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Listen to the Consider This podcast from NPR. Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Monday. This is Seattle now. Seattle needs

more housing. That's a widely accepted reality. How and where we build that housing is a lot

thornier. Enter the one Seattle plan, the city's proposal to address our housing shortage. The

details are still getting worked out, and some people don't want these changes in their neighborhood,

while others argue it doesn't go far enough. I'll talk about that in a

minute, but first, let's get you caught up. The man charged with killing a metro bus driver in

December will be in court this morning. Richard Sitzlack will be arraigned in King County Superior Court

to enter his initial plea.

He's charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of Metro driver Sean Yim.

Sitzlack is being held on a $5 million bail.

State health officials have launched a new tracking system for weather-related health issues.

It's a public dashboard that shows heat and cold related illnesses,

smoke exposure, and other illnesses reported by hospitals. They put it out after a series of

extreme weather-related deaths in Washington in recent years. At least seven Seattleites died in January

2024 from hypothermia during extreme cold, and in June 2021, a heat wave

killed 400 people in Washington State. On a lighter note, tonight is Cracken Pride Night at

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