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Seattle Now

Casual Friday with Vivian McCall and Jas Keimig

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

This week… Wash-DOT began TWO YEARS worth of work on I-5. The University District lost its last movie theater And Sound Transit is making a big switch from cloth to vinyl seats. Stranger News Editor Vivian McCall and Arts and Culture Writer Jas Keimig are here to break down the week.

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0:22.8

Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Friday. This is Seattle now. This week,

0:29.4

Washdot began two years worth of work on I-5. The University District lost its last movie

0:34.7

theater, and Sound Transit is making a big switch from cloth to vinyl seats.

0:40.6

Stranger News Editor Vivian McCall and Arts and Culture Writer Jazz Kaimagar here to break down the week.

0:46.6

But first, let's get you caught up.

0:51.6

Seattle's annual marches to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day are this weekend. On Saturday,

0:57.0

the city hosts a march. It all starts at 11 a.m. at MLK Junior Memorial Park, with live

1:02.6

entertainment and speeches from youth. Then people will march to the Rainier Community Center.

1:07.9

There's also a rally in March on Monday, hosted by the MLK Jr. Organizing Coalition.

1:13.8

People will gather for that at 11 a.m. at Garfield High School. Just when we thought light rail

1:18.6

would save us from I-5 construction, more disruptions are happening this weekend for ongoing

1:24.4

maintenance in the downtown tunnel. Here are the times. tonight from 10 p.m. until the last train

1:30.6

of the night, then again Sunday from sun up until noon. As for where, no trains will run from the

1:37.8

Capitol Hill to Soto stations. Instead, shuttle buses will come for passengers every 15 minutes.

1:43.7

Mercifully, light rail maintenance is not happening on Saturday because of the Seahawks

1:48.5

playoff game.

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