The holiday spirit is alive and well in Mill Creek
MILL CREEK, December 7, 2022—Approximately one thousand people gathered in the chilly snow-covered streets of Mill Creek last Saturday, December 3, to witness the City’s first Santa Parade and holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony since 2019. The Santa Parade, hosted by the Mill Creek Town Center, kicked off the evening marching down Main Street from LA […]
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library expands in WA, receives $100 million from Bezos for charity
Singer-songwriter Dolly Parton received the $100 million Courage and Civility Award from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, last month, to be used on whatever charity she sees fit. “[Parton] embodies these ideals so thoroughly, she gives with her heart, what she’s done for kids, literacy, and so many other things is just incredible,” Jeff Bezos said […]
Mukilteo Police to host gun buyback on December 10
MUKILTEO, December 6, 2022—On December 10, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., the Mukilteo Police Department is hosting a Gun Buyback event, where participants can exchange unwanted firearms for Visa Gift Cards. The event will take place at the Mukilteo Police Department located at 10500 47th Pl W, Mukilteo, WA 98275. The event is part […]
Elon Musk Ventures: Neuralink, Telsa Smartphone and Starlink
SpaceX received approval to launch 7,500 Starlink satellites by the Federal Communications Commission on December 1st. The FCC only partially approved SpaceX’s application, as the company aims to launch 30,000 “Gen2” Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. “Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen2 Starlink, which will bring next generation satellite broadband […]
Mindful Mondays: Finding Uncertainty in a wobbly world
There is something about getting through a winter holiday in this bizarre epoque to reassure us that we do indeed have the resilience to get through it all. I may toss my 2022 calendar onto a bonfire for a ritual burning, while lifting high a strong beverage, and bid the year a solemn Good Riddance! […]
The Twitter Files: The suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 4, 2022—Matt Taibbi, under the blessing of Twitter CEO Elon Musk, released a plethora of emails involving Twitter employees suppressing the October 2020 article by the New York Post regarding then-Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s, Hunter Biden, abandoned laptop containing tens of thousands of emails alleging corrupt business dealings between the […]
Annual Stuff-A-Bus charity drive returns to Fred Meyer in Everett
EVERETT, Wash., December 4, 2022—The Silver Lake area Fred Meyer store hosted its annual Stuff-A-Bus Food and Toy drive on Saturday, December 3, in partnership with Everett Transit, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 883 (ATU 883), and Volunteers of America Western Washington (VOA). “We have a lot of drivers with really good hearts,” Steve Oss, President […]
Slightly warmer weather this week with rain expected Wednesday
SNOHOMISH COUNTY, November 19, 2022—Warmer weather expected in Snohomish County this week with temperatures fluctuating between a low of 27°F tonight only to a high of 43°F by Wednesday according to the National Weather Service. Slight chance of afternoon snow (less than an inch) east of I-5 on Sunday with clear skies the rest of the […]
China in Lockdown: Zero-COVID policy protests
Large protests in China occurred over last weekend after tensions boiled over from the government’s “zero-COVID” policy. The Associated Press referred to the demonstrations as “the most widespread protests since the army crushed the 1989 student-led Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement.” To ease the spread of protests, Reuters reports that at least two Chinese cities – […]
Congress passes bipartisan legislation to avert national rail strike
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 1, 2022—Today, the Senate passed legislation forcing a tentative rail labor agreement that averted a national rail strike. The bill passed with a vote of 80 to 15, and now goes to President Joe Biden for signature. Railway employees will receive an increase of paid time off (PTO) and aid sick leave […]
