A trans artist’s look at perimenopause and other craziness; judge rules White House can’t fire local US Attorney; Boeing engineers OK new contract; Seattle libraries way outpace national borrowing rates.

Gillian Gaar’s latest book about Seattle rock back then; what’s near the new light-rail station; unionized UW staffers poised to strike; Seattle lost 18,000 jobs (mostly from downtown offices) in 2024-5.

Singer-songwriter Gary Minkler RIP; cities-ranking list puts Seattle #4 in the world; city-govt. study links Seattle’s tax base to Amazon’s stock price; big Seattle U art donation getting smaller.

Rick Rizzs’ last Ms game; SPD not satisfied with getting more money in city ‘austerity’ budget; nationwide ICE arrests ‘reach record highs;’ Bill Gates joins the AI ‘doomers.’

Comics creator Peter Bagge talks about his long career; Macklemore announces ‘Free Palestine’ tour; two separate pedestrian deaths on Sounder tracks; Microsoft wants to put commercials into video games.

Local animation creators’ big dreams; ‘praise and skepticism’ for Wilson’s budget plan; school bus drivers authorize a potential strike; Seahawks cofounder and arts patron dies at 92.

Seattle’s got a lot fewer birds these days; Harborview sends homeless patients out on the streets; man tries to torch Bellevue’s Planned Parenthood branch; Ninth Avenue un-removable paint dots to be painted over.

‘WALKDONTRUN’ art walk marathon returns; ex-Councilmember Dolores Sibonga dies at 95; Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez helps Republicans on a key vote (again); WA Supreme Court nixes a Bryan Heywood initiative.

Ex-local filmmaker’s hype-free take on AI; ‘cheering’ Supreme Court’s mail-voting decision; new local business-booster group launches; Macklemore fired from Ed Sheeran tour for pro-Palestinian stance.

Ex-local ‘Victorian Lowbrow’ artist ‘Madame Talbot’ RIP; biz leaders want new city public-safety plan; local group wants to reopen Egyptian Theater; one WA town that’s profited from data centers.

Local painter’s ‘macro’ lo-res images; camping trip ends with five ICE arrests; Seattle has more kids these days, many other cities have fewer; Seahawks return (for real) tonight, while national media still underestimates ‘em.

‘Inconvenience Store’ artist-products installation at an ex 7-Eleven; election officials warn of mail delays; details of Seattle teachers’ tentative contact deal; César Chávez Park renamed ‘Parque Libertad.’

Remembering a Capitol Hill painter of the human drama, who was rather dramatic himself; Seattle schools may or may not be on strike today; whistleblower says mail-ballot restrictions are being enacted anyway, despite court ban.

WA State Book Award nominees include a ‘Dumb Birds Field Guide;’ court blocks federal retaliations against King County; another sexual harassment suit against an SPD officer; city, world say ‘Goodbye Dolly.’

Frye exhibit on ‘impermanence;’ Matt Calkins goes from Seattle Times to right-wing podcast; Wilson dismisses Chamber of Commerce polls dissing her; Starbucks fires workers who won’t move to Nashville.