A New Chief for SPD: The Seattle Police Division’s new boss shall be sworn into the function Friday. Shon Barnes is the previous chief in Madison, Wisconsin, a a lot smaller metropolis than Seattle with a police division half as huge. He labored in Greensboro, N.C. as an officer and commander earlier than that. Barnes, who has a doctorate in administration and was a historical past instructor, might be a much-needed recent perspective for our friends over at SPD. Or, at the least that is what the general public relations messaging says. So long as he would not allegedly harass girls and have a secret affair with one among his underlings or bungle a complete protest response as his most up-to-date predecessors did, Barnes could already be a step forward.
Rely Your Days, Tipsy Drivers: The invoice that might decrease the authorized blood alcohol content material (BAC) restrict from .08 to .05 and cut back impaired driving deaths superior out of Olympia’s Senate Legislation & Justice Committee into the Senate Transportation Committee the place lawmakers heard testimony Thursday. Subsequent week the Home Committee on Neighborhood Security will vote on it. That is the third 12 months the invoice has been put ahead. Every year, it dies. Will that occur this 12 months? Keep tuned.
If You are a Visible Learner: Here is what the snow system seems to be like.
Decision issues!
A peek at varied forecasting fashions for❄️on floor by midday Sunday:1) American mannequin, breaking terrain into 25km squares…blobby
2) European, 9km…higher element
3) Graf, 4km…good focus that accounts for our complicated marine/mountain locale
ALL present low ❄️. pic.twitter.com/Obpku1oO1U— Shannon O’Donnell (@ShannonODKOMO) January 31, 2025
Potential Filicide in Beacon Hill: Police have arrested a 29-year-old mom over suspicions she could have killed her 14-year-old son. Officers responded to a home violence name and located the boy with a number of accidents and unresponsive.
Gentle Rail Involves Redmond: On Could 10, downtown Redmond’s two-station gentle rail section will open. The stations mark the japanese terminus of Sound Transit’s 2 line and the primary accomplished a part of ST3, the poll measure handed 9 years in the past. As The Urbanist factors out, the opening of those stations “units the stage for the complete extension of the two Line throughout Lake Washington into Seattle and as much as Lynnwood.” Sound Transit remains to be planning for that to occur in 2025, a timeline pushed again after development points led to delays.
The D.C. Aircraft Crash Useless: All 67 aboard each the American Airways flight and the Military helicopter that collided Wednesday are useless. Among the many passengers of the airplane have been 14 members of the determine skating neighborhood together with two teenage skaters, their moms, and their coaches. A bunch of hunters coming back from a searching journey perished as effectively. Mother and father, college students, a gaggle of union members, and two Chinese language nationals have been additionally killed. Right here is footage of now-deceased 13-year-old Jinna Han skating,
Yesterday we misplaced so many vibrant skills, amongst them 13 12 months previous Jinna Han. Each testimony about Jinna regards her as a selfless, constructive, and very laborious working individual. Jinna would’ve turned junior subsequent season and we honour her and her immense expertise at present 🕊️ pic.twitter.com/PbUTyo2Ivt
— jr skaters archive (@jrskating) January 30, 2025
In the meantime: And not using a shred of proof, Donald Trump blamed the crash on variety initiatives. He then signed an govt order after the crash to “cease woke insurance policies in federal aviation.”
That is Journalism: Reporters pushed again on Trump’s claims that variety was accountable. You’ll be able to learn the complete transcript right here. Trump is a blowhard and his rhetoric, speaking about how variety inhibits “superior brainpower,” is harmful. It have to be pushed again on, even when the individuals who most have to suppose critically about Trump and his actions, the Fox Information acolytes, by no means will.
A fast examine on how the FAA started a pilot program throughout Trump’s first time period to rent air visitors controllers with the situations that he criticized yesterday. pic.twitter.com/m0k4iAsq6s
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 31, 2025
Gird Your self for Greater Costs: Trump mentioned he’ll impose 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico beginning Saturday.
Management Purge at FBI: Six senior FBI leaders have been ordered to “retire, resign, or be fired.” They need to achieve this by Monday. The leaders ranked on the govt assistant director degree or particular agent in cost degree. They oversee cyber, nationwide safety, and legal investigations. The transfer triggered consternation contained in the bureau since none of those leaders have been concerned in investigating Trump for any of his varied crimes. Nonetheless, the ousting is a part of a Trump plan to push out leaders promoted by the previous FBI director, Christopher Approach. The tons of of brokers who did examine Trump and the Jan. 6 rebel stay fearful that they are going to be subsequent as Trump continues to ship retribution to a company that tried to carry him accountable to the legislation.
Once more, No Alternative however to Stan: Costco, proving but once more it’s a retailer for the folks, will elevate its wages for hourly employees in most US shops to $30. I say we should always all have Costco scorching canine for lunch at present.
Welsh Girl Harasses Boyfriend’s Ex by way of Fart: A 25-year-old lady in Wales was sentenced to12 months of neighborhood service and a £100 positive after she despatched a number of movies of herself smirking and farting—panning the digicam right down to her butt for the fart—to her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend.
A Nirvana Reunion for Your Friday: Effectively, as a lot of a reunion as we’ll ever get. The band performed to lift cash for Los Angeles fireplace aid.
