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After giving campers at the Ballard Commons a deadline for moving, the Navigation Team started clearing away left over debris on May 4. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Project Homeless

Will defunding Seattle’s Navigation Team stop the removal of homeless camps?

Few believe defunding the Navigation Team will actually end the City of Seattle's practice of taking down encampments.

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New construction is seen in this aerial on the Eastside of Lake Washington.

Real Estate

Record-breaking home prices and a cutthroat market: See what's happening in your area

Katrina Spade, founder and CEO of Recompose, the “natural organic reduction” project, poses for a portrait, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019 before the official launch event at the company’s newly found space for its funeral home, in Seattle’s SODO area. The planned opening is Spring 2021. 212057

Life

COVID moves Recompose, the human-composting alternative to burial and cremation, into smaller space, accelerated timeline

Bellevue, using camera technology to identify problematic intersections and reduce crashes, added flashing yellow arrows to the street lights warning cars turning left onto 124th Avenue Northeast from Northeast 8th Street that they have to yield to oncoming traffic unless the arrow shines solid green. The green arrow only comes on if cars are still waiting to turn left then the lights are ready to turn red.

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Traffic Lab

Bellevue uses AI technology to identify problem intersections and make them safer

From left: Jerome and James Taafulisia, are seen during a break in their sentencing hearing Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020 in Seattle. The two brothers were convicted on two counts of first-degree murder and three counts of first-degree assault for the January 2016 shooting spree at the Jungle homeless encampment. 214693

Crime

Seattle brothers sentenced to 40 years in prison for 2016 shooting at Jungle homeless encampment

Times Watchdog

Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments.

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How a Nigerian fraud ring dubbed 'Scattered Canary' targeted Washington state's unemployment system

Federal court rules against Yakama tribe in policing dispute

WASHINGTON — Here’s how the state’s senators voted on major issues during the legislative week that ended Friday. The House was in recess. Confirming deputy secretary of energy: By a vote of 79 for and 16 against, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Mark Menezes as deputy secretary of energy. His duties will include overseeing the...

Project Homeless

Friday, August 7, 2020 Treetop applesauce is labeled on its pallet with “Covid Strategic Reserve” and stored at the fife warehouse along with other shelf-stable foods to prepare for a second spike in demand for food assistance. 214702

From peanut butter to applesauce, Washington state stockpiles tons of food for the need ahead

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.

Transportation

Bellevue uses AI technology to identify problem intersections and make them safer

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Preparator (CQ) Vickie Vellinga hangs an oil painting by Alfredo Arreguin on the upper level at Linda Hodges Gallery in Pioneer Square, part of the Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair. The annual art fair at CenturyLink Event Center has been cancelled and 40 local galleries will be showing work throughout the city during the month. At right is a mixed media piece by David Hytone. More information at Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, 2020 (SDAF)

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Photos: Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair

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.
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Photos: Umoja Fest parade dances and trots through Seattle’s Central District VIEW

Jasmine Brown gets in a water blast before Lela Lee can refill as they improvise play with a homemade water slide, wading pool and water supply borrowed from a neighbor on Phinney Ridge.

Water battles, water slide. Weather.

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Sliding and splashing on Seattle’s Phinney Ridge

A Peregrine Falcon chick that still has baby fuzz on the top of its head, looks out from a service platform under the west end of the West Seattle Bridge where it landed after its first flight last week. The chick decided that was enough flying for one day and laid down to take a nap after its maiden flight. The Falcon baby came from a man made nest installed under the bridge by the Department of Transportation about 20 years ago. The Falcon parents recently had three chicks. One landed on West Marginal Way after it tried to fly from its nest and was killed by a vehicle. The second chick landed on the low bridge and was taken to PAWS until it is ready to fly, and this chick, waiting for its wings to mature so it can safely fly, hunt, and survive.

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Falcon family living under West Seattle Bridge grows with fledging chicks

Education

Washington state Supreme Court rules against schools chief in lawsuit challenging election voter guide statement

The decision reverses the lower court's July ruling in favor of Reykdal, allowing the statement back into print and digital versions of the voter guide for the general election if Espinoza advances to the general election.

Education Lab

Here we go again: King County schools announce intentions to go online-only come fall

CDC calls for reopening schools, departing from earlier assessment of risks

About Education Lab

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to some of the most persistent challenges in public education.

Health

Asia Today: Sources of many cases in Victoria untraceable

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The premier of Australia’s Victoria state says more than 2,700 active cases have no known source and remain the primary concern of health authorities. Victoria on Sunday saw a welcome drop in its new COVID-19 cases with 394 but a record 17 deaths, including two people in their 50s. It took... VIEW