The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

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!

1pm - Wild Waves is sending off its last season with a foam party // Seattle Center’s Boeing IMAX Theater will no longer show feature films. It brings up Jake's lukewarm feelings about Dale Chilhuly's glass art // Should Ferguson turn off the CCA? Of course! // Kroger's new CEO plans to lower prices // Americans face sticker shock at the grocery store as Memorial Day travel begins // Teens are losing sleep to cell phones

12pm - An acknowledgment of the deeper meaning with Memorial Day Weekend // 350,000 Ferry Riders Expected Now Through Monday // If someone gave you $100 million to hire new police officers, would you be able to? Apparently not! // The last episode of 'Late Night with Stephen Colbert' // Bruce Springsteen must be reading Spike's articles. He said the same thing about the president last night // Jimmy Kimmel hopes viewers never turned on CBS again // Late night memories from Johnny Carson

2pm - Strangers connect through touch at Seattle “cuddle parties” // Seattle-area renters need to pay more than double housing costs to own a home // What are our thoughts on Kevin O’Leary advising Gen Z to stop spending so much money on food delivery and coffees? // Your texts!

1pm - Seattle Mariners show up for recess takeover. Can you imagine how fantastic this would’ve been when you were a kid? // High schooler in Bothell starts a petition to bring back their SRO, Officer Wade // Stephen Colbert's last show airs tonight. Was his push into politics the demise? // Did these Colbert jokes lose him his job?

12pm - Mayor Katie Wilson tries walking back her boycott at a Starbucks protest and her 'bye' to millionaire business owners. Will it work? // AI-driven ‘virtual kidnappings’ use voice cloning, fake photos to target families. James Lynch, KIRO Newsradio Reporter, joins us to share the warning from the FBI // Former Mayor Bruce Harrell is now the CEO of a clothing company

2pm - The C.E.O.s for Spencer Pratt // Washington State joins lawsuit against Department of Education, calls the capping of student loans illegal. Plus, Jake and Spike Crunch The Numbers on University of Washington salaries // Jeff Bezos pushes back against 'villainization' of the uber rich // Your texts!

1pm - NFL commissioner counter ESPN report, says there has actually been lots of interest in buying the Seahawks // Washington is gaining young, single and well-educated movers from other states, but losing older Washington residents and those born in-state // Starbucks Korea CEO fired over tone-deaf advertisement // Spencer Pratt is crushing it with these ads - and using AI to do it

12pm - Even more layoffs hit Starbucks as they continue their Seattle exodus // Meta to start round of 8,000 layoffs // Angela Poe Russell on writing her new musical, Aviatrix // Man falls through ceiling at Ballard gym

2pm - Jake has an idea to solve Sound Transit's 35-billion-dollar budget hole. Spike thinks it drips with common sense // Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio's Senior Traffic Reporter, on the higher tolls that on the table for I-405 and SR 167 // Your texts!

1pm - Jason Rantz from Seattle Red 770 joins the show. He's not swimming at any public beaches, but 4 in particular are closed because of fecal matter // An unfortunate number of urine jugs found at an encampment // Is Mayor Katie Wilson sweeping Seattle's homeless to Bremerton ahead of the World Cup? // Jake and his family were just three minutes behind a DUI accident // Students walk out of Bothell High School over the loss of their school resource officer

12pm - Suspect in deadly stabbing at University of Washington housing could be sentenced for up to two decades as court documents reveal victim was stabbed 40 times. What is the UW's responsibility here for student safety? // Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio's Senior Traffic Reporter, on the higher tolls that on the table for I-405 and SR 167 // Fan hit in the head by a foul ball at a Mariners game is now getting bullied online

Local man who threw rocks at monk seal says he was defending baby sea turtles // 46th anniversary of Mount Saint Helens eruption! // DB Cooper // 46th anniversary of Mount Saint Helens eruption // Your texts!