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3/17/23: NOT THE ‘TWILIGHT’ OF NW FILM?
Mar 16th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

David Schmader’s big book of WA/OR movies & TV shows; state Supreme Court allows transit ‘fare enforcement’ to continue; Bellevue school board OKs closing two elementary schools; remote work’s still big in Seattle (for some workers, on some days).

3/2/23: THE LURE OF MOISTURE
Mar 1st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Hyping rain as a reason to visit Seattle; Starbucks white-collar staffers diss its labor policies; Seattle’s lost many trees (many of them on city land) in recent years; the death of an infamous woman who lived pseudonymously around here.

2/27/23: THE ‘WNDR’ YEARS
Feb 26th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

For-profit, hi-tech museum to open a Seattle branch; the racist self-outing of ‘Dilbert’s’ creator; Southern women are heading to WA for abortions; King County’s mental-health facilities shrink as its population grows.

2/24/23: DOLL PARTS
Feb 23rd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

American Girl’s two new ‘1999 Seattle’ dolls; Mudede on what (really) makes a vibrant city (hint: it’s not upscale retail); one neighborhood that wants a light-rail station; serious snow could appear in Seattle this weekend.

2/23/23: DON’T CUDDLE THE ART
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Textile and ‘soft art’ exhibits around town; more folks’ downtown revival ideas; Councilmember Dan Strauss will run for re-election; Steinbrueck Park’s totem poles (probably) aren’t going away forever.

2/22/23: ‘BUMMER! SHOOT!’ NO MORE
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Previewing a back-to-basics Bumbershoot festival; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech mostly generalities; strippers organize for steady pay and better conditions; why a CEO wasn’t charged in a domestic-violence case.

2/21/23: AN INDIE ‘CHAIN’ STORE
Feb 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

The simple beauty of ‘soul chains;’ social-housing initiative passes, now what?; federal judge says Starbucks can’t fire union organizers; should Alaska chinook-salmon fishing be banned to save the orcas?

2/16/23: THE TRAGEDY, THEN THE TRAUMA
Feb 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Marking 40 years since the Wah Mee killings (and the sensationalistic, sometimes racist media circus that followed); minor COVID outbreak at a local high school; Medic One’s co-creator dies; is the big homelessness plan really needed?

2/15/23: HEY, I’M WALKIN’ HERE!
Feb 14th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Online map grades Seattle neighborhoods by ‘walkability;’ social housing measure leads in early returns; a big Boeing deal with Air India (which makes an even bigger deal with Airbus); do ‘crumb rubber’ sports fields cause cancer?

2/14/23: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNESTINE
Feb 13th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

A jazz legend and other influential Black Seattleites of the past; down to the wire for social-housing initiative; could tech layoffs being another Seattle slump?; 777 almost crashes in Pacific.

2/9/23: LOG OFF
Feb 8th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

A prominent public art installation’s now half-disappeared; Colorado judge disses Starbucks’ labor policies; bill in Olympia would let strip clubs sell booze; report claims Russell Wilson’s charity gives out less than half its income.

2/6/23: SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF
Feb 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Airing a seldom-heard voice in the homeless crisis (that of an actual homeless person); works by local Black artists you can see (and some you can’t yet); FTC may sue Amazon; another hunger strike at the ICE jail in Tacoma.

2/3/23: ARCHES OF TRIUMPH
Feb 2nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Granddaughter’s picture book celebrates Pacific Science Center architect; Teresa Mosqueda wants to jump from city to county council; Amazon reports a money-losing year; Sounders FC to compete on a global stage.

2/1/23: STRUCTURED THINKING
Jan 31st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Pictures and stories of notable Seattle buildings; local lawyer sues Instagram over users’ drug dealing; judge says Amazon violated labor laws in NYC warehouse elections; federal COVID ‘emergency’ ending.

1/31/23: SOMETHING TO ‘CROW’ ABOUT
Jan 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

CNN digs Scarecrow Video; two socialist bloggers don’t dig Sawant’s new project; Ron DeSantis names local right-winger to Fla. college’s board; a major Cascades glacier completely disappears.

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