Seattle City Council Members Rob Johnson, left, and Lorena Gonzalez, then members of the council’s public-safety committee, listen to interim police Chief Carmen Best on a video feed in July 2018. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, 2018)
In July 2018, then-Seattle City Councilmember Rob Johnson, left and City Councilmember M. Lorena González, center, who were both members of the council’s public-safety committee, listen to then-interim police Chief Carmen Best during a confirmation hearing. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, file)
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Seattle City Council Members Rob Johnson, left, and Lorena Gonzalez, then members of the council’s public-safety committee, listen to interim police Chief Carmen Best on a video feed in July 2018. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, 2018)
In July 2018, then-Seattle City Councilmember Rob Johnson, left and City Councilmember M. Lorena González, center, who were both members of the council’s public-safety committee, listen to then-interim police Chief Carmen Best during a confirmation hearing. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, file)
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Lifeguard Hussein Dahir makes announcements about usage at the Madison Park Beach as staffing starts on Saturday at 11 a.m. Seattle Parks & Recreation is now staffing four beaches with lifeguards–Madison, Magnuson, Pritchard, and West Green Lake beaches from noon to 7 p.m., Monday-Friday and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend. REF to more phots online. Lifeguards return to four of Seattle’s nine beaches. Madison Park Beach. LO Linesonly Saturday August 8, 2020 214713

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Clouds pass in front of Sunday night’s nearly full moon as it rises behind the Cascade Mountains in this view from Lake Forest Park. August’s 100% full moon, happening Monday night (Aug. 3), is named a Sturgeon Moon after North America’s largest fish, the lake sturgeon. The moonrise is visible rising in the southeast. LO LO LO Photographed on August 2, 2020. 214667
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