Car crash topples a front-yard sculpture made of rotting wood; Swedish strike to be immediately followed by lockout; some local companies won’t let employees visit China; remembering a beloved musician who apparently did himself in.

Photos of the Viaduct’s last days; we’ve got the first US case of Wuhan coronavirus; did the Saudi crown prince hack Jeff Bezos’ cell phone?; a gas thief starts a big leak from a city-owned gas tank into Longfellow Creek.

UW students devise another big plan for the National Guard Interbay site; Swedish nurses set a strike date; is Sprint doomed without the T-Mobile merger?; the side of MLK we need now.

The struggle to get even one Latinx lawmaker elected in Yakima; waiting for the threat/promise of snow; Bernie Sanders gets some local endorsements; why’s the news been so darn heavy these days?

MOHAI’s got a miniature Mont-Saint-Michel plus an AI virtual tour; Amazon threatens to fire workers who question its climate response; Swedish nurses are closer to a strike; Bill Gates sez folks like him should pay more taxes.

WSDOT finally gets its wish to raze the Montlake Blvd. Market; Lime Bikes to go away (at least for now); more damaging 737 MAX documents show up; why 12/26 should be as revered as 12/25.

City Council approves big aquarium expansion; 737 MAX ‘whistleblower’ to testify; Megan Rapinoe gets another big honor; a plea to cartoonist David Horsey.

An Amazon billboard hints at what Bezos really wants; did Fred Meyer really give away a baby in 1949? (hint: no); UW football coach suddenly quits; a new Boeing venture’s name has an old ‘ring’ to it.

Amazon critics stage a pre-Black Friday PR blitz; a judge hears the case for an I-976 injunction; the Paul Allen estate’s fate is still unsettled; no more Pagliacci Pizza on Broadway or Albertsons in Magnolia.

A city legal settlement means trouble for attempts to save the Showbox; City Market’s site’s marked for development; ‘Seattle’ mag publisher files for bankruptcy; Boeing wants in on the budding space-tourism biz.

Seattle’s oldest department store will close next year; Beth’s Cafe (but not its building) is for sale; Mariners’ season ends; a UW prof tells why tech execs are all positive all the time.

Tula’s Jazz Club shutters; Intiman Theatre might not be saved after all; more new (weird) Amazon Echo/Alexa products are introduced; can we wish away the “tech bro”?

Rep. Pramila Jayapal on why impeachment’s time is now; the private ICE jail in Tacoma tries ‘rebranding’; more on how Boeing’s 737 MAX mess likely started from the top down; Microsoft’s original Redmond buildings have been razed.

Some just-plain-gorgeous WA scenic photos; investigators clear Constantine (with a caveat); the mother of Seattle City Council districts dies; Bellevue prepares for Amazon’s office dogs.

Did a local black-dance pioneer inspire the Space Needle’s shape?; does SDOT have to buy bigger streetcars?; what killed thousands of bees in Spokane?; are Americans addicted to violence and hate?