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Wed. July 1, 2020 Seattle Police walk across Cal Anderson Park sweeping people away. Police clearing the field at the park, sweeping eveyone away. 214398 — Seattle police walk across Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson Park on Wednesday. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Local Politics

Court order, City Council law didn’t stop Seattle police from using pepper spray, projectiles

Lawyers for protesters said they are concerned about the deployment of blast balls and are gathering evidence to determine whether police violated a court order.

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, July 3: What to know today about COVID-19 Updated 7:56 am
Laid-off Boeing workers to get extra federal help that doubles what most unemployed get Updated 6:33 am
Seattle Times, other media fight Seattle Police Department subpoena for raw footage, photos of protest Updated 7:36 am
Rise in coronavirus hospitalizations signals pandemic is entering dangerous new phase Updated 7:24 am
A COVID-19 outbreak on UW’s Greek Row hints at how hard it may be to open colleges this fall Updated 7:09 am
Second Metro bus driver, ‘godfather of the North Base,’ dies of coronavirus New 6:00 am
Gov. Inslee will require Washington businesses to turn away customers without coronavirus facial coverings

LO LADY LIBERTY ON KITE HILL FOR THE FOURTH
070410 Michael Chandler with One Reel helps give Lady Liberty a face lift Firday to help stabilize the front of the approximately 28-foot-tall head which is to scale with the actual Statue of Liberty New York City (according to One Reel spokeswoman). She first went up in Gas Works Park in 1995 and is an annual icon for the Fourth of July festivities and fireworks there.

Entertainment

What’s there to do in Seattle this weekend? Alternative Fourth of July activities and more

Bil Thorn CQ points out flowers that will soon turn into fuzzy kiwis at Sky Island Farm near Humptulips, Wash. on the Olympic Peninsula. “Sky Island Farm is one of very few Black-owned farms in the Pacific Northwest,” says Thorn. “Our primary motive is to help people however we can-whether it be serving low-income communities, hospitals or educating- we are always looking for opportunities to serve our community.” 214337

Food & Drink

‘It’s really unbelievable’: Outpouring of support for Black-owned businesses lifts up a Grays Harbor farmer

Kamal Garg with his wife Lyndsay Garg and two children Lillian, 5 and Ashton, 3 at Sequoia National park just a few days before they considered stopping in Salem.

Travel

Amid rising racial tensions, parts of the Pacific Northwest don’t feel safe, BIPOC travelers say. Do we need a new Green Book?

Don't Miss

FILE- In this July 4, 2019 file photo, fireworks light up the sky above the Brooklyn Bridge during Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show in New York. This year’s July 4th fireworks celebration will go forward in New York City, but with a twist meant to keep spectators from congregating in large numbers during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File) NYR101 NYR101

Life

Four ways to celebrate the Fourth of July even if local fireworks shows are canceled

Movies

When the coronavirus lockdown means staying put, travel virtually with these energizing road movies

The Pork and Chicken Wonton with Spicy Sauce, and the Signature Pork Onion Buns, and the Pork Chives Shrimp Dumpling, at Dumpling, the Noodle, in Wallingford.

Dumpling, the Noodle – is a restaurant in Wallingford boasts a tasty dumpling our writer found irresistible.

Photographed June 25, 2020 214336

Food & Drink

Food critic Tan Vinh ate 1,000 frozen dumplings from Seattle-area restaurants. Here are his top 10.

Op-Ed

Check your patriotism

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Local News & Politics

Loren Culp a candidate for Washington state governor.

Lawsuit accuses GOP gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp of mishandling child sex-abuse investigation

Featured Columnist

With cops away, it’s like Capitol Hill is slipping back to the Pinkerton’s era

Education Lab

To understand structural racism, look to our schools

‘50 square feet per person’: What Seattle schools may look like in the fall

To support queer youth identity, one Seattle school will be renamed after a LGBTQ+ leader, among other reforms

How could your school’s ethnic studies offerings be improved?

Washington’s 134,000 English learners depend on support from teachers. That didn’t translate online.

Coronavirus

On Monday, May 11, 2020, not one mask was seen at Golden Gardens Park. For the most part, people were adhering to social distancing. 213940

Health

COVID-19 data: What the numbers mean and how to tell if the coronavirus is spreading

Mapping a pandemic

Track the spread of coronavirus across Washington and the world

This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. (NIAID-RML via AP)

Health

Charts, mask how-tos and more resources to help you understand the pandemic and get through it safely

Lives Remembered

The stories of people we have lost to coronavirus

Business & Tech

Laid-off Boeing workers to get extra federal help that doubles what most unemployed get

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Nation & World

Healthcare workers wait under a tent at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site Wednesday, June 24, 2020, in Houston. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the state is facing a “massive outbreak” in the coronavirus pandemic and that some new local restrictions may be needed to protect hospital space for new patients. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) TXDP112 TXDP112

Rise in coronavirus hospitalizations signals pandemic is entering dangerous new phase

July Fourth weekend will test Americans’ discipline VIEW Updated 7:53 am
Trump’s Rushmore trip draws real and figurative fireworks Updated 7:52 am
Oklahoma police officers charged with murder after using Taser more than 50 times in man’s death, investigators say Updated 6:56 am
Biden Supporters Are More Worried About the Health Risks of Voting Updated 7:00 am
Man who went to party warned people not to be ‘an idiot like me’ a day before dying of COVID-19 Updated 7:22 am
Coronavirus detectives couldn’t get partygoers to answer the phone. So they issued subpoenas. Updated 7:13 am
Hugh Downs, iconic TV host, dies at 99 Updated 6:41 am

Times Watchdog

The Yakama Indian Reservation is pictured from above on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 near Harrah, Wash.

Federal court rules against Yakama tribe in policing dispute

Coronavirus Video

"There are businesses that haven't been able to operate at all," says Laura Clise, founder and CEO of Intentionalist. Night Light Nails is one of them. "We've been struggling," says owner Van Nguyen. (Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

To shape Seattle's coronavirus recovery, 'spend like it matters' (4:16)

When COVID-19 began to crush Guayaba's music goals for 2020, they changed course and found a new outlet for creativity. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

'No safety net for our art': A musician copes with loss of work... (1:51)

When COVID-19 shutdown potato processors, the Washington Potato Commission found it had too many spuds to keep in storage. To avoid food waste, the Emergency Food Network worked to giveaway 200,000 pounds of spuds. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

The pandemic caused a potato surplus, now farmers give them away (1:49)

When the novel coronavirus outbreak canceled the rest of their season, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Kyle Davis built a ballet studio in their living room and started teaching via Zoom. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Dancing through the pandemic – in a homemade studio (2:39)

Tricia Jenkins, an emergency room nurse, and her husband – also an essential worker – sent their two kids to live with her mom during the coronavirus pandemic. "I desperately miss my children," Jenkins said. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

ER nurse: 'I don't want to bring the virus home' (3:12)

Jessica Esparza became an ICU nurse just as the coronavirus pandemic reached Washington. Previously an oncology nurse, Esparza is often overwhelmed by how ill her COVID-19 patients are – "Nothing compares to this." (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Night shift nurse: 'Nothing compares to this' (2:56)

After the novel coronavirus outbreak shut down most of Pike Place Market, many Hmong flower farmers were left with nowhere to sell. It’s not the first time these families have had to overcome what felt impossible. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

With Pike Place closed, Hmong flower farmers cultivate resilience (5:55)

Michael Flor battled with coronavirus for 62 days at Swedish Issaquah. His stay makes him the longest coronavirus patient at a Swedish hospital. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

After 62-day battle with COVID-19, 70-year-old patient leaves... (1:08)

Food & Drink

The Pork and Chicken Wonton with Spicy Sauce, and the Signature Pork Onion Buns, and the Pork Chives Shrimp Dumpling, at Dumpling, the Noodle, in Wallingford.

Dumpling, the Noodle – is a restaurant in Wallingford boasts a tasty dumpling our writer found irresistible.

Photographed June 25, 2020 214336

Food critic Tan Vinh ate 1,000 frozen dumplings from Seattle-area restaurants. Here are his top 10.

Pacific NW Magazine

From the cooling copper cup to the kick of the cocktail, the Moscow Mule mixes history, geography — and ginger

Editorials & Opinion

Public-private partnership makes us stronger together | Op-Ed / Gov. Chris Gregoire

Featured Columnist

Leonard Pitts Jr.

You can support your country or Trump, but not both

Horsey Cartoon

A Fourth of July of fear and frustration

Sports

Sounders midfielder Nicolás Lodeiro and his teammates practice social distancing as they stretch at practice Monday, May 18, 2020 at Starfire Sports in Tukwila.

Sounders planning to fly to Orlando on Friday, but many teams delaying travel as COVID-19 cases rise

Featured Columnist

Coronavirus is surging again as sports leagues eye returns. Is this all worth it?

Arts & Life

“Hamilton,” starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Phllipa Soo, is streaming on Disney +.

New must-see options to stream this week: the glorious ‘Hamilton’ and sly ‘The Truth’

Moira Macdonald

New must-see options to stream this week: the glorious ‘Hamilton’ and sly ‘The Truth’

Photography

Two of the Woodland Park Zoo’s giraffes are the tallest land animals. Some grow to a height of 19-feet.
This is in the African savanna habitat.

reopens to the public at 25% capacity, Wednesday July 1, 2020 214372

Local News

Photos: Woodland Park Zoo reopens at 25% capacity VIEW

Seattle artist Mari Shibuya paints a portrait of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medial technician who was killed when shot eight times in her apartment by Louisville, Kentucky police in March of this year. Mari said she is painting the portrait to bring visibility to Breonna’s memory and her story. The mural is on a piece of plywood covering a window of Eastern Cafe in Seattle’s International District. The cafe is still open for business.

Around 200 volunteers have volunteered to paint murals on plywood covering the windows of 140 businesses in the International District as part of the Beautify & Protect project. On the second day the volunteers were out, Monday June 8, around 80 artists shared their talents by painting the murals. Another “Mural Painting Day” will take place this weekend. 214188

Local News

Take a virtual tour of what artists did to beautify Seattle’s Chinatown International District VIEW

Northwest Wanderings

The war of the weeds at University of Washington Botanic Gardens VIEW

Laine Anderson tends to her plants at the UpGarden P-Patch Community Gardens in Seattle’s lower Queen Anne neighborhood, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Anderson weeds around her carrots, peas, raspberries, strawberries, cherry tomatoes and green onions. At right is the garden’s famous 1963 Ford Galaxie planter, filled with Rosemary and even a fruit tree. According to the p-patch’s lead coordinator Bob Grubbs, the UpGarden is raising money to eventually temporarily move several garden plots along the south, north and middle so a garage renovation planned for November can install gutters. The garden has 60-90 members at any given time. 214251

Local News

Garden revs up in a 1963 Ford