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December 2006


Mending our children

10:11 AM Thu, Dec 28, 2006 |

One in a thousand children is born with club feet... can that be fixed without surgery?
Can scoliosis, or curvature of the spine, become life threatening? Can implanting bone chips in a child's leg encourage new bone to grow? Can I go inside the operating room at Seattle's Children's hospital?

Join us for answers, in a television special that airs tonight (Thursday) on KING 5 at 8 p.m. called "Mending our Children."

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Amid falling trees, covering the storm

12:24 PM Sat, Dec 16, 2006 |

A storm in darkness leaves much to the imagination.

It was two o'clock in the morning, and my photographer Don and I were driving through the pitch blackness of Whidbey Island. The only light on the island came from the occasional lightning strike and our two little headlights on our KING 5 minivan.

We were heading down Swantown Road -- which is a long, narrow 2-lane road lined with towering trees. Without much light, it was h...



Worst wind storm ever?

2:21 PM Fri, Dec 15, 2006 |

I remember sitting at the anchor desk on the day of the Inauguration Day wind storm for just over 8 hours. What was scheduled to be extensive coverage of Bill Clinton's swearing in, turned into extensive coverage of flying plywood, broken trees and damaged homes. And what made that storm especially difficult was that it occured in the middle of the day. Everyone was at work, and everyone had to go home with bridges closed and stop lights i...



Smashed. Crunched. Destroyed. What I saw covering the storm

12:05 PM Fri, Dec 15, 2006 |

I’m going to tell you about my little slice of the Wind Storm Pie.

You know, you could toss a dart just about anywhere in Western Washington and find somebody, anybody, who suffered through this latest smack upside the head from Mother Nature. Usually, it’s something of a challenge to piece together all the elements for a 90-second long story. This time…take your pick.

As the assignments were tossed out to KING 5 crews in the ...



Airport pulls down Christmas trees

11:10 AM Mon, Dec 11, 2006 |

By far, the most popular story on KING5.com today and over the weekend is the story about Sea-Tac airport removing all of its Christmas trees after a rabbi -- who had requested to add a menorah -- threatened to sue. So what do you think? Should the airport reconsider its decision? >> Continue reading: Airport pulls down Christmas trees