Battle Lines Emerging for Open Seattle Council Seat ( www.theurbanist.org )
Op-Ed: The Seattle Police Department Has an Efficiency Problem ( www.theurbanist.org )
Windy Tuesday, cold Thursday and Friday, and potentially an icy/snowy weekend ( theconvergencezone.com )
Heavy rain, strong winds, mountain snow, flooding to blast Western WA ( www.seattletimes.com )
“There is still a lot of uncertainty in how cold we get,” the weather service said Sunday evening, but even lows in the 20s — the most likely scenario — would be “much below normal and cool enough for snow.”...
Protestors block I-5 in downtown Seattle at Pine St ( mynorthwest.com )
Seattle’s minimum wage, raised again, among highest in nation ( www.seattletimes.com )
New Seattle City Council president proposes police pay raises, business tax breaks ( komonews.com )
WA just dodged a bullet-train boondoggle ( www.seattletimes.com )
Thought this was an interesting take, does anyone know more about this?
Seattle sets December temperature records, following global trend ( www.seattletimes.com )
Seattle office building is set for apartment conversion ( www.seattletimes.com )
We should be doing more of this.
Sound Transit - 1 Line service reduced Jan. 13 – Feb. 4 ( www.soundtransit.org )
Heads up for anyone who uses the light rail
Piroshki on 3rd on Capitol Hill? Nah — Pinoyshki Bakery and Cafe ready to open on E Pine ( www.capitolhillseattle.com )
Seattle-area electric bills are about to go way up ( mynorthwest.com )
2024 is Poised to be Puget Sound’s Biggest Transit Year in Decades ( www.theurbanist.org )
Prisoner Letter Writing, Pipsqueak @ 2024-01-07 10pm ( radar.squat.net )
The Best Seattle-Area Releases of 2023 [The Stranger] ( www.thestranger.com )
CNBC report contradicts Target’s reason for closing Ballard store ( www.myballard.com )
Stay out of the water: Toxic algae bloom found in King County lakes ( www.seattletimes.com )
“Nightmare Tenant” Story Amplified by Seattle Times Crumbles Under Scrutiny ( publicola.com )
Seattle, WA: Report Back from “Shutdown Boeing” ( itsgoingdown.org )
Prosecutors say Washington state man charged in 4 murders lured victims with promise of buried gold ( apnews.com )
The SIFF Cinerama has reopened! ( www.siff.net )
Now called the SIFF Downtown.
Sound Transit CEO Julie Timm just announced she's leaving the agency. - Ryan Packer ( twitter.com )
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Washington state ‘conversion therapy’ ban ( www.nbcnews.com )
Over the objection of three conservatives, the court left in place a state law that bars therapists from counseling minors to change sexual orientation or gender identity, a practice favored by some conservatives.