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11/27/23: MOURNING IN THE FORECAST
Nov 26th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Local TV legend Steve Pool dies; UW football finishes an imperfectly-perfect regular season; evictions on the rise after pandemic protections end; pro-ceasefire protesters show up at Westlake Xmas-tree ceremony.

11/24/23: LIFE ON ‘TAP’
Nov 23rd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Are taprooms ‘the new coffee houses’?; Sam Altman’s back at OpenAI (so he’s not going to Microsoft); anti-Israel slogans tagged on Mercer Island synagogue’s walls; Pac-12 football’s demise draws near.

11/8/23: RISE OF THE NEAR-RIGHT?
Nov 7th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Business-backed candidates leading City Council races in early returns; protester fights back against extremist provocateur Jonathan Choe; another installation art space closing; two new Pike/Pine nightclubs opening.

11/6/23: ‘DO’ CALL THEM SHIRLEY
Nov 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Ex-Microsoft exec, wife fund SAM’s big Alexander Calder show; early city ballot returns running low; ‘Jewish Voices for Peace’ group shuts down Federal Building; why is Jeff Bezos really splitting town?

11/2/23: GAMING (VS.) THE SYSTEM
Nov 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Creative indie video games rise from the margins of an industry in crisis; PCC’s downtown grocery palace closing after less than two years; ex-We Heart Seattle prez accused of theft in Oregon; Convoy’s ‘tech’ has a buyer, but not the company itself.

10/30/23: DON’T CALL IT ROBBIE (OR ROSIE OR BENDER OR ARTOO OR…)
Oct 29th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Amazon testing a movie-style robot (to do human tasks); KEXP may buy a northern-Calif. station; could Seattle apt. values shrink 30 percent?; man tries to ‘hire a prostitute for his horse.’

10/26/23: GETTING IT ‘TOWN’ ON PAPER
Oct 25th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Coffee-table mag honors ‘Filipinotown’; Amazon workers talk about ‘pain and exhaustion;’ big business wants a Council that’ll cut everything but cops; can AI really solve all humanity’s problems? (Probably not.)

10/25/23: SONGS THE KRAMPUS TAUGHT US
Oct 24th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Our new (old) wintertime icon; state Supreme Court lets police tear-gas ‘rioters;’ Cal Anderson Park’s BLM Garden saved for now; Heart to reunite on New Year’s.

10/24/23: MOTHER OF POP
Oct 23rd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Artist/curator Tariqa Waters wins big SAM award; off-duty pilot tries to sabotage Alaska Air flight; business groups spending big in City Council races; Bainbridge High football players accused of chanting racial epithets.

10/23/23: WHEN STUDENTS DO THE TEACHING
Oct 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Chief Sealth HS students stage walkout to stop sexual harassment; more reactions to shootings here and war abroad; Seahawks, Huskies barely beat teams from AZ; burned-out Vito’s building probably doomed.

10/13/23: ‘REEL’ CHANGE
Oct 12th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

New SIFF sign goes up at ex-Cinerama; Cafe Racer closes for the fourth time; supporters of Israel and of the Palestinians kept apart at simultaneous UW rallies; Homelessness Authority job cuts could leave some, well, homeless.

10/12/23: THAT’S A LOT OF ROTISSERIE CHICKENS
Oct 11th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

NYC authors recount the ‘Joy of Costco;’ Instacart hates Seattle’s worker-protection laws; Seattle Schools planning big budget cuts; Kirkland police used ‘irritant’ on protesters.

9/27/23: SOUTH OF THE BORDER, EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS
Sep 26th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Yakima Hispanic trio’s breakthrough; Harrell budget plan doesn’t address predicted funding crunch; FTC & 17 states sue Amazon for anti-competitive practices; turning crab shells into ‘useful chemicals.’

9/26/23: ‘SIX DAYS’ YOU WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE
Sep 25th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Online game simulates a very-real war zone; Ann Davison wants OK to sweep encampments without promising shelter; 3rd Ave. could get high-rise rezoning; lawsuit cites birth defects among Boeing Everett workers.

9/22/23: FORGOTTEN ‘NO’ MORE
Sep 21st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

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.

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