This year, the Blue Angels were met with more opposition than usual, as a woman is suing for the death of her cat, and another group targeted the Blue Angels with a “Say No To Blue Angels” billboard.

Seafair CEO Emily Cantrell acknowledged the complaints but also noted positive feedback, affirming that the show will continue as planned, according to .

“Seafair CEO Emily Cantrell responded to the Blue Angels protest. Is it going to stop the Angels? Heck no!” ����Xվ host Jake Skorheim said on “The Jake and Spike Show.”

Woman suing Blue Angels over cat’s death

Lauren Ann Lombardi claimed the Blue Angels’ aerial performances over Seattle in 2023 and 2024 caused intense panic attacks in her elderly cat. She said the noise and stress led to a dangerously elevated heart rate and severe distress, ultimately resulting in the cat being euthanized.

“We had the ‘cat lady’ on, her name is Lauren,” Jake said. “She partially blames the Blue Angels for her cat’s death. She said her cat had already been going through a tough time with serious health issues, including heart problems.”

However, Jake is thrilled the Blue Angels will still be performing.

“I’m very excited that the Blue Angels are back in town,” Jake said.

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����Xվ host Spike O’Neill commended Shinderuk for her determination.

“She tried every possible way to give them a workable solution to maintain in the department, and they just said ‘No thanks,'” Spike said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio. “I don’t know if they were trying to make an example out of her as a supervisor, saying, ‘You’re either going to go by the rules, or you’re gone,’ but I think that has a lot to do with why she won the settlement. She deserves every dollar.”

Fired SPD employee claims she wasn’t given accommodations

The City of Seattle provided accommodations for unvaccinated individuals during that time, including social distancing, masks, and routine testing. Shinderuk claimed that she was not allowed these accommodations, which ultimately led to her termination.

“She’s a single mother with three kids, and COVID rolls around. She applies for and receives a religious exemption, then shortly after, they’re not honoring the exemption,” ����Xվ host Jake Skorheim said. “Unceremoniously, she gets fired, jobs gone after 14 years.”

Shinderuk offered a variety of arrangements she could make for her employer in place of receiving the vaccine, including remote work, relocation, and enhanced safety protocols.

“She was bending over backwards to try and accommodate what she believed was important to her employers,” Jake said. “She wants to keep her job, but also needs to make sure she can support her family. She smartly lawyered up and decided to sue.”

Shinderuk began her career as a telecommunicator and was promoted to police communications supervisor in 2019. She was later terminated from her position in 2021 for her refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

“A 14-year veteran who has dedicated her skill sets to making sure this city is a safe place to live,” Spike said. “A poster woman for how you want a civil employee to be and behave.”

Shinderuk’s attorney dubbed the settlement a “big win for the citizens of Washington State,” according to . Her attorney also cited the City of Seattle’s failure to accommodate her religious exemption as grounds for the settlement.

“I wonder how much she was originally suing for. It’s a settlement, and that’s always a business decision. She doesn’t want to keep fighting it,” Jake said. “Maybe she was going for $2 million, but they settled and she got paid, which is great.”

The reported a cumulative total of more than 7 million COVID-19 deaths worldwide, and more than 1.2 million inside the United States as of this reporting.

“This is a mixed bag for me, because I felt that the state had a right to mandate these requirements for employment,” Spike said. “In hindsight, they were trying to make the best of an unknown situation that was evolving in horrific directions. We forget how horrific it was back then, and states were making decisions based on the most informed science at the time.”

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����Xվ host Spike O’Neill shared some personal memories he had with Ozzy, his storied history with drug abuse, and summarized the heartbreaking loss for rock ‘n’ roll.

“His lovely wife Sharon, who was his manager and practically saved his life because Ozzy for the longest time lived his life with pure debauchery,” Spike said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio. “Ozzy passed surrounded by his family and love at the age of 76, just two weeks after he played a farewell show in Birmingham.”

Ozzy recently performed at Villa Park in a gig featuring performances from some of his favourite acts, including Metallica and Guns N’ Roses, for the star’s farewell from the music industry.

“You don’t get the chance to feel the love from your fans and from your compatriots in the Rock and Roll world like Ozzy did,” Spike said. “We kind of made fun of Ozzy’s farewell performance a little bit because it was a struggle for him vocally, to be doing that at the age of 76.”

Ozzy reunited with the original Black Sabbath band members, Tony Iommi, Terence “Geezer” Butler, and Bill Ward for the first time in roughly 20 years at the farewell concert.

Spike O’Neill meets Ozzy Osbourne

“I was lucky enough to meet Ozzie,” Spike said. “In 1994, I was working with the Bob Rivers Show, and we were making song parodies. We had an idea to do a Christmas parody of Iron Man, called I am Santa Claus.”

Iron Man, featured on Black Sabbath’s 1970 album Paranoid, notched nearly 10 million in sales across the globe, according to .

“We had to reach out to Ozzy Osbourne’s family and ask for permission to do a parody of Iron Man,” Spike said. “Not only did they welcome the idea for us to have fun with it, but Ozzy was also in town on tour and agreed to come out to Bob Rivers’ home and take part in our video, and he let us interview him.”

We were able to invite listeners out to meet Ozzy at Bob’s house, and he could not have been more gracious and warm. Also, this was 31 years ago. Ozzy had to be helped out of the car with a personal assistant who walked him into Bob’s house,” Spike continued.

Ozzy and Black Sabbath separated in 1979, and Ozzy went on to release his debut solo album, “Blizzard of Ozz,” which marked the first of 13 solo studio albums.

“He could not have been more gracious, loving, but also physically debilitated from, at that point in time, his years of abuse,” Spike said. “He was kicked out of Black Sabbath in the late 70s because, even for them, he did way too much partying.”

Ozzy Osbourne bites head off bat

Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was often the target of parents’ groups for his imagery and once caused an uproar for biting the head off a bat. Later, he would reveal himself to be a doddering and sweet father on the reality TV show “The Osbournes.”

“Remember, there was the national coverage of Ozzy that he bit the head off a bat at a show in Iowa in 1982,” Spike said. “The story behind that was a kid brought the bat to the show, a dead bat, with the intent of throwing it on stage. He threw it on stage, and the bass player noticed this thing and pointed it out to Ozzy. He waddled over as he does, cause you know, when Ozzy performs, he’s in another place.”

Ozzy’s bat-eating incident became a career-defining moment in the rock legend’s history and has been a recurring topic mentioned in interviews with Ozzy ever since.

“He thought it was a rubber bat, and he reached out and bit the head off of it and immediately realized that he had screwed up, and this was a real bat,” Spike said. “Ozzy had to get rabies shots because of it, but he was always known as the guy who bit the head off of bats after that.”

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Many commuters hoped public transit would offer a faster route, but ����Xվ host Spike O’Neill said his Tuesday morning trip to work took him longer than driving.

“It took me longer than it would have taken for me to just sit in my car for the hour and 15 minutes, probably, would have taken me to get from my Edmonds commute down to here on South Lake Union,” Spike shared on “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio.

However, Spike did mention he had to deal with securing a bike locker before his light rail trip.

“My plan was to bring the bike onto the train because they’ve got these bike racks on the train, where you literally stand your bike up and hang the front wheel from this rack, from the roof of the train car. Very convenient, very well designed. But I get up to the station, and the platform is just packed,” he said.

Spike said his bike was too big to get onto the train, but luckily, he found a bike locker.

“I didn’t realize how lucky I was to secure a bike locker this morning, because they rent them out,” he added. “You can rent them for a year. It’s like a $50 annual fee for a bike locker, and then you’re at will, first-come, first-served.”

Therefore, Spike believes that because he had to take his bike to the train station, lock up his bike, go to Capitol Hill, and then rent another bike to get to work, it took him longer than the average person.

But would he commute again?

“I may do it again, out of a sense of duty to the commute,” he said.

Transit may be worth avoiding angry I-5 drivers

����Xվ fill-in host Mandi Bossard said commuting may be worth it to avoid the angry drivers.

“As somebody who did sit in my car, the vibe in the air — everyone was so angry. Everyone was honking at each other,” Mandi said. “There’s something psychologically about taking transit and you’re moving and you feel like you’re moving forward.”

“I’ve resigned myself to the fact that me being angry, or anxious, or yelling isn’t going to get me here any faster,” Spike responded.

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While ����Xվ host Jake Skorheim agreed the city needs to clean up the park, ����Xվ host Spike O’Neill believes the park-goers should be responsible.

“If the queer community in Seattle can’t police their own respected, treasured area of Denny Blaine Park, then they’re going to lose it,” Spike said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio.

Jake noted that the park is the city’s property.

“Whatever community has adopted it, it’s not their responsibility to clean it up and take care of it — that’s the city’s responsibility,” Jake added. “They can’t police the thing themselves.”

Spike kept his stance, saying, “Well, I would think it’s on the users of the beach.”

“Are they going to make a citizen’s arrest?” Jake asked.

Spike says Denny Blaine Park-goers should speak up

“The community that’s using the beach needs to speak up to the people who are coming to that beach and breaking the law, the sex acts, the drug use,” Spike responded. “If you want to have the privilege of having a nude queer beach in Seattle become a part of the of the culture of the city, as [City Attorney Anne] Davison says, then it behooves the users of that park who enjoyed for its aesthetics, to speak up and say, ‘Hey, look, see something, say something.'”

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Spike O’Neill, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, and ����Xվ fill-in host Greg Tomlin addressed some of the driving factors behind Kroger’s digital coupon adjustment, noting a few negative personal experiences using coupons in the past.

Kroger updates digital coupon policy

“They’re changing the digital code digital coupon process here, because a few years ago, a coalition of consumer groups got together and said, stop discriminating against our senior citizens and low-income shoppers,” Tomlin said. “It was seen as a policy favoring only the tech-savvy shoppers.”

The revised policy addresses the ongoing difficulties elderly and lower-income shoppers have when using the store’s applications that provide coupons.

“I found myself in Safeway late at night, and there’s a digital coupon for a cookie that no one else seemed to have in stock,” Spike said. “I’m ready to check out using the app, and the lady working says, ‘Those coupons never work, people just give up. Let me ring in the price by hand.'”

Two reported that one in four adults aged 65 and over did not use the internet in 2021. Additionally, 13% of adults in low-income households did not have access to the internet through a smartphone.

“It’s the equity of available discounts to all citizenry, not just those who are nice and lucky enough to have a smartphone or understand technology,” Spike said.

The digital coupons will now be available near the entrance of participating stores and customer service desks, according to .

“It’s hard for me to navigate the apps, and it’s hard for me to get a signal in the store, and I scan multiple times in that stupid QR code, and it doesn’t seem to work unless I throw myself at the mercy of the midnight checker who says that never works,” Spike said.

The newly provided coupon sheets allow customers to scan a barcode at checkout, which accesses all advertised discounts within the store, a process that eliminates the need for the internet.

“There’s no quicker way to get a business or organization to acquiesce to the clamors of the populace than to cry discrimination over a policy or practice,” Tomlin said. “Now, if you’re shopping at a Kroger-backed grocery store, you’ll be able to pick up a digital coupon or scan one as you enter the facility.”

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“The restaurant was about to go bankrupt, and my world was about to get a little bit safer,” ����Xվ host Jake Skorheim said begrudgingly as he’s allergic to shellfish. “And now they’re back, they have a new CEO changing things up for Gen Zers, and they wanna sell vibes.”

����Xվ host Spike O’Neill has observed a decline in mid-level dining experiences for families.

“The restaurant industry, as we know, is a tough ship to sail any time of day,” Spike said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio. “Red Lobster had, they say, the perfect storm of financial troubles.”

Red Lobster lost $76 million in 2023 and closed dozens of restaurants, according to CBS News. However, now that the chain has been bought by a lender group led by Fortress, it expects to operate around 544 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Red Lobster also gained new CEO Damola Adamolekun, the media outlet reported, the former chief executive of P.F. Chang’s.

Red Lobster’s new Crabfest menu

Adamolekun introduced a new Crabfest menu, including a Mariner’s Boil, Sailor’s Boil, Crabby Stuffed Mushrooms, crab-topped asparagus, crab-topped potato, Steak Oscar, and Salmon Oscar, according to Food and Wine. The menu also features new drinks, including the Purple Haze by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Passion Star Spritz, and Starry Eyed Surprise.

However, Jake said he isn’t sure if the new lineup will be successful.

“I don’t know if this is going to work for the Gen Zers, because they don’t drink alcohol,” he said. “We did this story recently, not drinking, stepping away from the bottle. I don’t know what’s going on with them, but they’re not drinking.”

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�ճ���� gives no address, but the price tag is $79,000,000.

“I have thoughts on this house,” ����Xվ host Jake Skorheim said. “$79 million, does it look worth it to you?”

“That’s gotta be the ugliest $79 million house I’ve ever seen,” ����Xվ host Spike O’Neill said.

“We are not of one mind on this,” Jake responded. “I like it.”

The property features sweeping views of Lake Washington, six bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, an elevator, a lakeside pavilion, and a wine cellar capable of holding more than 10,000 bottles.

“It’s brutalist architectural design,” Spike said.

“I like a minimalist house. I don’t like a lot of stuff in my way, I like views,” Jake countered. “I’d knock the trees down if I were them, but actually, this is a house so expensive that you probably want to keep people from looking at it.”

Described as a “one-of-a-kind presence on Lake Washington,” the mansion was designed by renowned architect Tom Kundig in 2016. According to , there has been only one homeowner since the property was built.

The house sits on 3.37 acres, with 34 feet of waterfront that includes a private dock and a pool.

“I’m just thinking, I can get that for a lot less than $79 million,’ Spike said.

“You think so?” Jake asked.

“On the lake with a boat launch, with a pavilion with an in-ground pool?” Spike answered. “I can bring that in for $30 (million), maybe $22.5 million.”

The house’s price equates to a $408,000 monthly payment, and $79,000 a month in property taxes. The interest on the home would be $83 million over a 30-year mortgage.

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Jake and Spike, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, broke down the raised attendance and ticket prices seen for the Storm-Fever game.

Seattle Storm v. Caitlin Clark

“The Storm played in front of a sold-out crowd at Climate Pledge Arena, which was about 16,000 fans in attendance,” Jake said.

Ryan Brewer, an associate professor of finance at Indiana University Columbus, estimated Clark was responsible for 26.5% of all WNBA economic activity last season, according to , including revenue from merchandise, ticket sales, and television.

“The Indiana Fever, boy, have they been in the news a lot lately,” Jake said.

“That’s what a superstar will do for the league,” Spike added.

Overall, WNBA attendance increased from an average of 6,615 in 2023 to 9,807 last year, NBC News reported, while the Fever’s home games averaged more fans than the home games for the Indiana Pacers.

Floor seats to see the Storm v. Fever cost $894, and courtside seats ranged anywhere from $1,500 to $4,000, ahead of the high-profile matchup in Seattle.

“That’s crazy money to unfortunately, watch the Seattle Storm get beat 94-86,” Jake said.

“That is Taylor Swift money, just to see a game,” Spike said.

The next upcoming home game featuring the Seattle Storm and the Indiana Fever is set for August 3, and the cheapest ticket for sale is already $105, according to .

Seattle sports attendance changes

A study highlighted by provided various local attractions that have recorded massive attendance changes for local visitors between 2020 and 2025.

The Seattle Storm has the largest attendance boost in the city, with a 114% increase in attendance, having less than 60,000 in 2020, and now more than 128,000 attendees in 2025.

In comparison, the Seattle Sounders had more than a 26% decrease in attendance, moving from nearly 320,000 in 2020, and dropped to roughly 234,000 in 2025.

Other notable attendance changes included the Seattle Seahawks near 15% increase, and the Seattle Mariners’ 8.8% decrease.

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����Xվ hosts Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill of “The Jake and Spike Show” put forth their latest endeavor to solve this unique crime and bring the urine-disposing suspect to justice.

Key details in Beaverton pee bottle case

“The gist of the story is somebody’s peeing in bottles and dumping it into trash cans, and they don’t know who the guy is because he covers his face,” Jake said. “He knows that he’s probably going to get picked up on some ring doorbell cameras.”

The suspected urine-dumper has been discarding his bottles in broad daylight, a Beaverton resident, Trish Bellingham, told .

“For my first view of the car, it looks like a four-door sedan. I’m thinking it looks imported, those also are not factory wheels,” Spike said. “This is how we do it, by the way, this is how we solve crimes.”

Spike referred back to the numerous crimes they have assessed and solved, including the case of the missing donkeys, the lost Liberty Bell, and the torched trestle, among others.

“The guy’s carrying two giant bottles of pee-pee on camera, and he’s throwing them into the trash; this is a crime we can solve,” Jake said. “They don’t have any clear shots of the license plate, so that’s going to be a problem. If they had that, they probably wouldn’t need us.”

Bellingham described the man as medium height, with dark hair and a slight build, also noting that he drove a light-colored vehicle.

Spike: ‘I don’t see a crime’

“Let me get this crime straight, man puts garbage in a garbage can?” Spike said. “Someone who’s throwing garbage in a garbage can, I don’t see a crime.”

Jake then related the incident to a different, more common occurrence, in light of Spike’s lukewarm response to solving the crime.

“If this isn’t a crime, then is it also not a crime for those people who walk their dogs, and dump those little bags of poop in your garbage?” Jake asked. “Could they be prosecuted, or is that not a crime?”

“Well, it’s not my trash can,” Spike said.

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����Xվ host proposes $5,000 to $10,000 fines for rescues

����Xվ fill-in host Angela Poe Russell believes there should be a $5,000 to $10,000 fine for rescues. However, she questioned how officials would define reckless behavior.

“For some people, this is just part of an adventure, and lots of people do it safely,” she said. “But let’s say you’re doing something that is said on paper, ‘Do not do this,’ and you do it, then I think it gets to that stage of charging the fee. But if it’s one of those things where this is high risk, but people do it, I don’t know, to me, that’s a little tricky.”

Angela shared her own experience of almost needing to be saved.

“I came very close to needing some kind of rescue years ago, out hiking with my kids, and one of my kids ran off,” she said. “My older one just shot off and turned a corner. And so I want to leave enough grace for people who make mistakes when they’re out there.”

A listener noted that many search and rescue crews are volunteers, meaning it’s not just a financial burden but also puts lives at risk.

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While Jake Skorheim was excited for the 76-year-old California fast-food chain’s prolonged arrival in Washington, Spike O’Neill was more lukewarm.

“Sure, it’s a novelty. It’s not a bad burger. It’s OK, but it’s not a mecca. Although it is for my wife and a lot of people. They can’t wait to get in there,” Spike said on “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio.

In-N-Out celebrated its across eight states in Dec. 2023, and has officially added its ninth state with Washington’s new Ridgefield location.

Jake Skorheim shares family tie as WA In-N-Out now hiring

“My family, culturally, that’s a part of their life, it’s their legacy,” Jake said. “My dad worked there when he was a kid; he worked at location No. 7 in 1971.”

Every In-N-Out location has a designated store number based on the store’s inception. Each location’s details are provided at the top of each order’s receipt.

“I asked my dad, ‘Do you remember how much money you made?’ and he said, ‘Oh yeah, $1.65 an hour,’ which was good money in 1971,” Jake said.

The new Washington In-N-Out will offer a starting wage of $18.75 per hour, with the ability to earn up to $23 an hour, according to Steve Mathis, a  administrator on Facebook.

“The employee interaction at In-N-Out is very high quality. Every time you go there, you see very well put-together young people, and they all have a smile on their faces,” Jake said.

Spike added that the In-N-Out experience is one-of-a-kind and superior to the average burger restaurant.

“It’s a part of the experience of going to In-N-Out. Employees must know that they’re not coming just for the burgers, they’re coming for In-N-Out in its totality, the whole experience,” Spike said.

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Everett Police Department (EPD) officers came to the kids’ rescue—volunteering their time to accompany the fifth-grade class on their trip.

Jake and Spike, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, commended the officers involved for their commitment to public service and leadership.

Everett PD saves the day

“[Olivia Park Elementary] reached out to the Everett police, and they talked to different officers, and said, ‘Does anybody want to volunteer? We can’t pay you to volunteer as chaperones.’ Four cops stepped up, they said we want to chaperone this for you guys, and we want to make sure these kids get to go,” Jake said.

Everett school counselor Stacy Goody recounted previous years when the students came close to missing the field trip due to a lack of male chaperons, according to .

“I’m sure it’s tough to get time off and chaperone at camp,” Spike said. “It’s a luxury to have the time available to donate and be a volunteer. I’m sure if every dad could get the time away to go, who wouldn’t want to spend three days in the woods chaperoning a bunch of kids? I remember my field trips when I was in fifth grade; they make such an impact on a young person.”

Goody said the field trip is an event the children of Olivia Park Elementary look forward to all year long, according to FOX 13.

“I’m not trying to be critical of the dads who couldn’t get out of work. I’m just saying it’s hard. Two years in a row, the fifth graders almost had to skip this because the dads couldn’t step up and find a way to get there,” Jake said.

FOX 13 noted the Everett neighborhood is a high-crime area, and the trip is a wonderful opportunity to get a breath of fresh air.

“And what a pretty great way for young people to see the police, law enforcement in general, in a much more positive light than they’re often portrayed,” Spike said.

Wade Wyrick, an officer with the EPD, said it is important for kids to see officers in a casual setting, without a badge or uniform, according to FOX 13.

“That’s awesome. So fantastic. And God bless these officers, I think these guys are saints,” Jake said.

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Looking back at Brian Wilson’s career

“The guy was a genius, would you say he’s the most instrumental of the Beach Boys?” Jake asked.

“He was the driving force. He was a creative genius behind the Beach Boys, and the entire sound of surf rock,” Spike responded.

The Beach Boys have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Between the 1960s and today, the band has had over 80 songs chart worldwide, 36 songs in the U.S. top 40, and four songs topping the Billboard Hot 100, according to .

“I was excited to celebrate Brian’s catalog. [Spike] and I the other day, we were talking about what our favorite love song was, and ended up picking the exact same song, which is perfect,” Jake said.

The Beach Boys: ‘Pet Sounds’

“Brian Wilson with ‘Pet Sounds’ changed everything about the Beach Boys,” Spike said. “This isn’t ‘Surfin’ U.S.A.,’ and when [‘Pet Sounds’] comes out, it’s this beautiful orchestration. Paul McCartney even said, ‘OK, everything is different now; he just changed the game.'”

Rolling Stone ranked “Pet Sounds” No. 2 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time,” and The Beach Boys No. 12 on the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time,” according to the band’s website.

“The vocal recording sessions of them singing ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’, it’s just so hard to harmonize, how difficult is it for them to do this?” Jake asked.

“It’s nearly impossible. It doesn’t get any better. They’ve always had that as their main skill, it’s their sound, the vocal harmonization,” Spike said.

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Spike O’Neill, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, took aim at the manufacturers.

“Poorly installed, poorly checked,” he said. “As the world watches this light rail expansion—and Seattle public transportation just keeps putting their foot in their mouth—how does inspection not? How do we have something fall into the track a month into the ride? High danger, high voltage.”

Jake and Spike bring up Sound Transit CEO after Redmond light rail malfunction

Spike then brought up Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine, who started in April.

“Thank goodness Dow Constantine is on the job,” he said cheekily. “These kinds of things are not going to happen anymore. We got a guy making twice what he’s worth. He’s going to stop this stuff from happening in the future.”

����Xվ host Jake Skorheim shared similar thoughts on Constantine.

“Making $250,000 when he went into that job, now he’s making $450,000,” he said. “I don’t think he’s worth a quarter of what they’re paying him, but that’s my opinion.”

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Phil Brandt, of High Point, ultimately brought a car seat that was hit by stray bullets in a nearby shooting to a Seattle City Council meeting—and they promptly fixed his neighborhood’s street lights.

“Phil Brandt said that the lights in his neighborhood kept going out, and the city was not replacing them. He called Seattle City Light, which operates the [street lights] and also operates their electricity, and he said, ‘Hey, what’s the deal? These lights aren’t getting turned back on,'” Jake Skorheim, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, said.

Man waits years until Seattle City Light fixes street lights

Jake detailed Brandt’s attempt to get the city’s attention with a shot-up car seat.

“You’re not fixing the lights. Months go by, and more lights are going out. Years go by, and finally, he goes to a Seattle City Council meeting and brings along a car seat,” Jake said. “One night, when the street lights were out, bullets were flying, and a bullet smashed through his window, right into his kid’s car seat.”

After Brandt’s appearance at the city council meeting, changes were made.

“Within hours, they finally came out and started fixing his street lamps,” Jake said.

Spike O’Neill, co-host of “Jake and Spike,” touched on why the unlit street lamps are a safety concern.

“A well-lit street is safer, 100% keeps prowlers away, and keeps hoodlums from hanging out on your streets. Darkness is a hoodlum’s friend,” Spike said.

Jake added that Brandt’s solution should not be the standard.

“You shouldn’t have to bring a car seat in with bullet holes to get your lights replaced,” Jake said.

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“It’s the fourth year in a row that [the city] tries to curb late-night trouble and crime in our parks and our beaches and all the things at Alki and Golden Gardens. The city’s locking them down an hour earlier than prior years,” Jake Skorheim, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, explained.

Jake and Spike question Seattle park curfews

Spike elaborated on the closures.

“It’s not just a closed sign they’re putting in. They’re putting up barricades to keep people from entering,” Spike O’Neill, co-host of “Jake and Spike,” said.

Jake questioned the impact a curfew would have on innocent citizens.

“Why do you need to close the park, certainly for everyone else? Why is everybody else getting their hands slapped when they’re not in the cookie jar?” Jake said.

“I guess, if there’s going to be ne’er-do-wells in there, let’s at least keep the innocent bystanders out. Makes it easier to find anybody when [police] are looking for trouble,” Spike responded.

Jake’s park proposal

“Here’s a modest proposal for you. What if we close the parks at like, 5 p.m.?” Jake said. “If it’s safer, why open them at all?”

Spike hinted at the crime being directed elsewhere.

“If there’s been a decrease in crime at these closed parks, I bet there’s a correlating increase in crime close by, where they just cause trouble at other locations,” Spike said.

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Safeway’s new alcohol policy

“I’ve gotten used to the fact that alcohol is all behind the glass now, so I hit the button and I wait, and wait,” Jake said. “Finally, someone comes and I say, ‘Let me take a look at that to make sure it’s the one I want.’ She won’t let me. I’m not allowed to touch the bottle.”

Spike O’Neill, co-host of “Jake and Spike,” believed the policy ruined companies’ marketing techniques.

“They spend a lot of marketing and money, and research in the shape of that bottle of feel in your hand. They want the buying experience to be visceral,” Spike said.

Jake continued on about his stressful shopping experience.

“I reach out to take it, and she says, ‘No, you can’t touch it,'” Jake said. “I said, ‘What? I’m buying it, ‘ and she said, ‘You’re not allowed to touch it. It’s a new rule, so you don’t steal it.'”

Spike thought his history as a shopper would allow him some trust.

“I feel like I’ve earned some trust. In the thousand hours I’ve shopped at this store, I feel like I’ve earned a little bit of trust from the crew,” Spike said. “But they have to judge us by the least of us. They really do.”

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“If you’re a local beekeeper, or an apiarist, or whatever you are, and somebody calls you and says, ‘Hey, we’ve got a huge spill,’ that’s your shining moment,” Jake Skorheim, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, said. “You’ve got to show up to something like that. You’ve got to go help the local authorities, because cops are not made to hunt for bees.”

Local beekeeper weighs in on the accident bee-yond control

, the regional operations manager for Alvéole, a beekeeping company in Seattle, joined “Jake and Spike” to break down the un-bee-lievably bad situation.

“What’s the protocol for recapturing these bees?” Spike O’Neill, co-host of “Jake and Spike,” asked Geant.

“You don’t really capture them. You provide them a place,” Geant answered. “Hopefully, they’re going to come back. They are extremely resilient. What is the best protocol? You want to suit up because those bees are going to be a little grumpy.”

Geant explained that when the truck toppled over, so did the hives it was transporting, leaving the bees buzzing around confused. His recommendation was to suit up, get the hives back to their normal stature, and wait for the bees to return while also providing new, empty hives for them to flock to.

“Imagine a crowd of thousands of people, and you and your loved ones are in the middle, and you got lost,” Geant said. “At this point, they’re looking for shelter. They’re looking to go into a hive and fill shelter and be safe. It’s going to take a few days for them to settle down, to calm down. Then, the beekeepers are going to go back inside the hive and try to look for the queen and make sure that everything is fine.”

Geant believed the bees were being transported to help pollinate local produce like pears and apples. Bees provide pollination for farmers, which is essential to both the economy and survival.

Combing over the wreckage in an accident that was an absolute buzzkill, Geant couldn’t fathom the financial loss.

“This will be the end of me. This would be like, ‘That’s it. I cannot do my job anymore. I lost most of my bees,'” Geant said. “It is very difficult for that beekeeper. Time will tell. Hopefully, maybe 80% will be fine, 70% will be fine. I very much doubt that 100% would be fine, but only time will tell.”

“Quentin, you get stung on a regular basis doing what you do, right?” Jake asked.

“I get stung every day,” Geant answered. “Every day. But bees, I gotta say, most of the time when I get stung, it’s my mistake. If you want to be immune to the venom and not react anymore, it takes 2,000-3,000 stings.”

The benefits of bee venom are far-reaching. It’s commonly used in products including extracts, supplements, moisturizers, and serums, while injections have been beneficial for inflammation, pain, arthritis, Parkinson’s disease, and even cancer. Geant claimed bee venom is one of the only things that relieves pain caused by Lyme disease.

“My hip’s been killing me, bring me some bees,” Spike said.

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Jake Skorheim and Spike O’Neill, co-hosts of “The Jake and Spike Show” on ����Xվ Newsradio, gave their initial reactions to the study and where people should look for a new place to live.

“Here’s where you shouldn’t look, Portland is very badly ranked, Boise, Idaho is another one, very badly ranked,” Jake said.

Portland, Oregon, held the No. 1 spot for worst housing crisis outlook in the country, Boise, Idaho, was second, Spokane fourth, and Seattle 21st.

PNW housing’s low vacancy rates and inventory

“They say it’s because they have low vacancy rates, and you might think that’s a good thing, and they’re renting out all of their inventory,” Jake said. “But what it actually means is they don’t have enough inventory.”

LendingTree highlighted that a low vacancy rate does not necessarily indicate a strong housing market. A lower vacancy rate can indicate high demand, but it can lead to rising home prices.

Spike grappled with the idea of searching through a housing market with nothing available to rent.

“If you’re looking (for an apartment), there’s nothing on the market for you,” Spike said.

Boise had a 4.56% vacancy rate, the second lowest in the nation, and Portland had 4.76%, the fourth lowest, according to LendingTree.

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