Art/fashion exhibit celebrates South End diversity; Kristi Noem visits Portland ICE facility; Metro wants to spend $115 mil on safety improvements; Ms’ playoff game rain-delayed.

Memorial Stadium’s demolition; troops going to Portland despite court order against it; AI can help make ‘killer toxins that evade controls;’ Mariners playoff progress report.

‘Cascade PBS News,’ née Crosscut, axed; what ‘fewer tech jobs’ may mean to Seattle;’ exUW prof who founded black-history website dies; Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback won’t be on Sinclair-owned KOMO.

Sock puppets mime to Council meetings in videos; feds used WA DOL data to track down undocumented residents; Microsoft asked FBI to spy on pro-Gaza employees; can kazoos drown out homophobic preacher?

‘Hot Rat Summer’ mural at Cal Anderson Park covered up, then restored; PSE asks customers to use less electricity; King County reaffirms ‘sanctuary’ status; WA, other states sue over FEMA disaster-funding cuts.

‘Fat Mall’ popup shop; why progressive experts say protesting isn’t futile; state workers march on Capitol grounds against layoff threats; my new book’s first (rave) review!

Pacific Science Center deteriorating, in debt; Council approves Sodo ‘Makers District;’ state budget projections get even worse; Cantwell files bill to end a legal excuse for deportations.

Remembering a popular Sonics legend; UW, WSU face anti-DEI attacks from the feds; more Seattle households going car-free; Mayor Harrell’s niece alleges sexism in City Hall.

Startup with local ties offers on-screen cartoon ‘companions;’ it’s ‘Economic Blackout Day;’ Ferguson promotes $7 billion in cuts, promises more; does Harrell really (heart) Musk & Thiel, or was he joking?

Artist Buster Simpson’s retrospective show; first Legislative cutoff deadline; small earthquakes hit WA and BC; no, the feds can’t ship NW water to CA.

Two Iranian American women’s provocative works; Ukrainian Americans ‘plan to protest;’ Reykdal asks WA schools to keep DEI programs; Amazon MGM takes full control of 007 film franchise.

Layne Staley’s journals coming in book form; rally compares MAGA tactics to WWII imprisonments; more fallout from Harrell’s Sonics-comeback ‘joke;’ Elijah Lewis’ killer found guilty of murder.

Remembering local Black photog Al Smith; Ferguson, other WA officials denounce MAGA 2.0 tactics, while Fred Hutch obediently kills DEI programs; city workers sue over error-prone new payroll system.

The more robust social-housing funding measure leads in early votes; Sen. Murray (and fed workers) denounce Musk coup drive; council OKs return of harsh crowd-control tactics; Microsoft researchers say AI could make folks dumber.

Local artist’s popular miniature tableau photos; immigrants, advocates march in Oly; Teamsters/Costco strike deadline nears; bad takes on the DC air disaster.