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Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best to step down
Seattle police Chief Carmen Best announced Monday night that she is going to retire. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best talks to media June 29 in front of the East Precinct. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best says she will retire amid protests, City Council cuts

Seattle Police Chief Best announced her retirement in a memo Monday night, after the City Council voted to cut her pay and reduce the SPD. Updated

Seattle police Chief Carmen Best announced Monday night that she is going to retire. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best talks to media June 29 in front of the East Precinct. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best says she will retire amid protests, City Council cuts

Seattle Police Chief Best announced her retirement in a memo Monday night, after the City Council voted to cut her pay and reduce the SPD. Updated

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Seattle brings back lifeguards at 4 beaches, with some COVID-19 guidance for swimmers  VIEW

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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A nurse, right, who was providing volunteer medical care to protesters, comes to the aid of a person who was knocked down by police, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Seattle as police clashed with protesters during a protest in support of Black Lives Matter and against police brutality and racial injustice at Seattle Central College in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) OTK OTK OTK

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Rick Lund has hiked all over the north and central Cascade Mountains for three decades, but has returned to Spider Gap multiple times — not least for the memories of majestic Spider Meadow.

Seattle Fire Deptartment’s Senior Personnel Specialist Dori Towler in front of district headquarters firehouse at 301 Second Ave South in downtown Seattle. Towler was the one who spotted the fraudulent claims filed using fire department personnel’s identities. Photographed on August 7, 2020. 214707
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Zach Pugh, an RN is handing out phones to the homeless Neighborcare clients at the SW Michigan Street encampment under the 1st Ave. S. Bridge in the hopes of getting them better connected with the provider’s Telehealth services. Zach is handing over a phone to Devon Moore. 214624

A COVID ‘silver lining’: You can start drug treatment over the phone — and more people are starting to  VIEW

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Some of the nearly 200 completed Boeing 737 MAX airplanes destined for airlines worldwide, are parked at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake Washington along the Randolph Road Northeast. In March 2019, aviation authorities around the world grounded the passenger airliner after two separate crashes. Photographed on November 13, 2019. 212113 212113

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FILE In this file photo made from footage provided by the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, July 15, 2020, medical workers in protective gear prepare to draw blood from volunteers participating in a trial of a coronavirus vaccine at the Budenko Main Military Hospital outside Moscow, Russia. Putin says that a coronavirus vaccine developed in the country has been registered for use and one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Speaking at a government meeting Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, Putin said that the vaccine has proven efficient during tests, offering a lasting immunity from the coronavirus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File) XAZ138 XAZ138

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Radiological Control Technicians are checking the dose rate in the room after separation of the glovebox which is set aside awaiting the separation of additional gloveboxes in the room before being removed. After months of planning and preparation, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) workers finished safely separating three gloveboxes for removal from Hanfordís Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP). As of April, 183 of 238 glove boxes had been removed from the facility at the Hanford Site. These 7,500-pound gloveboxes were challenging to manage due to a combination of their large size and unusual configuration. The highly-contaminated gloveboxes were once used to handle materials from the plutonium recovery process. Photo date: 05.01.2013

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Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Seager, left, and Shed Long Jr. celebrate without contact after the Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 10-2 in a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Seager had a grand slam. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) TXTG134 TXTG134

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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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Photo: A nearly full moon rises over the Cascades

Ahjeawnna Sterling (CQ), captain of the Washington Diamonds Drill Team & Drumline, gets help with her ostrich feather headdress before the Ujoma Fest parade leaves 23rd and Union for Jimi Hendrix Park. REF to more photos online 2020 Parade March & Day of Unity for Black Lives – LO Linesonly Saturday Aug 1, 2020 214652
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Photos: Umoja Fest parade dances and trots through Seattle’s Central District  VIEW

Three girls jump off the dock at Green Lake Friday, July 31, 2020. The diving boards are gone but people are still jumping into the lake from the dock. Temperatures are predicted to be in the high 70’s or low 80’s for the next several days. 214656 214656
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Photo: Making a splash at Green Lake

Along the first base side, Mariners employee Emily Wright, puts out some of the thousands of cardboard fan cutouts for what the Mariners are calling “Seat Fleet” at T-Mobile Park, Monday, July 27, 2020 ahead of Friday’s Mariners home opener. Fans can take their own photo and send in any time during the season for $30, and according to the Mariners website: “…the Mariners will donate a portion of every purchase to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts in our communities. What’s more? If your cutout “catches” a foul ball during a game, we’ll mail you the baseball!” According to Rebecca Hale of the Mariners, 5000 fans have already participated in the program. 214588
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Take my cardboard image out to the ballpark  VIEW