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#1,593 - Twitter has field day over IRS’s call to report income from crimes
March 12, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 12.1 MBAs harried Americans rush to file their taxes before the April 18 deadline, one of the IRS’s most puzzling rules — to self-report income from crimes — has turned into comedy gold. Outlined in the IRS Publication 525, the agency tells sticky-fingered taxpayers: “If you steal property, you must report its FMV (Fair Market Value) in your income in the year you steal it, unless in the same year you return it to its rightful owner.” As for illegal drug sales or bribery, Uncle Same needs you to ...
#1,592 - Seattle bus driver says continuous fentanyl smoke by transit riders makes him sick; health dept. says it's no real risk
March 11, 2023 11:00 - 28 minutes - 20.1 MBStevon Williams says he is proud of his job as a bus driver for King County Metro, but he says fentanyl smoke is now so common that it's making him sick. “I really hadn’t ever heard of fentanyl smoking on the bus when I was hired by Metro," Williams told KOMO News. "I don’t want to be put in a predicament where I’m around drugs every day on my job - I didn’t sign up for that.” King County Metro data shows there were 1,885 reports of drug use on the bus system in 2022. 52 transit operators ...
#1,591 - Texas Gov. blames closure of last 2 Portland Wal Mart Stores on Mob Takeover
March 10, 2023 12:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBMayor Ted Wheeler is firing back at Texas Gov. Greg Abbott who recently blamed the upcoming closures of Portland’s last two Walmart locations on the city’s apparent lack of law and order. Walmart recently announced the stores at Hayden Meadows and East Port Plaza in Portland would permanently close on March 24. According to a spokesperson, the decision was made based upon “several factors,” including profitability concerns. Although the big box store is closing multiple locations across th...
#1,590 - NYC Mayor Eric Adams gets pushback as he tells stores to have customers remove their face masks for security
March 10, 2023 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBWorries about the safety of New York City's deli clerks and bodega workers have Mayor Eric Adams making an unusual request: Members of the public should lower their face masks to reassure store workers they're not criminals, Adams and other city leaders said on Monday. "We are putting out a clear call to all of our shops, do not allow people to enter the store without taking off their face mask," Adams said in an interview with radio station 1010 WINS. "Once they're inside, they can contin...
#1,589 - Mayor ted of Portland nixes Nike’s request to hire city cops for its MLK store, offers future public safety blitz for the area
March 09, 2023 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MBPortland Mayor Ted Wheeler has asked Nike to reopen its shuttered community store in Northeast Portland “on a limited basis,” even though he says the city can’t meet the company’s request to detail off-duty police officers to provide security. In his message to company executives, the mayor also revealed two broader strategies he thinks could help the sneaker giant and retailers like it minimize shoplifting and other crime along Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and in the surround...
#1,588 - National Park Service warns not to push your 'slower friend' down when running from bears
March 08, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 11.1 MBThe National Park Service has an important message for those who encounter a bear in the wild: Don't "push a slower friend down" when running away, even if the friendship is nearing the end of its life. NPS gave the cheeky advice Tuesday in a series of tweets, saying, "If not friend, why friend shaped? What about your other friend? Seeing a bear in the wild is a special treat for any visitor to a national park. While it is an exciting moment, it is important to remember that bears in nation...
#1,587 - Washington offering convicted felon offenders priority status for 'social equity' licenses to sell weed
March 08, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.9 MBWashington is currently taking applications for business licenses to sell legal retail weed in the state through a special program that grants favor to people with certain experience: convicted drug dealers. The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board opened its "Social Equity Program" this week, which provides "a limited number of cannabis retail licenses to individuals disproportionately impacted by the enforcement of cannabis prohibition laws." The agency provides a scoring system th...
#1,586 - Volkswagen refused to track down mom's stolen car with infant inside until bill was paid
March 07, 2023 12:00 - 14 minutes - 10.6 MBAfter carjackers allegedly stole a pregnant Illinois mother's Volkswagen SUV earlier this month with her infant son inside, running her over in the process, local deputies said they immediately contacted the automaker so they could use its crash-response system to help locate the car via GPS. The automaker declined. The reason? The mother hadn't paid a bill, according to local authorities. The 34-year-old mother, who law enforcement officials haven't named, said she called the Lake County ...
#1,585 - Crime turned Portland into a ‘hollowed-out shell"...Neighboring counties try to keep it from happening to them
March 07, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBBen West remembers when Portland was a funky, artsy “crown jewel of the West Coast” with a great food scene. “Portland is a hollowed-out shell of what it used to be,” said West, a Clackamas County commissioner. “Businesses are fleeing and people are leaving for greener pastures.” Public safety officials across Oregon have complained of rising crime in their communities, but, according to police data, crime is spiking much more dramatically in Portland than the statewide average. “Each are...
#1,584 - Break-ins so rampant in LA, the wealthy are paying up to $150,000 for a guard dog
March 06, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.9 MBBefore Arteom Bulgadarian bought his Sherman Oaks home, it belonged to baseball star Yasiel Puig, who was burglarized of $170,000 worth of jewelry and other items while he was out of town. So Bulgadarian, 44, has been vigilant about security since moving in, especially with three young children and a job running an aerospace manufacturing company that often necessitates late nights at the office. He owns several guns and has equipped his nearly 5,000-square-foot, six-bedroom house, set behi...
#1,583 - American Fentanyl crisis 'unleashed on purpose' by Mexican cartels, AG Garland says
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 37.2 MBAttorney General Merrick Garland says Mexican drug cartels unleashed the fentanyl crisis on the U.S. "on purpose," and urged the Mexican government to "do more" to combat drug trafficking. Garland made the statement while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., pressed Garland regarding the opioid epidemic, highlighting that fentanyl is responsible for more deaths than guns and car accidents. "It's a horrible epidemic, but it's an epidemi...
#1,582 - FBI Director says Lab Leak most likely source of global pandemic
March 05, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBFBI Director Christopher Wray has said that the bureau believes Covid-19 most likely originated in a Chinese government-controlled lab. "The FBI has for quite some time now assessed that the origins of the pandemic are most likely a potential lab incident," he told Fox News. It is the first public confirmation of the FBI's classified judgement of how the pandemic virus emerged. Many scientists point out there is no evidence that it leaked from a lab. And other US government agencies have...
#1,581 - Lightfoot Loses Mayor of Chicago Re-election bid!
March 04, 2023 11:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBPaul Vallas and Brandon Johnson will meet in a runoff to be the next mayor of Chicago after voters denied incumbent Lori Lightfoot a second term, issuing a rebuke to a leader who made history as head of the nation’s third-largest city. Vallas, a former schools CEO backed by the police union, and Johnson, a Cook County commissioner endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union, advanced to the April 4 runoff after none of the nine candidates was able to secure over 50% of the vote on Tuesday to win...
#1,580 - Wall Street Journal reports lab leak no longer conspiracy theory - might have happened
March 03, 2023 12:00 - 26 minutes - 18.6 MBThe U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress. The shift by the Energy Department, which previously was undecided on how the virus emerged, is noted in an update to a 2021 document by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines’s office. The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have ...
#1,579 - Proposed Oregon law would give homeless, low income people $1,000 a month
March 03, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 9.22 MBA proposed Oregon bill would provide homeless people and low-income people with $1,000 per month for a year. The Department of Human Services would administer the People’s Housing Assistance Fund Demonstration Program, which would provide 12 monthly $1,000 payments to individuals who met the following criteria: experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, severely rent burdened, or earning at or below 60% of area median income. The bill was proposed in the state legislature by Aloha...
#1,578 - Squatters take over Lynnwood, WA property; already back following SWAT raid
March 02, 2023 12:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MBSquatters took over a homeowner’s property in unincorporated Lynnwood on Locust Way. All the problems and crime stemming from the home led to a massive raid by Snohomish County law enforcement on Wednesday. Investigators found 52 cars on the land – some of them reported stolen – along with drugs and firearms. Neighbors and the property owner say they’ve been dealing with squatters at the property for about three years, since the beginning of the pandemic. “A bunch of criminals,” said Lale...
#1,577 - U.S. Homeowners have lost $2.3 trillion in value since last summer
March 02, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBFor 124 consecutive months, spanning the bottom of the housing crash in February 2012 through the top of the Pandemic Housing Boom in June 2022, U.S. home prices posted positive month-over-month growth. That streak, of course, came to an abrupt end last year as the Fed's inflation fight set off a correction in home prices. On one hand, since their peak, national home prices have only fallen by a few percentage points through November, according to the seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller Nation...
#1,576 - Walmart shuts down last two stores in Portland, Oregon
March 01, 2023 19:00 - 18 minutes - 13.5 MBWalmart is closing its stores in North and Southeast Portland, saying the two locations have not met financial expectations. The retail giant said it plans to shutter the stores at the Delta Park and Eastport Plaza shopping centers, including their pharmacies, on March 24. The company said it would work with its staff to instruct customers on how to transfer prescriptions to pharmacies of their choice. “There is no single cause for why a store closes – we do a thorough review of how a stor...
# 1,575 - Squatters terrorizing Portland family almost set their home on fire as city battles to deal with 6,600 homeless people
March 01, 2023 18:00 - 19 minutes - 14.2 MBA family in Portland is being terrorized by squatters who have set up camp next door and even set their property on fire. Jacob and Beth Adams live next door to an abandoned home that has been taken over by several homeless people. The couple has caught the homeless people overdosing and stealing from their backyard - but said the final straw was when the group set their property on fire. 'There are fires that have been happening off and on. Major ones. This recent one actually came and...
#1,574 - Portland Protestors target Portland simply because they can for "direct action events"
February 23, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBAs first reported by KOIN 6 News reporter Jashayla Pettigrew, Kenneth George Harold was a member of the U.S. Army stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord when he allegedly committed his crimes between February and April, 2021. He left the military in May 2022. Harold is charged with interstate riot and is accused of communicating with others or traveling to Portland on more than one occasion to incite violence and damage property, Pettigrew reported on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. Among other thin...
#1,573 - Nearly 90% of homeless Portlanders swept from encampments are back on streets; just 1% got permanent housing
February 22, 2023 12:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBOf the roughly 1,700 homeless Portlanders offered shelter during city sweeps of encampments over the past 10 months, just 11% remain in some form of temporary shelter and fewer than 1% are permanently housed, data provided by Multnomah County shows. Two-thirds of people swept from camps declined the offer of temporary shelter, the county reported. And among the other third who did move indoors, the typical individual stayed for two weeks and is back on the streets or at another unknown dest...
#1,572 - Mayor Lightfoot throws out all homeless from O'Hare Int. Airport
February 22, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.7 MB"We absolutely, fundamentally cannot have people sleeping in our airports who are homeless," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said this week. The mayor made the comments as she takes steps to remove homeless people from O'Hare International Airport. As CBS 2's Marissa Perlman reported Friday night, homeless advocates are wondering where all those people will end up. But in Terminal 1, they are gone. Near baggage claim in the terminal at 10 p.m. on any given night, you would typically see dozens of hom...
#1,571 - Xylazine aka: Tranq coming soon to a homeless encampment near you!
February 21, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBA street drug that can worsen opioid overdoses is increasingly making its way across the U.S. The drug is known as “tranq” on the streets, but xylazine is actually a large animal sedative that has muscle-relaxing properties. When mixed with heroin or fentanyl, it can become deadly. Xylazine can also cause open wounds and sores, which can become severe enough to require amputation if left untreated. Drugs like naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdoses, aren’t effective against it. Xylaz...
Xylazine aka: Tranq coming soon to a homeless encampment near you!
February 21, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBA street drug that can worsen opioid overdoses is increasingly making its way across the U.S. The drug is known as “tranq” on the streets, but xylazine is actually a large animal sedative that has muscle-relaxing properties. When mixed with heroin or fentanyl, it can become deadly. Xylazine can also cause open wounds and sores, which can become severe enough to require amputation if left untreated. Drugs like naloxone, which can reverse opioid overdoses, aren’t effective against it. Xylaz...
#1,570 - Rural Oregon Counties' Efforts to Secede from 'Radical' Urban Areas Gain Momentum
February 20, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.69 MBThe Idaho House of Representatives has passed a bill known as the "Greater Idaho" bill, which seeks to expand the state's territory by moving the Oregon-Idaho border to encompass a significant portion of Eastern Oregon. The bill grants Idaho lawmakers the authority to initiate discussions with their counterparts in Oregon to explore the feasibility of relocating the state line. Reps. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho Falls and Judy Boyle of Midvale collaborated on the joint resolution aimed at initi...
#1,569 - City of Portland Outlaws Free Handouts of Tents And Tarps Due to Extreme Fire Hazard
February 19, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.6 MBWith a forecast of near-freezing temperatures and heavy rain on the horizon, the city of Portland’s homelessness first response team has been ordered to stop distributing tents to people sleeping outside. The announcement comes from Portland’s newest city commissioner, Rene Gonzalez, who oversees Portland Street Response, the burgeoning first response team focused on people experiencing homelessness or mental health issues. In a press release sent Tuesday evening, Gonzalez said he has orde...
#1,568 - Seattle's Most Infamous Encampment Won't Be Swept But Instead Urban Campers Will Receive Fire Extinguishers
February 18, 2023 11:00 - 21 minutes - 15.4 MBCrews began cleaning a notorious homeless encampment in north Seattle Thursday morning. While the encampment is not being removed, a Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) spokesperson told KOMO News Thursday morning that contractor crews are picking up garbage, repairing fences, cleaning needles and more at the Ship Canal Bridge encampment at I-5 in Wallingford. Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday said he wanted to put a halt to the encampment "as soon as humanly possible." "We nee...
#1,567 - San Fran reimagines and rethinks its "Sanctuary City" policy as addiction crisis rages
February 17, 2023 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.7 MBSAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — San Francisco is rethinking its “sanctuary city” status as fentanyl continues to kill a staggering number of overdose victims. Investigators believe that a significant percentage of people selling drugs in San Francisco — as many as half — are undocumented immigrants. “It is time to withdraw the protection of sanctuary from undocumented immigrants trafficking fentanyl on our streets,” Supervisor Matt Dorsey said Tuesday. Dorsey is proposing legislation to change San...
#1,566 - Nike asks City of Portland for "Security Partnership" to reopen MLKing BlVD store
February 17, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 14 MBPORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - A new proposal from Nike to the City of Portland asked for a partnership to protect employees and customers at its Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard store. While the Nike store at 2650 NE MLK Jr Blvd. is still listed as a location on their website, it is labeled as “closed for the next 7 days,” and has been since it was shuttered late last year with no explanation. Nike said their employees and customers are their priority with the security proposal, which t...
#1,565 - Can Downtown Portland be saved? -4 developers give their thoughts
February 16, 2023 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.8 MBPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Four people involved in major property development downtown — Homer Williams, Patrick Gilligan, Jim Mark, Vanessa Sturgeon — speak out on what people can see with their own eyes. The heart of Portland is in crisis. But this story doesn’t look just at the problems. KOIN 6 News also looks at their suggested solutions and their reasons for optimism. In conversations with these developers and with Mayor Ted Wheeler, one thing is clear: The time to act is now — and there...
#1,564 - One of LA's Skid Row’s homeless housing providers on verge of bankruptcy and foreclosure
February 16, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 22.9 MBSkid row’s flagship owner and operator of subsidized housing is on the verge of financial collapse and seeking a lifeline to keep its doors open for more than a thousand low-income tenants. Skid Row Housing Trust, a pioneer in the decades-old movement to revive aging downtown real estate as homeless housing, has been working with other housing providers to take over its 29 buildings. In a series of meetings Tuesday briefing the staff on the organization’s impending changes, interim chief e...
#1,563 - BJ's Restaurant falls after recent closure of Cracker Barrel and Stanford's in same Portland neighborhood
February 14, 2023 12:00 - 12 minutes - 9.01 MBPORTLAND, Ore. — BJ's Restaurant and Brewhouse at Jantzen Beach is set to close permanently on Feb. 21 after 26 years in operation, the parent company confirmed last week. The company did not give a reason for the closure in a statement to KGW, saying only that the decision was "by no means an easy one" and encouraged customers to visit other BJ's locations in the area. The company only operates two other Oregon restaurants, according to its website — one in Hillsboro and one in Eugene — a...
#1,562 - Lawmakers consider options to change Washington drug laws and require rehab for offenders
February 14, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.31 MBWASHINGTON — Washington lawmakers are considering several bills to decide how the state will handle drug laws in the wake of a 2021 supreme court ruling that struck down the state's felony drug possession statute. A stopgap measure passed by the legislature after the supreme court's 'Blake decision' will expire this summer. The Senate Law and Justice committee heard proposals Tuesday for new laws that would criminalize drug possession and incentivize drug users to go to rehab. Sen. Jesse ...
#1,561 - Economist who called 2008 housing crash predicts another 15% drop in home prices
February 13, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBA U.S. economist famous for predicting the 2008 housing crash believes that home prices could plunge another 15% this year. In a recent analyst note, Ian Shepherdson – the founder and chief economist of Pantheon Macroeconomics – suggested that home price declines will accelerate further in 2023 as a result of low affordability and growing inventory. "We estimate that single-family home prices have fallen by 5.4% from their recent peak in May 2022, but they still need to fall by a further ...
#1,560 - 'Defund Police' lawmaker ripped for hypocrisy after LAPD was called to watch staffer's Lexus
February 13, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBA Los Angeles city councilman who has expressed support for defunding and ultimately abolishing the police is under fire after his office called the LAPD to patrol a staffer's broken-down Lexus. A staffer for Democrat Los Angeles City Council Member Hugo Soto-Martinez called the LAPD Wednesday evening asking for "extra patrols throughout the night" for his parked white Lexus after the vehicle broke down, according to reports. Soto-Martinez, who represents L.A.'s District 13, previously ide...
#1,559 - Crazy boat rollover Coast Guard rescue after man leaves fish on porch of "Goonies" house
February 12, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.66 MBASTORIA, Ore. — A man who posted video on social media of himself leaving a dead fish on the porch of the famous "Goonies" house in Astoria on Wednesday later had to be rescued from a stolen boat, as seen in a harrowing video posted by the U.S. Coast Guard Friday afternoon, according to Astoria police. On Friday evening, Seaside Police and officers from the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police arrested 35-year-old Jericho Wolf Labonte of Victoria, British Columbia, at a w...
#1,558 - Asheville, NC a Democrat-run tourist town sees 200% surge in break-ins amid violent crime spike
February 11, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBThe Asheville Police Department, which responded to 41 break-ins throughout 2022, has already fielded 11 reports of break-ins in 2023 as of Feb. 1, according to local ABC affiliate WLOS. Chris Faber, whose bar in downtown Asheville was targeted twice last month within a span of a few days, told the outlet that a suspect broke into his establishment and stole about 20 bottles of whiskey and up to $800 in cash. The suspect was then reportedly recorded on surveillance video breaking into a ne...
#1,557 - U.S. Households now burning through whats left of their "Pandemic savings"
February 10, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBThe cushion of savings many built up during the pandemic is thinning out. In some households, it is already gone. Americans have spent down about 35% of the extra savings they accumulated during the pandemic as of mid-January, according to an estimate from Goldman Sachs. By the end of the year, the company forecasts that they will have exhausted roughly 65% of that money. In 2020 and into 2021, a combination of government pandemic stimulus and reduced spending, for example on restaurants a...
#1,556 - Mortgage rates drop drive Early Spring season for buyers
February 10, 2023 11:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBKIRKLAND, Washington (February 6, 2023) – Pending sales around Washington state reached the highest level since October and surged nearly 44% from December, according to the January report from Northwest Multiple Listing Service. Last month’s 5,776 mutually accepted offers were down about 9% from a year ago, but brokers seemed encouraged by the “favorable spike.” Prices on last month’s closed sales edged up slightly, at 0.41%, compared with twelve months ago. The area-wide median price on Ja...
#1,555 - Multnomah County will pay landlords a full year of rent to house those in tents in DT Portland
February 09, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MBMultnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson announced a plan Friday to quickly house hundreds of people living unsheltered in and near downtown Portland by guaranteeing private landlords a year’s rent. The plan will build off the county’s successful 2022 Move In Multnomah pilot program, which used $4 million to place people into 214 privately owned apartments and houses over the course of four months, Vega Pederson said. After concentrating on downtown, Old Town and the Central Eastside t...
#1,554 - Gmail creator says ChatGPT-like AI will destroy Google's business in two years
February 09, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBThe popularity of ChatGPT, the online chatbot built by OpenAI, has brought many to question the survival of search engines such as Google. Paul Buchheit, the creator of Gmail, has also dropped his opinion on the matter, and he thinks that Google's business will last a maximum of two years, he tweeted. Launched in November last year, ChatGPT has become the favorite destination to ask questions among millions of users. Instead of delivering a response to a search result that runs into tens of...
#1,553 - 3 break-ins in 3 weeks: SE Portland comic book shop loses thousands to thieves
February 08, 2023 12:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBPORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - The owner of a comic book store in southeast Portland is frustrated after the third break-in in three weeks. John Thomas has owned Disk Heroes for 10 years, selling vintage comic books and an extensive variety of ‘Magic the Gathering’ cards, but the last three weeks have been the most difficult. January 16 marked the start of a wave of break-ins, in which he lost $10,000 worth of product. “They threw a blue anvil - it’s a tool, through the bottom door window and cra...
#1,552 - Seattle health officials blame drug crisis on racism
February 08, 2023 11:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBSeattle Public Health addressed the continuing problem of drug overdoses and deaths in the city and King County as a whole, claiming that racism is one of the reasons for the crisis. The finger-pointing was part of a statement that acknowledged that from 2021 to 2022 there was a 40% increase in overdose deaths, with fentanyl being a key culprit. "The underlying root causes that have resulted in the current overdose crisis are, unfortunately, not ones that will be reversed overnight," Seatt...
#1,551 - They Left: Portland Is Losing Some of Its Biggest Fans
February 07, 2023 12:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBThe old saying is a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged. In Portland, many liberals are dodging stray bullets, losing catalytic converters to thieves, and sidestepping tents. Then they open their tax bills. Maybe they aren’t voting Republican. But some are voting with their feet, getting the hell out of a city that once stole their hearts, driven away as taxes rise and quality of life declines. Multnomah County has lost residents for the past three years, according to Portland Sta...
#1,550 - Plan for RV safe lot in Seattle stalls (shocking!) while officials search for host for 35-40 RV's
February 06, 2023 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBSEATTLE — A plan to create a designated lot for people living in RVs in Seattle has stalled while officials search for a property owner who is willing to host the program. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) awarded a $1.9 million contract to the Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) last summer with the goal of opening the RV lot as soon as possible. “If we could just find somebody to be a hero and offer us the 30,000 - 40,000 square feet we are looking for, we could mak...
#1,549 - $5 million reparations for black residents not enough, San Francisco official says
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 8.84 MBA city official from San Francisco , California, said the draft plan for black residents to receive $5 million in reparations is not enough for proper compensation. Supervisor Shamann Walton told National Review Tuesday the 5 million number, which the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee said would remedy previous discrimination against black city residents, is "much less than a lot of the projections that people say black people should receive for reparations here ...
#1,548 - Colorado hardware store deals with DAILY organized retail theft
February 06, 2023 11:00 - 22 minutes - 15.5 MBTodd Erwin said retail crime is rocking his Colorado Ace Hardware store daily, and the problem that once consisted of petty thieves and small shoplifting has since escalated into something much worse. "We're getting hit every single day," he told FOX Business' Maria Bartiromo on Monday. Erwin, whose family has owned Ace Hardware stores for generations, said what used to be recurring petty theft has since become much bolder and more organized, with criminals bringing along tools to get away...
#1,547 - Walmart Slammed for Drone delivery Service That Critics Say Violates Privacy
February 05, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.19 MBWalmart may be a company beloved by shoppers for its convenience and low prices, but it's not entirely immune to coming under fire for missteps. Some have cited the store charging certain customers more than they should. Others take issue with the retailer's well-intentioned single-use bag policy. And some have called out the company for its sudden shift towards anti-theft tactics that ruin the shopping experience. And now, in the latest instance, Walmart is getting slammed for its new deliv...
#1,546 - Portland community turning to private security after break-ins and vandalism
February 04, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBPORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Businesses are fed up with crime and vandalism in Woodstock and taking matters into their own hands. They say they’re considering hiring private security and are in the process of talking to a company. “The vandalism, drug use, and violence in the area has been terrifying for a lot of people,” said Cristy Landers, a local business owner. Landers has had Transformations Salon in Woodstock for 22 years. “There’s been a lot of changes, a lot of the houseless people w...
#1,545 - Boeing delivers final 747 jumbo jet in Seattle to Atlas Air
February 03, 2023 12:00 - 11 minutes - 8.26 MBBoeing is delivering its final 747 jumbo jet on Tuesday after a ceremony at the company’s factory in Washington state. The jet has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, transport for NASA's space shuttles and the Air Force One presidential aircraft since it first took flight in 1969. It revolutionized travel by connecting international cities that never had direct routes, while also helping to democratize passenger flight. In the past 15 ...