 A forensic audit found the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) “big time in the red,” with a $44.7 million deficit and $13 million in unaccounted funds. City Inside/Out talks to local leaders both supporting and opposing the agency’s shutdown.
In a separate conversation with CIO host Brian Callanan, Mayor Katie B. Wilson shared her views on the KCRHA’s troubles, along with a deeper discussion about the City of Seattle’s budget challenges.
 The future of light rail to West Seattle, Ballard, and other communities is at stake as Sound Transit responds to nearly $35 billion in cost overruns. Hear how elected leaders are approaching the path forward.
 For years, Seattle filmmakers watched productions set here get filmed in Vancouver or Portland. Harbor Island Studios changed that, giving the region a place to build sets, create jobs, and tell Seattle stories on Seattle soil. But with only short-term funding secured, its long-term future remains uncertain.
 Old lumber, new life! Seattle has a new salvage lumber warehouse in SODO, transforming construction waste into reusable building materials. Supported by a $4 million EPA grant, the Earthwise Architectural Salvage facility gives discarded wood a second life while expanding access to affordable, sustainable lumber.
 What if the greenest building is the one already standing? CityStream and the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods visited Seattle’s new Populus Hotel in Pioneer Square, where a 1907 warehouse has been transformed into a carbon-negative hotel while preserving nearly 80% of the original structure. Even the Douglas fir beams still carry the scent of Seattle’s industrial past.
 "We don't experience your joy for Cinco de Mayo." Beyond the margaritas and mariachi, what is Cinco de Mayo really about? Chino y Chicano host Enrique Cerna chats with his cousin Manuel “Manolo” Serna, who lives in Mexico, to discuss the holiday’s history and how it is understood on both sides of the border.
 Journalist Marcus Harrison Green traveled to Minneapolis earlier this year and found a city caught in the fallout of a major ICE operation. Following the fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents, Green asks what it means for a community to be ready before crisis arrives, and whether Seattle would be.
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