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Immigrant families in Seattle seek sanctuary and safety as ICE threat looms

Since Trump took office Jan. 20, immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country. While the state of Washington is still a sanctuary for many, some immigrants are reconsidering how they navigate their daily lives.
- Gustavo Sagrero Álvarez
More officers hired, fewer shots fired: Seattle interim Police Chief Rahr optimistic as she exits

Sue Rahr’s interim role as Seattle Police Chief winds down this week as the city prepares to welcome Mayor Bruce Harrell’s nominee Shon Barnes, chief of police in Madison, WI, as the new head of the agency. Speaking with KUOW’s Soundside, Rahr said as she departs, she bl SPD is turning the corner on some of its biggest challenges after a “rough” several years.
- Libby Denkmann
Seattle City Council taps SPD crime prevention coordinator to fill District 2 seat

Solomon is a crime prevention coordinator with the Seattle Police Department, a position that seems to align him with the Council's public safety priorities.
- Katie Campbell
Juan Carlos Reyes reflects on 'decolonizing fiction' in 'Three Alarm Fire'

This is KUOW's book club, and we just finished reading Juan Carlos Reyes' fiction collection "Three Alarm Fire."
- Katie Campbell
Woof! Hundreds more dogs from LA area need Seattle homes

Seattle Humane is once again taking in dogs from the Los Angeles area, where the state is still battling devastating fires.
- Katie Campbell
Ichiro Suzuki elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for the Hall, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.
- Associated Press
Seattle claims to 'protect' hundreds of trees that were never threatened

An analysis shows that fewer than 3% of “protected” trees were actually preserved under the city’s controversial 2023 ordinance.
- Robert McClure/InvestigateWest
Mayor Harrell promises more police accountability, balanced approach to Seattle growth

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell this week defended his record on housing, balancing the budget, and public safety, and promised that 2025 will bring more accountability to the Seattle Police and more business downtown.
- Libby Denkmann
With school cutbacks in the air, Seattle parents embrace neighborhood schools

As several Seattle schools faced the threat of closure this past year, KUOW decided to look at the role schools play in a neighborhood, and the sometimes hidden ways they knit together a community.
- Sami West
How do the Los Angeles fires compare to the Great Seattle Fire? We mapped it out

The Palisades and Eaton fires have burned over 37,830 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. That’s a burn area 300 times larger than that of the Great Seattle Fire of 1889.
- Teo Popescu

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