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.

Retail chains’ shrinkage doesn’t stop shopping-season openers; SAM guards on strike; ex-local band finds its name falsely place on AI-generated music; Sounders edged out of MLS Cup playoffs.

98-year-old Black sculptor’s major show at SAM (whose guards may go on strike); Amazon workers in 20 countries to stage labor actions; ‘the Battle in Seattle’ at 25; suit over Sea-Tac pollution to proceed.

Fun stuff at State History Museum in T-Town; some folk still powerless after last week’s storms; Office of Police Accountability director resigns; Seattle Schools closing plans, first reduced, now ‘put on hold.’

‘Bomb cyclone’ wreaks havoc in region; SPS might not close schools after all; city capital-gains tax idea fails in Council; whole marketing companies now exist to ‘influence the influencers.’

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.

Century Ballroom closing sometime in ’25; Anheuser-Busch closing Elysian’s Georgetown brewery; Harrell announces expanded downtown ‘activation teams;’ Seattle Storm coaches accused of ‘player mistreatment.’

Performance-art piece explores Native family history; more post-election ‘horror and heartbreak;’ UW president’s house and car tagged with pro-Hamas slogans; announcer Dave Sims flees Mariners for Yankees.

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.

Reminders of a funkier pre-tech Seattle; pre-election-day polls show a solid blue wave here; Inslee OKs 24-mile-long wind farm near Tri-Cities; Boeing CEO’s ultimatum to striking Machinists ahead of contract vote.

Art exhibit spoofs a certain retail legend; Boeing Machinists to vote on another contract offer; Amazon Web Services is now the company’s chief profit center; Seahawk games could use more ’12s’ and fewer tourists.

UW prof on why crows can ‘hold grudges’ and for how long; ex-SPD chief Diaz sues Mayor Harrell; another death at the for-profit Tacoma ICE jail; Starbucks’ remote-working CEO wants HQ employees back in the office.

WA’s ‘strangest gravesite;’ Seattle Schools picks four elementary schools to close; why Boeing machinists are still striking; Fall City teen charged with shooting his family.

New York mag’s doting profile of Christopher Rufo; SAM security staff prepare to strike; Bellevue OKs affordable housing on church properties; Harrell wants to ‘repeal blast-ball ban for protests.’

Remembering a beloved local sportscaster (and a ‘hyperlocal’ news blogger); Boeing machinists to vote on a new contract proposal; Andrea Suarez ads ‘appear to darken’ opponent Shaun Scott’s skin color to make him seem menacing.