Remembering a music legend’s Seattle roots; Machinists vote to end Boeing strike; Bell Canada buys a WA legacy phone/broadband company; oh, and something else is happening today.

UW prof on why crows can ‘hold grudges’ and for how long; ex-SPD chief Diaz sues Mayor Harrell; another death at the for-profit Tacoma ICE jail; Starbucks’ remote-working CEO wants HQ employees back in the office.

Jeff Bezos censors WaPo’s Presidential endorsement; Stranger fires news editor Rich Smith; ‘Boeing is running out of runway’ as strike lingers on; outspoken MAGA racist running for Pierce County sheriff.

The continuing scene of ‘renegade’ EDM parties; machinists’ strike goes on, as Boeing loses $6 billion; dad assaults teen son who outs himself; the WA Democrat who won’t admit to voting for Harris.

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.

Documentary on ex-UW coach Don James; tech mogul insists he didn’t know he’d funded white supremacists; Amazon sued over illegal non-compete employment clauses; Microsoft’s AI boss splits to join OpenAI.

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?

Praise for a rare-book store; more on Boeing’s big layoff plan; more on I-2117’s dangers to WA’s environment; how the housing crisis fuels domestic violence.

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.

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.

New Netflix series totally made in WA; protests against school closures; initiative promoter Brian Heywood’s group accused of campaign-finance violations; Boeing to furlough many non-striking workers.

City Council OKs multiple new ‘stay out’ drug and sex-work zones, plus a feeble substitute for social housing; feds OK Alaska/Hawaiian airline merger; can major public-school closures really be stopped?

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.