Remembering multimedia visionary David Lynch; AI outfit taking over Pier 70; county exec candidates all vow to resist oppressive pressure from DC; MLK Day (oh, and something else) happening Monday.

New and returning theater shows cover the Big Issues (with laughs); Microsoft ‘shopping extension’ said to take influencers’ commissions; Ferguson talks of family at his inaugural; Biden talks of dangers to democracy.

Last chance to see the Icelandic digital fake flowers; local Jimmy Carter tribute; Ferguson orders budget cuts to most state govt. departments; Eddie Bauer merging with JCPenney.

Similarities between Mangione case and a Netflix drama; Jaahnavi Kandula’s killer fired from SPD; WA eviction filings hit record; Canada gets its own political crossroads.

Ex-local newscaster Aaron Brown RIP; another newborn orca calf dies; number of homeless school kids up 20 percent; UW Huskies lose Sun Bowl in final seconds.

AI scientist sees the ‘code’ in biology; Harvard Exit theater cofounder dies; Maserati SUV shot at near Aurora, Merchant’s Cafe not closing for good after all.

Remembering a vital music journalist and zine editor; another deadly Boeing plane disaster; Seattle’s oldest restaurant/bar closes tonight; Jimmy Carter’s proud legacy.

Jinkx and DeLa’s annual holiday spectacular; new SPD chief nominee named, while case against ex-chief Diaz deepens; suspect in Metro bus driver killing arrested (while on another bus).

A ‘Deluxe’ Xmas tree ornament; workers strike at 10 scattered Amazon facilities; Olympic Hotel sold; Ferguson says he’ll resist any ‘unconstitutional’ acts from the White House.

Remembering Seattle Times music writer Patrick MacDonald (and Kraken co-owner David Bonderman); big grocery-merger plan scrapped amid new lawsuits; an ‘adult cabaret’ (NOT a ‘strip club’) planned for Ballard.

Photographing Olympia’s unhoused; Seattle leaders mostly quiet about MAGA 2.0’s threats; Link light rail’s got a lot of deferred maintenance to catch up with; Puyallup driver gets stuck, waves for help, gets run over.

Do the WTO protests have a lesson for today?; Girmay Zahilay confirms run for county exec; Facebook owes WA $24.6 mil over campaign-ad violations; LIHI says banks demand eviction-law concessions.

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.

Last Sears in WA (one of the last anywhere) closing; Lake Union streetcar lives for now; Amazon joins Musk in trying to kill federal Labor Board; the MAGA cult as a study in target marketing.

Sub Pop’s remastered Gits reissues; Seattle school-board head target of recall drive; local minister/homeless advocate accused of owning child-porn; Ferguson keeps fighting abortion-pill restrictions.