Remembering actor/local figure Tom Skerritt; undelivered King County ballots found in Dumpster; our restaurant prices are second-highest in US; a Girl Scout makes ‘care packages’ for ex-ICE detainees.

Shabazz Palaces’ intriguing new album; Wilson’s new homelessness plan (still with sweeps); pastor/Legislative candidate’s anti-abortion sermons found on video; state sues to stop ‘warrantless immigration arrests.’

‘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 $$).

Ex-local singer-raconteur Gary Heffern RIP; another Palantir protest in Seattle; RV parking ban up for City Council vote; fake Uber driver tries, fails to abduct woman.

Play about legendary (East) German trans woman; latest ‘No Kings’ rally smaller but more focused; middle-school employee charged with owning child sexual abuse material; big corps. silent on ‘millionaires tax.’

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.

Local ‘content creator’ aims to work at indie restaurants from here to Miami; ICE arrest near north-end elementary school; SAM to revamp, add new spaces; 50 years of ‘Seattle style teriyaki.’

Upcoming Henry Gallery exhibit to explore perceptions of technology; ICE arrests based on driver’s-license info soaring; a fourth progressive could join City Council; out-of-state cash pours into WA Supreme Court races.

Local editor’s book on mixed-race identity, experience; Getty Images to restructure in bankruptcy; Renton basketball coach on leave for allegedly sexting his players’ moms; is Katie Wilson (still) a ‘socialist’?

Under-21 music club memories unearthed; a right-wing video’s lies about a C-ID market; Amazon’s big ‘unrealized gain’ from power contracts; non-Columbus Italian figures worth idolizing.

Spiritualism and seances in early Seattle; Microsoft fights back after H-1B visa program suspension; city attorney’s ‘community court’ successor program; what is ‘Cascadia’ anyway? (Hint: It’s really big.)

Local book imprint with a ‘young, feminine, alone-in-your-bedroom’ vibe; ferry service (mostly) back after Mon. disruptions; WA Supreme Court candidate openly ‘anti tax;’ Walmart plans drone deliveries in the region.

Comedian Joey Clift’s book on Native life and misconceptions; Dem-on-Dem races for Legislature; Amazon vows $1 billion for ‘data center communities;’ why Seattle’s still got data center projects moving forward.

Gillian Gaar’s latest book about Seattle rock back then; what’s near the new light-rail station; unionized UW staffers poised to strike; Seattle lost 18,000 jobs (mostly from downtown offices) in 2024-5.

Singer-songwriter Gary Minkler RIP; cities-ranking list puts Seattle #4 in the world; city-govt. study links Seattle’s tax base to Amazon’s stock price; big Seattle U art donation getting smaller.