What’s up, doc? E. coli is what’s up. It is within the carrots. Entire and child carrots farmed by Grimmway Farms are the supply of an E. coli outbreak in 18 states. Nationally, 39 folks have fallen ailing. Of these, 15 have been hospitalized and one has died. In Washington alone, eight folks have been contaminated, 5 of whom have been hospitalized.
In native beer information: Elysian Brewing, a Seattle pioneer within the craft beer scene since 1996, completely closed its Georgetown taproom final week, and its Georgetown manufacturing facility will shut for good on December 31. This closure comes after 33 employees within the Georgetown facility voted to unionize. Since then, they haven’t reached a contract cope with their proprietor, Anheuser-Busch, which bought the beer firm in 2015. May this sign the tip of Seattle-made Elysian beer? Do not panic but. Elysian’s Capitol Hill taproom and (a lot smaller) brewery will stay open and can obtain a $1.7 million funding. With the closure of the a lot greater Georgetown amenities, it is unclear what number of jobs shall be impacted. The Washington Beer Weblog reported 90 staff might lose their jobs, whereas a spokesperson for Elysian claimed all jobs could be secure.
A snowy winter forward? It’ll be soggy and moist all week. Maybe that moisture mixed with frigid temperatures will spawn moist snowflakes. Maybe it would stay rain. Regardless, we needs to be in for a wetter, colder, snowier winter than final yr.
Wouldn’t be stunned if there are some very moist snowflakes within the air tomorrow evening close to Seattle—on a few of the highest hills.
Gained’t have any impression, however may very well be a really temporary style of what’s hopefully a snowy winter ❄️to come back!
— Seattle Climate Weblog (@KSeattleWeather) November 18, 2024
Lethal capturing in U-District: A 31-year-old man was shot and killed on the 4500 block of Brooklyn Avenue NE in Seattle’s College District at round 10 p.m. on Saturday evening. Police arrested a 40-year-old suspect.
FOB Sushi Bar fiasco: TikTok meals reviewer Keith Lee stopped in at Belltown’s FOB Sushi Bar. His evaluation posted to his 16.5 million followers was pretty optimistic: Inexpensive, fairly good sushi, overcooked rice. Then, an eagle-eyed watcher noticed one thing they thought was off in his video. When you gradual it down, she says that whereas holding a Hamachi sushi roll as much as the digital camera, you’ll be able to see that one thing on the fish twitched. The TikToker thinks it was a worm. (Parasites are frequent in uncooked fish, and it is usually advisable that you simply freeze fish for a lot of days earlier than consuming it, to kill them.) The video went viral. FOB Sushi responded saying the worm rumor was false and that the motion within the video was not a worm. “The motion noticed within the fish might end result from pure elasticity or the strain of chopsticks when utilized to its construction,” Fob Sushi mentioned in a press release.
Nooooooooo…Keith Lee went to a preferred sushi bar in Seattle, FOB Sushi Bar, and there was a worm within the sashimi he was consuming! 🤮🤮🤮🤮
🚨🚨WARNING 🚨🚨
Do not watch the video for those who’re significantly squeamish pic.twitter.com/297SmxWUrH
— 🇰🇭Petty Tendergrass 🇰🇭 (@2nPac) November 15, 2024
Now let’s spend a while in cupboard appointment hell: First off, I am sorry. There’s merely an excessive amount of appointment information, possible by design. Effectively, let’s get into it. Pete Hegseth of the Nationwide Guard and Fox Information is President-elect Donald Trump’s decide for secretary of protection. Fellow Nationwide Guard service members reported Hegseth as a doable “Insider Risk” since he has a white supremacist tattoo on his bicep. Hegseth mentioned calling the tattoos symbols of white supremacy is “anti-Christian bigotry.” It additionally got here to gentle {that a} girl accused Hegseth of sexual assault in 2017. Trump’s decide for the Federal Communications Fee is Republican regulator Brendan Carr, who is anticipated to slash communications rules, go after Massive Tech, and strip TV information networks of their licenses. In Rep. Matt Gaetz information, Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson mentioned it might be a breach of protocol to launch the Home Ethics Committee report that investigated Gaetz for sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, amongst different transgressions.
No FBI background checks for these bozos: Trump’s picks won’t be present process commonplace FBI background checks and as a substitute will outsource background checks to personal investigators. The FBI checks for felony histories in addition to conflicts of curiosity. Trump bypassing that course of might make it simple for the Senate to approve his controversial picks. Plus, the disregard for the FBI is in keeping with Trump’s conspiracy that the company is a part of the “deep state” working to undermine him.
Now, a be aware from our Managing Editor, Megan Seling:
With love from one alt-newspaper to a different: Invoice Freeman, proprietor of FW Publishing and writer of Nashville’s alt-weekly the Nashville Scene died Sunday evening. The Scene reviews: “Invoice Freeman — the co-founder of Nashville-based actual property firm Freeman Webb, a Democratic Social gathering powerbroker, a former mayoral candidate and the proprietor of Nashville Scene father or mother firm FW Publishing — has died by suicide at his Inexperienced Hills dwelling.” Freeman and his enterprise associate Jimmy Webb bought the suite of publications—the Scene, the Nashville Publish, and Nfocus—in 2018. I labored on the Scene for years after I lived in Nashville. What an incredible group of sensible and hilarious weirdos preserving the spirit of the alt-weekly alive. Sending a lot of like to all my Scene, Publish, and Nfocus BFFs.
Thanks, Megan.
Damaged Spirit: Spirit Airways, the US’s greatest funds airline, filed for chapter on Monday.
Pig chase: The Tacoma Police Division had its palms full with a slippery hog when police responded to a name a couple of unfastened pig final week.
This week, our officers assisted with an uncommon “suspect”—a unfastened pig! After some fast considering (and a little bit of a chase), “Infamous P.I.G.” was safely captured and is now having fun with a comfy keep at The Rusty Bar Ranch. 🐷 #tacomapd #gritcitycops #NotoriousPIG #rustybarranch pic.twitter.com/vxjxyAIhCy
— Tacoma Police Division (@TacomaPD) November 15, 2024
Chicken flu in Oregon human: Oregon reported its first case of fowl flu in a human on Friday. The individual has connections to a poultry operation within the state the place 150,000 birds have the virus. To this point, nationwide, there are 52 confirmed instances of fowl flu in folks.
Monkey replace: Six of the 43 escaped lab monkeys stay at massive in South Carolina. In the meantime, three hours away from the place the monkeys escaped, two “feral and never educated” emus named Thelma and Louise are on the lam.
Alright, that is sufficient information—see ya! Image me strolling away precisely like this.
Joe Biden turns into the primary sitting US President to go to the Amazon Rainforest.
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— Pop Base (@popbase.television) November 17, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Oh, wait: Earlier than I really go away you, here is this:
