Friday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2024
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Mayor Harrell announces new Seattle Police Chief, Starbucks workers go on strike, and how to make air travel less harmful to the environment. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:56.8 | Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. I'm Paige Browning, rolling into a busy pre-holiday weekend, |
| 1:02.9 | and we have a big show for you today. A note before we begin. Our team is taking some time to reset after today, but we've got a lot in store for you. From Monday the 23rd until the new year, |
| 1:08.6 | we're bringing you some of our favorite Seattle Now episodes from |
| 1:11.9 | 2024. Those episodes will come out each morning when the morning show usually does, but evening |
| 1:17.6 | headlines is going to take a holiday break. So from now until January 2nd, come along as we revisit |
| 1:24.4 | some riveting stories from the year and we'll tackle the news of 2025 when it |
| 1:29.9 | gets here. Okay, on to the show. Coming up, we'll take a look at some creative ways to reduce the |
| 1:36.1 | environmental impact of air travel. That's in a few minutes. But first, here's our roundup of |
| 1:41.8 | today's top stories. It's Friday, December 20th. |
| 1:47.1 | Today's big story, Seattle's getting a new police chief. Seattle mayor Bruce Harrell has announced his pick, appointing Sean Barnes to lead SPD next year. |
| 1:56.9 | Barnes is currently the chief of police in Madison, Wisconsin. He's gotten national attention recently due to the school shooting in Madison earlier this week. |
| 2:05.9 | Barnes will start in Seattle in January and will be interim chief until the city council confirms his appointment. |
| 2:12.8 | The current interim chief, Sue Rar, was appointed in May and was not a candidate for the job. |
| 2:19.2 | The labor beats hot as we end the year. |
| 2:21.4 | Starbucks workers in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Chicago are walking off the job today. |
| 2:26.6 | It's the start of a five-day strike targeting the busy holiday season. |
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