Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 74 and low of 52 degrees.
Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, temps: high: 72, low: 52.
Sunday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 72 and low of 53 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Renton city council delays camping ban vote (seattleweekly.com) — Renton's City Council has postponed a vote on making camping on city-owned property a misdemeanor, sending the proposal back to a committee for more work. Councilmembers are split over whether officers should be required or merely encouraged to offer services before enforcing the ban, with some warning the ordinance could just push unhoused residents into other communities without solving underlying issues.
• A Washington counselor assaulted a 7-year-old, slamming him into a wall. The school won't let him transfer (kgw.com) — A Renton mother says her 7-year-old son with special needs was slammed into a wall by a counselor at Renton Academy, and now the Renton School District is refusing to approve his transfer. The family has pulled him from school, lost income, and is considering a lawsuit while pressing the district for answers, accountability, and alternative placement as the new school year begins.
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What your neighbors are talking about on social media
Staying Grounded and Growing: Practical Strategies for Teachers Returning to Work —Swannee Rivers Read on Patch
Returning to the Classroom: A Fresh Start for Teachers —Swannee Rivers Read on Patch
My beebee girl MADDIEE!! She will be 2 next month, she is half pug half miniature pincher, so she doesn't have a flat nose like a regular pug (like her mother-thank goodness). (Nextdoor Lake Washington Blvd SE)
Happy Wednesday! I hope yall are having a great week so far! :) (Nextdoor Marina Landing)
HarmonyCares posted a job opening for Community Liaison Marketing & Business Development Medical Group in Renton. Apply here.
Pizza Hut posted a job opening for Cook/Production - Tukwila/Renton/KCU/Everett in Renton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Renton here.
🗞 Nearby News
Tukwila
Report of 2 people slumped in vehicle leads to Tukwila firearm arrest (tukwilablog.com)
Empowering Future Engineers: MRCOOL®, Space United, and the New Wave of Innovation in Washington (usatoday.com)
Seattle Public Schools and teachers union ratify new contract (fox13seattle.com)
SeaTac
Tour of downtown Spokane hydro plant helps fuel push for further energy solutions - Association of Washington Business (awb.org)
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