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King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay talks with KNKX All Things Considered host Ed Ronco. This interview was produced by Posey Gruener.
The King County Council is spending $2 million for gun violence prevention. The recently approved money creates a grant program and comes from a larger $94 million pool of funds for COVID-19 relief measures.
County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay pushed to have the money set aside. He represents King County’s District 2, which runs along the western shore of Lake Washington, from Skyway up through Seattle’s University District.
Zahilay says the program will create a pot of money for organizations already working to prevent gun violence and will help them get extra resources the organizations say they sorely need.
Washington scrambles to avoid mass evictions as moratorium nears end
Tenants and landlords both favor more rent assistance, but some want lawmakers to go further. By David Kroman, Crosscut
Share: Arianna Laureano outside of her boyfriend’s Seattle home on Feb. 3, 2021. Laureano has been relying on Washington’s eviction moratorium, which is set to end on March 31. (Dorothy Edwards/Crosscut)
For every month since evictions were banned in Washington last March, tenants in the state accrued somewhere around $100 million in owed rent. By that estimate which comes from the state Department of Commerce renters here could now be over $1 billion in debt, a sum that grows each week.
Cause undetermined after Seven Gables Theatre fire in Seattle s University District
The Seattle Fire Department said that investigators ruled the cause as undetermined because they were unable to enter the abandoned building safely. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 9:41 PM PST December 28, 2020
The cause of the Christmas Eve fire that destroyed the historic building that housed the Seven Gables Theatre will remain undetermined, but Seattle Police investigators say there is no evidence of criminal activity.
The Seattle Fire Department reported that its investigators were unable to enter the building to find the cause of the fire due to concerns over the building s poor structural integrity. The former movie theater had been empty for several years.
Sad loss : Fire destroys historic Seven Gables Theatre in Seattle s University District
The longtime theater in Seattle s University District has been closed, along with Guild 45th, for several years. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 2:41 PM PST December 25, 2020
SEATTLE The cause of a massive fire that ripped through a historic theatre in Seattle s University District remains under investigation.
The Seattle Fire Department responded to a three-alarm fire at the former Seven Gables Theatre in the University District on Thursday.
Around 11:45 a.m., smoke and flames were spotted from the roof of the vacant building, which is located at Roosevelt Way NE and NE 50th Street.