The Record

Every spring for 18 years Seattle's Museum of Popular Culture has convened a gathering of musicians, critics, academics and fans for Pop Conference - a deep dive into pop, and not so pop, music. This year the theme is "Forever Young: Popular Music and Youth Across the Ages”.

Today there was a critical hearing in the effort to recall Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant. Petitioners brought 4 charges against Sawant for King County Superior Court Judge Jim Rogers to review.

The Big 10 announced it plans to play football starting in late October, leaving the Pac-12 as the only Power 5 football program not currently committing to a fall season.

In 2015 foster children spent 120 nights sleeping in hotels or offices. This year they spent 1,863. What led to this dramatic increase?

According to the Department of Natural Resources, over a hundred fires this year were started by human recreation.

Everyone was hopeful the smoke would clear out today...but that didn’t happen.

It looks like we’re in for another week of wildfire smoke. We’ll find out why and when it’s expected to start clearing. And, there are stories going around Oregon that antifa set some of the wildfires...or maybe the Proud Boys. We’ll look at how those conspiracies proliferate and why they’re dangerous. And, how to recreate outdoors without “wreck-reating”.

When Washington and Oregon's historic wildfires began sweeping over the state, rumors of their origin began circulating online. Was it anti-fascists? The Proud Boys? Since the beginning, officials have faced an uphill battle in controlling fact vs. fiction.

Over the last 7 years, Merrick Bobb has worked with the Seattle Police to ensure full compliance with a federal consent decree over use of force.

A way for kids to get excited about crows, guided by husband and wife crow researchers. The court monitor of the consent decree steps down. And this week’s chat with Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan.