Kirkland

Kirkland Parks and Community Services announced that a lifeguard pulled out an alligator snapping turtle from underneath a dock at Juanita Beach. These animals are invasive in Washington state.

The family and community of Jonathan Hoang have been searching for the 21-year-old autistic man since he disappeared from Arlington four months ago.

The district confirmed that Fernando Rocha, a theater manager at Juanita High School, appears to have been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The reward for finding missing 21-year-old Jonathan Hoang, who has a developmental disability, has increased to $100,000 following a donation from a Florida businessman. Hoang was possibly seen on surveillance video in Kirkland last week, prompting community search efforts and calls for residents to check security cameras.

For the last three months, Jonathan Hoang’s family has lived in a painful limbo following his disappearance from their Arlington home. But new home surveillance video from a Kirkland neighborhood is offering them a renewed sense of hope—and urgency.

Northbound I-405 in Kirkland is closed between NE 70th Place and NE 124th Street for major paving work, causing extensive traffic backups. Drivers should expect significant delays and consider alternate routes through Monday morning.

Abby Acone is breaking down all the traffic and events happening this weekend.

Kirkland neighbors living near a planned homeless hotel are concerned after learning a felon with 57 prior arrest warrants and multiple convictions was living in a similar complex in Bellevue.