Stories for November 2010
Stories for Tuesday, November 23
'Magic Backpack' Helps Live Stormwatch Coverage
One of the questions that's come up from viewers this week is how we were able to provide live video from inside a moving car during KIRO 7 Eyewitness News coverage of the snow storm and its aftermath.The video came into the station from a new tool that went along ...
Argier: Bitter Cold Keeps Snow, Ice Around
KIRO 7 meteorologist Sam Argier issued this weather note to the newsroom at 1 p.m. Tuesday: Seattle Forecast Hi: 26 Low: 14 Any ice that has partially melted on the roads with the sun and deicer will refreeze tonight.Wind: Winds easing, N 5-15 mphRain: NoneSnow: NoneCloud Cover: Mostly sunny Significant ...
Man Shot When Gunfire Erupts During Marysville Home Invasion
Police said a man was injured in an exchange of gunfire during an early-morning home invasion robbery in Marysville Tuesday.Marysville police said they were called to a home in the 3200 block of Sunnyside Boulevard shortly after 2 a.m. for a report of an assault with a weapon in which ...
McGinn: Crews Working To Keep Arterials Open
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, speaking live with Essex Porter on KIRO 7 Eyewitness News on Tuesday morning, said there was "serious gridlock" Monday evening that set back efforts to keep roads cleared and salted.He said SDOT trucks were caught in the same traffic jams that delayed everyone else."The storm was ...
Police: NYC Thieves Hold Up Pizzeria Owners, Flee With Wrong Bag Of Dough
Police in New York City say thieves held up the owners of a pizzeria and then fled with a bag full of dough -- the kind that crusts are made of. Police tell the Daily News that Salvatore LaRosa was charged with robbery after surrendering to police. According to court ...
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Man Plummets From 2nd To 1st Floor After Tree Crashes Into Home
Windy and icy conditions caused a tree to crash down into a family’s DuPont home and sent a man plummeting down to the first floor from his second floor bedroom.At about 1:30 a.m., a large evergreen tree in the home’s yard crashed down onto the home at the corner of ...
Eastside Drivers Don't Fare Much Better Than Seattleites
Bitter cold, thick ice and clogged roads plagued Seattle on Monday, but the Eastside was getting it just as bad. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News crews showed up in Issaquah at about 2 p.m. on Monday and found that those in the suburbs weren't getting by much better than those downtown."We ...
Stories for Monday, November 22
Some Drivers Abandon Cars On Gridlocked I-5 South
Traffic on Interstate 5 got so bad Monday night that people were pulling off to the shoulder either to sleep or because they had run out of gas. By the time of our 11 p.m. newscast, I-5 was still gridlocked heading south out of Seattle.We talked with a few drivers ...
Fatal Crash Reported On I-5 Near Tacoma Dome
A man was killed on Interstate 5 near the Tacoma Dome on Monday after he got out of his car on the snowy highway, the Washington State Patrol said.Jae Y. Lee, 62, was outside of his pickup just before 7 p.m. on I-5 south at L Street in Tacoma when ...
Plane Stops Too Close To End Of Sea-Tac Runway
A Boeing 747 freighter overshot its designated stopping point on a runway after landing at Sea-Tac Airport on Monday afternoon, an airport representative told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The China Airlines plane with two or three people aboard overshot the runway's designated stopping point by about 100 feet but still stopped ...
Man Killed On Capitol Hill In Freak Hatchet Attack
Police said a man is dead after he was attacked with a hatchet in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Monday.Seattle police arrived at the scene of an assault in the area of 15th Avenue and East Union Street on Monday, police said. Police said responding officers found the victim dead at ...
Fire Damages Greenwood Strip Mall
Three shops were damaged during an early-morning fire at a strip mall in Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood Monday.Most of the damage the shops suffered was from water or smoke.According to Phinneywood.com, fire officials said the blaze started at the discount convenience store Rite Zone at about 4:15 a.m.Video from Chopper 7 ...
Stories for Sunday, November 21
Man Arrested In Death Of 2-Year-Old Girl
Sheriff's detectives arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the death of a 2-year-old Federal Way girl who died Sunday afternoon.King County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant John Urquhart said the man was arrested Monday morning and booked into the King County Jail at about 10 a.m.Urquhart said deputies were called Sunday ...
Metro Buses On Snow Routes
King County Metro Transit says its buses started service on Monday morning on their snow routes.Here's a message issued Sunday evening by the agency:Due to the potential for snow during the morning commute, King County Metro Transit will start service on Monday with buses in all areas on snow routing.Metro ...
IRS Owes Some Washington Residents Tax Refund
With the holiday season upon us, 2,399 Washington residents might be very happy to hear from the Internal Revenue Service just about now.The IRS is trying to track down taxpayers who are still owed a refund from their 2009 tax return, and says it owes those Washington residents a refund ...
Grocers, Unions Reach Tentative Agreement
Four grocers have reached a tentative agreement with Western Washington unions, possibly avoiding a Thanksgiving week grocery workers’ strike.Tom Geiger, communications director for United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 21, said a tentative agreement was reached Saturday between Allied Employers and UFCW 21, UFCW 81 and Teamsters 38.Allied Employers represented ...
Stories for Friday, November 19
Man Shot In Skyway Early Friday Morning
A 33-year-old man was shot and injured in Skyway early Friday morning and has been released from the hospital, the King County Sheriff's Office said. There have been no arrests in the shooting, however.The shooting happened at about 2:35 a.m. in the parking lot of the Afriq Club at 12619 ...
2 Wounded In Renton During Barrage Of Gunfire
Two people suffered gunshot wounds during a shootout at a Renton apartment complex Friday afternoon.Terry Vickers of the Renton Police Department said the shooting took place at the building in the 10400 block of Southeast 174th Street at 12:21 p.m.Vickers said 20 to 60 rounds were fired by two people ...
Foes Of Ref. 71 Get May 31 Trial Date To Seek Permanent Ban On Signature Releases
The Washington Secretary of State's office released this statement on the ongoing Referendum 71 signatures court battle on Friday:Foes of Washington's new "everything but marriage" domestic partnership law have received a May 31 trial date in U.S. District Court in Tacoma as they seek a permanent ban on releasing the ...
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