Neal Stephenson’s novel ‘Snow Crash’ and its lessons for today; did a ‘Star Wars’ valentine card cost ex-SPD chief Diaz’s job?; cop who ran over Jaahnavi Kandula gets $5,000 fine; feds giving $50 mil toward Cascadia light rail planning.

Local artist’s ‘mysterious’ light sculpture; aftermath of grocery-merger collapse; more Green Hill School workers charged with sexual misconduct; ‘suspicious backpack’ briefly causes East Precinct evacuation.

Do the WTO protests have a lesson for today?; Girmay Zahilay confirms run for county exec; Facebook owes WA $24.6 mil over campaign-ad violations; LIHI says banks demand eviction-law concessions.

Map of Seattle’s ‘heritage trees;’ SPD ‘liaison’ accused of fencing stolen goods; Amazon workers set to protest or strike in several countries; yes, Seattle’s shelter beds are full (or close to it) every night.

Last Sears in WA (one of the last anywhere) closing; Lake Union streetcar lives for now; Amazon joins Musk in trying to kill federal Labor Board; the MAGA cult as a study in target marketing.

Sub Pop’s remastered Gits reissues; Seattle school-board head target of recall drive; local minister/homeless advocate accused of owning child-porn; Ferguson keeps fighting abortion-pill restrictions.

Non-Native-made totem poles returning to Steinbrueck Park; fire devastates Camp Long Lodge; Councilmember Saka wants Lake Union Streetcar gone; county exec Constantine decides four terms are enough.

Newly-dedicated Jackson Street Jazz Trail; Amazon told (again) to let workers vote on unions; gov-elect Ferguson on resisting the neo-MAGA regime; what we all can/must do now.

‘Art-filled entryway’ brightens office tower lobby; ex-J&M Cafe building up for auction; remembering a beloved Capitol Hill street cat; more election fallout.

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.

Filmmakers spend years covering Aurora sex workers’ struggles; Harrell’s budget plan raids affordable housing to hire more cops; Afghans top WA’s refugee arrivals; Paul Allen estate pledges $9 million to downtown arts groups.

Bellevue Arts Museum suddenly shut (again); Nordstrom family wants to ‘take company private;’ why the right-wing initiatives are bad for students, bicyclists, and everyone; gamers can also be lovers, or at least fantasize about it (in many varieties).

Fashion statements at the DNC; state lands-commissioner race goes to a recount; dissing the City Council’s ‘glaring lack of civility;’ Boeing Machinists talk tough during contract talks.

(Mostly) retiring DJ Kevin Cole on his roots; DoorDash adds more pressure for city to roll back gig-worker protections; a new pro-pot festival finally finds a site; what is and isn’t ‘good weird.’

Some (wrongly?)  blame Microsoft for global cyber-security crash; Chelan fire grows to 25,000 acres; most Homegrown sandwich shops closing; oh, and something else happened.