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Health

Burien’s Sunnydale Village was a ‘safe community’ for over 60 homeless people. Now it’s gone

Dozens of unhoused people packed up their belongings in the rain this week in the parking lot of Burien’s Oasis Home Church. The camp, called Sunnydale Village, was home to at least 60 people who now have nowhere to go.
Casey Martin
Week in Review: cold weather, encampments, and the Tacoma Police Department

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with freelance journalist Joanne Silberner, Insider’s Katherine Long, and Seattle Times' investigations editor Jonathan Martin.
Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt
Environment

At least 5 people in Seattle died from hypothermia during the extreme cold

King County officials report at least five people have died in Seattle since Thursday due to exposure to extreme cold. Subfreezing temperatures and a bit of snow hit Western Washington over the weekend as thousands of people struggle to survive outside.
Casey Martin
Homeless people in Seattle endure brutal winter cold, 'one night at a time'

Temperatures in Western Washington plummeted this week with daytime highs well below freezing. Some homeless people living outside in Seattle are finding shelter as beds open up.
Casey Martin
Would you pay $700k to discourage a homeless encampment? Washington state did by buying rocks

In city planning terms, “hostile architecture” is the practice of using spikes, or bike racks, or cement blocks — really anything — as a design choice to prevent people from loitering or laying down in public places. Sometimes hostile architecture is actually hostile landscaping.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
People experiencing homelessness in Burien sue city over camping ban

Three people experiencing homelessness in the city of Burien are suing the city for its ordinance that prohibits public camping. The complaint alleges Burien is criminalizing homelessness and infringing on peoples’ right to due process.
Casey Martin
Studies show link between food insecurity and housing instability

King County is seeing a surge in evictions this winter. That means families are also struggling to buy food.
Ruby de Luna
Week in Review: Burien, price tags, and an update on the trial of three Tacoma police officers

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Patrick Malone and David Kroman of The Seattle Times, and Publicola’s Erica Barnett.
Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt
Burien approves homeless hut shelter after months of debate

The Burien City Council this week accepted a $1 million offer from King County to open a pallet shelter near downtown. The council accepted the money hours before a midnight deadline, after first being offered the money months ago.
Casey Martin
Government

Burien strikes last-minute deal to open homeless shelter

As the weather gets colder and wetter, finding shelter for unhoused people around the Puget Sound is getting more urgent. But things are about to change for a camp of unhoused Burien residents: the city struck an eleventh-hour deal to open 70 shelter spaces there in collaboration with King County. The decision was controversial, and it won't end high tensions in the city over how to respond to homelessness. Publicola editor Erica Barnett is here to tell us what happens next, and what other cities can take away from the story in Burien.
Patricia Murphy

Jennie Cecil Moore

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