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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. It's Jeannie Yandel. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This week,

it's been a weird week for animals in the Seattle area. Keep a lookout for zebras near North Bend.

Car thefts in Washington have been skyrocketing over the past few years, so also keep an eye on your Kia.

And the Washington State Department of Transportation has a new employee, a drone designed to take down hard-to-reach graffiti.

Author Geraldine DeRoyter and Too Beautiful to Live podcast host Andrew Walsh are here to take down hard-to-reach graffiti. Author, Geraldine DeRoyter, and Too Beautiful to

Live podcast host Andrew Walsh are here to break down the week. But first, let's get you caught up.

The Seattle Storm play their first preseason game on Saturday against the Los Angeles Sparks.

But you'll need a passport to watch it in person.

They're playing in Edmonton, Canada. You can see the storm play another preseason game at

Climate Pledge on Tuesday, and the WNBA regular season tips off in Seattle on the 14th.

Sailors in the clip-around-the-world race are leaving Seattle today after being docked here for the past week.

The racers came from China and sailed all the way across the Pacific. Now they're headed to the

east coast of the U.S. through the Panama Canal. Seattle has been a stop in the race since 2017.

And if you're trying to get your Seattle look nailed down, you're going to want some KEXP shirts.

You're in luck there.

KEXP is hosting a spring cleaning event in the station's gathering space tomorrow where they're letting go of clothes, mugs, and other swag.

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