Cafe Nordo concept to be revived, expanded; what America pre-JFK-shooting was really like; states block feds from killing some funding programs; UW study set AI contributes to racially-biased hiring decisions.

Wilson crosses the line for mayoral win; Wilson’s family link to two classic Hollywood dramas; WA Dems (except one) oppose compromise to end govt. shutdown; Starbucks strike deadline’s today.

Susan Silver on steering Soundgarden’s success; local sports legend Lenny Wilkens dies; Katie Wilson could take the lead for mayor in today’s ballot drop; MAGA regime shows it really hates the hungry.

Doc ‘WTO/99’ depicts an older (lost?) Seattle; SNAP benefits still ‘in limbo;’ Harrell’s lead slightly widens in Wednesday ballot drop; Barnes & Noble returning to downtown next year.

Ethnic advocates’ Dia de Los Muertos displays; Judge orders SNAP benefits resumed, as locals work to help cutoff victims; security guard arrested in Pio. Square shooting; venerable restaurant gets scathing review.

Potential next-gen aircraft shown off; local help for SNAP cutoff victims; Crocodile says it’s not closing its smaller performance rooms (yet); Microsoft Azure cloud outage screws with Alaska Airlines’ systems (again).

Crocodile closing two of its three performance spaces; WA, 25 other states sue over SNAP funding halt; Amazon announces 14,000 layoffs, while the state has a ‘growing backlog’ of pending unemployment claims.

Art/music/comix promoter Larry Reid profiled; fewer people are dying on Seattle’s streets; Amazon to lay off up to 30,000 workers; what DOES horror mean in a world of cruelty and terror as gov’t policy?

Charles Burns’ graphic novel ‘Black Hole’ coming to Netflix; feds post, remove ICE promo vid with possible far-right ‘dog whistle;’ dog-daycare closes after ‘cruelty’ charge; big weekend storm’s big damage.

Retrospective doc about 1999 WTO protests reaps award nomination; county assessor Wilson won’t run again; mixed fiscal news in first ‘WA Music Census;’ Amazon suspends employee who dissed company’s ties to Israel.

Mariners-owned TV channel closes; Rendezvous buyers make themselves known; Harrell claims most of Seattle’s unhoused people aren’t from here; Portland isn’t ‘war-torn,’ doesn’t want federal troops on its streets.

‘Cascade PBS News,’ née Crosscut, axed; what ‘fewer tech jobs’ may mean to Seattle;’ exUW prof who founded black-history website dies; Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback won’t be on Sinclair-owned KOMO.

Seattle Symphony’s first female music director; Katie Wilson calls herself a ‘socialist’ (but not a purist ideologue); downtown foot traffic, hotel biz set high marks; Mariners, Cal Raleigh reach milestones.

Songstress Julie Cascioppo’s new memoir; WA says it won’t feed private voter info to feds; why so many people hate expanding SPD’s surveillance-cam network; an ex-Microsoft exec’s in Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘birthday book.’

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.