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This is Seattle now.

I'm Paige Browning. Here are our top stories of the day. It's

Thursday, July 24th. Starting with slimming down the program meant to keep kids out of jail.

King County has announced new limits on the use of this signature program called Restorative Community Pathways. We'll call it RCP from here on.

The county prosecutor had been sending youth accused of misdemeanors and low-level felonies to

RCP, but now prosecutor Lisa Mannion says some of those youth are reoffending at too high a rate.

New analysis found that of the youth that committed felonies and went to diversion instead of

jail, more than half reoffended within two years.

Because of that and because we have discretion, I made the decision to temporarily pause

felony referrals into RCP.

Recidivism for misdemeanor offenses was lower at 37%. Program leaders say more data is needed.

We will have much more on this on Monday morning's episode of Seattle Now.

In news where immigration meets art, the Thing music festival has canceled one of its days this year,

specifically the day showcasing Latinx and Spanish language musicians. Thing is a multi-weekend

fest at Riminger Farms incarnation, but the August 16th lineup is scrapped now. Organizers say

they canceled it because of reduced ticket sales due to

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