Dating-site founder revives local art mag; mayor’s niece claims racial profiling by SPD; MAX crash victims’ kin want Boeing to pay billions; GOP candidate for gov ‘jokes’ about turning Evergreen campus into homeless prison camp.

Stacey Levine’s new novel of sisterly angst and much more; UW prez Cauce to retire; calls for ‘structural gun violence solutions;’ still no Council vote on gig-worker pay rollback bill.

Garfield High School community responds to Thursday’s shooting; astronaut and ‘Earthrise’ photog William Anders dies in San Juans plane crash; WA wildfire season now underway; I’ve got a new project to announce.

Old Tacoma anarchist mag unearthed; City Council delays votes on gig-worker wages, defunding Equitable Development Initiative; Melinda French Gates vows $1 billion to help women and families; T-Mobile buys another rival.

Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei to get a SAM exhibit; 40 years of the Young Fresh Fellows; Pacific Place sold at a big discount; SPD had ‘policy’ to harass anti-police protesters.

Pro-Palestinian camp at UW dismantled; another lawsuit claims racial and gender discrimination at SPD; Burien could kill tiny-house village project it previously OK’d; Seattle hits a population milestone.

Seattle’s first ‘protected intersection’ installed; both ‘other’ Bob Fergusons quit governor’s race; Melinda French Gates quits the foundation she co-founded; former local comics publisher dies.

Book about a sanctioned encampment by someone who lived in it; UW ‘scuffle’ between pro-Gaza protesters, Charlie Kirk followers; Macklemore’s protest-supporting song; an online dashboard of Mayor Harrell’s ‘promises.’

Seattle Rep’s ‘Fat Ham’ inverts Shakespeare tropes; Kraken leave cable for broadcast TV and Amazon streaming; big profits (and security concerns) for Microsoft; Rep. Adam Smith doesn’t like pro-Gaza protesters.

Tessa Hulls graphic novel ‘Feeding Ghosts’ praised as an all-time great; SDOT paints over words on pro-ceasefire street mural; Boeing ‘bleeding cash;’ WA GOP convention delegates ‘not into democracy.’

Stories of young red-state clients of SPL’s ‘Books Unbanned’ program; Auburn police officer’s murder trial starts; more low-income tenants facing eviction; students planning big pro-Palestinian actions around the region today.

New book chronicles Seattle’s street trees; Seattle schools seeking causes for enrollment drops; pro-Palestinian protestors temporarily block highway to Sea-Tac; Fremont Brewing sells out to investor group.

Cherdonna Shinatra’s cabaret show at an auto garage; most library branches to close one day a week; Carnation neighbors vs. Remlinger Farms’ concert plans; is T-Mobile supporting a red-states AGs’ group?

Kids’ TV host ‘Brakeman Bill’ dies; advocates decry city transportation plan and SPD contract proposal; Senate wants Boeing CEO to testify; ‘at least six’ suicide attempts reported at Tacoma ICE jail.

New Microsoft book says AI can be used ‘for good;’ WA ban on high-capacity magazines goes to state Supreme Court; questioning the FAA’s ‘cozy relationship’ with Boeing; the eclipse got eclipsed (here at least).