That local ad jingle you still can’t forget; is bus riding really that dangerous? (a driver says no); addressing built-in bias in school gifted programs; how ‘tree rustlers’ allegedly started a big wildfire.

Tula’s Jazz Club shutters; Intiman Theatre might not be saved after all; more new (weird) Amazon Echo/Alexa products are introduced; can we wish away the “tech bro”?

Two Seattle-connected people (one of whom I’ve known) win MacArthur grants; Felix Hernandez will start his last game; McCormick & Schmicks owner to buy Restaurants Unlimited; climate protesters are ordered to disperse from the state capitol.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal on why impeachment’s time is now; the private ICE jail in Tacoma tries ‘rebranding’; more on how Boeing’s 737 MAX mess likely started from the top down; Microsoft’s original Redmond buildings have been razed.

A big airline’s sudden demise isn’t the worst of Boeing’s problems; a UW report exposes ICE atrocities; automation threatens a whole lot of WA jobs; a Seattle high school cuts history to save STEM.

Techies, teens, and others rally for climate action; anti-Amazon outfit’s non-‘grassroots’; union votes ‘no confidence’ in Seattle school-lunch boss; Bartell Drugs will close one greater-downtown store but open another.

Lime Pod car shares are going away; an SPD officer sues over PCB exposure at a homeless-camp cleanup; FAA chief tests the 737 MAX software fix; Bezos’ pledge to buy lots of electric vans won’t keep many of his workers away from today’s Climate Strike.

Locals make a kung fu comedy film their own way; Sounders FC tries to make nice with anti-fascist fans; a minimum wage for rideshare drivers; Seattle’s hottest new restaurant (OOPS: already closed).

Climate change gets dreadful serious in Alaska; Nick Hanauer links corporate greed to sociopathy; Tim Eyman’s in still more trouble; deadly-force-inquest reform talks may have hit an impasse; a hurt but still-cute owl gets some TLC.

Where a national article on Seattle destinations doesn’t tell folks to go; recalling the first attempted Boeing takeover; a local case of thwarted justice becomes a miniseries; I’m crowdfunding again.

The Seahawks’ new single-game ‘concert’ art; toasting a new school year; some big donors flee Matt Shea; a Burien church’s exhibit on slavery and its legacy.

Did a local black-dance pioneer inspire the Space Needle’s shape?; does SDOT have to buy bigger streetcars?; what killed thousands of bees in Spokane?; are Americans addicted to violence and hate?

The locals behind some powerful political posters; making virtual reality more like reality (i.e., less all-white); a south-end landmark’s sold; memories of Bumbershoots past.

Georgetown Records’ got a southern sister store; Seattle teachers OK a new contract deal; there’s a big lawsuit over big City Light bills; some local Domino’s outlets now ship pizzas by e-bike (only).

Behind the suddenly famous ‘Salmon Cannon’; a dump truck crashes into a Subway shop; the Inslee campaign’s next do-or-die deadline; how should the county spend $318 million for school kids?