Trying to understand the Sea-Tac plane theft/crash; Sub Pop brings fun back to music festivals; sick orca improving; almost 200 stars support saving the Showbox.

More Meinert accusers, now willing to be named; ‘date-rape drug’ seized at Belltown nightclub; will a ‘private’ Spokane speech doom the GOP’s midterm chances?

Pearl Jam’s ‘Home Shows’ raise $11 mill; competing plans to ‘save’ the Showbox emerge; orca-rescue drive continues; an architect defends the stalled downtown streetcar project.

‘Save the Showbox’ drive grows; burning toxic chemicals while they’re still in the ground; GOP politician uses brutal smear tactics (so what’s new?).

Can the Showbox be saved?; what’ll be left of Northgate; Mariners front office reacts to past misconduct allegations; still more David Meinert fallout.

More people break business ties with David Meinert; more towers are planned for the U District; it’s not just “Bohemians” getting priced out of Seattle.

The lastest in anti-Jeff Bezos street art; Rainier Bank bond holders finally get paid; Brandi Carlile starts a women’s music fest in Mexico; what Bastille Day means to me.

Another grand U District church building’s about to go away; a beloved local worker’s taken by ICE agents; is Seattle real estate crash-bound, or is that just wishful thinking?

Amazon’s discontents speak out as head-tax vote nears; coal-port cancellation brings a lawsuit; an outré-book mogul dies.

Connecting the early UK female punks to the Oly riot grrrls; counting every native plant and animal here; what’s certain to happen on May Day.

The problem with having fewer trees in traditionally minority neighborhoods; a new ‘reality’ show features an area bikini barista stand; the SPD gets its first inspector general.

KEXP’s massive donation; more Starbucks Philly fallout; Seattle’s best public crying spots; are Sprint and T-Mobile like old sitcom characters?

A local civil-rights legend passes; an historic nightlife spot’s possibly threatened; a pending victory for BC pipeline opponents; how not to rename a supermarket.

‘People-sized salmon’ disappearing; two widely different local music legends gone; more Richard Sherman details; preparing for the student walkout.

In your big weekend e-mailer: Pix of ’80s local punkdom; another step for KeyArena deal; ‘Sanctuary City’ in action; how do Nazis differ from those who just talk and act like ’em?