Madeline Ottilie

“I want the city to take it seriously and to come up with solutions,” he said. “I wish I had the solution. I don’t, but the city needs to be able to step up and take control of that.”

“He looks like somebody ran him over and left him to die,”

An assistant professor of law said the judge will be looking to see if the complainants have alleged specific acts that would amount to unlawful conduct or a beach of official duty, rather than general dissatisfaction.

Seattle City Council Public Safety Committee Chair Councilman Bob Kettle is calling on Mayor Katie Wilson to take action on public safety and turn on the city’s crime surveillance cameras.

One neighbor said beaver dams have transformed the creek that once flowed through his property into a swamp that is flooding his yard. Mosquitos have moved in, and salmon have moved out, he said.

Maple Valley homeowners along Taylor Creek say beaver dams are flooding their properties, but state officials say they cannot intervene without permission from neighboring landowners.

Police in Enumclaw are crediting their Flock camera system for helping locate a man accused of killing five people in Forest Grove, Oregon.

Despite the ruling, voting procedures remain unchanged for the upcoming November election because a separate court order currently continues to block the policy from being implemented.

Progress updates regarding the investigation and review are expected to be presented during a Seattle City Council public safety committee hearing on Sept. 22.

Judge Patrick Oishi, who presided over the hearing Thursday afternoon, called the whole process “befuddling.”