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.

Ex-Bumbershoot producer calls it quits; only minor ‘altercations’ from evangelical ‘pro-Israel’ rally at UW; GOP operative gets two other ‘Bob Fergusons’ to run for governor; the meaning of the northern lights.

Rat City Roller Derby turns 20; more impacts of Tuesday’s UW protest scuffle; Seattle School District may close up to 20 elementary schools; should a disgraced former abusive priest get to keep his Ph.D.?

Big arts space coming to a former big-box store; Comprehensive Plan had great ideas before Harrell neutered it; whistleblower says Boeing should ground all 787s; learning (for a fee) how to make awful AI e-books.

100 years since the first round-the-world flight; why LA-made Rainier Beer’s missing from local bars; more background about the cop who killed Jaahnavi Kandula; data centers and electric cars straining the NW power grid.

Local conceptual artist’s documentations of futility; Ezell’s Famous Chicken marks 40 years (without Ezell); Chateau Ste. Michelle plans big developments (but no more winemaking on site); could end of ‘lewd conduct’ rules help strippers?

Auburn company’s historic role in donut making; the ‘former guy’ stays on WA Presidential ballot for now; winter mayhem continues to our north and south; light-rail maintenance disruption proves even more disruptive.

Some new Windows PCs will have AI access on the keyboard; housing prices keep soaring; UW to redevelop southwest campus for research and biotech; Google AI’s running three Seattle street lights in a test program.

The Ins & Outs for the coming year of imperative action (and, we hope, some fun along the way).

City removes BLM Garden at Cal Anderson Park; delivery co. leaves Seattle rather than heed new labor laws; AI data centers use a helluva lotta water for cooling; the state won’t get new ferry boats for a long time.

‘Ghosts of Belltown’ group show opens new art space; ‘Jewish Voices for Peace’ mach closes University Bridge; city drug-treatment program already near capacity; could the feds order Starbucks to reopen unionized-then-closed stores?

Local Jews hold Hanukkah rally for a Gaza ceasefire; some of the new year’s new laws; Boeing may get its first female CEO (just not yet); SCOTUS upholds WA ban on anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy.’

Are taprooms ‘the new coffee houses’?; Sam Altman’s back at OpenAI (so he’s not going to Microsoft); anti-Israel slogans tagged on Mercer Island synagogue’s walls; Pac-12 football’s demise draws near.

Ex-Microsoft exec, wife fund SAM’s big Alexander Calder show; early city ballot returns running low; ‘Jewish Voices for Peace’ group shuts down Federal Building; why is Jeff Bezos really splitting town?

My suggestion for a Seattle-centric Halloween getup; big-money backed trucking startup Convoy calls it quits; new elementary school project could sacrifice classrooms for parking; dissing the new city drug law as it takes effect.