Local TV legend Steve Pool dies; UW football finishes an imperfectly-perfect regular season; evictions on the rise after pandemic protections end; pro-ceasefire protesters show up at Westlake Xmas-tree ceremony.

New SIFF sign goes up at ex-Cinerama; Cafe Racer closes for the fourth time; supporters of Israel and of the Palestinians kept apart at simultaneous UW rallies; Homelessness Authority job cuts could leave some, well, homeless.

Yakima Hispanic trio’s breakthrough; Harrell budget plan doesn’t address predicted funding crunch; FTC & 17 states sue Amazon for anti-competitive practices; turning crab shells into ‘useful chemicals.’

Tacoma’s Almond Roca neon sign re-created; Harrell signs, extols new drug law; Snohomish novelty candle maker sues Fla. imitator, wins; local COVID cases creeping back up.

Ol’ punk pix on a winery’s walls; honoring Bruce Lee on his death anniversary; Inslee vows to probe oil-biz profits; among many other happenings this weekend, a certain singer’s in town.

Seahawks hope to sell lotsa ‘throwback’ jerseys; this year’s Seattle Art Fair to be more local than ever; court says Seattle’s doing too many encampment sweeps without advance notice; in Seattle becoming ‘a trans haven’?

Artist’s collage sent out with ad flyers; Kraken arena people picked to replace Memorial Stadium; Seattle’s getting a new telephone area code; UW researchers get tentative contract offer.

Indigenous artist paints an Alaska Airlines plane; Seattle population’s growing again; a new federal program hopes to help solve homelessness here and in five other places; happy (day after) Mt. St. Helens Day.

Seahawks use AI art prompts to make promo imagery; doctors fleeing post-Roe Idaho; Kraken in another playoff Game 7; what should be the CInerama’s new name?

Backyard cottage program for the homeless touts success; guilty plea in CHOP killing; Microsoft exec says AI ‘could cause real damage;’ Kraken owners want contract to replace Memorial Stadium.

Archie McPhee marks 40 years of rubber chickens; West Seattle Bridge off ramp closed with a big hole; Seattle schools start planning for big budget cuts; a judge could close an entire Alaska salmon fishery to help orcas.

Hyping rain as a reason to visit Seattle; Starbucks white-collar staffers diss its labor policies; Seattle’s lost many trees (many of them on city land) in recent years; the death of an infamous woman who lived pseudonymously around here.

Marking 22 years since the Nisqually quake (and 23 years since an infamous dot-com commercial); the sometimes-brutal toll of Amazon warehouse work; food banks prepare for a slash to federal SNAP benefits.

Modern urban mid-rise buildings & their discontents; judge sanctions city over Durkan’s missing texts; some Sounders FC fans don’t want Providence as the team’s new jersey sponsor; did Amazon lie to financial lenders about warehouse safety?

Local artist’s ‘zeitgeisty’ show at SAM; Value Village lawsuit goes to state Supreme Court; NLRB rules against companies firing people for unionizing; is the social-media age ending?