News Stories for March 2011
Stories for Tuesday, March 29
Anti-Tunnel Group Submits Signatures For Ballot Measure; City Attorney Sues
A Seattle citizens group marched to City Hall on Tuesday to demand a vote on the planned tunnel that would replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct as the City Attorney filed a lawsuit on the same topic.Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes filed a complaint to ask the King County Superior Court ...
Teen Says She Was Bullied Into Fight Caught On Camera
A Marysville teenager said that peer pressure and bullying led her into a fight caught on video.The video of Friday's fight between 13-year-old Sierra Spencer and another teenage girl was posted on YouTube.Spencer's bruised face showed the aftermath of the fight while other teens were cheering it on.Spencer's mother, Kenis ...
Suspicious Fire Destroys House, Trailer In Edgewood
A suspicious fire destroyed a mobile home and trailer in Edgewood Tuesday morning.East Pierce Fire and Rescue responded to 106th Avenue Court East before 2 a.m.KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Rick Price arrived on the scene a few minutes later.Price reported that the fire flattened a double-wide mobile home and a ...
Stories for Monday, March 28
Mother Alerts School To Sex Offender Near North Thurston Bus Stop
Beginning Tuesday, some elementary students in the North Thurston School District will be getting dropped off near the home of a sex offender convicted of molesting a young girl. The revelation wouldn't have come to light if it hadn't been for a parent who looked up the location on an ...
Couple Describes Fighting Brutal Attack
An 80-year-old man and his wife told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that they fought back against an attacker who beat the couple in their North Seattle condo over the weekend. Police said the man accused of bludgeoning the couple with the butt of a BB gun is a stranger who ...
Seattle-Area Residents React To Obama's Libya Policy
Western Washington residents are reacting to the Obama administration's Libya policy.Some say military intervention is a big mistake; others say it's vital in order to prevent a bloodbath."That sounds a lot like Saddam (Hussein); it sounds like a lot of actions we've taken that have drawn out for years and ...
Granite Falls Councilman Jailed In Brawl With Renter
A Granite Falls city councilman was arrested after a dispute involving a man who rents a room at the councilman’s home escalated into violence.According to a Snohomish County police document, Councilman Wesley Roeder was arrested early Monday for investigation of assault and drug charges.Police said they were called to the ...
West Seattle Businesses Help Raise Money For Japan
A West Seattle business owner is counting up donations from more than two dozen businesses in the area after organizing a relief campaign for survivors of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami."When we see other great communities that are impacted globally, this community really gives," said West Seattle For Japan organizer ...
Driver Found Dead, Pinned Under Overturned Van
Firefighters and medics responding to reports of a crash found a man dead, pinned under an overturned van on the grounds of a youth camp in the Longbranch area of Key Peninsula on Sunday afternoon, said Pierce County Fire Department #16.The mail carrier-type van was on its right side, with ...
VIDEO: Nordstrom's 'Light Writing' At Downtown Seattle Store
Nordstrom's flagship store in downtown Seattle has installed a new display that allows passers-by to use a large window as a touchscreen with which to write messages in light.From the Nordstrom blog: With the help of Kinect’s infrared technology and their technical genius, our teams created a seamlessly interactive display ...
Tacoma Rape Victim Spots Attacker As She Reports Crime
A woman who said she was abducted and raped while walking in downtown Tacoma identified her attacker when he drove past police as she was reporting the crime. Tacoma police Officer Mark Fulghum said the woman was walking downtown near Bates Technical College and the public library Saturday night when ...
White Powder At Gates Foundation Offices Turns Out To Be Nothing
A hazmat situation Monday at a building housing the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Elliott Avenue turned out to be nothing, the Seattle Fire Department said.Workers in the Gates Foundation's air-pressure sealed mail room opened a package that had a book in it, and they felt a powdery substance ...
Alaska Airlines Apologizes To Mileage Plan Members
Alaska Airlines sent the following apology via e-mail to its Mileage Plan members on Monday after a massive computer glitch canceled about 150 flights Saturday, which affected nearly 12,000 travelers. Dear valued customer,We want to offer our profound apologies to you and the thousands of other customers who were affected ...
Destroyer U.S.S. Shoup Returns To Everett Home Port
The U.S.S. Shoup, a guided missile destroyer that played a big role in breaking up pirate attacks on boats in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, returned to its Everett home port on Monday.The ship left last September and is the last of the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to return ...
Work Begins On Major Southcenter-Area Construction Project
A months-long construction project in the Southcenter area of Tukwila involving two major intersections and Interstate 5 off ramps started on Monday.The construction, known as the Southcenter Access Project, is a major reconstruction of Southcenter Parkway between Strander Boulevard and Tukwila Parkway between Westfield Southcenter Mall and I-5.The work will ...
Bangor Submarine Protesters Sentenced To Prison
Five anti-war activists who cut through fences at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to protest submarine nuclear weapons were sentenced Monday in federal court in Tacoma. The five, whose names are listed below, were convicted of conspiracy, trespass and destruction of government property.They received the following sentences: 82-year-old Jesuit priest Bill Bichsel ...
Stories for Sunday, March 27
Snowboarder Killed In Avalanche At Stevens Pass Identified
Family and friends have identified the man killed in an avalanche at Stevens Pass as Riley McCarthy, a University of Washington student.The 20-year-old was snowboarding in an out-of-bounds part of the Stevens Pass ski area in a region known as Cowboy Mountain when he was caught in an avalanche, hit ...
Local 'Saky Sacks' Bags To Be Featured At CMAs
Local company “Saky Sacks” will have its product featured as the gift bag for performers, presenters and VIP’s at the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 3.The company’s eco-friendly reusable tote bags have recently become a celebrity favorite.They are marketed as versatile, functional and stylish by founder Rupa Wickrama. ...
State Agencies Closed Monday For Temporary Layoff
A widespread shutdown of Washington state agencies as a result of budget shortfalls will take place on Monday.Last year, the state legislature passed and Gov. Chris Gregoire signed into law Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 6503. The law requires that certain state agencies close on the 10 days specified in the ...
Police: Couple Bludgeoned In North Seattle Assault
Police said they believe a couple was bludgeoned by the stock of a rifle after a man forced his way into their North Seattle apartment on Saturday.Police said officers responded to a call before 5 p.m. Saturday reporting a man trying to break into a number of fourth-floor apartments in ...
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