Abstract videos of the immigrant experience; Council passes one-year ban on new data centers; city, county vow closer watch on Homelessness Authority; Seattle film exhibitor Tasveer gets its own panel at Cannes Film Festival.

Native-made ‘welcome’ sculpture in Pioneer Square; Ferguson warns state agencies of ‘budget shortfalls;’ remembering the man behind the funny Rainier Beer ads; our 40th anniversary soiree’s tonight!

Projecting ‘TAX THE RICH’ on Zuckerberg’s yacht; Amazon hits $1 on Fortune 500; gay SPD officers sue city over discrimination; county’s ‘supportive permanent housing’ funds at risk of federal cuts.

Local author follows an ‘indicator species;’ City Council gives Wilson two months to decide Homelessness Authority’s fate; Ferguson won’t suspend cap-and-trade to cut gas prices; longtime Seattle Opera boss RIP.

Big galleries plan Seattle Art Fair rival; ‘trans refugee’ advocates march for city support; Social Housing Developer buys 150-unit building; Wild Waves water park’s final season has started.

UW architecture students document what Seattle lost to I-5; Israel abducts WA men in Gaza aid flotilla; some Kitsap ‘non-emergency’ help calls will go to AI; Longview school admin accused of covering up student abuse.

Documentary exposes 1937 murder case and its eerie twist; WA wins court case against US tariffs; Wilson asks city depts. to prepare for big budget cuts; region has more home sellers these days, but fewer buyers.

One of Seattle’s lesser known ‘liminal spaces;’ local politicians, protesters denounce White House war threats; unauthorized ‘Dragon Land’ art installations removed; UW lit class goes (almost) all ‘analog.’

Photog Bootsy Holler’s views of Seattle music in ‘pre-digital’ era; Ferguson signs ‘millionaires tax,’ lawsuits already forming; Amazon plans ‘massive computing campus’ on the Columbia.

NBA says Sonics coming back (in two years, maybe); developers, politicians talk of ‘rolling back’ MHA rules; REI workers urge anniversary-sale boycott; county assessor charged with violating protection order.

Local ‘meme artist’ pranks future historians; feds take aim at WA home-ownership program; César Chavez’s name taken off a local park; waiting for the Sonics comeback vote.

Non-‘mystical’ 20th century NW art at SAM; Wilson pauses new police CCTV cams (but keeps current ones on); backlash against light-rail expansion cutbacks; ICE detains asylum seekers on questionable grounds.

Another destructive windstorm; Legislature ends as ‘millionaires tax’ challenges start; Wilson changes mind, picks different new City Light boss; a couple of grim anniversaries this weekend.

Tacoma Art Museum retrospective of a ‘trailblazing Black American painter;’ DOL’s ‘Spanish’ phone option really speaks English (with an accent); teen shoots up a pizza place; Wilson asks city departments to find potential budget cuts.

Site-specific installations at a soon-to-be-razed home; Seahawks for sale after all; GOP procedural trick dooms many Legislature bills for this year; buying a home inside a video game (what could be more fun?).