Crime Viral teen car theft trend has some Seattle 'Kia Boys' facing adult consequences One teenager's charges for allegedly stealing cars using a simple trick popularized on TikTok technique raises questions about how to handle the flood of recent youth car theft cases - especially when they land in adult court. Ann Dornfeld
Health A safe RV lot in Bellevue took a year to set up, which may be longer than it lasts After a year of searching for the right service provider, Bellevue’s City Council agreed to a deal this week with a local nonprofit to run the city’s first parking lot for homeless people living in their vehicles. Casey Martin
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
Arts & Life Digital reading is on the rise in King County. How do I even do that? We recently reported that the King County Library System was the second most popular library across the United States, digitally. That inspired a great question from a reader: I'm paraphrasing, but they basica Katie Campbell
Law & Courts Group homes would replace youth jail in King County under plan to close detention center King County would replace its youth jail with a receiving center and network of group homes under recommendations from an advisory committee sent to the county council Wednesday. It’s the first plan announced for how the county might replace its controversial youth detention facility, which opened in 2020. Ann Dornfeld
Crime 'Astonishing' increase in car theft charges as juvenile criminal cases surge in King County Car theft charges brought against youth were up by more than 500% in King County last year. That’s just one of the charges driving a 61% increase in juvenile criminal bookings in 2023, including violent crime, gun possession and burglary. Ann Dornfeld
Politics Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda reflects on Seattle's past, and looks to King County's future Few people have made as big an impact on Seattle politics in recent years as outgoing City Councilmember and incoming King County Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda. Libby Denkmann Sarah Leibovitz
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
Environment King tides are coming. Is Seattle's South Park neighborhood ready? Tuesday Nov. 28 is the first king tide of the season.In South Park, business owners, residents and the government are hoping to avoid a repeat of last season's catastrophic flooding. Joshua McNichols
