Seattle Opera’s ‘Jubilee’ celebrates Black spirituals; Boeing accuses Machinists of ‘bad faith’ bargaining; two historic restaurant reopenings; sexual-harassment claims at UW computer science lab.

City Council OKs multiple new ‘stay out’ drug and sex-work zones, plus a feeble substitute for social housing; feds OK Alaska/Hawaiian airline merger; can major public-school closures really be stopped?

Debate for gov not as dramatic as debate for prez (thankfully); Zahilay proposes $1 billion for ‘workforce housing;’ Seattle Indian Health Board cuts ties with SPD; Boeing machinists’ strike more likely.

Dow Constantine’s plan to redo King County’s downtown campus; family of Titan submersible victim seeks $50 million; updated vote totals bring no real changes; beginning of the end for the current City Council?

Japanese co. opens fancy commercial ‘campfield’ in southwest WA; judge halts big grocery merger for now; feds planing a giant solar farm at Hanford; western wildfire season getting worse.

Advocates for preserving Seattle’s ‘hidden beaches;’ mental-health ‘crises’ at low-income housing sites; a feisty neighborhood cinema struggles to survive; we’re an All-America City (remember those?).

Storm stars help make doc about WNBA players’ political crusade; 75 years of (what I still call) Sea-Tac; critics say Amazon’s Climate Pledge isn’t as successful as company says; anonymous letter claims SPD watchdogs ignored complaints about ex-chief Diaz.

Book about a sanctioned encampment by someone who lived in it; UW ‘scuffle’ between pro-Gaza protesters, Charlie Kirk followers; Macklemore’s protest-supporting song; an online dashboard of Mayor Harrell’s ‘promises.’

Remembering Seattle’s first (very short-lived) punk rock club; UW tells protesters it won’t cut Boeing ties; 3rd Ave’s real problem isn’t buses; another FAA investigation starts into Boeing’s safety practices.

John Oliver disses Boeing’s corporate priorities; county deputies asked to not enforce Burien camping ban; skyrocketing costs for salmon-friendly water passages; four years since the first COVID shutdowns.

Black History Month art & music picks; cop who struck Jaahnavi Kandula won’t be charged; Seattle takes back part of Regional Homelessness Authority’s funding; Boeing’s 737 program head resigns.

Fictional Seattles in film, TV, and games; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech short on specifics; labor union supports big grocery merger; Amazon goes on the Dow Jones Industrials.

Shaun Scott book recounts the age-old sports/politics interface; more reaction to acquittals in Manny Ellis’ killing; the complicated truth behind that ‘nightmare tenant’ story; what Boxing Day means to me.

Shaun Scott book tells Seattle history via Seattle sports history; Burien allows a ‘pallet shelter’ after all (with restrictions); Amazon’s got its own AI chat bot ‘for business;’ Broadway’s ex-cinema pharmacy RIP.

Three Thai-born Seattle filmmakers get noticed at Cannes; Bellevue finally has a permanent men’s shelter; Harrell announces revised drug-crackdown bill; the Pee-wee Herman legacy.