Seattle News Tonight for Monday, 11/9

A break-in at a Pierce County home turns into a dramatic reversal of fortune. How the homeowner was able to stop the intruder and keep him at gunpoint until police arrived. Boeing's push to get more planes in the air hit some turbulence. The number of employees in the commercial aircraft department expected to lose their jobs. A bridge closure in Mount Vernon now has some businesses concerned as it hits their bottom line. Their biggest concerns and how long these companies could be impacted. You know just how crazy expensive it's become to order delivery these days, but what happens when one local restaurant takes matters into their own hands? That coverage plus breaking news and a forecast showing rain on the way on Seattle News Tonight for this Monday, November 9th, 2026. Tonight, Fox 13 News has obtained a new audit of SPD's real-time crime center. Mayor Katie Wilson is expected to address the findings tomorrow as she weighs the future of city cameras. Fox 13's Dan Griffin is live in the newsroom with what we know right now. Dan? Well, the audit scrutinizes Seattle's camera network and privacy guard rails, but takes no stance on expanding or shutting it down. Commissioned by Mayor Katie Wilson, the NYU Policing Project audit examines SPD's Axon FUSIS platform and the more than 500 cameras feeding the real-time crime center, including S-DOT traffic cams, feeds shared by private businesses, police buildings, and CCTV pilots in Belltown, Downtown, and Aurora. The audit found analysts used them to aid active 911 calls and help detectives solve cases. It found safeguards including no passive monitoring, a facial recognition ban, digital blocks on second-story windows, and purging raw CCTV footage in five days. Use for immigration enforcement or prosecuting protected health care is banned. Still, the authors warned federal subpoenas or public records requests could expose footage to out-of-state agencies. They cited major gaps, including no uniform pride. Privacy rules across cameras, cloud evidence retained indefinitely, and no logged reasons required to view live feeds. They also flag there are no clear protest policies and say that tracking suspects after the fact without a warrant risks Fourth Amendment violations. The audit offers 19 recommendations, including mandating warrants for non-emergency tracking and creating a public usage Dashboard. Now, SPD says that the center triples arrest odds, but auditors note that counts any time an analyst simply looks at a screen. The University of Pennsylvania study evaluating crime deterrence wraps up in late 2027. In the newsroom, Dan Griffin, FOX 13 News. FOX 13 is tracking more active weather on the way. Over the weekend, we saw power outages, trees on the roadway, and even some street flooding. With a closer look at the latest conditions, let's turn now to meteorologist Claire Anderson. Well, it was a dry start to the day, but the rain has returned as this next cold front is moving in across the Pacific Northwest, bringing pockets of heavier rainfall, especially over the Seattle area. Currently, we're seeing some showers out along the coast, potential rumbles of thunder in the forecast for southwest part of Washington this evening, getting a little bit of a rain break between Olympia down towards Napa Vine. But look at downtown Seattle. You've got pockets of heavy The rain currently along I-90, Seattle southward out towards Silverdale as well. If you zoom in a little bit further, this is down towards the airport, SeaTac, through Cascade, up towards Issaquah, Carnation, heavy rain there. Also, some rain breaks between Oak Harbor, up towards Skagit, Snohomish County, also up towards Bellingham, a few showers. But the rain over the last maybe hour or so, almost a quarter of an inch. SeaTac seeing that, about a third of an inch for Tacoma, half an inch now between Shelton and Hoquiam, just over a tenth of an inch up towards Everett, almost that for Bellingham. So the rain is filling in tonight. Looking at winds, it will get a little breezy this evening as we see that front move through. 15 to 20 mile per hour wind gusts North Bend. Chehalis gusts here, of course, out along the coast behind the front and will be breezy as well. Temperatures today have been really mild. We see mid 50s for SeaTac, Seattle, low 50s for Bremerton. 54 is our average high for this time of year, so a little bit above that, and we get even warmer heading through Wednesday. So showers for tonight continue through 7 o'clock. Still seeing rain. Notice out along the coast, calmer. Post-frontal showers, winds will pick up. So gusts here out towards the coast. Mostly cloudy for tonight, but early tomorrow morning, our next round of rain does move in for a wet start Tuesday. Throughout the day, bring your rain jacket and no umbrellas because it's going to be windy. So it's just going to be blowing around a lot tomorrow. Tuesday evening, we start to see maybe less rain across the state, but definitely still wet into late Wednesday. Early Tuesday, late Tuesday into early Wednesday. Now, looking at our conditions wind-wise, we do see winds picking up into tomorrow morning out towards the beaches, 30 to over 40 miles per hour along the coast by middle of the day, 40 to almost 50 miles per hour. We do see strongest winds Bellingham, Neah Bay, out towards Forks. Gusty conditions still across the Puget Sound, but the wind advisory is in effect out towards the coast and north interior. Mid to upper 40s, Tacoma, Seattle tonight. Tomorrow, mid 50s, so another mild day. Your extended forecast, really mild drier conditions Wednesday into Thursday. You'll notice flags lowered at many buildings across our state. It's to honor two Spokane County Sheriff's deputies killed in a shootout last week. Deputy Parker Perry died after being taken off life support. We've learned he heard the call about what was happening on Tuesday and joined the response on his own. Perry served on the Spokane County Sheriff's Office SWAT team in 2022 before becoming a K9 deputy last year. Deputy Perry leaves behind his wife, who was pregnant, and their two children. Deputy Mason Atchison was also killed. He was a SWAT sniper and was commissioned with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office in 2022. Before that, he worked with Washington State Patrol as a trooper and firearms instructor stationed near Spokane. He also served in the Washington Army National Guard, earning three commendation medals. Deputy Atchison is survived by his wife and two children. Tonight, we're seeing video of the moment a man tried to steal a semi-truck in Puyallup Last Wednesday... Pierce County deputies were called out to a farm area after a security guard reported the man trying to steal the truck. When they got there, the 24-year-old was in the truck's cab, had started the engine, and was trying to figure out how to get it to start and take off. They told him to get out. He refused. And after they pulled him out, they had to use a taser to get him into handcuffs. Step out! Get out! Do his head! Do his head! Well, the man was arrested on a long list of charges. Deputies say they found drugs on him when they searched through his items and believe he was under the influence at the time of his arrest. Linwood City Council is meeting tonight and will discuss a property tax increase. The city's current property tax is an $8.9 million levy. The proposal for 2027 is $11.6 million, an increase of 30%. For the average household, this would be an increase of $128 per year. City Council is set to vote on whether to adopt the property tax levy tonight, and if it passed, it would be submitted to the county assessor by November 30th. If you live in Kirkland, you have two more chances this year to drop in and talk with City Council members. And one of those chances is happening right now. The city's pilot program, Conversations with Council, is an open-door format with no set agenda. They say just to bring your questions, whether you want to talk about neighborhood safety, transit, or even share your thoughts on the upcoming budget. Afterward, any feedback will get shared with the full city council. The current session started at 5 p.m. and lasts until 7 o'clock at the Northwest University Cafeteria. The final session is happening the morning of December. 14th at Kirkland Urban. President Trump made a surprise visit to the White House briefing room today after meeting with Qatar's prime minister. He told reporters he believes the war in Iran is effectively over from a military perspective. They won't have a nuclear weapon. When we knocked them out a year ago, I said I was going to do that, and I kept my word on that. Now what we're doing is we're, it's really status quo territory. We're keeping it going. Trump added that Iran has been, quote, decapitated, but said he is still looking to make sure there's a long-term solution to ensuring that Iran's nuclear program is defeated. The major stock indexes all rose Monday. The increases came as the price of oil continued to drop. A barrel of Brent crude was $92.57, down from $1.12 at the beginning of the month. As for stocks, the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P all had increases of more than 2% in regular trading Monday. The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for border wall construction to resume in the Big Bend region of Texas. Bipartisan opposition argues the project wastes money in an area with historically low illegal immigration. They suggest using surveillance technology instead. Republicans in Congress funded the border wall project with $46 billion last summer. Customs and Border Protection have been building 12 miles of border barriers a week. The FDA is adding a new warning to GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic about rare cases of vision loss. The agency announcing today the warning information will be added to all GLP-1 drugs used for weight loss and diabetes. The new language warns doctors of a rare eye condition that can cause loss of vision. The FDA says the problem can be permanent and is not fully understood. The issue has been reported with all GLP-1 drugs on the market but only occurs And a tiny fraction of patients. There's more news ahead with Fox 13's David Rose and Hannah Kim. While a terrifying home invasion in Pierce County, and it was all caught on camera, when deputies arrived, they found the homeowner turned the tables, holding the intruder at gunpoint. Fox 13's A.J. Janneville has more. The suspect, Paul Maestri-Williams, in court behind me, pleaded not guilty. Show me your hair. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Pierce County deputies arrived at a Parkland neighborhood along 12th Street around 8 p.m. Sunday night. The call originally came in for a man asleep on a neighbor's back porch. When deputies arrived, they heard another homeowner down the road yelling. It's very scary for those homeowners when somebody comes into their house talking to the homeowners. They had thought that it was another family member that was in the house. They couldn't figure out what alerted them was initially the dog and then they came out and found this strange man inside their kitchen. Body camera video shows the homeowner throwing the suspect out of his house. I spoke to someone at the home on Monday where the incident happened. They told me they did not want to talk about it on camera. The state does have concerns for community safety given the nature of these allegations. Maestri Williams appeared in court on Monday. A judge would not let us show his face on television. His defense asked the judge to let him out of jail with no bail. However, the judge decided some bail was needed, setting it at $3,000. If Meister Williams does bail out, the judge said that he cannot return to that Parkland neighborhood. He's expected back in court later this month. Reporting in Pierce County, AJ Janneville, Fox 13 News. Well, one person is dead after an early morning kitchen fire in Woodinville. Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue says it broke out just before 2 o'clock this morning while someone was cooking. A woman inside the home was able to shut herself inside a bedroom and call 911. She was helped out of the window by dispatchers, but a man trapped inside did not survive. A cat also died in that fire. Crews worked as fast as they could to get things under control. The big thing is that the firefighters were able to put We put water on the fire really quickly to make sure it didn't extend to neighboring homes. You can see that the homes are very close right here, and it could have definitely extended to other homes. Crews say it's being investigated as a cooking fire. A court appearance for the active duty Marine charged with the attempted kidnapping of a 12 year old girl is now scheduled for November 19th. Kitsap County Sheriff's Office released this photo showing the moment Timothy Caldwell was arrested. According to court documents, the girl was walking home from school on November 2nd. She said a man walked up to her asking for directions, then followed her and grabbed her shoulder. She pushed him away and took a photo. The girl's father found an address for a possible suspect. Deputies say Caldwell's haircut matched the photo taken by the girl. The Central Kitsap School District released a statement to families saying in part, we are taking this opportunity to remind families about the importance of talking with your children about safety while getting to and from school. Please encourage your child to stay aware of their surroundings, avoid strangers, and immediately report anything suspicious or concerning to a trusted adult. As mornings grow darker, please also encourage your child to use extra caution near traffic to make sure to cross at crosswalks and to wear bright-colored clothing or reflective gear. Caldwell's bail has been set at $350,000. Public utility crews are preparing for the next round of heavy rain as cleanup continues from Saturday. Tens of thousands of people lost power that night. Fox 13's Taylor Winkle has more on how to prepare for the next forecasted atmospheric river. We are out here in Renton. We wanted to check out the Cedar River because if you remember the historic flooding we saw here in Washington last December, this is one of the rivers that swelled so much that it caused flooding here in downtown Renton, damaging some buildings. NOAA reporting that the river is in good shape today. We'll keep I keep watching it over the next 24 to 48 hours. As the next round of atmospheric river rain moves in ahead of the next round of heavy rain, something you can do to help out at home is adopt a storm drain. Washington has a statewide program. Nearly 6,000 drains have been adopted so far, and the one in front of your home or business could be next, especially if it looks like this. So check that out, wa.adoptadrain.com. Now here in our state, when storm drain maintenance falls out of county and city jurisdiction, it might be on you, depending on where you live. Aside from drains, emergency crews want you to check on your batteries, your blankets, your food supply, and just be aware of what's around you. I think that our community sees these storms every year. So we do know how to be prepared. It's just when we are prepared. So getting that stuff together, making sure you have a communication plan, making sure that if you're going to utilize a generator, that's where we tend to see a lot of issues. Making sure you're not backfeeding the generator. You're putting it somewhere safe outside your home that's not going to experience a window or a door or somewhere where it could, you know, potentially put in some CO poisoning into your home. This was one of the first wind advisories of this season, so a lot of stale sort of tree materials came down. Will be monitoring what happens in the next day or two with the next round. For now, reporting in Renton, I'm Taylor Winkle Fox 13 news. No bridge, no business. That's the reality for several shop owners in Mount Vernon tonight. A major closure is cutting off traffic, leaving business owners frustrated as foot traffic plummets. Fox 13's Shira Matsuzawa asked WSDOT why the project is taking so long. All looks normal here, but on the other side of the bridge, businesses tell me things are dire right now. Along Division Street in Mount Vernon, things are quiet as crews work on the SR-536 Skagit River or Division Street Bridge. Back on November 1st, WSDOT closed the bridge in both directions as part of a preservation project to paint the bridge. But nearby businesses say the closure now has them painting in the red. Cruiser Coffee owner Nicole Cruz says since the bridge closed, It's like a ghost town over here. she says it started with a partial bridge closure back in June. But now, It's been pretty terrible, not going to lie. instead of serving more than 100 people a day and having two employees, she's now working by herself. I really hope that they have a way of paying it back to the small businesses because we've been impacted so badly. Up and down the street. Signs like this are posted outside other businesses. I don't see any of my regulars, hardly, you know. It's very rare to see people, which sucks. Yeah, it's just been really hard. Bud tender at Northwest Cannabis Co., Caitlin Britton, says sales have been down about 40% most days. I get it's for a good cause, but I just wish. We had more of a voice of how this was going to go down. While WSDOT Public Information Officer David Rasbeck understands the toll this is having on some businesses, he told Fox 13 they worked with the city to expedite this project. We know there's a lot of strong interest in getting this work done and reducing the amount of time that construction affects the residents and businesses in this area. On both sides of the bridge, but we also have to balance the need to preserve this important piece of infrastructure between downtown Mount Vernon and West Mount Vernon. In the meantime, Nicole is holding on. And WSDOT says if the weather cooperates, SR 536 is expected to reopen fully in time for the holidays. In Mount Vernon, Shira Matz is out of Fox 13 News. Road closure in downtown Puyallup is set to disrupt traffic for weeks leading up to the holiday season. Starting today, the city plans to block most traffic and pedestrian access to the intersection of 4th and 5th Street Northwest and West Stewart Avenue. The closure will allow crews to replace and upgrade stormwater, sewer, and water mains in the area. The city says the intersection could be shut down for up to six weeks. They're asking drivers to follow the detour routes for the time being. Well, now to some news out of one of Washington's largest employers. Boeing is cutting about 5% of jobs in its commercial airplanes division. The company has recently been on a widely publicized production ramp-up in an effort to recover from a record-breaking backlog and years of financial instability. In an email sent to Boeing commercial employees this morning, President and CEO Stephanie Pope wrote, quote, we need to reset the pace of our production rate ramps to provide our factories and supply chain partners additional time to achieve stability. Adjusting our production schedules and reducing aircraft output puts us in an overstaffed position. Impacted employees will receive notifications in December. It's not clear how much layoffs will impact different locations like Everett and Renton. Seattle's mayor has proposed a nearly $19 billion budget for the next two years. City council will hold a final budget vote in late November. But first, later this week, they will start making some key decisions. FOX 13's Sean Chitnis has the latest on the push and pull between council members and Mayor Katie Wilson as they try to land in a budget they can agree on. Heading into this week we've seen the back and forth between the mayor and city council members including on the issue of funding for the Seattle Fire Department. Now late last week we got to hear from the public. Many people speaking out on a variety of issues. All of this as a council briefing scheduled for Monday has been cancelled. One of many that was on the calendar cancelled as of now. Public comment sessions had people expressing concerns about everything from How to help the homeless. The cost for renters in the city, funding for police, supporting the arts, and even the issue of cuts for the fire department. Now, early last week, Council Member Dan Strauss, who is the chair of the council's budget committee, released a proposal that includes $5 million to take on gender-based violence. It also calls for more than $350 million for housing. $7 million would go to safe routes for schools. Strauss's plan also calls for reversing cuts to the fire department outlined by Mayor Katie Wilson. She has said budget restraints are necessary. Her proposed budget included cutting around $7 million in overtime pay for the Seattle Fire Department. But some council members said that funding is non-negotiable. The fire chief also said those funding cuts would require layoffs and affect service as well as response times. Strauss's plan. Keep the more than $7 million in funding for the 2027 budget and for the following year to cover overtime for the fire department. Now, the budget committee is set to have the first vote on this budget at the end of the week on Friday. Reporting in Seattle, Sean Chitnis, Fox 13 News. The Seattle light rail opened in 2009. We have seen a massive expansion ever since. The newest route planned is for West Seattle with construction scheduled to start next year. Sound Transit is Brad O, enjoying Good Day Seattle this morning to discuss what needs to happen before they break down on the West Seattle line. We've cleared all the environmental requirements. We have a federal record of decisions so that's a that's a big moment for the project. The board in May actually voted to fully fund the project all the way from the SoDo area to Alaska Junction, so that's exciting. We're moving into design and construction phase for the project now, so there's going to be a lot of design work happening. I also asked Owen about the future of Ballard's light rail extension. Sound Transit CEO recently said he is committed to finding the money for the light rail to reach Ballard. Owen sounded optimistic as well. We are in the draft environmental impact statement process right now. We just are going to release that document very soon for the public to comment on. That's a huge milestone for the project. The project is funded from... From downtown, from the CID all the way to the Seattle Center and we are committed to getting all the way to market. We have a plan in place. We don't need all the money right now. We need we need the money a little bit later in order to get there. So we have a plan to find that money to to work through some of the design complications we have. We're committed to getting to market. The Ballard extension is undergoing an environmental review currently. Sound Transit says that will give them extra time to secure more funding. President Donald Trump says the FBI will look into allegations that NVIDIA's CEO had an affair with a Chinese spy. NVIDIA's stock price finished the day with a 4% drop. It comes as CEO Jensen Huang is now under investigation by his own company over concerns he was the target of, quote, a foreign intelligence effort. Huang admitted to having an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. He says he supports the investigation. Writing in part, quote, I take full responsibility for what I did and the hurt I caused, and I accept the criticism that comes with it. The alleged spy has been identified as Alice Huang, a Singapore-based tech executive who was seen with the NVIDIA CEO in Taiwan last year. The New York Times reported that U.S. intelligence determined nearly a year ago that she was gathering intelligence for the Chinese government. First establish a friendship, then have an affair with the chairman. This is a common tactic used in espionage. I think he's an honorable guy. I think he probably has an excuse for it. You have to hear it. The Chinese government is denying it tried to ensnare Wang. House Republicans want a closed door briefing with Wang to talk about the growing controversy. British actor Russell Brand has been sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for rape and sexual assault. The 51-year-old was admonished by the judge in court ahead of today's sentencing. Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault, involving four women dating back more than 20 years. About 20 years ago, Russell Brand, you were becoming famous. You were clever and, in many people's eyes, funny and charismatic. You had also become a sexual predator. Finally, before passing sentence, I pause to pay tribute to the determination and bravery of all the women whose evidence I have been recounting. Ahead of Brand's sentencing, many of the women made statements to the court describing how the crimes left a devastating impact on their lives. A Republican congressman officially moved to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Today, Thomas Massie of Kentucky reintroduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth. It's a move expected to be welcomed by Democrats who accuse Hegseth of waging war in Iran without congressional authorization. Massie made the impeachment resolution privileged, meaning the House must take up the vote within the next two days. The reality is we're not indicting him for being bad at his job. In fact, he was very effective at killing school children in Iran. He was very effective at extrajudicial killings. There's no argument in these impeachment articles that he's ineffective. The argument here is that he's broken laws and he's violated the Constitution. We're not worried about that. I'll tell you this, actually. I hope all of you will join us. We're going to do a press conference tomorrow morning at the Pentagon on that very topic. In an interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, President Trump said he still had confidence in Hegseth. Some fresh faces in Washington, D.C. this week as the incoming Democratic majority faces its first major decision. Who will lead the party in each chamber of Congress? As Caroline Elliott reports, not everybody's on the same page. Lawmakers are back on Capitol Hill as Democrats get ready to take over in January, but some who have not even taken office yet are already starting a fight. We need fresh leadership in the Senate. Whether it's fair or not, Chuck Schumer is seen as a more divisive figure by many people. And and I think we need somebody who's going to bring us together. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is hoping to be reelected alongside House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. But some Democrats believe they haven't done enough to stand up to President Trump and that voters want the party to move in a new direction. I don't think it was a message of, you know, we want a moderate agenda. It's definitely, you know, we want something different. Senator Chris Van Hollen, who is known to be more progressive, could be a possibility, according to reports. But no one has yet to challenge Hakeem Jeffries for leadership of the House. You can't beat somebody with nobody, and that's kind of where I think this race stands. And with control of the House and the Senate, some Democrats say their first priorities will be the cost of living, ending the war with Iran and Medicare for all. But President Trump has said he's ready to become Mr. Veto. Frankly, if they go far enough to the left, it makes it harder for them. To come back and try to win the presidential campaign. Another top priority for Democrats will be investigating the president and those in the White House. But neither Schumer or Jeffries have announced immediate plans for impeachment hearings. In New York, Caroline Elliott, Fox News. A cherished beach to the LGBTQ community in Seattle just became an official landmark for the queer community. Today, people celebrated Denny Blaine Park becoming an official LGBTQ landmark. The beach has been a key gathering place for the queer community for over half a century. Mayor Katie Wilson and other local leaders attended the celebration. LGBTQ people spoke about how Denny Blaine is a place for visibility and free expression. That comes to mind, and it's the word sanctuary. And sanctuary is more than just a place of refuge. It's a place where you can be yourself and lower your guard. For more than 50 years, people, LGBT people, nudists, naturists, other countercultural individuals have come to this beach. And for me, this is an opportunity to acknowledge that we matter. Mayor Wilson called the official designation much deserved. She said Denny Blaine Park, like the city of Seattle, is a refuge for people to be their authentic selves. Tired of paying sky-high fees just to get dinner delivered in Seattle? After years of pushing the city to change delivery laws, one local restaurant is ditching third-party apps entirely and launching its own in-house delivery fleet. Fox 13's Lauren Donovan shows us how Yaku works and whether it can actually save you money. The website just went live and the owners here at Spicewalla, they tell me the demand here in just one week has already surpassed that of Uber Eats. DoorDash, Uber Eats, Caviar, Postmates, Grubhub, you name them, we've done them. And things just changed. Spicewalla owner, Uttam Mukherjee tells me, especially in 2024, when City Hall passed the pay up legislation, Mandating all gig workers like delivery drivers get a minimum wage. Revenue fell 50% on the delivery companies the second it went into effect. And for the guy who's built a business on no fuss, low cost Indian street food, that's been a serious problem. Food that should cost you $10 to $15 in the restaurant now costs you about $40 on the apps. It just doesn't make sense. I don't think our food's worth $40. Uttam's new solution is Yakku, a name inspired by the animal. Yaks are known to be good delivery animals. But a fluffy beast won't be dropping off your meal. Uttam's hired delivery drivers. Our drivers are actually going to be employees, so they're not getting paid by order. They're getting paid to be available for four hours, eight hours, whatever that is. And he's pledging something no other service is currently offering, a $10 flat rate fee. The caveat being you will not be able to see any restaurants outside of the neighborhood when we do open other neighborhoods. Right now, we have five restaurants in Ballard on the platform. Among them, Ballard Pizza Company, Rachel's Bagels and Burritos, and they're signing up several more this week. Reporting in Ballard, Lauren Donovan, Fox 13 News. Get ready because winter reservations on Washington State Ferries open tomorrow. Reservations will open up at 10 a.m. on November 10th. They are for bookings between December 27th and March 20th of next year. Some days in February and March will not be available for Lopez Island and Orcas Islands due to scheduled construction. WSF expects high demand for these reservations, so they will use a virtual waiting room again. Ferry reservations through December 26th are still available now. Well, after leading the Seahawks to a win over the Cardinals, backup quarterback Drew Locke is now in line for a second straight start this Sunday in Las Vegas. Sports director Aaron Levine is at the Xfinity Sports Desk with an update on the Hawks quarterback situation. Yeah, well, the one thing we know for sure is that Sam Darnold will not start against the Vegas Raiders. Head coach Mike McDonald confirmed today, saying Darnold... Needs more time to recover from a quad injury and cracked rib. He's hoping Darnold will return after the bye week against San Francisco. Meanwhile, McDonald said Locke is expected to be able to start on Sunday despite suffering an oblique injury in the third quarter. Locke is also dealing with elbow tendonitis and only threw about 20 balls in practice last week. Still, he is undefeated as a starter for the Seahawks this season with zero turnovers. Jalen Milrow would once again serve as Locke's backup this weekend. Again, he had... McDonald had this to say about yesterday's game. Yeah, I thought our guys played hard. I'd like to see our run game be more effective in some of these early down type of situations. I think that's going to, I'd expect it to vastly improve after another full week of reps with those guys in those spots and understanding their role going into the game. So I appreciate the effort, the toughness, but I feel like there's room for improvement. Elsewhere, the college football playoff is expanding to 24 teams starting next season. The Power Four Conference champions will earn automatic bids. The 20 other spots, including one reserved for a group of six teams, will be decided by a selection committee. The new format requires all Power Four teams, including UW. To play at least 10 regular season games against other Power 4 opponents or Notre Dame, it's another potential blow to the future of Apple Cup past 2028. The Huskies are at Michigan State this weekend. What do I think about the 2014 playoff? I've been very adamant. I think it's fantastic. I think the way college football is going right now, it's needed. You need to be able to have these opportunities to continue playing. Elsewhere, how about this scene from Helsinki, Finland, where the Seattle Kraken practiced in an underground ice rink called The Cave earlier today. They are in Finland preparing for a two game series against the Carolina Hurricanes later this week. It's all part of the NHL's global series. Honestly, I came in here. I was trying to remember if I played in this rink. I'm sure I had when we came here in 2012. I was either here or the other one. But yeah, I mean, it was It was neat. The rock coming down the elevator into, like, a cave. The roof was pretty low. We were saying, Doug, you had to duck to make sure you didn't hit his head. But, yeah, it was – all this is – it's been great. I mean, this is – this is my 17th year in the NHL. I've never done anything like this, so I was looking forward to this opportunity. Finally, L.A. Rams star receiver Puka Nakua will miss at least one month with sprained ligaments in his knee and turf toe. He's expected to go on injured reserve. The NFL's trade deadline is tomorrow at 1 o'clock Pacific time. Back to you. Good Monday evening, everyone. I'm meteorologist Claire Anderson in the Fox 13 Weather Center. The rain has moved in this evening with wet conditions. But then later tonight, we do get some dry time with cloudy conditions as well. A little bit of breeze. Now, heading into our Tuesday, it will be wet and breezy with those wind gusts out along the coast with wind advisories in effect. So we are looking at a very active Tuesday ahead. And then another round of active weather, especially into Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. We have atmospheric river conditions impacting our area, bringing several rounds of these impacts. So let's talk temperatures first because highs today in the mid-50s. Seattle and SeaTac, upper 40s for Olympia, 53 for Bellingham and Friday Harbor, upper 40s for Wenatchee. Average highs for this time of year, about 54, so we're above average. And check this out. The next several days, we will continue to get warmer. 56 degrees for Tuesday. Wednesday, 65, which could tie the record set back in 1990. We've got a warm front moving through, boosting those temperatures. Low 60s Thursday, slowly cooling back down to the 50s into early next week. But let's take a look at those conditions today. A cold front has swept through the area, a drier start to the day, but showers have returned, continuing to bring some heavier rain across the Pacific Northwest through the early evening hours, tapering later into the evening, even a rumble of thunder is possible, especially in the southwest corner. But by 11, 1130, we really dry out with some cloudy conditions, few spotty showers here and there, but rain does return heading into Tuesday. This is our next round of showers. Plenty of rain throughout the day Tuesday, heavier showers. Out along the coast, north interior throughout Tuesday evening, wet as well. The good news is we start to dry out a bit. Tuesday night into early Wednesday, those showers taper. Most of the rain Wednesday out towards the coast. We do see mostly cloudy conditions through Wednesday evening. Let's talk about how much rain. As we move through Tuesday, most of the rain will be out along the coast. Hoquiam and Forks. Quite a bit of rain, especially up into the Cascades as well. Now, wind will also be an issue. Winds picking up heading into Tuesday evening. Already breezy out along the coast. The Puget Sound will be gusty 20 to 35 miles per hour. But the strongest winds out towards the beaches, north interior through Tuesday night, as well as even into Wednesday. So, wind advisories in effect out towards the coast as well as the north interior through 7 p.m. Wednesday. So, do watch for those gusty conditions. Temperatures tonight mid to upper 40s. 40s Tacoma and Seattle, mid-40s out along the coast, upper 30s for Wenatchee, 45 for Bellingham. Highs tomorrow, mid-50s Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, 55 degrees for Bellingham, 50 for Wenatchee. And looking at your extended forecast, so again, mild conditions, mainly dry for Thursday. Then another round of atmospheric river conditions Friday, Saturday, Sunday, mild temperatures along with breezy winds. Schools across the country are evaluating the efforts to cut down on what goes uneaten. Ted Linder takes a closer look at one school's progress against food waste and the hope it will spread to schools across the country. Federal data reveals more than 30 million lunches are served at public schools across the country every day, with most coming from the Agriculture Department's National School Lunch Program. But according to the World Wildlife Fund, K through 12 schools in the U.S. collectively throw out roughly 530,000 tons of solid food and up to 45 million gallons of milk every year. Besides costing the U.S. an estimated $1.7 billion annually, when the food waste heads to landfills, it breaks down and releases methane, a damaging greenhouse gas. A growing number of schools are trying to combat the challenges, like Georgia's Lovin' Elementary, east of Atlanta. It feels like we're saving the planet. Students with buckets help collect lunch scraps, which head to the school's outdoor compost bin. Every Tuesday, they meet one of our master gardeners out there. We actually use the compost in our steam garden, so we will use it to grow all of our fruits and vegetables that we will plant in the spring. Uneaten salad bits are given to the chickens at their coop. We have 12 hens in our steam garden right now. I love it. And unopened milk is placed in a shared fridge for kids to grab as a snack or take home. In the 2024-25 school year, we collected... 3,338 pounds of fruit and vegetable waste. It all comes as the Environmental Protection Agency says food waste makes up roughly 24% of the solid waste sent to landfills in the United States. I'm Ted Lindner, Fox News. Man, when I was a kid, there was no food waste. We ate all that food. Okay. Thank you. This is different now. Yeah, hopefully most schools will take on that project because that is very effective. It's wonderful to see. All right, show up 20 minutes before takeoff and hop on a cross-state flight. Well, that's the sell for Seaport Airlines' new direct flights between Olympia and Spokane. The airline announced they're offering the route for the legislative session next year. Starting January 8th, flights will operate Friday through Sunday during session and happen twice a week. The flight is an hour long in a nine-seater aircraft. The airline says there's no TSA for the flight, so you can show up within that 20 minutes of the flight time. One-way fare started $279. I think we should call this route the Washington News Wrap special, perhaps, since it stretches from each side of the state. You can watch Washington News Wrap Monday through Friday at 6 p.m. You can always stream it on the Fox Local app as well. He was a musical savant from right here in Washington State. Now iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix will get his own $1 coin from the U.S. Mint. As part of the innovation collection, Governor Bob Ferguson got to pick who would represent our state and explained his choice today. It's hard in Washington State. We have incredible innovation, incredible innovators. But I selected Jimi Hendrix. Born in Washington State, went to school in Washington State, and of course, learned how to play the guitar in Washington State. And his influence as a guitarist, he's considered the greatest guitarist of all time and the most influential guitarist of all time. And look, I'm a huge Jimi Hendrix fan. I grew up listening to his music. He's one of a kind. He's legendary. He's one of our own. With the Jimi being named as the coin, the design phase comes next. The special coin is set for a 2029. release date. Hannah, I can't think of any controversy over this choice. No, no, not at all. And I think coin collectors for sure are going to have a lot of fun with that one. And the design. I can't wait to see that. My dad actually got to see Jimi Hendrix live in Seattle growing up. So I know Seattle fans are going to be excited about this. Very, very cool. You got to get him a Jimi coin. Yes. All right. Thank you so much for joining us for Seattle News Tonight. You can watch Fox 13 News anytime on the Fox Local Connected TV app. It's free to download for your connected TV and your cell phone. Have a great night.