Lori Matsukawa’s new memoir; LGBTQ folks fleeing to WA from TX, other red states; UW stabbing victim remembered as her alleged slayer turns himself in; GOP group wants judge to throw out Legislative district map.

May Day rally/march draws thousands; Ezell’s Chicken talks of going national; bicyclist who struck a car in a ‘protected bike lane’ gets big city payout; Ooh! Ooh! Meanie mayor talks non-reverently about the rich!

Black Film Fest is here; two Silicon Valley moguls rumored to each want the Seahawks; Councilmembers propose ban on new in-city data centers; multiple stabbings at Tacoma’s Foss High.

Desktop-publishing mogul Paul Brainerd RIP; ICE arrested over 2,000 in WA last year; ‘millionaire tax’ bill includes a big corporate tax break; Mariners are back, but will your TV service get them?

Local co.’s ‘landline-inspired’ phones for kids have no screens or apps; hundreds attend city’s last Comp Plan hearing; park goers hit by ‘dive-bombing owls,’ local school’s national award canceled by feds.

Docu-series on White Center businesses vs. gentrification; UW students, grads suddenly lose visas; summer concerts return to Pier 62 after 20 years; Apple’s stock-value loss is Microsoft’s ‘gain.’

An immigrant (and her luggage) star in new local play; Council divided on big housing plan; Apple announces major Seattle office expansion; SPOG appeals a records case—that it already won.

Remembering a music legend’s Seattle roots; Machinists vote to end Boeing strike; Bell Canada buys a WA legacy phone/broadband company; oh, and something else is happening today.

KEXP DJ’s book on 101 vital Seattle-connected songs; city neuters Renters Commission; new Starbucks CEO gets to essentially work from home (unlike company staff); Charles R. Cross’s last article.

Film on the ‘Nooksack 306’ fighting disenrollment; Garfield High classes resume after shooting; King Co. equity office ignored many discrimination complaints; would the ‘social housing; initiative really help solve the housing crisis?

Public poetry coming to a storefront near you; feds say Apple’s ‘monopolistic’ behavior doomed Amazon, Microsoft smartphones; more Oso landslide remembrances; city’s auctioning off leftover pandemic PPE gear.

Trying to solve civil-rights leader’s slaying 55 years later; Liquor & Cannabis Board pauses ‘lewd conduct’ enforcement; bill to rein in rent-gouging dies in Legislature; OR GOP lawmakers who walked out can’t run again.

Ijeoma Oluo’s new book on how to ‘Be a Revolution;’ Christopher Rufo’s links to ‘scientific racism’ journal; King County youth jail won’t close any time soon; Seahawks to have NFL’s youngest head coach.

40 years of ‘the computer for the rest of us;’ center-right Council picks center-right Tanya Woo; SPOG VP dissed for ‘joking’ about woman killed by police car; yet more 737 troubles.

Connecting Native American spirituality and ‘MST3K;’ City Council may try another ‘new war on drugs’ bill; Portland passes ‘daytime camping’ ban; Apple’s forthcoming VR headset: threat or menace?