UW prof on how every version of a song becomes its own work; rain/flood effects continue; SPOG head bashes police accountability agency; King County Council warns of ‘dire’ budget cuts ahead.

Ahamefule J. Oluo stage musical becomes a locally-shot film; feds may recommend offing Snake River dams; workplace issues probed at a major state agency; UW study says AI images often perpetuate race/gender stereotypes.

Shaun Scott book tells Seattle history via Seattle sports history; Burien allows a ‘pallet shelter’ after all (with restrictions); Amazon’s got its own AI chat bot ‘for business;’ Broadway’s ex-cinema pharmacy RIP.

Locally-written drama explores Israeli-Palestinian rift; TV-station owners, streaming services playing fiscal hardball; SPD officer accused of helping drug runners; Alex Pedersen wants to use trees to deter residential development.

Graphic novel on sibling rivalry; no Seattle public schools to close (for now); some dogs missing after dog-daycare center catches fire; is Seattle ‘too boring to be the worst at anything’?

Seattle’s true face as revealed (in Shaun Scott’s new book) thru sports; wind knocks out power to many and sets a barge adrift; ex-King Co. jail guard accused of co-running drug ring; Bezos leaving town for Miami.

Coffee-table mag honors ‘Filipinotown’; Amazon workers talk about ‘pain and exhaustion;’ big business wants a Council that’ll cut everything but cops; can AI really solve all humanity’s problems? (Probably not.)

Local creator’s graphic novel of a Jewish man’s compassion amid WWII internments; Rite Aid bankruptcy could doom more Bartell stores; where transit ridership has and hasn’t returned; toxic algae closes Green Lake.

Megan Rapinoe’s big career finale, and other major local goings-away; the controversy (and limits) of AI-generated prose; Manny Ellis’s family speaks out at trial of officers who killed him.

Longtime Seattle art/music scene figure dies; three City Councilmembers say they’re against any major ‘austerity’ budget cuts; SDOT’s got ideas for climate-change responses in transportation; Seattle’s Hard Rock Cafe still exists (but not for long).

USPS picks local artist for Hispanic Heritage stamp; cop who laughed at Kandula death taken off the streets; FTC suit says Amazon has a ‘secret pricing algorithm;’ judge cites Starbucks for underpaying unionized workers.

Centennial of ‘No-No Boy’ novelist John Okada; Microsoft to infuse AI into Windows and other products; ‘could selling sewage save the Salish Sea?;’ heavy rain possible next week.

‘Chaos and male fragility’ in ex-Amazonian’s memoir; City Council’s revised war-on-drug bill moves ahead; Lusty Lady sign (what’s left of it) comes down; is or isn’t Seattle an AI industry powerhouse?

‘American Junkie’ author/musician Tom Hansen’s cancer death; big T-Mobile layoffs; city tells free-pantry organizer to scale back her operation; wildfire smoke coming back this weekend.

AI-written travel books with bot-posted rave reviews; historic Wedgwood tree saved; ‘stabilization workgroup’ proposes several new city taxes (not all of them legally available); right-wingers want to close one WA county’s only library.