Seattle News Tonight for Friday, 10/23

Midterm voting is underway in Washington, and election security is top of mind. The National Guard is lending a hand with that, and we're learning what role they'll play at the polls without creating an intimidating presence. Budgets and talks of school closures, drawing swift backlash from parents. It feels like an erosion of public trust. We break down the proposal in Olympia with several schools on the chopping block. It's about a family of cannibals that lives next to a mortuary. They steal the dead bodies and they make burgers out of them. We're going to call it Bob's Burgers. Well, that show turned out slightly different. We're talking to the character designer of Bob's Burgers, who was in town this weekend creating one-of-a-kind art for fans. Very unusual. You don't start a franchise and accept and be gone after a year. As the Milwaukee Brewers play in the World Series, we are tracing the team's history back here to Seattle. Hello, I'm Lauren Donovan. And I'm Hannah Kim. Those stories and more from Seattle and around the world. But first, today's top stories and breaking news. Fox 13's Frankie Thompson. We begin with breaking news. Two kids were hit on an e-scooter in Everett. Investigators say a five-year-old has life-threatening injuries and a 16-year-old was seriously hurt. It happened off of Center Road just before 2 30 this afternoon. They say the 16-year-old and the five-year-old were on the scooter when they were hit by a car headed eastbound. The driver of that car was also taken to the hospital. Center Road will remained closed for several hours. FOX 13 is also following more breaking news. A football game in Centralia has been canceled over what's being called a credible threat. The game between Rochester High School and Centralia High School was supposed to happen tonight, but officials say a student reported a threat involving the game to an administrator. Based on that information, both schools decided to cancel the game. They say safety is their number one priority. Tonight, they're thanking that student who came forward to report what they heard. We're also tracking a frightening investigation in Ballard after Seattle police say a woman was stabbed during a carjacking. Police say around 9.15 this morning, someone reported seeing a woman covered in blood at Northwest Market and Palatine Avenue. Officers arrived and found the victim who said someone stole her car and was trying to kill her. The woman was taken to Harborview and police found her car a short time later. SPD says it's likely the victim and suspect knew each other. The investigation into what led up to the stabbing is ongoing. Tonight we're learning new information about the teenager arrested in the deadly shooting of a 16-year-old in downtown Tacoma. It happened in a parking garage on Commerce Street early Sunday morning. There have now been four arrests in this case. The other three include brothers, 18-year-old Jose Campos, 20-year-old Davion Campos, and Davion's partner, 19-year-old Alina Guillen. They all appeared in court this week and are facing multiple counts of assault as well as murder in the first degree. The fourth person arrested is 16 years old, the same age as the victim. According to court documents, he admitted to being with Jose Campos when the shooting happened. Investigators say they asked the teen's mom for doorbell camera footage of that night and say they saw him wearing the same jacket and surveillance video from the parking garage. This is a side-by-side photo from those court documents. He was in court this afternoon, but because he is only 16, he will be held at Raymond Hall. His bail was set at $1.5 million. A man is dead after the motorhome he was in caught fire early this morning. It happened on 224th Street East in Spanaway just before 8 o'clock. Central Pierce Fire says someone walking by saw what was happening and called 911 to report the fire. When crews got there, the RV was filled with flames and spreading quickly. The man was found after rescuers got the fire under control. Investigators are still trying to determine how it started and how the man died. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson isn't taking any chances when it comes to election security. He sent a letter to county election auditors offering support from the state's National Guard for the upcoming midterms. The governor says guard troops not wearing their uniforms could be deployed to monitor ballot drop boxes and other high traffic areas. Ferguson says he made the decision because of recent cases of tainted letters being sent to election offices and the 2024 attack on ballot drop boxes. He says the guard's support is optional and that military personnel would only act as observers and would not interact with voters. Still ahead on Seattle News Tonight, after this explosion at a ballot drop box in Vancouver, Washington two years ago, find out what else officials are doing in addition to using guard members to keep everyone's vote safe. Place Market is getting a cool, colorful makeover for the El Dia de los Muertos celebration. In Mexican culture, the tradition goes beyond the vibrant food and colors. FOX 13's Alejandra Griezmann is there getting into the spirit. Frankie, things are just getting started here. This has been an all-day-long celebration. But, I mean, check this out. I've got one of the coolest flower crowns that you can possibly have. We have Frida. But this is just a glimpse. If you don't have a flower crown, you can definitely get one here. But this is an hour that you don't want to miss. The Catrinas are about to start their walk into the parade that kicks off at 6.30. You can see the beautiful dresses, the makeup, everything that makes part of this unique tradition so special. They basically resemble what many of you may have seen as sugar skulls, where the eyes are kind of hollowed out. They're in nice, beautiful, vibrant colors. Not to mention, we have face painting that is happening right behind me. I'm in the way now, but you can see it is actually something that you can come and get customized specifically to join in on the fun. And these are the flower crowns that I was telling you about. These are all hand created by local artists here in the city of Seattle. The churros from the PNW were also invited to come out with their cars and their low riders. There is a lot to get to out here, so I'm not going to be able to take you through the entire atmosphere that we're hanging out here. But just the smell, guys, pan de muerto, we're talking about tamales, you need to experience this tradition on your own. And I want you to hear a little bit from the event organizer on why this is so special. They ceased to exist. I guess we no longer exist in a way. So I think that's why it's important, right, to keep our family legacy and those memories and things that people would do to basically build the pathway to be who we are now, right? So I think in a way it's remembering ourselves, right? The mariachis, the catrinas, everything kicks off here starting at 6.30. There's a community altar where you can bring pictures of your pet or your loved ones to honor them and keep their story alive. Again, this goes on from 9 p.m. and it's free for everyone. Back to you guys. Ooh, Alejandra, I need one of those flower crowns. So beautiful. And what beautiful weather, Claire, they're having on such a unique festival like this. I'm so happy that everyone gets to celebrate in the sunshine, beautiful conditions like we said, over Pike Place Market. You can see it right here, the Seattle waterfront, blue skies, not a better place to be. Temperatures have been really nice as well. Upper 50s for SeaTac, Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia 59 there along with Chehalis. 58 for Bellingham, upper 50s out along the coast. 63 for Wenatchee this afternoon. Average high temperature is 58, so we are right on track today. Live Doppler radar, not a whole lot going on here. A few clouds here and there, but besides that, great, clear conditions heading into this evening. Wind-wise, calm, a little breezier towards Wenatchee as well as Ellensburg, but calm and clear tonight will allow temperatures to drop into tomorrow morning. So as the sun goes down, we do still see clear skies. Overnight, clouds start to move in for mostly cloudy skies to start our Saturday. Throughout the day, still seeing cloudy conditions. shower chance of north out towards Bellingham as the evening continues we see better chance of showers after 11 o'clock along the coast and then overnight into tomorrow morning those showers start to move through we do see those showers lingering through lunchtime but then drier into the evening which is great news of course for the Seahawks game drier conditions there for Sunday night football a few showers out along the coast lingering lingering a little bit into early monday it looks like but then drier conditions by monday afternoon temperatures tonight cooler into the south sound low 30s or below freezing olympia and centralia upper 30s seattle everett and bellingham wenatchee in the upper 50s along with tacoma and olympia shelton 56 degrees mid 50s for Bremerton your extended forecast we see upper 50s through sunday drier conditions into Monday afternoon and Tuesday. More sunshine in upper 50s continuing into the end of next week. The first pitch of the World Series is tonight. The Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays face off in game one at American Family Field in Milwaukee. And each team is seeking its franchise first title. The Brewers won a league-leading 103 games in their regular season and swept the two-time reigning champions, L.A. Dodgers, in the NL Championship Series. The Rays advance after earning the American League's best record and beating the Cleveland Guardians in six games in the AL Championship Series. You can catch the best of seven World Series right here on FOX 13. Game one is officially underway. All right, stay tuned. We have much more local news coming up with FOX 13's Hannah Kim and Lauren Donovan. This is Seattle News Tonight on FOX 13 and streaming on FOX Local. A grieving father with an emotional plea today for an investigation into his son's death in the Pierce County Jail. That plea came with a petition of more than 600 signatures gathered by a Tacoma community group. Ronald Amir Harris was found dead in his cell in the Pierce County Jail back in 2022. His death was ruled a suicide, but his father, Ray Harris, suspects foul play, claiming a lack of transparency and proper investigation into his son's death. Harris and members of the group Tacoma Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression gathered today outside the Washington Office of Independent Investigations. They are demanding a new investigation. This is how I know they murdered my son because my son told me three days before his death. He said, dad, if something happens to me, I didn't kill myself. It is entirely up to the state to provide us and his father, most importantly his father, evidence that truly shows that his death had no foul play. The Pierce County Sheriff's Office sent us a statement today recognizing the tragic loss and saying, quote, detectives and forensic personnel have completed their investigation and the case has been closed. The Washington Office of Independent Investigations met with Ray Harris earlier this month and said in a statement today, no decision on his request has been made as we are awaiting an additional material from Mr. Harris regarding the original investigation as we discussed with him at our earlier meeting. In Olympia, frustrated parents are fighting to stop a proposal that would close and consolidate schools. The district is one of many around the Sound now grappling with declining enrollment and budget deficits. Fox 13's Shira Matsuzawa has been talking to parents. We are here at Madison Elementary, one of the schools part of that proposal. And earlier this morning, I talked with one parent as she was dropping off her first grader about that possible closure. It feels like an erosion of public trust because we elected the school board members into this position to represent us. And if they vote to close the schools, then they're not necessarily representing the public. The parents and the community members really are ready to partner with the school board rather than have it be adversarial. We really want to partner together to keep these schools open and help think of creative solutions to make our schools vibrant and even more rooted in the community. That's Naomi. She tells me part of the reason they chose to live in this neighborhood is because of the school here and the community. And she's not alone. Last night, dozens of parents testified during the public comment portion of the school board meeting, the majority of them against these closures. The proposal would close McKinney Elementary along with Madison and L.P. Brown Elementary schools. And the superintendent for the Olympia School District says the closures are necessary as enrollment within the school district has been down and the district is reportedly facing financial challenges. But Olympia isn't the only school district dealing with this. Districts across our region are facing declining enrollment and budget deficits. Right now, North Shore, Seattle, and Bellingham school districts are all considering possible school closures. And here at Madison, you can see there is a sign out front that says, Save Our Schools. The final vote on this proposal is scheduled for November 12th. In Olympia, Shira Matsuzawa, Fox 13 News. A heads up for drivers in Seattle. The Spokane Street swing bridge will be closed this weekend for maintenance. SDOT says it will be replacing the center lock. Bicyclists and pedestrians will still be able to use the bridge. The bridge closure starts tomorrow morning at 7 and will reopen early Monday morning at 4. Drivers can use the West Seattle High-Rise Bridge instead. The World Series is here as the Milwaukee Brewers take on the Tampa Bay Rays. But there's a piece of history some Seattle baseball fans may not realize. Before they were the Milwaukee Brewers, they were in fact the Seattle Pilots. And after just one season in 1969, bankruptcy, a big move, and a legal battle, they left Seattle without its team. It was so slapdash and happened so quickly that the truck with all the pilots' equipment was in Provo, Utah. And they're waiting for a call to see if they should go northeast to Milwaukee or northwest to Seattle. Just five days before opening day in 1970, Seattle lost its ball club. So they didn't even have uniforms. They had the old Pilots uniforms. They stripped off Seattle. They stripped off Pilots. They put Milwaukee and put Brewers. So the first year, they were wearing Pilots jerseys. Local baseball historian Dave Eskenazi has collected pieces of that short-lived season. He says the Brewers' blue and gold we see on the diamond today goes back to their Seattle roots. And on Rainier Avenue, there's another reminder. The Lowe's now stands where Six Stadium once did. By the time it was built, it was the finest in the country. But 30 years later, it was a little bit ramshackle and wasn't suitable for Major League Baseball. Seattle agreed to fix up Six Stadium and eventually build a new ballpark altogether. It happened so fast. They were still in spring training as the pilots. The team had declared bankruptcy in September of 1969, but they tried to keep the team here. Civic leaders fought to keep the team. They even took the American League to court. In fact, them suing the American League for breach of trust and breach of contract is what brought the Mariners here seven years later. If not for that happening, we might not have had another Major League Baseball team. Dave says losing the pilots hurt, much like losing the Sonics years later. Even still, this World Series, he's jumping on the Brewers bandwagon. It's been 57 years and we've had a major league team for 50 years. So maybe the first time the Brewers went to the World Series in 1982, it was still kind of fresh. 12 years later and there's a lot of anger and vitriol, but I think it's time to let that go. All right, Hannah, one more little piece of lore for you here and anybody watching that's an M's fan. So one of the jerseys, I don't know if people spot it, but that had the name Pinella on it. It's misspelled, but it did belong to former Seattle pilot Lou Pinella, who would then come Come back to Seattle as a famed manager, throwing bases, sweet Lou, all sorts of drama with him. So I love that little nugget in history, too, there. And with your story now, I feel like I have to root for the Milwaukee Brewers now. Time to move on. Get over with it. I'm still not rooting for Oklahoma City, though, in terms of teams that have been taken from us. Anyways, we'll be right back. The Seahawks are looking to avoid a three-game losing streak Sunday as they welcome the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs to town. Fox 13 sports reporter Ethan McReynolds has the latest from the team's facility in Renton. The long-awaited season debut for running back Zach Charbonnet will have to wait at least one more week. Head coach Mike McDonald ruling him out for Sunday's contest against the Chiefs. After being activated from the physically unable to perform list and practicing in full all week long, all signs pointed to Charbonnet making his season debut over the weekend. but that will have to wait as the Seahawks are opting to be cautious in the 25-year-old's recovery from a torn ACL. The plan was to get a great week's worth of work and see where we're at, and so we're going to take it in next week. This is, I'd just say it's part of the plan. No setback, no, no. If anything, it's going as good as we could hope it could go. Even without Charbonnet, the run game could be set for a boost in the form of right guard Anthony Bradford, who hasn't seen the field since week one due to a knee injury. His return off injured reserve could be especially beneficial to right tackle Abe Lucas, who hasn't had a consistent pairing at guard since Bradford has gone out. Those guys have played a lot of snaps next to each other. I know they have a good relationship. It's nice to get the starting five back together. I think the guys did a good job filling in for him, but A.V.'s earned this job for a reason. He's played good football for us, especially during training camp. Finally, multiple question marks on the injury front for the defense. Linebacker Drake Thomas has been ruled out for a second straight game. Tyrese Knight expected to fill in there. Three other starters are listed as questionable. Nicky Minwari, Uchenna Nwosu, and Demarcus Lawrence. Emanwari being the biggest surprise of the bunch. Mike McDonald saying his hip injury is, quote, new today. We'll see if any of them are able to go when kickoff rolls around on Sunday at 5.20 p.m. From Renton, Ethan McReynolds, Fox 13 Sports. Okay, Ethan, thank you. A reminder, the Fox Local Live Desk is always streaming live wherever you stream Fox 13. On your mobile device, just download Fox Local from the Apple App Store or Google Play. And on TV, you can download Fox Local for any major brand TV or streaming device. With letters containing white powder sent to several sites, including Secretary of State recently, Governor Ferguson is offering up National Guard members to protect ballot drop boxes and voting centers. Ferguson also mentioned the 2024 explosion of that ballot box in Clark County the extra eyes and ears will be deployed on Election Day if counties decide they want it tonight Clark County Election says they are taking up the governor's offer joining us now is Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey thank you so much for being here Greg you're welcome thank you Hannah why did Clark County decide to utilize the Washington National Guard to monitor ballot drop boxes Well, I think it's comforting for our voters to know that there's going to be a person there at the ballot drop box just observing what's going on, and if they see something that's bad behavior, they'll contact the law enforcement or they'll call me. They're not there to do anything other than just to observe what's going on. Right, so you're saying it's just going to be eyes and ears. They're not going to be touching the ballots, they're not going to be handling the ballots in any way. They're not going to be interacting with voters in any way. There's something there, it's eyes and ears, as you said. And one important distinction that I saw in some of the emails was saying that they're not gonna be in their military uniform, they're not gonna be armed. Can you go into a little bit of that? Because I think that kind of is reassuring that when you go to the ballot box, you might not even realize they're there. Yeah, you might not. We do anticipate, so some more ballot drop boxes, there will be people there all night long, completely staffed. And we will have parking lights on the vehicle, so people who get there at 3 o'clock in the morning will know that there is a person in a car over there. But other than that, yeah, they're unarmed, they're not in uniform, they're not gonna interact with voters in any way. They're simply there, as you said, eyes and ears. Of course, many people remember the video of the ballot box explosion in Vancouver back in 2024. It made national headlines. So what precautions is Clark County taking to make sure that something like that really doesn't happen again. Sure. Well, this is a big part of that, but also since that really, really horrible incident, we've significantly upgraded our security features. We have much more effective fire suppression devices. We have devices in the ballot boxes that will send us a text message if it exceeds a certain temperature. If the box is moved or gets a big impact, we'll get messages. And then we are in the process of installing video cameras at all of the official ballot drop boxes, even though there was a video camera, that one that did have that incident. But we do think that video cameras will serve as deterrent devices. What is the number one thing your agency wants voters to know this election season? Well, of course, first thing would be to vote. That's the most important thing. Maybe after that, really encourage your viewers to track the status of their ballot. One of the easiest ways to do that is to text VOTE, V-O-T-E, to 868-392. So if you do that, you'll get a text message for every election that you're participating in. And you can see if your ballot was, you can see the date the ballot was accepted at the elections office. You can see if your ballot was accepted through processing, or if there was a signature issue or some other reason it was challenged. So yeah, tracking ballots is really key. Yeah, that is key because if something were to happen, you wanna make sure that you can remedy it if that is at all possible. So that's very important advice there. Thank you so much. I know it's going to be a busy few stretch of weeks for you. So good luck, Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey. Thank you. Well, in addition to Clark County, several elections offices have chosen to invite National Guard members. And they include King, Pierce, and Thurston counties. And again, they will be in plain clothes and unarmed. Just keeping an eye on things on Tuesday, November 3rd. October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The nationwide effort to shine a light on intimate partner abuse connects survivors with critical resources and drive prevention efforts. According to the National Institute of Health, 10 million individuals across the country are affected by domestic violence each year. Claire Anderson sat down with a domestic violence survivor to talk about her journey of healing, finding freedom, and advocating for support. That's right, I talked with Amber Rosenberg of Puyallup who reached out to me on social media after posting her own story online. In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Amber went skydiving for a cause and hopes that by sharing her journey, others will find strength and by advocating, survivors will have more access to resources they need to recover. I found an outlet, an outlet for me is skydiving. Skydiving for me is healing. a release and it's basically a way of me feeling like I can jump out of an airplane, I can do anything in life. Because it takes a lot of commitment, it takes a lot of fear and letting go and also letting go of control. And that's one thing about domestic violence relationships is they're in control. What was one of the things that brought you to start advocating for this cause? I know you got out of your recent relationship, but you actually went on to social media. Tell me about that. So I went on to social media, I posted one of my skydiving posts and change.org messaged me, which I was completely shocked. I was like, is this real? They said that they liked the fact that I was using skydiving as a way to bring awareness to domestic violence, asked me to start a petition. I said yes, and I was able to start a petition that calls our Washington state leaders to expand free recovery services for domestic violence survivors. I want to be a voice for other people and I want to be a voice for myself because I can either let the abuse define me and the person that I am, or I can bring awareness to others and help others in a way that I wish I had help. Well, I talked with Amber about the hardships, not only emotionally and physically in an abusive relationship, but the financial burden it can cause, especially to those trying to get out of a dangerous situation. This petition was only started a few weeks ago, and she does hope that by sharing her story here and other places that it will get the attention of state leaders. Yeah, I mean, this is such a very, very hard topic all the time. We've done so many stories about domestic violence. One of the things that keep coming up is a lot of the survivors, they just don't wanna talk. They don't wanna sometimes ask the courts for help and do like these protective orders cuz they worry that it's gonna create a backlash and then they're worried about the stigma. So it's just so important to just overall talk about the issue. Definitely. And did she talk at all about like how to broach that conversation with somebody that that you're fearful in your life is going through this right now? That's what I asked her, I said, if you have a friend who's maybe going through this, what do you do? She said, just be there for them. Let them know that they are there and you are there for them. And when they're ready, they will come to you and allow you to help because you can't push someone out of a situation they're not ready to leave. And she said, just being supportive is so important. So I think that's just a good thing to remember. Now also, if someone you know or yourself needs support, You can always reach the National Domestic Violence Hotline 24-7 at 1-800-799-SAFE, 7233, or text START to 88788. All right, Clara, thank you so much. Dia de Muertos is rooted in the belief that death doesn't end. The Mexican tradition brings together generations through food, art, music, and remembrance. This year, it's finding a home at one of Seattle's most recognizable landmarks. Fox 10's Alejandro Guzman takes a closer look at the meaning behind the celebration. 14-foot skull puppets, colorful altars, and the smell of fresh tamales and pan de muerto, Pike Place Market is filled with the colors, music, and flavors of Dia de Muertos. But behind the celebration are memories that make this tradition so personal. For Mexican artist Ernesto Ibarra, art is one way to keep his culture and the people he loves alive. Everybody has lost somebody that we love. Everybody understands the importance of remembering these people. In Mexican tradition, death isn't only something we mourn. It's honored. Families create ofrendas, altars with photographs, flowers, food, and other offerings to remember those lost and welcome their spirits. This may look like a costume, but in Mexican tradition, and face painting and flower crowns are part of a much larger tradition accompanied by altares, where we not only remember our lost loved ones, but we keep their memories alive. For Mary and Ruel Cava, that means remembering her little brother Joseph, who died of cancer. It's just like a time where we sit down and appreciate everybody before us and just know they're still alive and still incorporated in our lives, even though they're not here. For many of the local vendors, having this celebration at Pike Place Market, one of Seattle's most iconic landmarks is also about making space for their culture, their stories and the people who shape them. I think in a way it's remembering ourselves, right? So I think it's a very personal inward experience. Comes to mind is my grandmother and how I wouldn't be painting without her and And not necessarily that she taught me how to paint, but more she just loved me unconditionally, which taught me how to love myself, which taught me how to chase after things that I want. Because the people we love live on in the stories we tell. And as long as we keep sharing those stories, they're never truly gone. Alejandra Guzman, Fox 13 News. The defending Super Bowl champions are playing in prime time once again the Seattle Seahawks will host the undefeated Kansas City Chiefs for Sunday Night Football reporter Ethan McRennells shared Seattle's injury report earlier in their show now we welcome sports anchor Lauren Hambrecht with the latest on the Chiefs Lauren well Hannah Kansas City has ruled out wide receiver Rashee Rice offensive lineman Jalen Moore and running back Rashard Smith for Sunday's game additionally the Chiefs list two players as questionable for the showdown in Seattle. Elsewhere in sports, the Seattle Kraken off to their best start in franchise history. By taking down the Utah Mammoth 5-3 last night, Seattle's seven wins and 15 points are the most the franchise has ever logged through the first 11 games of a season. Thursday's win comes in spite of Seattle blowing a multi-goal lead in the third period for the second straight game. The Kraken led 3-1 before Utah scored two unanswered goals, but Mackie Samushevich's tiebreaker helped propel Lane Lambert's team to this historic start. What it says about our team's resilience in these situations, it says a lot. You know, we continue to find ways to come back from these disappointments, I guess, so to speak, in game. You know, and then obviously as we move along here, you know, we're sure hoping that we learn from it. The Seattle Sounders continue their late season playoff push with a match in San Diego on Saturday. This is the first of Seattle's four remaining regular season games. The Sounders currently sit seventh in the Western Conference. Seattle can technically clinch a playoff berth tomorrow with a win and losses from four fellow Western teams. However, Brian Schmetzer's side is more focused on bouncing back after a wake-up call one-to-one draw with Montreal in its last match. Sounders and San Diego kick off Saturday at 7.30 p.m. Seattle Storm guard Flossy Johnson gets the call-up to represent the United States. USA Basketball announces that Johnson will compete for the USA women in the upcoming FIBA 3-on-3 Americas Cup. This tournament takes place October 28th through November 1st in El Salvador and features the top men's and women's national teams throughout the Americas. Lastly, the Washington Huskies men's basketball team hosts Washington State in an exhibition match on Sunday at 1 p.m. This is the only time these in-state rivals are scheduled to play this season. All right. Well, are you a fan of the show Bob's Burgers? If so, we've got a treat for you. The cartoonist behind the character designs is in Seattle. Yeah, this week and next, artist Jay Howell is creating one-of-a-kind art and tattoos at Anchor Tattoo, and that's in the Ballard area. And Fox 13's AJ Janivel sat down with him and actually had a draw-off. So what I'd love to do with Jay, I'm going to draw him, and I'm going to have him draw me, and we're going to talk and hang out. Jay, tell me first off how you got into drawing. I started really, really young, and I get asked this question all the time. It's just like, I don't remember when it started. I just know it's always been a constant in my life. So I've just recently got a little bit better at it. My stuff is simple. I'm not so esoteric, man. I like Charles Schulz and I like Jim Davis, like Garfield and Snoopy, you know. And Matt Groening from The Simpsons really is a huge, huge influence in my life, really. Kind of got into the scene doing zines and punk and skateboarding. Yeah, absolutely. Just like going to punk shows as a kid, hanging out and seeing that a lot of skaters and a lot of other punks were making zines in their own comics. self-published DIY stuff and I was like, my gosh, you can do this, that's so cool. So I just started also doing that and I mean, they got me every job I've ever had. So I'm just really grateful for that. Lauren Bouchard, the creator of Bob's was just out and about always checking out shows. One time he came to an art show of mine. He's like, hey man, I have an idea for a new TV show, maybe you want to work on it with me? And I was like, yeah, dude, that sounds amazing, what's it all about? And he's like, all right, it's about a family of cannibals that lives next to a mortuary. They steal the dead bodies and they make burgers out of it. We're going to call it Bob's Burgers. Oh, man, that is not how Bob's Burgers turned out, bro. No, it's not. So you don't have a place that you, like, call home. Yeah, absolutely. I just travel full time now. I'm doing different engagements. I mean, I just spoke at the elementary school, Alki, here the other day. I'll be tattooing the next couple of weeks. Not at Alki? No, no. Elementary? Yes, yeah. I'm not tattooing there. All the kids have tattoos now. It's great. When I spoke to every single class from kindergartners to fifth graders, we did drawing exercises, we did draw longs. You think you'll be back? Absolutely. Absolutely. I'll be back here next year for sure. Okay. So if you missed out on Jay, this year he'll be back and you can get an original piece. And yeah, should we? Yeah, let's go. Reporting here in Seattle, AJ Janneville, Fox 13 News. Look at that. That is so good. And AJ, I bet he had the time of his life doing that. AJ, our resident cartoonist. Yeah. And if people were wondering, because I honestly had the question, what is going on with the blur? Well, because, you know, there's some things you can't air on. There's some nudity. Okay, you guys, it's a family show here. Well, if you want to know more about this, Jay, he is all booked for tattoos this week and next. But you can keep up with him to see when he'll be back in town via his social media. For more info, just go to our website, fox13seattle.com. All right, Disney on Ice has skated back into town. The latest show is called Jump In, featuring over 50 of Disney's most beloved characters. Performances run through the weekend at Show Wear Center in Kent. This morning, Fox 13's John Hoppersat got a look behind the scenes at a performance based on the movie Inside Out that involves memory and emotion bubbles. If I touch it, it will tell me my emotions. Yes. There you are. Touching. Oh, my goodness. Is that? Joy. It's joy. Oh, good. I have joy. Of course you do. If you can't make it to Kent this weekend, Disney on Ice will be at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, October 29th to November 1st. It looks really fun. We'll be right back. Friday, everyone. I'm meteorologist Claire Anderson in the Fox 13 Weather Center. What a beautiful Friday it has been. Nice mild temperatures, beautiful sunshine. We are going to see some more clouds heading into more Saturday with mostly dry conditions for western Washington. Showers do increase late though Saturday starting out along the coast in the North Sound and then moving further inland heading into Saturday. Now, a wetter start to our Sunday with more scattered showers into Sunday with some areas being dry by the evening hours, especially for the Seahawks game here in town. Let's take a look at temperatures today. So right around seasonal average, it was cooler today compared to yesterday. Upper 50s Sea-Tac, Seattle, Olympia in the upper 50s, along without along the coast. 63 for Wenatchee this afternoon. And I do want to talk about sunset. So tonight, sunset is 6.07. This is the last 6 p.m. Friday sunset because in a week from today, it's going to be at 5:55. We go down to the 4 o'clock sunsets, of course, after we fall back on November 1st. And, of course, we do see those 5 o'clock sunsets start next week. So enjoy this beautiful Friday evening. Doppler radar today, great conditions out there. We are in between systems. We do see increasing clouds later tonight, but beautiful clear skies across the state through later tonight. Futurecast shows those clouds increasing. This is as our next week front starts to move closer. Into Saturday, mostly cloudy throughout the day. Shower chances further north towards the San Juans and Bellingham. But then, later in the evening, it starts to sag further south. So by Saturday, 11 o'clock, notice the showers. Bellingham down towards Westport, starting to get the Hood Canal, but still dry Seattle. It's overnight into early Saturday. We start to see those showers moving through. And then by lunchtime, most of the moisture has moved into the Cascades, still out along the coast. But the I-5 corridor is looking still rather dry. Into Sunday evening, we still see a sprinkle or two lingering through Monday morning. but we do overall dry out heading into Monday afternoon also. Wind-wise, I'm moving ahead to Saturday evening because winds will start to pick up as those showers move closer on shore. Sunday, it'll be breezy at times, especially for the first part of the day. A little bit calmer through Sunday night, and then we do see calmer conditions into Monday. Temperatures tonight, chilly in the South Sound, at or below freezing. Upper 30s, Seattle, Everett, and Bellingham. Highs tomorrow, mid-50s, Seattle, Bremerton, 53, Bellingham, 57, Wenatchee mid 50s out along the coast and of course your blue friday forecast we do see mostly dry conditions with those showers staying away from the stadium it will be cooler can't we're on a sprinkle but again looking pretty good seven day forecast we see those temperatures staying in the upper 50s into early next week slight chance of a shower wednesday but overall looking at more sunshine heading into next thursday and friday those high temperatures in the upper 50s is right around seasonal average All right, Halloween is just over a week away and there's plenty of spooky things to do this weekend. That includes Washington State Horror Con. The event kicked off today at the state fairgrounds over in Puyallup, drawing hordes of scary movie fans. Photojournalist Colby Murdoch got a peek at all the frightful fun. Spooky things get your heart racing. People enjoy the visceral scare. They want to feel that chill. That creep, that little encroachment of something's not right, and they want to kind of revel in it. It's kind of a celebration of everything horror. horror fans, horror vendors We have horror celebrity guests from some of your favorite horror movies. Devon Sawa is here Casper and My Little Twin Heart had the biggest crush The vendors, there's so many great artisans They're kind of going, wow, look at that. I know that film. I know that deep cut That's something that I didn't think I'd ever see up on a wall somewhere. People who like killer clowns from outer space, they will buy literally everything on my table. I have a package deal just for them. Some come for the panels. All the celebrities will go over and speak at a panel. You know, give me stories behind the scenes on the Terrifier. What's it like? So that'll be a big panel because we have the Terrifier cast here there's a lot of like-minded people who love horror these are your people yeah i don't know if those are our people hannah we've just been sitting there watching this like ah yeah i was telling lauren i said that music is giving me high blood pressure yeah it's just that was enough all right well that's what the you know that's the whole point right so washington state horror con runs through sunday for all the details head to fox13seattle.com slash links staying on the topic of Halloween. Right around the corner, plenty of people are getting ready to carve jack-o'-lanterns if they haven't done so already. So while pumpkins, they can't last forever, there are some tips to try and help preserve them a little longer this season. When it comes to picking a pumpkin, experts suggest you should look for one with an intact stem like that. No cracks, pumpkins with the least number of blemishes and defects will last a bit longer. When you're slicing into the pumpkin itself. Make sure you use a clean carving tool to get all those germs out. Cleaning your pumpkin before and after carving, well, that doesn't hurt too. Yeah, there is a science behind it. All right, thank you so much for joining us for Seattle News tonight. Remember, you can watch this on streaming as well. Good night.