A Seattle resident receives the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the city’s Rainier Beach vaccination site in May. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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When President Joe Biden and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky say we are in a "pandemic of the unvaccinated," they ignore the real barriers to vaccine access that still plague communities, columnist Naomi Ishisaka writes.

Friday, JUly 15, 2021. The “Grand Bargain” struck between developers and politicians for affordable housing has raised $68 million in fees last year, including nearly $10 million from a project at 1200 Stewart Street that is shown here under construction. 217672
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FILE – In this April 19, 2021 file photo, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, right, talks with Michael Tubbs, founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, after holding his annual State of the City address from the Griffith Observatory, in Los Angeles. In experiments across the country, dozens of cities and counties, some using money from the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package approved in March, and the state of California are giving some low-income residents a guaranteed income of $500 to $1,000 each month to do with as they please, and tracking what happens. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool File) CER601 CER601
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These are chemical agents used to facilitate sampling of specimens to be tested for drugs sent to the Washington State Patrol’s toxicology lab in Seattle. where testing samples were contaminated with meth leading to the possibility thousands of cases are jeopardized. Wed June 30, 2021 217525

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FILE – In this Wednesday, July 21, 2021 file photo, visitors register for COVID-19 tests at the Eiffel Tower in Paris. For Europe’s battered tourism industry, fresh virus outbreaks and chaos and confusion over travel rules are contributing to a another cruel summer. With COVID-19 variants surging in parts of Europe, popular destination countries are taking measures to contain outbreaks. In France, the world’s most visited country, visitors to cultural and tourist sites were confronted Wednesday, July 21, 2021 with a new requirement for a special COVID-19 pass. To get it, people must prove they’re either fully vaccinated or recently recovered from an infection, or produce a negative virus test. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole, File) ET102 ET102

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Beth Takekawa, who will retire from Wing Luke Museum after 14 years as executive director and more than 20 years at the museum, stands in the old Yick Fung Co. general store, which museum patrons get to see when they are part of a tour at the museum. One thing she loves about the store is the smells from the spices. Shot Thursday, June 17, 2021. The museum focuses on the history, culture and art of Asian Pacific Americans and is an important part of Seattle’s International District. 217369

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Seattle Kraken coach Dave Hakstol, left, talks with general manager Ron Francis on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, during the team’s NHL hockey expansion draft event in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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It’s a hair-raising set as Haley Graves rocks the Occidental Square stage at “Welcome Back Seattle”, part of Downtown Summer Sounds on Saturday. It featured live music, art installations and more. Sunday, more events continue in Westlake Park. Ref to more photos online LO Occidental Square Saturday July 24, 2021 217734
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Macail Eaton (CQ) gets a quick-fix to her homemade protest vessel “Defiler of the Seas” as passengers line up to board a Celebrity cruise ship at Pier 66. Protesters want the city to envision a cruise-free Salish Sea saying the ships are three times as polluting as airplanes per passenger mile and harm marine ecosystems. They say the city’s cruise industry has an immense carbon footprint. Many protesters are with 350 Seattle, a climate change organization. Ref to more photos online Cruise Free Salish Sea protest Friday July 23, 2021 217732
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Broadcaster Dominic Moore tosses a fish as part of the announcement of the Kraken’s inaugural team Wednesday. The NHL’s Expansion Draft for the Seattle Kraken was held Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at Gas Works Park in Seattle, WA. 217659
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Don’t look now, but it’s liftoff for Fernando Botero’s sculpture “Adam” as it’s installed at the corner of Second Avenue and Madison Street. Shawn Dawley with NessCampbell Crane + Rigging signals the crane operator. “Adam,” a 1996 sculpture is estimated to weigh about 1,600-pounds. It’ll stand at the former Federal Reserve Building, now a Martin Selig property. Botero is a Colombian artist known for his large figures and forms. Also installed one block north on Saturday was Catherine Mayer’s “What Goes Up Must Come Down,” a giant paddleball at the corner of Second Avenue and Spring Street. It’s about 42-feet. Both installations by ArtSite Ref to more photos online of both sculptures Saturday July 17, 2021 LO Linesonly 217675
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Seattle's Second Avenue gets a pair of big sculptures VIEW