news: November 2007
6:41 PM Fri, Nov 30, 2007 | Permalink
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Every time I read Seattle police incident reports, I'm surprised as a reporter and amazed as a resident.
On any given day, there are dozens of cars that are broken into all across the city. In every neighborhood, at all times of the day, thieves pry, break, and force open cars. They steal gym bags, GPS devices, CD's, clothes, medications, you name it.
And this time of year car prowls are seeing a bonanza in the form of Christmas sh...
3:24 PM Mon, Nov 26, 2007 | Permalink
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When my producer suggested we do our own Katrina-type follow-up to last December's windstorm, I didn't think we would find many problems.
After the initial blast, I hadn't heard many complaints.
So, I was surprised when I started calling people who'd complained to the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). Their complaints were listed as "closed," meaning the cases were resolved. But few of the people I talked...
7:40 PM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink
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While waiting in line at the Issaquah Post Office Monday (11/19), I overheard a woman telling her friend she was spending Thanksgiving .. in fact, almost a month .. on a cruise to Antarctica. Now comes word that a ship called the MS Explorer is stricken and all its passengers evacuated. Could this woman be one of the 13 Americans onboard? How is she? WHO is she? Contact us if you know! (newstips@king5.com or 206-448-3850)
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8:17 AM Thu, Nov 22, 2007 | Permalink
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Full Disclosure - I remember Tony Harris, and his days on the WSU Basketball Team.
I watched many of his games, while I was in school there, and remember him for his scoring prowess.
For that reason, I've followed his bizarre story probably more closely than the average person.
And, I can't believe the Brazilian police, with what we know right now.
I find it hard to believe we know the full story and whether, for sure, ...
4:26 PM Wed, Nov 21, 2007 | Permalink
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Political campaigns tend to focus on the reasons political opponents disagree with one another.
And sometimes there's the mud that never seems to wash away, even after the campaign is done.
In Snohomish County, though, Sheriff-elect John Lovick has chosen two of his former opponents to help lead the department.
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5:25 PM Tue, Nov 20, 2007 | Permalink
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Why do we do it?
Every Thanksgiving, figuring out what to put in a newscast or on the web is like clockwork, and you already know what's coming before you turn on the tube or hop on the net.
First, there is the standard – holiday travel. The Wednesday (and sometimes Tuesday) beforehand, we have a reporter standing at Snoqualmie Pass or at Sea-Tac Airport telling you it's going to be busy – as if this year was any different than la...
5:20 PM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink
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In Ocean Shores today, I saw the piece of what is likely from an old ship's keel. Ocean Shores resident Steve Sauve found it over the weekend while making his usual rounds of the beach.
The Ocean Shores Interpretive Center has taken on the job of figuring out just what it is and perhaps what kind of ship it came from. Maybe even a name? There's always hope.
However, our hopes could be dashed on the rocks if the experts conclude i...
4:53 PM Mon, Nov 19, 2007 | Permalink
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It was more than four year ago that I first I got a call from an insider at the King County Medical Examiner's Office with a shocking allegation - that a baby's body had vanished from the morgue in the middle of a murder investigation.
It sounded like something out of a horror movie, but it was true. The missing body was never found and an audit concluded that the thief was probably a disgruntled employee who either stole the body for so...
6:08 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink
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Roll your eyes with me, please!
Are we getting too politically correct when we ask school teachers to describe Thanksgiving as a time of "mourning?"
When a store decides to call Christmas trees "family trees?"
When department store Santas are asked to say "Ha Ha Ha" instead of "Ho Ho Ho" because it might be offensive to some women?
(All news stories we reported this week.)
How should we handle these requests for...
11:35 PM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink
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Do you have a mentor? Someone who inspires you to "go for it" and have no fear? Bill Hosokawa, a Seattle native and a longtime editor at the Denver Post was just such a person. The 92 year old Hosokawa died November 9, 2007 after coaching dozens of reporters over the years, even though a University of Washignton professor told him no American newspaper would ever hire him because of his Japanese ancestry. He not only proved him wrong, Hosokaw...
6:38 PM Thu, Nov 08, 2007 | Permalink
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"This is not the best way for the world to discover that Seattle has a sister city in Italy," comments Mike James by e-mail.
James, a former KING 5 anchorman, is active in the Seattle Perugia Sister City program and has become a media source to the world’s journalists after the arrest over the weekend of a University of Washington student in a murder investigation in the picturesque Italian town.
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8:29 AM Wed, Nov 07, 2007 | Permalink
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Monday another case of MRSA was discovered in Port Townsend. This time it involved an adult staffer at a pre-school --- bringing the total number of cases to two.
MRSA is not new.
In the past it was most common in hospitals and nursing homes. Lately however, we've been seeing new cases in schools and work places. ...
5:04 PM Sun, Nov 04, 2007 | Permalink
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The last thing Tonya Mason wanted to do was see any more pain. She had watched two beloved horses suffer with ever worsening medical conditions. She had also seen how the loss of such beloved animals can inflict terrible pain on the human heart.
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10:37 PM Fri, Nov 02, 2007 | Permalink
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King County Superior Court Judge Julie Spector minced no words at Roberto Cedeno's sentencing. "It is a miracle that Donn Potteiger survived," she declared from the bench.
Cedeno pleaded guilty to driving drunk and slamming into King County deputy Potteiger's motorcycle on July 29. Cedeno's blood alcohol level was point-31, nearly four times the legal limit. Potteiger nearly died. His right leg was amputated and he's had to relearn simp...
