Centennial of ‘No-No Boy’ novelist John Okada; Microsoft to infuse AI into Windows and other products; ‘could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?;’ heavy rain possible next week.

Mike McCready starts a ‘grunge rock opera’ project; rally seeks justice for Jaahnavi Kandula; Seattle median income tops $100,000; a Seattle techie bemoans his lowly life.

Film ‘Fantasy A Gets a Mattress’ shows struggles of being an artist in Seattle; stats show widening local wage gaps; more reaction to post-police-killing ‘joke;’ feds sue Amazon over ‘deceptive’ Prime subscription practices.

‘Chaos and male fragility’ in ex-Amazonian’s memoir; City Council’s revised war-on-drug bill moves ahead; Lusty Lady sign (what’s left of it) comes down; is or isn’t Seattle an AI industry powerhouse?

Mutual Fish Co. closing after 76 years; judge opts not to totally end SPD consent decree; Wallingford house fire ruled a homicide-suicide case; suit claims UW Medicine lost a patient’s bladder tumor.

Bumbershoot comeback as a Seattle landmark event; Huskies start final Pac-12 season in a rout; Elysian Brewing workers go union; seeking reasons for a fatal Wallingford house fire.

Critics question rollout strategy of Seattle company’s Disney collectible card game; Cal Anderson memorial tree replaced in Oly; WA’s next no-longer-affordable place to live; Tacoma as the next great radical hope.

Cal Anderson’s memorial tree suddenly removed from state capitol campus; wildfire smoke’s coming back here; 22 counties sue DSHS over ‘mental health failures;’ Republicans won’t believe Seattle’s not a burnt-down hellhole.

Developer wants 3rd Ave to be a pedestrian plaza (no buses); Inslee sued over ‘gender affirming care’ law; wildfires shut down two City Light dams; the Seattle connection to a ‘racial’ (and racist) ‘brain collection’ at the Smithsonian.

Blind painter’s touchable works; heat wave drags on at least one more day; UW report exposes ‘use of force’ incidents at Tacoma ICE jail; state claims O’Reilly Auto Parts discriminated against pregnant workers.

The rise of POC-centric arts and crafts fairs; serious heat (and wildfire smoke) arriving; Seattle Muslim leader says he’s unfairly on a secret FBI ‘watchlist;’ Northwest volunteers helping the Maui rescue effort.

NPR explores Seattle’s hip-hop heritage; Rainier Beach anti-violence activists resume their work after last week’s shooting; could the feds want to ‘break up Amazon’?; America’s worst wildfires this year aren’t here (tragically).

AI-written travel books with bot-posted rave reviews; historic Wedgwood tree saved; ‘stabilization workgroup’ proposes several new city taxes (not all of them legally available); right-wingers want to close one WA county’s only library.

Excavating a former Japanese American commercial nursery; AB selling Redhook, other beer brands to a ‘cannabis-lifestyle’ co.; Smith Tower for sale (again); what is and isn’t in MoPOP’s Laika Films exhibit.

UW bails out of a sinking Pac-12 Conference; Seattle’s ‘urban heat island’ grows; Pierce Co. brush fire destroys nine homes, kills two residents; rival online-psychic networks in a legal dispute.