Remembering cartoonist Michael Dougan; Xbox ‘sleep’ mode and absurd conspiracy theorists; Sawant attacks caste-based discrimination against some South Asians in Seattle; activist running for Sawant’s seat.

Kshama Sawant to depart from City Council to start a national leftist org; ‘wealth tax’ proposed again in Legislature; MS hosted a private Sting concert in Davos before announcing big layoffs; bankrupt Regal Cinemas chain closing its downtown Seattle 16-plex.

Video games, fandom, etc. described as building identity and community; extreme-weather aftermath continues; WA greenhouse-gas emissions reach a 12-year high; new King County office to promote ‘the creative economy.’

‘Running While Black’ author’s new KCTS series; court again rejects SPD officers’ suit against Sawant; Amazon to keep selling antisemitic video; does the state really need an ‘organized retail theft task force’?

The late Octavia Butler’s sci-fi visions enthrall new generations; City Council passes budget (barely); King County sues DSHS over ‘leaving defendants with mental illness in jail;’ the tiny WA bank tied up in a crypto firm’s crash.

New book by a ‘poet and former cage fighter;’ city budget plan has three City Council dissenters; Willows Inn closes after sexual-harassment claims; ‘millions in unpaid tickets’ remain from West Seattle Bridge-related traffic violations.

Still more local Halloween hijinx; Dems pour big $ into Murray re-election drive; Inslee plans more pro-choice proposals for the next Legislature; federal agents spied on 2020 Portland protesters.

Local artist depicts ‘self expression/identity;’ Sen. Murray goes where Tiffany Smiley fears to tread (Capitol Hill); what Amazon may want in the health-care biz; ‘Seattle Times’ shrinkage watch.

Seafair Torchlight Parade’s reassuring (if smaller) return; state AG Ferguson, Seattle Pacific U trade barbs; what Jon Talton gets wrong about Starbucks (and Seattle); Bill Russell RIP.

Artist Romare Bearden’s conservative modernism; all the heat (and heat clichés) you can stand; City Council passes ‘abortion sanctuary’ bill; Beacon Hill to get a French language K-8 school.

G. Willow Wilson reinvents an oft-reinvented comics character; have folks stopped worying about COVID?; HS student arrested for holding a ‘realistic’ BB gun; the drive to save an apt. building with a Bruce Lee connection.

Amazon Labor Union’s head as a style icon?; Councilmember Tammy Morales and others share their abortion stories; Cleveland High students walk out to protest principal’s firing; a ‘Star Trek’ lesson about modern politics.

New doc profiles a ‘tree poacher’ accused of starting a wildfire; cruise ship shows up in town with dozens of COVID cases; a trash transfer station’s too full; can ‘Roe’ be saved, and if so how?

How KEXP pivoted to a wider range of music (and DJs); developers’ coalition opposes ‘social housing’ initiative; Amazon’s stock price plunges; last year’s heat wave turned some evergreen trees red.

Martyr Sauce gallery’s current POC pop-art focus; COVID cases keep creeping back up; why the far right fears math books; latest threat to orcas: inbreeding.