Seattle cartoonist Shary Flenniken’s finally got a ‘Trots and Bonnie’ comix compilation; first capital-gains tax lawsuit; sewage overflow closes Alki Beach; could local vaccine supply exceed demand?

UW geographers combat ‘deepfake’ satellite imagery; county exec Constantine’s got a challenger ‘from the left;’ local vaccine slots go wide open; the incredible shrinking salmon (not just total runs but individual fish).

City asks artists and others to ponder their communities’ future; remembering one year of COVID in WA (and in the US); state makes a new vaccine distribution plan; man arrested at DC riot had tried to join Seattle protest groups, but was suspected of being a right-wing infiltrator.

A singularly 2020-appropriate Halloween suggestion; Amazon surges while Starbucks struggles; Redfin’s accused of redlining; West Seattle’s got another broken bridge.

Another brutal police riot breaks out on Capitol Hill, as police/feds escalate their riots in Portland; WA passes 1,500 COVID deaths; more folks are getting priced out of Seattle; a report finds systemic racism in local restaurant biz.

Designer face-masking past and present; the tactically serious ‘high quirk’ of Portland protesters; most local schools will still be online this fall; Constantine wants to close the downtown county jail (eventually).

Gov. Inslee’s set to close all restaurants/bars, further limit public meetings; Tim Eyman makes a horse’s ass of himself again; Ride the Ducks gone is for good; the lighter side of not touching your face.

Photos of the Viaduct’s last days; we’ve got the first US case of Wuhan coronavirus; did the Saudi crown prince hack Jeff Bezos’ cell phone?; a gas thief starts a big leak from a city-owned gas tank into Longfellow Creek.

Local May Day events stayed on-message (sorry, news media); the yearly SIFF onslaught approaches; more hate-talk from Matt Shea; is this any way to teach science?

One more day of cold sunshine before snow returns; Howard Schultz’s questionable investments; MLB dismisses racism claims against the Mariners; Mayor Durkan reveals secret cancer surgery.

20 years of the local online encyclopedia HistoryLink; where in the world is Seattle’s HR director?; Amazon won’t move into Rainier Square North (at least not right away); yes, the polar vortex is due to climate change.

How to save rare birds who nest in lucrative trees; Inslee & Howard Schultz as a new ‘Odd Couple’; the sports concept nobody liked is coming back.

Brighten your winter day with cargo-container art; a (too simple?) solution to Hanford waste; City Council candidate doesn’t officially live in town.

Amazon admits what we’ve known about dual HQ2s; is Seattle’s loss also NY & VA’s loss?; big Starbucks layoffs; City Council approves Seattle Police labor contract.

Drag protesters at Amazon’s shareholder meeting; Durkan’s big new shelter plan; LCD license plates and their discontents; harassment claims against ex-UW track coach.