Gee & Ursula – MyNorthwest.com Seattle news, sports, weather, traffic, talk and community. Fri, 13 Jun 2025 22:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 /wp-content/uploads/2024/06/favicon-needle.png Gee & Ursula – MyNorthwest.com 32 32 Shilshole sea lion surge: Marina docks overrun in Ballard /gee-and-ursula/sea-lion-ballard/4099397 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 13:00:50 +0000 /?p=4099397 Dozens of sea lions have made the public guest docks at Shilshole Bay Marina in Ballard their new, temporary home, a customary move over the last few years.

“It is that time of year again in Ballard. I’m not sure if you guys are aware of this, but sea lions have returned en masse to Shilshole Marina’s guest docks,” Andrew Lanier, the producer of “The Gee and Ursula Show,” said. “They sprawl across the planks like they’re at a spa retreat. There are about 120 that have made themselves right at home, barking, lounging. They block access for the actual boaters who want to use the guest marinas there.”

Yellow caution tape can be seen along the walkways as a reminder for humans to keep their distance from the sea lions, which will bite when threatened. According to the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program, sea lions, a federally protected marine mammal, tend to ignore deterrents like sound devices.

“I think sea lions are so darn cute, but I’m also old enough to remember Herschel,” 成人X站 host Ursula Reutin said. “This was all the way back in the 80s. This is like true Seattle lore.”

The legend of Herschel the sea lion

Herschel was a sea lion in the early to mid-1980s who moved to the聽 in order to grab salmon funneled through a fish ladder. Herschel and other young males ate so much fish, it became an annual tradition to remove him and his “gang,” gaining national media attention in the process.

A newspaper account from 1985 claimed Herschel could kill 13 fish in 80 minutes鈥攁veraging a fish every six minutes.

鈥淎 fat, sassy California sea lion nicknamed Herschel is being blamed for the devastation of an entire run of steelhead trout, one of the most popular game fish in the Pacific Northwest,鈥 the聽LA Times wrote in 1985.

Whether or not Herschel and his accomplices could take credit for the declining steelhead population, the truth is that in 1982, 2,575 steelhead, Washington鈥檚 state fish, had swum through the locks, according to . By 1988, only 686 were counted.

“They tried to relocate him to Northern California, and he kept coming back,” Lanier added. “He’d show up in the Columbia River, I believe. They tried a massive fake orca whale to scare him away. That didn’t work. They tried rubber bullets like acoustic devices. They treated him like a basic Seattle protester.”

Sea lions at Ballard are an ecological success story

“We鈥檙e getting to witness the success of a population of sea lions that reached carrying capacity on the outer coast and is pushing up to the north end of its range,” Marine Scientist Scott Veirs, who leads the marine mammal work group for the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program, said, accoridng to .

“But it’s expensive to rent those docks. It’s like $100 or $250 a day if you want to park your boat there, and if you can’t access it, I don’t know what to tell you,” Lanier said. “You’re just going to have to build new docks, because the sea lions aren’t going to go away.”

“Well, there’s got to be a way,” Ursula said. “But I just don’t know enough to know what the right thing to do is. Just don’t harm them.”

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‘I love that idea’: Gee and Ursula share creative Father’s Day gift ideas /gee-and-ursula/fathers-day-gift-ideas/4099290 Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:00:48 +0000 /?p=4099290 Father’s Day is on the horizon, and Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio dove into some of the best gift ideas for a father in your family.

Father’s Day gift ideas

“Father’s Day is this Sunday, and a lot of you are probably scrambling for ideas when it comes to gifts,” Ursula said. “In case you missed it, The Seattle Times asked some local dads to share the best Father’s Day gift they have ever received. We love some of these stories and thought we would share some.”

An article from recapped a variety of unique gifts from Seattle families that could inspire creative gift ideas.

“There was one dad who got a rainbow-painted chunk of the Kingdome after it was imploded in 2000, so his five-year-old gave it to him as a paperweight, and he kept it on his desk at Boeing until the day he retired,” Ursula said. “Now it’s on the family bookshelf, a little piece of Seattle and fatherhood history all rolled into one. I love that idea.”

The , located at Pier 54 on Alaskan Way, is a Seattle staple for knick-knacks and other fun trinkets, boasting聽an astounding 3,300 positive reviews on Google.

“Another dad shared how his son once surprised him with a canoe trip to Duck Island on Green Lake, because you’ve always wondered what was out there,” Ursula said. “Great idea, again, something that doesn’t cost much, and it’s just basically giving your time.”

Whether it’s a day-trip to Duck Island in the heart of Green Lake or a cozy dinner at home, the time spent with family is equally valuable as any gift.

“I think that the best Father’s Day gift is something that the father loves and appreciates, but it’s subjective for every other father,” Gee said. “I think the best Father’s Days that I’ve had have been over the last five, seven years, when my favorite meal gets made, maybe a salmon salad.”

recommended a lamb smash burger recipe for this year’s Father’s Day festivities, a quick and easy dinner idea to give fathers a chance to christen that new grill.

“The person who eats the same thing every day and has the same schedule likes to do those things. So he’s usually easy to figure out,” Gee said. “He wants a new smoker or a new grill. He wants something new that goes in the yard.”

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成人X站 host Angela Poe Russell unveils ‘Aviatrix,’ a musical about a forgotten aviation hero /gee-and-ursula/musical-aviatrix-kiro/4099373 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 21:41:55 +0000 /?p=4099373 成人X站 fill-in host Angela Poe Russell penned a musical for the stage called “,” with a stage reading Friday, June 13, at 7 p.m.

“For the last 2.5 years, I’ve been working on a musical, and tomorrow is the first staged reading of it,” Poe Russell said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio.

A stage reading is one of the final stages for a play before it premieres, where a live audience attends a showing with no set, costumes, or choreography.

“But you will get to hear the whole story and all of the music,” Poe Russell said. “To me, the magical part about it is that the audience gets to provide feedback. The goal for the writing team, me, the composer, the director, is to actually hear it on its feet, and then hear how audiences are reacting to it. Then we rewrite it, and then we stage it.”

What ‘Aviatrix’ is about

The play, set to officially debut June 14, 2026, is about a girl from rural Texas in 1917 who has dreams of flying. But flight schools didn’t accept women, much less one who was Black and Native, during this time, causing her to chart a most unique path, making her an aviation legend in the process.

The play is based on a true story of a real-life figure, Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman.

“Orville Wright said that women weren’t mechanically inclined,” Poe Russell said. “So it follows a story of this one woman who refused to take no for an answer and managed to find a way. And they would call her the ‘Aviatrix.’ It’s just really this inspiring story. She’s been very inspiring to me.”

The book and lyrics were written by Poe Russell. The play is directed by Amy Poisson, with music and lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney.

“I traveled to her hometown where she grew up, got to do a lot of research,” Poe Russell said. “I traveled to Atlanta, Texas, where she was born. This tiny town has a little museum there for her with some of her memorabilia. What’s crazy is that she was before Amelia Earhart. I love highlighting these overlooked stories.”

The first stage reading for “Aviatrix” by Angela Poe Russell is Friday, June 13, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.

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Video: Christian owned Spa in Washington Must Admit Trans Women /youtube_videos/video-christian-owned-spa-in-washington-must-admit-trans-women Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:50:42 +0000 /youtube_videos/video-christian-owned-spa-in-washington-must-admit-trans-women A federal appeals court has ruled that a Christian-owned Korean spa in Washington state cannot legally ban transgender women from its services. The court affirmed that such a ban violates state anti-discrimination laws focused on gender identity protections.

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‘Society doesn’t care’: Gee and Ursula condemn Royal India’s wage theft /gee-and-ursula/royal-india-wage-theft/4098568 Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:15:41 +0000 /?p=4098568 A Seattle restaurant, Royal India, is facing for stealing nearly $45,000 from employees. The owners of Royal India have been penalized more than $125,000 since 2019.

“There’s one kind of crime that we just don’t pay enough attention to, and that is wage theft,” Ursula said on 成人X站 Newsradio’s “The Gee and Ursula Show.” “Owners of Royal India restaurants in Lynwood and Kirkland now face 10 felony theft charges, and these stem from over 40 complaints over a three-year period, including bounced paychecks and wages that were never paid.”

More than $11 million has been paid in damages to impacted workers over the past decade, according to . Approximately 320 investigations have been conducted into Royal India in that time span.

“I just don’t think we as a society care when it happens, because if we did, we would make more of a deal about this,” 成人X站 host Gee Scott said. “We care when we hear about a lady shoplifting, taking some bananas from the store, or if the lady takes $50 to $100 out of the till. We care about that.”

One-and-a-half billion dollars in stolen wages had been recovered from impacted U.S. workers between 2021 and 2023, according to the .

“But when we hear about employer wage theft at this restaurant and the restaurant is supposed to pay a fine, some of us will still go eat at that restaurant,” Gee said. “Why are we still doing this with tips? The tips are to supplement the income of the servers and the staff, but the theft is usually always associated with the tips.”

Where do your tips go?

Tipping culture has been at the forefront of public outcry in recent years, often perceived as excessive and unnecessary.

“I know that the people who don’t want to get rid of tipping are people who actually get the tips, because there’s no way that an employer is going to make up the amount that they can get in tips, especially in some of the higher-end restaurants. Forget about it,” Ursula said.

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‘Out of control and really quickly’: 2 SPD officers injured during Wednesday protest /gee-and-ursula/wednesday-protest-seattle/4098959 Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:00:49 +0000 /?p=4098959 Thousands gathered around the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle Wednesday evening for a rally demanding an end to ICE immigration raids ordered by the Trump administration.

The protest turned to vandalism once night came, as people tagged the federal building with 鈥淎bolish ICE鈥 while others started a dumpster fire in the middle of an intersection. Eight protesters were arrested in total, while two officers with the Seattle Police Department (SPD) suffered injuries in the clash.

“It was amazing to me how when that group from Cal Anderson hit that intersection, everything changed in a split second, and it went from peaceful to just out of control,” 成人X站 reporter James Lynch, who was reporting on scene Wednesday night, said on “The Gee and Ursula Show.” “They immediately took over the intersection. Hundreds of people flowed into what was a peaceful, chanting rally. Then, shortly after that, a lot of people started leaving before it got dark. They came, they did, they left. And then there was that group that was left down there, and as night fell, it just got out of control. And it did. It happened really quickly.”

Lynch reiterated that most of the protesters were peaceful, just wanting to get their message out and exercise their First Amendment rights.

鈥淏ut the few people that are left, and they’re pretty easy to spot. All in black. They’ve already got their gas masks on, they’ve got helmets on,鈥 Lynch said. 鈥淚 know from experience, as night falls, everything gets worse. It just happens so quickly.鈥

Once a dumpster caught fire in the middle of an intersection near the federal building, SPD was summoned in to quell the rising vandalism.

鈥淚 think they gave them a lot of latitude to express their First Amendment rights,鈥 Lynch said. 鈥淏ut when it started to get violent, when they started to burn dumpsters, when they started throwing things, that’s when police moved in. And, as I said on the air last night, they moved in with great force. I thought they did a really good job of clearing the street.鈥

Another rally at Cal Anderson Park has been planned for Saturday, June 14, at 12 p.m. A second, smaller protest is also expected to be held at the University of Washington (UW) during commencement Saturday. That protest will begin at Red Square on campus.

“You never can tell what might happen at the federal building,” Lynch said. “I had one of these people, as I was in my car getting ready to leave, walk up to me. My window was down and he says, ‘Cal Anderson, Saturday at noon, you should be there.'”

No federal government interference, local leaders say

Local leaders of Washington said they expect police to handle protests with professionalism and without 鈥渋nterference from the federal government.鈥

Governor Bob Ferguson, King County Executive Shannon Braddock, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello, and Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards put out a joint statement Wednesday afternoon condemning President Donald Trump for sending the National Guard to California despite objections from its governor.

“Last time they were on Seattle streets, as far as I can remember, was in 1999 during WTO,” former King County Sheriff John Urquhart said on “The Gee and Ursula Show.” “Obviously, they use them in disaster responses. But, when you put them on city streets and expect them to do riot control in lieu of the local police departments, I think you’re asking for trouble, and you don’t have to look any farther than Kent State. It was 55 years ago, but those were national guardsmen expected to control the protests, and they shot 13 people, they fired 61 times, and they killed four people.”

Urquhart urged that the best way to handle events like Wednesday evening, and to limit looting and vandalism, is with local police departments.

Ferguson signed a聽聽into law on April 21 that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering Washington.

The law went into effect immediately due to an emergency clause.

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Video: Seattle Chief Barnes Says He Might Go to Jail /youtube_videos/video-seattle-chief-barnes-says-he-might-go-to-jail Wed, 11 Jun 2025 23:08:13 +0000 /youtube_videos/video-seattle-chief-barnes-says-he-might-go-to-jail Seattle鈥檚 newly confirmed Police Chief Shon Barnes told the City Council he expects to face jail time if he needs to defend residents’ First Amendment rights in the face of federal overreach. The warning comes amid rising tensions over federal immigration enforcement, including President Trump鈥檚 threats to arrest state officials

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Mosquito-free world? 成人X站 hosts weigh risks of a world where the pest is extinct /kiro-opinion/mosquito-free-world-kiro/4098023 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:27 +0000 /?p=4098023 Scientists can now use gene editing technologies to spread infertility among female mosquitoes, reported last week. This means the pesky insects could be wiped out鈥攂ut should they be?

While researchers focus on , critics, like 成人X站 Newsradio fill-in host Mike Lewis, see this as causing potential risks to the ecosystem.

“If you decide to eliminate any single thing, you’re going to have a domino effect because that evolved to eat something, and something evolved to eat it,” he said while filling in on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio. “This is the way the planet Earth works, and the idea of eliminating that, I get it, we should work on trying to solve problems with malaria that are significant. Dengue as well, another disease carried by insects, but neither of those should be solved by killing out the population that carries the thing.”

While Lewis was thinking long-term, 成人X站 Newsradio fill-in host Angela Poe Russell brought it back to the present.

“You’re thinking long term, and you’re being strategic, but this is a question for ‘in the moment,'” she responded. “In the moment, do you want to live in a mosquito-free world? Of course, we want to live in a mosquito-free world, and you’re asking us to look at the consequences.”

Finding a compromise for a completely mosquito-free world

However, Poe Russell wondered if researchers could find a compromise.

“There are several things in nature that I could do without, but the reality is, it is part of the system, a food source, or something,” she said. “Could there be some kind of a balance where we’re able, because any kind of species, there can be too many of them? Is it possible that we can reduce the amount?”

Mike proposed not to exterminate the insect, but to eliminate their breeding areas, which could be a solution to managing malaria. He explained his late uncle was an entomologist at the University of Panama and studied mosquito vectors.

“He said, ‘You want to eliminate malaria, you eliminate discarded tires,’ because discarded tires pool water, and he said that you cannot build a better incubator for mosquitoes than old rubber tires sitting in the sun,” Lewis shared. “He said, ‘If you could eliminate that, you’re going to have malaria at a level that is not epidemic level. You’re going to have malaria that is completely manageable.’ Now it doesn’t necessarily cure the malaria, but you cure the spread. The spread, in part, is stagnant water.”

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‘Just how racist this sign could be’: Gee, Ursula react to I-5 Uncle Sam billboard’s recent sale /kiro-opinion/i-5-uncle-sam-sign/4098197 Wed, 11 Jun 2025 12:00:21 +0000 /?p=4098197 The drive on I-5 between Seattle to Portland will soon look a little different. The property surrounding a controversial Uncle Sam billboard, which would greet drivers as they left or entered Chehalis, was bought by the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, reported Friday.

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin, co-hosts of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio, agreed the sign didn’t send positive messages. However, Gee found them amusing.

“Here’s my unpopular opinion about this topic. I used to think that sign was funny,” Gee said. “I used to laugh, and every time I would go to Portland or down there, my goal was to see just how racist this sign could be.”

Considered a local landmark by some, the sign frequently displayed opinions that echoed right-wing political rhetoric.

I-5 Uncle Sam sign known for controversial messages

Gee added that he would “always make a point to look at it.” He also questioned what would happen if the tribe put their own messages.

“The reason why it stood out to me is because I remember making the drive from Portland to Seattle back in 1999, the first time I came (here), and I saw the sign,” Gee said. “I don’t remember what it said, but I paid attention like, ‘Whoa. That was kind of different.’ Anyways, my point is, what’s going to happen when they start telling the truth?”

The previous owners of the sign, a cattle farmer and his wife, have been criticized for using it to boast right-wing leaning conspiracy messages, at times targeting former President Barack Obama or stating inaccuracies about COVID-19.

Many locals were unhappy with the sign, and a petition was even drawn up to take it down.

Ursula noted the tribe doesn’t have a concrete plan for the sign yet, but is happy the prominent billboard is now in the hands of the tribe.

“I think there would be an opportunity for the tribe to put in some kind of educational component, learn more about the Chehalis Tribe,” she said.

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‘This is deliberate political theater:’ Retired 4-star general scoffs at Trump’s handling of LA protests /kiro-opinion/la-protests-trump-newsom/4097958 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:00:15 +0000 /?p=4097958 Dozens of people have been arrested in Los Angeles after multiple days of protesting immigration raids led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

In response, President Donald Trump sent another 2,000 National Guard troops, in addition to sending 700 Marines, to Los Angeles to quell the protests. Trump has defended his decision despite California Governor Gavin Newsom pursuing legal action against the decision, calling the move “the deranged fantasy of a dictatorial president.”

“This is very serious, deliberate political theater on both sides,” retired four-star General Barry McCaffrey said on “The Gee and Ursula Show.” “The only real issue at stake here is that Trump ran for office saying, ‘I will close the border and I will deport 10 million illegal migrants.’ He’s accomplished closing the border, and now he’s terrorizing a huge population in the U.S. who are here primarily illegally, but employed, paying their taxes, paying Social Security, and they’re facing expulsion from the country.”

McCaffrey added that the 4,000 federalized National Guard troops and the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines are not engaged or needed for riot control.

“This is a political event, and it’s bad for the country,” McCaffrey said.

Trump publicly voiced his support for the arrest of Newsom, saying, “I would do it if I were Tom,” when asked by FOX News if 聽“Border Czar” Tom Homan should arrest him.

“It’s extreme levels of political immaturity, acting out this kind of fantasy,” McCaffrey said. “If (Newsom) was arrested, it would probably do a lot of political good (for him).”

“Do you foresee Donald Trump continuing this same behavior?” 成人X站 host Gee Scott asked.

“Until he is stopped by the court system, the media, the voters, he’ll proceed in the direction of authoritarian rule,” McCaffrey answered. “It’s authoritarianism. He’s basically ruling by decree, by executive order, and then seeing if anybody opposes them. And that’s not healthy for this democracy. We’re moving in the wrong direction.”

Could Trump send troops to WA?

Governor Bob Ferguson signed a into law on April 21 that restricts out-of-state military forces from entering Washington.

“So this year, our governor signed into law a bill that would require the governor’s permission for the National Guard from any other state to be deployed in Washington,” 成人X站 host Ursula Reutin said.聽“Of course, this all becomes pertinent because of what is going on in Los Angeles.”

The law went into effect immediately due to an emergency clause.

On the federel level, Title 10 of U.S. Code states the president can nationalize and call up the National Guard from any state under three conditions: The invasion or threat of invasion of the U.S.; rebellion or insurrection against federal authority; and when U.S. laws are being obstructed and local law enforcement can’t handle it.

Rioters disrupting the protesters’ message

“We’ve seen that there are protesters, and then there are rioters,” Ursula said. “People who were throwing stuff at the police. People who are setting cars on fire. There are people who are vandalizing stuff, and, in my opinion, in the name of protest, that is not effective. That is not OK and their butt should be in jail.

“But the question is, should the National Guard be called in in this situation when you’ve got a governor and the mayor of the city and, at one point, LAPD saying, ‘We’ve got this under control?'” Ursula asked. “Then, at some point, the police chief says, ‘Well, if it continues, maybe we would need the help from the National Guard.'”

The deployment of National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles will cost at least $134 million and last at least the next 60 days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers Tuesday.

“The Trump regime, I mean, administration, is playing great chess,” Gee said. “Because what they are doing is, they know any move you make right now, they’re going to come and they’re going to do their thing. I don’t think you can go and protest the same as you used to before, because the Trump administration is playing chess. They want you to go out there. Let’s just say 100 people are out there, and 99 are protesters with signs in the air. Then there’s one person who throws a rock. It only takes one person to set it off, and here comes what Trump wants. The Trump administration goes around the U.S. saying, ‘Look at what they’re doing.’ Now you lose Ursula, you lose me, and you lose a lot of people because we can’t disagree that the rioters are making it bad for the protesters.”

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‘Why do we wait until a tragedy?’ Gee and Ursula urge for better veteran support amid manhunt for Army Ranger /kiro-opinion/manhunt-for-army-ranger/4097679 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:31 +0000 /?p=4097679 A manhunt is currently underway for Travis Decker, a former Army Ranger accused of kidnapping and killing his three daughters. According to court records obtained by 成人X站 Newsradio, Decker faced challenges after transitioning out of the military.

Gee and Ursula urge veteran support after Army Ranger allegedly kills daughters

“First, I want to just say this before we dig into this Ursula, it’s tragic that those girls are no longer here. Those precious lives are gone,” 成人X站 host Gee Scott said. “I think everyone who’s listening right now, you probably wish that there’s something that you could do to prevent something like this.”

As the search for Decker stretches into Day 10, with more than 100 local, state, and federal officers and agents actively looking for him, both Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin, co-hosts of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio, urged for better support when it comes to veterans.

“Let’s all want to do a better job of helping our veterans, helping our people that are really struggling in this country,” Gee said. “Let’s try to do less social programs being divested from. When you’re trying to trim the fat in Veterans Affairs (VA), you’re trying to get rid of workers and things like that, because you’re saying that potentially the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) comes in and does all these things. Let’s put more of a spotlight on the people that are struggling and understand, because what we can’t do is鈥攚e can’t wait until it’s too late.”

In the months leading to the three sisters’ deaths, Whitney Decker鈥檚 attorney, Arianna Cozart, requested a judge to order a domestic violence evaluation and a full psychiatric assessment for Travis Decker during a hearing evaluating his custody rights.

In response, Travis Decker acknowledged his struggle with housing instability and described the challenges he faced transitioning from his career in the military, where he served as an Army Ranger, into civilian life.

鈥淲hen I was separated from active duty, I tried to figure out how to live as a civilian,鈥 he told the court. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 have family, friends, or any support鈥攅specially moving to a state where I had no one to lean on or even a couch to sleep on.鈥

“Why do we wait until there is a tragedy, when this should be coming on the front end?” Ursula asked. “People have sacrificed their lives, their livelihoods, in service of our country, and they should not be forgotten.

“Now there are going to be a lot of people who say, ‘Look, a lot of people suffer from PTSD. That’s not an excuse. They wouldn’t go to the extent that this person did,” Ursula added. “But that is why I hope they find him, and I hope they find him alive, and he needs to pay the price. But it raises questions about what kind of help is there for our veterans. For people who put their lives on the line and can’t get help when they are suffering?”

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Forecast failures ahead? 成人X站 meteorologist warns weather readings are crippled by funding cuts /gee-and-ursula/hurricane-forecasts-kiro/4096876 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:25 +0000 /?p=4096876 Weather agencies have been taking hits financially. The Trump administration is facilitating another round of cuts for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), reported in March.

The recent funding cuts could lead to inaccurate forecast data, 成人X站 Newsradio meteorologist Ted Buehner explained on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio Friday.

“If you pull data out of the system, that means your numerical model, your forecast models going down out in the future, have less data to work with, and so that starts to lead to some inaccuracies,” Buehner said.

Buehner referenced a loss of weather balloon data, as two dozen sites across North America are not launching the balloons.

“Weather balloons are launched twice a day all around the world at the same time, and they get a vertical snapshot of what the atmosphere looks like at that location,” he shared. “I can tell you, Spokane is one of those sites that has not launched a balloon in quite some time.”

Buehner also cited Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts at the National Hurricane Center.

“They say they’re re-staffing at this point, but these are folks that are not as experienced as the ones who left,” Buehner explained. “This is true at the Storm Prediction Center and many of the other national centers across the country, with regards to that kind of an effort, so you have less expertise.”

Hurricane forecasts could be degraded, 成人X站 meteorologist says

Even FEMA is taking hits, as Buehner stated, 30% of staff were cut.

“What we’re starting to see is that the quality of the forecast is becoming degraded,” he said.

Buehner also mentioned that cuts at NOAA mean forecasters could underpredict the strength of a hurricane.

“There’s also a chance, because of some of these cuts, that NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft will not be able to fly this year, and with less reconnaissance missions, we may be flying blind, and we may not exactly know how strong a hurricane is before it reaches the coastline,” Buehner said.

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Poe Russell urges delaying smartphones for kids: ‘The longer you can fend off this beast the better’ /kiro-opinion/gee-and-u-kids-off-smartphones/4096336 Sun, 08 Jun 2025 13:03:59 +0000 /?p=4096336 When is the right time to give your child a smartphone?

A recent聽 from the Seattle Children鈥檚 Research Institute found students spend about 25% of the school day on their phones. 成人X站 fill-in host Angela Poe Russell urged delaying cell phone use as long as possible.

“Knowing what I know now, I tell young parents with young kids, if you think you’re gonna break down and give them [a smartphone], call me,” she said. “The longer you can fend off this beast, the better.”

成人X站 host raises concerns about smartphone use

Angela pointed out that irresponsible acts by kids can occur if they receive a smartphone too early.

“This is where all the trouble happens. The kids get together, and you think they’re just going to be hanging out, watching a movie, playing, and what happens is, they’re all on their phones,” she said.

Angela also mentioned the constraints kids have without smartphones.

“Everything is centered around technology, I’ll give you an example. My kid wants to go have pizza after school, all these places won’t take cash, so then you have to either give them a credit card, or I gave my kid access to Apple Pay,” she shared.

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‘Have the kids repeat senior year’: Enumclaw High School’s senior prank sparks gun scare /kiro-opinion/enumclaw-prank-shooting/4095829 Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:05:31 +0000 /?p=4095829 Three suspects broke into Enumclaw High School on May 31, wearing masks and brandishing what appeared to be a firearm, and then told investigators they were planning a prank.

“Authorities have apprehended the teens responsible, and police say the kids were preparing for a senior prank,” 成人X站 fill-in host Angela Poe Russell said. “It turns out the gun in the video was an airsoft pistol.”

School shooting awareness

Poe Russell compared the Enumclaw prank to past school shooting instances.

“It is fair considering the rise in school shootings, we’ve had more than one case where there was some kind of warning, the kid denied it, and next thing you know, here we are,” Poe Russell said.

成人X站 fill-in host Mike Lewis proposed a punishment that avoids the suspects facing criminal trials.

“I have a solution for this: Have the kids repeat senior year,” Lewis said. “This is what I’d say to those kids. ‘Sorry, not graduating this year. You get a chance to do this whole year all over again.’ For the benefit of everyone to see that you’ve learned your lesson and are not going to do something as mind-bendingly stupid as this again.”

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Video: 3 Missing Wenatchee Sisters Found Dead /youtube_videos/video-3-missing-wenatchee-sisters-found-dead Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:43:07 +0000 /youtube_videos/video-3-missing-wenatchee-sisters-found-dead Three missing sisters from Wenatchee were found dead at a campground west of Leavenworth, Washington, the Wenatchee Police Department confirmed. The girls were 5, 8, and 9 years old.

Their father, Travis Decker, 32, is wanted for murder and kidnapping. He has not been found, as of this reporting.

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Video: What Can Sex and the City Teach Us About Male Loneliness? /youtube_videos/video-what-can-sex-and-the-city-teach-us-about-male-loneliness Tue, 03 Jun 2025 23:13:05 +0000 /youtube_videos/video-what-can-sex-and-the-city-teach-us-about-male-loneliness Is Sex and the City the cure to the “male loneliness epidemic?” Gee Scott and Angela Poe Russell discuss how better representation in media could have a positive impact on male friendships.

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Video: Transgender Runner Wins Again at State Track Meet! /youtube_videos/video-transgender-runner-wins-again-at-state-track-meet Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:39:24 +0000 /youtube_videos/video-transgender-runner-wins-again-at-state-track-meet Washington鈥檚 first transgender high school track champion wins state again 鈥 The Gee & Ursula Show weighs in.

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Can a couple survive cheating? You have only one soulmate? Gee and Ursula debunk common relationship ‘myths’ /gee-and-ursula/relationship-myths-debunked/4093596 Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:03:55 +0000 /?p=4093596 Everyone has a soul mate. Cheating ends relationships. Breakups mean the relationship was a failure. These are common beliefs about relationships, but experts suggest we’re often wrong.

Psychotherapist Lohani Noor told that with the right amount of work, even partners that cheat on each other can salvage the relationship. “Gee and Ursula Show” co-host Ursula Reutin agreed that it’s certainly possible in some cases. But you have to do the work.

“You can recover if you do a lot of introspection, probably a lot of therapy, and both commit to making the relationship a priority,” said Ursula. “As someone who was the child in a relationship where there was infidelity, there are things that can be very damaging to your children as well… If you don’t commit to being better to each other… a lot of that anger ends up being absorbed by your children.”

Can you have more than one soulmate?

Another common belief is that a person only has one soulmate. But co-host Gee Scott disagrees.

“A lot of times we are out here searching for that someone… and then you find that someone, and then you find another one, and you find another one,” Gee explained.聽 “And you find yourself realizing, wait a minute, the last three, four relationships that I was in, they all kind of ended the same way, in the same type of arguments that are happening, because it’s coming from inside the house…Once you completely find yourself, it’s easier to find that soulmate.”

Gee and Ursula also agreed that a breakup does not equal failure.

“It might have just been a season. It might have lasted 5 years, 10 years, 20 years… you might have gotten children out of it together. You might have gotten a career out of it together,” argued Gee. “Every relationship doesn’t always have to be, ‘oh that was a failure.’ There can be success in a relationship that did not continue to make it.”

“You’re exactly right,” said Ursula.

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How many dogs is too many? Ursula says commercial walkers should have a limit /kiro-opinion/commercial-dog-walkers-limit/4093774 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 12:03:45 +0000 /?p=4093774 Seattle is known for its dog lovers, and some locals have built entire careers walking the city’s countless pups. But should there be a limit for commercial dog walkers?

“Yes, I think the limit should be how many you can handle,” Ursula Reutin, co-host of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio, said.

The debate stemmed from a in The Seattle Times, where a reader shared her issues with the Magnuson Off Leash Area.

“The other day, close to 40 dogs were congregated with multiple dog walkers in a narrow area of the park. A vicious dogfight ensued, resulting in one of the dog walkers being bitten until bloody. It was a dangerous situation for everyone, and it happens almost daily at this park,” the reader wrote, in part.

A limit for commercial dog walkers?

Ursula said there should be a dog cut-off for walkers, though she couldn’t say exactly what that number should be.

“I wouldn’t put a number on it, because there are people who could handle eight dogs really well, depending on the size and the temperament of each dog, and then there are people who would do a horrible job with just four dogs,” she said. “So I don’t want to put a number limit. It would be you do whatever you think you can handle, but if you can’t handle it, there is going to be a ticket for you, a citation. There’s going to be a punishment if you are not able to handle your dogs.”

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