My suggestion for a Seattle-centric Halloween getup; big-money backed trucking startup Convoy calls it quits; new elementary school project could sacrifice classrooms for parking; dissing the new city drug law as it takes effect.

Amazon shows off its custom electric vans; judge says the state’s gotta pay $4.2 million to Value Village; more Bartells and Rite Aid locations closing; Starbucks sues union organizers over pro-Palestine social media post.

A grownup Halloween pop-up cabaret; Harrell wants to raid JumpStart tax for the city’s general fund; Amazon will use Microsoft cloud software for its own workers; Portland’s Voodoo Doughnuts coming to Seattle.

Local creator’s graphic novel of a Jewish man’s compassion amid WWII internments; Rite Aid bankruptcy could doom more Bartell stores; where transit ridership has and hasn’t returned; toxic algae closes Green Lake.

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

New SIFF sign goes up at ex-Cinerama; Cafe Racer closes for the fourth time; supporters of Israel and of the Palestinians kept apart at simultaneous UW rallies; Homelessness Authority job cuts could leave some, well, homeless.

NYC authors recount the ‘Joy of Costco;’ Instacart hates Seattle’s worker-protection laws; Seattle Schools planning big budget cuts; Kirkland police used ‘irritant’ on protesters.

Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team honored in new documentary; city loses on millions in expired traffic tickets; why a work-from-home activist had to quit Amazon; Seattle Parks Dept. threatens to replace BLM Memorial Garden.

Ex-local actor wears 8th Generation garb on a major magazine cover; grocery mega-merger scheme could go to court; why Alaska snow-crab season was canceled; do you have to be old to be a ‘true Seattleite’?

Megan Rapinoe’s big career finale, and other major local goings-away; the controversy (and limits) of AI-generated prose; Manny Ellis’s family speaks out at trial of officers who killed him.

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.

New ‘Frasier’ has even less to do with Seattle than the old one; state’s car-crash deaths soar; Grubhub settles with city over underpaid sick time; Kaiser Permanente workers may go on strike today.

‘Black Lodge’ DIY music venue reborn; music clubs are learning how to stop fentanyl ODs; Seattle-area housing prices are driving people to leave the state; Mariners’ season ends with one blowout inning.

Metro’s new buses will bear new colors; locals tell Fox News that Seattle’s all right after all; FTC suit could define Amazon’s post-Bezos era; calling out Target on its ‘crime’ excuse for closing two small stores.

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.’