Harborview Medical Center’s COVID-19 treatment unit is seen last April. Hospitalizations have flattened at Seattle-area hospitals, but the numbers till concern officials. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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Although a sign reads that Pike St. between 4th and 5th Aves. will be closed from 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Monday, May 10, 2021, the street was not closed because it was too sunny. Director Steven Soderbergh was supposed to be shooting a protest scene in Seattle’s nearby Westlake Park, but it was too sunny to do the shoot. The shooting might be done later in the day. 217098
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Colleen Gregoire holds a photo of her son, Bobby, on the porch in front of her Bellevue home Thursday, May 6, 2021. Bobby died of a drug overdose last October when he was only 20 years old. He bought a pill off the street, thinking it was percocet, but it was laced with fentanyl. There were more fatal drug overdoses in Washington in 2020 than any year prior. Colleen has started giving presentations in schools and to kids about the dangers of unmarked pills and how you don’t know what’s in them. 217030
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Colleen Gregoire holds a photo of her son, Bobby, on the porch in front of her Bellevue home Thursday, May 6, 2021. Bobby died of a drug overdose last October when he was only 20 years old. He bought a pill off the street, thinking it was percocet, but it was laced with fentanyl. There were more fatal drug overdoses in Washington in 2020 than any year prior. Colleen has started giving presentations in schools and to kids about the dangers of unmarked pills and how you don’t know what’s in them. 217030

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Although a sign reads that Pike St. between 4th and 5th Aves. will be closed from 4 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Monday, May 10, 2021, the street was not closed because it was too sunny. Director Steven Soderbergh was supposed to be shooting a protest scene in Seattle’s nearby Westlake Park, but it was too sunny to do the shoot. The shooting might be done later in the day. 217098

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“I’m so relieved,” said Elaine Stevens as she gets her second vaccine shot from Dawda Cham, a nurse practitioner with 6M Geriatrics and Hospital Medicine, the sponsor of the clinic. “I’m just ready for this to all be over,” said Stevens about the pandemic. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle hosts a coronavirus vaccine clinic for the community Thursday May 6, 2021. 217039
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Keira Sweeney looks up at an Allosaurus, the largest meat eater during the late Jurassic Period, featured in the Dinosaur Discovery exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo on Thursday, May 6, 2021. The zoo’s new exhibit features dozens of “the world’s largest and most life-like dinosaurs.” Visitors are able to learn more about the historic creatures as the dinosaurs move, breathe and roar throughout the exhibit. The exhibit was created by Dino Don Inc., the only maker of full-sized robotic dinosaurs, which are featured in zoos and museums around the world, according to the Woodland Park Zoo.
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LINESONLY For the first time since closing in the pandemic, the pedestrian bridges at the Ballard Locks were open to foot traffic Wednesday, April 28, 2021. So too was the first floor of the Visitor’s Center. The pedestrian bridges connected two neighborhoods separated by the canal. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers said the fish ladder however will remain closed due to an impending maintenance project. 216958
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LO Deputy Mayor of Des Moines Matt Mahoney, left, and Vice President of Washington Scuba Alliance Randy Williams come out of the water after searching for trash with a traffic cone and a dish washer lid during the Underwater Cleanup Day event near Redondo Pier in Des Moines on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Dozens of divers turned out and collected 65 pounds of trash to help protect marine wildlife near the Redondo Beach Pier on Saturday. Divers pulled up items such as fishing lures, a traffic cone, a dishwasher lid, plastics, batteries and automotive parts. The amount of trash was smaller than previous cleanup days where divers have pulled anywhere from 100-400 pounds at sites such as the Des Moines Marina and Seacrest Ferry Dock in West Seattle. “It’s nice when you can pull up a lot, but really any little bit makes a difference,” SR3 executive director Casey Mclean said. “Sixty-five pounds of trash is now out of the ocean” which helps protect marine wildlife and “prevent micro plastics from getting into the fish and into humans.” The cleanup day was organized by Seattle Dive Tours, SR3 (Sealife Response, Rehabilitation & Research), and MaST Center Aquarium.
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