desk and Bill Schwartz. The kraken reached two hockey milestones with just one home ice victory. A four three overtime win against New Jersey pushes Seattle atop the NHL Pacific division for the first time ever. The kraken also produced their 27th victory matching their total from last season. Plenty of positive momentum in late January. These last couple games before all sort of breaks. So ending on the right note is definitely huge. I mean, the planning gets good teams and not every point matters now. I think we've climbed to the top of the standings in our division.
Northwest Newsradio
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"One year since Seattle city mayor Bruce harrell took office in that time shootings in Seattle spike 23%. Komal fours Chris Daniel sat down with mayor harrell to ask him about the rise in crime. Do you believe that Seattle is safer one year later? I do. The eye test though is one thing is you know the data is another and according to the city's own data it shows the crime is up in many sectors and particular homicides, motor vehicle theft, property crime, December numbers are not in, but it was trending in the wrong direction, shootings are up 23%. That's the highest in a decade in the city of Seattle. So what do you account for for that? So I think you have old data. It's the new data. That's straight from the SPD. Showing a massive spike here in the last year. I think if your question is, how do I feel about it, how I feel about it is that we need to do better. That's how I feel about it. And again, if you look at the budget that I proposed, many of the things that I was successful in getting through the city council, I think that we will head in the right direction with our recruiting strategy with our community based strategies, even with our educational components. And even our park strategies, we have, I think, a holistic approach to our public safety. Come a force speaking with Seattle mayor Bruce harrell. Seattle public schools facing big budget cuts, but as northwest news radios John libertini reports, that could come at the expense of school bus service. The quality of school bus service has improved dramatically, but chief operations officer Fred Podesta says it's expensive. Transportation is an area where chronically the districts expenses have exceeded our state funding. The state covers less than half of the $52 million cost. About $7 million. Doctor Marni Campbell, executive director of operations, wants to cut and consolidate bus routes. We might get 5 more kids for Busan elementary school. That might aggregate to 20 buses. But there's also talk of adding a third start time to the school day. Moving to three start times, we all know it's really a schooling issue, right? This changes just about everything about school. Bus trip times for elementary schoolers, the majority of school bus riders would increase from 45 minutes to almost an hour. But these are just ideas. There's nothing yet in writing. John lobert, northwest news radio. In just a few weeks, the expansion of the Seattle convention center summit will be complete. The multi story building has already been dubbed the nation's first high rise convention center, the additional 600,000 ft² on pine street doubles the center's current capacity. The expansion will connect Capitol Hill and downtown Seattle. That area was kind of a no man's land. It was kind of in between several different neighborhoods and communities. And it really kind of knitted the neighborhoods together, but it also created I think a form and function building. The $2 billion project has been under construction since 2018. Visitors can check out the expansion on January 27th. Come up four is Mary Nam. Buffalo Bill's safety demar Hamlin is still in critical condition after his heart stopped on the football field last night. Sudden cardiac arrest is often genetic and might be possible explanation. Doctor Kimberly Harmon is the head physician for the UW football team. There's something called commercial Cordis, which is when a projectile typically strikes the chest at exactly the right point in the electrical cycle and can cause a normal heart to stop. Family members say Hamlin had to be resuscitated two times, doctor Harmon's timing is everything. Are able to bounce back a little better than longer brains. So there is a window, but generally you want to defibrillate somebody within ten minutes. According to the CDC, sudden cardiac arrest kills 2000 young people every year and most never know they had a heart condition. The fire that destroyed sunny's pizza and burgers in shoreline has been ruled in arson the restaurant's website says the business has been open for 45 years. The building is a total loss. One firefighter suffered a very minor injuries. One firefighter suffered a very minor injury while battling the fire along 15th avenue northeast. A granite falls man has been arrested in connection with a murder in Marysville last night, northwest news radio's Cathy O'Shea has details. Marysville police say a woman reported someone had shot her boyfriend outside his apartment on 7200 block of 47th avenue. Officers found the man lying in the parking lot, but were unable to save him. Police say the victim's girlfriend gave them the suspect's name. He was located shortly thereafter at his home and arrested the suspect was
Northwest Newsradio
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"We're going to stay on the mostly cloudy side of things with still few snow showers around. From the four weather center, a meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson. I'm carleen Johnson, with a northwest news radio extra. No one is monitoring for accountability. That was the main takeaway in a presentation this week from the King County auditor's office, kimber waltman told council members given the historic taxpayer investments made in the program data collection showing proof it's working is critical. What are found is that is difficult to tell if adult diversion and alternatives are programs are working. A few programs are monitored regularly and others do not yet collect important data. The diversion program is only available for nonviolent offenses and first time felons, and there's the option for traditional prosecution if people do not connect with community organizations, or if they reoffend while in the program. According to Ben Thompson, at the auditor's office, the data to prove that, it's not being collected or there are barriers to collecting that data. There's no overall strategy to achieve the county's ambitious criminal legal reform goals. Carlin Johnson, northwest news radio. I'm Jeff pojo, this weekend on the northwest politician as to one on one interview with Seattle mayor Bruce harrell about his first year in office and Congress passes legislation to protect gay marriage, but it may not offer that much protection. The northwest politician asked available wherever you get your podcasts. The sea of taillights have used stuck seeing red, get around with Kiara Jordan and Kimi Klein, the northwest best traffic coverage every ten minutes. News radio 1000
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"News radio 1000 FM 97 7 stay connected, stay informed. Good evening is 7 31. I'm Kelly blye and here are the top local stories. Stories. The mayors of 15 cities in snohomish county are joining forces to tackle their most pressing problems. John reports from Everett. Since 2020, crime and Everett has skyrocketed, mayor Cassie Franklin. Shots fired calls are up in 2022 by 66% in Everett, drive by shootings are up by a 123%. Same insult in Marysville and Lake Stevens. That's why these mayors are forming a nonprofit to share their political clout, mayor John nearing on banning police pursuits. But what you can't do is tell the criminals, guess what? We're never going to pursue you, or you get what we have today. 7 of our police cars getting rammed over the course of a few months. They're also recruiting business leaders. There's even talk of hiring a lobbyist to navigate the hallways of the state capitol. John lobert, northwest news radio. Seattle mayor Bruce harrell in the U district today offering assistance to small businesses damaged by crime and vandalism. City council member Sarah Nelson says the cost can be devastating, a broken door blast door at least $2000 to replace. This is a cause when repeated over and over again is enough to close the business. That is why the city is creating the $2 million storefront repair fund, mayor Bruce harrell. Now, we've heard loudly and clearly from businesses and business districts leaders that they want property crime to stop. As I said, repeatedly, the status quo is not acceptable to this man. The application process opens on October 18th for small businesses victimized since January of 2021. Negotiations over the King County budget have begun and as you might imagine, one of the
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"Fight. Cooler weather is rapidly approaching and with it more respiratory illness. UW medicines Doctor John lynch says this year we're likely to see both influenza and COVID-19 at the same time. As we move into a season where we're not massing like we once did as a community where we're doing a lot of indoor activities that we didn't do as a community. We're going to be seeing the researchers of influenza mixed in with that COVID-19 resurgence. Lyn says it's important to get vaccinated against both viruses, adding that it's perfectly fine to receive both at the same time. Students are expected back in class tomorrow in the Aberdeen school district after police say they arrested a suspect for allegedly making online threats Sunday. School officials say the suspect reportedly commented on Aberdeen high school social media quote, I'm going to bring a gun to school on Monday. That led the school district to cancel classes for today, investigators say that suspect is not currently a student at Aberdeen schools. Three 16 year olds have been arrested for an armed carjacking in span away and for leading deputies on two pursuits this past Friday. It all started when the armed carjacking of a 50 year old woman, she was held at gunpoint in her driveway and hit in the head with a firearm, a 16 year old girl and two 16 year old boys were arrested and booked into Riemann hall, charges vary depending on each juvenile's role but include robbery in the first degree, assault in the first degree, felony eluding and resisting arrest. The mother of one of the suspects told deputies that her son had recently been arrested for a similar incident, it was on house arrest. Preston Phillips. Seattle mayor Bruce harrell wants to overrule himself on worker pay, northwesterners radio's Jeff pojo explains. Back in 2019, Bruce herrell, then a city council member voted to make wages for homelessness workers keep up with inflation. But he says the city can no longer afford that, so he's proposing a camp. The proposed budget funds a 4% inflationary increase to the city's nearly 300 human service contracts. That's much director Julie dingley, who says they simply don't have the money to pay outreach workers as salary that keeps up with 7.6% inflation. But this is just the start of budget negotiations and the city council will have the final say
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"Be the next permanent Seattle police chief. I'm committed to ensuring that community is at the forefront of all of espy's work and engagement. And I'm committed to ensuring the department's restore safety citywide. Mayor Bruce harrell made the announcement today saying Diaz was the right person for the job. He has been leading the department for the last two years on an interim basis after the previous chief Carmen best resigned in August of 2020. Seattle and King County officials are getting an earful today from angry Chinatown international district residents, more than 50 people marched in protest on city hall this afternoon over the expansion of a homeless shelter and hing hay park that stands to accommodate close to 500 people. Kim Wynn runs a business just steps away. Every day, when I open this door, so many cram so many drops, so many sets of violin over there. And no police taken care of that. The county says it held community meetings before the plan was approved back in May, but some Chinatown residents contend they still didn't know. Two problematic encampments in Tacoma will be removed next week, northwest news radio's Cathy O'Shea has more. The two encampments one at 8th street and Yakima and the other from 15th to 18th street and Yakima have had a significant increase in emergency service requests. The city normally posts a 72 hour removal notice, but is implemented a one week posting period to allow encampment residents to connect with services 25 to 35 people will be affected according to
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"62 in Seattle. Stay connected, stay informed, news radio 1000 FM 97 7. Good evening it is 7 O 6 I'm Kelly blier and here's what's happening. The NTSB has released a preliminary report on the crash of a seaplane nearly two weeks ago that killed ten people. Details from northwest news radios Jeff poggio. The report doesn't speculate on a cause as much of the wreckage still needs to be recovered from the bottom of mutiny bay, but it does say the plane was manned by an experienced pilot and it underwent maintenance just days before the flight. A review of flight data shows the plane increased in altitude before going into a nosedive and crashing into the waters off whidbey island. Witnesses say it was spinning in a near vertical descent before it went down. Efforts to recover the plane and the victims will begin later this month. Jeff pozole and northwest news radio. A big ceremony today ahead of Sunday's reopening of the west Seattle bridge, the span was shut down on March 23rd, 2020, when cracks discovered 7 years earlier, grew by two feet in two weeks. Senator Maria Cantwell lobby Congress for repair money. $37 million from the federal government to say yes, we understand how important west Seattle is to the city of Seattle and to the economy of Washington state. Since then, residents have suffered through detours and long commutes to them, Seattle mayor Bruce harrell says, thank you. The people who lies were impacted by this two and a half years that had commute schedules had to get to work, medical appointments. I want to thank them for their patience. Transportation officials won't say exactly when
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Seattle Mayor Is Having Second Thoughts on Defunding the Police
"A democratic mayor is making a desperate move to keep people from moving out of his city amid a crime spree caused by his defund the police agenda. Mayor Bruce harrell announced that $2 million plan to combat Seattle's declining number of officers in what he calls a critical shortage of police. So he was for defund the police, and now he's spending $2 million more for police. Anyone who ever had any support. Even non verbalized for defund the police, if that person is someone you know or you likely that it's you, people, people who want to defund the police, don't listen to other points of view. But whoever it might be. You really need to do a lot of soul searching on how you became such a fool.
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"Sprawling homeless encampment at Seattle's Woodland park has been cleaned up Mayor Bruce harrell called it a success say nearly 90 people were referred to shelter housing or other services This is the kind of work we want to do in Seattle to get us on the right track to help everybody The effort appears to be the biggest cleanup of a Seattle encampment since Harold took office Ganga is a new sheriff meanwhile Seattle's mayor has named a 14 member search committee to find a new Seattle police chief Corwen Hague has the update In what amounted to a formality of the King County council Wednesday appointed acting chair of patty col tindall to the permanent job she told the council My almost 6 and a half years here at the sheriff's office in various leadership capacities I think uniquely prepared me to be the leader of this agency going forward Also Wednesday Seattle mayor Bruce harrell named his 14 member SPD chief of police search committee the list is heavy on politicians like city council president Deborah Juarez and business people like Rachel Smith with Seattle metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Its light though on names who might be considered reformers those who did make the committee include public defender prachi Dave and the reverend Harriet Walden both members of the community police commission they are charged with compiling a short list of candidates for permanent Seattle police chief Corwin hake northwest news radio Can county sheriff deputies remain on a property in Duval trying to take a suspect in custody following a shooting incident at a home there captain Tim Miller reports what happened This afternoon about three 45 p.m. Japanese King County sheriff's office responded to a large piece of property up here in the 202 hundred block of Mountain View road northeast reports of a disturbance and potentially shots heard I'm pleased to report that we were able to just recently go evacuate safely evacuate two people from the property and now members of our tac 30 unit with the support of regional agencies and our air support unit are trying to get a subject in custody Remains a very active scene So far as he said they've evacuated two family members but a man remains on the property and law enforcement is trying to take him into custody Now let's head to the dubin law group traffic.
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"Connected stay informed This is northwest news radio 1000 FM 97 7 Let's take a vending machines that you know and love today The card readers that you use those are starting to get replaced There are 6000 devices So we had to start early Just how bad is crime in our area It depends on who you ask Bryan Calvert shares the results of a recent poll The new crosscut Elway poll was designed to reveal what residents of Seattle believe the state of the city is in the year 2022 but the results were anything but clear 400 Seattle voters took part and crime in the city was a big topic 32% of respondents said crime is much worse than what the media reports 37% said it's not as bad as what you'd believe watching the news which is interesting because Seattle mayor Bruce harrell himself said just a month ago we are out of control in terms of the city that things have to drastically change Regardless of what the media is saying the mayor obviously believes there's an issue The first step to ensuring safety has to be stabilizing the area Harold is currently working out a plan to tackle crime in the city those polled had some ideas of their own about what's causing crime and how to fix it 85% say a lack of services for those suffering from addiction and poor mental health contribute to the city's crime issue 70% said homelessness was a contributor and 63% said economic conditions contributed to the crime rate People want quick action I will tell you this and I was looking at look anyone in the eye when I say this There's no one that wants faster action than me But we do a strategically and sustainably And we do it with compassion 40% approve of the new mayor's performance so far 41% said they had no opinion yet Another part of the poll asked about where they would direct city funds in the future and 90% said addiction and mental health services should get more money 80% said they wanted more money for police training and more money to address the root of crimes in the city And then came the last question describe your feelings about Seattle in one word In no particular order the.
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"Go to time now The crew season is back We are back Seattle mayor Bruce harrell welcome to start of the season at pier 66th along with the port of Seattle and Norwegian cruise lines Along with economic vitality officials say safety from COVID-19 is still one of their priorities That's why they require all guests over 12 to be fully vaccinated and test negative for COVID within two days of sailing out of Seattle and have drastically improved their filtration systems on board We believe the combination of those factors makes cruise ships to be the safest vacation on earth After two long years businesses like suge are ready to see those tourists back in our city Now this cruise ship is going to be a 7 day cruise going up to Alaska then back here to Elliot bay The businesses on the waterfront say that this is a game changer when it comes to their finances On the Seattle waterfront Nick popham come on ears A pilot program on scooter use in Seattle is showing increasing demand the city started the program a year and a half ago and they've seen more than a quarter of a million riders take over 1.4 million scooter trips The number of scooters has grown from 1500 to 5000 citywide Seattle's Department of Transportation recently surveyed 5000 users and found that 70% of the users are weight are white I should say 14% Asian and 11% Hispanic 65% are male and 33% are female More than half are under the age of 34 and 45% are over the age of 35 Scooters have outpaced bike shares across the city Northwest news time is three 40 as we head over to the Beacon plumbing sports desk bottom of.
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"Here and orphan clinging to a stuffed animal A mom holding her newborn The Holocaust survivor who hoped history would never repeat itself These are among the first Ukrainian refugees to arrive in Israel ABC's jordana Miller joins us from Jerusalem with more on the refugees who made it on state sponsored flights from Poland Romania and Moldova Yesterday on the Sunday the first three planes arrived with about 400 refugees I would say it was about half of them are Jews and half of them were not And I can tell you from just watching the pictures of the landing here so many of these refugees still seemed completely shocked that this was a war that didn't anticipate saying goodbye to family that they didn't expect to have to leave and so much concern and worry on the one hand and on the other hand a huge sense of relief that they're in a place that safe right Probably before this war they would have seen news reports from Israel and thought it was a war zone but of course it's not And so they feel that they at least are in a safe place and for the Jews on that flight this is a kind of homecoming for some of them who either have Israelis citizenship or family here There's a huge Ukrainian Jewish population in Israel and a huge Russian Jewish population So these are people that are going to have a chance at least to start a new life And some of them even Holocaust survivors from what I understand That's right There were a number of Holocaust survivors that came and those were probably some of the most heartbreaking and difficult stories to hear about because this war and Ukraine has triggered those painful memories and the anxiety and the terror of what it was like to hide or be encamped during the Second World War when the Nazis were rounding up people and deporting them and murdering them on a mass scale So that really for people to have to be on the run again so late in their life at the twilight or the sunset we should say of their lives Just terrible So for those survivors they said they're just happy to know they'll never be persecuted again ABC's jordana Miller joining us from Jerusalem Thank you jordana Thank you 16 arrests so far an operation new day That's the plan released by Seattle mayor Bruce harrell last week to stop crime and increase safety in the city Paul Rivera talked to Casey McMurray of the prosecutor's office Four of those 16 are being handled on the federal level Now all of those arrests had a connection to the 12th and Jackson and little Saigon area There are many parts to operation new day which Seattle mayor Bruce harrell gave an update on Friday about There's police presence and other changes like closing bus stops but also arrests and prosecution Now officials say arrests made during the last couple of months were aimed at stopping fentanyl dealers or those who were in possession of drugs and were illegally carrying guns according to authorities The King County prosecuting attorney's office talked to us about this work I think we all see what's going on downtown And everybody in that team worked that was an operation today on Friday has the same concerns We want Seattle to look better than it is now We want people to feel safe We want people across King County regardless of whether neighborhood is to feel safe But there are some worries from the King County prosecuting attorney's office that some of those arrested were able to get out of jail due to getting a low bail or on their own recognizance as ordered by a judge While they said they haven't missed any important court dates yet we're talking about those 16 There is worry about them maybe missing in the future in part due to their criminal.
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"Proclamation to team president Todd leiweke but liewe he is taking the day linked with the team's special number 32 to honor Ukraine with a performance of the war torn country's national anthem ahead of the game It was the first thought I had Was that there's going to be a beautiful moment before our game And I will admit it Tough hockey guy I will have tears in my eyes Like what he admits the kraken haven't won as many games so far as we all would have liked but he says they are building the team with top notch scouting and another good position in the next NHL draft At the ice plex Ryan Harris northwest news radio There's video of the entire kraken based ceremony at NW news radio dot com Just click on news Bale has been said at $1.5 million for a man accused of killing another man in a drive-through at a Jack in the box in span away Saturday 22 year old a Christian dressel has pleaded not guilty to a number of charges including murder Prosecutors say dressel ran over David Brown several times after colliding with his car Tuesday night president Joe Biden urged the country to give police more support Bear Bruce harrell now says he agrees staffing reports shows Seattle doesn't have enough officers on the streets to maintain public safety Jackie Kent asked the mayor about his plan to make that happen Both the mayor and many businesses have made it clear they want more officers So after the president's comments we went straight to the mayor to ask him how he helps to get many city counselors on board to help get more funding for the department The department hasn't been getting much help from the majority of city council which over the past two years has voted to shrink the police budget by about 20% each year We asked the mayor what he will do to make sure this trend stops and for SPD to get the funding he believes they need Funding the department does not mean we are going to increase racialized policing or a militaristic approach It means we're going to make sure all neighborhoods are safe I need the resources and I need the officers and that's our.
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"It's 8 30 Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no knock warrants after a S.W.A.T. team carried out a search warrant that left a 22 year old black man dead The parents of a mere lock say their son was quote executed by Minneapolis police as they came into his apartment and shot lock when he reached for his legal firearm As the U.S. crosses 900,000 dead from COVID-19 ABC's with Johnson reports there are positive signs in the fight against COVID New COVID cases are now falling in 47 states hospitalizations down 33% in the last two weeks Governors Wayne went to rollback restrictions pressing The White House for a clear road map What is the road from pandemic to endemic look like And how do we keep score ABC's with Johnson Meanwhile the CDC director has signed off on full approval of Moderna's COVID vaccine after the FDA did so earlier this week Former vice president Mike Pence publicly dismissing former president Trump's claims that Pence could have quote overturned the 2020 election I'm Mark remoulade ABC News Stay connected stay informed with the northwest's only all news station northwest news radio A 31 art Sanders here's what's happening Seattle mayor Bruce harrell laid out a broad public safety plan today violent crime is at a 24 year high in the skyrocketing use of guns only complicates his mission Direct achieved DS to focus his efforts on those places in our city where crime is concentrated first With a special focus on those using guns Yeah the police chief Adrian Diaz says there were over 600 reports of shots fired last year his officers recovered more than 3000 shell casing Nearly every month last year saw more shots fired than the same month from the previous year and homeless related shootings and shots fired.
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"bruce harrell" Discussed on KOMO
"Of your neighborhood bodega and away from your kids Those stories are more after ABC checks the world He didn't mince words president Trump is wrong I had no right to overturn the election The presidency belongs to the American people in the American people alone Former vice president Pence telling the federalist society that the former presidents claim that he could have certified the 2020 refused to certify the 2020 Electoral College vote is wrong Supreme Court is weighing Alabama's request to freeze a court order that it draw a new congressional line and create a second district with a significant number of black voters The U.S. is reported more COVID deaths than any other country Johns Hopkins University which tracks its statistics worldwide says Lee's topped 900,000 today and there's no reprieve in the number of people who need lifesaving care All I just want to say is please just be nice Please be nice None of us are doing okay Nurse Kelly Hale at mercy hospital in Oklahoma City Daria albinger ABC News Stay connected stay informed with the northwest's only all news station northwest news radio 6 31 we continue with our top stories now I'm Rick founds Iceland with a Lisa jaffee and here's what's happening New Seattle mayor Bruce harrell laid out a broad public safety plan today violent crime is at the 24 year high but as John lo bertini reports the skyrocketing use of guns makes for a more difficult fight The streets have become a more dangerous place Violent crime increase by 20% in much of that violence is gun related Seattle police chief Adrian Diaz We recovered over 3200 shell casings and 612 shots fired That's almost two shots fired a day Shootings and shots fire jumped by 40% in 2021 to an old time high Who's pulling the trigger Mayor Bruce harrell has questions but the answers may be more troubling Chief Diaz homeless related shootings and shots fired increased by a 122% There are gun control options but the mayor says they're complicated I don't know how many lives have to be lost before we realize we are one of the few states allowing the state to govern the laws we need The short answer is probably too many John libertini northwest news radio Well the question on whether to toss out Washington's capital gains tax is now before a Douglas county judge The state argues it's an exorcist excise tax on sales of assets such as the tax on real estate sales Joseph bishop henchmen of the national taxpayers association though told the court that state lawmakers play the semantics game with attacks which is measured by the income from the asset sale We need more than magic words to turn attacks that acts like an income tax and talks like an income tax into something that's not an income tax Washington capital gains is an income tax to the extent Washington's constitution and binding precedents precluded income tax They preclude this capital gains tax The judge says he'll review the arguments and issue a written ruling in the next few weeks New marijuana products that emerged after the federal government legalized hemp would be regulated in Washington under a new bill Ryan Harris explains A whole slew of these products which contain delta 8 delta 9 and delta ten THC were derived from hemp after legalization four years ago These products can.
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Bruce Harrell, former Seattle City Council president, is running for mayor
"Center. Well, he was served briefly as mayor of Seattle. Now a former City council member, is running for the job again. Almost Charlie Harder has the story. Bruce Harrell was first elected to the council in 2007, and in his role as council president in 2017. He was named acting mayor for five days after then Mayor Ed Murray resigned. He didn't run for re election in 2019. And in his two years out of the spotlight, Harold says, a lot of people called him asking him to run for mayor. They said. It's our time they'd say It was my time to say Bruce is, they said it's our time because my candidacy Is going to be about bringing about leaders, effective leaders and letting them shine, letting their brilliance shine homelessness and helping small businesses are among his priorities. Herald joins a crowded field 13. Others have already announced campaigns