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Seattle Ranked 8th Most Walkable City & More News

The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today

By Lauren Mang April 27, 2015

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Did you score any free coffee from Starbucks on Friday? A tech glitch that happened around 4 p.m. on Friday caused the coffee chain’s point-of-sale computer systems to shut down registers at stores in the U.S. and Canada, The Puget Sound Business Journal reports. Baristas were handing out gratis coffee drinks until stores closed. Stores opened normally on Saturday and the issue was resolved. The company issued this statement on its website regarding the outage: “Our stores that have not already closed for the evening are closing early.  The outage was caused by a failure during a daily system refresh.  We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience or confusion and will update this statement once systems are back online.  This outage also affects our Evolution Fresh and Teavana Tea Bar stores.”

Most Walkable Cities in the U.S.: Seattle has been ranked number 8 with a walk score of 70.8 on Today Walk Score’s Most Walkable Cities 2015 list. At the top of the list is–obviously–New York, followed by San Francisco and Boston. Seattle managed to beat out Oakland and Baltimore for its number 8 spot.

Police responded to an “active shooter” incident at North Thurston High School in Lacey, Wash., this morning. The alleged shooter, a student who was armed with a handgun, was taken down by teachers after he fired several shots, reports King 5 News.

Friends of the Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, the activist group that opposed moving elephants Chai and Bamboo from the zoo, are back and “plan to return to the Seattle City Council at its meeting at 2 p.m.” today, reports MyNorthwest.com. 

 

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