Unless youre into high fecal bacteria levels in the water.
It's supposed to be nice later today... just don't go swimming at Freeland County Park beach. Department of Ecology

Whidbey Island's Freeland County Park Beach Is Closed for Swimming: Public health officials have "issued a no contact health advisory" for Freeland County Park beach "due to high fecal bacteria levels in the water." Residents of the island have been through this before. Kinda makes sense when you look at the shape of this body of water. Brings a certain incident at Lake Washington to mind.

It's Supposed to Be 71 Degrees and Sunny Later Today: That might not sound like much, but it's warmer than the rest of the weekend. Happy Juneuary.

Another Architectural Sphere Is Planned for Seattle's Skyline: It's similar to those spheres Amazon is constructing, except this dome will be 500 feet above the street, at Third and Virgina.

Scene of a successful rescue yesterday.
Scene of a successful rescue yesterday. RomanKhomlyak/Getty Images

A Man Was Successfully Rescued by Helicopter on Mount Rainier Yesterday: The experienced climber and Canadian cop is being treated for hypothermia.

Expect Traffic to Get Even Worse for a While: Especially on I-5 and I-90, where the Washington State Department of Transportation has three different lane-closure projects planned this weekend. WSDOT "is expecting miles-long backups—and this is only the first of six weekends of road construction work."

Classes Are Still Cancelled Today at Evergreen State College: Following a "direct threat" made by phone yesterday in the wake of demonstrations at the school last week.

A Snoqualmie Soldier Who Faked His Way Into Getting a Purple Heart: Got sentenced to three years in prison yesterday.

Governor Inslee: the president’s actions are a shameful rebuke to the work needed to protect our planet.
Governor Inslee: "The president’s actions are a shameful rebuke to the work needed to protect our planet." Karen Ducey/Getty Images

Governor Inslee Announced Yesterday: Washington State is joining a "climate alliance" with New York and California. "While the president’s actions are a shameful rebuke to the work needed to protect our planet for our children and grandchildren, states have been and will continue to step up,” Inslee said.

King County Executive Dow Constantine: "I never imagined that an American President could make himself the greatest threat to our survival. But here we are. This goes well beyond simple ignorance. It is willful, knowing sabotage of the nation and the planet. It is arson for the benefit of polluters and special interests. And we pay the bill—with our health and our children's future."

Mayor Ed Murray: "Seattle will fill the void left by President Trump by keeping our commitments to the Paris Agreement. Seattle will pass a resolution affirming this commitment and signaling our readiness to create a cleaner, healthier environment."

More Reactions: "It’s a stupid and reckless decision," Bill McKibben writes in the New York Times, "our nation’s dumbest act since launching the war in Iraq. But it’s not stupid and reckless in the normal way. Instead, it amounts to a thorough repudiation of two of the civilizing forces on our planet: diplomacy and science."

Krugman: "As Donald Trump does his best to destroy the world’s hopes of reining in climate change, let’s be clear about one thing: This has nothing to do with serving America’s national interest."

French President Emmanuel Macron: Be still my beating heart.


Meanwhile: Vox has gathered footage of Republicans changing their tune over time on climate change, leading up to the president's announcement yesterday.