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A bicyclist travels through the intersection at Second Avenue and Pike Street. Seattle is exploring the possibility of redesigning one or more intersections in the city to better protect cyclists. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Traffic Lab

Seattle could be next to try Dutch-style bike-friendly intersection design

Even with protected lanes, intersections can be deadly for cyclists. Seattle is considering a new design to lessen that risk.

Trump administration to expand its power to deport undocumented immigrants
‘This is so senseless’: Man faces murder charge as family mourns woman stabbed at Cal Anderson Park
Metro expected to sell monthly parking permits at crowded park-and-ride lots
City Council passes law to guard Seattle soda-tax revenue after spat with Mayor Jenny Durkan
Father, two sons charged with murder in connection with May robbery that turned deadly
6-car pileup in Everett sends 8 people to hospital
Seattle City Council races have drawn crowd. That’s not the case for King County Council seats on the primary ballot

Washington forward Nahziah Carter celebrates a three-pointer in the first half as the Washington Huskies take on the North Carolina Tar Heels for round two of the NCAA Tournament at Nationwide Arena Sunday March 24, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

UW Basketball

Here’s a look at the tentative 2019-20 Pac-12 schedule for Washington

Washington will not hosts Colorado and Utah due to the Pac-12 unbalanced 18-game league schedule. UW also skips trips to Oregon and Oregon State.

David Bestock is the executive director of the Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association, and its Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. The Thelma Dewitty Theater is a part of Youngstown, named for the first Black teacher hired by Seattle Public Schools, who taught at Cooper Elementary School, which was the original use for the building.

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Local News

With one large check, Delridge’s Youngstown Cultural Arts Center feels validated

When David Bestock took over the nonprofit Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association in 2012, it was $1.7 million in debt. It's now down to $150,000 thanks to his work.

Fiesta bowl with cilantro lime sauce, foreground, and triple veg bowl with hot honey sauce at Acadia in Fremont on July 15, 2019. 210895

Food & Drink

At Acadia in Wallingford, the secret is in the sauce

Acadia is a good lunch spot in Wallingford if you're not sure what you feel like eating that day, because the menu has a plethora of options that don't fall into any specific category.

Don't Miss

Giana O’Shaughnessy (left) and Summer Taylor jump to the music at the Capitol Hill Block Party. (Bekah Welch / The Seattle Times)

Music

Review: Highlights from Capitol Hill Block Party 2019 — the year of Lizzo VIEW

Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon on June 1, 2019.

Travel

Discovering the merits of solo travel through a one-woman exploration of Portland

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Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin and strong safety Bradley McDougald do a little dance during warmups before the Seattle Seahawks take on the Kansas City Chiefs at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday December 23, 2018. 208826

Analysis | Bob Condotta

Ranking the Seahawks’ roster | Positions 20-11: Kickers and corners and more

Editorial

The Seattle Times editorial board’s 2019 primary election endorsements

Local News

Lost PCT Hiker Kris Fowler (Sherpa)

Search continues for Pacific Crest Trail hiker missing since 2016

Traffic Lab

Could Sound Transit build light rail faster? It wouldn’t be easy.

With Washington ferry system in need of new boats, fare bump likely

Seattle City Council members consider limiting SDOT spending until agency changes 35th Ave. N.E.

Judge imposes sanctions on Seattle tunnel builders for losing pipe pieces and journal evidence

4,500 Expedia employees are coming to Interbay in Seattle. How will the company avoid a traffic mess?

Business & Tech

Sam Altman, who manages the company OpenAI, at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, Wash., July 15, 2019. Altman’s 100-employee company wants to create a machine that can do anything the human brain can do. Skeptics wonder if it is possible. (Ian C. Bates/The New York Times) XNYT53 XNYT53

With $1 billion from Microsoft, an AI lab wants to mimic the brain

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Explore

Karla L. Miller offers advice on surviving the ups and downs of the modern workplace. (Courtesy of The Washington Post)

Career Advice

Boss’s refusal to address employee’s odor doesn’t pass the smell test

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Kathryn Crawford Saxer, jobs columnist for Seattle Times Explore

Kathryn Crawford Saxer

Small kindnesses provide purpose, meaning at work

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Wellness

How to be sober at the peak of ‘wine mom’ culture

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Energy Efficiency

Ways a household can curb its energy appetite

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Home Trends

3 ways to make your summer yard sale a success

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Nation & World

Boris Johnson gestures as he speaks after being announced as the new leader of the Conservative Party in London, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Brexit champion Boris Johnson won the contest to lead Britain’s governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will become the country’s next prime minister. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) TH175 TH175

5 things you may not know about Boris Johnson, UK’s next PM VIEW

Extended Coverage

Edgar HOF

Edgar Week: Home to all our coverage of the Mariners great entering the Hall of Fame

Life

Your guide to all things fun in Seattle this summer

FILE – In this image provided by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin poses for a photograph beside the U.S. flag deployed on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission on July 20, 1969. Television is marking the 50th anniversary of the July 20, 1969, moon landing with a variety of specials about NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. (Neil A. Armstrong/NASA via AP, File) NYET503 NYET503

Moon Landing: 50th anniversary

A look back at Apollo 11 and Seattle's role in the space program

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

Boeing & Aerospace

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

Food & Drink

Grammy-winner Brandi Carlile is holding her rose, one of three wines she created for her new wine club. All proceeds from the wine club go to her pass-through organization, The Looking Out Foundation.

Brandi Carlile loves wine and humanitarian causes. Now, she’s created XOBC, a wine club for a worthy cause

Editorials & Opinion

The Seattle Times editorial board’s 2019 primary election endorsements | Editorial

Featured Columnist

The Trump administration mounts a defense for religious freedom

Horsey Cartoon

We’ve lost our way

Sports

Seattle Seahawks tight end Will Dissly (88) catches a late 4th quarter pass as the Chicago Bears play the Seattle Seahawks at Soldier Field in Chicago on September 17, 2018. 207697

Ranking the Seahawks’ roster | Positions 30-21: Is it time for DK Metcalf to make an appearance? | Analysis

Featured Columnist

Ranking the Seahawks’ roster | Positions 20-11: Kickers and corners and more

Photography

Giana O’Shaughnessy (left) and Summer Taylor jump to the music at the Capitol Hill Block Party. (Bekah Welch / The Seattle Times)

Music

Capitol Hill celebrates summer at Block Party 2019 VIEW

Haven Ploch, 16, of the Wenatchee Youth Circus jumps from a spring board over the complete circus crew at the King County Fair’s opening day on Thursday, July 18. 210865

Local News

The King County Fair brings llamas, acrobatics and face paint in 2019 VIEW

Vivian Collica and Steve Brombie assemble the depiction of the Fremont Bridge for this year’s Milk Carton Derby races.
It has about 240 milk cartons supporting the 90-pound (give-or-take) craft.

on Green Lake, a Seafair event on Saturday July 13, 2019. The 47th annual Milk Carton Derby

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Local News

At the Seafair Milk Carton Derby, it’s whatever floats your boat VIEW

Bronze hoofprints at the foot of Pike Street lead to Rachel the Piggy Bank under the Pike Place Market clock.
Used as fund-raisers, 480 have been sold for the MarketFront Pavilion with about 20 left. They lead to Billie the Piggy Bank and go for $5,000. More are to be filled on Western Avenue for $2,500. Each takes up to three lines of type. The market calls them “donor naming opportunities.”

Additional information is available at:
https://pikeplacemarketfoundation.org/design-your-charm/?item=hoofprint

Or by calling the market directly at 206-774-5243.

Local News

Follow the tracks in Pike Place Market

Entertainment

(L-R) Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Marc Maron and Jon Bass in “Sword of Trust.” (Forager Films/TNS) 1363558 1363558

‘Sword of Trust’ review: Cast’s improv punches up Lynn Shelton’s low-key caper

Pacific NW Magazine

Preston Singletary (American Tlingit, born 1963)
Dleit Yéil (White Raven), 2017
Blown, hot-sculpted, and sand-carved glass; steel stand
18 1/2 x 7 x 9 in.
Courtesy of the artist

There are many versions of the Tlingit ‘Raven’ story, but its truth and hopeful message are universal

Life

Reader’s Lens | A swarm of hummingbirds