Starbucks’ ‘craziest’ idea yet; Portland police chief taunts antifa protesters; can bad air get carbon fee passed?; remembering Aretha Franklin.

Defaced public artwork replaced (multiple times); how to talk about our lousy air; Central Wash. U fires Matt Manweller; Felix Hernandez’s almost-comeback.

The Showbox is saved! (for now, pending possible litigation); more Sea-Tac hijack fallout; Carmen Best confirmed as police chief; an update on my next book.

How Sub Pop triumphed; some places we wish weren’t demolished; Matt Manweller rants against #MeToo and ‘liberals’; David Meinert’s business world shrinks some more.

A strange new concept bar; more save-the-Showbox ideas; Rep. Jayapal calls family separations ‘terrorism’; green algae’s spreading in the Sound.

‘Seattle Teriyaki’ comes to Philly; local food-wholesale empire sold off; new bike-share rules OK’d; Bitcoin mining via a video-game app.

A bike-share firm that may or may not be leaving town; one person who supports razing the Showbox; an ‘answer’ video to the police lip-sync spectacle.

‘Save the Showbox’ drive grows; burning toxic chemicals while they’re still in the ground; GOP politician uses brutal smear tactics (so what’s new?).

Can the Showbox be saved?; what’ll be left of Northgate; Mariners front office reacts to past misconduct allegations; still more David Meinert fallout.

More people break business ties with David Meinert; more towers are planned for the U District; it’s not just “Bohemians” getting priced out of Seattle.

Another grand U District church building’s about to go away; a beloved local worker’s taken by ICE agents; is Seattle real estate crash-bound, or is that just wishful thinking?

Quotes from the SeaTac immigrant-rights rally; another threat to salmon (and hence orcas); where’s the mystery pop machine?

Local politicians denounce SCOTUS’ blow to unions (and Democratic campaigns); Boeing’s ‘hypersonic’ dream; Bellevue’s robo-vanpool dream.

Street deaths remembered; why anti-homelessness efforts can seem futile; local ‘scarf dancer’ accused of groping; making the case for making the 797 here.

Anti-head-tax campaign begins with big funding; kayakers vs. pipeline redux; Susan Hutchison redux; Seattle’s not immune to hate-talk after all.