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Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Seattle's the kind of

city where it's easy to expect to be a forever renter. Home prices just seem to go up and up and up.

One alternative is to be a home co-owner

with one or more friends or even strangers.

Jessica Fu is here from The Seattle Times

to tell us about this rising Seattle trend.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Starting today, Alaska Airlines is offering nonstop flights to Tokyo. The Seattle-based Airlines expanding list of destinations is a result of Alaska's merger with Hawaiian Airlines,

which is already operating in Japan.

Alaska will begin nonstop flights to Seoul, South Korea in September.

If you've got an opinion, tonight is your chance to weigh in on the proposal to renew a $1.3 billion

education and child care levy in the city.

You may remember the levy would add hundreds of seats to Seattle's preschool program

and fund mental health support for K-12 students, among other initiatives.

Tonight's public hearing before the Seattle City Council begins at 5.

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