ATLANTA, Ga. — Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died. She was 51.
King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. The family did not know the cause of death, but relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said.
"She was an actress, author, producer, advocate for peace and nonviolence, who was known and loved for her motivational and inspirational contributions to society," the King family said in a statement.
Former Mayor Andrew Young, a lieutenant of her father's who has remained close to the family, said King was going to her brother Dexter's home when she collapsed in the doorway.
Her death came less than a year and a half after her mother, Coretta Scott King, died in January 2006 after battling ovarian cancer and the effects of a stroke. Her struggle prompted her daughter to work with the American Heart Association to raise awareness about strokes, especially among Blacks.

Seahawks Football Operations Director Tim Ruskell, left, and Head Coach Mike Holmgren, right, greet the Seahawks second and third round draft picks, Cornerback Josh Wilson, second from left, and Defensive Tackle Brandon Melbane, second from right. The two new players were introduced to the public on Monday, April 30 at the Seahawks' Kirkland headquarters. Seahawks wide receiver Darrell Jackson (not pictured) has been traded to San Francisco.

The city of Seattle and King County last week released the latest community data report on diabetes, highlighting trends and health inequities in a disease that now affects more than 84,000 King County adults. The number of county residents with diabetes has doubled in the last decade and such a rapid increase in a chronic illness is very rare.
"Many people can avoid developing diabetes by maintaining a healthy weight and increasing their physical activity," said Dr. David Fleming, director and health officer for public health, Seattle and King County. "By getting the obesity epidemic under control we will also make a significant impact on diabetes."
About six percent of adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. Many more who have the disease are unaware of their condition.

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The city of Seattle and King County last week released the latest community data report on diabetes, highlighting trends and health inequities in a disease that now affects more than 84,000 King County adults. The number of county residents with diabetes has doubled in the last decade and such a rapid increase in a chronic illness is very rare.
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/datawatch/
www.metrokc.gov/health/reach/index.htm

Officers in King County and elsewhere, including city police, county sheriffs and state patrol are using a new system designed to reduce traffic stop times and eliminate errors in reports.
The new ticketing system allows officers to file citations and collision reports electronically, without ever having to pick up a pen.

Joshua James stood outside his neighborhood watering hole last Saturday, watching as a group of community activists calmly described why this particular bar was a bastion of racism and sexism.
"This offends me," James said, gesturing toward the speakers of a group called CORS (Citizens Overcoming Racism and Sexism). "I am Mexican American and when I come here I don't have to worry about my race or that people will question me about my sexuality, about whether I'm gay or straight. I have never sensed that racism or sexism was happening here."
James was one of many perplexed Florida Room fans standing outside the North Killingsworth Street bar on April 28, listening as speaker after speaker described the bar and its owners as "the worst part of gentrification....

"I don't go to North Portland. I have no reason to go there," said a bearded…

A Benson Polytechnic High School senior will represent Oregon at the 2007 Miss Black USA competition in Gambia, Africa this year.
Portland native Kelci Rae Flowers, 18, is the current Miss Black Oregon USA 2007 and a former Miss Oregon Teen USA 2006 who says she's extremely excited to be heading to Gambia later this month.
"It's going to be a life changing event," Flowers says. "I never thought in a million years I would be blessed with the opportunity of a lifetime ... I'm going back to the motherland, which is very cool."

From left to right, Ockley Green kindergartners David Dent, Ethan Belau and Liam Boswell, all 6 years old, read the label on "William Johnson," an acrylic painting put together by 11 Jefferson High School students at the April 26 opening night reception of ARTiculations a collaborative art show of Jefferson High students and Ockley Green K-8 students currently showing at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center. The three boys also have their artwork on display.

Brenda Braxton, TV news anchor, KGW Northwest News Channel 8, left, chairs a panel of the four business executives of the year before an audience of over 600. Pictured here, left to right, with Braxton are: Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Danielle Forsyth, co-founder/CEO, Thetus Corp.; Woman Executive of the Year, Nonprofit, Sue Hildick, president, Chalkboard Project; Woman Executive of the Year, Small-Medium Business, Kerry McClenahan, president, McClenahan Bruer Communications; and Woman Executive of the Year, Large Business, Judy Peppler, president-Oregon, Qwest.