Seattle Local Pulse: Sea-Tac Delays, Mild Weekend Weather, and Sounders Prep

Good morning, this is Seattle Local Pulse for Saturday, February 21. We kick off with breaking travel chaos at Sea-Tac Airport, where weather and de-icing delays have hit Alaska Airlines hard, stranding thousands alongside nearly four thousand nationwide delays and over a hundred cancellations. If youre flying today, check FlightAware obsessively and add extra time. Our weather stays cooperative otherwise, with sunny skies pushing temps to around 53 degrees by mid-afternoon near Alki Beach, light winds from the south, and no rain expectedperfect for outdoor plans, though bundle up early as it dips to the low 40s downtown. Expect similar mild conditions tomorrow. Metro reminds us Route 49 reroutes tonight off 10th Avenue E and E Roanoke Street through Harvard Avenue E until late Saturday, so plan alternate paths to Lumen Field for Sundays 6:15 p.m. Seattle Sounders match. Hop the Water Taxi on its winter schedule or Seattle Center Monorail, running till 11 p.m. City Hall updates mean smoother commutes ahead, with those transit tweaks easing weekend snarls around Capitol Hill. In sports, our Seattle U Redhawks host Portland Pilots tonight at 7 p.m. in the Redhawk Center, battling for WCC seeding in a tied conference showdown. Mariners fans, Bob Costas just dissected top teams on MLB Tonight, spotlighting our squad. No major new business buzz, but jobs hold steady with about 15,000 openings listed last week in tech and healthcare around South Lake Union. Real estate sees median home prices rounding to 850 thousand, up 4 percent near Ballard. Quick school note: Local high teams notched wins in recent hoops tourneys. Todays crime report stays calm over the past dayno significant incidents or arrests reported by SPD, keeping our neighborhoods safe around Pioneer Square. Looking ahead, join the rally Sunday at 11:30 a.m. downtown marking four years since Russias war in Ukraine, gathering at Occidental Park. And a feel-good shoutout: Capitol Hill volunteers just wrapped a community cleanup along Broadway, planting 50 trees thatll shade our summer walks. Thanks for tuning in, listenerssubscribe for daily pulses. This has been Seattle Local Pulse. Well see you tomorrow with more local updates. This has been a Quiet Please production, for more check out quietplease.ai. For more http://www.quietplease.ai Get the best deals https://amzn.to/3ODvOta This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.