South Park’s new pavement art; why our local taxes are so un-progressive; Sawant wants to revive the ‘head tax;’ a major NW art-scene figure dies.

One of Seattle’s (and the world’s) most prominent people passes. Also: KeyArena razing starts; more deliberate far-right violence; dams vs. orcas.

Wannabe Seattle NHL team owners show off their planned practice rink complex; ‘Lid I-5’ folks show show off their proposals to ‘reclaim’ downtown lands; Susan Hutchison shows she’s a dittohead.

Mr. ‘Claymation’ dies; who cares about the NBA anymore?; Viaduct razing will be fast and loud; recalling the ‘Infamous Kitsap Ferry Riot’.

Saving Beacon Hill’s Garden House; men talk about #MeToo; eviction horror stories; can the tech biz solve our region’s tech-biz-created problems?

The grandest Battery Street Tunnel idea yet; what Kim Schrier really said about WWII; a legal victory for the mentally ill; Third Avenue now bus-only; the Storm’s terrific season.

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.

The right-wing orchestrators of attacks on left-wing ‘thought police’; remembering Hiroshima (still); no big primary-election surprises; homelessness task force folds without doing much.

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.

#MeToo allegations against a top local “hip capitalist”; a US House candidate dares call it treason; can business leaders solve homelessness?

Seattle’s First Lady of tattoos; Boeing’s new offshore R&D team; origins of the Seattle Dog; another call for Dems to be not too radical.

More reaction against ICE child-taking; a personal collection of slavery artifacts; bringing the (beautiful) sea lamprey back to local waters.

Anti-head-tax campaign begins with big funding; kayakers vs. pipeline redux; Susan Hutchison redux; Seattle’s not immune to hate-talk after all.

In our big weekend missive: ‘Gender-fluid’ teen’s prom experience makes the NYT; 38 years since St. Helens; ‘two two-minute statements’ explaining the housing crisis; scads of event listings.

The #Enough protests show what’s right with Those Kids Today; the Amazon angle to the Toys “R” Us demise; still more Alexie reactions; how Seattle’s Capitol Hill ‘gayborhood’ grew and shrank.