Vancouver store tries and fails to embarrass customers; Nick Hanauer starts a PAC for progressive Council hopefuls; an old medical office building will be a ‘Museum of Museums’; Twitter accuses an anti-racist author of racist imagery.

Neko Case misses the old Ballard; the Mariners’ freefall continues; another big encampment sweep and its discontents; who’s afraid of 5G cell signals?

David Shields’ Marshawn Lynch biopic; Seattle politics’ biggest ‘third rail’; King County’s new rules on deadly-force inquests; should lawmakers get to become instant lobbyists?

Is liquified natural gas a step toward cleaner energy or just more of the same?; Amazon shareholder proposals fall; Inslee’s first big veto of 2019; how the alt-Right seeks an ‘insider’ presence in Seattle.

A gathering to fight the abortion bans; a local-music legend’s latest battle; another big DSHS neglect settlement; another big 737 MAX lawsuit.

Remembering Mount St. Helens’ blast; lotsa City Council hopefuls; more flak against Judge Ed McKenna; could G5 cell service imperil weather forecasting?

Local May Day events stayed on-message (sorry, news media); the yearly SIFF onslaught approaches; more hate-talk from Matt Shea; is this any way to teach science?

Brandi Carlile and friend hold a surprise early-morning street show; a legislator disses nurses, nurses respond bigtime; Rep. Matt Shea ‘jokes’ in online chats about spying on liberals; Sounder FC’s first loss of the season.

A new mark of desperation: shoplifting Goodwill; the new arena will take longer and cost more; former co-mayor (sorta) Bob Royer dies; the meaning of Saturday’s unofficial holiday.

Fewer golfers are using Seattle’s city-owned courses; Durkan denies claims of a ‘toxic workplace’; the Daylight Savings Time bill has a catch; Microsoft wants a national carbon tax.

Making room for light-rail tracks next to I-5; Russell Wilson gets a big pay raise; the Legislature sprints to the finish; two newspaper wakes, a decade (and a month) apart.

Remembering an early, now-doomed Amazon HQ building; bowling’s 500 lb. gorilla wants to buy a Seattle ’boutique bowling’ spot; the Mariners’ miracle season continues; we mark a big (at least numerically) milestone.

A creepy police surveillance tower at a supermarket; SeaTac mobile-home defenders reach a settlement; a Boeing shareholder’s lawsuit; how we’re not the only place with a homeless crisis and why we don’t realize it.

Beloved local singer-songwriter Shawn Smith remembered; Chateau Apartments’ tenants can stay for now; Tim Eyman still faces a state lawsuit and possible forced retirement; the Mariners’ miracle continues.

Designing computers with DNA storage; the Huskies’ NCAA run ends; the limits of software ‘fixes’ to tech products; reports of Seattle’s death are greatly exaggerated.