Art from the recent past about a possible post-human future; Councilmembers bash police ‘defunding’ as if it had happened; a record number of young homicide victims this year; still more Kamala-mania.

Shepard Fairey’s got a new mural in town; Interbay tiny-home village burns; Harrell spending plan would cut most everything but cops; two WA Congressmembers want an end to for-profit ICE jails.

Commercial ‘Museum of Illusions’ opens; youth-shelter operator announces cutbacks; holes found in two busy roads; Russell Investments ditching ex-WaMu Tower for Rainier Square.

Local editor’s ‘Literature of Japanese American Incarceration;’ stabbings, shooting inside a car being driven on I-5; Congressional candidate fires manager who’d criticized Israel online; ACLU slams conditions at Tacoma’s for-profit ICE jail.

Cafe Racer closing for 5th (and last?) time; Scarecrow Video needs $$ to survive; Boeing CEO tells Congress the company’s getting back on track; ‘grim conditions’ reported at Capitol Hill youth jail.

A cozy nook for music and performance; Harrell cuts back Bicycle Weekends; FAA promises stricter oversight of Boeing; one-third of Seattle households are officially ‘low income.’

Loving profile of a local DJ legend; another vacant Seattle building burns up; layoffs hit Seattle Rep; is downtown real-estate investment near a rebound?

Messages told in U District’s homey ‘Museum of Unity;’ GOP initiatives’ backers don’t want their financial impacts mentioned on ballots; two local theaters talk of merging; Costco reportedly to stop regularly selling books.

50th Pride Month art show; interim SPD chief’s past words about ‘police culture;’ Trading Musician store closes while a rare-book store almost opens; oh, and there was some courtroom news item from NYC.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei to get a SAM exhibit; 40 years of the Young Fresh Fellows; Pacific Place sold at a big discount; SPD had ‘policy’ to harass anti-police protesters.

Pro-Palestinian camp at UW dismantled; another lawsuit claims racial and gender discrimination at SPD; Burien could kill tiny-house village project it previously OK’d; Seattle hits a population milestone.

Seattle’s first ‘protected intersection’ installed; both ‘other’ Bob Fergusons quit governor’s race; Melinda French Gates quits the foundation she co-founded; former local comics publisher dies.

Book about a sanctioned encampment by someone who lived in it; UW ‘scuffle’ between pro-Gaza protesters, Charlie Kirk followers; Macklemore’s protest-supporting song; an online dashboard of Mayor Harrell’s ‘promises.’

Documentary about Seattle’s favorite old beer ads premieres at SIFF; SPD officer censured after racial slur; protest encampment at UW gathers more support; two longtime WA wineries will be locally-owned again.

Tessa Hulls graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ praised as an all-time great; SDOT paints over words on pro-ceasefire street mural; Boeing ‘bleeding cash;’ WA GOP convention delegates ‘not into democracy.’