In the first 12 months of Tacoma's red light camera program, tickets have been issued to about 32,700 violators and $1,597,994 in fines have been collected.

Some $75,000 in state and federal grants has gone to Pierce County's efforts to turn back an invasion of nonnative knotweed, which is especially troublesome along the Nisqually River.

In the first 12 months of Tacoma's red light camera program, tickets have been issued to about 32,700 violators and $1,597,994 in fines have been collected.