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12/1/23: A CITY’S ‘SKIN’
Nov 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Ahamefule J. Oluo stage musical becomes a locally-shot film; feds may recommend offing Snake River dams; workplace issues probed at a major state agency; UW study says AI images often perpetuate race/gender stereotypes.

11/24/23: LIFE ON ‘TAP’
Nov 23rd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Are taprooms ‘the new coffee houses’?; Sam Altman’s back at OpenAI (so he’s not going to Microsoft); anti-Israel slogans tagged on Mercer Island synagogue’s walls; Pac-12 football’s demise draws near.

11/17/23: YELLOW MEANS CAUTION
Nov 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Signs put up everywhere someone died in a car crash in Seattle; KEXP confirms it’s buying a San Francisco-area station; a multi-faith protest calls for a cease-fire; ‘three-story pickleball facility’ proposed for Interbay.

11/3/23: POST-WORLD-SERIES-LETDOWN READING
Nov 2nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Seattle’s true face as revealed (in Shaun Scott’s new book) thru sports; wind knocks out power to many and sets a barge adrift; ex-King Co. jail guard accused of co-running drug ring; Bezos leaving town for Miami.

10/30/23: DON’T CALL IT ROBBIE (OR ROSIE OR BENDER OR ARTOO OR…)
Oct 29th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Amazon testing a movie-style robot (to do human tasks); KEXP may buy a northern-Calif. station; could Seattle apt. values shrink 30 percent?; man tries to ‘hire a prostitute for his horse.’

10/19/23: VAN(S) GO
Oct 18th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Amazon shows off its custom electric vans; judge says the state’s gotta pay $4.2 million to Value Village; more Bartells and Rite Aid locations closing; Starbucks sues union organizers over pro-Palestine social media post.

10/17/23: A LESSON FROM SEVERAL WARS AGO
Oct 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Local creator’s graphic novel of a Jewish man’s compassion amid WWII internments; Rite Aid bankruptcy could doom more Bartell stores; where transit ridership has and hasn’t returned; toxic algae closes Green Lake.

10/12/23: THAT’S A LOT OF ROTISSERIE CHICKENS
Oct 11th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

NYC authors recount the ‘Joy of Costco;’ Instacart hates Seattle’s worker-protection laws; Seattle Schools planning big budget cuts; Kirkland police used ‘irritant’ on protesters.

9/27/23: SOUTH OF THE BORDER, EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
Sep 26th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

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.’

9/22/23: FORGOTTEN ‘NO’ MORE
Sep 21st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Centennial of ‘No-No Boy’ novelist John Okada; Microsoft to infuse AI into Windows and other products; ‘could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?;’ heavy rain possible next week.

9/21/23: A TIME OF THE SIGNS
Sep 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

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.

9/19/23: THE TREES ARE WATCHING
Sep 18th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Nighttime video-art installation at City Hall Park; why some places with more poverty don’t have more homelessness; why people don’t get needed mental-health treatment; do you trust SPD to fairly enforce a new drug law?

8/21/23: COMING HOME, THE SAD WAY
Aug 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Captive orca Tokitae dies in Miami; fires scorch parts of Eastern WA while Seattle gets smoke; Julio Rodriguez and Mariners on a massive roll; after a ferry-building contract’s collapse, now what?

8/11/23: TO RHYME IN A DAMP CLIME
Aug 10th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

NPR explores Seattle’s hip-hop heritage; Rainier Beach anti-violence activists resume their work after last week’s shooting; could the feds want to ‘break up Amazon’?; America’s worst wildfires this year aren’t here (tragically).

7/17/23: SITTING IN A TREE…
Jul 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Activist, with neighbor and tribal support, hopes to save historic Wedgwood tree; seeking the truth about a defunct psych hospital’s dead patients; ICE-jail owners sue state officials; lobbying for ‘head safety in soccer.’

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