Episode

Weekend Listen: 4th graders in Tukwila celebrate the end of school after a difficult year for immigrant students, 5 years after a deadly heat dome in the Northwest people prepare for increasingly hot summers, and Thousands in Oregon have turned old cars and trash collection into an annual game called the Gambler 500

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Seattle Now

Published

Jul 4, 2026

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732

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Summary

In Tukwila, a class of fourth graders ended the school year with a big, public art show full of mixed emotions. It’s been five years since a record-shattering heat wave hit the Northwest, killing an estimated twelve-hundred people; a look at efforts to make our next heat wave less deadly. And an annual trash pickup event that’s more like a party in Oregon.