Tag: Seattle WA
2 Dick’s Drive-ins closing after worker tests positive for COVID 19
SEATTLE – Two Dick’s Drive In restaurants are closing until further notice after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, the company announced Tuesday.
In an open email to customers, the popular local burger chain said its restaurants in Kent and on Queen Anne will shut down temporarily but indefinitely.
The closures come after another employee at the Kent location tested positive. The employee was last inside the restaurant on Saturday, and all employees who were exposed to that worker will quarantine immediately.
The Dick’s Drive In on Queen Anne will also remain closed because some employees there may have been exposed to the infectious worker while helping to support the Kent location, so they also are going into quarantine.
The company said it has consulted with Seattle-King County Public Health and confirmed that the transmission risk to customers is “extremely unlikely” because its restaurants are following all public health guidelines for safe operation. Among the precautions being taken:
- Social distancing is required for customers and masking is mandatory for all employees and customers.
- All locations are sterilized daily.
- The average length of time for transactions is under two minutes, and each restaurant’s ventilation system pulls fresh air from outside the building into the building via the window ports constantly while serving customers.
- Additionally, there is no evidence of food borne transmission of COVID-19.
“We will be working closely with public health on next steps and will update you as soon as we know more,” the company said.
Original Story KOMO4NEWS SEATTLE WA
Will Sunday be the last time we ‘spring forward?’
In 2019, the state legislature passed a bill to allow Washington to remain permanently on daylight saving time.
Yet a few months later, we “fell back.” Now, it’s time to “spring forward” again at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 8. But it (theoretically) could be for the last time, depending on what happens at the federal level between now and November.
The problem is, staying permanently on daylight saving time (the “sprung forward” time) has not yet been recognized by the federal government. The states that currently do not recognize DST, Hawaii and most of Arizona, are allowed to do so because they remain on standard time, which is allowed under federal law.
In 2019, House Bill 1196 passed both the Washington state House and Senate and was signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 8, 2019. Now, Congress needs to approve a state’s ability to remain permanently on DST for Washington and seven other states that have passed similar legislation to be able to do so.
Oregon and California are among those seven other states, meaning it would be a shift for the entire West Coast if approved by Congress. DST currently lasts from March to November, meaning it already makes up eight months of the year.
It’s not yet known when Congress may consider such a law to allow for permanent DST. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) put forward the Sunshine Protection Act in 2019 that would have forced all states to remain on DST, but it fizzled and has not yet been reintroduced. Florida is another state that has passed a bill to enact permanent daylight saving time across the country.
There are many reasons for the decision to flip permanently. It had been discussed several times in the recent past, including bills proposed in 2017 and 2015.
The reasons are simple, and obvious to anyone who wakes up the days immediately following a time change: When the clock changes, humans have a hard time adapting, which can cause stress.
“When we spring forward, the clocks on the wall advance, but our body clocks do not change so readily,” University of Oregon organizational psychologist David Wagner wrote in a 2018 opinion piece. “It generally takes a few days for us to adapt to the time change in a way that allows us to fall asleep at our typical time. The upshot is that Americans sleep approximately 40 minutes less than usual on the Sunday to Monday night following the switch.”
For a slew of additional reasons staying on daylight saving time is beneficial, click through the slideshow above.
Meanwhile, while we wait for Congress to allow the change to permanent DST, Washingtonians should set their clocks forward one hour starting at 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Original article ———> https://komonews.com/news/local/will-sunday-be-the-last-time-we-spring-forward
KOMO NEWS 4 Seattle documentary Seattle is dying
This documentary is very insightful. And what they’re saying is true. Remember your city is what you make of it. It’s in who you vote for that makes all the difference. Sometimes you need to make change yourself. There are ways to fix this problem it just takes a village. And I’m not gonna go there with the all lives matter people. Because all lives don’t matter. It is also good to NOT paint homelessness with one brush. There are many layers to homelessness as to who what where when and why ? Homelessness is not just caused by drugs and alcohol.
Writers NOTE: when looking at this documentary have an open mind . There are many many different reasons as to why homeless this happens. We are all one paycheck away from being homeless.
‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists Disrupt Bernie Sanders Speech
Just look at these fools!! Not ONLY did they miss a great opportunity to maybe speak to Bernie Sanders after his speech (HE NEVER GOT TO SPEAK BECAUSE OF THESE TWO FOOLS) they turned a lot of people off in the crowd for the wrong reason. As I listened to these fools speak they mentioned Michael Brown saying his death needs to be honored a white lady shouts “WE’VE ALREADY DONE THAT ALLREADY!” Another shouted “YOU GUYS ARE FULL OF BULLSHIT WITH YOUR #BLACKLIVESMATTER! If we as a people are going to help the cause of black lives matter (Okay NOW MY WHITE PEOPLE STAY FOCUSED IT’S NOT #ALLIVESMATTER RIGHT NOT IT’S #BLACKLIVESMATTER) we need to stay focused organized. Come in with a plan; we must not bite our nose to spite our face. Why cause such a disruption until no one wants to listen to you why cause such a disruption until your voice is NOT unheard ya’ll sounded unorganized and sounded like a couple ratchet fools from Seattle WA .
I’m sorry Seattle WA (I’m a Washingtonian btw) I know the issues here are just as important it’s just a FACT that you all didn’t do it right you MAY just have ran away an ally and it is very clear that the white folks here do not care about the #BLACKLIVESMATTER HELL It is apparent that #ALLIVESDONTMATTER cause there was NO OUT CRY FOR JUSTICE FOR THIS YOUNG WHITE TEEN NAMED ZACHARY HAMMOND FROM YOU WHITE PEOPLE OR FROM THE BLACK COMMUNITY! SO BEFORE YOU MY BLACK PEOPLE, POC;those good white people who are helping the cause DON’T HAVE SELECTIVE OUTRAGE. At least we’re not the only city to show up and show out. YES FOR NOW GOTDAMNIT WHITE PEOPLE #BLACKLIVESMATTER please MY PEOPLE protest with dignity and grace. #RIPZACHARYHAMMOND #RIPSANDRABLAND #RIPMICHAELBROWN #RIPSAMUALDEBOSE #RIPERICGARNER….
http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/06/us/seneca-teen-dead-police-shooting/
Pregnant woman pulled over, officer gives help instead of a ticket
As I sit and read this “feel good” story about this supposedly compassionate and caring Officer I can’t help but to think of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Walter Scott, Sam Debose, Sandra Bland….
Until we can get these superficial, mentally disturbed, deranged, girlfriend or wife beatin’ over zealous quick draw to kill my unarmed black;brown brotha and sistahs. When we as a people can CONVICT and SENTENCE these killer cops, when we can rebuild the justice system, when the GOOD COPS like Officer Jimmy Allen of the Seattle WA Police Department who stopped to helped a 9 month pregnant woman of color put her license plate on her brand new car can STAND UP AND STEP UP to their OWN; when our white folk start talking openly with PoC about race and how their white privilege is effecting our nation and HOW THEY CAN HEAL THE WOUNDS that has oppressed and still is oppressing the oppressed, when we can STOP POLICE BRUTALITY, when white folk CAN acknowledge that #ALLIVESMATTER DON’T MATTER if you see BLACK LIVES killed, beaten and bruised just for the color of their skin then you may say #ALLIVESMATTER (FOR NOW #BLACKLIVESMATTER) when white folk can have EMPATHY and sympathy for our my people of color only then can we TRULY feel good moment for this heartwarming story.
Source: http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/pregnant-woman-pulled-over-officer-gives-help-inst/nnBKj/