As of Dec. 27, there were still approximately 70 tents and 25 individuals at People’s Park, city staff said.

Located at 1115 E. Division Lane, the vacant Gault Middle School closed down in 2009.

The Annie Wright Schools students traveled home to China for the Lunar New Year.

The new soccer stadium is estimated to cost $60 million and would be built near Cheney Stadium.

Tacoma also is among the markets selling the highest percentage of homes over asking price.

Earlier this month, a 2015 audio clip resurfaced of Bloomberg defending stop-and-frisk policies when he was mayor of New York.

“I just hope to let people know that there are still Americans in Wuhan, and we feel left behind.”

Stores are out of hand sanitizer, too.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty about what might happen next.”

There will be no classes or before or after school activities on Monday and Tuesday at Mary Lyon only. All other Tacoma schools will be open.

The district will provide learning support materials and online learning resources to use at home.

“The fact that over 1,000 test kits have been sitting in storage for nearly a week is irresponsible and reprehensible.”

”I hope the murals bring some pause, stillness and joy to those passing by. I hope people are reminded that they are loved.”

Gas Station Park and a public boat launch on Thea Foss are among the projects that have been canceled in 2020.

“It should be like an early warning system. We should be very alert now.”

“I don’t foresee the soccer stadium on the list of priorities,” said one city council member.

“We all feel like we’ve lost something with this virtual graduation,” said one student.

In Pierce County, 143 child care programs have closed, including 56 in Tacoma and 27 in Puyallup.

Some residents have launched a petition to halt the move.

“I know you have a lot of questions, and so do I. I know you want answers, and so do I.”

“I will act quickly in reviewing any and all information provided and in making decisions necessary to hold individuals accountable ...”

In the past four years, there have been a total of 71 arrests by school resource officers in Tacoma.

“We’ve had demands for body cams more in the last two months than we’ve had in the last three years.”

Parents said their schools had developed safe reopening plans.

The lawsuit argues that remote learning leads to severe learning loss and emotional distress for children.

The district has prepared “isolation rooms” in case students feel sick at school.

The fire between Sumner and Bonney Lake is estimated at 50 acres and growing, according to the state fire marshal.

The Tacoma Fire Department is asking people to avoid the area.

Gault Middle School has sat vacant in Tacoma’s Eastside for a decade.

Health officials are concerned that in 13 out of the past 14 days the county’s 14-day case rate has increased. 

“My theory is that she memorizes their place like a keyboard,” owner Alexis Devine said of her Sheepadoodle. “It’s like muscle memory.”

Four school districts have expressed interest in participating in the program.

“There is a time when all parents and families need to have a voice and ask the School Board, who is making the decisions?”

The village consists of 40 units serving no more than 60 individuals (including families, women and couples), facing homelessness in the city.

CDC guidelines also recommend avoiding the dispersion of encampments to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Ten people have been moved into the building, the group said Friday.

The update comes after new guidance from the state that lowers the COVID-19 case threshold to open for in-person learning.

The city is aiming for capacity of up to 50 people and anticipates opening by mid-January.