LGBT history noted in Pioneer Square on and Capitol Hill; the ‘tentacles’ of MacKenzie Scott’s charitable giving; a push to make corporate boards less white; 500 days since the first WA (and US) COVID case.

St. Mark’s Cathedral lights up names of people killed by police; most city mass-vaccination sites to close; racism/sexism claims made against Bill Gates’ money-management company head; what Amazon is/isn’t getting by buying MGM.

Seattle’s Black rock (and other music) explosion; local thoughts on a year since George Floyd’s killing; City Council moving to restrict some evictions; DC sues Amazon over ‘anticompetitive practices.’

The Olympic Hotel’s quasi-steampunk new bar; the Java Jive will survive; county, state launch programs to help renters stay housed; did rowdy football fans turn Amazon’s HQ2 search away from Philly?

CHOP anniversary ‘block party’ set for June; still more Gates divorce dirt; Nigerian man accused of 102 fake jobless claims in WA; national study puts SPD near the top for ‘deadly force per arrest.’

A ‘burlesque cabaret co-op’ takes over a Ballard theater space; more allegations about Bill Gates’ past (he denies ’em); a triple-win Seattle sports weekend; ‘the day the pandemic changed in Washington.’

The ‘office of the future’ may have an alone-time tent; we can go maskless now (sometimes), while the whole state reopens on 6/30; more criticism about Durkan’s missing texts and Diaz’s non-disciplinary action.

A local Indigenous writer on Coast Salish songs and the CHOP protests; teens can get the jab now (and should); a proposal to help prevent future mayoral text-message disappearances; a classic, closed downtown hotel and dive bar may get boutique-ified.

Graphic novel depicts three people who fought WWII internment; more Gates divorce news, and why it IS news; Sawant admits a fundraising violation; Boeing’s offshoring a major jet-conversion project to Costa Rica.

Pop-up galleries in the mostly empty Pacific Place; UW report says world COVID deaths are greatly undercounted; 10 months of Mayor Durkan’s text messages have gone missing; when will you believe the pandemic’s over?

Annex Theatre’s double-miracle of survival; who gets the Gates mansion?; the ranch land of the ‘phantom cows’ is up for auction; a pitcher has a career milestone at an Ms’ game (alas, not our pitcher).

A stationary, giant record player honors old Jackson St. jazz greats; the Gateses make Seattle’s second billionaire divorce; getting ready to move ‘back a phase;’ higher-capacity ‘vaccinated sections’ to be allowed at public events.

Ginormous solar-power farms ‘crop up’ in eastern WA; waiting for the ‘Phase 2’ relegation; very different May Day marches with different messages; Boeing wants its workforce to be more ‘pro-diversity’ if not actually more diverse.

Transportation and racial exclusion (a long local history); a ‘superspreader’ infects dozens at an eastern WA Eagles lodge; ‘more than a dozen counties poised to roll back phases;’ Amazon gets even richer.

Seattle cartoonist Shary Flenniken’s finally got a ‘Trots and Bonnie’ comix compilation; first capital-gains tax lawsuit; sewage overflow closes Alki Beach; could local vaccine supply exceed demand?