Vivian McCall is a Staff Writer at various esteemed outlets, including Business Insider and KNKX Public Radio. She covers a diverse range of topics, with a focus on security and law enforcement, government and politics, and regional interest, often exploring themes related to elections, public policy, and security policy. Vivian's work has been featured in prominent publications such as Portland Mercury, The Stranger, and NewsBreak.
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By: Nathalie Graham, Vivian Mccall
Save the Light Rail: City and county officials are trying everything to keep Sound Transit 3 intact after Sound Transit proposed cutting several stations and lines due to rising costs. Councilmember Dan Strauss has proposed an amendment to save Ballard’s line by building from Ballard to Westlake directly rather than building a brand new downtown […]
By: Nathalie Graham, Vivian McCall, Megan Seling
RIP Ballard Light Rail: For now, at least. Yesterday, the Sound Transit board voted down Seattle City Councilmember Dan Strauss’s hail mary amendment to build the Ballard light rail extension. Facing a $35 billion budget gap, the agency will keep the Ballard line on ice while it goes ahead and builds a new line that stops at Seattle Center before making its way to Strauss’ stomping grounds. And he’s probably stomping right now. Sound Transit voted to keep most other lines intact, including Sodo to West Seattle, Federal Way to Tacoma, and Lynnwood to Everett. The agency saved the Graham Street infill station in South Seattle and a streetcar extension to Tacoma Community College, the Seattle Times reports.
By: Vivian McCall
Vivian McCall is The Stranger's News Editor. In her private life, she is a musician and Wii U apologist. If you’re reading this, you either love her or hate her. More by Vivian McCall
By: Charles Mudede, Vivian Mccall, Lindsay Costello
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Bleak WeekJune 5–11At the heart of Bleak Week, a weeklong film fest that, the Beacon says, “spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as […]
By: Audrey Vann, Dave Segal, Vivian Mccall, Amanda Manitach, Dylan Beuche, Charles Mudede
MONDAY 6/8 Bleak Week: Dancer in the Dark (FILM) At the heart of Bleak Week, a weeklong film fest that, the Beacon says, “spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as some of the bleakest points in human history,” is Dancer in the […]
By: Vivian McCall
President Donald Trump says he'll hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT.” Then, “at some point in the not too distant future,” he claims he'll seize Kharg
By: Audrey Vann, Dave Segal, Vivian McCall
A Drag Queen Drug Lord, a Film About Bottoming, and the 6th Annual Queer/Pride Festival MONDAY 6/22 The Devil Queen
In the mid-2010s, Time 's pronouncement that America had reached the transgender tipping point overshadowed another startling edict from Salon a few months later: Ass was the new pussy.
By: Vivian McCall
According to state records, part of the chemical tank that ruptured in an implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packing Company pulp mill that killed 11
By: Vivian Mccall
According to state records, part of the chemical tank that ruptured in an implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packing Company pulp mill that killed 11 and injured eight last month had sprung a leak in late 2023 and early 2024. Records also show that state regulators have cited the mill for clean air and water […]
