Could Portland TrailBlazers move to Seattle?; popular Capitol Hill restaurant suddenly shuts; city B&O tax change goes to voters.

Torchlight Parade shows off the new waterfront; locals react to ‘jail the homeless’ executive order; did Harrell really add lots of ‘new emergency housing’?; Ichiro enters Baseball Hall of Fame.

Protesting Bezos’ mega-expensive wedding; Seattle Pride is ‘fearful but empowered;’ Mt. Rainier’s glaciers are ‘disappearing;’ what protests need to lead to.

Documentary filmmaker killed by alleged-DUI driver; Bezos bans contrary views from WaPo opinions; state, KingCo face brutal budget cuts; Catholic schoolteacher accused of possessing child porn.

‘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.