Seattle/Eastside light rail to finally open (on same day as another big ‘No Kings’ protest); city appeals CHOP shooting verdict; Amazon wants drivers to ‘say why they love their job.’

NBA says Sonics coming back (in two years, maybe); developers, politicians talk of ‘rolling back’ MHA rules; REI workers urge anniversary-sale boycott; county assessor charged with violating protection order.

Local ‘meme artist’ pranks future historians; feds take aim at WA home-ownership program; César Chavez’s name taken off a local park; waiting for the Sonics comeback vote.

Ancient Native ‘forest gardens’ in BC; Kraken owners make moves to bid on new Sonics franchise; WA sues USDA over ‘unlawful demands;’ why a local cement plant burns a million tires a year (and wants to burn more).

UW Quad cherry blossoms lit up one night only; will ICE agents show up to take TSA duties at Sea-Tac?; Zags, UW women, Seattle U ousted from b-ball tourneys; CBS Radio abruptly killed at age 99.

Cancer patient/counselor’s sidewalk ‘pep talk library;’ Dick’s Drive Ins workers’ class-action suit; Metro driver in ‘medical crisis’ crashes into seven vehicles; reconsidering Cesar Chavez.

Indigenous historian is a local Women’s History Month icon; SW WA extremist Joe Kent quits MAGA regime; Sound Transit hopes to trim rail-construction budgets; City Light faces possible future power shortages.

New film based (sort-of) on a true Seattle story; Spokane pastor’s Islamophobic preaching on tour; Wilson pauses city use of AI tech; greater downtown’s now got over 100,000 residents.

Bruce Lee ‘forever stamp’ launching; Wilson’s ‘State of the City’ focuses on affordability, safety; debunking conservative claims against ‘millionaire tax;’ we could use someone like Jesse Jackson these days.

Architect’s 3D-printed models of WA ferries; Amazon nixes Ring/Flock ‘surveillance tech’ deal; feds joining case of assault charges against a transgender high-school athlete; Harborview patient trashes ER room, almost causing explosion.

New play on Bruce Lee’s early years; Zahilay bans ICE from some King Co. property; review cites SPD’s ‘multiple failures’ at May anti-LGBTQ rally; Federal Way ousts council president who supported anti-ICE protests.

A million 12s (maybe) crowd the streets; we’re also one of the top protesting cities; is ‘millionaire tax’ bill being watered down to death?; ‘Cobain was murdered’ theory shows up again (sigh).

More afterglow from Seahawks’ Super Bowl win; bankrupt Eddie Bauer closing Seattle HQ; ‘millionaire tax’ passes first hurdle in Olympia; King County sues to stop ‘conditions’ attached to federal funding.

Family recalls a Seahawks superfan on eve of Super Bowl; Amazon’s stock drops from news of big AI spending; Boeing moving 787 engineers from here to S. Carolina; CHOP shooting survivor sues city.

Wilson takes very narrow lead for mayor in late ballots; Ferguson says SNAP funds ‘good to go’ in WA; unearthed emails claim FBI tried to infiltrate CHOP in 2020; something else Canada does better than us.