‘Baseball cards’ depict crooked and/or abusive cops; state AG Brown warns of ‘race-based policing’ after US Supreme Court ruling; WA Justice Mary Yu retiring; ‘Seattle’s racial income gap among the widest.’

Char Easter’s ethereal guitar music returns; Council approves more CCTV cams despite major opposition; Bill Gates profits from ICE flights; Storm clinch last playoff spot in last seconds of last regular-season game.

Bremerton civic project honors Quincy Jones (and other Black locals); CVS devours Bartell Drugs’ last crumbs; judge orders ICE to release Seattle man; is Harrell using city funds/resources for electioneering?

Rallies for ‘Workers Over Billionaires;’ other protesters don’t give homophobes the martyrdom they want; deportation flights now hiding their identity; some subsidized apts. now cost more than some market-rate units.

Sock puppets mime to Council meetings in videos; feds used WA DOL data to track down undocumented residents; Microsoft asked FBI to spy on pro-Gaza employees; can kazoos drown out homophobic preacher?

Sue Bird Statue unveiled; Ferguson defends WA’s ‘sanctuary’ status vs. Pam Bondi attacks; nudity-hiding fence at Denny Blaine Park has a rough start; the monster storm that wasn’t.

Young-adult novel of gender, identity, and rail travel; WA ICE arrests drop but still high; more tech-biz layoffs, as state unemployment rate holds steady; another homophobes’ rally scheduled for Capitol Hill.

Two specialty bookshops open in short-term spaces; why Worldcon coming here’s a big deal; locals decry fed takeover of DC local police; will city allow another homophobic ‘hate rally’ on Capitol Hill?

Props, puppets, street theater defending Denny Blaine Park nudity; state sues feds over lost climate funding; was Mercer Island teacher’s abuse covered up?; violent crime down in Seattle (and DC), despite right-wing claims.

Late photojournalist’s son displays his works in new prints; WA state employee held by ICE in Texas; Katie Wilson has majority vote for mayor; no, Pacific Place’s plight isn’t downtown-Seattle-specific.

Big primary night for local progressive candidates; even small apts. cost a lot here these days; Davidson Gallery closing after 53 years; Sawant supporters arrested at Rep. Adam Smith town hall.

We’re the #1 ‘nerdiest state’ in the US; Denny Blaine Park to be divvied into nude, clothed sections; Debora Juarez brought back to City Council; most King County residents aren’t from WA.

Torchlight Parade shows off the new waterfront; locals react to ‘jail the homeless’ executive order; did Harrell really add lots of ‘new emergency housing’?; Ichiro enters Baseball Hall of Fame.

‘Mixed reality’ gaming park opens; ICE nabs beloved Juanita high-school employee; County Council passes sales-tax hike; Denny Blaine nude-beach supporters have an ‘abatement plan’ for city perusal.

Political strategist’s out n’ proud wedding; WA suing against Head Start cuts; state agency calls for re-examining 2013 Lakewood police killing; why Alaska Airlines temporarily shut itself down.