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.

How to drink (moderately) through a birthday; Councilmember Tanya Woo wants no-protest zones around politicians’ homes; a robotic salad shop’s opening on Capitol Hill; Fall City teen charged with killing five people.

New book collects comics of Japanese American life in Seattle; striking machinists hold big rally; famed local artist Gloria Bornstein dies; is Seattle politics really both too antagonistic AND close-knit?

‘SNL’ takes on Amazon (again); Boeing laying off 10 percent of workers; a newborn orca may be dying; should the state sell or preserve ‘future old growth’ trees?

Scarecrow Video raises enough money to survive for now; Harrell could divert even more JumpStart money; SPD might leave federal oversight soon; UW biochemist co-wins a Nobel Prize.

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.

Local artist’s ‘grunge coloring book;’ big Market/waterfront walkway opens; Boeing machinists’ strike hits three-week mark; community activist arrested in connection to a big drug bust.

Grand Illusion Cinema needs a new home; Sara Nelson says she wants to save Seattle Channel; woman killed in W. Seattle shooting was an ex-doctor and Jan. 6 riot participant; who vandalized Bellevue’s Pride mural?

Celebrating 100 years since the first around-the-world flight ended here; Harrell’s budget may have faulty numbers; the possible (grim) real reason fentanyl ODs are down these days; remembering Kris Kristofferson’s Seattle movie.

New gallery showcases Native arts, traditions; machinists nix Boeing’s ‘final offer;’ SPS puts school closures on hold while state officials call for more funding; right-wingers bash Macklemore speech at pro-Palestinian event.

State using undersea robot to restore eelgrass meadows; Council OKs wimpy ‘alternative’ to social housing ballot measure; Tanya Woo ‘shadowboxes old City Council’ in debate; Climate Pledge Arena settles ‘hidden fees’ lawsuit.

Boeing strikers in for the long haul; Black UPS driver wins $237.6 million discrimination case; downtown PCC to reopen in shrunken form; Microsoft ‘selling AI to fossil-fuel companies’ while boasting of its green-ness.

Boeing Machinists start first strike in 16 years; 650 Microsoft Xbox workers laid off; ‘divest from Israel’ activists disrupt UW Regents meeting; jury says state ‘not negligent’ in CHOP protester’s death on I-5 in 2020.

SPS releases two options to close between 17 and 21 schools; City Council plan for new SODA, SOAP zones moves ahead; ex-Pepsi plant could turn to pickleball; what the CHOP protest zone was (and wasn’t).

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.