graffiti clean up

A 22-year-old man is in critical condition at a Yakima hospital today after a shooting near 8th Avenue and Mead Thursday night.

A new graffiti removal program, approved by the city council this week is expected to be in operation in Yakima  within the next two months. A volunteer staff will remove the graffiti from area homes and businesses, but before graffiti is removed Yakima police gang officers want to be able to view the markings for investigative purposes...

For years, the City of Yakima has had a graffiti ordinance that holds property owners responsible for the clean up and fines them if the graffiti is not removed. City Manager Tony O'Rourke says the city council changed the policy Tuesday and created a new system in which property owners can report the problem to the city for action...

In an attempt to get a handle on the ever growing problem of graffiti the City of Yakima will soon create a hotline and call on volunteers to help wipe out the problem.  City Manager Tony O'Rourke says the hotline will be created so people can report the graffiti vandalism...

The Yakima office of Neighborhood Development is trying to help Yakima residents paint out graffiti.  Office Service Manager Archie Mathews says the city has some graffiti removal kits available for homeowners. Mathews says the kit is meant to act as an incentive to take on the problem yourself if your home is the victim of graffiti...