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Seattle Now

Friday Evening Headlines

Seattle Now

KUOW News and Information

Daily News, News

4.7670 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Garfield students and parents call for solutions to gun violence, WA covid cases are rising, and Seattle's getting a new park on Saturday. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy.

Tell us about your favorite underrated hike in the Puget Sound region! Record a voice memo and email it to seattlenow@kuow.org. Tell us your name, your favorite hike, and why you love it. We may use your comments on a future episode of Seattle Now!
 
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening from the KUOW Newsroom.

0:05.0

This is Seattle now.

0:07.0

I'm Patricia Murphy.

0:09.0

Hey, before we get started, quick request.

0:12.0

Please tell us about your favorite hikes in the Northwest.

0:16.0

You know, the trail with something special,

0:18.0

that's a little off the beaten path.

0:20.0

We're planning an episode and want to hear all about your favorite, less known, less crowded

0:25.7

hikes. You don't have to give us your super secret spot or anything, but you know, tell us

0:31.6

the one you'd pass on to your cool work buddy. Just record a voice memo that includes your name,

0:37.1

your favorite underrated hike,

0:38.8

and what you love about it. You can email all that to Seattle now and kUOW.org. We'll put all this

0:45.7

info in the show notes too. Here are today's top stories. It's Friday, June 7th.

1:00.3

About 100 parents, students, and community members gathered outside Seattle's Garfield High School today. They gathered to grieve the 17-year-old fatally shot yesterday in the

1:06.3

school's parking lot. Families are calling on the district and the city to do more to prevent gun violence,

1:13.0

especially among young people. Alyssa Marse says she worries about her teenager and everything

1:19.4

he's yet to process. It's normalized in this generation and he's like, I'm okay, I'm safe, and I'll be fine.

1:30.2

But really, the long-term trauma is something he couldn't even fathom yet.

1:35.6

And he's fine today, but what about tomorrow or the next day?

1:40.0

Marsh's son was planning to start ninth grade at Garfield in the fall.

1:43.9

Now he's refusing because Garfield in the fall.

1:48.4

Now he's refusing because of violence in the neighborhood and guns in school.

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