‘Bomb cyclone’ wreaks havoc in region; SPS might not close schools after all; city capital-gains tax idea fails in Council; whole marketing companies now exist to ‘influence the influencers.’

The continuing scene of ‘renegade’ EDM parties; machinists’ strike goes on, as Boeing loses $6 billion; dad assaults teen son who outs himself; the WA Democrat who won’t admit to voting for Harris.

History of a once-rundown, now upscaled building; new Boeing CEO may be Seattle-based; City Council may re-ban ‘prostitution loitering;’ some Microsoft online services had connection issues.

Ex-mayor Royer dies; fatal shooting shakes Art Fair weekend; Black youth drill team cut from Seafair parade; evacuations ordered in Eastern WA wildfires.

Two new giant murals near the waterfront; Garfield student fatally shot while ‘trying to break up a fight;’ SPD-beating video goes viral; I’ve got a big to-do this Saturday.

UW bails out of a sinking Pac-12 Conference; Seattle’s ‘urban heat island’ grows; Pierce Co. brush fire destroys nine homes, kills two residents; rival online-psychic networks in a legal dispute.

Museum of Museums closing forever (partly due to faulty plumbing); UW Regents ponder what to do if Pac-12 Conference collapses; City Council approves studying new I-5 lids; my annual defense of the hydroplane races.

A couple of faves at the Seattle Art Show and its satellites; violence strikes at an anti-violence event; Amazon doesn’t want a light rail stop at Westlake & Denny; the real meaning of the Seafair parade.

Last phase of new downtown ferry dock to finally open; can ‘Big-Art Culture’ in Seattle survive without Paul Allen?; guilty plea in 2020 protest killing; south-central WA wildfire now bigger than Seattle.

A Ukrainian-born artist’s animations of solidarity; small town holds Pride event despite heavy right-wing opposition; state tries out combo-treatment ‘hubs’ for addictions; Seattle survives combo Canadians/Swifties onslaught.

Ol’ punk pix on a winery’s walls; honoring Bruce Lee on his death anniversary; Inslee vows to probe oil-biz profits; among many other happenings this weekend, a certain singer’s in town.

Gatherings old (the hydros) and new (‘KEXP 50’); Amazon wants to buy the maker of Roomba vacuums; an early Amazon investor/consultant dies at 82; metro areas across the NW have severe housing shortages.

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.

Charles Johnson co-creates an Afro-Futurist-Buddhist graphic novel; Teatro ZinZanni’s post-COVID, post-Woodinville comeback; wildfire forces evacuations near Soap Lake; a pro-choice state constitutional amendment isn’t likely.

Rejected, more elaborate ’62 World’s Fair plans; another big encampment sweep’s pending; Ballard High student wins $3 million settlement in sexual-abuse case; Starbucks union drives seen as models for other workers.