Lynnwood Link light rail’s smashing debut; muni-court judge fights back against Ann Davison’s tactics; King County fentanyl ODs down this year; old-ferry towing try scuttled, crew detained by feds.

New album by pop-punk legends the Fastbacks; asylum seekers plead for housing; Census stats show Seattle’s a big spot for same-sex couples; ‘medical crowdfunding’ nonprofit disappears along with donations.

Intimate photos of the unhoused; County Council votes to keep youth jail open; big aquarium addition’s about to open; affordable-housing construction in Seattle is on a roll (for now).

MOHAI exhibit on ‘Almost Live!”s 40th anniversary; hotel workers might strike; engine failure sends 737 back to Seattle; Sue Bird gets her own street while Megan Rapinoe gets a regal send-off.

Local author’s novel on national ‘most-challenged books’ list; state suing rent-software co. RealPage; Harrell ordered BLM Garden’s removal; new Starbucks CEO to commute from Calif. via private plane.

Fashion statements at the DNC; state lands-commissioner race goes to a recount; dissing the City Council’s ‘glaring lack of civility;’ Boeing Machinists talk tough during contract talks.

Seattle’s got an ‘art vending machine’ (again); many new parents quitting work without affordable daycare; why rental prices are finally dropping around here; what WA’s primary might predict about the national vote.

KEXP DJ’s book on 101 vital Seattle-connected songs; city neuters Renters Commission; new Starbucks CEO gets to essentially work from home (unlike company staff); Charles R. Cross’s last article.

2018-shot local odyssey film features already-disappeared places; $72 million Boeing judgment reversed; pro-Palestinian protesters’ charges dropped; ‘war against the poor’ policies aren’t new here.

DJ/storyteller on old Chinese music and its listeners; Council ‘compromise’ on youth mental-health funding; Starbucks hires new CEO from Chipotle; SLU trolleys shut down for weeks.

More on the late music journalist Charles R. Cross; affordable-housing operator to sell six buildings; Woodland Park Zoo workers reach new contract; an area school district nears fiscal collapse.

Bill Gates doesn’t like his latest biography; damning testimony about Boeing to the NTSB; Jaahnavi Kandula’s killer challenges his traffic ticket; remembering a longtime local restaurateur.

Dow Constantine’s plan to redo King County’s downtown campus; family of Titan submersible victim seeks $50 million; updated vote totals bring no real changes; beginning of the end for the current City Council?

Early election results: Ferguson, Shaun Scott ahead, Tanya Woo behind; councilmembers go behind closed doors to delay social-housing initiative vote; MoPOP seeks ‘national’ status; Boeing workers talk of ‘chaos and dysfunction.’

‘Fresh caught’ chinook salmon: tasty to humans, needed by orcas; city, county want office workers back more often; SPD officer fired for making a sick ‘joke’ sues; Woodland Park Zoo workers just might strike.