Week in Review: Denny Blaine Park, flooding, and invasive owls

Host Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Seattle Times' Amanda Zhou, Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson, and political analyst and columnist Joni Balter.

The city of Seattle Parks and Recreation has cancelled the idea of building a playground at Denny Blaine Park. It's a city park and it's not officially a nude beach, but for decades, the beach at Denny Blaine Park has been a gathering spot for Seattle's LGBTQ community, and one of a handful of spots where they can feel safe picnicking, swimming, and sunbathing nude. The city wanted to put a children's playground at that park, partly because an anonymous donor has offered to pay for it, but only if it's at Denny Blaine Park. Who wanted it there, and why?

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Daily rain records were set across Washington Tuesday, including Seattle with 2.39 inches of rain, and Olympia with 2.96 inches. At least two people died in Oregon creeks. Amtrak canceled its Seattle-Portland service because of landslides. Part of the Burke-Gilman Trail got buried. Officials are urging travelers to be aware of forecasts and warnings. What kind of response are we seeing to this?

Seattle's Alaska Air Group is Buying Hawaiian Air if regulators approve it. The unions are also reviewing the deal, which is for roughly $1.9 billion. The deal is expected to close by 2025. How might this affect consumers?

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The federal government is considering letting people hunt non-native barred owls in order to save their competitor, the native Northern spotted owl. The Northern spotted owl is a threatened species and they're losing the battle with the bard. How much have humans and barred owls sacrificed to save the spotted owl and why? What are the arguments pros and cons?

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