A new Amazon wrist band warns if you’re not ‘happy’ enough; comparing our age to a cheesy BDSM movie (NOT ‘50 Shades’!); the Storm joins the pro-sports strike; CHOP murder victim’s dad sues for $3 billion.

SIFF cofounder Darryl McDonald dies; Mariners and Sounders postpone games to honor Jacob Blake protests; SPD escalates accusations against local protesters; why is BC faring so much better in the virus battle than Washington?

A vacation going only as far as SeaTac; more window-smashing and police retaliation on and off Capitol Hill; how city’s mediation process helps officers avoid discipline; Mill Creek mayor quits amid controversy.

The real Ivan the Gorilla vs. a new streaming movie version; Durkan vetoes budget bill with 1-percent SPD cut; how hard it is to get a cop ‘decertified’ in WA; Chris Cornell statue is vandalized with white paint.

Senator (and fishstick-family scion) Gorton’s legacy as Seattle’s baseball savior and a sane Republican; Inslee declares a wildfire emergency; a lot of mail-sorting gear’s been removed in the region; the Mariners win a game for once.

More storefront murals (see ’em while you can); a harsh street life is now more visible; viral videos of threats against protesters; COVID antibodies found in the crew of a stricken fishing boat.

Statements in the streets (visible only on your phone); protesters arrested outside police union office; Seattle schools will start two days late; still more Boeing layoffs to come.

Handsome photos from an ugly recent time; more Carmen Best defenders; more peril for a historic Tacoma church; (virtual) school might not start on (real) time.

Temporary ‘Black Lives Matter’ art/slogans adorn a UW statue’s base; a virtual community meeting about SPD gets testy; the same city councilmembers issue differing statements about police chief Best’s departure; a very hot weekend’s coming.

Police chief Carmen Best retires, blames (minor) budget cuts by the City Council; there’ll be no Pac-12 football games this fall; the Seattle Storm as a model for political engagement; Kamala Harris’s VP pick shouldn’t be so novel.

Garth Stein’s graphic novel about a goat-boy on Seattle’s streets; City Council passes minuscule SPD cuts, Chief Best might quit anyway; a touring evangelist and his audience defy mask guidelines; the first use of Amazon-hosted podcasts: ‘don’t diss Amazon’.

Boutique hotel opens at the wrong time; city council votes on modest police cuts and Navigation Team defunding today; ‘community radio’ founder/advocate dies; food banks stocking up for a ‘surge’ in demand.

Tri-Cities composer honors atomic bombings’ 75th anniversary; Cliff Mass goes anti-anti-fascist, loses radio gig; UW researchers’ ‘protein scaffolding’ could help make better vaccines; SPD responds to critics with a new web site.

Early primary-election votes show several progressives leading, Tim Eyman losing; Durkan and Best don’t want any significant SPD cuts; is Microsoft getting too cozy with the White House?; were violent feds sent to Portland just to appear in campaign ads?; Pat O’Day RIP.

Rick Steves is ‘traveling from home’ these days; marchers turned away from Chief Best’s suburban home; City Council’s police restructuring plan gets a lot more modest; Argosy Cruises ends its summer season early.