Shaun Scott book tells Seattle history via Seattle sports history; Burien allows a ‘pallet shelter’ after all (with restrictions); Amazon’s got its own AI chat bot ‘for business;’ Broadway’s ex-cinema pharmacy RIP.

Local TV legend Steve Pool dies; UW football finishes an imperfectly-perfect regular season; evictions on the rise after pandemic protections end; pro-ceasefire protesters show up at Westlake Xmas-tree ceremony.

Are taprooms ‘the new coffee houses’?; Sam Altman’s back at OpenAI (so he’s not going to Microsoft); anti-Israel slogans tagged on Mercer Island synagogue’s walls; Pac-12 football’s demise draws near.

Business-backed candidates leading City Council races in early returns; protester fights back against extremist provocateur Jonathan Choe; another installation art space closing; two new Pike/Pine nightclubs opening.

Ex-Microsoft exec, wife fund SAM’s big Alexander Calder show; early city ballot returns running low; ‘Jewish Voices for Peace’ group shuts down Federal Building; why is Jeff Bezos really splitting town?

Amazon testing a movie-style robot (to do human tasks); KEXP may buy a northern-Calif. station; could Seattle apt. values shrink 30 percent?; man tries to ‘hire a prostitute for his horse.’

Japanese woodblock ghost stories at SAM; The Postman store staying open after all; PCC claims its workers make too much (they disagree); why this year’s World Series may particularly irk Mariners fans.

Coffee-table mag honors ‘Filipinotown’; Amazon workers talk about ‘pain and exhaustion;’ big business wants a Council that’ll cut everything but cops; can AI really solve all humanity’s problems? (Probably not.)

Our new (old) wintertime icon; state Supreme Court lets police tear-gas ‘rioters;’ Cal Anderson Park’s BLM Garden saved for now; Heart to reunite on New Year’s.

Local rallies support different stances in Gaza conflict; the ‘original sin’ of Seattle urban planning; Microsoft completes Activision acquisition; UW football stages spectacular comeback win over U of O

BC artist drops Bezos’ face(s) into a Rembrandt scene; Constantine seeks sales-tax hike for arts groups; Kaiser Permanente workers striking for three days; more gay men can now donate blood.

Yakima Hispanic trio’s breakthrough; Harrell budget plan doesn’t address predicted funding crunch; FTC & 17 states sue Amazon for anti-competitive practices; turning crab shells into ‘useful chemicals.’

Online game simulates a very-real war zone; Ann Davison wants OK to sweep encampments without promising shelter; 3rd Ave. could get high-rise rezoning; lawsuit cites birth defects among Boeing Everett workers.

Beloved bartender Murray Stenson RIP; ‘Justice for Jaahnavi’ activists march to SPOG HQ; Duwamish cleanup could cost a billion (will Boeing pay its fair share?); the rainy season’s arrived.

Centennial of ‘No-No Boy’ novelist John Okada; Microsoft to infuse AI into Windows and other products; ‘could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?;’ heavy rain possible next week.