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Seattle man shot 3 times, family pleads for tips

SEATTLE – A 21-year-old man who was shot three times during a chaotic confrontation near Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Belltown #CrimePublicsafety #KingCounty #Seattle #UnitedStates #Us #USA #wa
https://www.newsbeep.com/725791/

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :(

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :(

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :(

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :(

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

Last week I highlighted really terrible SARS-CoV2 concentration numbers from the West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average for 8/25, but said, maybe this is a crazy outlier, let's see next week's numbers. Well, they're in, and the updated numbers are quite, quite bad. These calculations of the 7DRA were done on 8/30 and 9/1, and they are by far the worst numbers we've seen in a year (which is as far back as the dataset goes). :( :( :(

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Seattle biz owner brings back World Cup energy for Seahawks https://www.byteseu.com/2349271/ #Energy #KingCounty #Lifestyle #News #NFL #PioneerSquare #Seahawks #seattle #ThingsToDo #US #Wa

Pinehurst Station (served by the :soundtransit_one_line: and :soundtransit_two_line: lines between Northgate and Shoreline South stations) opens September 30th.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/when-seattles-next-light-rail-station-will-open/

#seattle #LightRail #1Line #2Line #SoundTransit #KingCounty

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is, well, sucky. The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/25. The only thing I can say about this is that this running average was just bouncing around, but then completely busted out in the two days from 8/23 to 8/25. It will be good to get some more data points next week to tell us if this is some super crazy outlier or not.

Also, you might notice the banner above the graph that says: "The CDC updated how it measures wastewater viral activity level (WVAL) in August 2026. Our dashboard currently uses the previous method while we work to incorporate these new updates." WVALs are the CDC categories used to describe very high/high/moderate/low/very low virus detection levels, and they get a fair amount of criticism because the category recalculations result in changing baselines that obscure year-over-year trends. I believe these WVAL categories get used in the state's "Statewide view" tab, so the CDC changes will affect that. By contrast, the facility-level graphs that I post each week are linearly-scaled graphs of seven day running averages of detected concentration levels. Whatever happens with the WVAL category definitions, it won't affect this facility-level reporting.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Island Soul Carries a Family Tradition of Food, Entrepreneurship and Community https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/19666/ #AfricanAmericanCommunity #BlackBusinesses #BlackCommunity #CityOfSeattle #education #IslandSoulRestaurant #KingCounty #PackTheHouseCampaign #Seattle #SeattleMedium #SoulFoodKitchen #SoulFoodKitchens #SoulFoodRestaurant #SoulFoodRestaurants #TheSeattleMedium #TheoMartin

A friend of mine was scared today by a scammer pretending to be with the local Sheriff's dept claiming he had a warrant for her arrest over failing to show for jury duty and she'd go to jail if she didn't immediately pay him $3k.*

It's apparently a very common scam in Seattle right now.

The King County Sheriff's office is very clear they do NOT demand payments over the phone.

Also, Failure to Appear for Jury Duty is a misdemeanor in WA and will never carry a threat of incarceration. It involves a fine payable only at the courthouse.**

*She realized it was a scam in time to not hand over financial data, thankfully. But was still worried about "But what is there IS a warrant..." There is not.

** Which isn't to say you shouldn't observe your jury summons as the only penalty is financial. You should. It's fundamental to society and one of the few parts of the US government that seems to still be functioning.

#KingCounty #Seattle #Scams

We did! We got a LOT more than forecast, too. I think the last Wunderground forecast I saw was 4.3mm and we got 4.3 times that lol

#wawx #northshore #KingCounty

Greetings, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average climbed up some more from last week's numbers. The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/18. PS, it looks like the data for the ~ six week outage early this summer got backfilled for all three sites.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistica. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at
@WADeptHealth

Seattle restaurant listed among best new spots of 2026 https://www.diningandcooking.com/restaurants/15268/ #BestRestaurant #BestRestaurants #Food&Drink #KingCounty #Lifestyle #news #Seattle #Us #Wa

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7 day running average is higher. Looks like a (for now, modest) summer wave is upon us :( The last 7DRA calculation was on 8/11.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Tiffani Lennon at Legal Voice wrote about why Brian Heywood’s anti-trans sports ban initiative on the ballot this November will threaten all women and girls in Washington

#Women #Woman #Sports #Rights #discrimination #gender #Wa #Washington #KingCounty #KingCountyMetro #Seattle #Trans #Vote #LegalVoice #ACLU

https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/the-ballot-initiative-to-ban-trans-girls-from-sports-in-washington-will-threaten-all-women-and-girls/

@divestspd
#Seattle #Bellevue #KingCounty

If you thought people in Laurelhurst were freaks for calling the cops about "suspicious persons" walking their dogs, check out what's happening in Bellevue.

#Seattle #Bellevue #KingCounty #WA #Police

I recently added an advert for my wife's reboot of her real estate career to Full Moon Storytelling.

She specializes in King and Pierce Counties in Washington.

#RealEstate #Washington #KingCounty #PierceCounty

Hello, it’s the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots.

A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

The West Point (WSPT) sewage treatment plant's 7-Day running average of the Sars-CoV-2 levels went down a bit and then went up a bit. The last data are from 7/21.

WSPT is one of three King County(-ish) sewersheds in this dataset. You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Time to remind all #Seattle and #KingCounty book lovers that the two library systems have a reciprocity agreement and you can check out books from *both* libraries if you live in either service area!

In addition, both SPL and KCLS have reciprocity agreements with other regional libraries, including Sno-Isle, Tacoma, and many more.

https://www.spl.org/using-the-library/get-started/get-started-in-english/en-get-started-with-a-library-card/en-library-card-application/reciprocal-agreements

https://kcls.org/interlocal-agreements/

If you are in WA but outside of the Seattle Library's area, they also offer a 1-year paid membership.

#libraries

Beyond The 100-Year Flood - Probabilistic Flood Hazard Assessment For King And Pierce Counties Under Future Climate Scenarios
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-3231-2026 <-- shared #openacess paper
--
[part of my old stomping ground as an engineering geologist]
H/T @Kees Nederhoff
“Flood maps are usually built from a single design storm. For King and Pierce Counties in the Pacific Northwest (USA), [the authors] tried the opposite - simulate 82 years of actual coastal and river conditions (plus 18 synthetic years) with SFINCS and let the statistics fall out cell by cell. That took about 5,400 yearly simulations and 194,000 CPU hours on USGS's Hovenweep HPC. Worth it!
The design-event shortcut turns out to hide a real hazard. A deterministic 10-year event underestimated flood depths by up to half a meter compared to the continuous runs.
The bigger surprise [to the authors] was how one-sided the climate signal is. One metre of sea level rise takes King County's expected annual flooded area from 161 --> 787 hectares, almost a factor of five. Changes in storminess over the same horizon barely register. And somewhere between 100 and 150 cm of SLR, land that never floods today starts flooding fast. If you plan adaptation in Puget Sound, that threshold matters more than any single return-period map.
[They] also propose Expected Annual Flooded Area (EAFA) as a probability-weighted alternative to the binary "inside or outside the 100-year zone" label…”
#USGS #supercomputing #Hovenweep #HPC #coast #coastal #PNW #Seattle #PacificNorthwest #risk #hazard #riskmanagement #model #modeling #CFRM #deterministic #probabilistic #climatechange #extremeweather #fedscience #WA #KingCounty #PierceCounty #WashingtonState #USA #flood #flooding #compoundflooding #floodmaps #SFINCS #storm #weather #climate #climatechange #rainfall #precipitation #sealevel #sealevelrise #SLR #100yearflood #floodhazardmapping #returnperiods #pluvial #fluvial #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #remotesensing #streamgage #history #historicflooding #projections #predictions
#USGS

Though the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater sampling has apparently resumed this week, there's a note up on the dashboard saying that the reporting won't start until July 22nd. That's about six weeks of no wastewater data on respiratory pathogens for the entire state, welp. I'm very disappointed.

DoH's site: https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater

The students had been preparing stories, digital art, and songs about what it was like coming to the United States, and they crafted a performance called “Multilingual Musical Migration Stories” to share their pride for their cultural traditions and each other.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-students-pay-tribute-deported-friend-celebrate-immigrant-experience
#KUOW #News #Immigration #KingCounty #Education #Music

Seattle and King County officials announced Wednesday they intend to downsize the scope and responsibilities of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. The five-year-old agency has faced heavy scrutiny following a damning financial audit. Officials said the agency’s response has been “insufficient” to correct the recent findings of mismanagement.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/after-damning-audit-officials-yank-most-funding-from-king-county-regional-homelessness-authority
#KUOW #News #Government #Homeless #KingCounty #Seattle

Iran, Egypt teams arrive in Seattle ahead of match

SEATTLE – The Iranian men’s national soccer team will depart Mexico for Seattle on Wednesday after U.S. officials…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #Iran #KingCounty #Seattle #Us #wa #WorldCup
https://www.newsbeep.com/607789/

Hi, these are the weekly #washingtonstate #kingcounty (that is, #seattle and environs) #COVID #COVID19 #wastewater toots. A quick reminder that this King County respiratory disease data comes from Washington State, not the federal government.

So, ugh, this is not good: all of the Washington State wastewater data are not being updated. The note isn't making any promises about when the reporting will resume. Since Seattle has about eighteen kajillion people coming here for the World Cup, it would be really great to have wastewater reporting up and running. 😬

You can find overviews, individual sewershed results, and a breakdown of variants for the state wastewater surveillance program, along with other metrics like case counts and hospitalizations for Covid-19 and other respiratory illnesses, at https://doh.wa.gov/data-and-statistical-reports/diseases-and-chronic-conditions/communicable-disease-surveillance-data/respiratory-illness-data-dashboard#WasteWater. If you go to the page and click "learn more" in the statewide view tab, you can find out lots of details about how these data are calculated and how to interpret them. The dashboard gets updated every Wednesday (generally). The Department of Health is here on the fediweb, at @WADeptHealth

Criminal charges accusing King County Assessor John Wilson of stalking his ex-fiancée Lee Keller have been dropped by the city of Seattle after Wilson's attorneys submitted a series of texts allegedly sent from Keller to Wilson in May.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/criminal-charges-dropped-against-king-county-assessor
#KUOW #News #KingCounty #Government #Crime #LawAndCourts #Crime

The King County Council has asked the county auditor to examine a controversial, $16 million program that puts community-based organizations in charge of juvenile criminal diversions.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-council-calls-for-audit-of-nonprofit-managed-juvenile-diversion
#KUOW #News #KidsAndParenting #YouthDetention #Crime #Crime #KingCounty

Daza (p)

Jimmy is a gum taster. He's paid to decide which flavors and textures are used for production. He also works as a coffee taster. He does coffee in the morning and gum chewing the rest of the day. It's pretty obvious where he does his gum tasting.

Post Alley, Seattle, Washington 2016
Full-size image: https://flic.kr/p/F6xzdC

#Daza #Hogwash_Book_Twenty_Three #HogwashBookTwentyThree #gum #Post_Alley #PostAlley #Seattle #Washington #King_County #KingCounty #Hogwash #photography

One issue: DCYF’s transfer of 43 men in their early 20s from Green Hill to an adult prison.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/juvenile-rehab-conflict-lands-dcyf-in-multiple-courts
#KUOW #News #Race #Crime #RaceAndEquity #LawAndCourts #KingCounty #KidsAndParenting

A King County Superior Court judge held the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in contempt of court Friday for failing to transfer an 18-year-old convicted of robbery to a state juvenile rehabilitation facility.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-judge-finds-state-agency-in-contempt-for-keeping-teen-in-adult-jail
#KUOW #News #LawAndCourts #KidsAndParenting #JuvenileCrime #Olympia #KingCounty

The King County Council will consider its official stance on jailing some youths for serious crimes, four years after Executive Dow Constantine pledged to end juvenile detention.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-council-will-consider-its-official-stance-on-the-future-of-the-yo
#KUOW #News #Seattle #Corrections #KingCounty #Crime #KidsAndParenting #JuvenileCrime #DowConstantine #Race #RaceAndEquity

There is concern and confusion in King County courts after a surprising decision from the state to suspend intakes of juvenile offenders at two correctional facilities due to overcrowding. Instead, youths sentenced to long-term confinement will remain under county oversight until further notice, the state Department of Children, Youth &amp; Families (DCYF) told county officials Friday.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/conflict-and-confusion-after-state-suspends-intake-for-convicted-juveniles
#KUOW #News #KingCounty #Corrections #Crime #KidsAndParenting

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has started notifying schools when students are charged with felonies involving guns. The Safer Schools Strategy began this school year, partly in response to campus shootings.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-prosecutors-have-notified-schools-of-69-felony-gun-charges-against-students
#KUOW #News #Guns #KingCounty #SchoolShooting #Police #KidsAndParenting #SchoolsAndEducation #Crime

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is having trouble meeting its goals, a county report shows.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/community-diversion-program-for-youths-struggles-to-meet-goals
#KUOW #News #Police #JuvenileCrime #KidsAndParenting #Crime #Race #KingCounty #Corrections #RaceAndEquity

As juvenile crime rates surge in King County, there is little consensus over what is causing the trend or how to respond to it.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/juvenile-crime-is-up-in-king-county-officials-can-t-agree-about-how-to-handle-it
#KUOW #News #KidsAndParenting #Seattle #Crime #KingCounty

Advocates for sexual assault survivors say King County is letting too many defendants plead guilty to lesser charges - often, to non-sex-crimes.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/too-many-king-county-sex-crime-convictions-are-pleaded-down-to-lesser-crimes-advocates-say
#KUOW #News #Crime #KingCounty #Crime #KidsAndParenting #Government #SexualAssault

Fawsia Diriye, a child care provider in Kent, has been waiting on $1,400 from King County to cover some of her clients’ monthly bills. The payments are part of the Best Starts for Kids levy that King County voters approved in 2021.
Diriye is among 330 childcare providers the county said were missing payments for the children they serve.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/king-county-says-contractor-failed-to-pay-1-1-million-to-child-care-providers
#KUOW #News #Government #KingCounty #Government #KidsAndParenting

One teenager's charges for allegedly stealing cars using a simple trick popularized on TikTok technique raises questions about how to handle the flood of recent youth car theft cases - especially when they land in adult court.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/viral-teen-car-theft-trend-has-some-seattle-kia-boys-facing-adult-consequences
#KUOW #News #Crime #JuvenileCrime #Corrections #Crime #KidsAndParenting #KingCounty