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?

Boeing strikers in for the long haul; Black UPS driver wins $237.6 million discrimination case; downtown PCC to reopen in shrunken form; Microsoft ‘selling AI to fossil-fuel companies’ while boasting of its green-ness.

Boeing Machinists start first strike in 16 years; 650 Microsoft Xbox workers laid off; ‘divest from Israel’ activists disrupt UW Regents meeting; jury says state ‘not negligent’ in CHOP protester’s death on I-5 in 2020.

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.

Protest after UW grad killed in West Bank protest; Jaahnavi Kandula’s family suing SPD; Boeing machinists to vote on contract offer; cyberattack shuts down an entire suburban school district.

Sonics band documentary (and 60th anniversary concer); state GOP sues King County over primary returns; Seattle Symphony’s getting its first female music director; Seattle ranks #2 in AI developers.

Paul Constant sez WA needs a new flag—and name; Dave Upthegrove survives recount for state lands commissioner; things to see and do near new light-rail stops; Boeing stock price plunges.

Lynnwood Link light rail’s smashing debut; muni-court judge fights back against Ann Davison’s tactics; King County fentanyl ODs down this year; old-ferry towing try scuttled, crew detained by feds.

Aquarium’s big addition now open; Sea-Tac info systems coming back online; police officers’ suit against Kshama Sawant dismissed; Japanese American WWII detainees remembered at Puyallup fairgrounds.

MOHAI exhibit on ‘Almost Live!”s 40th anniversary; hotel workers might strike; engine failure sends 737 back to Seattle; Sue Bird gets her own street while Megan Rapinoe gets a regal send-off.

Exhibit depicts a new ‘Black Renaissance;’ Mariners can Scott Servais, install Dan Wilson; one gubernatorial debate set, another scuttled; and there was a big national political story too.

KEXP DJ’s book on 101 vital Seattle-connected songs; city neuters Renters Commission; new Starbucks CEO gets to essentially work from home (unlike company staff); Charles R. Cross’s last article.

More on the late music journalist Charles R. Cross; affordable-housing operator to sell six buildings; Woodland Park Zoo workers reach new contract; an area school district nears fiscal collapse.

Bill Gates doesn’t like his latest biography; damning testimony about Boeing to the NTSB; Jaahnavi Kandula’s killer challenges his traffic ticket; remembering a longtime local restaurateur.

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?