Seattle Now

As the climate warms up, Seattle’s trees are key to keeping the city cool. Enter the city's Trees for Neighborhoods program: They give away 1,000 trees to residents each summer, and teach them how to take care of the growing giants.

Urban forester Jana Dilley, who founded the program, explains how it works and how to pick the right tree for your yard.

Seattle area home prices are back up after a slump last year.

And high costs are a barrier for many potential buyers.

People from marginalized backgrounds face additional challenges in expensive housing markets like King County.

Windermere’s Samantha Enos is here to talk about what’s out there to help BIPOC buyers get into the market.

What a night at T-Mobile Park.

Julio Rodriguez stunned his fans at the Home Run Derby last night.

We talk to Seattle Times photographer Dean Rutz.

Summer can sometimes feel like months of worrying about wildfire…

When the latest one will be put out, And when the next one will start. But it turns out, there’s dozens of fires every year… That we never even hear about. That’s thanks to an elite crew of firefighters called smokejumpers. Seattle Times Outdoor Reporter Gregory Scruggs takes us to the birthplace of smokejumping.

This week… The MLB All-Star Game is in town, and Seattle’s been cleaning up for its guests. A Seattle Times survey asked an important question: is tech making life better in Seattle? And although we’re known for the Big Dark, researchers found that summer can also mess with your mood. Seattle Now Supervising Producer Caroline Chamberlain Gomez and KUOW Reporter Casey Martin are here to break down the week.

Seattle is known for a lot of stuff…but not bagels.

Pacific Northwesterners are friendly, but we tend to keep to ourselves. It can be hard to find your people and build a community.

Chris Watson has a suggestion: Pet some cats.

We took a walk with Chris and his 2 million TikTok followers to meet some of the people he’s brought together in Tacoma through his channel, @Catluminati.

In an effort to soften the resettlement after the US pulled out of Afghanistan, King County utilized two hotels as temporary refugee housing. One in Federal Way and one in Redmond.

Between October 2021 and December 2022, the county helped refugee families through the program known as Health Through Housing. Seattle Times reporter Anna Patrick spent more than a year gathering stories from Afghan refugees who lived in those hotels and is here to give us a peek inside.

This week… Mayor Bruce Harrell’s big announcement about downtown was met with protestors. Black Coffee Northwest’s Shoreline location closed, but some other doors opened. And we debate the merits of Costco membership mooching. Community Doula Eula Scott Bynoe and Needling Editor-in-Chief Lex Vaughn are here to break down the week.

We have more details about Mayor Harrell’s plan to revitalize downtown Seattle. He has a vision for the neighborhood to be vibrant. Full of life and activities. A place where people feel safe. But the reality is a lot more complicated.

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