Seattle News Tonight for Tuesday, 10/20

It's been four months since Mayor Katie Wilson offered a new approach to tackle drugs and crime at 12th and Jackson, but has it made a difference? An employee at this tire shop here in Linwood thought he was simply helping a customer. His fiance now tells me that customer was actually an undercover federal agent. That's so sad. You could see innocence in him, like, just doing his job. He didn't know. 400,000 speeding drivers captured on two new cameras in Tacoma in just a month. But it turns out the city can't afford to ticket everyone. 98 years, that's how long Japanese grocery store Awajimaya has been in business. What the CEO tells me is the secret to their success. Hello, I'm David Rose. And I'm Hannah Kim. 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 the search for a fugitive suspected of committing three murders, including one in Seattle. King County prosecutors have charged 33-year-old Michael Fleming with murder in the first degree. A felony warrant has been issued for his arrest. Seattle police say he shot and killed Graham Dobick, a store clerk, at the 76th gas station on Broad Street on October 13th. Court documents say Fleming was a former employee who last worked at the gas station on October 2nd. Detectives believe he fled to Chicago after the shooting this morning. Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin posted a flyer saying he was spotted there and is wanted for questioning in a separate death investigation. him. Officers found Fleming's mother and her father shot to death in their home yesterday. Fleming's brother described him as delusional and erratic in their recent communications. Detectives say Fleming should be considered armed and dangerous. Concealed carry permit records show he has at least four handguns. So if you have any information to help locate him, call 911 immediately. Police have confirmed three people are in custody tied to the deadly shooting that killed a teenager in downtown Tacoma over the weekend. Police say the shooting happened near 11th and Commerce Street around 2.30 on Sunday morning. They have not released the boy's age or his identity. He died before he could be taken to the hospital. Tacoma police say on Monday they arrested a man in Tacoma and another man and woman in Yelm. They have also not been identified. All three were expected to be arraigned in Tacoma this afternoon, but that has been pushed to tomorrow the Seattle City Council's voting on a plan that would change parking rules for people living in RVs it would also fund five million dollars toward housing and services that would include parking enforcement FOX 13's Jennifer Dowling is live at City Council right now Jennifer yeah good afternoon they're in the process of voting as we speak i just left the city council chambers they have approved three of the ordinances that have to do with the Vehicle Assistance Program, which was introduced in August. So this was introduced by Council Member Dan Strauss, and it would expand outreach, create a vehicle storage options for people entering shelter or housing, and establish a permit system for people living in motorhomes and travel trailers on city streets. The proposal has drawn support for expanding safe parking and housing services, but some advocates worry the new restrictions could leave people without a place to go. Nearby business owners meantime want to know how this city would enforce the rules, and One of the most consequential parts of the proposal is a new permit system for people living in motorhomes and travel trailers on Seattle streets. I've seen the whole spectrum of the mechanism that is used to help people in homelessness. And having that perspective, I can say that we need to do something different. And although my understanding of the legislation is not complete, I can say that what I do understand gives us the working tools to take things to the next level and being able to give the services that people need. All it is is sweeping the homeless and making it another way for it to be criminalized. We're not criminals. No matter where we live, we're not criminals. Some are, but most of us are not. Under the proposed rules, eligible residents who engage with services following existing laws and comply with basic requirements could receive a vehicle resident assistance permit. permit would allow them to continue living in their vehicles while waiting for appropriate shelter or housing. Motorhomes and travel trailers without permits would be limited to two hours of street parking beginning April 30th, 2027. The ordinance would also prohibit those vehicles from parking on city streets or alleys between midnight and 6 AM unless they qualify for an exception including through a valid permit. One person suggested that those rules wouldn't work because they could move the RV a block away and perhaps everything would reset. Another person spoke against the program, arguing that city resources should be targeted to expanding shelter housing and safe lots. So under the program, violating vehicles could be impounded without prior notice under that proposed ordinance. So we're waiting for those final votes to come in on this six-part bill, and we'll bring you the latest here and at fox13seattle.com. Reporting live in Seattle, Jennifer Dowling, Fox 13 News. Let's turn now to our weather with meteorologist Claire Anderson. looking outside today beautiful conditions here is a live look out at Clay Lake Lodge we've got some folks walking out along the beach this evening beautiful conditions there downtown seattle also looking great you can see just the top of the mountain a little bit ago you can see just barely there we do have blue skies into this afternoon as well as into this evening the colors are changing that crisp fall temperatures low 60s today warmer conditions heading into tomorrow But even today, it's above seasonal average by several degrees. Low 60s Seattle, Bremerton, Sea-Tac, along with Bellingham. Upper 60s out towards the coast. 65 for Wenatchee this afternoon. Now, looking outside on the Doppler radar, not a whole lot to talk about. Nice, dry, clear skies. Enjoy it. We've got some changes here heading into our Thursday. Wind-wise, not a whole lot going on either. Maybe 5 to 10 miles per hour. Not expecting a whole lot of breeziness into tonight. Future casts showing mostly clear skies through this evening. Temperatures will drop overnight, especially the south sound. Some areas of patchy fog develop again tomorrow morning. Mostly sunny, though, into the afternoon. Potentially a high cloud or two by Wednesday evening. Heading into Thursday, we do have a weak system that will clip by our area, bringing clouds out towards the coast, increasing throughout the day. Mostly cloudy into the afternoon. We do have chance of showers Thursday evening around 5 o'clock. Light showers between Seattle and the I-90 corridor down to the South Sound. But that's only through about 8 o'clock. Then we dry out with more sunshine heading into our Friday. A few areas of morning clouds clearing into the afternoon again on repeat. Looking at our forecast temperatures tonight. Cooler into the South Sound. Some spots will get at or below freezing. Olympia, Shelton, low 30s. 40s, Seattle, Everett, Bremerton. 45, Wenatchee, upper 30s for Bellingham and Forks. Out towards the coast, upper 50s tomorrow. But the warmest day of the extended forecast tomorrow, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, upper 60s, even some low 70s into the foothills. Low 60s, Bellingham, 70 degrees Wenatchee. And looking at your extended forecast, looking really nice. Cooler into Thursday as well as into Friday. Coolest day will be Saturday with a few late showers into early Sunday, then drier into early next week. Seattle police are asking for help identifying a burglary suspect. SPD says he walked into a condo building off Hubble Place just down the street from the Virginia Mason Medical Center on October 1st, 7th, and 8th. He's accused of breaking into several storage closets in the building. If you know who he is, you can submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers or use the P3 Tips app on your phone. The U.K. will send fighter jets to the Middle East as fighting intensifies with the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Meanwhile, as Caroline Elliott reports, Iran is giving a new warning to the U.S. during their ongoing stalemate. With the scope of the fight expanding across the Middle East, the UK now says it will deploy fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to bolster the firepower of Saudi-backed rebels in northern Yemen. The United Kingdom is the kind of country that when our allies call for help, we respond. Britain's defense secretary says their fighters will only conduct defensive air patrols, taking out Houthi drones or missiles, but not targets on the ground. The assistance comes as the Houthis have begun launching attacks on civilian targets in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, including major Saudi airports. The U.S. says it's staying out of the conflict. I think the president's been clear that he supports Saudi Arabia and the backing that they need logistically he will supply. But America getting involved in a ground kinetic battle somewhere else seems fruitless. Meanwhile, the White House is dealing with a new threat from Iran, who says if the US decides to target any of its underground nuclear facilities, it will respond with a massive strike of its own. We never leave any attack unanswered. If our response is not stronger, then it will certainly be equal in force. The US previously bombed one of Iran's enrichment facilities last year during Operation Midnight Hammer. Until officials believe Iran may have since moved its centrifuges deep underground beyond the reach of U.S. bombs. In New York, Caroline Elliott, Fox News. Protests against rising living costs in France turned violent over the weekend. But last night was a quiet night in Paris after police enforced a curfew. According to economic analysts, France is facing more than $1 billion in losses. After stores were damaged, cars were set on fire, and hundreds of officers were hurt. We have a mess, to put it bluntly. We are dealing with a very specific type of general crime, a very precise and specific form of general crime involving looting. Governments across Europe and Asia are advising people against traveling to France, warning of a decline in security. There's more news ahead with FOX 13's David Rose and Hannah Kim. At 12th and Jackson, relentless drug use and crime are forcing businesses to make some tough choices. Fox 13's Dan Griffin talked with one man who is taking a chance where others have ultimately opted to leave. But even he has his doubts. Four months ago, Mayor Katie Wilson's office promised a new approach to address drugs and crime at 12th and Jackson. But in that time, businesses have said things haven't gotten better and some have decided to move on. I hope it's getting better in the future. so I like give it a try Oscar Hsu moved in this month at the former Henry's Taiwan Kitchen at 12th and Jackson the old signs are still up but the 28 year old hopes his Chinese fusion spot Sweet Intentions Eatery will succeed in his first-ever location and he operates delivery only for now I don't feel very safe of course I have to park my car in front of my restaurant and I keep my eye on my car. Four months after the mayor's office pledged to tackle crime and drug dealing here, Hsu says the trouble remains obvious. We saw Seattle police in the area. Last week, there was one guy, he tried to throw things through the window, just behind the window. I was in the kitchen, but I hear the sound, so I came out. It's jarring, but he's not giving up. His message to the mayor, support this neighborhood. We don't want to see any like a smoking or drugs around this area. We see a lot of restaurants closed in this plaza. Now we have asked the mayor's office for any data that may show how many arrests or diversions have happened since June. As we get that new information, we will update our reporting on fox13seattle.com and the Fox local app. At City Hall, Dan Griffin, Fox 13 News. Washington Senator Maria Cantwell is sounding the alarm over how federal legislation will impact health care in our state. Cantwell gathered with local health care leaders and patients in Seattle today to share data from a new report. That report shows cuts to Medicaid under President Trump's so-called Big Beautiful Bill will cost Washington hospitals $5.8 billion in lost revenue over the next seven years. The report also says 200,000 Washingtonians will be kicked off their health insurance by the end of next year. The data comes from Washington State Hospital Association and the Washington Association of Community Health. Cantwell says these cuts will impact all Washingtonians with higher health care costs, longer ER wait times, and reduced services. This is a price that we are all going to pay because of ballooning access to care. If you have private insurance, you can expect to see higher premiums because of these cuts. Already, health care costs for employer-sponsored insurance are set to rise at least 8.2% next year and 22.2% for Washingtonians on the marketplace. The Trump administration contends the Big Beautiful Bill strengthens the integrity of Medicaid by eliminating waste, fraud, and abuse, by removing illegal immigrants, enforcing work requirements, and focusing care on the most vulnerable, including pregnant women, children, people with disabilities, and low-income seniors. Provisions of the legislation are set to take effect on January 1st. A Linwood tire shop is sharing its surveillance video showing the moment a 26-year-old employee was taken into custody by federal agents. Fox 13's Alejandra Guzman sat down with the man's fiancée who says it was all a ruse. She's now asking for answers about how it happened. Chris was working here at TOS Wheels and Tires when his fiancée says ICE agents posing as customers lured him outside where other federal agents rushed to arrest him. Surveillance video shows a man walking into the Linwood Tire Shop on Saturday afternoon appearing to be a customer. He approaches 26-year-old Christopher Ruiz de Jesus at the counter asking for help with a car. And he just played it like, oh, he didn't know, it's a new car, can you come and help me outside? Little did he know the man wasn't there to buy tires. As Chris walks out the door, the video shows ICE agents in tactical gear and masks rushing him outside and taking him into custody. You could see innocence in him, just doing his job. He didn't know. Jade says Chris called after his arrest, telling her that he was in the back of an immigration vehicle. I was lost. I didn't know what to feel. My son just woke up, and I saw him, and he was talking to me, and I was like, it's not real. It's not true. That's like a nightmare. Jade says Chris has been in the United States since he was five years old and has no criminal history. Now she's trying to find an attorney and figure out how to cover rent and other bills without the family breadwinner while trying to explain Chris's absence to their nearly two-year-old son. He was just going around screaming, dad, dad, dad. I'm like, that was hard. Fox 13 reached out to ICE, DHS and CBP about the arrest and whether agents are allowed to pose as customers, we have not received a response. I really wanna spread awareness and I know prayers are gonna bring him home. I also asked DHS if people without criminal record could still be detained. The agency saying in part, quote, that no one is off the table and that it would continue arresting and deporting people in the country illegally. In Linwood, Alejandra Guzman, Fox 13 News. And we'll be right back. A local family-owned favorite is celebrating a major milestone this month. For nearly a century, 98 years to be exact, Wajimaya has been the go-to destination for Japanese groceries and Pacific Rim specialties. Fox 13's Shira Matsuzawa caught up with the founder's granddaughter, who's also the grocery store's president and CEO, to find out the secret to their near century of success. Well, I talked with so many people today who didn't want to go on camera, but they tell me when they first moved here from Japan, it was Awajimaya that sold the Japanese products that they couldn't find anywhere else. Pictures from the past. The year was 1928, when Denise Moriguchi's grandfather first opened Awajimaya. My grandfather, his specialty item when he first started was a fish cake that he learned how to make in the town of Uwajima and Yamin's store. But then World War II happened and Denise's grandparents were sent to an incarceration camp. So they lost the business, they had to restart and they restarted in Seattle in the 1940s. Fast forward to today as the local family-owned grocery store is celebrating 98 years in business. If you walk through the store, cases of fish and seafood are on display, while sauces and snacks from Japan line the aisles. Denise, who is also the president and CEO of Awajimaya, says over the years, they've grown from being a neighborhood store to a destination store that creates connections. People feel that connection to maybe their home country if they've moved here and they really get, you know, feel their grandparents or their family or their home. We also create new discoveries. As some grocery stores close their doors, Awajimaya is expanding to Issaquah and Tacoma. So what's the secret to its success? We're committed to this community. We're committed to our customers. So we're going to weather through thick and thin. And Denise says they're grateful to the community that supported them. And they look forward to the next 98 years. I'm thankful for everything that came before me and I'm really excited for the future. And the two new locations in Issaquah and Tacoma are expected to open next year. In Seattle, Sherry Matsuzawa, Fox 13 News. While Jumai is celebrating all month long with special deals, including a food fair featuring imported treats and snacks straight from Japan. We'll be right back. Two new speed cameras in Tacoma caught 400,000 speeding drivers in just one month. Yes, I said 400,000. In fact, it's so many, the city can't even process them all. Instead, officials are randomly selecting 100 drivers a day to get tickets. Fox 13's A.J. Janneville explains why so many drivers are getting caught in this South Sound speed trap. The speed limit on Marine View Drive is 40 miles per hour, but that's not stopping some drivers from going much faster. The city is hopeful these cameras will. I can probably count at least 10 wrecks. There's a hole in that fence right there. The other night, a car went through it. City officials say the call for the cameras came from the community, fed up with crashes and dangerous drivers. One of the new cameras is located on North Point Way and the other at Marine View Drive. Everybody's speeding, yeah, so many people speeding. In fact, too many to even punish. Writing 400,000 tickets a month is too expensive, officials tell me. So now, out of the thousands of speeders captured on camera every day. The city says they'll send tickets to 100 drivers. There is a threshold for how they'll choose who to give a ticket to. But officials aren't releasing that information because they don't want drivers to get comfortable going over the limit at any speed. Life shouldn't have a cost on it. It should be a no brainer that we, one life is too many as far as I'm concerned. And it's just, it's something that's, thank God, they finally did something. Gina Bell works right across the street from the camera on Marine View Drive. She tells me this road has been a concern for her and her customers for years. She believes the cameras are already making a difference. I've been noticing the last few days, I've noticed the people are really not speeding that much. City officials say legally, every penny of the $145 that these tickets cost drivers must go back to keeping this road safe, creating things like bike lanes, crosswalks, and more lighting. Reporting in Tacoma, A.J. Janneville, Fox 13 News. A heads up, tomorrow, King County Airport will conduct a full-scale emergency exercise. So if you are in that area, you'll see several emergency vehicles as crews respond to a simulated aircraft accident on the airfield. It's a drill, and it's happening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Again, don't call 911. It's fake. And if concerns about the big one keep you up at night, listen to this. State health officials are testing how they would respond to a Cascadia earthquake and tsunami this week. Fox 13's Lauren Donovan shows us what that means for you. Worst case scenario, the big one hits. There's an earthquake, a tsunami follows with walls of water washing over coastal communities across Washington. Is our state ready for a disaster like that? So we deal with disasters every year. Washington is a rather disaster-prone state, like we saw during the flooding earlier this year, the fires this summer. But a Cascadia subduction zone event, one that hasn't happened since 1700. So a big 9.0 earthquake off the coast that caused the tsunami and really did a lot of damage to a lot of communities, especially up and down the coast, but even through the I-5 corridor. Roads would be impassable. Cell towers would be down. Nate Weed from the State Department of Health and dozens of other first responders spent the day in Lacey practicing how to get help through. Part of the test today is to see if we can mobilize some of those resources and actually deliver them on the ground to local jurisdictions, tribal jurisdictions. They've gathered at the Medical Logistics Center, this nearly 200,000 square foot warehouse which holds emergency stockpiles. If this happens, how will we respond to this thing together? One of the tools at their disposal is this mobile command unit, which they put to the test this past summer responding to wildfires. And these are really ultimately kind of like large hotspots that can provide a lot of internet connectivity, satellite connectivity. They can provide power generation. Hopefully we don't have to use them, but when we do have to use them, they often provide a really critical component. Reporting in Lacey, Lauren Donovan, Fox 13 News. The days leading up to the school year for tens of thousands of students in Seattle Public Schools started off a bit uncertain with teachers threatening to strike. You may recall in the 11th hour, the union and the district came to an agreement and averted that strike. Their new contract has a number of key changes, including wage increases of 9.8% for teachers. In part one of our coverage, I sat down with Superintendent Ben Schuldiner to break down how the district now plans to absorb the extra 200 million added over the next several years for those salary increases, 9.8% for your teachers, and then a little bit higher for the paraeducators. That's right. So we're talking about what, upwards of $200 million over the next three years is going to be added to that budget when we already had a structural deficit. That's right. How are you going to balance this? I mean, it's a great question. So we were really, really pleased with where we got to. I mean, that's why you do negotiations. The union started at one side, we started at another. And we met in the middle for what I think is a really thoughtful and reasonable contract. And we're still broke. And the good news is that we didn't kind of get more broke, right? And so what we're gonna be doing, which is what we've already done, we've already saved about $50 million. We're looking to save another kind of 50 or 60 this year. And you said it was about 200, but that's 200 over three years. So if you're saving about 60 or 70 million per year, that's kind of additive, right? So we think that through some efficiencies, we have a lot of bloat in central office. We will be tightening the reins there. We do think that there are some thoughtful ways of not basically having multiple programs that are doing the same things. There's a lot of redundancy in a very large bureaucracy. One of the things about Seattle is for years it's had a lot of money. So when you have a lot of money, you don't necessarily think, well, I need to be saving here and saving there. Now we have inherited a structural deficit. And so we've already shown that we could do it, about 50 million we've already saved. We're looking to save about another 50 million this year and then probably another 50 after that. And the way that you do that is by looking very deeply around, is that job serving children in a very direct way? I kind of have a line that I always say, unless you're a second grade teacher, you gotta prove why you have a job. And there's also things that we're doing to save money on the operational side. A good example is right now, we have over 2,000 softwares that we use. We don't need 2,000 software. So what we're doing now is making sure that if somebody wants new software, we're checking, well, is there another software that's in the system that we already pay for? Is there something that you could use instead of- You used the word we're broke and then you also said we have bloat. I wanna go back to that. Absolutely. What do you mean by bloat? Sure, I mean, when you look at central office, there's a lot of roles that I'm not particularly sure we need. And now that happens over time, right? Is that you say, well, I need a program, so we add it. We need a program, so we added, and I'm sure it's all thoughtful, but those are things that were added in really good halcyon days where the money was flowing. And now that they're not, we have to take a better look to say, do we really need all those programs? And if we have those programs, do we need all those employees? I think that we have already shown that we can cut some of the bloat and not impact the students as directly as I think people were afraid of. And then also when I say we're broke, what that means is we are spending more money than we get in. That's a structural deficit, that's by definition. Now, do we still have a little bit of money in the bank? Sure, but if you had a salary and you were spending more money than you were making, guess what, you're broke. And that's where we are right now. And so we've gotta really be thoughtful around the money that we take in and the money that we spend. And are we really spending it appropriately? Well, Scholten has only been on the job for a little over eight months, but his communication style is noticeably different than previous superintendents. Case in point, during contract negotiations, he did not stay quiet, which has been the typical M.O. Scholten held press conferences and laid out the details to parents. Scholten says he sees himself as a public servant and that there needs to be open communication with the community. In our continuing coverage tomorrow, we'll have more in our conversation specifically about Scholten's direction when it comes to special education and the gifted program in Seattle. Here in Washington, every ballot will include the question of a so-called Parents' Bill of Rights. It's Initiative 001. And if passed, it could give parents a lot more access to records and information about their students. Opponents say they're worried it could come at a cost. Fox 13's John Hopperzet has both sides of this debate. Opponents say that access to everything at school could actually hurt students who come from unstable homes. But parents' rights laws are becoming more and more popular around the country right now. And both sides are making a final push to voters right now, and that includes the top politician in our state. My apologies for being in a car, but I'm just between meetings. Even traveling in his car, Governor Bob Ferguson felt compelled to speak out and try to put the brakes on 001, the so-called parents rights initiative on your November ballot. This is almost verbatim. The Seattle Times pointed out that this initiative is almost verbatim taken from Louisiana. And look, I think as a state where our values are lined up are just a bit different than Louisiana. But for supporters of the initiative, it's full steam ahead. As a teacher and as a parent, I think that transparency and partnership in the classroom is one of the most important things that we can have. It's one of the greatest tools that we have. Travis Reed helped write the initiative and is adamant that the more parents know about what is happening when their kids go to school, the better. When I go to a parent-teacher conference or have concerns, I wanna know that that teacher's going to bring to me all of the information that they have, so I can do what's best for my child. If passed, the initiative expands parents' access to students' records, including academic, medical issues, counseling, and disciplinary action. It also expands the instructional materials parents can look at and lets them opt out of certain classroom activities like sex education. The average person probably is going to look at that and say, say, well, that seems like really common sense. But the sad reality is that it actually does quite the opposite of what people probably have in mind. Courtney Norman is a parent of teens and an advocate for Planned Parenthood. She worries that if 001 passes, vulnerable kids will be at risk, especially LGBTQ students who may have only school counselors or teachers to confide in and could face abuse or worse at home if school staff is forced to reveal those conversations. Most of us, we know that our kids are safe and healthy at home and they can come to us with whatever's happening. But the sad reality is that in our state, there are so many young people who just don't have that safety at home. There are over 100,000 cases of child abuse and neglect reported in 2024 alone. And for those young people, we really need to reject this initiative. Travis Reed says that concern is unfounded. It doesn't instantly require that the teacher go and call the parent immediately and say, hey, they mentioned this particular issue. What it does do is for those parents who want to be involved in their children's lives, which most parents do, when they request that information, it's not going to be something that's hidden from them. But it remains a sticking point. Do parents have the right to know every detail of school life down to secrets confided in trusted adults? And while that debate continues, there is no doubt that parents' rights is a movement that's being felt across the country right now. Certainly, there's a national discussion about how much information parents should be allowed to have about their students. And here in Washington, we believe that parents should have the right to know everything about what's going on with their students. In the last few years, 12 states have enacted them, and now it's Washington's turn to decide. now our legislature already enacted a parents bill of rights law in 2024 but it was amended in 2025 and supporters of initiative 001 say if this passes in november it'll actually strengthen parents rights beyond all of that especially around the processing time around students records requests we'll find out what happens in just two weeks guys will the nba return to Seattle or not. A few days after a report that said Seattle was no longer a lock to get an expansion team, the league's commissioner clarified their stance. Sports director Erin Levine is at the Xfinity sports desk with more on this ongoing saga. Yeah, just consider it a lot of posturing and it's important to understand where the reports are coming from. Remember, the bidding groups, including the main one here from here in Seattle, are not allowed to comment on the current situation. But today, NBA commissioner Adam Silver confirmed that Seattle has a great arena and an NBA tradition and that they are looking closely at Seattle. He also added that a potential team in Mexico City, as was floated in an ESPN report as a possible alternative to Seattle, is not in the league's immediate plans. Again, it's fair to say that last week's report of Seattle not being a done deal could be a tactic to drive the expected price of an expansion team in Seattle higher than six or seven billion dollars, especially when a Las Vegas expansion team is expected to go for $9 to $10 billion. Silver has said the focus will turn to Seattle after they settle on an ownership group in Las Vegas, which could come in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, Seattle Reign FC is clinging to the final playoff spot as the regular season comes to a close. Our Ethan McReynolds was at practice today and has more. With two games to go and the Reign sitting just one point inside of that playoff line, The team knows what's at stake as they get set to take on Utah over the weekend. And that makes veteran leadership even more crucial, which made it the perfect time for Lynn Biandolo, one of the best strikers in league history, to return to the training field with her teammates. Biandolo has been training with the team for the last few weeks, working her way back from maternity leave. The team has not set a timeline for her return, but just her presence at practice has already made a positive impact. She's on the field, she's talking, whether it's a passing pattern and she's saying it's not good enough, or it's a passing pattern and she's saying, hey, this is going great. Players thrive on that. If you have Jess Fishlock or Lynn Biandolo saying, hey, you're doing well, or hey, in an appropriate way, it's not good enough, then it's not good enough. So to have those two on the field at the same time in training is definitely a boost for us. With Biandolo out so far this year, the Reign needed a goal scorer to step up in her absence. That came in the form of 25-year-old Maddie Mercado. After a brace against Chicago on Sunday, Mercado became the first Reign player to score double-digit goals in a season since Megan Rapinoe back in 2017. You can talk about how great she is for us now, but actually what is so important is what she's done over the last two years, which is allow herself to develop and evolve into who she is right now. And I think that's the key thing to her and what makes her so great. She wants to learn. She's so coachable. And on top of that, she has her talent. The Reign are looking to get 6th place Utah back for a 3-0 loss back in April. Assistant coach Kate Norton telling me the biggest key will be getting off to a better start come Friday night. Kickoff from Utah is set for 6.30 p.m. From Starfire, Ethan McReynolds, Fox 13 Sports. Thanks a lot, Ethan. Meanwhile, the Sounders have just four matches left in their regular season. They're currently in 7th place and hoping to avoid a play-in match that comes with an 8 or 9 seed in the postseason. The Sounders are in San Diego this weekend coming off an enormous opportunity missed this past weekend when they failed to beat Montreal, one of the worst teams in the league. It's frustrating at this part of the season to, you know, lose points like that at home, especially in a game where we felt like we should have won. So, yeah, I think it's frustrating, but guys, you know, are ready for the next game. And that's kind of the message we have to put in the past and be positive and move forward to San Diego. Finally, Nick Koop has been hired to be the new voice of the Husky men's basketball team. He replaces Tony Castricone, who left back in June to be the voice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We'll be right back. Five million. Happy Tuesday, everyone. I'm meteorologist Claire Anderson in the Fox 13 Weather Center. For today, we do see some beautiful conditions out there for this afternoon. Temperatures will be the warmest day heading into Wednesday with those highs in the 60s. Now, slight chance of showers heading into our Thursday as well with increasing clouds, light shower chances, but then they really start to taper with a nice dry day on Friday before some passing weekend showers. So a little mix of everything, but that's fall in the Pacific Northwest. Looking at our high temperatures today, low 60s for Seattle, Tacoma and SeaTac temperatures, several degrees above seasonal average as expected, even warmer tomorrow, low 60s for Bellingham, 66 out towards the coast, 65 degrees in Wenatchee. Now I do want to talk about the next several afternoons, tomorrow will be the warmest, we cool back down into the upper 50s, Saturday looking to be the coolest of the days and milder into early next week. So far, October, which is crazy to think we're already almost in the last week of October, definitely the second half, most of these temperatures have been above average. The warmest day so far was on Friday, last Friday, at 77 degrees. Rainfall-wise, we are dry. We typically see almost four inches of rain in October. We have seen less than a tenth of an inch in total. Here's another interesting fact. Today, back in 2003, it is the wettest day on record for SeaTac. October 20th, 2003, we had five inches of rain. An atmospheric river set up brought all that rain, but it is interesting to see how dry we are this October compared to several years ago. Now, why are we so dry right now? Well, high pressure continues to build here for Tuesday as well as into Wednesday, giving us some offshore flows and some nice mild temperatures. Heading into Thursday, we see a little bit of a dip right here, bringing us this next system, which could bring a passing shower too. Then we start to see that high pressure rebuild again for Friday before those shower chances pass through heading into the weekend. Have a look with Doppler radar? Well, beautiful clear skies across the state today. No rain for that matter. Mostly sunny skies. Another clear evening ahead, allowing temperatures to really drop into the overnight hours. Futurecast late tonight into tomorrow. Morning, few areas of patchy fog to start the day. Mostly sunny skies throughout the afternoon. Heading Wednesday into Thursday, we start to see increasing clouds out towards the coast. Mostly cloudy throughout the day and then shower chances for late Thursday around the central Puget Sound. Looking at our conditions for tonight, a lot more cooler temperatures across the board. Shelton, Olympia, Centralia, some frosty spots possible. 40s for Seattle and Everett tomorrow. Temperatures mid to upper 60s in the south sound, low 60s Bellingham, Everett. Wenatchee upper 50s out along the coast. Central Puget Sound mid to upper 60s as well. Out towards the coast, upper 60s. We do see those cooler temperatures by Saturday in the mid 50s. Alaska and Hawaiian Airlines are adding two new nonstop flights from Seattle. So you'll soon be able to fly nonstop to Osaka, Japan and Tahiti. Hawaiian Airlines will offer the new route starting next spring. You can book flights to both locations starting now. All right, this fall, our Good Day Seattle crew has been highlighting several pumpkin patches in our area for a special fall edition of Zip Trips. And tonight, Fox 13's Brian McMillan is taking us to Olympia to check out the Schilter Family Farm. We are here at Schilter Family Farm in Olympia. I'm joined by Isaac Schilter, a fourth generation of this family farm. I mean, you guys, this has been your family's property for a long time. Yeah, yeah. So we've been doing this now since 1997, but before that, my great grandfather actually came over from Switzerland and this is a dairy farm. So you can see now, like, all of the buildings that are on the farm, most of them were actually just dairy farming buildings that we've adopted as the years have gone on. You guys have so many cool things. You got corn maze, you have playgrounds, and you have a bouncy jumping, what do you call it? Yeah, we have a jumping pillow. Jumping pillow, you got a train, you have animals. Of course, I got a kid right here. Look at this. Look at this baby right here. You also have some cute goats, too. And these guys are young, right? Yeah, so these are Nigerian dwarf goats, actually, and so Blossom, she's not in here right now. She's the only one that's full grown, but at full size, they're still only going to be about a 35-pound animal. And so these guys right here are actually adolescents. We have a calf right here as well. Yep, and this is Boo. He's a Jersey bull, actually, and he is a milking cow. And so Jerseys, the reason they like them is they actually have a higher fat content, and that's what gives us a lot of butter in our cream. I love it. Also, you got pigs, you got ponies over there. We're gonna meet the sheep. Yep. They're hiding they're gonna cut you said they come out for the green. Good. That's the hope Come on guys, sheep stubborn like goats. Yes, these guys actually, you know, in general these guys I wouldn't say are extremely stubborn, but they are a little more frightful. Do you want to give it a try? Let's give it a try here The horns are so cool. They must and they're beautiful. They are some of the fluffiest sheep you've seen, right? Yes, these guys actually, you know, we're Swiss here, and these are actually Valais black-nosed sheep, and they're from Switzerland originally, and they are meant, you know, to live in the Swiss Alps. And so that's why they have these deep, woolly, fluffy coats, for the sake of the fact that it gets cold up there in the Alps in the winter. I love it. Isaac, thank you so much. Come on out here to Olympia to Shelter Family Farms. This is such a very, very cool place. Come out, get your pumpkins, meet the animals, and take advantage of the food and all the activities they have out here. We'll send it back to you guys. All right, and this is just one of several stops. Our Good Day Seattle crew is checking out this fall. For a full look at all of the pumpkin patches that we visited, head to fox13seattle.com slash links. How does a roasted turkey potato chip sound, David? Sounds pretty good. Do you have a dip for it, though? I don't know, but it sounds good, that's for sure. Well, you'll have a chance to try it with Lay's releasing five new potato chip flavors ahead of the holiday season along with the turkey you'll also be able to try flavors including cheddar scalloped style potatoes maple bacon wavy milk chocolate chip and Dubai style dark chocolate covered potato chip so i think the last two anything to do with potato chips and chocolate i'm in because that's a good duo right there for the turkey you could just make some gravy and dip it right in the gravy there you go i like that idea all right thank you so much for joining us for Seattle News tonight. 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