Friday Evening Headlines
Seattle Now
KUOW News and Information
4.7 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Mayor Harrell announces new public safety measures, UW President's home and car vandalized, and will Lake Washington Boulevard go car-free? It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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| 0:56.8 | Hey there from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle Now. I'm Paige Browning. Coming up, the ongoing battle to make some Seattle streets essentially car-free. We'll hear from neighbors on both sides, but first, here's a roundup of |
| 1:04.6 | today's top stories. It's Friday, November 15th. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has announced another new public safety measure. |
| 1:14.7 | He calls it Dat, the downtown activation team. |
| 1:19.3 | Harold chose Pike Place Market as the backdrop to launch this team today. |
| 1:23.5 | The Dat will build on a model of our unified care team. |
| 1:27.1 | And that is exactly what we learn from and what we can do when we have a unified team working together. |
| 1:33.2 | Harrell says the team will focus on keeping public spaces clean and reducing crime downtown. |
| 1:39.5 | The team involves nearly 15 city departments, emergency response teams, support services, and community groups. |
| 1:47.3 | The city tried a pilot program like this in September, which the mayor credits with a drop in |
| 1:52.7 | violent crime and emergency calls. Herald says he hopes to expand this to other neighborhoods eventually. |
| 1:59.0 | Seattle police are looking for people who allegedly |
| 2:01.6 | vandalized U-Dub President Annamari Kousei's property. People posted a video to Instagram |
| 2:07.3 | Wednesday night showing themselves apparently tagging Koussa's front door and vehicle with spray |
| 2:13.3 | paint. The messages included Free Palestine and suggestions that she is |
| 2:18.6 | complicit in genocide. The university |
| 2:21.0 | and President Koussa have come under |
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