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oso mudslide, oso landslide...
Hanna Scott

Firefighter recalls days spent responding to tragic Oso landslide

Firefighter Gregg Sieloff recalls the weeks that followed the tragic, deadly Oso landslide as a current effort to establish a memorial continues.
8 years ago
luxury road trips...
Rachel Belle

A $25,000 road trip? Travel companies curating luxury road trips

For $10,000 to $100,000 you can have EXP Journeys plan luxury road trips for you. Less station wagon, more helicopter. Instead of fast food, a private chef. And luxury tents with beds and showers.
8 years ago
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Rachel Belle

The history of the great American family road trip

Tis the season for the Great American Family Road Trip, which evokes visions of wood paneled station wagons, whiny 'are we there yets' and stops at the world's largest ball of twine. Richard Ratay, author of the new book, 'Don't Make Me Pull Over! The informal history of the Family Road Trip' says Americans are getting back behind the wheel again.
8 years ago
single rose project...
Rachel Belle

Single Rose Project: Sammamish woman gave away free roses for a year

Sammamish artist Carrie Schmitt was having a rough year. So she started "A Single Rose Project," where she gave a rose to a stranger everyday for a year. The result was a powerful social experiment.
8 years ago
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Rachel Belle

Podcast host Adam Carolla wants Hungarian food for his last meal

Adam Carolla's podcast, The Adam Carolla Show, is the most downloaded of all time, according to the Guinness World Records. He told Rachel Belle he wants Hungarian food for his last meal.
8 years ago
Seattle mermaid, Jen Page (Photo courtesy of Jen Page and Seattle Mermaids)...
Rachel Belle

Seattle mermaids share their magic with a sick little girl

Seattle has a pod of mermaids (duh) that swim in local pools, lakes and rivers. When a local mom discovered Seattle Mermaids, she asked them to surprise her six year old daughter, who has been fighting leukemia, with a swimming party.
8 years ago
(Photo by Joseph Pearson, Unsplash)...
Rachel Belle

In Seattle, it can be harder to become a dog walker than a babysitter

KIRO Nights talk show host, Zak Burns, describes the long and thorough process he went through to become a dog walker at Rover, where only one in five applicants are approved.
8 years ago
molly moon...
Rachel Belle

Molly Moon celebrates 10 years of ice cream and activism

When Molly Moon Neitzel opened her ice cream shop in 2008, there was only one other place in Seattle making homemade ice cream. Now there are roughly 32.
8 years ago
mourning jewelry...
Rachel Belle

Olympia silversmith makes mourning jewelry with hair, teeth, and ashes

Olympia's Angela Kirkpatrick identifies as "death positive" and makes mourning jewelry under the name Wisp Adornments, inspired by the old, Victorian tradition.
8 years ago
Rat City Roller Derby...
Rachel Belle

Seattle’s Rat City Roller Derby has its own athletic trainer

Seattle's Rat City Roller Derby has its very own full-time athletic trainer, who tends to injuries, keeps them in shape and psychologically fit. It is a very rare and valuable position that most derby teams don't have.
8 years ago
A rare shot of Bear the electronic storage detection dog resting. (Photo courtesy of Seattle Police...
Rachel Belle

The Seattle police dog who has famously sniffed out child porn

In 2015, Bear the electronic storage detection dog, helped police sniff out child porn in former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's home. Now he works in Seattle doing similar work.
8 years ago
oso memorial...
Hanna Scott

Oso memorial path, mailboxes planned at site of tragic landslide

An Oso memorial is taking shape where the massive, tragic landslide took the lives of 43 people and wiped a community off the map. This is how you can help.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Watch: Pszonka Family on why a memorial means so much for Oso

Tom, Karen, and Jessica Pszonka lost five family members on March 22, 2014 when an entire hillside gave way and swallowed a neighborhood in Oso.
8 years ago
pregnancy, like a mother...
Rachel Belle

The secret science of pregnancy revealed in new book, ‘Like a Mother’

Seattle's Angela Garbes had a lot of questions about pregnancy that were not getting answered. After a viral article about the science of breast milk, she continued researching for a new book, "Like a Mother."
8 years ago
Zach braff...
Rachel Belle

Actor Zach Braff and the history of Italian American food

Zach Braff shows off his New Jersey upbringing by proclaiming his love for chicken parm on "Your Last Meal" with Rachel Belle. So we explore the history of Italian American food.
8 years ago
Seattle video stores...
Rachel Belle

Be kind, rewind: 3 remaining Seattle video stores need your business

Yes, Seattle video stores still exist and their owners argue that the convenience of watching movies and shows online does not trump the quality of the in-store experience.
8 years ago
Oso...
Hanna Scott

Remembering Oso family’s private paradise

A family's private paradise was destroyed when
8 years ago
phone etiquette...
Rachel Belle

Phone etiquette: Should smartphones be banned at the office?

When Florida CEO Jason Brown looked up from a presentation, he saw all of his employees looking down at their cell phones -- he lost it. That began a plan for phone etiquette.
8 years ago
Oso...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

About Help Oso

Join KIRO Radio in helping Snohomish County raise over $6 million needed to help build a memorial for Oso on the fifth anniversary of the nation's deadliest mudslide.
8 years ago
Foxy lady coffee...
Rachel Belle

Lives of Washington bikini baristas in Amazon’s new show

Local bikini barista chain, Foxy Lady Coffee, is the subject of a new Amazon reality show called "Foxy Ladies." Rachel Belle visited the Tacoma shop to chat with baristas working in the controversial industry.
8 years ago
Jennifer Pharr Davis...
Rachel Belle

Record breaker Jennifer Pharr Davis on hiking while pregnant

Jennifer Pharr Davis broke the speed record on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. She says when it comes to long distance hiking, men and women are equally strong.
9 years ago
siblings...
Rachel Belle

Four states, 12 siblings, one sperm donor and a special bond

Every year, eight families meet up in California with their collective 12 siblings for a vacation. They all used the same sperm donor to get pregnant and found each other on a donor sibling registry.
9 years ago
Ranger Julie Fonseca de Borges with visitors at Klondike Hist. Park, Seattle, WA (J.Chao 6-3-16)...
Rachel Belle

Did you know there is a national park in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood?

Of the country's 417 national parks, only 69 of them are traditional parks with mountains, trees and streams. Pioneer Square boasts its own national park staffed with uniformed park rangers.
9 years ago
seattle board game...
Rachel Belle

Seattle board game company taps into pop culture

Seattle board game company Forrest-Pruzan recently came out with a very popular Bob Ross game and a Choose your Own Adventure game is on the way.
9 years ago