Seattle News Tonight for Wednesday, 10/28

Midterm voting is underway in Washington and the ballots are pouring in. This year, a rare focus on the state Supreme Court. Five out of nine seats are being decided. As voters reshape the bench, we take a look at what issues may hang in the balance. A ticking time bomb for health care coverage as more federal cuts to Medicaid eligibility loom in the new year. It's going to mean longer wait times, people laid off, programs shuttered. How King County is looking to fill some of the gaps and what it could cost property owners. After days without ferry service here to Anderson Island, people are moving again. Spectacular and spooky centennial. We're taking a tour of one of Seattle's most historic hotels that opened Halloween night 100 years ago. Hello, I'm David Rose. And I'm Frankie Thompson. Those stories and more from Seattle and around the world. But first, today's top stories and breaking news with FOX 13's Sabira Rayford. we begin with police in Federal Way trying to find the person who killed a 59 year old woman this morning. Well, according to investigators a call came in just before 8 30 about some kind of domestic fight when police got to the home on 342nd Place they found the woman with a serious head injury. Officers and medics tried to save her life but she did not survive. Federal Way police say the case is being investigated as a homicide no suspect is in custody but police tell us they do not believe the public is in any danger. Federal Way police are also looking for a second driver after a teenager was killed Friday night. The first driver, 29-year-old Roberto Emery, has now been charged with vehicular homicide, DUI, and disregarding the safety of others. DJ Tuiso Sopo had just played in a football game last Friday night when two cars crashed at the intersection of South 304th and Pacific Highway. One of the cars careened onto the sidewalk, hitting DJ killing him. Federal Way police say both drivers are responsible for his death and King County prosecutors have issued a warrant for the second driver they say was driving nearly 90 miles an hour just seconds before the crash Emory remains in jail on a $200,000 bail that's what some neighbors heard and you can see they saw outside their door Tuesday night Seattle police say the call for shots fired near Mok Junior Way South happened Just after 6 o'clock, the shooting happened just steps from the local Boys and Girls Club. Police say two suspects approached an SUV and started firing and that the people in the car shot back. None of the suspects are in custody tonight. The department's gun violence reduction unit is working the case. Well, we are seeing our first snow in the mountain passes. Snow levels dropping to just above 3,000 feet as we take a live look at the summit at Snoqualmie. only a slight accumulation at the summit with about two to four inches falling in some areas between 3,000 and 3,500 feet this morning. Fox 13's Sean Chenis braved the cold in Snoqualmie to give us a look at the wintry road conditions. Well the snow has arrived here on Snoqualmie Pass. We certainly saw it early in the morning as we were working our way up to Seattle then we experienced some rain while up here on the pass. Conditions a lot calmer now but you can see Just how much snow has come through in this first appearance of the season, not only along the trees and mountains, but even here along the resort as well. But WSDOT crews were working very hard today to make sure that the road conditions were as easy as they could be with this start of the season. And we can see here along Snoqualmie Pass at the top here, things are looking good as conditions were improving along I-90 as well. Crews, of course, were preparing for a few inches and said that they could handle a few more. They had the de-icer out as well as teams removing the snow itself. And they really think of this as a job that begins in August by hiring additional crews. And what they call the winter shift, preparing for these types of conditions, well, that actually starts in early October. This is what we do. This is what we specialize in. So, again, our crews are ready. We've got our plows and graders and snowblowers ready. Our mechanics are ready to work on equipment in the event that any of it should break down. So, again, this is something that we've been preparing for in late summer, and we're ready to go with this first weather event. And WSDOT says they will be ready as the week continues. And if conditions change, they're checking the weather twice a day, and that lets them decide what type of de-icer to use and if they need to add additional crews. They also say that Washington State Patrol is helping them to make sure that they are enforcing any traction tire requirements, which, of course, is only going to become more serious as we approach November 1st. Reporting on Snoqualmie Pass, Sean Jettness, Fox 13 News. Crews at Crystal Mountain also had plenty to cheer about today. Staff at the popular resort are putting the finishing touches on preparations for the upcoming ski season. This morning's mountain snow is a welcome sight for those that make their living at higher altitudes. Driving up 410 this morning watching the rain turn to snow and then arriving at the base and seeing our employees getting the mountain ready, some hooting and hollering going around. Our teams are pretty well set and dialed, ready to go for the year. We're ready to start making snow to augment Mother Nature whenever the temps allow. The resort says it got about a foot of snow, well short of what's needed to welcome skiers and snowboarders. Typically, the facility needs about two to three feet to have the base before they can open for the season. Let's turn now to meteorologist Claire Anderson. Well, looking up at Stevens Pass, we currently still have some snow on the side of the roadways. Not so much on the road itself. The winter weather advisory has since expired. but looking at our conditions temperature wise it's going to stay cool with those snow levels staying low here the next several days but snowfall reports here up at Mount Rainier over the last 12 hours Paradise has seen about a foot of snow almost that Mount Baker Hurricane Ridge reporting about six inches along with Stevens Pass here getting a few inch not too long into this afternoon Snoqualmie Pass a few inches along with White Pass and even Mission Ridge seeing about two inches of snow so it is happening we're slowly getting there into this time of the season I want to show you this is our Capitol Hill camera and I turned it so we are looking north here this is our next thunderstorm that's been moving across the region with lightning here just off the shores between Shoreline out towards Kingston thunder and lightning happening I was just talking about this last hour that there is potential for it so if you heard some thunder that's what it was you're probably seeing some hail with this as well some cooler showers moving through. Looking big picture wise, we still got some scattered showers into the South Sound. You can see again, that's that cell right there. Pockets of showers continuing through this evening, tapering overnight, along with the snow tapering into the overnight hours. A few more snowflakes still up at Snoqualmie Pass, Stevens Pass as well. Not quite as heavy. That winter weather advisory again expired at five o'clock. South Sound still seeing some snowflakes in those, excuse me, the South Cascades. So we do have those cooler temperatures continuing. Looking at the total rainfall, about a third of an inch for SeaTac. Heavier amounts down towards Olympia, quarter of an inch between Arlington, about a third of an inch for Everett as well. Looking at winds, calmer. It was 20 to 25 miles per hour earlier around Seattle and SeaTac, but winds continuing to decrease this evening. Still a little breezy at times. Temperatures low 50s for SeaTac, Seattle and Everett. Upper 40s for Arlington as well as Tacoma currently cooler compared to yesterday. Futurecast for the rest this evening. We do still see those scattered showers, pockets of it here and there throughout the day Thursday. Mostly out along the coast, drier conditions I'd say throughout the day tomorrow. But we do see more of those showers heading into our Friday. Temperatures tomorrow in the mid to low 50s will be cooler heading into Friday low 50s. That continues into Saturday and Sunday with drier conditions into early next week. Tonight Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is responding to the Department of Justice over claims they have uncovered hundreds of non-citizens voting in Washington elections. Well on Monday the acting U.S. Attorney of the Western District of Washington held a briefing saying they've uncovered 405 non-citizens who voted and over 1,500 local ballots that were unlawful. The DOJ says because the state of Washington is not cooperating and providing the full database it is unclear the real extent of voter fraud in Washington. In a letter, Secretary Hobbs says, quote, my office was able to conduct a preliminary analysis. That analysis reflects a significant number of people on your list who are not currently registered to vote or are on inactive status, contradicting your representations that all the individuals included in the list will receive a ballot in this year's election. To be clear, I'm committed to ensuring only eligible persons are registered to vote in Washington, Washington law includes specific provisions for addressing allegations that a person is ineligible to register to vote. If the federal government possesses individualized proof that certain registered voters in Washington are ineligible, my office welcomes the opportunity to review that direct evidence, end quote. There are only six days left until Election Day, and candidates on both sides of the aisle are making a final push with control of Congress on the line. President Donald Trump continues to attend rallies across the country looking to boost turnout where Republicans are locked in a tight race. He was in Texas yesterday as the race between GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton and Democrat James Tallarico is expected to come down to the wire. In Alaska, the Justice Department is suing to stop the automatic certification of the state's results if the GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan loses his Senate race. Well, that's because there's another Dan Sullivan on the ballot. A New York Times expose alleges operatives working for his opponent, Mary Patola, intentionally recruited the second Sullivan to confuse voters. Patola's campaign and National Democrats have denied any involvement in the other Sullivan's campaign. There's more news to have with FOX 13's David Rose and Frankie Thompson. Pierce County Ferry Service from Steilacoom has finally resumed after a three-day outage trapped commuters. Officials had to source parts from Canada to complete the repair. FOX 13's Dan Griffin is on Anderson Island with the big sigh of relief from officials and the people who call it home. With no local grocery store or gas station here, getting across the water is vital for survival. That's why seeing the vessel return is so life-changing. People certainly, certainly are emotional when it happens. The Steilacoom II is running again to Anderson and Ketron Islands. Local Jeremy Campbell knows it's a critical lifeline. The ferries are our road, and all of our essential supplies, our mail, our medicines, everything comes over on the ferry. Across South Puget Sound, running your own boat might just be the only option. Campbell and Captain Corey Felden stepped in to help stranded neighbors with theirs. A lot of people out here, they move to an island, they don't have a boat, they kind of feel, when this happens, they feel stranded. They found Richard Anderson, no relation to the island's name, mid-crossing. I said, you know what, let's take the kayaks, let's strap my 100-pound e-bike on my kayak, and the plan was to come over here, and it was squirrely as heck. Saturday's breakdown came as all four propulsion signal boards failed simultaneously, including backups. With no spares in the U.S., crews rush-ordered parts from British Columbia. Even worse, the second ferry was sidelined for a mandatory Coast Guard inspection. As riders waited, worried and feeling uninformed, Campbell says state lawmakers spoke up. Representative Leavitt has done an amazing job advocating for us. Parts arrived Tuesday after some tests, runs resumed. Now Pierce County wants to prevent another total shutdown. We are going to be working to build trust with the community to make sure that when we have future mechanical failures that they can rely on us for timely information. For residents on Puget Sound's southernmost island, And that reliability is everything. It's not the breakdown that people are upset about. It's just the communications and the lack of mutual aid agreements being in place. But they're working on that. They've got several things in the works. Now as you can imagine, there's certainly a demand. People wanting to get on or off Anderson Island. Crews have been managing the flow, but they are asking people who can to delay their trips and leaving space for those with critical needs. Reporting on Anderson Island, Dan Griffin, Fox 13 News. Pierce County officials say they're also currently looking into whether ticket agents can accept expired ferry tickets. They say they will provide updates when they have more information. New tonight, Bellevue police say they have arrested the first of three suspects accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of golf clubs from a store. Surveillance video from Putts Golf on September 10th shows a man holding the door as a second suspect runs through it carrying multiple new ping drivers. An employee followed them out of the store and was violently beaten. They alerted other golf stores in the area and obtained a better photograph of the theft suspect. After we aired the surveillance video, Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound got a tip that Cameron Raleigh was selling these ping drivers on Facebook Marketplace. Detectives compared his photos to the surveillance images, matched the shoes he was wearing and a tattoo that he has on his back that stretches to his left arm. They set up a sting and took the 36-year-old into custody in Lakewood last Thursday. According to the court documents, Raleigh admitted that he stole the golf clubs. Detectives say he also burglarized the Pro Golf store in Bellevue on July 27th with this guy, the same suspect who held the door open for him at the putz theft. That suspect you see there has not yet been caught. Raleigh is scheduled to be arraigned in court tomorrow for one count of organized retail theft in the first degree. His criminal history includes five convictions for theft and 18 prior warrants issued for his arrest. He's being held on $50,000 bail. Three Seattle police detectives, the victim, his supporters, his family, and victim's advocates all showed up to King County court this morning. But the suspect who was supposed to be there ghosted them, and the judge was not happy. King County prosecutors charged Ingrid Johnson in September of 2025 with felony stalking and felony cyber harassment. They issued a warrant for her arrest. Detectives say she has repeatedly violated a protection order, harassed, followed, and threatened to kill her ex. even posting his medical records online. Judge Nelson Lee said the evidence shows she has been terrorizing the victim. I think the unstable nature of her mental condition puts the victim in particular at great risk, if not the ultimate risk, and the community as well. Johnson was finally arrested two weeks ago at her parents' home in Anacortes, but they put up their home as collateral for her $150,000 bail, so she was released before she could be transferred to King County. She was ordered to appear in court today, but she sent an email saying she had norovirus, so she was told she could appear via Zoom. When she didn't log on, Judge Lee was not pleased, raised her bail to half a million dollars, and issued another arrest warrant. I was going to go up as high as $1 million because this needs to stop. I have grave concerns for the victim. Her escalating behavior, frankly, puts me in grave concern that she may act out her threats and cause the victim physical harm, if not something worse. He told Johnson's public defender that she can schedule another court hearing next week to quash that warrant. Until then, though, Ingrid Johnson is a fugitive from the law. A heads up for drivers in Mount Vernon with a lengthy bridge closure set to begin on Sunday. Starting at 5 p.m. on November 1st, the State Route 536 Skagit River Division Street Bridge will fully close to all non-emergency vehicles. Drivers will have to take detours using I-5 and State Route 20. WashDOT says you should add time to your travel plans because the detour is about 10 miles from one end of the bridge to the other. Crews will be finishing a painting and preservation project that will help extend the lifespan of this bridge between downtown and West Mount Vernon. WashDOT hopes to have the bridge back open in both directions for the holiday season. We'll be right back. We are only a few days from Halloween, and I'm sure throughout your neighborhoods you've seen the decorations full of ghosts, goblins, and ghouls, but have you seen any Grimathys? In this edition of True Northwest, photojournalist Michael Driver is taking us to Bainbridge Island, where brothers Matt and Bryce Inman have created something inspired by the viral raccoon that the nation has fallen in love with, Grimothy. Yeah, now folks from all across the country are headed to the Pacific Northwest to spend some time with Grimothy the Grim Reaper. You know, we've had a lot of people who now come by daily just to see us every single day. Kiddos really getting out of school, they now like divert their path to come through here to play with everything. So every year we try to have one big centerpiece project. This is a whole bunny, he was an addition last year. That's made out of a toilet seat. I thought this would be the one that people come out to see. Like, oh, it's a pickleball clown. But nobody came out to see Pickle, so he's just out here in the rain. Coming to see Grimothy. We decided to make Grimothy the Jim Reaper, who we described as the dark father of Grimothy. This is one of the best things I've seen this year. It's Grimothy. I didn't know what kind of song Grimothy would like, but that felt right to me. Where'd the tail go? The tail's still there, don't worry. His body is made of rebar, chicken wire, and cheap fur I found on the Internet. horrifying disgusting my first time building anything with any animatronics his arm flew into the bushes at one point tripped a breaker this morning there we go all right i got one eye working it's probably the only time you're ever going to be inside a halloween decoration so enjoy it if he worked flawlessly that's not how a deformed raccoon works the thing is a series of mistakes so it feels very on par for who he should be i appreciate that he's like kind of a little creepy and a little friendly i think he's a little misunderstood maybe within minutes of Putting videos of this online, it had millions of views. I mean, the thing went absolutely nuts. I think some people just love the humor of it. I think it's hilarious. I love it. I love things like this. I love how creative. For me, Halloween is like make stuff month where you can be creative. and weird. You get to do it for like a whole month. My mom said this thing to me when I was a kid where she said, it's okay to color outside the lines as long as it looks awesome. I did this, like I said, with duct tape and chicken wire. And it's a mess, but it totally works and it feels amazing and people love it. So with Halloween, that's why it's such a fun hobby to craft around. Because you don't have to be precise. You don't have to be skilled. You can just go with it. Everything. Everything about it I don't know if we're ever going to live up to this again. I'm thinking this might be the top. I'm just looking at it like this is the Jimothy Wave. And we're at the crest right now. We're never going to reach this crest again. And I'm okay with that. Next year, we'll just do a goblin. We'll do a witch. That way we can sleep. and not have to live inside of a raccoon all day long i think they have to put Grimothy back up again i don't know whether to store him i mean this is the Seattle creativity at its finest i mean you take a local legend and then make it weird so Seattle i love the sound effect if you want to check out Grimothy yourself you can punch Wing Point Golf Course Bainbridge island into your gps you'll find him right across the street we'll be right back five seats on Washington's nine-member Supreme Court are up for election, an unusually large number that could change the direction of the state's highest court. With major questions around taxes, crime, and education, one policy expert says these races could have consequences that are far beyond election day. Fox 13's Alejandra Guzman has the story. Five seats, that's much of the court. But for Washington voters, this is a rare opportunity to reshape the state's highest court. The court has become more activist in recent years, and so is making decisions that are much more impactful toward people's daily lives. Ten candidates are vying for a seat. This November, Washington voters aren't just choosing judges. They're helping decide who interprets the state's constitution and whether some of the biggest decisions made by lawmakers can stand. In position one, Justice Colleen Melody, appointed by Governor Bob Ferguson, leads with 52.9% against Scott Edwards. For position three, things are tight between Judge Jamie Michelle Hawk and Judge David Stevens, who has a 1.29% lead. Position five, Justice Theo Angelis is 3.67% over Judge Dave Larson. Chief Justice Deborah Stevens taking over the reins over Todd Bloom with 54.37% of the votes for position seven. And Judge Ian Burke and Sean O'Donnell, who are running for the open seat for position four, who automatically advanced to the general election after Justice Charles Johnson retired. The competition is unusual, as Supreme Court races have often drawn little to no attention. Some have even gone uncontested. I think all ten of them in the five races are qualified. All of them have good experience, good knowledge. They would do a technically good job on the court. The difference between them is how they use those skills to interpret the Constitution. Myers points out that debate has already played out in voter-approved initiatives like Initiative 2066. Voters approved natural gas by 51.7%, but justices went against the will of voters. The will of the voters should be honored, and the court has gotten a reputation for overturning the will of the voters too easily on too many technicalities. One reason these seats matter, Washington's new 9.9% income tax on annual income above $1 million, a law expected to face a constitutional challenge. Justices elected this year could help decide if the tax survives. But candidates can't promise voters how they'd rule. These races are nonpartisan, but most current justices were appointed by Washington's governors. Meyer says that's helped shape the court he sees as politically divided. The voters have an opportunity to say, okay, we'd either like that very partisan court, or we want something a little more balanced. The stakes go beyond taxes. The court also weighs in on several issues, including criminal convictions like Blake's decision on drug possession, to the state's critical shortage of public defenders, and whether lawmakers are meeting Washington's paramount duty to fully fund public schools. Fundamentally, what voters are deciding is, do they want judges who are more activist in the way that they apply their views on the Constitution, or do they want judges who are more deferential to the people of the state of Washington in the legislature? Meyer says voters don't need a law degree to make an informed choice, but you should look beyond the endorsements and spend time reviewing candidates' experience and judicial philosophies. Ali Kameru Osman, Fox 13 News. From the suburbs of King and Pierce counties across the Cascades to eastern Washington's orchards. Washington's eighth congressional district is both geographically and politically vast. Yeah, for its first 35 years of existence, District 8 was the largest Republican stronghold in the Seattle area until it wasn't. FOX 13's Taylor Winkle has more on what's at stake for voters as Democratic incumbent Kim Schrier faces Republican challenger Spencer Moline. District 8 brings together diverse communities with different daily concerns, but sitting at the center of this race is the economy. Everyday costs from food to gas to energy and insurance. We wanted to know how these two candidates would address the concerns of their constituents, but it's a hard comparison to make because Spencer Moline wouldn't sit down with us on camera and says he's kept much of his campaign purposely out of the public eye. Since its creation in 1983, Congressional District 8 was considered one of the most reliably red areas in the state, represented by Republicans Ron Chandler, Jennifer Dunn, and Dave Reichert until 2018. That's when Democrat Kim Schrier won the seat in the general election, flipping the district blue for the first time when she defeated Republican Dino Rossi. Now the bid for Congress by her Republican challenger, Spencer Moline, a small business owner, husband and father, is viewed as a long shot. Here's a campaign video he posted on Facebook when he won his spot on the ballot. This campaign has never been about winning an election. It's been about restoring the hope to the people of this district. It's been about believing that we can make life more affordable for working families. Moline doesn't have any formal political experience while Schrier brings seven years. We didn't get a chance to ask Moline questions directly, but his website says the American dream is getting harder to reach because of affordability. I'm hearing a lot of pain right now, a lot of frustration with the administration and with the unwillingness of Republicans who hold the majorities right now to hold this administration accountable for everything they've done to hurt the people I represent. Maybe you're feeling the pinch at home, everyday expenses from gas to groceries to your health are growing. Right now, people in this district are drowning. They're getting hit with higher and higher insurance premiums if they can get insurance at all. Schreier and Moline both want to protect public lands. They both want to relieve the squeeze families are feeling on their budgets and they both support police. On his website, Moline's focus is home ownership. He says it's moving further out of reach. To fight that, he wants to build more and protect starter homes from large institutional investors buying them up. For her part, Schreier's focused on health care. The former pediatrician who lives with diabetes advocates for lowering insulin costs and protecting affordable insurance. Schreier also serves on the subcommittee for health, energy, commerce, manufacturing, and trade. She's pro data centers and advocates for balancing new tech with investments in hydro, wind, and nuclear energy. We're using the internet, we're using social media, we're using AI, and I don't see those things going away. the data centers are going to have to be somewhere. And they're either here in the United States, or they're in China or Saudi Arabia, and I think they do need to be here. But here's the thing, they can't hurt us. They can't jack up our energy bills. They can't take our water resources for cooling. Moline says artificial intelligence may be one of the most consequential technologies of our generation, and government shouldn't try to stop innovation. When it comes to affordability, Moline says he wants to curb federal spending, cut regulations, and boost domestic fuel production to drive energy costs down. How we spend taxpayer dollars should reflect our values. Here in Washington, we want healthy forests that we can recreate in and healthy forests that don't catch on fire and burn habitat. The two candidates sit on opposite sides of the aisle and live on different sides of our mountains. and each hopes their message resonates with voters from Issaquah to Kashmir on November 3rd, Election Day. Reporting in the studio, I'm Taylor Winkle, Fox 13 News. The King County Council is considering two new property taxes to help make up for the impact of federal cuts to Medicaid eligibility. King County's Budget Committee met this morning and discussed the proposal from Teresa Mosqueda. Under the federal bill, H.R. 1, the so-called Big Beautiful Bill, King County estimates that 4,000 residents have lost Medicaid eligibility since October 1st and an additional 215,000 King County residents could lose health coverage once new employment verification requirements take effect in January. Mosquita is calling for a pair of 5-cent property taxes that would each raise $45 million a year. Each tax would be an average of $25 a year on a property valued at $500,000. One of those taxes would fund public health clinics. The other would fund Harborview Medical Center. Harborview is expected to lose at least $120 million due to H.R.1 enrollment impacts in the first full year. Everyone is going to see the consequence of H.R.1, Trump's big bad bill, go into effect. It's going to mean longer wait times, people laid off, programs shuttered. This is true for clinics, primary care, and our hospital settings. Across our hospitals in this region, we've already seen hundreds of employees already laid off. We cannot afford to have that happen at Harborview, and we need to have a public health system ready to absorb more people as they lose health insurance, as programs get cut, or as care is delayed. The two property taxes being proposed are revenue options proposed by the state legislature so they would not need voter approval. A committee vote is set for November 16th, and the full council could vote on the taxes November 24th. The Trump administration has argued H.R. 1 strengthens the integrity of Medicaid, cutting fraud, waste, and abuse. Funding for firefighters has become a big topic for the Seattle City Council as they continue to comb through the mayor's city budget proposal for next year. Mayor Katie Wilson proposed cutting $7 million in overtime pay for Seattle Fire in the budget that covers 2027-2028. The mayor's office says budget restraints are necessary and overtime should not be relied on. A few council members, though, are pushing back, led by Maritza Rivera, who says emergency service is a, quote, charter responsibility and that coverage for fire and EMS personnel should be non-negotiable. This should be one of our number one priorities in the budget, and it is something that I hope that we will all support so that we can make sure when our constituents call 911 and need the fire department service, they're able to respond as quickly as possible. Seattle's fire chief, Harold Scoggins, has previously said funding cuts would force staff reductions and affect service and response times. That includes money for behavioral health support personnel who partner with the Seattle Fire Department. A likely merger between transit agencies has a community divided in Snohomish County. A public hearing was held today over the proposal to consolidate Everett Transit and Community Transit. Both authorities are moving forward with a plan that would have Everett Transit get annexed into Community Transit. Opponents argue the move should be put to a public vote since consolidating service would likely mean increases in property taxes. The move is largely favored by transit riders who said during public comment that a streamlined service would make transit options easier to navigate. Having to transfer from one system to another to get to work on time or to get to class on time was a challenge. And I believe that this consolidation will really help solve that problem in a very successful way. The decision will be made by both the Everett City Council and the Board of Directors for Community Transit. The final vote is next week, but the merger would be scheduled to take effect in April of next year. A Seattle sports legend is likely playing her final match in Seattle this weekend. But Jess Fishlock is also hoping Sunday's regular season finale is Reign FC's last game this season. Sports Director Aaron Levine at the Xfinity Sports Desk with more on that. Aaron? Yeah, Seattle Reign FC are currently in the eighth and final playoff spot in the standings. They can clinch a postseason spot with a win. But even if they do win, there is a good chance they won't have a playoff game at home, which means this is likely the final match for Jess Fishlock at Lumen Field. Fishlock is Reign's all-time leading goal scorer and assist leader, and she's also the only non-goalie in the league history to play all 14 seasons with the same club. Reign hosts Orlando on Sunday at 2 o'clock. They are two points ahead of North Carolina, which faces Denver at the same time. But Seattle's focus is simply on getting a win, extending their season, and not leaving anything up to chance. just ready to take care of business hopefully and play in front of a good crowd and give our fans a send-off into the playoffs that they deserve and we think the team deserves as well so just more itching to get the game started and and show what we can do and get across the line now meanwhile the Seahawks have an extra day to prepare for Chicago on Monday Night Football head coach Mike McDonald will address the media tomorrow but John Schneider continues to work behind the scenes on potential deals before the November 10th trade deadline. A day after trading for offensive lineman Quentin Nelson, ESPN reports that the Seahawks might not be done with edge rusher and running back at the positions Schneider continues to monitor. And a reminder, we have the Seahawks and Bears on Fox 13 next Monday night. We'll have an hour-long pregame show starting at four o'clock, leading you up to kickoff in the five o'clock hour. And then after the game, we'll have an extended postgame show with reaction from Coach McDonald and the players right here on Fox 13 this Monday night. Finally, a strange game time for Game 6 of the WNBA Finals between Atlanta and Golden State. It's tomorrow morning at 9:30 Pacific time. That's because the Dream's normal home court only holds 3,500 people, and the NBA's venue was already booked for a Hawks game tomorrow night. Golden State leads the series three games to two. Back to you. All right, 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 your TV you can download Fox Local for any major brand TV or streaming device Happy Wednesday everyone I'm meteorologist Claire Anderson in the Fox 13 Weather Center a little bit of everything today with some scattered showers cooler temperatures along with some sun breaks and that continues right into our Thursday as well as Friday we've got an upper level low offshore just kicking the showers through the area. Temperatures will remain below average here for the next several days. We're looking at temperatures in the 50s, no major warm-ups, but also no major cool-downs either. The good news is for those trick-or-treaters heading into this weekend, drier conditions, it will be on the cool side, which is pretty typical here for the Pacific Northwest. But the good news is you won't need any rain jackets or umbrellas for those costumes. let's take a look at temperatures today mid 50s so high temperatures this time of year usually in the mid 50s 56 we're at 54 so not too bad mid 50s for Seattle Olympia Chehalis low 50s for Bellingham 55 degrees for Wenatchee today mid 50s out along the coast few degrees cooler today compared to yesterday and we'll be a degree or two cooler tomorrow now looking at the big picture here's an upper level low that continued to spin just offshore of the Pacific coast now as we look at these conditions you are seeing some thunder and lightning storms with instability today that cool air aloft can't we're on a rumble of thunder but then once that sun goes down the decreases into the evening but you do see some bands of some steadier heavier showers even some potential hail with that cool air in there through the rest of this week though we do see lower snow levels so scattered showers light mountain snow not expecting anything major of course we did see several new inches up at a lot of our mountain passes and our higher mountain peaks as well but we do see light snow here for the next several days as temperatures stay cooler and then it does drop down to the weekend we raise back up heading into early next week looking at our future cast the rest this evening a few spotty showers here and there heading into our thursday scattered showers to start the morning staying mostly out along the coast throughout thursday afternoon and into the evening mostly cloudy here and there sunbreak or two and then scattered showers into Thursday. Similar story into Friday. We do kind of see these trailing showers coming from the south throughout the day. Friday, dry over eastern Washington, showers out along the coast. Then heading into our Saturday, we do see those early showers, but then it moves out. Cloudy and foggy conditions to start the day, but more sun breaks by the afternoon. Feature wind gets a little breezy through the rest of tonight. It does calm down into tomorrow morning, but maybe 20 to 25 miles per hour. 30s into the south sound, Olympia, Centralia and Shelton 40 degrees out towards the Seattle area. Tomorrow, your outdoor forecast, yard work, some wet leaves with those on and off showers. Showers at times heading into the afternoon. Mid 50s across the board, Olympia Tacoma 50 for Bellingham, Drier and upper 40s out along the coast. And looking at your extended forecast, we do see mid 50s heading into the weekend with a mix of sun and clouds into early next week. A new report ranks the best states for jobs, and Washington landed in the top ten. Yeah, the report from WalletHub compared states based on 34 key indicators of job market strength and economic viability. Washington ranked sixth overall. It was the first in the nation for a monthly average starting salary. Washington came in fifth for median annual income, adjusted for cost of living. When it comes to job security, Washington was middle of the pack at 27th. Now here's the top report for the top five best states for jobs, Nebraska, my home state, as well as North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, and New Hampshire. At the bottom of the list, Louisiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, Oregon, and West Virginia. Seattle's Camlin Hotel is turning 100. It has a history of famous guests, and some say a few of them never checked out. Fox 4's Lauren Donovan takes you inside the landmark that opened on Halloween night a century ago. Dubbed Seattle's Distinguished Hotel, it's housed rock stars, Hollywood dramas, and we're told even a ghost or two. This is the Camlin. It's meant to be elegant, over the top. Built in 1926 in the Tudor style, the Camlin Hotel was created to cater to Seattle's uber wealthy. A century later, some of those original details still remain, from the mailbox to brass door numbers. still see the gilded gold ceiling. One thing we like to point out to the kids is you'll see little foxes. General Manager Shanda Kjellstrup says wealthy East Coast arrivals could settle in here while their mansions were being built. Each room had a fancy kitchenette. And during Prohibition, a little something extra on the room service menu. So you could order your special drinks and they would send them up. Wink, wink. Later on, guests would take the elevator upstairs for their drinks. So back in the day, the whole top floor was the penthouse. It became the Cloud room restaurant with views of the Sound and the Space Needle. It even appeared in the 1989 film, The Fabulous Baker Boys, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. And downstairs, the guest list had some other famous names as well. Anywhere from Kurt Cobain to Motley Crue to Fleetwood Mac have stayed here. Back in the 60s, they pretty much banned all rock groups from staying at any hotel in Seattle, except for the Camlin. Then there are the guests some say never left. Lore that for a hotel which opened on Halloween night feels fitting. There has been sightings of ghosts here. Shanda tells me nothing menacing, but a woman's spirit has been spotted. It is believed she is Jules Buffano, the wife of the Fifth Avenue Theatre's orchestra leader, who tragically fell seven stories to her death in 1932. We've had comments from guests saying that they've felt something in a room before, and then they've gone online and realized, oh yeah, there are rumors that this place is haunted. At 100 years old, how could it not be? Reporting in Seattle, Lauren Donovan, Fox 13 News. Would you stay in a haunted hotel? I mean, maybe she's there just because it's so nice, it's been preserved. Well, that's her spot. I don't know if I stay there, though. I don't see two little twins riding little tricycles toward me. No, thanks. All right, the days of stale cereal may soon be over. Cereal maker General Mills is partnering with Ziploc to launch a new cereal box, complete with a resealable bag. What am I going to do with all my chip clips? It just debuted exclusively on Walmart.com. It will become available in retail stores in the coming months. Ziploc's pantry seal bag will be featured inside boxes of standard and Honey Nut Cheerios. The bags open partially at the top, creating a pour spout that can be sealed. Can I say, it's about time! Hey, thanks for joining us on Seattle News Tonight. We appreciate you being here. Have a great night.