A new virus has health experts puzzled. It has infected more than 1,200 people and killed 41 since being discovered last month in Wuhan, China. And it recently showed up in Snohomish County. But local health experts aren't hitting the panic button just yet.
On Thursday, the Pike-Pine neighborhood was something of a ghost town. The crowds that often throng the shops and restaurants at lunch time were noticeably thin -- in part because some office workers did not come to work.
A crowd of frustrated downtown business owners, affordable-housing providers, neighborhood groups and high-school students gathered at Seattle's Westlake Park Friday to demand change from city officials. Their message: "Enough is enough."
For this initial flight, the strong and unpredictable wind was a problem.
