Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?

Charles Burns’ graphic novel ‘Black Hole’ coming to Netflix; feds post, remove ICE promo vid with possible far-right ‘dog whistle;’ dog-daycare closes after ‘cruelty’ charge; big weekend storm’s big damage.

Tomo Nakayama’s song of optimism; western governors form vax partnership; fed oversight of SPD officially ends; don’t expect the ‘Prize Patrol’ to come knocking any time soon.

Local cartoonists’ public-health comics; WA DOL’s sharing driver’s-license data with ICE, other orgs; ex-Councilmember Juarez likely to get her old job back; violent crime in Seattle’s way down (a problem for some).

Microsoft fetes 50 years by laying off thousands; state, transit orgs. sue against federal spending cuts; Boeing settles with whistleblower’s survivors; ‘mental health crisis center’ plan faces neighborhood opposition.

Tessa Hulls’ graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ wins Pulitzer; state sues feds over massive HHS cuts; Rite Aid/Bartell returns to bankruptcy; pro-Palestinian UW students take over engineering building.

Cartoonist Mark Zingarelli RIP; Bartell’s owner bankrupt (again); more Boeing Field deportation flights; marking 10 years of Seattle’s ‘living’ minimum wage.

More than just manga at MoPOP’s ‘Asian Comics’ exhibit; WA sues against fed education cuts; still no Starbucks union contract after a year; Harrell orders Steinbrueck Park reopened as of today.

E-comic book on how stock buybacks screw workers; locals voice support for Ukraine; Microsoft kills Skype chat app; eight hospitalized after apparent street-racing crash.

Charles Burns’ career-encompassing graphic novel; more storm fixup/cleanup as a new storm looms; City Council OKs JumpStart-diverting budget; Dave Ross leaving KIRO radio after 46 years.

New book collects comics of Japanese American life in Seattle; striking machinists hold big rally; famed local artist Gloria Bornstein dies; is Seattle politics really both too antagonistic AND close-knit?

Web comic ‘The Oatmeal’ turns 15 and has a Netflix show; cop who joked about Jaahnavi Kandula’s death is fired; Boeing machinists authorize a (potential) strike vote; Seattle’s become ‘too expensive for artists.’

We’re still a scary place in video games; ex-SPD chief Diaz accused of ‘dictatorship;’ WA’s first strip club with booze in decades is now open; 50 years of (and three different sets of) Seattle Sounders.

50th Pride Month art show; interim SPD chief’s past words about ‘police culture;’ Trading Musician store closes while a rare-book store almost opens; oh, and there was some courtroom news item from NYC.

Seattle’s first ‘protected intersection’ installed; both ‘other’ Bob Fergusons quit governor’s race; Melinda French Gates quits the foundation she co-founded; former local comics publisher dies.