UW Huskies join Seahawks as (temporarily) coachless; precious works at Davidson Gallery burned; temp-Councilmember candidates down to eight; damn it’s cold!

Pete Carroll ‘kicked upstairs’ from Seahawk coaching job; bill in Olympia would limit rate hikes; workers at Boeing supplier warned bosses about 737 MAX 9 problems; hundreds more Amazon layoffs at Twitch, Prime Video.

PacSci exhibit extols women in STEM; Huskies fall short in national football title game; fallen ‘door plug’ from 737 MAX 9 found in a Portland back yard; beloved Tacoma bagel-shop owner killed in New Orleans.

Blown ‘door plug’ on an Alaska Airlines flight from Portland grounds 737 MAX 9 jets; Gaza protest blocks I-5 for five hours; the Legislature’s back in session; Huskies playing for respect (and a national football title).

Group art show depicts positive vibes & Black music; new City Council installed; people in WA’s high-pollution areas die an average 2.5 years sooner; ex-Vito’s building to be demolished after second fire.

The Rocket’s 21-year archives are now online; ex-Vito’s building burns again; New Year’s fireworks are a partial dud; 1/1 is a win/win for Seattle sports fans.

Molbak’s garden store in Woodinville, no longer part of a new development, will now no longer exist; award-winning Junebaby restaurant closing; state ferries’ boss quitting; what’s left of ‘the left’ in Seattle?

‘Ghosts of Belltown’ group show opens new art space; ‘Jewish Voices for Peace’ mach closes University Bridge; city drug-treatment program already near capacity; could the feds order Starbucks to reopen unionized-then-closed stores?

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.

(Cleaned-up) stuff found in local sewers; cryptocurrency tycoon pleads guilty to allowing money-laundering; petition to keep ‘Dykekiki’ nude beach at Denny Blaine; Harrell wants SLU light rail to be less convenient. 

Thousands of historic Asahel Curtis photos being digitized for the first time; Microsoft hires ousted OpenAI boss; Burien threatens to sue church for hosting an encampment; suit says Amazon drivers work too dangerously fast.

Past, present fans share memories of the doomed U Village Burgermaster; Apple Cup football series lives on; a new city councilmember’s odd rant about a traffic barrier; synagogue gets ‘threatening envelope’ in the mail.

Signs put up everywhere someone died in a car crash in Seattle; KEXP confirms it’s buying a San Francisco-area station; a multi-faith protest calls for a cease-fire; ‘three-story pickleball facility’ proposed for Interbay.

New owner-restorer works to get Nippon Kan Theater re-re-opened; big local law firm moves to smaller offices; Pike and Pine becoming one-way each (with bike lanes); UW fish researchers using ‘environmental DNA.’