The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

2pm - KIRO Newsradio newscaster Aaron Granillo joins us to talk about a Mariners loss and his own award nomination // The battle over data centers // 60 Minutes veteran Steve Kroft rips 'disastrous' firings, slams CBS News for 'journalistic interference' // ‘Teachers Are Going to Hate It’: How Social Media Apps Hooked Teens at School // Your texts!

1pm - Past fire at Longview mill suggests owner cut back on maintenance // After Longview implosion, deal restores Chemical Safety Board funding // Why is dilution a cleanup strategy for the Longview mill disaster? // Trump budget would eliminate agency investigating Longview chemical disaster, and tank that killed 11 at Longview paper mill did not require state or federal inspections // How do you bankrupt a casino?! Two more WA casinos to close, 132 jobs cut amid Kirkland casino company’s bankruptcy // A pickleball victory: Plan to reduce shared pickleball courts in Seattle gets delayed

12pm - How will Seattle change during the World Cup? If you skip the crowds, will you have FOMO? // Seattle ranks among most expensive World Cup cities for Airbnbs, study finds // Greg is over Airbnb. He and Spike share nightmare stories // Laura’s goes to jury duty!

2pm - Is Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson violating city law over CCTV cameras ahead of FIFA World Cup? // CBS News fires '60 Minutes' veteran Scott Pelley after clash with new executive producer // Your texts!

1pm - What is the current signature count for the income tax initiative? // The latest on the L.A. Mayor race and California Governor race // GUEST: Mike Salk, Host, "Brock & Salk," 6-10am on Seattle Sports talks about the Mariners hot streak // Seattle Father Speaks Out After Bullets Hit Family Home

12pm - What should Mayor Wilson do about homeless authority and is it a problem that her new pallet homes unit is opening next to a registered early childhood education center and a liquor store? // Two kids injured after an e-bike crash and police issued their parents an infraction for letting them ride the bike. Good idea or bad idea? // Dallas artists to sue FIFA for painting over a three-decade old mural to promote the World Cup

2pm - Further menopause talk // Rehash on bathrooms & Sound Transit Ballard // What’s happening to all the gray whales? // GUEST: Sully on the Revive I-5 traffic pause // Your texts!

1pm - How will Russel Wilson do at CBS? // Wilson shelter surge to fall short // Menopause care at work

12pm - FIRST THINGS FIRST: Oh shoot, expensive bathrooms vandalized // Ballard residents want refund for light rail taxes collected // GUEST: Aaron Goldsmith, voice of the Mariners // Capitol Hill residents urge city to shut down street takeovers

2pm - A hit-and-run on the freeway has police looking for the driver // Police body cam footage released in Longview superintendent arrest // Seattle removed the Aurora Avenue planters and installed barriers a driver can pass right through. The pimps and prostitutes were back by Thursday night. Charlie Harger from Seattle's Morning News has been following the story, and joins us with the details of a dangerous situation // Your texts!

1pm - Wild Waves is apparently going to be replaced by a warehouse? // Washington State Ferries celebrate 75 years as the nations largest ferry system // How you can help Longview after the implosion disaster // Jason Rantz from Seattle Red 770 joins the show to talk about a possible challenger to Governor Ferguson, and the primary election today in LA with Spencer Pratt as a frontrunner // Serena Williams is returning to pro tennis at age 44 after nearly 4 years away from the sport

12pm - Jake celebrates the last weekend driving around for kids sports, and Spike has a religious adherence to 'No Mow May' // Gunfire returns to the Greenwood neighborhood after city removes the vigilante planters installed by desperate neighbors // Could Governor Ferguson lose his re-election over the millionaires tax? State GOP Chairman Jim Walsh might be running against him, which inspires some schoolyard bluster and a debate challenge // Jake is watching and loving The Boroughs

2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES! A kitten rescue, voting to ban fishing and hunting, and a (nicer) bunny story // Hand to God! // Your texts!

1pm - Man dies from pellet gun wound // More confirmed dead in the Longview implosion. What is white liquor, and what will the cleanup look like?
Gregoire says Washington at economic critical point // Jake shows Spike a Marco Rubio meme // Jimmy Kimmel mentioned here about Pratt

12pm - Sound Transit has their big vote on realistic Light Rail expansion, and decides to keep doing the same thing // Angry public commenter at Sound Transit vote possibly Jake in a moustache? // Blue Origin rocket explodes during testing // Riders stuck on roller coaster rescued

2pm - Mayor Katie Wilson's senior homelessness policy advisor resigns amid Wilson's ambitious shelter expansion // Mayor Katie Wilson's senior homelessness policy advisor resigns amid Wilson's ambitious shelter expansion // Your texts!

1pm - Jake had the fire department at his house yesterday // Gig Harbor firefighters save kitten from the undercarriage of a car. Have you ever had any animals stuck in weird spots?// Bellevue, get ready for street parking fees // Representative Jim Walsh on the situation in Longview, WA, which is within his district // The wave of enthusiasm to put the millionaires tax to a vote // Do the Seahawks have a new buyer?

12pm - What we know about the victims in the Longview chemical tank implosion // Mayor Wilson orders removal of the barricades built by neighbors along Aurora Avenue after drive-by shootings // KIRO Newsradio Reporter Luke Duecy with updates on the Longview mill implosion, which has now spread into local waterways // Cop stops a woman and claims she had her cell phone in her right hand. She shows him that she doesn’t have a right hand

2pm - Police union spars with Seattle mayor's office over social media post that criticized her. SPOG President Kent Loux joins the show to explain the controversy - and why we need public cameras // NASA starts ordering stuff for a future moon base // Your texts!

1pm - Zuckerberg’s superyacht lands in Seattle as Meta announces big local layoff // 92,780 signatures in one week: Let’s Go Washington is on a record-breaking pace to kill income tax // Mariners on verge of AL West lead after Emerson Hancock’s gem vs. Athletics // Stock in Enhanced Games crashes. Jake watched with his kids, and knows exactly why

12pm - SPOG faces off against the mayor and will join us on the show at 2pm. A shooting takes place outside a nightclub right near Spike's kid // KIRO Newsradio Reporter Luke Duecy on the deadly disaster at a Longview paper mill // Animal rights activists are very close to making fishing and hunting illegal in Oregon. Jake's worried their movement could come to Washington // This new Alaska Airlines lounge at SeaTac sounds phenomenal. But who's allowed in?

2pm - Pike Place to allow alcoholic beverages as you stroll the shops this summer // Goodbye Lumen Field…at least during World Cup // Will the World Cup be worth the investment? // Danny Westneat sure disagrees with Jeff Bezos thoughts on government needing to run more like a business // Bernie Sanders pushes for a wealth tax on billionaires // Your texts!

1pm - Turn those CCTV cameras on for the World Cup! // Longview superintendent accused of cover-up in student assault case // New Seattle teacher's union president on leave, pending investigation // Seattle residents building their own barricades in their neighborhoods to protect against gun violence // These Parents Are Buying Homes for Their Kids—With Strings Attached

12pm - How was your holiday weekend? // Will Americans regret missing the World Cup the way Jake regrets missing the Olympics? // Councilmember Rob Saka calls on Mayor Wilson to turn on downtown CCTV cameras // Local noise ordinance ends music festival — and possibly the Zoltar machine — in La Conner // Would you pay $55 for a slice of pizza?

2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES! Mariners news, cuddle parties, and the anniversary of the Mt St Helens eruption // Spencer Pratt has a plan to get tough on homelessness // Your texts!