Lisa Brooks
Weekend Edition and On-Call News HostLisa Brooks hosts Weekend Edition as well as fills in as News Host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered on KNKX.
In her decades-long career, Lisa has worked as a newscaster, reporter, host and editor in Public Radio and TV in Seattle and Cleveland, OH, and in Commercial Radio in Seattle, Harrisburg and York PA , and Westminster MD.
Two career highlights; becoming the first woman Public Address Announcer in Major League Baseball's American League for the Seattle Mariners in the 1990's and occasionally in the early 2000's. And, winning the 2024 Gracie Award from the Alliance of Women in Media for a feature story focusing on Kent-Meridian High School.
Lisa is also a singer-songwriter with two CDs of original music and loves spending time with her sweet rescue pup, Quincy.
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The Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy expands on one that is expiring. It would raise more than $1.2 billion over six years and pay for education support services like preschool and college tuition.
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The Tacoma City Council has changed an ordinance to prohibit public camping in most neighborhoods.
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Ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day on Nov. 4. If ballots aren’t postmarked in time, those votes won't be counted. -
A new study by the University of Washington links heavy wildfire smoke to a reduction in active sperm. -
After months of meetings, the King County Council has approved spending more than $41 million to purchase the Polyclinic building and turn it into a walk-in mental health crisis center.
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The technology uses data from property owners to estimate occupancy rates and recommend rent prices.
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Designer Andrea Weatherhead built Sound Lab, an interactive exhibit at Seattle's Museum of Pop Culture, with an ambitious goal: teach people to play music in a matter of minutes. -
The legislation aims to give homeowners more protections against strong-arm tactics used by predatory buyers to target vulnerable homeowners.
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The request is to turn over the full name, date of birth, address and driver’s license number or the last four digits of the Social Security number for every voter in the last 10 years.
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Federal oversight of the Seattle Police Department has been ended, thirteen years after it began.
