As national politics got tense/glum, local libs (and lib causes) swept the table; the just-completed Boeing strike’s economic impact; Bellingham trans teen assaulted; more remembrances of Quincy Jones.

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.

‘The drear’ comes again to our northern clime; city budget counter-proposal still raids JumpStart housing money; Amazon investing in nuclear power; big earthquake strikes far off the Oregon coast.

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.

SAM’s lobby ‘tree’ installation going away; Auburn tightens anti-homeless law; Boeing, machinists to resume contract talks; conflicting protests mark one year of the Gaza siege.

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?

China Harbor restaurant closing; Amazon wants corporate staff in the office every day; Harrell wants social housing to have to fight for $$ instead of getting its own funding; Wing Luke Museum director resigns.

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.

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.

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.

2018-shot local odyssey film features already-disappeared places; $72 million Boeing judgment reversed; pro-Palestinian protesters’ charges dropped; ‘war against the poor’ policies aren’t new here.

DJ/storyteller on old Chinese music and its listeners; Council ‘compromise’ on youth mental-health funding; Starbucks hires new CEO from Chipotle; SLU trolleys shut down for weeks.

SPD chief Diaz resigns, ex-sheriff Rahr in for now; parents really don’t like threatened school closures; Starbucks’ staffing algorithm leaves stores short-handed; when politicians care only about the rich.

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.

Checking in with a former cable-access legend; second Boeing (or rather Spirit) whistleblower dies; ex-Bothell official arrested for alleged murder; second UW protest encampment shows up.