Bill Radke reviews the weekâs news with Crosscut reporter Hannah Weinburger, South Seattle Emerald publisher and Seattle Times columnist Marcus Harrison Green, and Crosscut s Editor-at-Large Knute Berger. Credit: KUOW Photos/Alec Cowan
UFOs, gray wolves, and restorative justice, this week Jul 02, 2021
Bill Radke reviews the weekâs news with Crosscut reporter Hannah Weinburger, South Seattle Emerald publisher and Seattle Times columnist Marcus Harrison Green, and Crosscut s Editor-at-Large Knute Berger.
This week, an overwhelming heat dome baked much of the American West with unprecedented temperatures. Areas of the Pacific Northwest recorded temperatures hotter than Phoenix and Las Vegas (i.e., the literal desert), and the heat had devastating effects on cities which have largely escaped the need for air conditioning cities like Seattle, which is the least air conditioned top 15 metro area in the country. As of Wednesday evening, Washington state