C-ID family home is now a museum exhibit; Tacoma ICE jail’s infamous private operator staying on; local teen violent crime’s way down (despite the media hype); is Brandi Kruse a ‘journalist’ or a lobbyist?

A private ‘Gremlins’ museum; ICE arrests ‘surge’ at Home Depot parking lots, elsewhere; Council wants big add-ons to city budget; Harborview renovation/expansion costs up 70 percent.

Human composting, ghost stories, and other aspects of death in Seattle; feds claim noncitizens are voting in WA (without evidence); two middle schools (and more) could be merged; the local angle on this year’s World Series.

‘Oatmeal’ cartoonist’s Halloween version of Jimothy; Council approves phased-in ban on RV parking; big Belltown data center project still on despite moratorium; what Ballard light rail needs to get built (yep, more $$).

Local filmmaker examines 1967’s alleged Bigfoot footage; why KKK hoods are visible in a downtown window; local corps. give big to MAGA ballroom project; WA can’t legally require foster parents to be supportive to LGBTQ youth.

Ferry crews stage apparent mass ‘sick out;’ protest keeps ICE out of Tacoma strip mall; Dick’s Drive-Ins settles ex-worker’s lawsuit; Metro makes money selling ‘carbon credits’ for its electric buses.

Mayor Wilson with ‘End Times Fascism’ authors; remembering a defiant voice for change; ‘lost’ Homelessness Authority funds were just a ‘ledger error’; Boeing whistleblower claims ‘retaliation.’

Grand Illusion taking over the three-screen Varsity; City Council outlaws grocery ‘algorithmic pricing;’ more layoffs at Microsoft, Expedia; Wilson’s first budget is big on austerity (except for cops).

‘WALKDONTRUN’ art walk marathon returns; ex-Councilmember Dolores Sibonga dies at 95; Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez helps Republicans on a key vote (again); WA Supreme Court nixes a Bryan Heywood initiative.

Ex-local ‘Victorian Lowbrow’ artist ‘Madame Talbot’ RIP; biz leaders want new city public-safety plan; local group wants to reopen Egyptian Theater; one WA town that’s profited from data centers.

Local team’s medical-ed comics for young patients; another, bigger hunger strike at Tacoma ICE jail; light rail timeline to W. Seattle delayed again; oh, and the Seahawks are back.

Three wildfires attack WA’s second city; Councilmembers, Black leaders diss SPD chief Barnes’ ouster; Edmonds church condemns ICE activity on its property; another stupid shooting, in Idaho.

Lori Matsukawa’s new memoir; LGBTQ folks fleeing to WA from TX, other red states; UW stabbing victim remembered as her alleged slayer turns himself in; GOP group wants judge to throw out Legislative district map.

Kim Fu’s novel of ghosts, memories, and rain; ‘nearby gunfire’ disrupts Wilson speech; ‘Magic: the Gathering’ online game creators say they’ve unionized; drive to dissolve Homelessness Authority begins.

Robo-cam sees sunk ships near Gas Works; climbing legend and REI boss Jim Whittaker RIP; ICE abducts asylum seeker after Seattle immigration hearing; Queer Film Festival ‘on hold.’