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Brake lights around Canyon Park. And then again, as you're traveling in and out of Newcastle, northbound 405 still busier. That's going to be slow and go from the Valley Freeway to about 44th. And again, out of Factory and into downtown Bellevue. Starting to thicken up a little bit heavier than I'd like to see, though I haven't heard of anything on eastbound 18 right as you're approaching that Tiger Mountain Summit.  This traffic report is sponsored by WhatsApp. LOL, without the green bubbles, there's a way to share. No matter what phone you use, WhatsApp is a place to safely send messages between different devices. Message privately with everyone. Our next Northwest traffic at 1134.  And the forecast sponsored by Northwest Crawl Space Services. Temperatures today are going to really get into the low 80s for the most part. It's not until tomorrow that we start to talk about maybe the mid 80s. And then Friday, 90 degrees is very possible, even in downtown Seattle. Temperatures are going to stay pretty warm into the seafair weekend, mid and upper 80s, both Saturday and Sunday.  plenty of sunshine too right now in downtown seattle we have skies that are starting to clear and it is 69 degrees northwest news time 11 25 another reminder for you that today is our make a wish wishes and flight donation drive benefiting kids who are critically ill and waiting for those wishes to be granted already more than one and a half million miles have been pledged so thank you in advance for whatever donation you can add to it  nwnewsradio.com is where you can go to find a link to donate or 206-404-4444. Greetings, I'm Jay Arnold. And in a moment, the July 31st Arnold Almanac. If I was your mother and you had a drug problem, I'd grab you by the ear and make you call and get help. You can be in treatment tomorrow and start to get clean in seven days. Follow mom's advice and call the Detox and Treatment Helpline now. 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I have been the best president for the black population since Abraham Lincoln. Better than President Johnson who signed the Voting Rights Act. On another question, Trump claims that inflation is hurting black Americans the most in the economy.  The Federal Reserve inching closer to lowering interest rates, but not yet. The board announced it's leaving rates unchanged for now until it's certain inflation is moving toward the 2% target rate. Inflation has been cooling, though, and a September rate cut is still on the table. And extreme heat taxing firefighters now battling 95 large wildfires in western states. This is ABC News.  97.7 FM and AM 1000. All news, all the time. For Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, and beyond. The Northwest's only all news station.  It's 1131. Thanks for joining us today here at Northwest News Radio. I'm Taylor Van Sise. Boeing has hired a new CEO. Starting August 8th, Kelly Ortberg will take the yoke of the troubled company. But even more telling is the fact that he will be based out of Seattle. Aviation analyst Scott Hamilton says that it could be the first step in moving the company's headquarters back to western Washington.  You know, if the CEO is going to be here, you want your chief financial officer to be here. You want your chief operating officer here. You want your executive team here. Ortberg's first task will be to work out a new deal with local machinists whose contract expires in September. Charges are adding up against a group of suspects accused of murdering a Kent teenager in the middle of a park. Homicide charges were filed Tuesday against three of them, while a fourth was charged last week. These suspects ranging in age from 16 to 20.  According to prosecutors, three of the four suspects in this case have never been in trouble with the law before. Yet prosecutors are pushing for them to each serve 40 years behind bars, all for ambushing a group of teens in this Kent Park. And then shooting and killing 13-year-old Matthew Stachowi. How did they get entangled in the position where they committed such horrible crime and they will spend a huge part of their life, if not all their life, in prison?  This murder was a robbery gone bad, with Matthew accompanying his friend and others during the sale of a camera that had been arranged online. That's Como 4's Ryan Sims. The three teens accused of setting off a mass panic at a seafair event last week, now all home again. Como 4's Lynn Ann Wynn reports.  A 13-year-old and two 14-year-olds accused of bringing loaded modified guns to a crowded parade in the Chinatown International District have now all been released onto electronic home monitoring. Despite King County prosecutors arguing they should be held in detention for the community's safety.  The prosecutor in court noted one of the teens had a behavior issue while in detention. Was banging on the door, shouting inappropriate comments towards the staff and making threats. This happened literally the night before his detention review when he comes before this court today to ask for release. We've detained people for years, years.  Children are still committing inappropriate things. We still have behaviors that are concerning. This is going to take a lot more than just throwing people in without and locking them up without a key. The teens are all connected with community support and mentorship programs like Seattle Cares and Community Passageways, which are supposed to help them and their families stay on track. And that's Como 4's Lynn Ann Wynn. The teens are due back in court next month for a status check to see what progress they're making. It's 1134.  Traffic updates every 10 minutes on the 4s. And Kiara Jordan is in the High Performance Homes Traffic Center. It took a while, but we finally cleared our crash in Olympia that had been partially blocking the ramp from Plum Street onto North Bend I-5. And the slowdowns that we're seeing into the area, looks like those have cleared out as well. We are still finding a busy commute off and on in Seattle on North Bend I-5 between the West Seattle Bridge and about Mercer. We're also seeing some extra brake lights as you're traveling into the North Gate.  area and then on southbound i-5 that is still building from beginning about 130th in seattle we're going to break free just south and north getting a little bit of hesitation as you're coming through the university district as well both directions of i-90 are fighting some extra company the closer that you get to 405  Light slowdown southbound 405 around Canyon Park and then slow and go out of Factoria much of the way through Newcastle. Northbound 405 will be busy off and on from the Valley Freeway to about Northeast 30th and then more delays from I-90 into downtown Bellevue. And you can still expect a heavy slowdown for about a mile or so on eastbound 18 the closer that you get to the Tiger Mountain Summit.  This traffic report is sponsored by WhatsApp. LOL, without the green bubbles, there's a way to share no matter what phone you use. WhatsApp, the place to safely send messages between different devices, message privately with everyone. Our next Northwest traffic at 1144.  And the forecast, it's sponsored by Northwest Crawl Space Services. Here's Como 4 meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell. Today we've got a clear through the overcast, early clouds and drizzle making way for afternoon sun and highs close to 80 today, which is about normal for this time of year. But we head into the mid 80s for the 1st of August tomorrow and then closer to 90 by Friday afternoon. In the Como 4 Weather Center, I'm meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell.  In Seattle right now, we have clearing skies, but not perfectly clear just yet. 70 degrees, Northwest News Time, 1136. It may soon cost you a little more to order a meal through DoorDash if you're doing so in Seattle. Como 4's Jackie Kent reports. The company plans to add an extra $1.99 on certain long-distance orders since they take more effort to complete, and a $1.99 minimum service fee for orders from Dash Patch subscribers. They're trying to get out of paying their responsibility and pushing it off to the customers.  Some customers are quick to admit their days of ordering delivery in Seattle are in the rear view because of the existing taxes and fees. They take an $18 meal and turn it into $35, $36, and now add two more dollars onto that? I'm not going to do it. One anonymous driver tells us she doesn't quite understand the reasoning behind another charge.  And DoorDash says it needs the new charge to remain operationally sustainable in Seattle. The company says it continues to lose money due to the city's new minimum pay ordinance. And what should be done with Seattle's minimum wage? Como 4 senior reporter Chris Daniels says old arguments have become new again.  $15 was won through a united front. Shama Sawant is back and repeating some of her vintage lines. This is just the beginning of the attack from big business. The former Seattle City Council member says her replacement, Joy Hollingsworth, is trying to unwind a planned minimum wage hike next year. It's been 10 years in the making to get to this point.  Well intended. There are unforeseen circumstances that happen. Food inflation costs have gone up 25%. Hollingsworth is suggesting the city extend the tip credit for small businesses, allowing certain employers to pay a lower hourly rate instead of a jump of nearly $3 an hour in 2025. What we're trying to do is save jobs, help keep our small businesses open so they can absorb the massive financial cliff that's about to happen.  I think the process of tips is not a great system. I think it's one that people have been talking about getting away from for a long time. Ethan Stoll has built a restaurant empire in Washington and believes the council should stay the course.  Hollingworth says that she hopes consensus can be reached and the legislation can be voted on by sometime in mid-September. Artificial intelligence all the rage these days, but maybe not when it comes to product marketing. Northwest News Radio's Tim Hull explains. Research at Washington State University finds companies might be doing themselves a disservice by touting artificial intelligence in their product descriptions. The study finds consumers are less likely to purchase products labeled as AI-powered.  More than 1,000 adults were surveyed using a variety of products from smart TVs to medical devices. The results consistently showed that products described as using AI were less popular than identical products without the AI label. Researchers advised companies to be cautious about how they use the term AI in their marketing materials, focusing on describing the features or benefits of the product rather than relying on AI buzzwords. Tim Hull, Northwest News Radio. Northwest News Time, 1139.  Just about a week or so, less than a week actually, from Washington's primary election and ballots are already out. Earlier this month, staff at the King County Elections Office running their annual accuracy test for the ballot machines. They ran 820 pre-marked test ballots through the scanners and checked the results. All of them matched. Election workers expect to process more than half a million ballots in this election cycle, which would be a 40% voter turnout rate.  We're still where a lot of places that are transitioning to vote by mail come to, to learn how to do it and to do it right. There are several new features, an updated ballot tracker app, and a new tool to help voters work on ballot signature issues online. It is also now a felony for anyone to harass election workers. That changed after four county election offices in 2023 received envelopes containing suspicious powder. Two tested positive for fentanyl.  Como 4's Lee Stoll. At 11.40, it's time for another update on sports. From the Beacon Plumbing Sports Desk and Bill Swartz, the new Seahawks head coach says it's how you start and finish. Six practices into training camp. New head coach Mike McDonald likes the energy his players are bringing to the practice field. It'll take time to build an identity, he says. Former coach Pete Carroll used to say it's not how you start, but how you finish. Coach Mack with a slightly different view.  Well, you need to start fast and you have to close the game out. And then you want to extend the lead in the middle. John Harbaugh said the game's either going to happen one of two ways. Either we're going to start the game with a lead or start the game behind. So how you respond to those situations and then ultimately how you close games out. Situational football is obviously a big part of that.  The Seahawks at Lumen Field Saturday for a football fest. The National Football League moves closer to replacing chain gangs with new technology to measure the line to gain. Sony's Hawkeye system could be used in some preseason games this summer, but it won't be ready for the 2024 regular season.  The Mariners send George Kirby to Fenway Park Mound this afternoon for a series finale against the Red Sox. The teams have split the first two games, Seattle winning last night 10-6. Dylan Moore had a key bases-loaded double. The M's alone in first place as Houston lost again to Pittsburgh. 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Go to DAV.org.  11 44 traffic updates every 10 minutes on the fours and in the high performance homes traffic center here's kiera jordan well no major blocking problems on the roadways right now but both directions of i-5 are looking at brake lights traveling between north gate and the ship canal bridge and north and i-5 has also been seeing extra company out of the michigan curve to the convention center southbound 405 some lighter slowing around canyon park and again as we're coming out of totem lake  Another round of delays will begin around Coal Creek Parkway and travel with you out of Newcastle. If you're on northbound 405, that's what kind of slow and go through much of the Renton area. Returning with delays from I-90 into downtown Bellevue. A little crowded on northbound 167, the closer that you get to 405. And we're seeing a heavy slowdown for about a mile on eastbound 18 as you're approaching that Tiger Mountain Summit. This traffic report is sponsored by WhatsApp.  LOL, without the green bubbles, there's a way to share no matter what phone you use. WhatsApp, the place to safely send messages between different devices. Message privately with everyone. Our next Northwest traffic at 1154.  And the forecast is sponsored by Northwest Crawl Space Services. Temperatures should warm up to the mid-80s in some spots today, but Seattle probably hitting right about 80 on the nose. Mid-80s for us, though, in the Emerald City for tomorrow and about 90 on Friday, staying in the mid to upper 80s for Saturday and Sunday with lots of sunshine. Right now in downtown Seattle, it is 70 degrees and partly sunny. Northwest News Time, 1145.  The Northwest's only all-news station. News Radio 97.7 FM and AM 1000, where the news watch never stops. Sponsored by Fast Water Heater. Eric Heintz at the editor's desk. I'm Taylor Van Sise, and thanks for joining us today here at Northwest News Radio.  Today is a special day for us here at Northwest News Radio with our annual Wishes in Flight mileage drive to benefit Make-A-Wish and more specifically the Northwest kids whose wishes are waiting to be granted. Before we talk about how to donate, I want to remind you why we donate. And to do that, we're joined by Mercy Haub, a former wish kid herself. Mercy, tell me a little bit about your experience and what you wished for.  Yeah. Hi. So I wished for a trip to Hawaii. I have a huge family. There's six of us and it was during COVID. So I didn't really get to see them a lot. And with a big family, we didn't get to travel very much, especially during COVID and cancer. But I wished to go to Hawaii and I waited until I was done with treatment and had graduated high school and we flew down and it was just absolutely magical. It was such a rejuvenating trip. It was  Really just a breath of fresh air after a very, very difficult time. And there was a sense of freedom that came with it that was just kind of indescribable. And so with six of us, it took a lot of miles to get us from Seattle to Honolulu. But it was incredible. And I'm now working at Make-A-Wish as an intern this summer.  to help other kids get to have their dream come true. And when you look at this whole process from the organizational standpoint, which now you can as an intern, we know that several hundred kids are in line right now waiting for their wish to come true. What was that moment like for you, though, when you found out, hey, Make-A-Wish has enough mileage for me and my family? I mean, it was just magical is kind of the only word I can describe it as. It was such a string of events.  leading up to this where I was being told bad news after bad news and the future was kind of getting harder and harder. And so to have this moment of not just respite, but actual enjoyment being planned, like my future, there's something to look forward to. It's not just another chemo around. It's not, you know, anxiously waiting for scan results to see if, if this even worked at all. I actually get to have this joy in the future. Um,  and an escape from a mental place and also a physical place that was really, really hard to be in. Genuinely, I think it was just like pure joy. I don't think there's any other word to describe it. You know, I come from a family of six as well, and I know how hard it is to plan anything with that big of a family. I mean, whether you're healthy or not. What did it mean to the rest of your family? What did you get to see in them during this trip?  Oh my gosh. So I'm the oldest of four kids. And when we went, my sister was just about 10. And so she got so into it. She was researching sea turtles. And I mean, just the light in her eyes, it was  I hadn't gotten to see all of my siblings for most of treatment because of COVID and because of how sick I was and I was hospitalized a lot and they couldn't come visit me. So there was just the aspect that it was going to be a fabulous four, that we would get called the fab four. We were all going to be kind of back together, but not just in a basement of our house or something, but actually in paradise, basically. And it was just, I think it was just really, really special. And they all had something they got very excited about and Make-A-Wish did a phenomenal job  at catering to each one of their enjoyments like my brother aaron is a super big like he takes beautiful photos and so they were helping him figure out what kind of gopro they could help him buy like to take some cool pictures my sister got a book on all the sea animals because she wanted to be a vet they each just had a very specific joy um for them when we got there and i mean it was just magical i think that was one of the biggest things for my parents too was to see all of us  laughing together again in a very, very beautiful place where cancer wasn't really on her mind.  Incredible. It was a magical family reunion in paradise. And what more could you ask for there other than, of course, the health of your family members? You can find many ways to donate all around the Internet with our links to the Wishes and Flight Make-A-Wish mileage drive today. But here's the easiest way to do it. NWNewsRadio.com. That's our website. Go there and you're going to see a banner at the top of the screen. Or you can go to the events page and see that banner, too, to Make-A-Wish Washington and Alaska.  And you'll donate directly to them. It's going to benefit all those hundreds of kids here in the Northwest specifically who have their wishes waiting to be granted. Or if you want to make the donation through a phone bank, you can do that as well. From now until 7 o'clock this evening, volunteers are standing by at this phone number. 206-404-4444. 206-404-4444.  404-4444 to help grant the wish of kids like Mercy Haub and her whole family benefiting from your generosity. And thank you for everything you do to help Make-A-Wish grant all of these wishes every year. Can't be done without our listeners. Northwest News Time, 1151.