New film based (sort-of) on a true Seattle story; Spokane pastor’s Islamophobic preaching on tour; Wilson pauses city use of AI tech; greater downtown’s now got over 100,000 residents.

Another destructive windstorm; Legislature ends as ‘millionaires tax’ challenges start; Wilson changes mind, picks different new City Light boss; a couple of grim anniversaries this weekend.

Seattle-born artist’s spectacular feature-film debut; Wilson wants more ‘tiny homes’ faster; bill would outlaw AI child-abuse imagery (even if no actual children were involved); rapper ‘Raz’ Simone convicted in abuse, trafficking case.

Tattoo legend gets her marionette doll back; Seattle named ‘best place to live in US’ again;’ city, county on different paths about banning new ICE facilities; ‘millionaire tax’ bill might have to wait until next year.

Kyle MacLachlan on ‘Twin Peaks Day’; Tukwila bans new detention centers; CARE team chief blasts SPD-driven limits on what it can do; man fatally stabs four, then is fatally shot by police, in Purdy.

A local music video on roller skates; first responders ‘mistaken for ICE agents;’ parts of Pacific Science Center sold to Space Needle; getting ready for the big Seahawks parade.

Family recalls a Seahawks superfan on eve of Super Bowl; Amazon’s stock drops from news of big AI spending; Boeing moving 787 engineers from here to S. Carolina; CHOP shooting survivor sues city.

Degenerate Art Ensemble’s next multimedia performance; could WA ‘millionaire tax’ help legalize Seattle income tax?; SeaTimes business columnist Jon Talton dies; Jeff Bezos decimates Wash. Post newsroom.

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.