The effort to recall Seattle Councilwoman Kshama Sawant is set to be certified. “There’s a sufficient number of signatures” for the recall petition to be certified, Kendall Hodson, chief of staff for King County Elections, told The Epoch Times on Thursday. Election workers were working on finalizing details of the petition but had already confirmed…
Voters to Decide Whether to Recall Socialist Seattle Councilmember
Seattle to Host 2023 All-Star Game
The Mariners will host the 2023 All-Star Game, Major League Baseball announced Thursday at the Space Needle in Seattle. The Midsummer Classic will return to the Emerald City for the third time overall and first since 2001. Seattle hosted the 1979 event at the Kingdome and the 2001 event at T-Mobile Park, which was then…
Seattle to Require COVID-19 Vaccine Passport to Enter Many Indoor Venues
The county government that oversees Seattle and other areas will require patrons to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter restaurants, gyms, and related indoor businesses in a move that echoes mandates issued recently by New York City, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Los Angeles County. The order, which applies to all of Washington’s King…
Washington State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Seattle man Living in his Truck
Depriving someone of his truck when it serves as his home constitutes an excessive fine that is forbidden by the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled. The case, City of Seattle v. Long, court file 98824-2, was decided Aug. 12. In 2016, Steven Gregory Long, at the time a 56-year-old…
Seattle Mission Asks Supreme Court to Uphold Right to Hire Co-Religionists
A Christian mission in Seattle is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Washington Supreme Court ruled it does not have the right to refuse to hire someone who disagrees with its beliefs. “Churches and religious organizations have the First Amendment right to hire those who share their beliefs without being punished by the…
Bezos Offers NASA $2 Billion in Exchange for Moon Mission Contract
SEATTLE—Fresh off his trip to space, billionaire businessman Jeff Bezos on Monday offered to cover up to $2 billion in NASA costs if the U.S. space agency awards his company Blue Origin a contract to make a spacecraft designed to land astronauts back on the moon. NASA in April awarded rival billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s…
Seattle Police Arrest Suspect in CHAZ Shooting That Killed 19-Year-Old
The Seattle Police Department late Monday announced the arrest of a man accused of murder in last year’s fatal shooting of a 19-year-old in the infamous Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ). “SPD and U.S. Marshals arrested a 19-year-old man today in Des Moines, WA in connection with a fatal June 20, 2020 shooting in the…
More Deaths Reported in Intense US Northwest Heat Wave
SPOKANE, Wash.—About a dozen deaths in Washington and Oregon may be tied to an intense heat wave that brought scorching temperatures to the Northwest and caused one power utility to impose rolling blackouts amid heavy demand. The dangerous weather that gave Seattle and Portland consecutive days of record high temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7…
We Aren’t ‘Weather Wimps.’ Seattle Just Isn’t Prepared for Deep Heat. Why Would It Be?
SEATTLE—Sir Mix-a-Lot has a couple of choice words for the folks out there in social media land calling Seattleites weather wimps. “Many here don’t have AC … dumb (expletive),” said the Seattle native who’s best known for his rap hit “Baby Got Back.” Justin Shaw is a little more diplomatic. The citizen forecaster behind the…
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Southern California House Prices Continue to Defy Gravity
Commentary Home price values accelerated across nation in April, according to the most recent data from the S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller home price indices. The rise was especially sharp in the western U.S. Using January 2020 as the starting point, home prices increased by more than 25 percent in both San Diego and Seattle through the…