Travis Mayfield News

Want to save a life?  Here's an event that literally might allow you to do that this weekend at the Chinese Baptist Church (5801 Beacon Ave S., Seattle, WA 98108). The folks at Kin On sent along this note: Seattle – In hospitals across the nation, lives are depending on you! The only act separating...more them between life and death is your willingness to donate blood. Seven out of ten individuals will need blood some time in their life.  It could be a friend, a co-worker, a family member or someone you don’t yet know who needs blood – it could even be YOU. No matter who it is, you could be their link to life and well-being. All we ask is your willingness, a little of your time and your blood which could ultimately save a life! To increase the Asian and Pacific Islander blood donor pool and make sure that all patients can receive the blood they need, the Kin On Community Health Care and the Puget Sound Blood Center began organizing semi-annual blood drives since 2001 as a tribute to Kirby

After renaming Taejon Park Daejeon Park last spring, the Seattle Department of Parks and Rec added a couple of new signs. Earlier this week I saw a work crew at the north end of the park, but couldn't figure out what they were doing. This morning while walking our dog Sadie I realized the crew must...more have installed the new sign pictured above. The sign is nice, but I'm curious why a second sign was installed at Daejeon Park and the sign missing from the Equality sculpture at Sturgus Park remains missing?

Mayor McGinn says he's moving ahead with his pledge to bring citywide broadband to Seattle. In some Seattle neighborhoods broadband Internet service is a given. In others, like Beacon Hill or the Central district, neighbors have to hope they can get online and stay there at a workable speed.Mayor...more Mike McGinn was just in Washington, D.C. and says he met with U.S. Commerce Secretary and former Washington Governor Gary Locke about applying for federal grants to help pay for increasing broadband access. "We'll be preparing an application," McGinn said. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, an arm of the Commerce Department, is handing out $4.7 billion in stimulus funding for broadband. As of last week, NTIA had awarded roughly $200 million in grants for 15 projects.

Crime can hit anyone, and early Saturday, it hit one of the area's legislators.State Sen. Adam Kline was among three residents who had their cars broken into on the 3200 block of 37th Avenue S. in the Mt. Baker neighborhood on Saturday.  According to KOMO Newsradio's Travis Mayfield, Sen. Kline...more said that nothing had been taken from his car, but he did have his front windows smashed and his glove box rifled through.  He also said that the other two cars also had their front windows smashed.Police reports have been filed by Sen. Kline and the other two victims.Sen. Kline represents the 37th District, which includes the Central District, Columbia City, the Rainier Valley, Skyway, north Renton, the SoDo area, north Beacon Hill and part of Madison Park.

Captain Joe Kessler is a 30 year Seattle Police officer, commander of the Southwest Precinct and now a newly appointed member of Mayor McGinn's new Police Chief Search Committee. Kessler was just appointed as the Seattle Police Management Associations represenative. Mayor McGinn has asked the new...more committee to narrow down candidates over the coming months for a recommendation by May. The committee will meet Wednesday for the second time since McGinn took office. Seattle has been without a permanent Police Chief since former the former chief, Gil Kerlikowske, was appointed as President Obama's Drug Czar. -- Photo credit:  Seattle.gov

4:30 p.m. KOMO Newsradio's Travis Mayfield just sent this photo from the school. He reports that kids have been released. According to Seattle Police a man called the school just before students were released for the day suggesting he wanted to hurt children. Staff decided to keep students in the building at that time and police have responded to the scene.

Pipers played as the opening of the memorial service for Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Kent Mundell began in the Tacoma Dome.

Deputy Kent Mundell "lived life with passion" but his "greatest loves" were his wife and  two kids.

KOMO radio's Travis Mayfield took the above photo at the swearing-in ceremony for Mayor Mike McGinn. "My wife says I took my community work more serious after I had kids," McGinn said during his speech. City Attorney Pete Holmes and new Councilmembers Sally Bagshaw and Mike O'Brien were also sworn in today. People packed into City Hall to welcome them in.