A 3-year-old girl was reportedly shot in the chest during a drive-by shooting at a Tacoma apartment complex on Tuesday night, March 31. The shooting was reported around 9:50 p.m. at The Village at SoTa apartments near South 96th Street and South Hosmer Street. Multiple police and fire units were seen rushing to the complex….
A 63-year-old woman has died more than two weeks after she was critically injured in a brutal attack inside a Tacoma psychiatric facility. The woman died on Monday, March 30, 16 days after the March 14 assault at Wellfound Behavioral Health on South 19th Street, according to Tacoma Police. Officers responded around 8:10 p.m. the…
A 19-year-old Tacoma woman who was shot and killed at a party early Sunday morning, March 29, has been identified. Dorys Mahaylia Easley, of Tacoma, died from a gunshot wound to the chest, and her manner of death was ruled a homicide, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office. Officers were dispatched at about…
A Tacoma woman says a door-to-door salesman ignored clearly posted no soliciting signs, made a threatening remark to her husband, and took photos of her home before leaving. “Did anyone have this man come to their home to solicit?” Bonee Williamson wrote in a Tacoma community Facebook post shared Friday, March 27. She said the…
Tributes are pouring in for a 20-year-old Puyallup welder who was killed in a workplace accident. Isaac Rainer died Sunday, March 15, in an industrial accident, according to his obituary. A cause of death was not given. A welder and millwright for an industrial fabricator, Rainer was known for far more than his trade. Loved…
Authorities in Pierce County are asking for the public’s help in locating a 48-year-old woman who has not been heard from in three years. Pierce County Sheriff’s Office detectives are searching for Quintana Ega, who has been missing since March 2023. Investigators say Ega has not had contact with her family since that time. Her…
Dick’s Drive-In is facing a class-action lawsuit that claims employees were denied required rest breaks, meal periods, and wages. The suit, filed in King County Superior Court in February, alleges widespread labor violations affecting hourly workers. Plaintiff Madison Masterson claims the company failed to provide legally required rest and meal breaks during shifts, resulting in…
It’s the 24-hour burrito shack with the backwards drive-thru. Burritos California, now open at 820 South 38th Street in Tacoma, is turning a former Burger Ranch building into a round-the-clock destination for Mexican comfort food. The fast-growing chain, which also has locations in Lakewood, Marysville, Auburn, Seattle, and Kent, opened its Tacoma outpost last fall…
A 25-year-old Tacoma man is accused of nearly beating a fellow patient to death inside a secured psychiatric hospital, leaving the victim in critical condition and not breathing on her own. Elias Santos Salcedo was arrested Saturday, March 14, and charged in Pierce County Superior Court with attempted murder in the first degree. He remained…
A longtime Tacoma coach and educator who helped shape generations of student-athletes and led Foss High School to a state football title has died at age 89. Jack Sonntag Jr., a Tacoma native and respected figure in local athletics, passed away at home Wednesday, March 4, according to his obituary. Sonntag is best known for…
