Jack Bilyeu

“I was a single mom with five kids and raising a niece, and times were tight,” Marti Tate said. “The Salvation Army, hands down, every year that we needed them, was there.”

Friday, countless people came out to take part in the KIRO 7 Cares Christmas in July Toy Drive at the Auburn Fred Meyer. Boxes were filled with toys for kids in need.

“The time period and even the location is pretty vague,” he said. “We are looking at a pretty big swath of lake.”

A young man who went missing in Lake Washington during Seafair festivities has still not been found in the days following, officials confirmed Monday.

A 21-year-old ended her birthday in the hospital bleeding from her brain after she was attacked in Seattle's U-District neighborhood.

A 21-year-old ended her birthday in the hospital bleeding from her brain after she was attacked in Seattle's U-District neighborhood.

Experts told KIRO 7 that wind will likely blow the smoke away by Thursday evening.

People are taking steps to protect themselves from all the smoke sitting over Western Washington. According to experts, the air quality gets worse closer to the Cascades.

“This rapidly escalated to physical violence against both victims as a result of his perception of their appearance and sexual orientation,” one prosecutor said.

“As the fire front came through, this was probably gone in less than a minute,” Gustafson said. “It's just devastating. There is nothing you can do to stop it.”