“You grew up in Aberdeen. You are a local. When you were a kid, did you ever think you would be this guy?” 成人X站 host Charlie Harger asked Danielson on “Seattle’s Morning News.”

“No. I had wanted to be a professional wrestler ever since I was in first grade, but I never expected to reach the heights that I did,” Danielson answered. “My first 10 years of my career, I was at the independent level, and it was mostly wrestling in front of anywhere from 100 to 1,000 people. I’d go internationally, but I just figured that would be my whole career. I mean, I’m five feet, eight inches tall, 190 pounds. I’m not your standard professional wrestler.”

His multi-decade career reached new heights of fame and success after a WWE show at Seattle’s Key Arena, now known as Climate Pledge Arena, with John Cena and Randy Orton headlining. Despite the star power within the stadium, the crowd was mainly chanting for Danielson.

Danielson’s inspiration and childhood favorites

“Growing up, my favorite was the Ultimate Warrior. You know, when you’re a kid, you like the colors. He looked like a superhero, he shook the ropes,’ Danielson said. “The first wrestling show I ever went to see was at the Tacoma Dome. The main event was the Ultimate Warrior v. Rick Rude, and the Ultimate Warrior did this move where he pulled his pants down. It was the first time my sister had ever seen an exposed male butt.”

Ironically, while growing up in Aberdeen, Danielson only completed one year of wrestling in high school. According to Danielson, he “was not particularly good.”

By 2016, after collecting numerous WWE titles and championships (including being crowned as a Triple Crown Champion and a Grand Slam Champion), he retired due to injuries. He suffered from multiple concussions, which led to聽seizures聽and a brain聽lesion. But, just two years later, he made a triumphant return after being medically cleared, competing in the WWE until 2021 before switching to AEW.

He’s currently considered semi-retired.

“Any current member of the Hawks you think could make the switch to professional wrestling?” Harger asked, knowing Danielson is a lifelong Seattle Seahawks fan.

“You’d have to get to know them as individuals, because it’s not just about athleticism, it’s entertainment,” Danielson said. “Some of the people that you think would be like, ‘Oh, this guy would be great for it,’ and they end up being shy when they’re in their spandex battle jammies out there fighting other people.”

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“A promo is essentially talking up a fight, so it’s making people excited to see this fight and making people aware of what the beef is,” Danielson explained.

“Well, Gee (Scott) makes fun of my clothes and other things,” Harger said.

“What do you not like about him?” Danielson asked.

“Do we have all morning?” Harger jokingly replied. “I’ll say it’s that he doesn’t always wear Seahawks apparel. I saw him wearing a Patriots hat the other day.”

“You made fun of my vest. Look at you. You’re wearing a Patriots jersey,” Danielson exclaimed. “You’re in Seattle. You’re not even wearing Seahawks memorabilia. What are you doing? You know what? This makes me so angry. I am so frustrated with you, I am going to grab you around your neck and punch you in the nose.”

A fight between 成人X站 hosts Charlie Harger and Gee Scott has yet to be determined, as of this reporting.

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Fraser told “The John Curley Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio Thursday that the Asarco Company’s Tacoma copper smelter鈥攚hich released arsenic, lead, and other heavy metals into the air, according to the Washington 鈥攎ay have been a culprit. The smelter, once the tallest smokestack in the world, ran for nearly 100 years before it was demolished in 1993, reported.

Scientists came up with the , Fraser explained, which suggests children who are exposed to lead can develop aggression, instability, neurosis, and even violent tendencies.

2 serial killers grew up next to toxic Tacoma plumes

Where did Ted Bundy, one of the most infamous serial killers, grow up? In Philadelphia鈥攌nown then as the “City of Smelters”鈥攂efore he moved to Tacoma and lived just across the bay from the smokestack.

Fraser said Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, also lived near the smokestack and was exposed to toxic air from I-5 vehicle emissions and airport traffic.

But, obviously, not everyone in the area became a serial killer, Fraser noted. Scientists are also exploring other factors that might contribute to the development of serial killers, such as physical or sexual abuse, poor diet associated with poverty, and head trauma.

Fraser, who grew up in the area during Bundy鈥檚 era, said she was frustrated that the media focused on the crimes but overlooked the deeper social issues behind them.

“There were headlines and newspapers and a hysteria about the topic, but the institutions that are responsible for dealing with crime, like the FBI and so forth, they were just kind of shrugging their shoulders,” she told “The John Curley Show.” “They were trying to figure out how to profile these guys, which was helpful, but I think the wider social questions just weren’t being asked at the time.”

If it were women attacking men, Fraser said the circumstances would have been different.

“If it were a series of women who had been dragging men off into the forest and attacking them and killing them, that would have occasioned all kinds of debate about what was going wrong with women, but we didn’t really see that about men or male violence,” she said.

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“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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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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“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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“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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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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The teacher, Matthew Mastronardi, overheard students in his class at discussing the Harper Lee novel and how another teacher told them to skip over the controversial slur within the text. Mastronardi disagreed with that decision.

“I expressed my disagreement with having to skip over words, especially words that prevent a conversation there,” Mastronardi said on “The John Curley Show.” “We can confront history, even if it’s difficult, and we’re supposed to be helping kids learn how to think about the world and how to think critically. We do them a disservice when we just tell them to skip over their word.”

According to Mastronardi, a student asked him, “If you were reading the book, would you read the word?” He responded with, “If I were reading from the book, I would read every single word.” This conversation captured the attention of a few other classmates, including one of my favorite students who whipped out the book, turned to the page, and said, “OK, then do it.”

“I’m sure in your head, you’re thinking, I can’t be a hypocrite. I said I would read it,” 成人X站 host John Curley said. “It’s important to stand up for the word that you speak to these kids, because if you don’t, if you start to back up a little bit, they start to question your character, right?”

“Absolutely. These kids will not learn from somebody who they believe is a coward or a hypocrite,” Mastronardi replied. “I tried to make it a teaching moment about context, about history, about how intent matters, and it undermines the author’s intent when we don’t use historically accurate language. You’re not a racist if you read a book.”

Mastronardi’s dismissal

On April 28, Mastronardi was given a verbal warning, claiming the incident violated the district’s Civility and Professional Staff Student Boundaries policy. Approximately a week later, Mastronardi was called for a meeting with Human Resources and Principal Mulvey. During this meeting, he was informed he had two options: to voluntarily resign or to expect his contract not to be renewed once it expires.

“I really don’t think (the students) meant any harm. I think (they) were trying to be funny, because let’s be real, none of my students lost any sleep over this,” Mastronardi said. “Anybody who’s pretending that they are super offended, it’s just optics. The kids don’t care. I hear what type of music they listen to. I hear how they speak out in the hallways. We have to teach them how to think correctly about the world.”

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“I think that it actually is partially my medical background that brought me into this,” Dr. Clinton Bliss said on “Seattle’s Morning News.” “I think that a lot of the rhetoric I hear about dealing with our homeless population really is dealing with addiction and mental health, and that’s something that I have extensive experience in managing.”

Bliss’ goals if elected as Seattle’s mayor

Bliss’ three primary goals as Seattle’s next mayor are to restore public safety, utilize public funds to benefit all Seattleites, and eliminate economic favoritism in Washington’s government, courts, and schools.

“I also believe in compassionate action. I believe that caring for others is really important,” Bliss said. “I believe we are really vilifying the other side. We seem to not want to understand, and everybody’s point of view is important if we’re going to come to durable solutions. Seems like what we do right now is we dehumanize the other side and we excommunicate those who don’t agree with us, and that’s really a step towards warfare. I think that’s what we’re seeing in Los Angeles now.”

“If it were to happen and the president of the U.S. were to deploy troops in the beautiful city of Seattle, how would you react?” 成人X站 host Manda Factor asked Bliss.

“I would appeal to the people of Seattle to find solutions, to work together,” Bliss answered. “I think that the rule of law still is important, and I think that we cannot pick and choose. I believe in protest, but I do not believe in taking over buildings through violence. I think that’s all wrong.”

Before his interest in pivoting to politics, Bliss has more than 30 years of experience in hospital administration, family and primary medicine, and emergency medicine.

“I’m running for office because Seattle needs help. Frankly, our country needs help,” Bliss said. “I’m a doctor. I’ve spent my life helping people, and I have a positive vision for Seattle, not just tearing it down. I believe I can bring people together and we can make this city a beautiful city, a welcoming city, and a model for taking care of everyone.”

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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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“I wanted to be a hero,” Day said. “I wanted to be the center of attention. I wanted the glory. I wanted the fame. I wanted the pretty girls coming up and saying, ‘Hi, I see that you’re good at centipede.'”

Walter Day and Twin Galaxies

You might know Walter Day from the 2007 documentary, “.” In the film, we learn that Day is the head referee and scorekeeper of Twin Galaxies, an international video game scoreboard and, back in the 80s, a legendary arcade in Ottumwa, Iowa. While Day wasn鈥檛 the true star of the movie, which focused on the world of competitive Donkey Kong, he鈥檚 become a fan favorite, and if you ask me, the world of competitive gaming as we know it owes him and his work a thank you.聽

After researching and practicing transcendental meditation, Day wanted to know what made a champion a champion, so he got to work.聽

鈥淚 started monitoring high scores as I traveled around the country as a traveling salesman. I fell in love with video game arcades, and I decided I wanted to do an arcade,” Day said. “When I did the arcade, I immediately started a scoreboard and tried to monitor who was the best in all the games.

“Next thing I know, I discovered that the video game industry had no scorekeeper and had no scoreboard, so I volunteered to do it, and the video game industry went for it,” Day continued. “Suddenly, overnight, my arcade, Twin Galaxies, became the world’s most famous arcade. It became the mecca of video game playing. It became the crossroads. It became the Dodge City of video games, and people traveled even from other countries, just to say they once played at the great Twin Galaxies.

“So suddenly, we were the center of the video game universe,” Day added. “And everything we did was completely original, pioneering, and now, historically, looking back on it, it is the birth of organized competitive video gaming, which makes it the birth of competitive eSports.”

Arcades and Love Songs

You learn more about his story and influence throughout the rest of “The King of Kong,” but his latest movie, “,” directed by Ed Cunningham, is not a sequel.聽

鈥淚 got pulled back in just before I learned about Walter’s music, because Walter got pulled into a lawsuit,” Day said. “Billy Mitchell had been in a lawsuit with Twin Galaxies, which Walter had sold after ‘The King of Kong.’ Some of that lawsuit specifically mentioned the film, so I got back involved to help Walter defend himself from a lawsuit, from a movie that we produced almost 20 years ago.

“That was really a strain on Walter’s life,” Day said. “I was there as a friend, and we reconnected through what was the hardship for him.”

In 2014, Day sold Twin Galaxies to focus on his music career, hence the name of the film, “Arcades and Love Songs.” Years after the release of “The King of Kong,” Billy Mitchell, one of the Donkey Kong players featured in the movie, was accused of cheating. Mitchell was even stripped of his high scores from Twin Galaxies. Eventually, Mitchell filed a defamation lawsuit against Twin Galaxies.

In 2021, Twin Galaxies countersued Mitchell and listed Day as a cross-defendant, accusing the pair of collaborating to promote the fake score and drive up the company’s value before its sale. However, Day was later voluntarily dropped from the suit, which was eventually settled out of court.

During all this, Day was still nursing a broken heart.

Day’s step into a music career

鈥淥f course, in 1985, I had a glamorous girlfriend. One night, while I was very in love with her, she called me up and said, ‘Walter, I’ve been seeing a friend of yours, and we’re done.’ My heart was broken for the first time, and actually the only time,” Day said. “It was a very, very big experience, but what became interesting is that, a couple of weeks into the heartbreak, I started hearing music playing in me, almost like I was channeling a radio station, but that radio station was playing songs that were new. They were my songs that didn’t exist in the outside world.”

More than 100 songs are the result of Day鈥檚 heartbreak back in the 80s, and it has been his lifelong goal to produce and perform those songs. But there was one catch.

鈥淭he voice is still a work in progress. When I got up on the stage, I got up there with more courage than I had with the skill of singing. I’m brand new. I never was a singer. I never expected to be a singer. I never thought of being a singer. I never imagined being a singer,” Day said. “When I got up there on the stage, I was singing for the first time in my life in front of people, and that was a huge psychological, emotional adventure.”

Throughout “Arcades and Love Songs,” Day’s journey to build his voice and confidence is evident as he revisits the inspiration behind all this music. But the film is more than just following around a man who has dedicated his life to the world of video games. It鈥檚 a story of perseverance, and that we should never lose sight of our biggest goals in life. Sometimes the thing preventing you from what you鈥檝e always wanted is yourself.聽

鈥淚 actually began to have tremendous fears, and would even have nightmares about how it鈥檚 the end of my life and I never, ever, ever did the music and never shared it to the world so the world would find out how beautiful it is,鈥� Day said.

When the word got out that Day needed help making his album, the video game world stepped up.

鈥淚 was at an event when a couple of people came out of the crowd, and they said, ‘Walter, we recognize you from “The King of Kong.” Whatever happened to that music? Anything ever come out of it?'” Day said. “I explained to them that it was still my dream to do, but it never happened just because of all the difficulties of life. And they said, ‘Well, we made a game called Color Switch. It’s been successful. We’ve got the money and we want to pay for your album as a gift, no strings attached.'”

I don鈥檛 want to spoil how the performance goes, but the film is a must for fans not only of “The King of Kong,” but for those looking for a little inspiration.

“This is not an action film at all. This is completely devoted to the impulses of the heart,” Day said. “In a sense, this is completely all about how the way people work together, and how their hearts fit together, which is becoming an important theme at this time in history, because the world is so crazy.”

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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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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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Gee Scott, co-host of “The Gee and Ursula Show” on 成人X站 Newsradio, explained why travelers should be wary of “juice jacking.”

“What is juice jacking? It’s the type of cyber attack where hackers install malware on public charging stations, potentially stealing your data or affecting your device,” Gee said on “Seattle’s Morning News” last week. “So right now, TSA and them are warning travelers鈥攄on’t plug in your devices directly into the airport USB ports.

“You sit down at the gate, there are USB ports and everything like that, and you just go plug it up,” Gee continued. “But even when you plug it up, you notice how slow it is. Chill with that.”

TSA: Bring your own power packs to prevent ‘juice jacking’

TSA is advising passengers to bring their own compliant power packs.

Charlie Harger, co-host of “Seattle’s Morning News,” said he is the type of person who gets nervous if his phone is below 80%.

To which Gee cheekily responded, “If there is a guy that’s like, ‘Hey, I can’t let my phone get below 80,’ they usually iron their underwear.”

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Two balls. One swing. 12-year-old just made the rarest play in baseball

The rare play happened on Sunday afternoon at South Hill’s Heritage Recreation Center during a 12U tournament.

On one field, Jazz Espinosa from the Elevate Hooks 12U Richardson team out of Sumner fouled off a pitch. The ball launched high and started drifting out of play.

The ball kept climbing higher, then it cleared the fence and floated toward the next field. Parents began to yell the familiar warning, 鈥淗eads! Heads up!鈥�

Next door, in the middle of live play, Lucien Vachon from Rock Creek 12U Red out of Maple Valley was swinging at a pitch of his own.

Jazz Espinosa (left) from the Elevate Hooks, and Lucien Vachon (right) from Rock Creek. (Photo: Charlie Harger, Seattle’s Morning News)

As he brought the bat through the zone, the foul ball dropped right into his swing path. Somehow, incredibly, he made contact with both baseballs. One ball went fair, and the other went foul.

For a moment, nobody said anything. The fields went quiet as everyone tried to make sense of what they had just seen.

Then one parent broke the silence with a simple reaction, 鈥淲hat the…?鈥�

There is no line in the rulebook for this. No coaching drill. No good explanation.

Just two baseballs, one swing, and a one-in-a-billion result.

The play did not stop the game for long, but it became the talk of the tournament. Other players came over between innings to ask if it really happened.

Someone caught it on video, and that clip is now bouncing around group chats and will be for years.

Jazz Espinosa hit a foul ball in another game. Lucien Vachon connected with two balls at the same time.

It made no sense, but everyone there will remember it for the rest of their lives.

The odds of this happening are astronomically small

Using AI, Lucien’s father, Alex, calculated the odds of a baseball event like this happening.

• 聽 聽Foul ball flying into another field at the right location: 1 in 5,000
• 聽 聽Timing overlap (within one second): 1 in 180
• 聽 聽Two balls meeting at the sweet spot of the bat: 1 in 1,000,000
• 聽 聽Both pitchers throwing strikes: 36%
• 聽 聽Both batters deciding to swing: 49%
• 聽 聽And the final piece鈥攖hat it was Lucien, specifically, up to bat and swinging: 1 in 405

Total estimated odds: 1 in 1.13 trillion.

Despite the once-in-a-lifetime moment on the diamond, the umpire merely ruled the play a single.

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Earl Enderson Riley IV, 21, is facing four counts of residential burglary and one count of robbery, because there was somebody home during one of the burglaries, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

“It’s a pretty terrifying set of circumstances,” Casey McNerthney, director of communications with the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, said. “Anytime that you have a home burglary, it’s a pretty violating feeling. And what he was allegedly doing was going after pro athletes when they were out of town.”

Specific Seattle athletes targeted

Among the thefts Riley and his crew conducted included stealing more than $6,000 in Louis Vuitton bags from Seattle Mariners pitcher Luis Castillo’s home and more than $194,000 in high-end purses and jewelry from Rodriguez’ home.

Castillo鈥檚 home was robbed twice, once on Feb. 7 and again on March 28.

“It’s difficult because, man, I just want to go play baseball and have everybody enjoy what I do and kind of bring joy to people once I’m on the field and things like that,” Rodr铆guez said in a Friday. “And to have people trying to hurt me and my family, trying to take away the things that I’ve worked so hard my whole life to be able to have, and be able to provide for my family.”

Rodr铆guez鈥檚 home was burglarized May 1, according to court documents. His girlfriend was the only one at home and had to barricade herself in the main bedroom bathroom. She whispered into her phone to notify police before using her body weight against the bathroom door to stop the suspect.

Sherman lost several watches worth more than $100,000, while Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell, who has a house in Washington, was a victim of a break-in, although nothing was stolen in that instance, according to court documents.

Riley also targeted baseball Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez’s home.

“We often think of pro athletes as exceptional in every way, which they are for sports, but they also have that flip side to where they’re human, like the rest of us, and it can really rattle you and affect your life,” McNerthney told “Seattle’s Morning News” on 成人X站 Newsradio. “It’s such a violating feeling.”

Gary Ernsdorff, a senior prosecuting attorney for King County, said the investigation leading to Riley’s arrest didn’t start with the high-profile athlete robberies.

“This investigation started early this year, January or February, with a string of residential burglaries that weren’t associated with professional athletes,” Ernsdorff said. “The robberies targeted what appeared to be higher-end homes, and we began working with law enforcement at that time, not recognizing that this case could evolve into something much different. But we started working and coordinating efforts because these burglaries expanded across multiple jurisdictions. I think we’re probably working with six different police jurisdictions at one point in order to coordinate the effort.”

Riley is being held in the King County jail on $1 million bail. McNerthney said there’s a possibility he may face more charges as the investigation continues.

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The population of young adults between the ages of 25 and 34 has decreased by approximately 5% between 2019 and 2023, according to , a drastic difference compared to the 35% increase that occurred between 2013 and 2019.

Where are the young adults going?

“So the question is, where are those people going?” 成人X站 fill-in host Angela Poe Russell said. “I did a little digging, and I found there’s a lure to small rural towns right now. They want anything with nature, lots of amenities, and low cost of living. Florida and Texas are definitely a draw.”

Poe Russell cited a statistic from Realtor.com, revealing that IRS applications to launch new businesses have increased by 13% in the smallest metro areas of rural counties.

“These are my peeps. This is my generation, 25 to 34. I’m 29 now, and all of my friends, everyone that we ask, don’t want to live in the cities anymore,” David Burbank, the producer for “Seattle’s Morning News” on 成人X站 Newsradio, said. “The nightlife holds no appeal anymore, and maybe part of that is crime. You don’t really feel safe being out in Capitol Hill much anymore.”

“If we look at Washington specifically, I’d love to know where people are going in Washington,” Poe Russell said. “I was recently visiting Leavenworth for whitewater rafting, and I saw all these apartments going up, and I was like, ‘Oh, what’s happening?’ Seeing a lot of growth there.”

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, a longtime advocate for the queer community and co-executive director of Sustainable Seattle, told “Seattle’s Morning News” on 成人X站 Newsradio Friday they began their campaign for mayor after the queer community asked them to step up.

“I grew up in the city,” they shared. “I’ve seen it change a lot over the last couple of decades, and I was really looking for more leadership, especially as it relates to climate change and kind of the crises that are facing the current moment, and so members of the queer community asked me to step up and potentially run and stand for something.”

Seattle mayoral candidate Ry Armstrong calls for ‘bold action’

When asked what that “something” is, Armstrong responded, “I look back at the housing crisis. Ed Murray, former mayor, had that 10-year plan. It’s going to fix homelessness, right? It’s been 11 years, and where have we ended up? So I think we need someone who’s going to be that next generation of leadership, someone who’s going to step forward and say, ‘Hey, let’s build a thousand units in the first hundred days of our administration.’ There are a hundred tiny homes just sitting in SODO that LIHI (Low Income Housing Institute) wants to put somewhere. I think if we can start making bold action and not being afraid of making mistakes, I would love to see a mayor’s office that’s going to step up and actually fight back.”

Moving to the topic of crime, Armstrong said they have done a couple of ride-alongs with Seattle officers.

Armstrong’s vision to make Seattle safer

“One of my observations is this fact that police officers are doing seven jobs in one, and that’s unsustainable,” they shared. “Massive amounts of overtime. People can’t survive in that environment for a long time. So how can we specialize them back to emergency response, making sure that our city is safe, and they can respond in a timely manner.”

As mayor, Armstrong would look to invest in streetlights, pedestrian safety, and accessibility throughout the city.

“A lot of people in the neighborhoods have been forgotten,” they added. “As a mayor, how can we have town halls? So people who are afraid of where the nation’s headed, where everything’s going in the country, there’s just so much uncertainty, and I think people want to feel like they have stability.”

In their free time, Armstrong likes to scuba dive and enjoy the beauty of Seattle.

“It’s nice to just escape and get away and realize how we’re just small, little beings on this large planet,” they said.

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“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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Mallahan made his case for the upcoming election on “Seattle’s Morning News” on 成人X站 Newsradio, positioning himself as a more effective leader than Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and sharing his intentions for Seattle’s future.

“We really have it in us to have a model city for progressive government, and we just don’t see our values on the streets,” he said. “And I think that’s just because we have a lack of leadership in city government. And I jumped into the race because I don’t think there’s another candidate that can actually beat Bruce in the general.

“And I think Bruce has badly mismanaged city government. He’s allowed the police department to develop, I mean, there’s a lot going on there, but there’s a dysfunctional and demoralized police department, and he hasn’t been an activist mayor, even remotely in that regard. And homelessness continues to be a huge problem, and he shows very little vision,” he continued.

Joe Mallahan nearly became mayor in 2009

Mallahan got close to becoming mayor in 2009, beating then-incumbent mayor Greg Nickels, but losing by around 1% to Mike McGinn.

When asked what has changed since then, Mallahan responded, “I’m a much better candidate than I was when I lost to Mike McGinn, and God bless Mike, he ran a great campaign, and I ran an OK campaign. What’s changed in Seattle鈥攐ur streets are dirtier and less safe, and we have great progressive values. Well, progressivism would tell you, ‘We would take care of the homeless,’ and quite frankly, we deserve the homeless. We need to add a ton more emergency bedding and get people off the streets and into treatment.”

His approach to homelessness: ‘I think there needs to be an incentive’

Speaking further on homelessness in Seattle, Mallahan believes the city needs a new approach.

“I think there needs to be an incentive,” he shared. “I hate to use this term, but we need to hold the homeless accountable. The vast majority of homeless have mental health and addiction problems, so asking a lot from them isn’t reasonable, but you can certainly tell them, ‘Look, you can’t sit here and deal in and consume drugs in the public space. It’s bad for the common good. It’s bad for you. And we need you to get into treatment.’ And so there needs to be a little bit of push to treatment.”

Mallahan called himself “a pragmatic leftist,” adding that he believes conservative values and left values “overlap 80%” and that with his 30 years of management experience, he is the best candidate.

“I’m 62 years old. I just retired from T-Mobile, and I think I got eight years of great energy left in me, so I’d love to spend it serving the City of Seattle and its people,” he shared.

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