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2/22/23: ‘BUMMER! SHOOT!’ NO MORE
Feb 22nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Previewing a back-to-basics Bumbershoot festival; Harrell’s ‘State of the City’ speech mostly generalities; strippers organize for steady pay and better conditions; why a CEO wasn’t charged in a domestic-violence case.

2/21/23: AN INDIE ‘CHAIN’ STORE
Feb 20th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

The simple beauty of ‘soul chains;’ social-housing initiative passes, now what?; federal judge says Starbucks can’t fire union organizers; should Alaska chinook-salmon fishing be banned to save the orcas?

2/16/23: THE TRAGEDY, THEN THE TRAUMA
Feb 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Marking 40 years since the Wah Mee killings (and the sensationalistic, sometimes racist media circus that followed); minor COVID outbreak at a local high school; Medic One’s co-creator dies; is the big homelessness plan really needed?

2/15/23: HEY, I’M WALKIN’ HERE!
Feb 14th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Online map grades Seattle neighborhoods by ‘walkability;’ social housing measure leads in early returns; a big Boeing deal with Air India (which makes an even bigger deal with Airbus); do ‘crumb rubber’ sports fields cause cancer?

2/14/23: THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNESTINE
Feb 13th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

A jazz legend and other influential Black Seattleites of the past; down to the wire for social-housing initiative; could tech layoffs being another Seattle slump?; 777 almost crashes in Pacific.

2/9/23: LOG OFF
Feb 8th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

A prominent public art installation’s now half-disappeared; Colorado judge disses Starbucks’ labor policies; bill in Olympia would let strip clubs sell booze; report claims Russell Wilson’s charity gives out less than half its income.

2/6/23: SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF
Feb 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Airing a seldom-heard voice in the homeless crisis (that of an actual homeless person); works by local Black artists you can see (and some you can’t yet); FTC may sue Amazon; another hunger strike at the ICE jail in Tacoma.

2/3/23: ARCHES OF TRIUMPH
Feb 2nd, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Granddaughter’s picture book celebrates Pacific Science Center architect; Teresa Mosqueda wants to jump from city to county council; Amazon reports a money-losing year; Sounders FC to compete on a global stage.

2/1/23: STRUCTURED THINKING
Jan 31st, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Pictures and stories of notable Seattle buildings; local lawyer sues Instagram over users’ drug dealing; judge says Amazon violated labor laws in NYC warehouse elections; federal COVID ‘emergency’ ending.

1/31/23: SOMETHING TO ‘CROW’ ABOUT
Jan 30th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

CNN digs Scarecrow Video; two socialist bloggers don’t dig Sawant’s new project; Ron DeSantis names local right-winger to Fla. college’s board; a major Cascades glacier completely disappears.

1/18/23: THE NEXT STAGE
Jan 17th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Two local productions address race & the theater world; Amazon fires workers hired to handle worker complaints; ‘Niketown’ shutting down; can a movie’s killer robot be a Seattle gay-camp icon?

1/16/23: FAIR GAME?
Jan 15th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Wiazrds of the Coast backs off from rumored major changes to ‘D&D’ licensing; south-county shooter’s reported racist explanation for his acts; sexual-assault allegations made against a local documentary maker; Kraken on a roll, Seahawks on a stop.

1/13/23: MLK DAY HOORAY
Jan 12th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Local art exhibits for King Day weekend; Legislature to consider tax breaks for ‘news providers;’ Amazon NY warehouse union drive wins on appeal; the Kraken are on a winning streak, U District’s Kraken Bar not so much.

1/11/23: NOT FADE AWAY AND RADIATE?
Jan 10th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

Bill Gates and others developing neo-nuclear power concepts; Inslee gives marching orders to Legislature; City Council votes to preserve ex-Seafirst bank branch building on Denny; some students disagree with Seattle Schools’ suit against social media giants.

1/6/23: A NOPE-SLOPE
Jan 5th, 2023 by Clark Humphrey

‘Ski South Lake Union’ art installations end today; LoFi music venue closing in April after 20 years; almost 200,000 sq.ft. of Seattle office space now up for sub-lease; Amazon’s layoffs ‘represent a new mindset’ at the company.

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