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Tang Fungchun, left, and Wu Jinhai once lived in The Republic Hotel in the Chinatown International District in Seattle. The building didn’t meet new housing ordinance standards, and the two women were eventually displaced when the building was sold. They shared a Single Room Occupancy (SRO) unit together in order to stay in the neighborhood. Tang Fungchun was recently placed into senior housing. Wu Jinhai now lives in the (SRO) unit by herself. — 207286 (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times) — Tang Fungchun, left, and Wu Jinhai once lived in The Republic Hotel in the Chinatown International District in Seattle. The two women were eventually displaced when the building was sold. (Erika Schultz/The Seattle Times)

Project Homeless

Chinatown’s elders are being priced out of their traditional neighborhood

In gentrifying Seattle, low-income seniors in the Chinatown-International District are feeling the housing-affordability squeeze.

Seattle Art Museum resurfaces some of its Japanese work, commissioned by aristocrats, for the show “Noble Splendor.”

Visual Art

What should we call this show? Seattle Art Museum tries an experiment with ‘Noble Splendor’

"Noble Splendor: Art of Japanese Aristocrats" — a small installation of Japanese art at SAM, some of it resurfaced from the vaults of the currently-under-renovation Seattle Asian Art Museum — also serves as an experiment on how to best engage museum visitors.

CONSTANCE WU as Rachel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and SK Global Entertainment’s and Starlight Culture’s contemporary romantic comedy “CRAZY RICH ASIANS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Movies

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ fans buy out theaters in pursuit of a #GoldOpen in Seattle and elsewhere

Across the nation, as part of the #GoldOpen movement rooting for a stellar box office performance for "Crazy Rich Asians," some individuals have paid for a number of movie tickets, or bought out entire theaters, to give the general public a chance to see the film, free of charge.

Seattle Mariners’ Dee Gordon, left, celebrates after hitting a two-run home run next to Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy during the twelfth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) OAS OAS

Larry Stone

If Mariners are to break their playoff drought, they need more angelic wins like Dee Gordon delivered

It’s down to 40 games for the Mariners now, and they sit 2 ½ games behind Oakland for the second wild card. They have seven games still to play against the A’s as well as six against the Astros. Do you believe?

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Seattle defensive end Cliff Avril warms up as the Seattle Seahawks take on the San Francisco 49ers for their home opener at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday September 17, 2017.

Seahawks

How Cliff Avril’s help has Quinton Jefferson on the verge of a breakout for the Seahawks

Thursday, July 5, 2018 Cortina, Ethan Stowell’s new downtown restaurant and a the dish, bucatini with meatballs. 206889

Happy Hour

5 great new happy hours to hit around Seattle

Washingtonoffensive lineman Nick Harris (56) and Jesse Sosebee (75).

Washington practice at Husky Stadium Tuesday, August 14, 2018. 207323

UW Football

‘Holy crap! Trey’s back!’ Senior left tackle Trey Adams making presence felt on Huskies’ offensive line

Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Election worker JaRogerick Johnson tosses a tray of ballots onto a sorting machine as Kashima Basedon operates the controls that sorts, slices open envelopes and scans ballot signatures at the Renton Elections facility. 204128

Editorial

Shake up the system to boost voter turnout

Local News

FILE – In this April 20, 2016, file photo, a man smokes a marijuana joint at a party celebrating weed in Seattle. More than five years after Washington state legalized marijuana, Seattle officials said Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018, they’re moving to automatically clear past misdemeanor convictions for pot possession – a step similarly announced by San Francisco last week. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) WAET202 WAET202

Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills

Featured Columnist

With the Showbox, we’re all NIMBYs now

Education Lab

STEM majors way up, humanities down, among Washington college students, new data show

Guest essay: Teaching For Black Lives book presents ideas for empowering marginalized students

Watch with us: Tomorrow, state officials may approve a second for-profit private school in King County

Blaming state lawmakers, Seattle school officials forecast years of financial doom and gloom

Business & Tech

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Drone soars as a construction tool able to leap tall buildings, and save money and lives

Featured Columnist

We’re seeing the biggest threats to the economic expansion in years

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Family Finds

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Summer Fun

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Nation & World

Ex-CIA director Brennan says Trump’s claims of no collusion with Russia are ‘hogwash’

Photography

Laila Vieira, 11, goes sideways in her jet while testing out a new flight simulator at the Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club Tuesday August 7, 2018. Volunteer Austin McHenry, 23, watches and helps her along. McHenry is home on his summer break from his fifth year at the Rochester Institute for Technology, studying electrical/mechanical engineering technology. “I pretty much grew up here,” he said about the Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club, and has volunteered with them on and off since high school. He went to Raisbeck Aviation High School and has flown a plane a few times. “I think it’s really cool for the kids being able to experience these things here,” he said. “These technologies aren’t going away anytime soon.”

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Boys & Girls Club visitors feel the thrill of learning to fly VIEW

Angelica Walker, 7, center, and dancers from the Kalahi dance group of the Filipino Community of Seattle take the stage at the Rainier Valley Heritage and Othello International Festival Sunday at Othello Park August 12, 2018. 207369

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Sunday at the Rainier Valley Heritage and Othello International Festival VIEW

Finishing with a flourish and a joy-filled embrace on stage, Jo Passed’s bassist Megan-Magdalena (CQ), in red, and guitarist Bella Bebe opened Sub-Pop’s 30th anniversary party at Alki in West Seattle with a hard rocking’ set on the Harsh Realm stage. The four member band is from Vancouver, B.C.

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Sub Pop’s beach party

Seattle’s Sub Pop knows how to throw a party VIEW

Pearl Jam played the first of its “Home Shows” Wednesday August 8, 2018 at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA. 207295 (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times)

Music

Review: Pearl Jam, Seattle fall in love all over again at joyous Home Shows on Night One at Safeco Field VIEW

Entertainment

CONSTANCE WU as Rachel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and SK Global Entertainment’s and Starlight Culture’s contemporary romantic comedy “CRAZY RICH ASIANS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ fans buy out theaters in pursuit of a #GoldOpen in Seattle and elsewhere

Featured Columnist

A botanist, a pope and a princess: Three new biographies

Editorials & Opinion

Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Election worker JaRogerick Johnson tosses a tray of ballots onto a sorting machine as Kashima Basedon operates the controls that sorts, slices open envelopes and scans ballot signatures at the Renton Elections facility. 204128

Shake up the system to boost voter turnout | Editorial

Featured Columnist

Just how big is this blue wave? For state Democrats, maybe the biggest in decades

This week in cartoons

White House ethics, Space Force and Trump's red wave

Sports

Washingtonoffensive lineman Nick Harris (56) and Jesse Sosebee (75).

Washington practice at Husky Stadium Tuesday, August 14, 2018. 207323

‘Holy crap! Trey’s back!’ Senior left tackle Trey Adams making presence felt on Huskies’ offensive line

Featured Columnist

How Cliff Avril’s help has Quinton Jefferson on the verge of a breakout for the Seahawks

Featured Video Stories

After Juan Lopez arrived in the United States, he wasn’t thinking about the future. Now he has a wife and children. “To see them crying… it just hurts me now.” (Corinne Chin, Ramon Dompor & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

'It's going to be hard to leave': The Lopez family's tough... (8:41)

Recent Chief Sealth graduate Juan Old Chief Betancourt has learned a lot from his great grandmother. He wanted to honor her the best way he knew how, by taking her to his high school prom. (Lauren Frohne & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Family always comes first: A prom story (5:09)

Stand up paddle boarding is making its Special Olympics USA Games debut, and 21-year-old Devon Adelman is up for the challenge of this new sport. (Lauren Frohne, Bettina Hansen & Emily M. Eng / The Seattle Times)

Paddling for Special Olympics gold (5:01)

"History matters because it shows our values," says Jeffrey Coopersmith, a Seattle attorney who has collected historical artifacts for the past four decades. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Artifacts of Injustice (2:38)

South Park has seen a recent escalation in youth violence, but programs like the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps work to keep kids active, safe and engaged with the community. (Lauren Frohne & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Nurture with nature (5:35)

Glass sculpture artist Martin Blank closes his hot shop in South Lake Union after serving Seattle's art scene for 17 years. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Hot Shop: One of Seattle's glass studios closes for developing (2:30)

Vishavjit Singh, dressed as Sikh Captain America, uses his superhero alter ego to initiate conversations he would not normally have with others while wearing his civilian clothes. (Ramon Dompor & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A Sikh man dresses as a superhero to challenge what it means to... (3:41)

Kellie Sevier and Tommi Tate of Spokane visit Seattle's last sanctioned lot for vehicle dwellers. Their daughter Sabrina Tate, 27, died in her RV. "It changed how I view homelessness," Sevier said. (Bettina Hansen & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A death in the RV safe zone (2:58)

Life

Seattleite Lauren Ko finds fame through pie; but sorry, you can’t have any VIEW

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In King County, more women are waiting to have kids. So what’s driving the trend?

Pacific NW Magazine

The Hat Island marina is the hub and main access to the Island. The south tip of Camano Island (Camano Head) is seen at top, center.
Hat Island, a private island 4 miles west of Everett, sits between Everett and the southern tip of Whidbey Island. There is no public transportation to or from it, only a private ferry that operates part time.
Photographed on July 3, 2018.

The waves meet the land on tiny Hat Island

Travel

Pacific Coast Highway

A nightmare drive down the Pacific Coast Highway conjures childhood memories | Bad Travelers VIEW