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Seattle, WA—Feng Zheng passed away on October 27, 2024, in Seattle following a brave battle with cancer. Known for his gentle nature and dedication to his family and community, Feng’s passing leaves a significant void for all who knew him.

Feng was originally from Changle, China, where he spent his early years before immigrating to the United States in 1996. He and his family settled in Wisconsin, where Feng attended Waunakee High School and later graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Feng built a successful career as a portfolio manager in Seattle, focusing on improving access to affordable housing, a cause close to his heart.

In 2017, Feng met his wife, Tracy Dang, while studying at UW-La Crosse. They married in January 2023 and enjoyed traveling together across the U.S., Australia, and Vietnam, creating countless memories along the way. Feng is remembered as a loving son, brother, husband, and friend, leaving behind his parents, Feng Jin Chen and Rong Zheng; his wife, Tracy Dang; his sister, Jian Li Zheng; his brother-in-law, John Stangl; and nephews, Theo and Oliver.

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To honor Feng’s memory, a celebration of his life will be held on November 16th at Lone Girl Brewery in Waunakee, Wisconsin. Friends and family are invited to contribute to a GoFundMe fundraiser organized by Tracy Dang in his memory, with proceeds supporting a nonprofit chosen by his family. The family also welcomes loved ones to share memories of Feng on the fundraising page, ensuring his legacy of kindness and service lives on.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Feng’s family and friends during this difficult time.

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Crews with the Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish PUD) and Puget Sound Energy (PSE) have been working since Monday to restore power all over Western Washington after a rough stretch of weather.

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, fewer than 850 customers in the region were still affected by power outages. That number stood at more than 25,000 customers at 5:25 p.m. Monday and it reached more than 50,000 customers earlier Monday.

According to the Snohomish PUD outage map, just seven customers reported power outages as of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. About 1,700 customers still were without power as of about 6:39 a.m. Tuesday, many in the northern part of the county. That number dropped steadily throughout the day Monday. The utility reported 6,825 customers were without power around 5:30 p.m. Monday. As of 4:20 p.m., 12,930 customers didn’t have power. During the 3 p.m. hour Monday, 19,881 customers were without power.

Snohomish PUD noted the sustained winds and gusts that blasted the state Monday, which led to the utility issues, “slowly tapered off” in the evening.

The utility reported Tuesday afternoon it is working on restoring power to customers in several cities, including Arlington. It also reported other issues it is dealing with.

Crews worked to restore power to remaining customers in Stanwood, Arlington and Granite Falls today. We plan to have all customers restored by this afternoon.

We continue to receive reports of wire down and trees in lines that will keep our Servicemen busy throughout the day. pic.twitter.com/kgprARl1lM

— Snohomish County PUD (@SnoPUD) November 5, 2024

The PSE outage map is reporting 57 outages and 813 customers not having power over multiple areas of Western Washington. That number is lower than numbers seen Tuesday morning and during the day Monday.

There were 76 outages and 3,612 customers without power as of 6:39 a.m. Tuesday. At 5:10 p.m. Monday, those numbers stood at 245 different outages and 17,940 customers. At 4:35 p.m., the number of outages hit 282 outages and 18,583 customers affected. Earlier this afternoon, the utility reported 260 different outages and 26,002 customers not having power.

In a statement on its website dated noon on Tuesday, PSE explained the “damaging winds” caused the outages around the service area. It added Island, Whatcom, and Skagit counties in the north and Thurston County in the south were most impacted.

The utility reported its crews have “restored power to 99% of affected customers” It also noted over 150,000 customers were impacted throughout the storm.

The Tacoma Public Utilities (TPU) map of power outages reported no remaining outages for its customers as of 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. More than 530 customers were without power as of 5:15 p.m. Monday. That number was over 600 as of 4:10 p.m. and over 800 earlier Monday afternoon.

It should be noted Seattle City Light also is not reporting any major outages at this time, according to its outage map. KIRO 7 reported earlier Monday afternoon more than 1,000 Seattle customers didn’t have power at one point.

Weather was the cause of the Washington power outages

The National Weather Service Seattle reported in a thread on X Sunday that “a strong weather system will bring southerly winds will pick up across the region early Monday morning.”

That proved to be the case as high winds bombarded the area during the day Monday.

KIRO 7 Chief Meteorologist Morgan Palmer reported Monday afternoon the wind gusts seen all over the state were significant.

“Wind so far today has been in line with the forecast and the High Wind Warning, with gusts over 60 mph earlier at Oak Harbor and Forks and some gusts over 50 mph at Bellingham, Sequim, Port Angeles, and Tacoma Narrows,” Palmer said in a report emailed to KIRO Newsradio.

Aaron Swaney, a spokesperson for Snohomish PUD, told the Daily Herald in Everett the storm lived up to the forecast.

“We knew it was going to peak around 1:30 or 2, and the forecast was correct,” Swaney said, according to the Everett media outlet.

Palmer went on to state in his report “the High Wind Warning has been pared back to only include Island County and eastern Clallam County from near Port Angeles east to Port Townsend, expiring by 4 a.m. (Tuesday).

Contributing: Frank Sumrall, MyNorthwest

Steve Coogan is the lead editor of MyNorthwest. You can read more of his stories here. Follow Steve on X, or email him here.

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Winter weather hits western Washington

The first full week of November is seeing winter weather slam down on western Washington.

STEVENS PASS, Wash. - The first full week of November brings a winter weather slam down on Western Washington with high winds knocking out power, and snow causing tough driving conditions.

Puget Sound Energy power outage maps reported more than 32,000 families were without power.

"It’s the Whatcom, Skagit, Island, Pierce and Thurston counties that we’re seeing a good amount of those outages in," said PSE spokesperson Gerald Tracy.

Tracy told FOX 13 Seattle crews are working nonstop to get everyone’s lights back on.

"Our crews have been working since early this morning," said Tracy. "Some of the more rural areas, some of the areas you’ll see some of those outages in, those are some of the places they’re working the hardest in. Especially during the storm. They might have to hike through a mountain pass or find an alternate route."

That could present issues at Stevens Pass. The mountain road had restrictions in place throughout the day due to winter weather.

WSDOT had a traction tire advisory in place for Stevens Pass and prohibited oversize vehicles due to slush and ice in parts of the road.

Plow trucks were already driving up and down the road, and officials with WSDOT say they are hoping to bring on more drivers this season to prepare for what the winter brings.

"We’re in need of some positions to fill within the Snoqualmie pass area," said Meagan Lott with WSDOT.

While winter weather creates headaches for some, for others, it's memorable — like for Lucy Muthoni, who is visiting from Kenya to see her son.

"I’m 65, and I’ve never seen snow in my life. It’s very great," said Muthoni.

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Washington state courts’ online systems were down Monday after officials said they detected “unauthorized activity” on the electronic network.

The state courts’ administrative office is working to restore the systems and determine how the network has been impacted, said Wendy Ferrell, associate director for the state Administrative Office of the Courts.

In an email Monday, Ferrell said she could not provide details about the outage “for security reasons,” but said state court officials “have no reason to believe that was a targeted attack.”

“In an abundance of caution, we proactively took down our systems to secure them and are working around the clock with leading experts to restore services as quickly as possible,” Ferrell said.

The outage is affecting all state court websites, their judicial information systems and “associated services,” Ferrell said.

King County’s superior and district courts are not significantly affected by the outage because they have their own case management systems separate from the state’s, King County District Court Chief Presiding Judge Rebecca C. Robertson said by phone Monday. Municipal courts in cities like Kent, Des Moines, Bothell and Lake Forest Park, which rely on the state’s court system, are “having a harder time,” including needing to limit court hearings and “go back to all paper,” Robertson said.

“We are prepared for at least a week,” Robertson said. “To protect the extremely sensitive data, (state officials) decided to shut everything down and rebuild it.”

Pierce County District Court officials said they would “operate with limited services until further notice” in a news release Monday. Essential hearings and probation appointments will continue, but other hearings and some ongoing trials could be affected, according to the release from the court, which typically handles cases such as probation and traffic infractions.

The outage is expected to continue for “at least the week,” said Pierce County District Court spokesperson Misty Butler Robison in a phone call Monday.

“We are taking it day by day and trying to operate as close to usual, and we’re finding workarounds to get information and to keep things moving forward,” Robison said.

Pierce County Superior Court expects “minimal disruption” and will operate as normal, it said in a news release.

Catalina Gaitán: 206-464-8276 or cgaitan@seattletimes.com; Catalina Gaitán is a staff reporter for The Seattle Times.