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12/14/20: DESOLATE.EXE
Dec 13th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Views of an empty Microsoft campus (except for construction crews); the state passes 200,000 COVID cases; the first vaccine doses are on the way; another shooting at another right-wing Olympia protest.

12/9/20: I’LL BE (STUCK) HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
Dec 8th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Inslee keeps restaurants, bars, etc. closed three more weeks (restaurant industry assn. doesn’t like it); Seattle School Supt. Denise Juneau won’t ask for another contract; big-biz group wants city’s big-biz payroll tax tossed out.

11/24/20: BIG GROWTH WITHOUT BIG SPRAWL?
Nov 23rd, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

‘Cascadia’ group wants four big, all-new cities; City Council passes budget with some SPD cuts; a massive (but multi-day) state COVID case count; an appropriate Christmas carol for this ‘bleak” year.

11/19/20: TOWER OF SCRAMBLE
Nov 18th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

A bizarre concept for an imagined futuristic high-rise; 737 MAX is approved to fly again; state budget forecast improves; state officials really want you to stay home for Thanksgiving.

10/14/20: MORE (VOCAL) VOLUME
Oct 13th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Major fund campaign aims to keep live music spaces alive; Kshama Sawant fund campaign aims to fight recall drive; COVID cases still rising in King County and at UW; another month with no new Boeing plane orders.

9/28/20: NO PLACE LIKE DOMES
Sep 28th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

A neighborhood church’s hidden simplicity; no, downtown’s not dead (and poor people didn’t kill it); escalating actions against police violence (and police violence in response); a big Storm win (oh, and Seahawks also won).

9/23/20: THE MOST ANARCHISTIC SKIES YOU’VE EVER SEEN…
Sep 22nd, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

More snarking at AG William Barr’s anti-Seattle screed; City Council overrides Durkan budget veto; racism ‘rife’ among King County Corrections workers; Boeing’s ‘COVID-zapping wand’ goes mass-market.

9/7/20: THE REAL HQ2, JUST A LAKE AWAY
Sep 6th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Amazon’s big plans for Bellevue don’t mean it’s abandoning Seattle; remote school starts with some glitches; what SPD’s cutting to add to patrols; many area arts groups could go broke before year’s end.

8/27/20: THE LAST FADE-OUT
Aug 26th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

SIFF cofounder Darryl McDonald dies; Mariners and Sounders postpone games to honor Jacob Blake protests; SPD escalates accusations against local protesters; why is BC faring so much better in the virus battle than Washington?

8/21/20: REELING IN THE YEARS
Aug 20th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Two beloved cinemas’ dark-gritty sequels; bowling alleys (and oh yeah, museums) can now reopen; microbreweries face a can shortage; South Seattle’s possible arson spree goes on.

8/14/20: BY GEORGE
Aug 13th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Temporary ‘Black Lives Matter’ art/slogans adorn a UW statue’s base; a virtual community meeting about SPD gets testy; the same city councilmembers issue differing statements about police chief Best’s departure; a very hot weekend’s coming.

8/10/20: IS THE ‘M’ FOR ‘MIS-TIMED’?
Aug 9th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Boutique hotel opens at the wrong time; city council votes on modest police cuts and Navigation Team defunding today; ‘community radio’ founder/advocate dies; food banks stocking up for a ‘surge’ in demand.

7/14/20: GENTRIFICATION MARCHES ON
Jul 13th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Luxury residential tower would have a private ‘park’ halfway up; Durkan would transfer some current functions out of SPD; 1/5 of Seattle kids are in private schools; state revises total COVID death counts down.

6/23/20: CHOPPED ‘CHOP’?
Jun 23rd, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Mayor Durkan really, really wants the Capitol Hill protest zone gone; hoax PR release claims Seattle Art Museum ‘dissolving’; major loitering laws repealed; Yakima’s biggest COVID-exposer now is ‘community spread.’

6/17/20: BRINGING DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
Jun 16th, 2020 by Clark Humphrey

Meet one of the Black photographers of Black Lives Matter; Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda proposes a ‘payroll tax lite’; CHOP protest site gets a little more official; there’s no Comic-Con or PAX this year.

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