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.

Tessa Hulls graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ praised as an all-time great; SDOT paints over words on pro-ceasefire street mural; Boeing ‘bleeding cash;’ WA GOP convention delegates ‘not into democracy.’

3D tour of late, beloved Re-bar; students, others march for Gaza peace; ex-cop/suspected killer apparently kills self while on the run; Boeing engineers claim ‘retaliation’ by company.

Kids’ TV host ‘Brakeman Bill’ dies; advocates decry city transportation plan and SPD contract proposal; Senate wants Boeing CEO to testify; ‘at least six’ suicide attempts reported at Tacoma ICE jail.

AI-illustrated kids’ book from a Microsoft exec and son; no surprises in WA Presidential primaries; still more bad news for Boeing; Gonzaga loses WCC title game (a rarity).

Tessa Hulls’ graphic novel spans 100 years in China and the US; highlights of HistoryLink’s 25 years of yesterdays; Amazon wants the National Labor Relations Board to go away; one local bank’s buying, another’s selling.

Graphic novel on sibling rivalry; no Seattle public schools to close (for now); some dogs missing after dog-daycare center catches fire; is Seattle ‘too boring to be the worst at anything’?

Locally-made video game with South Asian American vibe; activists block ship at Port of Tacoma; tech pundit claims Amazon overcharges on many items; it’s Election Day, remember?

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.

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.

Ex-local actor wears 8th Generation garb on a major magazine cover; grocery mega-merger scheme could go to court; why Alaska snow-crab season was canceled; do you have to be old to be a ‘true Seattleite’?

USPS picks local artist for Hispanic Heritage stamp; cop who laughed at Kandula death taken off the streets; FTC suit says Amazon has a ‘secret pricing algorithm;’ judge cites Starbucks for underpaying unionized workers.