State using undersea robot to restore eelgrass meadows; Council OKs wimpy ‘alternative’ to social housing ballot measure; Tanya Woo ‘shadowboxes old City Council’ in debate; Climate Pledge Arena settles ‘hidden fees’ lawsuit.

New Netflix series totally made in WA; protests against school closures; initiative promoter Brian Heywood’s group accused of campaign-finance violations; Boeing to furlough many non-striking workers.

City Council OKs multiple new ‘stay out’ drug and sex-work zones, plus a feeble substitute for social housing; feds OK Alaska/Hawaiian airline merger; can major public-school closures really be stopped?

China Harbor restaurant closing; Amazon wants corporate staff in the office every day; Harrell wants social housing to have to fight for $$ instead of getting its own funding; Wing Luke Museum director resigns.

Boeing strikers in for the long haul; Black UPS driver wins $237.6 million discrimination case; downtown PCC to reopen in shrunken form; Microsoft ‘selling AI to fossil-fuel companies’ while boasting of its green-ness.

Boeing Machinists start first strike in 16 years; 650 Microsoft Xbox workers laid off; ‘divest from Israel’ activists disrupt UW Regents meeting; jury says state ‘not negligent’ in CHOP protester’s death on I-5 in 2020.

SPS releases two options to close between 17 and 21 schools; City Council plan for new SODA, SOAP zones moves ahead; ex-Pepsi plant could turn to pickleball; what the CHOP protest zone was (and wasn’t).

Debate for gov not as dramatic as debate for prez (thankfully); Zahilay proposes $1 billion for ‘workforce housing;’ Seattle Indian Health Board cuts ties with SPD; Boeing machinists’ strike more likely.

Using AI to update a century-old play; is Andrea Suarez a Dem in name only?; Boeing machinists might reject contract offer, go on strike; UW researchers say teen brains got physically worse during COVID.

Protest after UW grad killed in West Bank protest; Jaahnavi Kandula’s family suing SPD; Boeing machinists to vote on contract offer; cyberattack shuts down an entire suburban school district.

Sonics band documentary (and 60th anniversary concer); state GOP sues King County over primary returns; Seattle Symphony’s getting its first female music director; Seattle ranks #2 in AI developers.

Bellevue Arts Museum suddenly shut (again); Nordstrom family wants to ‘take company private;’ why the right-wing initiatives are bad for students, bicyclists, and everyone; gamers can also be lovers, or at least fantasize about it (in many varieties).

Paul Constant sez WA needs a new flag—and name; Dave Upthegrove survives recount for state lands commissioner; things to see and do near new light-rail stops; Boeing stock price plunges.

Lynnwood Link light rail’s smashing debut; muni-court judge fights back against Ann Davison’s tactics; King County fentanyl ODs down this year; old-ferry towing try scuttled, crew detained by feds.

Aquarium’s big addition now open; Sea-Tac info systems coming back online; police officers’ suit against Kshama Sawant dismissed; Japanese American WWII detainees remembered at Puyallup fairgrounds.