Mayor Durkan announces $5.9 billion budget: Thatâs an increase over this yearâs $5.6 billion. Durkan has allocated more money for transit and transportation. Part of that is because the city used less of the money from the Move Seattle levy than expected. Thereâs money for 120 new firefighter recruits and 40 more police officers.
Durkanâs budget sets aside $7 million for youth safety: Central District residents called on the mayorâs office to act after a wave of shootings in the area. Residents wanted more than just an influx of police officers into the area. Durkan will invest $7 million on youth safety programs.
FĂ©lix HernĂĄndez is now an American citizen: The Venezuelan pitcher and his wife became citizens at a naturalization ceremony Monday afternoon. He pitched the first perfect game in Marinersâ history.
Pitcher Felix Hernandez of the @Mariners becoming a US citizen just now. @KING5Seattle pic.twitter.com/Bf193Umsxz
â Michael Crowe (@MichaelReports) September 24, 2018
Is the King County Sheriffâs Department getting a gang unit? Who knows, but King County Executive set aside $842,000 for a gang unit in the proposed budget. Sheriff Mitzi Johanknecht seems on board. She plans on adding a sergeant and a detective to the gang unit. There was a gang-related shooting last week in Burien.
Stadium fans rejoice: The Seattle City Council unanimously approved the $700 million new arena at the Seattle Center. An NHL team could be here by 2020.
Alaska Airlines is bringing VR to 35,000 feet: In-flight entertainment hadnât yet reached its peak. For some first class Alaska Airlines passengers, itâs about to get elevated. Some flights between Seattle and Boston and Boston and San Diego will offer Virtual Reality headsets and noise-cancelling headphones. I donât have much more to say about this. I want to watch Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri in VR. Iâll take this space to share my best in-flight entertainment experience. It was an international flight. I ate part of an two-year-old homemade edible my older brother had smuggled on board. Then I watched Saving Private Ryan and cried a lot.
Ah, the ultimate defense:
#BREAKING: Kavanaugh: I was a virgin in high school and "many years after" https://t.co/9Qe1ivJCQv pic.twitter.com/seOZaCm1zp
â The Hill (@thehill) September 24, 2018
Reporters have located Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaughâs college roommate: This description, unfortunately, could be many peopleâs experiences in college. This also reminds me about when Ted Cruz was running for president and his old college roommate started sharing how much he hated living with Ted Cruz stories on Twitter. This is slightly different, however, because Kavanaugh has multiple sexual assault allegations against him and might become a justice on the Supreme Court. I love America.
James Roche continues re: roommate Brett #Kavanaugh at Yale and Ramirez accusation: "I did not observe the specific incident in question, but I do remember Brett frequently drinking excessively and becoming incoherently drunk." #abc7now #KavanaughConfirmation pic.twitter.com/7RjFd1tklW
â Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) September 24, 2018
Finally, tech companies are giving the people what they want: My DNA says I will like âCome on Eileenâ and all songs by âThe Killers.â
Ancestry is teaming up with Spotify to create playlists based on their user's DNA https://t.co/I4m3Y56BNU pic.twitter.com/SqIRdh3hMx
â Complex (@Complex) September 23, 2018
The white cop who shot the black man in his own apartment was fired: Amber Guyger is out of a job. She was formally dismissed by the Dallas Police Department. Guyger was off-duty when she entered an apartment she allegedly believed was her own and killed the man inside.
Construction on the Keystone XL pipeline will start next year: A U.S. State Department review found that major environmental damage from a leak would be unlikely and easy to fix. The developer of the pipeline will move forward with construction next year. However, thereâs still a federal lawsuit in Montana seeking to halt the project. Activists and protesters also have a pending lawsuit before the Nebraska Supreme Court.
Itâs only Monday but I donât think weâll top this headline, folks: 'Lion King' Puppet Technician Arrested After Allegedly Printing 3D Gun At Theater
In other weird theater news... The Paramount was pandemonium last night: Stranger Digital Editor Chase Burns witnessed a Catholic schoolboy doing a vogue-off before RuPaulâs Drag Race: Werq the World. It was not sanctioned by the show, but the audienceâoverflowing with gays and the suburban women who love themâwere LI-VING for it. Chase gave the voguing a 2/5 for its execution but an 8/5 for its tenacity which really makes it a 10/10.
the one without the hat told the crowd he goes to catholic school #werqtheworld #rpdr pic.twitter.com/MIWfXSa6xS
â Chase Burns (@chaseburnsy) September 24, 2018