This is the standard cheeseburger at Burbs Burgers, which has a pop-up at Quality Athletics in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle. The beef breakdown: Griddled local patty, ketchup, mustard and American cheese on a butter-toasted bun. A single runs for $4 and a double for $6.50. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
This is the standard cheeseburger at Burbs Burgers, which has a pop-up at Quality Athletics in the Pioneer Square neighborhood of Seattle. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
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Wreaths and floral installations stand next to piles of wreckage at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Much of the world, including the entire European Union, has grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United States as one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
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Wreaths and floral installations stand next to piles of wreckage at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, in Ethiopia Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Much of the world, including the entire European Union, has grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United States as one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in just five months. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)

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Mt. Rainier looms in this telephoto view from Lake Forest Park during Thursday morning’s sunrise. The mountain appears to be steaming as clouds form and change as the sun hits the mountain as it rises. The Weather forecast is for partly sunny skies on Thursday and Friday with rain in the forecast for Sunday. Photographed on January 14, 2021. LO LO LO 216127
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A little squirrel focuses on a snack at Volunteer Park in Seattle Monday, January 4, 2021. Rain is predicted until a lull on Thursday and then again for the foreseeable future. 216051
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