Seattle, WA
Hundreds of beds, shelter open during Seattle’s cold snap
:quality(70)/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/01-14-2024/t_0489201afa2f4cb5909a5fe1db399d18_name_11p__Seattle_Cold_WX_Shelters_transfer_frame_1322.jpeg?ssl=1 "Hundreds of beds, shelter open during Seattle’s cold snap")
SEATTLE — These freezing temperatures are a risk to anyone out on the streets.
King County and the Salvation Army have upped their shelter space, so people can stay warm.
The Salvation Army office in SoDo offers up to 200 shelter beds for anyone in need. The Seattle Center Exhibition Hall also opened to provide shelter to another 300 people.
“We have these cubes, we call semi-private cues that offer individuals privacy, but allows us to engage with care,” said Captain Felicia Grant with the Salvation army.
Each cube is stocked with a bed, chair and a space of their own.
Grant says it’s a crucial resource, when the temperatures drops below freezing.
“It’s important because this weather is unsafe. People can suffer extreme health conditions in response, it’s just not a good environment to be in consistently without any type of relief,” Grant explained.
For Kyle Clements, it was a difficult journey before reaching the Salvation Army.
“I was pretty much put out in the streets for a few months,” he said.
Those months turned into years. But like many others who are homeless, winters were especially tough.
“Some nights you’re going to stay awake, some nights you’re very alert about what’s going on out there,” Clements explained.
Eventually, he found the salvation army in SoDo. It’s not only become home base, but a safe space to grow and move forward.
“This is helping me to get my feet back on the ground and even though I haven’t gotten the opportunities like I should’ve in the past, I get them now,” Clements said.
©2024 Cox Media Group
SEATTLE — Paige Bueckers scored 27 points, Azzi Fudd added a career-high 26, including the go-ahead basket with 13.2 seconds left in overtime, and the Dallas Wings beat the Seattle Storm 112-110 on Monday night.
Bueckers, who scored 17 of the Wings’ final 24, netted her 1,000th career point in overtime to cap her night and put Dallas ahead 109-108. She tied Elena Delle Donne for the fourth-fastest in WNBA history to reach the milestone at 52 games.
Fudd followed with a go-ahead layup that put Dallas up 111-110 before Jessica Shepard stole the ball, and Aziaha James capped the scoring with a free throw to end it.
Dallas finished with a WNBA record 48 made field goals.
James scored 18 points off the bench for Dallas (11-6), and Shepard had 14 points, nine rebounds and eight assists. Li Yueru scored 10.
Dominique Malonga scored a career-high 37 to go with 12 rebounds for Seattle (3-15). She became the youngest player in league history to reach 200 career field goals at 20 years and 219 days old. Natisha Hiedeman had 21 and 11 assists, and Awa Fam had 18 points.
Dallas trailed 94-88 with 1:24 remaining in regulation before Bueckers rattled off the Wings’ final eight points of regulation, including back-to-back 3-pointers, to help force overtime.
Seattle has lost 11 straight games.
Up next
Wings: Visit the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday.
BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT
Storm: Host the New York Liberty on Thursday.
Two weeks ago, we reported on information prepared for a scheduled meeting of the City Council Public Safety Committee, suggesting that SPD might have to slow its hiring because fewer officers were leaving, which posed a budget dilemma. That briefing scheduled for the committee’s June 9 meeting ultimately was postponed because it was the last item on the agenda and the previous two ran long. It’s now scheduled for tomorrow’s committee meeting (9:30 am Tuesday, June 23), same slide deck, but this time it’s the second item on the agenda, so not likely to be bumped again. It’s a regularly scheduled quarterly update, no votes scheduled nor attached proposals, but it can be viewed in the prism of the city’s looming budget shortfall. The agenda explains how to comment and/or watch, in person or remotely.
-
Business7 minutes agoThe other anti-data center movement: California’s sky-high electricity prices
-
Entertainment10 minutes ago‘All My Children’ actor Paul Avery and wife Sheila killed in house fire
-
Lifestyle15 minutes agoWhat’s the deal with … microdosing Ozempic?
-
Politics22 minutes agoBattle over single-use plastics erupts as 17 states move to block California law
-
Science23 minutes agoHealth concerns mount as Boyle Heights warehouse fire stretches into a week
-
Sports30 minutes ago‘A great vibe.’ Pacific Northwest joins Los Angeles in an embrace of World Cup fever
-
World40 minutes agoWhat the US and Iran agreed – and disagreed – on first day of talks
-
News1 hour agoFive years after the Surfside condo collapse, killing 98, what’s changed?
