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Hey, good morning. I'm Paige Browning. It's Thursday. This is Seattle Now.

The Seattle Supersonics are coming back. Okay, maybe not just yet, but it's hard not to get excited at the news that just came down from the National Basketball Association.

Seattle now's Vaughn Jones joins us to talk about the NBA's long-awaited comeback to Seattle.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has made waves over surveillance cameras, and now she's opening the

conversation to the public. Wilson recently halted plans to install more police surveillance cameras

except for in the stadium district, where she's allowing 26 more to go up ahead of the

Soccer World Cup this summer. Those will not be turned on unless there's a credible threat.

Wilson will be at Town Hall Seattle at 6 o'clock Friday night,

and will take questions from the audience.

You have to register in advance to go.

It's not just the NBA expansion news lighting up sports fans this week.

Baseball's back.

Tonight's opening night for the Mariners. The M's are coming

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