Seattle, WA
Motorcyclist Collides with Guardrail in Ellensburg, Airlifted to Seattle
A motorcyclist was concerned in a guardrail collision whereas going westbound I-90 close to MP 121 in Ellensburg final Friday.
On July 22, 21-year-old Elias Garcia of Yakima was discovered 10 miles east of Ellensburg with non-life threatening accidents. Garcia veered to the fitting and struck a guardrail, leading to a damaged leg. They had been later airlifted to Harborview Medical Middle in Seattle.
The collision is presently beneath investigation, nevertheless Washington State Patrol consider distracted driving performed an element into the accident.
Seattle, WA
Vice President Kamala Harris headlines two Seattle fundraising events for Biden Victory Fund
It hasn’t been a month since President Biden headlined two fundraising receptions in the Seattle area and already Vice President Kamala Harris has done the same.
Money is the mother’s milk of politics, the saying goes, and presidential campaigns in this day and age demand a lot of it. Accordingly, the entire purpose of Harris’ quick trip up from California to the Pacific Northwest was fundraising. She stepped off Air Force Two, zipped over to West Seattle for one reception, then promptly left for a second in downtown Seattle, then swiftly returned to Boeing Field for a flight back to California.
Unlike their predecessors, the Biden-Harris administration allows the press to send a representative to these closed-door campaign fundraising events. For this trip, The Seattle Times’ Claire Withycombe was tasked with sending regular updates (known in media parlance as pool reports) to the White House press corps.
In her first dispatch, she described the scene where she awaited Harris’ arrival: “The home where the fundraiser is being held is on a quiet street in West Seattle. The VP’s visit has generated some excitement among the neighbors, but as of 3 PM, there were no crowds on the nearby block. Guests are standing and chatting in the backyard of the home, which has an impressive, panoramic view of Puget Sound. A few boats are gliding through the water. Guests stand near cocktail height tables covered in pale green tablecloths. I am in the garage, where catering staff are preparing and sending out an array of savory appetizers, including crab cakes, shortrib and honeyed feta toast.”
At 4:02 PM, with motorcycles rumbling, Harris’ motorcade pulled up at the home of Melissa and Peter Evans, to cheers from the neighbors. Harris waved to them on her way into the fundraiser. About a half hour later, she began her observable remarks.
Harris told the small gathering of donors that the stakes of the election are high and momentum is on the Biden campaign’s side.
“In this re-elect, listen, guys, we’re gonna win,” Harris said. “We may have bloody knuckles when it’s over, but we’re gonna win and our country is worth fighting for.”
Harris added that this pivotal 2024 presidential election is not about what team you’re rooting for but “what kind of country we want to live in.”
“We believe in the promise of America,” she said. “And we know that in order for us to achieve that promise and make it real we have to fight for it.”
Harris emphasized that the outcome of the election will impact people around the world. She warned that if Trump is elected and Congress passed a national abortion ban, Trump would sign it, whereas Biden would veto a national ban. She touted the Biden administration’s work to cap insulin costs for seniors and called the contrast between the prior regime and the Biden administration “extreme.”
Harris’ remarks lasted for a little less than thirteen minutes.
Not long after that, around 5 PM, the motorcade was rolling again. People lined the blocks near the fundraiser, holding cell phones and waving.
With roads closed to accommodate the motorcade, the trip downtown took less than twenty minutes, about the same length of time that the trip to West Seattle took. Fortunately for Seattle Mariners fans attending the second to last game of the homestand, first pitch had already been thrown an hour beforehand and the Mariners were on their way to a 9–0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Harris’ entourage pulled up to the Westin around 5:16 PM.
Harris’ observable remarks began around 5:40 PM. She spoke from a podium with American and Washington State flags behind her. Her audience for this second Victory Fund reception numbered about one hundred and twenty people.
The Vice President repeated several of the same comments from earlier in the day at the Evanses’ home about the high stakes of the election, other countries looking to the United States as a role model, the necessity of defending reproductive rights, and capping the costs of insulin for seniors.
But at this reception she also discussed the Biden administration’s work on the economy, citing “historic” low employment and new manufacturing jobs.
She characterized the choice as super clear, declaring that many things in the world and in the country are “complex and nuanced” but November of ‘24 is “binary.”
“There’s two choices. And let’s be clear, if you pull up the split screen, what we’re looking at,” Harris said. “On one side, you’ve got a former president who openly praises dictators and said he’d be a dictator on day one, who has essentially said he will weaponize the Department of Justice against his enemies, political enemies, who has openly talked about how proud he is of what he did in undoing the protections of Roe v. Wade.”
“On the other side, you have Joe Biden and our administration, which has done transformative work, which the history books, if not the punditry right now, will show has been historic in terms of what we have done to strengthen and grow the American economy and invest in the future of our nation.”
The Vice President also addressed the issue of medical debt, saying that it affects so many people and it’s usually incurred because of a medical emergency.
“What we are saying that medical debt cannot be used in your credit score,” she said.
Harris’ remarks were interrupted on two separate occasions by protesters opposed to Israel’s military operations in the Gaza Strip.
The first, in a red shirt, stood up and yelled what sounded to Withycombe like “Children are being buried in Rafah,” then was escorted out of the room.
“I appreciate your right to express what is rightly a concern… we are working to end this war as soon as possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you,” said Harris.
After the protester left, she said: “And that’s why we’re fighting for our democracy. That’s exactly why we’re fighting for our democracy.”
Soon after, a second protestor stood up and said: “Vice President, when will you stop sending weapons to Israel?”
“Thank you, I’m talking now,” Harris said as the protestor kept trying to interrupt.
“You can stop this genocide Vice President, you can stop this genocide,” the protestor asserted. They were also removed from the reception.
The Vice President’s remarks lasted around nineteen minutes and concluded at 6 PM.
Harris returned to Boeing Field shortly thereafter, concluding her trip to Seattle.
Seattle, WA
Crawford's slam, Miller's arm help Seattle Mariners thump Angels
SEATTLE (AP) — J.P. Crawford hit a grand slam, Bryce Miller struck out nine in six smooth innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-0 on Saturday.
Seattle Mariners 9, Los Angeles Angels 0: Box Score
Miller (5-5) allowed just three hits for the Mariners, who lead the AL West on June 1 for the first time since 2003. They have won seven straight home series and six of their last seven games overall. Seattle (33-27) is a season-high six games over .500.
“That was a fun ballgame, it really was,” manager Scott Servais said.
Seattle got nine hits, including three from Julio Rodríguez, and two home runs — a day after firing bench coach and offensive coordinator Brant Brown.
“I think we’re just freeing things up,” Servais said, “and I know that it’s been a point of emphasis over the last couple of days. Let’s free these players up, let’s talk about and really focus on what they do well and playing to their strengths.”
Miller gave up leadoff singles in the first and second, but after switching up his strategy to throw more four-seam fastballs and breaking pitches, he allowed just one more hit and never permitted a runner past second base.
“Yeah, like, the second inning, I don’t know where the fastball went, but I lost it,” Miller said.
“I guess it fell out of my pocket or something, but we found it between innings.”
It was the second-year right-hander’s 11th career game with six or more innings and three or fewer hits allowed, and the ninth time this season he’s held an opponent to two or fewer earned runs. His eight quality starts bring the Mariners’ major league-leading total to 36.
Angels starter Reid Detmers (3-6) set up Crawford’s fourth-inning slam, a line drive to right field, with a pair of walks that loaded the bases. He yielded four hits and five earned runs with three strikeouts and four walks in 3 2/3 innings.
Video: Seattle Mariners SS J.P Crawford belts grand slam vs Angels
After the game, Detmers was demoted to Triple-A Salt Lake.
While not known for his power, Crawford is known for his confidence, and the shortstop had little doubt he would produce runs in his fourth-inning at-bat. He’s batting .650 with three grand slams and 34 RBIs with the bases loaded since the start of 2023.
“I was just trying to be quick to the ball and not do too much,” Crawford said. “He threw me (a curveball) on the previous at-bat before and I got a feel for it, then just reacted and it went over. Thankfully, the roof was closed.”
Cal Raleigh hit a two-run double to cap a four-run sixth. Luke Raley had a solo homer and Rodríguez added his second RBI single of the game. The star center fielder has reached base safely in eight straight games after a slow start.
Raley rakes 💪 #TridentsUp pic.twitter.com/ma6XYaXcU3
— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) June 2, 2024
PURE BLISS
Seattle, WA
4 people, including 2 juveniles, hurt in Seattle shootings Saturday
The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is investigating two separate shootings that took place early Saturday. In the first, two juveniles were injured in a drive-by shooting in Downtown Seattle. Several hours later, a male and female were shot during a gunfight in the city’s Yesler Terrace neighborhood.
Seattle shootings: 2 juvenile males injured in drive-by incident
In the first of two Seattle shootings, SPD said it is investigating after two boys were injured in a drive-by incident downtown early Saturday, according to a blog post on the department’s SPD Blotter.
At 1:11 a.m., officers responded to 911 call in the 300 block of Pike Street reporting multiple shots fired and people running.
The officers on the scene found discovered two “juvenile males” suffering from gunshot wounds, the SPD Blotter states. The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) then arrived and provided medical aid to the shooting victims.
Both of the young victims were then transported to Harborview Medical Center to receive additional treatment. One was in serious condition while the other was in serious condition.
The circumstances leading up to the shooting remain under investigation and no suspects have been taken into custody, the department wrote in its post.
More from the crime blotter: Man killed, another injured after Queen Anne park stabbing incident
Man, woman shot during Yesler Terrace gunfight
SPD also is conducting an investigation after a man and a woman were shot during a gunfight in the city’s Yesler Terrace neighborhood Saturday morning, a separate blog post on the department’s SPD Blotter explains.
Officers responded to multiple 911 calls at 5:01 a.m. reporting that shots fired and vehicles speeding away near 12th Avenue South and South Main Street.
The officers who arrived at the scene found evidence of a shootout including various calibers of shell casings, blood, multiple vehicles and a building struck by gunshots, the SPD Blotter post states.
While investigating, two victims, a man and a woman both in their 20s, were brought to the emergency room at Harborview Medical Center suffering from gunshot wounds.
According to the the SPD Blotter post, members of the department went on to determine that two groups of people were shooting at each other with rifles and handguns on South Main Street from Borren Avenue South to the east side of the Yesler Terrace Hillclimb.
What led to the shooting remains under investigation and no suspects have yet been taken into custody, SPD reported. The department did say a vehicle was seized as evidence.
If anyone has information about either incident and the crimes committed, they are asked to call the SPD Violent Crime Tip Line at (206) 233-5000, or Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound at 1-800-222-TIPS.
Steve Coogan is the lead editor of MyNorthwest. You can read more of his stories here. Follow Steve on X, or email him here.
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