Thursday Evening Headlines

Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom… First, the Trump administration is trying to bring back the presidential fitness test. But PE teachers in Washington state are largely ignoring it. Next, scientists are traveling all around Washington to figure out exactly what fish are living in rivers and streams. They’re using some high tech equipment to search out even the most “underloved” freshwater fish.  And finally, in the middle school that bears her name, Holocaust survivor Carla Peperzak celebrated her 103rd birthday last week. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Flights grounded at Sea-Tac and all U.S. airports, Microsoft says service outage wasn't caused by AI or cyberattack, and Orcas Island deals with truck shutdown on ferries. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week... The Seattle Times has been counting down its top 50 restaurants in the city, and we’ve got two food reviewers to talk about their process. Plus, could a local, scaled-down food delivery app be the solution to Seattle’s high delivery fees? And who deserves to represent Washington state on its commemorative $1 coin? Seattle Times Food Writer Tan Vinh and Seattle Met Editor Naomi Tomky are here to break down the week. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seattle City Council upholds Mayor Wilson's RV veto, King County's free health clinic is closing down, and Sean O'Donnell declares victory in State Supreme Court race. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Will she or won’t she. That’s been a question surrounding Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson since she took office about her views on surveillance cameras. And she will. Mayor Wilson announced Tuesday that the city is moving forward with adding more Closed-Circuit TV cameras. That comes after recent audit results flagged multiple concerns with our current Real Time Crime Center. We’ll take a deep dive into Seattle’s surveillance technologies with KUOW’s Teo Popescu. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, we’re bringing you the best from another KUOW podcast, Pocket Science… In Seattle, scientists are asking: Can you put someone in a state that’s perched on the knife’s edge between life and death...and bring them back?  Cryogenic freezing, suspended animation, human hibernation. The idea has captivated people for ages.  What if we could hit pause on ourselves to buy more time as we wait for an organ transplant or treatment after a terrible injury?  Local scientists are getting closer to making it a reality… if only in lab animals for now. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayor Wilson greenlights surveillance camera expansion, ACLU sues to stop ban on trans girls in girls' school sports, and Jimi Hendrix will represent Washington on the $1 coin. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When it comes to choosing a bike route in Seattle, you can’t always rely on Google Maps. A new “Bike Butler” app allows users to customize their routes to, say, avoid hills. We talk with UW computer science Ph.D. student Jared Hwang about his project.  We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Layoffs are coming at Boeing, Democrats won a supermajority in the Washington State House, and Seattle Public Schools is meeting to discuss a legal challenge to the initiative that bans trans girls from girls’ sports. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The midterm election sent an overwhelming message that the country’s voters shifted left. But there’s one major exception: transgender girls in sports.  Meanwhile, Washington state passed one of the more restrictive bans in the country. We’ll talk about why this issue bucked the trend with reporter Brooke Migdon from The 19th*. Find Brooke's reporting here. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.  Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at [email protected], leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online or on the KUOW App.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.