Just across the street from Amazon’s headquarters in South Lake Union is Google’s new building. Seattle has gotten a lot geekier over the past decade. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
Just across the street from Amazon's headquarters in South Lake Union is Google's new building. Seattle has gotten a lot geekier over the past decade. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Geek city: 1 in 5 Seattle residents work in STEM fields, top in U.S.

New census data shows that the number of Seattleites employed in STEM fields has more than doubled, hitting almost 89,700 in 2019. STEM workers make up a remarkable 19% of employed Seattle residents. At the other end of the spectrum, at 2.1%, is the famous Las Vegas "Strip" in Nevada. Updated

Pearl Jam played the first of it “Home Shows” Wednesday August 8, 2018 at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA. 207295
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Pearl Jam at 30: The enduring power of Seattle music’s cool uncles Updated

At the 30th anniversary of Pearl Jam's first show at an old South Lake Union club, Seattle Times music writer Michael Rietmulder examines the secrets to the band's longevity and how the Seattle mavericks stack up against their rock heroes. Updated

SPD interim Chief Adrian Diaz, center, conducts a press conference Monday, October 19, 2020. At left are photos of a Seattle Police officer being attacked during a protest earlier this year. At left is Assistant Chief of Criminal Investigations Deanna Nollette, at right is Thomas Mahaffey, Assistant Chief of Patrol.
Local Politics

Seattle City Council members weigh potential changes to Mayor Durkan’s 2021 police budget plan Updated

Seattle University has announced its new president will be Eduardo M. Peñalver. Photographed Wednesday, October 21, 2020. 215441
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Seattle University’s next president to be Cornell law dean, Puyallup native New

Election 2020

A worker processes mailed-in ballots from Tuesday’s primary election, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. Washington state has offered voting by mail since 2011. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW102 WATW102

With new ballot-tabulation machines, King County residents can vote with ‘pink sparkly pen’ if they’d like

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FILE – In this Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown (17) stands on the sidelines during the first half at an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla. Nike has dropped New England Patriots receiver Antonio Brown, Nike spokesman Josh Benedek told The Associated Press on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. The move comes after a second woman accused Brown of sexual assault. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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A Boeing 737 MAX-9, built for Alaska Airlines, undergoes testing as it flies past the Boeing factory in Everett Washington on March 23, 2020. Boeing said Monday it will temporarily suspend its Puget Sound factory operations starting Wednesday in response to the escalating COVID-19 pandemic. The decision comes a day after the first Boeing worker died of a COVID-19 infection. The company said Sunday that 29 of its employees had been confirmed to have the disease. 213431
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Alaska Air Group reports $431 million loss as pandemic batters airlines

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Editorial

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Traffic Lab

City ballot measure would raise sales tax for Seattle bus service, other transportation projects

New no-cost Metro, Sound Transit passes available for people with very low incomes

Washington Supreme Court strikes down I-976, which cut car-tab taxes

City staff lean toward replacing, not repairing, West Seattle Bridge; hope to finish in 3 years

Seattle opens new bike lane downtown with plans to extend it this fall

Business & Tech

A lone person leaves an Amazon building in South Lake Union Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Amazon is extending its work-from-home plan through June of 2021. 215450 215450

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Maria Hines at her original restaurant, Tilth, Thursday March 21, 2019 in Seattle. Hines has decided to run only Tilth and is selling her other place, Agrodolce. 209689

Seattle’s James Beard award-winning restaurant Tilth is closing forever

Food & Drink

The Din Tai Fung “Full Moon Feast” costs $115 comes with enough food for the entire family.

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Pacific NW Magazine

The Washington Legislature’s Joint Fact-Finding Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges in 1959: Seated next to Julia Butler Hansen is her vice-chairman, Sen. Nat Washington. Standing, from left: Rep. Dewey Donohue, Rep. Ken Rosenberg, Rep. Daniel J. Evans (a future three-term governor), Sen. Louis Hofmeister, Rep. Lincoln Shropshire, Rep. Horace Bozarth, Sen. Bob Bailey, Sen. Al Henry and Rep. Joe Beierlein. (Washington State Archives)

Over an influential half-century in politics, Julia Butler Hansen powered through one glass ceiling after another

Editorials & Opinion

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Debate topics, American priorities don’t align

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Big guns, small minds

Sports

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Arts & Life

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Remus gets a comb-out following his bath. A barely audible growl was heard. Or maybe it was a purr. Alex the cat Groomer Alex Perry at work Friday Oct. 2, 2020 Likely Northwest Wanderings 215251
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Woodinville cat groomer puts his finicky clients at ease  VIEW

The Maple trees along Lake Washington Blvd North near Gene Coulon Park in Renton are attracting people to photograph the fall colors as fall temperatures begin to dip and leaves begin to fall. After Wednesday’s volatile weather, the forecast calls for partly sunny skies on Thursday, rain on Friday, with the sun returning for the weekend. LO LO LO 215444 215444
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Uplifting mural takes shape in Pioneer Square  VIEW

The Halloween scare is out at Seattle homes including these in Greenwood, where front yards have decorations looking on as a runner goes by Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020 in Seattle. 215428
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In the spirit of Halloween