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1 week ago | 
m.kuow.org | Ruby de Luna |Andy Hurst
Microsoft employees brace for mass layoffs, Seattle sues Trump over frozen public safety grants, and Seattle gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share?
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4 weeks ago | 
m.kuow.org | Ruby de Luna |Andy Hurst
Former SPD Chief Adrian Diaz sues Seattle, King County assessor faces resignation calls over restraining order, and we remember Northwest bluesman Bill Engelhart. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share?
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
kuow.org | Ruby de Luna |Andy Hurst
Starbucks lays off more than 600 WA workers, Gov. Ferguson proposes budget cuts, and two indoor cats have contracted bird flu in WA. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share?
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
kuow.org | Ruby de Luna |Andy Hurst
Seattle retools its approach to homelessness outreach, Expedia announces more layoffs, and King County agencies are asked to comb through their budgets for cuts. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Ruby de Luna. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
kuow.org | Ruby de Luna
Beth’s Café, a diner in North Seattle, is known for its 12-egg omelets. But at a time when avian flu is driving up the cost of their key ingredient, that may seem a little egg-cessive. RELATED: Bird flu continues to spread in Washington state. What to know about the virusManager Carlos Cerritos said their supplier has been able to provide what they need so far — for a price. Cerritos said a box of 15 dozen eggs used to cost $55 dollars. But now, that's up to $130.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
kuow.org | Ruby de Luna
Donna Moodie is portrayed at the new location of Marjorie on Monday, November 25, 2024, in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer If it feels as though your favorite restaurants are disappearing, you're not imagining things. Rising food and labor costs are contributing factors. But there’s another, lesser-known reason: rising rents. Now, the city hopes to give business owners a way to have ownership of their spaces, too. It has already helped one restaurant make a comeback.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
m.kuow.org | Ruby de Luna
It may be the beginning of a new year, but for some local businesses, 2025 is the beginning of the end. A handful of longtime, Black-owned businesses in Seattle are signing off. One of the businesses permanently closing is Flowers Just-4-U, which has been a fixture in the Central District since 1984. RELATED: Last call at Merchant’s Cafe & Saloon: Seattle’s oldest bar set to closeOwner Mary Wesley, or “Miss Mary” as her customers call her, is retiring at 94 years old. “I’m closing the shop.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
m.kuow.org | Ruby de Luna
Workers at FOB Sushi Bar in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood prepare the bar for its reopening on Dec. 3, 2024. KUOW Photo/Juan Pablo Chiquiza Seattle’s FOB Sushi Bar learned the hard way how social media can make or break a business overnight. A TikTok video about the Belltown eatery went viral last month. In the Nov. 2 clip, Texas-based food critic and influencer Keith Lee approved of the sashimi he'd gotten from FOB, rating it 8.5 out of 10.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
kuow.org | Ruby de Luna
Workers at FOB Sushi Bar in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood prepare the bar for its reopening on Dec. 3, 2024. KUOW Photo/Juan Pablo Chiquiza FOB Sushi Bar in Bellevue and in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood reopened Tuesday following a recent spate of social media attention that raised questions about raw fish safety. Public health officials conducted an investigation of the Belltown location on Nov. 27 in response to a TikTok video circulating about the restaurant.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
kuow.org | Ruby de Luna
The average American family wastes an estimated $3,000 worth of food each year. As we head into Thanksgiving, it’s an opportunity to reduce food waste and save money. Jade Monroe with the state Department of Ecology said the key to reducing waste is to start with a shopping list. But before heading out to the store, she takes a couple more steps.
