Cosmic Crisp apple shows up in stores; ’60 Minutes’ airs its Seattle-homelessness story; Northgate’s lonely last holiday; more WTO protest memories.

Amazon critics stage a pre-Black Friday PR blitz; a judge hears the case for an I-976 injunction; the Paul Allen estate’s fate is still unsettled; no more Pagliacci Pizza on Broadway or Albertsons in Magnolia.

Allbirds doesn’t like Amazon’s knockoff shoes; rideshare minimum wage passes city council; downtown’s holiday star will rise again; a looming Xmas tree shortage.

Tim Eyman announces a run for governor (and gloats in front of Sound Transit’s board); the Viaduct’s last piece is toppled; ’96 Spokane bomber won’t be executed—yet; how important was Gordon Sondland’s testimony?

KOMO weather legend Steve Pool retires; hotel owner/ambassador Gordon Sondland tells on just about everybody; Children’s Hospital staff complaints about mold go way back; a podcaster ‘Indigenizes’ Seattle.

Recalling civic booster Jim Ellis’s career and crusades; Boeing earnings tumble; Kshama Sawant writes in Teen Vogue; the volunteers in a trailer who help the people just released from the ICE jail.

A Wing Luke Museum exhibit explores Asian Americans and the ‘beauty myth’; anti-Sawant flyers sent to other councilmembers’ districts; Amazon’s not the only big PAC money source; someone at Boeing knew the MAX had troubles.

That local ad jingle you still can’t forget; is bus riding really that dangerous? (a driver says no); addressing built-in bias in school gifted programs; how ‘tree rustlers’ allegedly started a big wildfire.

Techies, teens, and others rally for climate action; anti-Amazon outfit’s non-‘grassroots’; union votes ‘no confidence’ in Seattle school-lunch boss; Bartell Drugs will close one greater-downtown store but open another.

A new novel depicts the early WA logging scene; Dow Constantine wants more films made here; ‘bronze birch borer’ beetles feast on our trees; you say ‘micromobility,’ I say ‘bikes.’

Drone pix capture Tacoma’s beauty (yes!); $450,000 to a City Light harassment whistleblower; tunnels for light rail would cost way more than bridges; our kelp needs our help.

Where a national article on Seattle destinations doesn’t tell folks to go; recalling the first attempted Boeing takeover; a local case of thwarted justice becomes a miniseries; I’m crowdfunding again.

Venerable music-dance club’s building’s for sale; Gates details past meetings w/Jeffrey Epstein; Columbia River barges are stuck behind a broken dam lock; 18 Years After.

Paul Allen’s ultra-mega-yacht’s for sale; remembering a master of altered lit-forms; local students of color state their grievances in a DIY book; a new ‘Blob’ threatens Pacific marine life.

Photographer Lance Mercer’s stepkid’s research might help save his life; Tent City 3 heads to the ’burbs; Bob Ferguson sues against indefinite migrant-kid detention; how a sober guy with a full-time job has to live in an RV.