Protest after UW grad killed in West Bank protest; Jaahnavi Kandula’s family suing SPD; Boeing machinists to vote on contract offer; cyberattack shuts down an entire suburban school district.

Sonics band documentary (and 60th anniversary concer); state GOP sues King County over primary returns; Seattle Symphony’s getting its first female music director; Seattle ranks #2 in AI developers.

Bellevue Arts Museum suddenly shut (again); Nordstrom family wants to ‘take company private;’ why the right-wing initiatives are bad for students, bicyclists, and everyone; gamers can also be lovers, or at least fantasize about it (in many varieties).

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.

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.

(Mostly) retiring DJ Kevin Cole on his roots; DoorDash adds more pressure for city to roll back gig-worker protections; a new pro-pot festival finally finds a site; what is and isn’t ‘good weird.’

Ex-mayor Royer dies; fatal shooting shakes Art Fair weekend; Black youth drill team cut from Seafair parade; evacuations ordered in Eastern WA wildfires.

Why Canlis is painted pink; SPD asst. chief won’t be charged with domestic violence; Black women working for King County report discrimination; what happened when ‘Amazon sold a used diaper.’

Storm stars help make doc about WNBA players’ political crusade; 75 years of (what I still call) Sea-Tac; critics say Amazon’s Climate Pledge isn’t as successful as company says; anonymous letter claims SPD watchdogs ignored complaints about ex-chief Diaz.

SAM exhibit defines a bigger, more inclusive ‘west coast’ alt-art scene; SPD employee listed as both ‘working’ and ‘retired;’ Rep. Adam Smith wants Biden out; Boeing plea-bargain settlement with the feds leaves out MAX crash victims’ families.

Tribes work to get more ‘deadbeat dams’ removed; faulty drones mar SeaTac 4th of July; Pierce County councilmember refuses to work in the same room with a Pride flag; we’ve got oppressive heat, wildfires, etc.

The prettiest Taco Time is going away; what got cut from city’s Transportation Levy; a new name for an old light-rail stop; Kraken hires NHL’s first female asst. coach.

More dissing about corporatized Pride; local officials say they won’t be (more) punitive against the unhoused after SCOTUS decision; yet another state ferry knocked out of service; feds may seek Boeing plea-bargain deal.

Living Computers Museum contents to be auctioned; 2020 anti-SPD protesters awarded punitive damages; 737 crash families want an ‘independent monitor’ over Boeing; why Pride still needs to be radical.