Seattle News Tonight for Thursday, 10/22

A Pacific Northwest community grief-stricken and searching for answers. It's been one week since an elementary school shooting in Oregon, and now an injured teacher is shedding some light on what happened that day. Her terrifying account as the gunfire erupted. Helping victims of human trafficking and exploitation find independence. We'll tell you more about hair wars happening this weekend. Concerns over animal care as Washington faces a growing shortage of vets. There is a lot of emotional challenges that go along with this profession. You see it every day, just burnout and compassion fatigue. How the dwindling numbers could have serious consequences and not just for pet owners. Sea serpents washing ashore here in Washington. The truth is stranger than fiction. Hello, I'm Frankie Thompson. I'm Hannah Kim. Those stories and more from Seattle and around the world. But first, today's top stories and breaking news. We begin with the fourth arrest after a 16-year-old was shot and killed in downtown Tacoma over the weekend. The other three suspects appear in court on Wednesday. They include brothers 18-year-old Jose Campos and 20-year-old Davion Campos. Also charged is Davion's partner, 19-year-old Alina Guillen. They're all facing multiple counts of assault as well as murder in the first degree. Police say the shooting happened near 11th and Commerce Street in downtown Tacoma early Sunday morning. Court documents say investigators received a tip the shooting was in retaliation for Jose Campos being shot the night before. In court, it was revealed the Campos brothers have a history of violent crimes. A judge set bail at $5 million for the Campos brothers and $1.5 million for Guillen. Right now, the search continues for this teenager missing since yesterday. This is 15-year-old Claire Isaac, who was last seen near Northeast 133rd Street in Kirkland just after 4 p.m. on Wednesday. State Patrol says Claire may need help getting home. The teen also goes by the nickname Spica and has black hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a tie-dye hoodie and a black T-shirt. If you have seen Claire or know where she might be, you're urged to call 911 or the Kirkland Police Department right away. nearly 17 million dollars deep in the hole this is the latest bombshell surrounding the King County Regional Homelessness Authority officials revealed the agency is sitting on a massive 16.7 million dollar deficit this is money Seattle and county taxpayers would be responsible for if the homelessness agency cannot pay it back the years of budget miscalculations is caused by administrative overspending, unplanned software spending, and mounting interest fees. During today's King County Executive Finance Committee, we learned that KCRHA budgeted around $1 billion in expected revenue over five years, but it only used a fraction of those funds, leaving a gap in administrative dollars it never actually earned. On top of that, outside auditors say basic financial reconciliations were never done. The financial records of the KCRHA were not consolidated into a single place, and so a lot of the work came from outside confirmations from the city and the county. Earlier this year, council members Ron Dembowski at the county and Maritza Rivera at the city level called for the agency to be shut down. In September, they sent the agency a letter asking for a plan on how it planned to cover that deficit. Well, there was no concrete plan today. KCRHA leaders said it will take until early next year to get a final number on the deficit, which they say could change. In the meantime, both Seattle and King County have already taken back control of their own homelessness contracts. After 10 years of Sound Transit's planning, seven years of waiting, two years of my business attempting to get out of your way, we have received a notice on October 8th that was airdropped in our lap public comment is beginning to wrap up as Sound Transit considers its next move on a proposed light rail line to West Seattle the board hearing from business owners who are part of a proposal to purchase property along the planned route now Sound Transit released a map in yellow it shows the properties the agency plans to buy outright. Some commenters criticized the board that has moved on to other property acquisitions in the past without proper environmental impact studies. In 2022, the city of Seattle found the environmental justice analysis deficient, missing the CID social socioeconomic analysis, the Seattle Racial Equity Toolkit, and Sound Transit's Racial Equity Tool Require. Other public commenters say they feel left out of the process altogether as the agency moves forward with its planned expansion into West Seattle. The board says it plans to work with property owners and businesses to minimize disruptions. I want to check in with meteorologist Claire Anderson, who is tracking not only some high winds, but Claire, it is still looking very cloudy out there. Is there maybe some sunny skies lingering? Yes, tomorrow is going to be really nice. We do have some clouds over downtown Seattle still for this afternoon and into this evening. We're also seeing sunshine out along the coast. How about that with that front move through bringing the clouds into the Seattle area, but leaving behind clear skies behind it. And that's what we're going to see more of into tomorrow. So looking really nice to end this work week. Live Doppler radar, so we do have some showers east of the Cascades with a low system moving through the east side, but clouds over the Puget Sound area as that front moves through. Clear skies out along the coast. Only a few sprinkles earlier today as that weak front moved across the state. Forks had a few hundredths of an inch, but dry conditions continue. Looking at winds, gusty conditions out along the coast, 20 to 25 miles per hour, even over 30 miles per hour out towards Hoquiam, with gusty conditions towards Ellensburg as well as the coast. And the Cascades will see the strongest winds through this evening as well as into tomorrow. Low 60s for SeaTac, Seattle and Bremerton, along with Olympia today. Mid-50s for Everett and Bellingham, mid-to-upper 50s out along the coast. 57 degrees for Wenatchee, several degrees above seasonal average today. Through the rest of tonight, we will see clearing skies, clouds still light, little sprinkles still lingering, But drier skies tonight into tomorrow morning. Patchy fog to start the day, but more sunshine. A beautiful Friday is on tap. Heading into Saturday, we do start to see another change. So we have an onshore push of mostly cloudy skies. Potentially a sprinkle more in the north side, but mostly cloudy and dry throughout the day with some sunbreaks by the evening hours. Heading into Sunday, though, we do see better chance of showers, especially out along the coast through the Puget Sound area. but it does kind of stall with not a whole lot of rain expected into the evening. Now, tomorrow, temperatures in the upper 50s for Seattle and Tacoma, 60 for Olympia. Your extended forecast, mostly cloudy Saturday. We do see those few showers Sunday with drier conditions into early next week. Thanks, Claire. Reuters reports the State Department is warning some diplomats and their families to leave the Middle East. As reporter Caroline Shively explains, it comes as the U.S. and Israel are drawing up plans to restart airstrikes against Iran. As the Trump administration weighs its next move in the war with Iran, the Pentagon appears to be moving assets and making plans possibly for renewed strikes. President Trump spoke about the war at a South Carolina rally Wednesday night. We defeated them militarily, financially and otherwise and now we're ensuring that and as you know Iran will never have a nuclear weapon. The New York Times reports the US and Israel have drawn up potential plans to hit Iran hard after the US midterms. When the United States was flying wing to wing with the Israelis, that's actually when the president had the most support here at home too because you could see the military competency and what the United States military was able to do. The U.S. now has about 20 ships in the Middle East, and a third aircraft carrier strike group is expected to arrive in the region in early November. We've got our military strikes warmed up in the bullpen, ready to go if we need to. Despite an increase in Iranian attacks on ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, oil is still getting through, about 83 percent of the pre-war level. But the national average for a gallon of gas still sits at 427, up from 306 a year ago. The president started a war on February 28th. Look where gas prices were the day before. Look where they are now. Iran has warned that any new attacks from the U.S. or Israel will be met with devastating strikes. In Washington, Caroline Shively, Fox News. Both countries have agreed to come to the table. The reason why we haven't struck a peace deal is because they've just been too apart on some of the details of that negotiation. The Trump administration is renewing what's called a shuttle diplomacy in search of a deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Ukraine President Zelensky. He also made a trip to St. Petersburg to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks come alongside a violent escalation in attacks on Ukraine's capital. Diplomats on both sides said that they're committed to finding a peaceful end to the war. The American administration is doing a lot to help a peaceful settlement. This is all set up very well. Could we have peace day after tomorrow? No. But we could have, for the first time, a break in this logjam. President Trump credits his decision to waive some sanctions against Russia in negotiating the release of retired school teacher Stephen Hubbard. Ukrainian President Zelensky says he's open to a ceasefire deal that freezes territory along the front lines of the fighting. A federal judge has ordered President Trump to attend a deposition for his $10 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Company. The deposition is set to early December. Don't go anywhere. We have more news. Today marks one week since an elementary school shooting in central Oregon. A teacher who survived the ordeal is sharing her experience. A 16-year-old former student opened fire inside a special needs classroom, killing three students and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary. Another teacher, Becky Drury, was among the injured. She's not ready to speak publicly, but released a statement describing the violent rampage. The teacher says when she realized something was happening outside of her classroom, she ran to see what was going on. She saw the gunman and immediately ran back into the classroom. When she went to shut the door behind her, she says the shooter was already there before she could do anything more. Drury says the shooter shot her at close range and she fell to the ground. She played dead, hoping the gunman would not shoot her again when she was lying on the floor. She says her left hand was almost completely severed from the gunshot, and her other arm was severely injured. Bend police previously said she had shielded a student during the shooting, but Drury says that wasn't the case. The statement reads in part, quote, I know there has been contradictory reporting about my actions that day, but the truth is I was shot before I had any chance to act, end quote. Authorities are still searching for a motive in the school shooting. The teenage gunman was shot and killed by a parent of two kids at Silver Rail Elementary. That dad happened to be there, saw the shooter, entered the building, and pursued him into the school. Bend police say the gun used by the teenager in the shooting was legally purchased, but they're still investigating how it got into the hands of the shooter. A reckless driving suspect in a Porsche leading Snohomish County deputies on a chase. The sheriff's office just released video of the arrest. Deputies say they started pursuing a reckless driver on I-5 on October 18th, but called off the chase when it led into downtown Everett. They later tracked down that Porsche, leading to another short chase. That ended when deputies deployed spike strips and the 21-year-old driver surrendered. Stop crying. Your car is probably going to end up belonging to the sheriff's office. We're going to take your car and you're going to jail tonight for felony eluding times two and reckless driving and reckless endangerment. Is there anything I can do to get my car back? Not run from the police. Deputies shared this video with a warning about the dangers of reckless driving. They say 189 people were killed last year in crashes that involved speeding drivers. Area stylists are shaping up for a big competition this weekend, and it's all for a great cause Hair War Seattle takes a stage to raise money and awareness to help victims of human trafficking and exploitation Fox 13's Dan Griffin shows us how these local creatives are using their talent to make a difference and how you can get involved as the city of Seattle works to stop human trafficking and exploitation here along Aurora Avenue non-profits are trying to help victims find independence call it sheer genius first year first time I've ever done anything like this. Kat Soriano at Salon 8 in Bellevue is on the cutting edge of Hair Wars, a live runway show combining hair art and charity. Hair Wars is actually designed to help an organization called Justice and Soul Foundation. And what they do is they help survivors of exploitation and trafficking through cosmetology education. They're raising $50,000 to teach survivors salon skills here in the Pacific Northwest, expanding the Justice and Soul Foundation's program first launched in Cambodia more than a decade ago. We're all really one family, so hairdressers unite all around the world. But if we can directly impact somebody here in our home, that would be fantastic. Sunday, 18 stylists will trim down the competition. We will do our best to inspire them to rise themselves and don't forget that there's other sides. From blow-dry to color, they'll be turning hair into high-fashion sculptures. You're going to look at structures that should not exist with hair. In fact, the goal is for you to look at it and be like, how is that hair? These women know in these chairs, lives can change. Now you can find Hair Wars at the Space at the Finery on October 25th. It is a ticketed event. We'll have more information on Fox13Seattle.com and the Fox Local app. For now, reporting along Aurora Avenue, Dan Griffin, Fox 13 News. Seattle's historic Grand Illusion Cinema has found a new home. The theater was forced to close after 54 years due to the building owner declining to renew the Grand Illusions lease. Fox 13's A.J. Janneville tells you where and when you can once again see the magic of movies with the cinema. Opened in 1970, the Grand Illusion Cinema operated in Seattle's University District for decades. In 2025, doors at the historic location closed. But new life is coming for Seattle's longest-running theater. And we all saw some great potential in there. So over the past six months, really, it's been a whole process. We worked on a lease with the landlords. In the next few months, Brian Alter tells me the Grand Illusion will reopen. He's hopeful by the end of the year or early 2027. And its new location is just a few blocks down the road, as the Grand Illusion will be taking over the theater where the former varsity operated. We started doing our own work in there. We're on the hook to do some demolition. And we've been doing that and we'll be tearing up some carpet. The work is worth it. The original Grand Illusion only had one theater and could seat about 70 people total. This new location is seven times as large, Alter tells me. And with a 10 year lease secured, the Grand Illusion's volunteers and community can have peace of mind that there will be a long future of keeping the arts alive in Seattle. We're just really looking forward to having a long-term home to be able to do our thing. Reporting in Seattle, AJ Janneville, Fox 13 News. I love a happy ending. Over the last year and a half, even without a theater of its own, the Grand Illusion has continued showing movies with pop-up events at the theaters throughout the city. So for a full list of the theater's events and more information on the Grand Illusions reopening, just go to our website, fox13seattle.com. We'll be right back. This Halloween, forget the monster under your bed. What about the one said to be lurking beneath Puget Sound? In the 1950s, reports of a sea serpent made headlines across Washington. Fox 13's Lauren Donovan takes us back to the sightings and the mystery that followed. Most folks driving over the Deception Pass Bridge have lived their entire lives blissfully unaware of the mystery monster that once lurked beneath it. You know, I always thought sea serpents were just something you read about in a storybook. Pure fiction, an old tale spun by sailors. So why then did I find evidence of one in newspapers here in Washington from back in 1958? One headline read, Loch Ness in Scotland has nothing on Whidbey Island, described as light brown, 12 feet long, 12 inches in diameter. Stories out of Anacortes added additional detail about the creature, a tuft of black hair on its head, claiming that even the Associated Press reported that people came to gawk at it, some even cutting off pieces of the animal as a souvenir. So what was it? We took those old reports to an expert. We love the mystery, right? And the ocean is just full of mysteries. Wildlife veterinarian and scientist Joe Gatos went through a long list of what it could and could not be. We have this thing called an oarfish. You don't want to encounter one of these scary things. It is big. It's like a serpent. But we just have never seen an oarfish in the Salish Sea. So that's definitely not it. Other possibilities? A six-gill shark, a basking shark, or even a lancet fish. These are fish of the deep. And imagine your worst nightmare while you're swimming. This is a long eel-like fish that has just giant teeth. But if he was going to bet on it, his money is on the woolly field. It can grow to be eight feet long. And its head is probably as big as my head. imagine big giant jowls with super sharp teeth that are just kind of almost sticking out of its mouth. 1958 doesn't feel that long ago. So how could something like a wolf eel be mistaken for a monster? Joe says, hey, keep in mind back then scuba diving was still new. People didn't have submarines. And so there was all of this unknown and there's still a lot of unknown. So it's not surprising that people are looking out there and wondering what something is and conjuring up cool ideas about it. Reporting on Whidbey Island, Lauren Donovan, FOX 13 News. I like Frankie's reaction when you saw the wolf eel, you're like, no. I don't care what it is, the diameter, the length. That's in my nightmares now. Thanks, Lauren. So you're not going to go scuba diving anytime soon? Not in these waters, no. Would you? No, no. Not with that. And with that, we'll be right back. In part three of our sit down with Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Ben Schuldiner, we are sharing his take on declining enrollment and potential school closures or consolidation. When it comes to enrollment, since 2019, Seattle Public Schools has seen a steady decrease. And this year, it amounts to around 6,400 fewer students, which is the largest volume decrease in Washington. Overall, lower birth rates definitely playing a factor, especially when it comes to the kindergarten pipeline. But the reasons go beyond just lower birth rates because currently around 20,000 kids wake up in Seattle and do not attend public school. Take a listen. What does that tell you? I mean, of course, I mean, it says that families are choosing private school. It says that families are choosing charter schools. Families are choosing to go to other districts. It's exactly what it tells us, right? is that our numbers have been hovering around 50,000 for a relatively long time. And why are we not necessarily seeing a big bump? What we're seeing is that families are in fact choosing private school, charter schools, and other districts. And that's our job, is that we really need to make sure that we are being a system that is listening to families. There is a narrative that the Seattle public schools maybe aren't the best. And I would say two things to that. One, our schools actually are incredible. And I've been very clear about this. If you look at our math scores, our English scores in the aggregate, we actually are one of the best urban school districts in America. Better than Boston, better than Austin, better than San Diego. When you look at the big districts that are known as high quality, we're actually incredibly good. We have to do a better job in, I think, is kind of selling our district and letting people know, are you kidding? Lincoln High School was ranked fourth in the state. That's an amazing school. The Garfield Programs and Arts is incredible. The work that we do in Nathan Hale and Ingram is amazing. We don't necessarily tell our story. And, you know, if you don't tell your story, somebody else will. And sometimes when they tell that story, it's not as positive. Lower enrollment and a budget deficit leading to questions once again on whether the district is going to try and consolidate or close some schools. You may recall the previous superintendent before Scholten or Dr. Brent Jones had initially floated the idea of closing nearly two dozen schools that led to protests. This is video of parents and students rallying outside headquarters in 2024. That pushback led to Jones lowering it to five elementary schools and then none at all, taking closures off the table. In our interview, Scholten says it's back on the table. Everything is on the table. I would be a bad superintendent if I said, look, we have this system built a certain way, and I'm not going to look at one way of maybe doing better for kids. So everything is on the table. And of course, we're having conversations about structure, about schools that are serving our children or maybe are not serving our children, maybe different grade alignments, maybe different programs and processes, absolutely. And so all of those conversations are being had, and certainly when and if we ever feel like it's a decision we would want the board to make, we would certainly be very public about it. But right now, the most important thing is that we're talking to families, we're talking to staff, we're talking to children. As you heard, internal conversations are already happening at a number of schools, but no final decisions have been made yet, with talks continuing over that hot-button issue. Washington is facing a growing veterinarian shortage, and it's not just impacting your average family pet. A shortage of caretakers for large livestock animals has the potential to threaten food security. FOX 13's Taylor Winkle shows us how a program in Renton is working to change the statistics and a special instructor helping to make it happen. If you think back to your favorite instructor at school, they were probably wise and caring and walked on two legs. But here at Pima Medical Institute in Renton, some students say the best instructor walks on four and goes by the name Sriracha. His name's Sriracha, but he's not very spicy at all. In the corner of this classroom, as students fill out their assignments, Sriracha is munching on hay trendy haircut and long lashes aside he brings more to this program than just good looks even anatomically we show them veins on his body where we would draw blood from a jugular his jugular veins most people think that the veterinary field is just dogs and cats but in this program we actually get a lot of hands-on experience with farm animals we get chickens we get rabbits rats nationwide a shortage of veterinary professionals is critical the American Veterinary Medical Association says we could be short 24,000 pet veterinarians by 2030 as vets retire or leave the field new ones aren't filling their roles there is a lot of emotional challenges that go along with this profession you see it every day just burnout and compassion fatigue. On top of the compassion and people skills required to work in a field where you have to navigate how to tell someone that it's time to say goodbye to their fur baby, there's a lot of schooling. And for some, the student debt to income ratio just isn't worth it. The shortage of livestock vets is even worse. We're down 90% according to Washington State University. So much so that the USDA is getting involved with a rural vet action plan. A lot of people don't necessarily think about the fact that it's not the farmer that's doing all of the treatments on their patients anymore. And if animals we rely on for commercial meat, dairy, poultry, and eggs aren't properly cared for, then our food supply isn't either. And while Pima doesn't specialize specifically in large animals, Sriracha is sparking the interest, while instructors look to curb the overall shortage in one way or another. Our program here is a little bit unique. We do have a vet assisting program and a vet technician program on the same facility. It's not just snuggling animals, puppies and kittens. There's science behind it. And they're also giving back. Pima partners with small nonprofits and rescues during their lab and clinical practice, providing vaccines, dental work and other care to animals who otherwise might go without. Students we talked to say the stress that comes with this industry is worth it. No matter where you work, what profession you're going to be down, but working with animals is just something completely different. If you or somebody you know is looking to get into the veterinary field, we're going to have all this information posted on our website, fox13seattle.com. In Renton, Taylor Winkle, Fox 13 News. Come back. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is vowing to appeal after a judge ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion. That's after a jury found the company misled users about its privacy practices. The case was brought after consulting firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data from millions of Facebook users without their consent. It marks the biggest penalty ever against Meta. Over 350,000 New Mexicans had their personal information sold or brokered without their knowledge. revelation led to additional information about the way in which this company has frankly lied to its users. The company says it's confident it will win on appeal saying quote at its core this lawsuit seeks to impose a tax on speech to enforce new rules for what people can say online. Imagine getting a phone call leading to you becoming a mom of nine. For Melody Clay that is her reality Sabira Rayford first introduced us to Clay in March of last year on For the Girls Women on the Rise it was during a time when the Seattle mom was working to save her nieces and nephews from what she calls a broken foster care system well now the mom who has spent most of her life making sure everyone else is okay says she's putting her pride aside and opening up about a roadblock the family is facing these pictures show one of Melody Clay's happiest days the day the mom of four was finally able to adopt her five nieces and nephews and keep them from ever being separated again. Finally freed from the burdens of familial fostering, now only to be shackled by a strained economy. I can't keep Khaleesi out of makeup. She likes the makeup, the nails, the purses. Melody Clay's megawatt smile could power a small city when she talks about her kids we have Williams who's 14 he's in middle school of course and he's just my brains she appreciates every impromptu dance party and food fight because for her a full house of fun chaos is also a reminder of what could have come from the unhealed lesions of life when i look at them that's what keeps me going i'm like they depend on me i don't have the option of failing In March of 2025, we first spoke to Melody when she was still in the process of trying to adopt her five nieces and nephews. It had been a several-year battle, getting them all back under one roof after the kids were taken from her brother during his struggle with drug addiction, after losing his oldest child to gun violence. The five kids were separated in the foster care system. Melody, already a mother of two grown children and two toddlers at the time, decided to resettle her life here from Georgia to help her brother get back on track and get her nieces and nephews out of the system. Genuinely, in my heart, it was just like it got to be done. And if that's the sacrifice that I got to make to take care of my family and keep them together, then so be it. During the process, Melody lost her mother. Then the kids eventually lost their father. Melody's brother, who died from health complications. I let them know, your children are going to be fine. They're with me, so you know they're going to be fine. And she's kept her promise. Congratulations, family. In May of 2025, she officially became a mother of nine, now with seven under the age of 18 and still under her roof. So what's going on right now? Take me through currently and where you're at right now. well where we're at right now september 11th i'm at work i get a text from you know my current landlord saying hey not going to be able to renew the lease so i'm like that's weeks before i was supposed to renew the lease on october 1st and i was completely devastated is the landlord selling the home or is no they're actually moving back into the home because of the cost of living is so high So even your landlord, your landlord, he's not kicking you out because if something went wrong or sour relationship, the landlord needs their home back so they can live in it. Yeah, they need it back. They live out in Bonney Lake and they're like, it's just way too high. It's not affordable. Melody says she tried looking for a home that she could afford to fit her family here in Washington, but it's just too expensive. She says she got approved for a five-bedroom, three-bath home in Georgia. But I don't have transportation because my suburban is, the transmission is out. And I don't know, I'm still at a standstill of, okay, what are you going to do? But she's not giving up, working extra hours at her job and setting aside her pride to set up this GoFundMe. What has this situation taught you, Melody? Perseverance, to perseverance. I say that no matter what it looks like, I have to continue to have faith and put my faith in God, honestly. Melody's move-out date is a little more than a week away. If you'd like to help the mother of nine make it to their new home, we have a link to the GoFundMe. Just visit our website, fox13seattle.com, and look for this story. The Seattle Seahawks welcome a familiar face this Sunday night when they host the Kansas City Chiefs, that is reigning Super Bowl MVP, Kenneth Walker III. Fox 13 sports anchor Lauren Helmbregg joins us now to discuss a running back reunion. Hannah, we are just three days from the Seahawks' second straight primetime game, a Sunday night showdown with the undefeated Chiefs. Seahawks' defense hasn't allowed a 100-yard rusher in 35 straight games. New Kansas City star Kenneth Walker III averaging 133 yards per game this season. But his former teammate, the running back who led the Hawks with 12 rushing touchdowns last season, has a chance to play for the first time this year on Sunday. And now it would be against Walker. Sports director Aaron Levine has more from the team facility. It's only been eight months since Zach Charbonnet underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL. Now he's back on the Seahawks 53-man roster. Although it's not guaranteed, he plays Sunday night. Due to league rules, today was the final day to place Charbonnet on the active roster or he'd have to miss the rest of the year. Charbonnet addressed the media today, but no cameras were allowed. Doing pretty good. I mean, going a day at a time, you know, just seeing how it adapts with picking up practice, stuff like that. But, you know, whenever I'm out there, it's going to be special. I'm just going to be happy to get back out there. Still, it's coincidental timing. Considering Charbonnet's partner in the backfield the past three years, Ken Walker III is returning to Seattle this weekend as the leading rusher in the league. We've had a lot of battles. It's going to be fun. Get back to old times, how it used to be. us we were we're still great good friends and stuff but of course on on sunday i'll be trying to get after him and he'll be trying to run for a lot of yards and if the seahawks want to avoid just their second three-game losing streak under head coach mike mcdonald sam darnold says the key is consistency and not the type that's led to his seven interceptions in four games you know the couple picks that i threw um just you know when when that time clock starts to go off and you know just being being careful with the football and sometimes that's throwing the ball away and other times that's knowing you know just when i'm kind of under pressure and and even maybe even taking a sack i think just understanding you know or not understanding but um being aware of the situation and and uh you know not making a bad play worse so we've seen him battle back from there this is nothing new for us we've you know been in this situation before i'm just excited about you know the guys that he has around us you got a bunch of fighters a bunch of guys that that we know like we're gonna fix this thing we're gonna turn it around and when we do the story will be different finally walker might be the rushing leader but jackson smith and jigba leads the nfl in receiving yards and this sunday jsn has a chance to become just the sixth player in nfl history and the first in eight years with 100 receiving yards in six of his team's first seven games of season from Renton Aaron Levine Fox 13 Sports thanks Aaron tomorrow the seattle rain on the road in sandy taking on the utah royals you can catch that game right here on fox 13 following seattle news tonight the rain is sit in eighth and the final nwsl playoff spot with two games remaining in the regular season only three points behind the royals who are in sixth that's all for sports back to you a reminder the fox local live desk is always streaming live wherever you stream Fox 13 on your mobile device. Just download Fox Local from the Apple App Store or Google Play and on TV. You can download Fox Local for any major brand TV or streaming device. Happy Thursday everyone. I'm meteorologist Claire Anderson in the Fox 13 Weather Center. We started off pretty cloudy with a few sun breaks out there into this afternoon, but we are going to see some more sunshine here heading into our Friday, especially into Friday afternoon. Now we will see more clouds heading into Saturday but a few systems moving through not necessarily a super wet weekend but we will see some changes and there's still a few question marks on exactly how much rain we're going to see and where exactly so I'll show you that in just a moment but we do have some passing showers better chance heading into our Sunday especially out along the coast let's take a look at temperatures today upper 50s for Tacoma and Bremerton 59 for Olympia low 60s for SeaTac And Seattle, so several degrees above seasonal average again for today. Mid-50s for Bellingham, Friday Harbor 57 for Wenatchee this afternoon. And check this out, 5 to almost 15 degrees cooler today compared to yesterday. Yesterday was our warmest day of the extended forecast, so we are going to continue to cool down. But I always think it's interesting to see just how much a change can be in 24 hours. I want to talk about rainfall. We haven't had any for the Seattle area today. But I do want to talk about how dry we've been. Of course, less than a tenth of an inch of rain. We typically see four inches in October as of yesterday. Once we got through, we are now on track to be the third driest start to October in Seattle. Over 81 years of records that goes back to 1945. So we typically see a lot more rain than this. Not the case this year. Looking at our Doppler radar and showers there down south places down in Southern California and even Arizona and Las Vegas have seen more rain than Seattle. this month. We do see some showers into the southeast corner of the state. Looks like even a lightning strike earlier in the evening. But those clouds have been passing through as that weak front moved through western Washington earlier today through the evening. Rainfall total, like I said, nothing really going on here for Seattle. A few hundredths of an inch out towards Forks. Now, futurecast for the rest of tonight. Partly cloudy skies with morning fog to start the day. Mostly sunny into the afternoon. It looks really nice heading into our Friday. Heading into Saturday, we do see increasing clouds. The next upper level low sweeps by, bringing increasing clouds, especially to the north of us. I want to show you a little bit bigger picture. So, zooming out, you can see the upper level low offshore. Most of it will just stay up north. And then heading into Sunday, it sags further south just a little bit more, with better chance of showers out along the coast and earlier chance for western Washington. So, got a few little systems here not bringing too much. Futurecast winds will be breezy through the rest of tonight, calmer into tomorrow morning, but especially eastern and central Washington. Temperatures mid-40s for Seattle, Tacoma, and Everett. Highs tomorrow will be in the upper 50s. More clouds, a little cooler. Saturday, a few showers. Sunday, drier and milder into early next week. All right, some good news for drivers in Seattle. We are approaching the end of the current phase of Revive I-5. That means we could get back to regular traffic on the Ship Canal Bridge in a couple of weeks. Fox 13's Sean Chitnish has an update on the project's progress. We spent the morning along the Ship Canal Bridge and saw the progress that is happening as we get closer to this change in Revive I-5. Our drone was over the area as well this morning to see the work that's been happening there as well as the commute on another typical morning. WSDOT says they're getting closer to switching back to the normal flow of traffic. they're hoping to reopen lanes headed north after next weekend. This would get the express lanes going back to normal operations as well and end Revive I-5 for the year. That hopefully will provide some relief for drivers who commute southbound in the mornings. They have dealt with backups in that direction for miles. Right now, the express lanes are in the northbound direction at all times to make up for those closed lanes on the Ship Canal Bridge, which has been the case for 10 months. To make that switch, they'll have to close northbound I-5 from I-90 all the way to northeast 45th Street all next weekend. This lets them reconfigure lanes, pick up pinned barriers, and restripe the lanes and shoulders. All this depends, though, on the weather, which could delay the switch and finishing this phase of the project. WSDOT says this is all needed to preserve the Ship Canal Bridge, which is 60 years old and has not had maintenance like this in 40 years. Work will pick up in early 2027 for the southbound lanes, and then they hope to have the entire project done by the end of next year. Reporting in Seattle, Sean Chetnis, Fox 13 News. Yeah, a lot of people happy about that progress. I'm one of them. Yes, you are. All right, Airbnb is scrapping those checkout chores. The company just set some new ground rules for hosts, banning them from requiring guests to tidy up before they leave. That means no more stripping beds, starting laundry, and washing dishes before hitting the road. Hosts can still ask for simple things like putting used dishes in the sink or gathering used towels. From lattes to jack-o'-lanterns, it's prime time for pumpkins. And a new report shows Seattle is a top city for pumpkin lovers. Out of the 50 largest U.S. cities, Seattle is ranked the fifth most pumpkin-friendly. Atlanta was top of the list, followed by Miami, Vegas, and Chicago. This ranking from the agriculture company Mid-South Ag was based on the number of farmer's markets, coffee shops, bakeries, and pumpkin patches in the surrounding county. Seattle had the most nearby pumpkin patches, by the way, of any city in the study. Now they rank everything nowadays. Pumpkins, too. Pumpkin spice latte all day. Thank you so much for joining us for Seattle News Tonight. All right. Have a good night, everyone. Good evening. I'm Bill Malugin, and this is your Fox News report. A powerful Virginia state senator is indicted for corruption in connection to a cannabis business she co-owns. Democrat Luis Lucas now facing multiple charges, including drug trafficking, money laundering, and fraud. The FBI raided her office and business back in May. 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