Neal Stephenson’s novel ‘Snow Crash’ and its lessons for today; did a ‘Star Wars’ valentine card cost ex-SPD chief Diaz’s job?; cop who ran over Jaahnavi Kandula gets $5,000 fine; feds giving $50 mil toward Cascadia light rail planning.

Remembering Seattle Times music writer Patrick MacDonald (and Kraken co-owner David Bonderman); big grocery-merger plan scrapped amid new lawsuits; an ‘adult cabaret’ (NOT a ‘strip club’) planned for Ballard.

Xmas tree ornaments feed pix to smartphones; two judges nix big grocery-merger plan; Amazon starts selling cars in some US regions; ‘being able to read’ isn’t the same thing as ‘wanting to read books.’

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.

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.

Tariqa Waters’ book of art & etiquette; ballot drop box burns in Vancouver WA; Boeing tries to raise $19 billion; WA’s power grid getting closer to maxing out.

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.

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?

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.

Local author’s novel on national ‘most-challenged books’ list; state suing rent-software co. RealPage; Harrell ordered BLM Garden’s removal; new Starbucks CEO to commute from Calif. via private plane.

KEXP DJ’s book on 101 vital Seattle-connected songs; city neuters Renters Commission; new Starbucks CEO gets to essentially work from home (unlike company staff); Charles R. Cross’s last article.

2018-shot local odyssey film features already-disappeared places; $72 million Boeing judgment reversed; pro-Palestinian protesters’ charges dropped; ‘war against the poor’ policies aren’t new here.

More on the late music journalist Charles R. Cross; affordable-housing operator to sell six buildings; Woodland Park Zoo workers reach new contract; an area school district nears fiscal collapse.

Bill Gates doesn’t like his latest biography; damning testimony about Boeing to the NTSB; Jaahnavi Kandula’s killer challenges his traffic ticket; remembering a longtime local restaurateur.

A memoir by the cousin who grew up with Ted Bundy; city attorney proposes zones for increased drug enforcement; Amazon’s profits up but sales down; Rite Aid’s not through closing Bartell stores.