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South Park has seen a recent escalation in youth violence, but programs like the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps work to keep kids active, safe and engaged with the community. (Lauren Frohne & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

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In Seattle’s youngest neighborhood, trying to keep the kids safe

When the South Park teens she works with are on their own, youth-program leader Carmen Martinez worries about them. A surge in gunfire and a tragic death has community members and politicians recommitting themselves to a neighborhood with Seattle’s youngest population.

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About-face: Seattle City Council repeals head tax amid pressure from businesses, referendum threat VIEW

Cheyenne Coe, who will attend University of Washington, is seen in her backyard, Wednesday, May 30, 2018 in Marysville, before graduating from Marysville-Pilchuck High School, where, in 2014, a freshman killed four of his friends before turning the gun on himself. Coe was friends with Zoe Galasso, one of the victims. The two girls, when very little, played on the rock seen in the background. “We called it our mountain,” said Coe. 206468

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They survived a school shooting as freshmen. Four years later, a diploma doesn’t erase the pain.

Siblings Wiqaa Haider Salih Al Jubeer, left and her brother Mohammed Haider Salih Al Jubeer listen to instructions during a graduation ceremony practice at Foster High School on Wednesday.

At Foster High, nearly 200 graduating seniors rehearse graduation ceremony procedures prior to graduation this Sunday. Muslim families and students raised some concern about having to miss celebrations for the religious holiday Eid al-Fitr, which is an important religious holiday that marks the end of Ramadan so the school combined all practicing for graduation to one long day.
Photographed on June 13, 2018.

Education

Faith and finals: King County schools adapt to growing Muslim population VIEW

Robert (Bob) Blethen (Courtesy of Blethen family)

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‘He was just there. Always’: Bob Blethen, gregarious soul of The Seattle Times, dies VIEW

Times Watchdog

Carolyn Malone lives in an approximately 110-square-foot room costing $500-a-month where bath and kitchen are shared. (this is largely it) She’s participating in a transitional housing program in the Central District that caters to people who are on the cusp of homelessness. The house she’s staying in was recently sold at a foreclosure auction after its owner, a local landlord with a long and checkered history, defaulted on the property. Her future is unknown. (My estimate on square footage)
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Out of homelessness, into a hovel: Public money spent on Seattle houses with bugs, trash, no water

Politics

Fred Mendoza, Washington State Public Stadium Authority Board Chair, from left, Adrian Hanauer, Seattle Sounders FC owner, Jenny Durkan, Seattle mayor, Dow Constantine, King County Executive and Chuck Arnold, Chief Operating Officer Seattle Seahawks and First & Goal Inc. talk during a press conference about the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood Wednesday, June 13, 2018.
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Task force on homelessness looks to restart after Seattle head-tax debate

Project Homeless

Task force on homelessness looks to restart after Seattle head-tax debate

About Project Homeless

Project Homeless is a new Seattle Times initiative that explores and explains the region’s complex, troubling problem of homelessness. With strong watchdog reporting and vivid storytelling, Project Homeless seeks to spotlight what is working, and what is not working, in responding to homelessness. We will also feature solutions-oriented reporting from elsewhere in the country.