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A Tacoma-based ‘Muslim Khmer’ artist’s provocative installations; ‘SNL’ makes a spoof Alaska Airlines ad; Sens. Murray & Cantwell describe a horrific post-‘Roe’ landscape; a beloved Seattle music-scene figure dies.
K-Pop merch chain comes to town; Boeing names more production safeguards amid a second lawsuit; cold snap’s widespread damage to pipes and playfields; 50 African refugees refuse to return to Tukwila church tent encampment.
Some new Windows PCs will have AI access on the keyboard; housing prices keep soaring; UW to redevelop southwest campus for research and biotech; Google AI’s running three Seattle street lights in a test program.
Dudes ‘land’ a dangerous 1/1 stunt; Burien sued over anti-homeless laws; antivax crusader running for state attorney general; remembering the ‘Queen of Soaps.’
The Rocket’s 21-year archives are now online; ex-Vito’s building burns again; New Year’s fireworks are a partial dud; 1/1 is a win/win for Seattle sports fans.
Local sociologist says AI’s just an extension of human nature; five conservative state initiatives’ signatures are sent in; Starbucks, Amazon unions ‘are in limbo;’ fewer Seattle residents than (almost) ever are from here.
Local young geneticist turned shoegaze singer; a big (non-musical) ‘metal shredder’ proposed for Bellingham; more threats against synagogues; Biden admin vows to preserve old-growth forests here and elsewhere.
Molbak’s garden store in Woodinville, no longer part of a new development, will now no longer exist; award-winning Junebaby restaurant closing; state ferries’ boss quitting; what’s left of ‘the left’ in Seattle?
Film, memories, and the ex-Cinerama’s reopening; Inslee’s big budget proposal includes $$ for opioid treatment and encampment sweeps; Boeing wants workers back in the office; Microsoft says bots can get past those ‘prove you’re human’ tests.
HBO doc on the theft of a historic bonsai tree in Federal Way; Sound Transit CEO quits after 16 months; Tacoma officers’ lawyer claims Manny Ellis caused his own death; Zulily claims it was murdered by Amazon.
Local Jews hold Hanukkah rally for a Gaza ceasefire; some of the new year’s new laws; Boeing may get its first female CEO (just not yet); SCOTUS upholds WA ban on anti-LGBTQ ‘conversion therapy.’
Etailer Zulily’s final days; Denny Blaine Park won’t be de-nuded for a kiddie playground; Starbucks wants to talk to unions again (under certain conditions); UW QB Michael Penix Jr. doesn’t get the Heisman Trophy.
Can ‘Boys in the Boat’ movie spur UW applications?; some already disappointed in Legislative session that hasn’t started; bad early reviews for Amazon chatbot; Bezos’ yacht has to dock with oil tankers.
UW Huskies playing for national college-football title; Alaska Airlines wants to buy Hawaiian Airlines; lame-duck City Council gives up on seeking needed revenue; still more bad news about Bartell’s.
Fixing fish passages under highways will cost the state a lot; city hits new homicide record; Children’s Hospital psych nurses say they need more security; Issaquah’s XXX is now the ex-XXX.