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"Sanders top local stories from the 24/7 news center Lawyers for a woman accused of years of racially charged comments and threats as to judge to toss out a lawsuit brought by her accuser Ryan Harris has the update T fam says that's among the least of what she's faced for years in her shoreline neighborhood from 72 year old Jan Myers Harassment fam says included racial slurs stalking that led to a judge's order banning Myers from their neighborhood park and another fam video of Myers undressed from the waist down and flipping off fam and her toddler son Myers lawyers focused on this incident where she stopped her car in front of fam's house They're not going to live very long Which they say doesn't meet the legal bar of a threat Fans lawyer say there's much more than the incidents caught on video man that it would be unfair to dismiss the lawsuit before a single piece of evidence or word of testimony was received Myers also still faces criminal charges Ryan Harris come on who's the judge promises a written ruling on the motion soon Now the member of the Washington state legislatures tested positive for COVID-19 representative Mary levitt will work remotely in the days ahead as a result The Democrat representing university place levitt says she's fully vaccinated and boosted and is not showing any symptoms of the virus As many as 200 students and supporters rallied outside Seattle school district headquarters today they are demanding action from district leaders saying because of the surge of COVID cases they don't feel safe Suzanne fonts is this is on the heels of several schools closing this week because of major staffing shortages the students.
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"Three and a half days in a row which we have not done since September In the coming four weather center I'm meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell Right now 47° Number of COVID test sites are coming under fire Critics question the safety of those sites run by a group called center for COVID control They accused the company of misleading customers Colonel Forrest Suzanne font reports from the company's site in the Chinatown international district and says the better business bureau has given them an F grade A company at sites in Seattle Everett Tacoma Lynwood and Bellevue among other places The Department of Health says the sites are not licensed We talked to several people who seriously questioned how the COVID-19 test collection sites are run They weren't wearing masks and the first time I saw that I thought okay they are obviously not concerned for their own safety That should have been the first big red flag So far I've heard everyone that's been tested there got like a negative result And they got it within a minute Through email too The Department of Health says that companies just collecting samples and not doing any testing in Washington state They released this statement quote we can not verify appropriate handling of test specimens Proper storage of a protected health information or results and DOH can not comment on any investigations at the moment But they are looking into at least one complaint for possible unlicensed practice Meanwhile the state attorney general's office says it has two consumer complaints regarding public testing sites both regarding the university place location Suzanne thawne State Department of Health reports 43% increase in vaccine breakthrough cases of COVID over the past year.
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"Program. Workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized. I checked in with the Food Industry Association, which represents hundreds of grocery stores. They are also very worried about employees quitting because they don't want to get vaccinated. That's going to hurt the industry that is already short staffed in dealing with serious slowdowns in the supply chain. There are many big questions that still remain about this vaccine mandate questions like how many employees will be impacted or how will this mandate being forced That's Cuomo, Suzanne Font. Demand for testing has spiked in the last few weeks, with kids going back to school people traveling and others opting for tests instead of vaccinations, the state Health Department says. In August alone, they shipped out the same number of testing kits as they did in the last six months combined. Sammy Highland is a U dub test site leader as we're seeing breakthrough tests and people who obviously don't want to get vaccinated. We really need to stay vigilant to try and keep our numbers down. Just opened a testing site in the Kent Des Moines Zeri a to keep up with the surge. Enclosures could lead to backups and headaches. If you're trying to get to some big events in Seattle this weekend, the main South bound lanes of I five are closed at I 90 Cuomo's Joel Marino says. Just one of the projects that could lead to long delays, calls it preservation work. But it will test the patience of drivers as road crews installed new expansion joints on the interstate South bong lanes to work runs between I 90 and Spokane Street, Scott Brown says he'll likely hit the thick of it. It's going to be snarled coming home, So I'm going to get off of I five and try to.
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"39 year old Steve Davis are accused of hurting the 68 year old man from Neah Bay. The older man asked them to keep it down, and the two brothers slapped him and punched him in the head. Several times. The victim was taken to the hospital, the extent of his injuries. Art known President Biden took action this week to get the 80 million people who have failed to get vaccinated against Covid 19 to do it. He's mandating the shots for employers with more than 100 workers, Democratic Washington Congresswoman from Illa J. Paul told requires podcast. She supports the move. I believe that it's time to just say to people. This is not just about you. This is about all of us. And I do think that if you're going to go to a workplace with people, then you should be vaccinated if you're going to go to a sports arena. To be vaccinated. Jay Paul says the more people failed to get vaccinated. The more likely another deadly variant is to surface businesses across Washington state are wondering how the federal vaccine mandate will affect their workforce. So in some private companies will have to make sure that there are employees get the shot against Covid 19 Comeau Suzanne Font talked with Tammy Hetrick of the Washington Food Industry Association about what the man did could do to our labor force private companies with 100, more employees will require workers to get vaccinated. Or get tested weekly. Workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized in Puget Sound. Major tech employers like Microsoft, Google and Facebook already require employees to get vaccinated if they return to the office to work. E commerce giant Amazon has not imposed any vaccine mandate for its employees. Industry experts say many warehouse workers might quit if they have to get the shot. The Food Industry Association represents hundreds of grocery workers. It's worried about the employee vaccine mandate. There was a high percentage of workers that would leave their job if they were forced to be vaccinated. You know, I I am glad that there is an option for testing. But still, we don't know what that looks like. You know, A weekly testing is very expensive. Big questions remain about the vaccine mandate, like how many employees will be impacted in Washington, or how will the new mandate being forced Como news asked Department of Labor and industries what it plans on doing about the federal mandate. They say they're waiting on OSHA to draft the rules to implement it. This might take weeks. Suzanne Font Communists, City officials have dedicated the region's newest pedestrian bridge and has Cuomo's Brian Calvert tells us its name pays tribute to a native son. The walking and biking bridge spans Interstate 405 through downtown Portland, right about Flanders.
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"All three attack sites, including an etching of the names of all the firefighters who died on 9, 11, 343 and all Those firefighters already knew from the get go even before September 11th. They knew at some point in time they were going to put themselves at risk to where they might not come home. This afternoon Fire station 64 in federal Way, hosted a memorial to honor 9 11 victims and families. In a statement on the 20th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, Governor Jay Inslee says he remembers where he was that day he was serving in our nation's capital and Congress, where he saw smoke rising from the Pentagon. The governor goes on to say, I know this is a very tough time for some, including our heroes who served our armed forces in its aftermath, he says. A generation of young Americans and their families suffered the physical and mental scars of the wars waged after the 9 11 attacks. No one was hurt. Following a large three alarm fire and Edmonds early this morning, firefighters were able to bring flames under control at the Plum Tree Plaza along Highway 99 in the area of 224th. Businesses across Washington state are wondering how the federal vaccine mandate will affect their workforce. Soon, Some private companies will have to make sure their employees get the shot against Covid 19 Como Suzanne Font talked with Tammy Hetrick of the Washington Food Industry Association about what the mandate could mean to our labor force. Private companies with 100. More employees will require workers to get vaccinated. Or get tested. Weekly workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized in Puget Sound. Major tech employers like Microsoft, Google and Facebook already require employees to get vaccinated if they return to the office to work. E commerce giant Amazon has not imposed any vaccine mandate for its employees. Industry experts say many warehouse workers might quit if they have to get the shot. The Food Industry Association represents hundreds of grocery workers. It's worried about the employee vaccine mandate. There was a high percentage of workers that would leave their job if they were forced to be vaccinated. You know, I I am glad that there is an option for testing. But still, we don't know what that looks like. A weekly testing is very expensive. Big questions remain about the vaccine mandate, like how many employees will be impacted in Washington, or how will the new mandate being forced Como news asked Department of Labor and industries what it plans on doing about the federal mandate. They say they're waiting on OSHA to draft the rules to implement it. This might take weeks. Suzanne Font communists. Demand for testing has spiked in the last few weeks, with kids going back to school people traveling and others opting for tests instead of vaccinations, the state Health Department says. In August alone, they shipped out the same number of testing kits as they did in the last six months combined. Semi Highland is a U dub test site leader. As we're seeing breakthrough tests and people who obviously don't want to get vaccinated. We really need to stay vigilant to try and keep our numbers down. King County just opened a testing site in the Kent de Moines area to keep up with the surge. Prepare for lane.
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"Names of all the firefighters who died on 9, 11, 343 and all Those firefighters already knew from the get go even before September 11th. They knew at some point in time they were going to put themselves at risk to where they might not come home. This afternoon Fire station 64 in federal Way, hosted a memorial to honor 9 11 victims and families. In a statement on the 20th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, Governor Jay Inslee says he remembers where he was that day he was serving in our nation's capital and Congress, where he saw smoke rising from the Pentagon. The government goes on to say, I know this is a very tough time for some, including our heroes who served our armed forces in its aftermath, he says. A generation of young Americans and their families suffered the physical and mental scars of the wars waged after the 9 11 attacks. No one was hurt. Following a large three alarm fire and Edmonds early this morning, firefighters were able to bring flames under control at the Plum Tree Plaza along Highway 99 in the area of 224th. Businesses across Washington state are wondering how the federal vaccine mandate will affect their workforce. Soon, Some private companies will have to make sure their employees get the shot against Covid 19 Como Suzanne Font talked with Tammy Hetrick of the Washington Food Industry Association about what the mandate could mean to our labor force. Private companies with 100. More employees will require workers to get vaccinated. Or get tested. Weekly workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized in Puget Sound. Major tech employers like Microsoft, Google and Facebook already require employees to get vaccinated if they return to the office to work. E commerce giant Amazon has not imposed any vaccine mandate for its employees. Industry experts say many warehouse workers might quit if they have to get the shot. The Food Industry Association represents hundreds of grocery workers. It's worried about the employee vaccine mandate. There was a high percentage of workers that would leave their job if they were forced to be vaccinated. You know, I I am glad that there is an option for testing. But still, we don't know what that looks like. A weekly testing is very expensive. Big questions remain about the vaccine mandate, like how many employees will be impacted in Washington, or how will the new mandate being forced Cuomo News asked Department of Labor and industries what it plans on doing about the federal mandate. They say they're waiting on OSHA to draft the rules to implement it. This might take weeks. Suzanne Font communists. Demand for testing has spiked in the last few weeks, with kids going back to school people traveling and others opting for tests instead of vaccinations, the state Health Department says. In August alone, they shipped out the same number of testing kits as they did in the last six months combined. Semi Highland is a U dub test site leader. As we're seeing breakthrough tests and people who obviously don't want to get vaccinated. We really need to stay vigilant to try and keep our numbers down. King County just opened a testing site in the Kent de Moines area to keep up with the surge. Prepare for lane.
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"Station 64 Federal wait, Fire Captain Brad Cheney says the memorial at station 64 contains artifacts from all three attack sites, including an etching of the names of all the firefighters who died on 9, 11 343, and all those firefighters already knew from the get go even before September 11th. They knew at some point in time they were going to put themselves in risk to where they might not come home. This afternoon Fire station 64 Federal Way host hosted a memorial to honor the 9 11 victims and families. In a statement on the 20th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks, Governor Jay Inslee says he remembers where he was that day he was serving in our nation's capitals in Congress, where he saw smoke rising from the Pentagon. The governor goes on to say, I know this is a very tough time for some, including our heroes who served in our armed forces. In its aftermath, he says. A generation of young Americans in their families suffered the physical and mental scars of the wars waged after the 9 11 attacks. No one was hurt. Following a large three alarm fire and Edmonds early this morning, firefighters were able to bring flames under control at the Plum Tree Plaza along Highway 99 in the area of 224th. Businesses across Washington state are wondering how the federal vaccine mandate will affect their workplace. Soon some private companies will have to make sure their employees get the shot against Covid 19 almost Suzanne Font talk with Tammy Hetrick of the Washington Food Industry Association about what the mandate could do to our labor force Private companies with 100, More employees will require workers to get vaccinated or get tested weekly. Workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized in Puget Sound. Major tech employers like Microsoft, Google and Facebook already require employees to get vaccinated if they return to the office to work. E commerce giant Amazon has not imposed any vaccine mandate for its employees. Industry experts say many warehouse workers might quit if they have to get the shot. The Food Industry Association represents hundreds of grocery workers. It's worried about the employee vaccine mandate. There was a high percentage of workers that would leave their job if they were forced to be vaccinated. You know, I I am glad that there is an option for testing. But still, we don't know what that looks like. A weekly testing is very expensive. Big questions remain about the vaccine mandate, like how many employees will be impacted in Washington, or how will the new mandate being forced Common news asked Department of labor and industries what it plans on doing about the federal mandate. They say they're waiting on OSHA to draft the rules to implement it. This might take weeks. Suzanne Font, Communists and demand for testing has spiked in the last few weeks, with kids going back to school people traveling and others opting for tests and set of vaccinations, the state Health Department says. In August alone is shipped out the same number of testing kits as they did for the last six months combined. Sammy Holland is U Dub Test site leader as we're seeing breakthrough tests and people who obviously don't want to get vaccinated. We really need to stay vigilant to try and keep our numbers down. County just opened a testing site in the Boynes area to keep up with the surge. Prepare for language oceans on I five in Seattle this weekend Revive I five work will have some South Bong I five lanes closed between I 90 in Spokane Street. Here's Cuomo's Tyra Majors with the details. You need to know Seattle drivers. You're definitely going to want to brace yourselves. If you're familiar with driving on South Bong, five, you probably experience or really bumpy commute. That's because washed out says those expansion joints are old, so washed is going to be replacing them. They're going to shut down the lanes on southbound I five Between I 90 all the way to Spokane Street near the West Seattle Bridge to fix those expansion joints. Now, during this time, traffic is only going to flow through the collector distributor, and that's going to cause a ton of backups. This comes at a time where our beloved home sports teams are taking to the field. So the manners play the Sounders play during this time, so you definitely want to consider some alternate routes. Or even other forms of transportation Also happening this weekend. The Motley Bridge is going to shut down Monday at five a.m.. That's when the bridge will reopen. But this is going to cause a lot of traffic in and out of the U District. So expect heavy delays there once again consider those alternate routes or maybe even think about it. Do you really need to leave this weekend? If you do wishing you lots of luck, you can find more information about this on our website Com A news com Common Use time is 3.
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"Final update for the weak state Health department reporting more than 4300 new infections of Covid 19 statewide 68 more deaths linked to the illness as well. Another 81 people have been admitted to hospital since this time yesterday. 34% of the ICU beds in the state, now filled by Covid patients and nearly 56% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated Demand for testing spiking in the last few weeks, with kids going back to school people traveling and others opting for tests instead of vaccinations. State Health Department says in August alone, they shipped out the same number of testing kits as they did in the last six months combined. Sammy Holland is a U dub test site leader as we're seeing breakthrough tests and people who obviously don't want to get vaccinated. We really need to stay vigilant to try and keep our numbers down in county just opened a testing site and the Kents Boynes area to help keep up with that surge, along with all of those people who are trying to get tested. The Health Department also dealing with a shortage of covid antigen tests, as well as stamping issues in some areas. Department of Health said the supply issue should stabilize within a few weeks. It does recommend that anyone who wants to get tested should make an appointment. Instead of just showing up at its on site. Businesses across Washington state wondering how the federal vaccine mandate will affect their workforce. Soon, Some private companies will have to make sure their employees get the shot against Covid 19 combo. Suzanne Fan Talk with Timmy Hetrick of the Washington Food Industry Association about what the mandate could do to our labor force private companies with 100. More employees will require workers to get vaccinated. Or get tested. Weekly workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized in Puget Sound. Major tech employers like Microsoft, Google and Facebook already require employees to get vaccinated if they return to the office to work. E commerce giant Amazon has not imposed any vaccine mandate for its employees. Industry experts say many warehouse workers might quit if they have to get the shot. The Food Industry Association represents hundreds of grocery workers. It's worried about the employee vaccine mandate. There was a high percentage of workers that would leave their job if they were forced to be vaccinated. You know, I I am glad that there is an option for testing. But still, we don't know what that looks like. You know, A weekly testing is very expensive. Big questions remain about the vaccine mandate, like how many employees will be impacted in Washington, or how will the new mandate being forced Como news asked Department of Labor and industries when it plans on doing about the federal mandate. They say they're waiting on OSHA to draft the rules to implement it. This might take weeks. Suzanne Font Communists common news time 8 34 traffic.
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"Frederick David D. Alger. It's the annual reading of names 20 years since nearly 3000 people were killed in the September 11th attacks. After a second moment of silence at 903 am marking the moment a second passenger jets struck the World Trade Center Bruce Springsteen performed I'll see you in my dreams. President Biden is at the ceremonies or former president Obama and Clinton. Former President George W. Bush is in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where United flight 93 crashed when passengers fought back ABC JUJU Chang is there and says there is a candle ceremony last night Beautiful candle ceremony, each family placing a lantern with a candle inside in front of the memorial. 40 white marble slabs. Continuing coverage Remembering 9 11 I'm Brian Clark ABC NEWS com Oh news 1000 FM 97 7 57 degrees under cloudy skies over downtown Seattle at 6 31 A good Saturday morning to I'm Bologna, Elin for Mark Christopher today. Your top stories now from the coma. 24 7 News Center. In the final Update for the week, the State Health Department reporting more than 4300 new infections of Covid 19 across the state. 68 more deaths have been linked to Covid 19 as well. Another 81 people admitted to hospital since this time a day ago. 34% of ICU beds in the state now filled with Covid patients. Nearly 56% of the state's population is now fully vaccinated against Covid 19. We'll demand for testing has spiked in the last few weeks, with kids going back to school, the people traveling and others opting for tests instead of vaccinations. State Health Department says in August alone, they shipped out the same number of testing kits as they did during the last six months combined. Semi Holland is a U double test site leader as we're seeing breakthrough tests and people who obviously don't want to get vaccinated. We really need to stay vigilant to try and keep our numbers down. County just opened a testing site in the Kingdom Moines area to keep up with the surgeon testing. Along with all the people that are trying to get tested. The Health department also dealing with a shortage of covid antigen tests as well as stamping issues in some areas. Department of Health says the supply issues should stabilize within a few weeks. It does recommend that anyone who wants to get tested should make an appointment instead of just showing up at a testing site. Businesses across Washington state are wondering how the federal vaccine mandate will affect their workforce. Soon. Some private companies will have to make sure their employees get the shot against Covid 19 como Suzanne Font talked with Tammy Hetrick. Of the Washington Food Industry Association about what the mandate could do to our labor force Private companies with 100, More employees will require workers to get vaccinated or get tested weekly. Workers who refused to get vaccinated could be penalized in Puget Sound. Major tech employers like Microsoft, Google and Facebook already require employees to get vaccinated if they return to the office to work. E commerce giant Amazon has not imposed any vaccine mandate for its employees. Industry experts say many warehouse workers might quit if they have to get the shot. The Food Industry Association represents hundreds of grocery workers. It's worried about the employee vaccine mandate. There was a high percentage of workers that would leave their job if they were forced to be vaccinated. You know, I I am glad that there is an option for testing. But still, we don't know what that looks like. A weekly testing is very expensive. Big questions remain about the vaccine mandate, like how many employees will be impacted in Washington, or how will the new mandate being forced Cuomo News asked Department of Labor and industries what it plans on doing about the federal mandate. They say they're waiting on OSHA to draft the rules to implement it. This might take weeks. Suzanne Font Communists..
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"Example, here in West Valley, we would probably be short about 50% of our personnel. Why so many because his department is mostly volunteer. If a person has not been vaccinated, which is their choice. I don't think losing your volunteer part time firefighting job is enough incentive to go out and vaccinated the governor's mandate. Non vaccinated firefighters can still go and fight flames. They just can't respond to medical emergencies. Chief, Evans says. Unfortunately, medical calls make up more than 75% of what they do so response. Time's will grow when time matters most, he says during the pandemic so far, not one of his crew members have caught the virus from a patient they were treating. Brian Calvert. Common use this week's exploration of federal pandemic unemployment benefits has local business owners, hoping it will solve their staffing shortage problems. Most Suzanne Font takes a closer look right now. The Washington hospitality industry is still short about 54,000 workers. For months, businesses have struggled to bring staffing back up to full capacity. However. Things are changing. The pineapple hospitality company runs the Max Hotel in Seattle's Queen End neighborhood, and we definitely seen a significant uptick in the last 30 days in applicants for open positions, and I think a lot of people have already gotten the ball rolling. Realizing that this deadline was looming, that's hospitality industry expert Michael Hirsh Lor About 200,000 people in the state. We're still relying on those emergency benefits. It's 5 34 coming up after we check traffic and weather mandate for a vaccine to visit a bar or restaurant in column and Jefferson County. Still not going over very well with many in the public. I'm Carlene Johnson. First. Let's check the roads are a couple traffic every 10 minutes from the Dubin Law Group Traffic Center. Here's Kierra Jordan. Well, I just bought it a little action on the shoulder South and I five coming out of Mary's ville. This is actually just south of state route 5 to 9 and It's like it may have been blocking briefly. There is some hesitation around that immediate area North and I five is starting to struggle from route 16 to the Tacoma Dome. Now we're also seeing brake lights as you're coming out of federal way and a couple little pockets of slowing in Seattle, starting around Michigan North, Um 167 is rather heavy at this point from Highway 4 10 into Pacific and then we'll be back on the brakes from 180th of four or five. Mhm four or five, beginning to build around sunset and transit riders. The fast ferry between Kingston in Seattle is canceled for the day. Our next chemo traffic at 5 44 report this time sponsored by Wendy's Breakfast, Rise, Shine and dine for just a dollar. 99 2 Wendy's for a sausage or bacon bacon, Swiss Kriss on for just 1 99 during breakfast hours. Choose wisely choose Wendy's Limited time. Only price and participation may vary. Here's the forecast with meteorologist Kristin Clark. Quick hitting showers and even a few isolated thunderstorms across the area this morning have quickly been ending from south to North. Living north of.
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"Guidelines on masks and schools, leading to confusion for some parents of centers for Disease control now says vaccinated students don't need to wear masks inside school buildings this fall, but unvaccinated students We'll still have to mask up to figure it all out for us Como Suzanne Font. These federal guidelines are not mandatory. It's really up to each individual school district to make that decision. Now. The new CDC guidelines indicate that elementary students and staff will still need to wear masks but vaccinated middle school and high school students and staff do not. We checked in with Seattle public schools about that It is the largest school district in the state, and they go back to school. September 1st. Right now, for summer school students and teachers all required to wear masks for indoor classes when everyone returns to the classroom, though, this fall Seattle public schools says it will continue with the current mass policy requiring everyone K through 12 to wear masks. And that's based on the Washington Department of Health guidance. But when WH implements the new CDC guidance Seattle Public School says it will then remove the mass requirements for select students. We talked to parent Hannah Selanne, who has several young kids attending co elementary school in Seattle. They're all under the age of 12. And we know the kids aren't able to be vaccinated. Yeah, so I do appreciate. I think the kids being masked, especially my kids being having asthma. I don't want them to get any triggers. Critics say the surge and the Delta variants. That's why people should continue wearing masks indoors. Suzanne was also saying that all students vaccinated or not, will still have to wear a mask on school buses. Unvaccinated students should also continue to wear masks for their own safety. All right back to summer vacation big changes to one of Seattle's most popular beaches, commerce Matt Markovich, saying that Al Qaeda Beach and Park Closing at 10 PM and it's going to go long term. This area is known for gang fights and cruising and street racing, and unfortunately, this summer has been no exception. One man was shot and killed and three others wounded over a suspected disturbance regarding fireworks. And before that, police in the neighborhood were overwhelmed by a flash party announced on Tiktok that led to a disturbance. Now, during the Fourth of July weekend, the city did a test. Closing the popular parking beach early at 10 P.m. to see if a closure could be enforced. And if nothing serious happened. Well, apparently it works so well. The parking the beach will be closing down. At 10 P.m. no beach fires after 9 30 nothing at all for the remainder of the summer at night. I think it's a little bit sad, but I guess it makes sense. If it's gonna, um prevent some of the bad things that have been happening. We need to make sure You know, people are going home at a decent hour, and there's no street racin. That's almost Matt Maher commission. Earlier this year, the city shorten the hours of Golden Gardens Park there, west of Ballard. And it was just last month. The Parks Department announcing the Parkwood closed 90 minutes earlier each night at 10 P.m. and then opened at six a.m.. That's like two hours later than usual. Not sure if that affects the boat launch there, though, those hours get this are scheduled to stay in effect now for Golden Gardens for the next nine months, then the city will reevaluate. 6 40 here at KOMO News. Lots cover in sports this morning here. All they got to say is much hanniger and that hit most important. Last night AT T Mobile Park loaded two outs. Bottom eight. Until that this is punch deep. This is back and shit. Yeah, there it goes Well tonight and all the cheering their 7 to 3 and that opener for the series for the weekend between the Mariners and the Angels. Meanwhile, for the W N B, a Seattle storm got the shots they wanted just not the results they were seeking. Jewel Lloyd scoring 16 Brianna Stewart longer 10 double double of the season. A tough night. It was 86 77, a decision that went to the Phoenix Mercury inside the scenic Sons Arena, and it was just the It was just the second loss in 10 role games this season for the storm 15. And five. Meanwhile, there is a chance to score tickets for cracking NHL hockey..
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"Already called upon the state to release some of the federal funds that they have on a one time basis to act to help us immediately start improving those air conditioning in H vac systems in our nursing homes, it's gotta be done. Luckily, we did not have a rash of you know how outages or facilities that that lost their air conditioning systems. But that was just luck. And we need to. I think you need to do more to make sure that those systems are up today in Seattle, Suzanne Font Communists Amid the stifling heat, our power grid seemed to hold steady around major centers of population. But several 1000 homes in western Washington faced outages during the hottest parts of that heat wave, only adding to calls for change. Will. England is watching it all for the Washington Post, and he spoke about it with Cuomo's Tom Khullar. So if the grid faltered here yesterday, it could have been catastrophic. In the record heat. We had With the Senate infrastructure compromise prepare for future needs. It was a couple of issues here, and one of them is that, uh, the long distance transmission lines which you know, are needed to kind of get the electricity to where people actually are living are really a capacity and kind of beyond capacity. And so Part of that bill would be beefing up on distance transmission. But and you also have what the utilities themselves are doing neighborhood by neighborhood and again, You know, we're the whole system in the in the country kind of runs without a whole lot of room for error without a lot of resilience to it. What? We don't know what caused to the You know all those scattered blackouts in Washington yesterday, but most likely you had overeating. Transformers. Um You know this equipment that has been around for decades and decades. Utilities are realizing that they need to start upgrading this equipment is if we're going to move to electric vehicles and electric heating for housing and for offices. Um, so it's it's It's not rocket science what needs to be done, But it is going to cost a lot of money. How difficult is it to upgrade those transmission lines? It's that difficult so much, but it takes time. If you wanted to put in a new transmission line. It can take 7 to 10 years for all the permitting and building and all that sort of thing. Upgrading one. You know you can do it faster, but it's not like well, we can have it done by August. It might be we've never done by 2024. Wow. Well, there's more to read about this and it is of concern, especially as we've seen lately, especially as people and Texas saw last year during that deep freeze so you can read Will's entire article at Washington post dot com. Well, thanks for being with us again, That's energy reporter Will England. There's still plenty of summer ahead, and if we see any more extreme heat, the experts say, you need to remember it will take a toll on not just your body, but also your car to explain more. Here's Cuomo's Eric Eins. Everything from your engine to your tires can be vulnerable. One of the most.
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"Immediately start improving those air conditioning and H vac systems in our nursing homes. It's gotta be done. Luckily, we did not have a rash of you know how our outages or facilities that that lost their air conditioning systems. But that was just luck. And we need to. I think we need to do more to make sure that those systems are up to date in Seattle. Suzanne Font Communists. Three popular beaches in King County are going to be off limits for the holiday weekend until further notice. And high levels of bacteria have closed. Juanita Beach in Kirkland Lake Wilderness Speech in Maple Valley and Newcastle Beach in Bellevue. Come on news time. 607, the sheriff's in Quetta test in Yakima County's are speaking out against the new state law that decriminalizes drug possession. We'll get more from GMOs, Carlene Johnson 100 Washington State law. Now people call with a personal use amount of drugs can no longer be charged with a crime until they get cut three times, Yakima County's Robert Udell and Kittitas County Sheriff Clay Myers Say the criminal justice system is often the best way for people to get help, especially young people early and addiction. Sure, if you don't handcuffs on us, uh and maybe prevents us from getting services. To them or their families, Udell tells Chema news waiting until that third time could mean someone overdoses after the second time. Lawmakers who supported changes to the law say the criminal justice system is no place for young people and law enforcement can always suggest treatment. Charlene Johnson Common News. Seattle Police officer Lexi Harris was honored yesterday. She was killed last month while off duty. She had pulled over a long high five to help out at a crash scene, almost having Matassa reports from T Mobile Park where Harris's family Fellow officers and the community gathered for their final farewell. The sound of sorrow echoed in the streets of Seattle as the flag draped coffin carrying Seattle police officer Lexi Harris was escorted to T Mobile Park. Riderless horse in the procession, symbolizing a fallen hero. At the end of the day. I think what you're seeing here is that it really was a giant loss for the community, not just for the department and for Lexus family, but for the greater community who really lost a.
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"Come in hot weather did not stop foodies from flocking to Seattle's Chinatown International District for the Dragon Walk Food Festival. We had Shu mai and pork dumplings. That was delicious. I got a degree go poke a salmon and Rex. It's too hot. So try to come here a little early. Como Suzanne Font. Our first day of triple digits are in the review mirror. But more is on the way and today more cooling centers are opening up. In White center, King County is set up one that is open 24 hours a day. Even offering overnight states Cuomo's Cove, Miller tells us where to find it. These modular trailers. They were set up at the beginning of the pandemic last year to isolate and quarantine covid 19 patients, but it never came to that. So now they're being used to escape the heat, offering up places for people to stay. So where exactly is this? This is located. It's South West 112th Avenue near First Avenue South again in White Center and the county says nearly Everyone coming by simply cannot keep their place. Cool, and some don't even have a home with 24 units offered up for overnight stays. There are also eight units where people can drop in for a few hours. If they'd like to rest and recover. Inside. The air conditioners are running beds are made and ready to go. There's even a refrigerator, TV and Internet. That's Cole Miller. Her story. Key wave is not only making it tough to stay cool, but the National Weather Service says it's having a negative effect on the state's drought conditions. Combos, Nick Pop, Um reports on those concerns. So what can be done since the rains not coming any time soon? Well, many counties including what come King Skagit Snohomish in Pierce counties have issued burn bands, which will hopefully prevent any brush fires. But Reedie says it's important to still check the undercarriage of your car and try to limit any chance of sparks flying near any dry brush. It's been great to see everyone treating it seriously, but we need to continue to treat it seriously because there are a lot of potential dangers out there. On the plus side, Reedie says. We're not going to get anywhere near the drought conditions we're seeing in eastern Washington or Oregon as a whole. But, he says, Really, the only remedy to all of this is seeing rainfall, which doesn't look likely anytime soon. Nick Pop, Um come on in. The historic heatwave is posing a major threat for brush and wildfires in our area. First responders say it doesn't take much of a spark to ignite a fire. They can have devastating consequences. Come was Tammy metastases in Snohomish County, with the plea from first responders and forecasters to be safe from the north. The biggest thing is to be safe to the South and East and West. We're asking folks, this would be really, really safety conscious. First responders and forecasters are sounding the alarm on exceptionally high fire danger. Temperatures are soaring to triple digits, plus all the fuel and low humidity. It's the perfect recipe for brush fires that could spread and destroyed homes. There's no that in our area when something does take off, especially with these dry temperatures, low humidities low fuel moistures. It will take off our Komal chief meteorologist Shannon O. Donnell says. The last time we had a historic heatwave was in July 2000 and nine. That was when we hit 103 all time hottest temperature ever recorded at Sea Tac Airport. Almost every Murtaza and like Seattle, Oregon's largest city, broke its all time heat record yesterday. Portland reached 108 degrees Saturday afternoon. The previous record was 107 hit back in 1965 and 1981. Forecasters say many Pacific Northwest communities could break more records today. Home news time is 1 10 as we head over to the Beacon Plumbing sports desk at the in the eighth inning, it is tied up to two between the Mariners in Chicago White Sox Matt Matt Johnson has more a much drier day today in the South Side of Chicago, which gives the Mariners and White Sox a chance to finish up their game from yesterday. They also plan to play Game three this afternoon. On the basketball court. Two of the WNBA's top teams battling it out in Vegas Storm and Ace is just getting started. Means I'm in the NBA Eastern Conference finals Continue tonight with Game three of the box and Hawks Milwaukee with a big win on Friday to tie up the series at one last night in the Western Conference. It was the Sun's taking Game four from the Clippers. Phoenix is now one win away to punch their ticket to the finals and engulf Marc Leishman, Cramer Hickok and Bubba Watson are battling for the lead in the Travelers Championship. Sports at 10 and 40 past the hour. Matt Matt Johnson KOMO news Breaking up is hard to do. But when it comes to your wireless carrier, you should have left a while ago. You're over the big Three carriers. You deserve better Xfinity Mobile..
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Nurses Have Been Hit Hard by the COVID-19 Pandemic
"Podcast. APP mic over 19 pandemic has pushed many local nurses to the verge of burnout. Washington Post Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that three out of 10 Healthcare workers have considered getting out of the field. Almost Suzanne Font takes a closer look at the ongoing nursing shortage. We asked the Department of Health exactly how seriously nursing shortages but they haven't been able to give us exact numbers. What we do know is there's about 140,000 licensed nurses in Washington state, and the nursing shortage has been exacerbated by the pandemic. Samantha Conley is a nurse at Harborview Medical Center in Trauma and PTSD is going to really start to build up and I really worried that we're gonna come up on a big deflation of the profession. Clinton Hospital Association says it has worked with the state to expedite licensing for nurses from other states and new graduate nurses. The group also has asked the state to move those patients that don't need to be in the hospital to care centers to free up more nurses. Hospitals also continue to rely on travel nurses for help, but
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"The public health officials nationwide are trying to accomplish your specifically in Washington state, and they will be checking vaccination card at the door, team President Aaron Hartman said. Some fans have been upset, calling them to complain, he said. Many are coming around to the idea, recognizing that this may be the new norm and moving forward, not just for the rain years to Seattle. Earners will make their announcement later this week to add vaccinated section from the Seattle storm will also have vaccinated sections when they open their season in the middle of May. It's called was packed or Quinn reporting new data from the U. S. Census Bureau shows the top reasons that people are giving for not getting a covert 19 vaccine concerns about side effects is one of the top two reasons for us in Washington state residents. A lot of people say they're also waiting to see if the vaccines are safe. The third most common reason for our state is that other people need the vaccine more than they do for the U. S. As a whole, It's mistrust about vaccines, health officials say. If you get these single dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine by next week, you'll be fully vaccinated by Memorial Day. If you get the first shot of the Fizer or murdered or Madonna vaccines this week, you'll be fully vaccinated by the fourth of July. After a devastating year during the pandemic, many hotels and restaurants can't find enough workers come. Oh, Suzanne font talk to industry leaders, including Clayton Kruger of Farrelly's pizza and explains what's Behind some of these staffing shortages. Lot of jobs that need to be filled across the hospitality sector. And employers such as us are begging folks to come on back and come back to work because we need.
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"Inch for the lowland so minor impacts to travel expected early Wednesday. In the common Weather Center meteorologist Kristen Clark. We've got 40 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies. A few sun breaks downtown. It's 11, 06 and 20. Minutes of nonstop news continues. Now, If you work from home these days, chances are you don't really miss the morning commute. But your well being just might If you roll out of bed and sit in your desk chair, which a lot of us can do these days, you miss the gaps that kind of from wakefulness and kind of orienting to your day Behavioral health. Dr Lin A. Lindsey suggested building in some extra time between way. King up in sitting in your home office. You can call it your daily mental commute. You literally go right into work, and you don't have the space to just kind of focused on who you are as a human being, Dr Lindsey says. You spend years getting used to the fact that there's a chunk of time between your home in the office and she suggest that Taking 2030 even 45 minutes between waking up and starting to work, Maybe take a walk, meditate or enjoy a cup of coffee slowly before you open that laptop grocery store workers in Seattle could soon receive a $4 an hour hazard pay boost for the remainder of the pandemic. The details from comas calling Johnson Council member Theresa Mosqueda introduced the legislation last week. Citing the sacrifice that grocery store employees have made since the start of the pandemic. She spoke with the Seattle Channel. We've been working 24 7, since the beginning of this can damage and they deserve to be treated as essential. They are sacrificing their lives and their health, and they should not be sacrificial. The ordinance would not impact convenience stores of food marts that sell a limited line of goods but would require large grocery stores. Give that $4 an hour papers to retail workers, who are covered by Seattle's minimum wage law, as long as the city remains in a civil emergency it past the council's Finance and Housing Committee on Friday, and the full council could take it up as soon as today. Carleen Johnson come on news more delays in getting covered 19 vaccines to people in Spokane. The Spokane Arena was supposed to open as a mass vaccination side today, but that's been pushed back to Wednesday is local health officials say they're still waiting on the vaccine. Billy Hawkins with the Spokane Regional health, Patrick says the arena has been a testing site wasn't a long wait, operated very smoothly and help people get in and out as quickly as possible. She tells Kay Axl. Why, if vaccines arrive in time, vaccinations at the arena would be by appointment only. The state's new plan to get 45,000 people vaccinated daily presents some challenges for those administering the vaccines. Camo Suzanne Font spoke with local pharmacist versus are well prepared to provide that service. You know, we did that during 81 and one at Bob Johnson's Pharmacy and Ballard. They're gearing up and getting ready to administer the covert 19 vaccine when they actually get it. The difficulty right now is just Getting the vaccine. Michael Donahue has been a pharmacist for three decades. Now. He describes the biggest challenge pharmacists are facing the pharmacies you have received. It have told me that they didn't know until 24 hours before it was shipped. That they were going to get the vaccine. So that creates a real problem trying to staff and schedule and get everything up to speed very quickly. Governor Jay Inslee school is to make sure 45,000 people are vaccinated every day. That's more than triple the current rate in Washington state. Right now, we only receive 100,000 doses a week from the federal government. We have challenges of people power. We have a challenge with getting vaccine locations and places where people can access them easily have challenges with us. By coming from the federal government. But despite all that, she says, I feel completely confident that this could be done. But the 45,000 shots a day is a target that can be met in Washington. Meanwhile, QC announced they receive the vaccine and they're going to start administering it. We have just a handful of locations that do have a limited amount of the vaccine right now. And so again. It's by online appointment on Lee S O. Don't show up to your local QC. And try not to call your local QC right now is As they're trying to handle, getting everything ready and to get people in and get vaccinated. Again. That's cool. Suzanne fun with that story called News time 11 10 and started checking with Eric. I intend to be complaining Sports desk the teams for the Super Bowl or said, with the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the chief speed the Buffalo Bills, 38 24 on the NFC title game, and the Buccaneers beat the Green Bay Packers 31 to 26 in the NFC final Super Bowl. 55 will take place in Tampa, Florida. Where the box will be the first team ever to play a Super Bowl on its home turf tight and Greg Olsen is retiring from the NFL to become a broadcaster also announced Sunday that he's ending his 14 year career to join. Fox is a game analyst. He finished his career this season with the Sea Ox. He was the first tight end with three consecutive 1000 yard receiving seasons and made three pro Bowls. Washington Huskies have won back to back conference games for the first time this year, beating Utah Sunday. 83 79 Jamal Bay led the Huskies with 28 points and thinks this is a new beginning for the team began the season. But we we looked at the U. C E o of a game and says, the fresh start for us. It's a clean slate workers here is ER and aren't going out on the court, and that's what we've been showing. Eric Stevenson scored 18 points in Quad a green at 20. Washington. Women lost at Oregon 69 to 52 after returning from a three week covert layoff Sports A 10 and 40. Minutes past the hour. I'm Eric Heights. Come on. Ooh, come on, whose time 11 11 and traffic and weather Just moments away. Broadcasting legend Larry King died over the weekend at the age of 87 A. B. C's Chris calmly with a look in his life. You deal with The eye with men. More women more. Do you want to be married? What do you feel? Just fine If you made movies or music.
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"House floor, Jamie Herrera Butler said she knew her vote to impeach could be politically costly. I'm not afraid of losing my job, but I am afraid that my country will fail. Now we're learning a GOP group in Herrera, Butler's southwest Washington district promised retribution even Before the vote. In a letter to the congresswoman, the group Clark County Republican women, wrote quote. If you vote to impeach you will never receive our support or votes again. The letter adds quote, We will do everything in our power to elect a conservative candidate who represents our values. Herrera Butler has not responded. She and Yakama as Dan Newhouse were among only 10. House Republicans nationwide to vote for impeachment. Corwin Hague Co. Moh news airlines. We're stepping up security on flights to and from the nation's capital amid new threats of mob violence and call most Joel Merino spoke with passengers at Sea Tac Airport about that passengers will get extra scrutiny if they're headed to Washington D. C. With the inauguration looming, and protesters expected from around the nation Airlines are adopting temporary new rules. I don't think you could be too cautious, given everything that's going on Several airlines won't allow firearms inside checked baggage for the next week for flights headed to the nation's capital, and Molly. About six minute rights, mass are already required to fly commercially. But after a rowdy group of passengers refused to wear them on a flight back from D C. Alaska Airlines is doubling down. Extra flight attendants are being added to support compliance limits are being placed on ticket sales to and from the D. C. Area. Passengers must stand their seats for one hour from takeoff or landing near the U. S. Capitol and pilots will be ready to divert to the nearest airport over disruptive behavior. What the turmoil created by the pandemic, the U. S Capitol riot and the impending departure of Donald Trump. People already worn down by covert 19 fatigue are feeling even more anxious caramel Suzanne Font talk to an expert about when to seek professional help hunts and times of calls. I've been getting from people seeking treatment for the very first time clinical psychologist Dr Meiling Dong is among the mental health providers inundated with patients seeking treatment. The level of calls that I get from people seeking treatment is more than I've ever seen. In my entire career. For some people, the social isolation and the stresses of living with covert 19 have been a huge factor. And now seeing what's happening in the news in our nation's capital, and our own capital is compounding the stress and uncertainty for some people. Coma news time 50 wait. 19 year old man is now being held without bail, accused of kicking to women in their heads in two separate attacks. Isaiah Lewis was free on bond for just one day before he allegedly kicked a woman in the head on a metro bus. He's also accused of kicking another woman in the head as she was planting flowers on a street in Belltown one day later. He's back in jail. This time the judge denied him bail. Lewis faces numerous charges for assault. King County Council member member is demanding improvements after a warning siren failed to go off during a test at the told River Dam this week break in the dam could flood the city of carnation in just 90 minutes, Council member Kathy Lambert says the warning system is critical. It was the third example where the Seattle Utilities Department Did not do what they were supposed to do. The dam is owned by the city of Seattle and less July, a siren went off by mistake, sending people scrambling to evacuate Lambert's calling for a robo call system to alert people in the event of a mistake plans for seafarers starting to come together for this summer, including the return of the Blue Angels. Blue Angel number seven is Lieutenant Julius Bratton. And says that they're anxious to show off their new Boeing F 18 Super Hornets. The Super Hornet has about £42,000 of thrust and full afterburner. Where's the Legacy Hornet that we previously flu had about £32,000 of thrust with that comes a little bit more maneuverability when the aircraft is flown a slower air speeds only also says these planes are bigger and louder. See. Fair weekend scheduled August 6th through the eighth tickets are on sale. Now. Keep your fingers crossed. Yeah. Come on this time. 5 10. Time to get to the beacon Plumbing Sports desk. Tom Hunters here. Good morning. Good morning, well with the firing of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer this week, the Seahawks are in the market for a new play caller. And in some season ending thoughts for the media yesterday via zoom from Mexico quarterback Russell Wilson said he wasn't in favor of Schottenheimer's firing. It wasn't my decision to change Shotty in other words, you know, but I think that coach Carroll have made the decision. I think that You know, trust his decision, but the same time, you know, obviously shot and I've been so close and he's in tremendous coach. So like I said it somewhere else, Wilson said he has faith in Carol moving forward for the broadcast booth back to the sidelines. Urban Meyer agrees to become the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars. After a two year absence from football. He won three college national championships. The Jaguars have quite the rebuilding project have lost 105 of the last 144 games since 2012 Isaiah Mobley with a career high 18 points, leading Southern Cal to a 95 68 1 over the Husky men's basketball team last night. The Huskies led by Eric Stevenson, with 16 and Sir seventh loss in a row. Corey kissed a 23 points, eight rebounds number one Gonzaga over Peppered I 95 70 There's 17th straight victory over the past two seasons. And a coup's hammered by you See Elliot Polly piddly in 91 61. You see Life stays in first place in the Pac 12 sports Instead of 40 path each hour, Tom Cutler companies come on his time. 5 11. People across the country are waiting in long lines these days to get the covert 19 vaccine we get. The update from ABC is Matt Gutman from California.
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Seattle to give out $5 million in grants to struggling restaurants, hospitality workers
"The way way for for Seattle Seattle restaurants restaurants and and bars bars and and hospitality hospitality workers workers call call most most Suzanne Suzanne Font Font says says the the city city has has announced announced a a new new $5 $5 million million relief relief package package to to help help those those hit hit hardest hardest by by the the covert covert 19 19 pandemic. In Seattle. Many hotels have been devastated by pandemic closures, Occupancy is down to almost 20%. Hospitality industry has been hit hard, including restaurants and bars. City of Seattle announced it will offer $2.5 million in grant money to small businesses, specifically bars and restaurants. Another $2.5 million will go to hospitality workers. Those who work in our hotels, restaurants and bars. Those who've been laid off or had their hours cut back unemployed workers like Michelle Orgel apiece Tree chef at the Washington State Convention Center. Could get up to $1000 in cash. I applaud again the city for taking some sort of action a one time grant while it sounds great. Isn't enough Unemployment is ending. You know, the extension is ending at the end of the month, and people are genuinely scared. What happens when even the small allotment that we're still getting is gone?
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Thanksgiving Day highlights efforts of OSL; staff serves 8,500 meals to needy daily in Seattle area
"The holidays are here and now more than ever, families are finding it hard to make ends meet, especially during the pandemic. Many families may not have the holiday dinner they plan because of the Corona virus crisis. Camo Suzanne Font takes a closer look at what is being done to help people get food on their table. More than two million Washingtonians have experienced some form of food insecurity sometime this year. And we think Thanksgiving period could be especially difficult. Oh SL is Operation Sack Lunch, also known as offer some love. The organization based in Belltown is serving up 8500 meals every day. For those in need. We're doing 8500 meals altogether and over seven kitchens on we take care of 61 different shelters and programs throughout the Seattle King County area. What's really important to us every single day, but especially on the holiday is to say. You're not for gotten, you have value and we're serving you love every single time we serve you a meal. All the food deliveries made possible because of food donations and also food that's been recovered. Oh, SL says they typically spend $3000 a week buying food. Because of the covert pandemic. They're spending 12,000 week just to buy food
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Amazon Adding 100K Jobs For Holiday Season
"Just around the corner, many businesses would traditionally being on holiday hiring blitz right now, But come Oh, Suzanne Font says the pandemic appears to have changed what seasonal hiring will look like This Amazon delivery worker says he's really busy right now. He expects it to get even busier for the holiday season. Wind picked season right now. So like we go delivery like seven days a week. Then stop. Amazon is adding 100,000 seasonal jobs nationwide more than 2500 in Washington state during the pandemic. When a lot of people are out of work, this might mean more people applying for seasonal jobs. It's kind of hard to fire job right now during the call of it, But like Amazon, always like welcome people to, you know, to come to work, and then I think it's a really good opportunities for everyone. The massive number of jobs offered by Amazon. Stem from a major demand for online deliveries probably shop online. It's just easier and faster Candy Heaven says. This holiday season, she'll do a lot of shopping online tacking commerce giant Amazon is looking for workers to put their online shopping orders. Working human resource is and operate the company's robots. Jeff Shulman is with U Dub Foster School of business. You know, Unemployment's really high right now we've got a lot of small businesses struggling. We've got a lot of people with the Boeing layoffs here. A region in particular had a lot of people who can't even imagine holiday spending at this moment, but at the same time there's still going to be dollars spent. A lot of that is gonna be spent online rather than in traditional brick mortar. And while many people before the convenience of shopping online stores hope thatyou're still spend time and money with them Kitty Heaven says That's her plan. I think people are more inclined to try and support local businesses. So hopefully people will come out of comas. Suzanne Fawn as political
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Downtown Seattle businesses anticipating potentially violent demonstration Saturday
"Parts of downtown Seattle crews are busy boarding up businesses anticipating potentially violent protests this weekend Come Oh, Suzanne font from seventh and Stuart Business after business, getting extra protection and preparing for a very large protest Saturday, Thie demonstration is supposed to be a show solidarity with what's playing out in Portland. We're here and we don't know what happened. Maria canals, bracing herself for what's in store, she manages the UPS store directly across the street from the federal courthouse, her business and others. Getting that makeover to mitigate any damage done. These protection is really good for us and actually for our business neighbors on everything, and so we're bladder. They're doing this right. I walked around the block. Everything is boarded up using plywood to fend off Vandals and looters, Robin Crandall says that breaks her heart. It's horrible. It's It's horrible. What's going on and really sad for a city inside Petra Mediterranean cafe, The owner is busy sewing face mass. Let's just hope that nothing really happens like everything goes peacefully and without any violence, all this done here. Preventative measures we can tell you Wednesday nights vandalism spree in Capitol Hill, There are two banks and at least half a dozen businesses that were damaged. No one's been arrested. Suzanne The
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FOLLOWUP: First day of mayor's order closing major Seattle parks
"A beautiful weather this weekend would normally bring out crowds to to area area beaches beaches in in city city parks parks but but not not this this Easter Easter commerce's commerce's and and Fonsi's Fonsi's fifteen fifteen of of those those popular popular spots spots are are closed closed until until Monday Monday to to slow slow the the spread spread of of covert covert nineteen nineteen for weeks now leaders have asked people to stick to social distancing guidelines in public the city leaders say people are still packing into places and that's concerning we still have people who are getting sick and people who are dying we checked out al Qaeda beach Linton Koch live nearby and walk the sidewalk here daily very very low this this is almost nothing yeah this is empty so I think people are are fighting that the regulations they say their turnout here's dramatically different than normal and they see the city did the right thing by closing the beach on Easter Sunday would just be crazy out here normally Suzanne fonts yes