Tammy Morales quits City Council; legal-aid lawyer runs for city attorney; Teamsters file union-bashing charges against Costco; HomeStreet Bank merger’s off.

National praise for ‘Seattle Special’ apartment and condo projects; court OKs ICE deportation flights from Boeing Field; Inslee freezes state spending; Seattle’s first Voodoo Doughnuts shop to finally open.

Do the WTO protests have a lesson for today?; Girmay Zahilay confirms run for county exec; Facebook owes WA $24.6 mil over campaign-ad violations; LIHI says banks demand eviction-law concessions.

Retail chains’ shrinkage doesn’t stop shopping-season openers; SAM guards on strike; ex-local band finds its name falsely place on AI-generated music; Sounders edged out of MLS Cup playoffs.

98-year-old Black sculptor’s major show at SAM (whose guards may go on strike); Amazon workers in 20 countries to stage labor actions; ‘the Battle in Seattle’ at 25; suit over Sea-Tac pollution to proceed.

Map of Seattle’s ‘heritage trees;’ SPD ‘liaison’ accused of fencing stolen goods; Amazon workers set to protest or strike in several countries; yes, Seattle’s shelter beds are full (or close to it) every night.

Network-news tribute to ‘Seattle teriyaki;’ no Seattle schools will close after all; Paramount Theater operators buy Cornish’s Kerry Hall; Ferguson making plans to ‘combat Project 2025.’

Charles Burns’ career-encompassing graphic novel; more storm fixup/cleanup as a new storm looms; City Council OKs JumpStart-diverting budget; Dave Ross leaving KIRO radio after 46 years.

Icelandic artist family (one of whom you may know) creates scented fake flowers; cyclone recovery proceeds as new storm awaits; Microsoft’s cheap PC substitute for businesses; Dan Savage revisits his ‘Urban Archipelago’ concept.

Last Sears in WA (one of the last anywhere) closing; Lake Union streetcar lives for now; Amazon joins Musk in trying to kill federal Labor Board; the MAGA cult as a study in target marketing.

Century Ballroom closing sometime in ’25; Anheuser-Busch closing Elysian’s Georgetown brewery; Harrell announces expanded downtown ‘activation teams;’ Seattle Storm coaches accused of ‘player mistreatment.’

Performance-art piece explores Native family history; more post-election ‘horror and heartbreak;’ UW president’s house and car tagged with pro-Hamas slogans; announcer Dave Sims flees Mariners for Yankees.

Sub Pop’s remastered Gits reissues; Seattle school-board head target of recall drive; local minister/homeless advocate accused of owning child-porn; Ferguson keeps fighting abortion-pill restrictions.

Non-Native-made totem poles returning to Steinbrueck Park; fire devastates Camp Long Lodge; Councilmember Saka wants Lake Union Streetcar gone; county exec Constantine decides four terms are enough.

First post-election protest march; advice on living in these times; ex-SPD chief of staff quits amid allegations of lying to investigators; Cathy Moore proposes city capital-gains tax.