Michelle Esteban

3 days ago | komonews.com | Michelle Esteban

SEATTLE — Where Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark goes - sellout crowds follow. Her play is so exceptional that she has been described as a once-in-a-generation talent. It’s the kind of play that has not only raised the profile of the WNBA, it's got young girls shooting for their hoop dreams. We found three of them at Watts Basketball Camp in Seattle's SODO neighborhood Tuesday morning. A fourth player told us she "loves basketball" but is set on being a Broadway set designer.

1 week ago | komonews.com | Michelle Esteban

EDMONDS, Wash. — Two 18-year-olds say they don't know if they would have made it to safety had it not been for the help of a ferry boat crew and the person who spotted them and called 911. "Seriously, we might not be here if they didn't call, which is crazy to think about. We are so thankful," said 18-year-old Blake Butherus. The teen's canoe capsized just west of Blake Island Friday night, and someone spotted them in the water. Both were wearing life vests but getting cold fast.

1 week ago | komonews.com | Michelle Esteban

KENT, Wash. — A longtime resource to help drug-exposed newborns said it was blindsided by Washington state and was told it has to shut down at the end of the month. The founder of the Pediatric Interim Care Center (PICC) in Kent told KOMO News the "hospital-grade" facility is the victim of state budget cuts. Those cuts, according to Executive Director and Founder Barbara Drennen, abruptly led to the end of its contract with the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF).

1 week ago | komonews.com | Michelle Esteban

TUKWILA, Wash. — We're learning more about how an anti-ICE protest led to a clash with police in Tukwila over the weekend. No one was arrested or injured, but Tukwila Police Department (TPD) said it had to deploy pepper balls and pepper spray to remove protesters who blocked access to the building that houses the Department of Homeland Security field office on Saturday.

2 weeks ago | komonews.com | Michelle Esteban

MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — All she could think about was 'staying alive,' says Seattle Reign FC Forward Jordyn Huitema. Huitema told KOMO News that 15 seconds was about all it took for burglars to break down a door, race to the second floor, and begin ransacking the bedroom she was just in moments before. The Reign striker said she heard a loud bang in the early evening hours of May 1. She wasn't even dressed and was just getting to bed to turn in early to prep for a soccer match the following day.