Varsity Theater closing; Ferguson plugs millionaire tax and bashes MAGA regime; White House threatens all fed funding to ‘sanctuary’ cities and states; prosecutors won’t charge ex-Harrell aide after allegations of sexual assault.

Bruce Lee postage stamp announced; thousands (inc. Mayor Wilson) at Cal Anderson anti-ICE rally; Legislative session opens with money trouble; we’re all in a battle to preserve ‘the nation’s soul.’

Massive Monkees’ dance studio adds cafe; more federal arrests/shootings in Seattle, Portland bring more protests, responses; quarterback Demond Williams Jr. not leaving UW after all; ‘Can Katie Wilson build a movement?’

Beloved Ballard dive bar closing; Stevens Pass ski area opens (but you gotta go the long way around); ICE may set even lower standards for Tacoma jail operator; we’ve had ‘our warmest December ever.’

Local Chanukah ceremony after Sydney shooting; Green River levee break causes temporary ‘Get Out’ order; alleged pimp crashes SUV into kombucha taproom; tech giants ‘offloading the risks of the AI boom.’

Original Pike Pub location closing; Amazon exec says company’s home base will stay here; no, Mt. Rainier isn’t on the verge of erupting; no, Katie Wilson isn’t vocally ‘anti-Israel.’

Wilson crosses the line for mayoral win; Wilson’s family link to two classic Hollywood dramas; WA Dems (except one) oppose compromise to end govt. shutdown; Starbucks strike deadline’s today.

Doc ‘WTO/99’ depicts an older (lost?) Seattle; SNAP benefits still ‘in limbo;’ Harrell’s lead slightly widens in Wednesday ballot drop; Barnes & Noble returning to downtown next year.

Ethnic advocates’ Dia de Los Muertos displays; Judge orders SNAP benefits resumed, as locals work to help cutoff victims; security guard arrested in Pio. Square shooting; venerable restaurant gets scathing review.

Crocodile closing two of its three performance spaces; WA, 25 other states sue over SNAP funding halt; Amazon announces 14,000 layoffs, while the state has a ‘growing backlog’ of pending unemployment claims.

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?

Retrospective doc about 1999 WTO protests reaps award nomination; county assessor Wilson won’t run again; mixed fiscal news in first ‘WA Music Census;’ Amazon suspends employee who dissed company’s ties to Israel.

SIFF won’t reopen Egyptian Theatre; controversial cop won’t run East Precinct after all; ‘Black Lives Matter’ mural vandalized; WSU report says shootings are now the #1 cause of high-school students’ deaths.

Li’l kids can now play-act as Amazon drivers; vandal strikes WA Capitol building; city spent big bucks on hotel rooms for the homeless, then let them sit empty; judge bars federal troops from Portland—again.

Ex-local cinema mogul dies; Council OKs compromise-filled Comp Plan; Ms sweep archrival Astros while Seahawks, Huskies also win big; new H-1B visa fees could ‘impact’ local tech giants.