Brandon Thompson

1 week ago | kiro7.com | Brandon Thompson

SEATTLE — A Guinness World Record was broken Sunday on the Seattle Waterfront. 1,038 people participated in a 30-minute soccer lesson, making it the largest soccer lesson in the world. Washingtonians beat the previous mark of 956 set in San Jose in 2023. Carla and Jeff Running brought their kids Ian and Evan to be a part of the attempt. “They love soccer and it’s happening in our city so we have to support and feel the vibe being here,” Carla said.

2 weeks ago | kiro7.com | Brandon Thompson

From Pride in the Park through the Parade, Rainbow City Performing Arts has been the sound of Seattle Pride for 27 years. It started with a marching band, growing into eight different performance groups and a space for people to build community. “We’re a refuge for people who come to Seattle and they don’t have a place to belong,” said Damien Hall, the organization’s executive director.

2 weeks ago | kiro7.com | Brandon Thompson

PUYALLUP, Wash. — When Joseph Bowers found a hive of hundreds of thousands of bees on the side of the house he was renovating, he had a choice. Well, two choices. The first was whether or not to run, as his mother had been allergic to bees. The second was whether to get rid of them the easy way or what he considered the right way.

2 weeks ago | kiro7.com | Brandon Thompson

KITITTAS COUNTY, Wash. — June 9 was a birthday Jim Easterling will never forget, though it’s not the right reasons. It will be the day his parents’ relatively new home burned down, despite his best efforts to save it. “We started getting calls and texts that there was a fire out on Red Bridge Road right near my parents’ place,” Easterling said, " We peeled out and headed up on the hill.

2 weeks ago | kiro7.com | Brandon Thompson

SEATTLE — Seattle Pride is kicking off its 51st year with Pride in the Park, an event open to everyone, on Saturday at Volunteer Park. The theme for this year’s Pride: Louder. “We think of louder in terms of celebration, cheer, party, but also louder in resistance and protest and fighting back,” said Patti Hearn, the executive director of Seattle Pride. Pride in the Park started at a picnic with hot dogs, mostly attended by those in the queer and trans community.