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We need YOUR HELP to keep making Seattle Now. Donate to our home, KUOW, and help us raise a million dollars in one day for our Spring Pledge Drive Thursday: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow Parents of Garfield High School students say they say the city needs to do more after a student was shot in the leg waiting for the bus last week.Shootings around the school aren't new. But there's new momentum (and pressure on local leaders) to find immediate solutions.Check your ballot status: https://votewa.gov/And we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedbackSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fred Hutch develops new blood test for colon cancer, Amazon's Bellevue expansion, UW athletic director leaves for Nebraska. Tragic incidents like landslides and fatal car crash discussed. Housing projects, carbon markets, and Amazon employee shifts highlighted. Insights on gun violence near Garfield High School teased.

The weather is magnificent, and the cherry blossoms are in peak bloom on the University of Washington campus.Today, we’ll hear the surprising history of how these cherry trees came to be from UW Campus Arborist Sara Shores.UW's Cherry Blossom Cam: https://www.washington.edu/video/campus-webcams/We need YOUR HELP to keep making Seattle Now. Donate to our home, KUOW, and help us raise a million dollars in one day for our Spring Pledge Drive Thursday: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow And we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedbackSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Free preschool to expand in Seattle, seafood company ends fight to farm salmon in Puget Sound, and city leaders push for more sidewalks. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.We need YOUR HELP to keep making Seattle Now. Donate to our home, KUOW, and help us raise a million dollars in one day for our Spring Pledge Drive Thursday: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On February 17, five friends set out on a long bike ride in the Cascade foothills north of Snoqualmie. What started as a routine day on the trail turned into a fight for their lives when a cougar attacked one rider, leaving the other four to fight back with nothing but stones and their bikes. Angela King tells the women's story for the first time since the attack. Read more of Angela's reporting and see photos of the group on KUOW.org: https://www.kuow.org/stories/cougar-attack-washington-state-cyclistsWe need YOUR HELP to keep making Seattle Now. Donate to our home, KUOW, and help us raise a million dollars in one day for our Spring Pledge Drive Thursday: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow And we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedbackSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

WA issues new Covid guidance, Rep. Kim Schrier argues for a TikTok ban, and the Seattle Reign are getting a new owner. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.We need YOUR HELP to keep making Seattle Now. Donate to our home, KUOW, and help us raise $1 million in one day for our Spring Pledge Drive Thursday: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenowWe want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedbackSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We love our restaurants around here, but the pandemic and Seattle’s blistering growth means these third places are constantly shifting. Local food author Geraldine DeRuiter writes about Seattle's relationship to its restaurants in her new book, If You Can't Take The Heat. She joins us to discuss the importance of these third places and what we lose when they disappear. We need YOUR HELP to keep making Seattle Now. Donate to our home, KUOW, and help us raise a million dollars in one day for our Spring Pledge Drive Thursday: https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattlenowAnd we want to hear from you! Follow us on Instagram at SeattleNowPod, or leave us feedback online: https://www.kuow.org/feedbackSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.