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Before violence erupted, a sea of peaceful protesters approached the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct on Capitol Hill Monday. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
Before violence erupted, peaceful protesters approached the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct on Capitol Hill Monday. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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LiveSeattle-area protests: Police declare a riot as demonstrators gather for fourth day to call for police accountability

Protestors raise their hands in front of police outside City Hall on 4th Avenue. The day following Saturday’s rioting in downtown Seattle began with an army of volunteers determined to wash away the stains of the night before, and continued with new demonstrations against Police violence. Photographed Sunday May 31, 2020 214107
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Readers share why they joined protests in Seattle following the death of George Floyd

Looters enter the downtown Nordstrom Saturday. Protestors and rioters take to the Seattle City streets to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police Saturday, May 30, 2020. 214106
Local Business

Seattle area corporations respond to protests over police brutality with messages of solidarity, but few specifics

SWAT officers scatter protestors from 4th Avenue downtown. Protestors and rioters take to the Seattle City streets to protest the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police Saturday, May 30, 2020. 214106
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Russell Wilson takes in the game from the sidelines Thursday. The Denver Broncos played the Seattle Seahawks preseason NFL Football Thursday, August 8, 2019 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle, WA. 211084
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Current and former Seahawks, including Russell Wilson and Doug Baldwin, speak out on George Floyd’s death, weekend protests

Protestors raise their hands in front of police outside City Hall on 4th Avenue. The day following Saturday’s rioting in downtown Seattle began with an army of volunteers determined to wash away the stains of the night before, and continued with new demonstrations against Police violence. Photographed Sunday May 31, 2020 214107
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Volunteers clean-up broken glass outside the Cheesecake Factory at Bellevue Square on Monday after riots, looting and chaos damaged property in downtown Bellevue on Sunday. Photographed on June 1, 2020. 214112
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Photos: Cleaning up Seattle and Bellevue after a weekend of protests and destruction  VIEW

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Ballard Bridge spanning the Lake Washington Ship Canal. 213998

West Seattle Bridge is a surprise crisis, but plenty of other aging Seattle bridges are also vulnerable  VIEW

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Businesses are boarded up and the Seattle Police stage a presence at University Village mall Monday, June 1, 2020, in NE Seattle, in the wake of national protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The mall is completely shut down with a police line restricting access at the south entrance. 21xxxxx

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President Donald Trump walks past police in Lafayette Park after he visited outside St. John’s Church across from the White House Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington. Part of the church was set on fire during protests on Sunday night. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) DCPS332 DCPS332 (Patrick Semansky / The Associated Press)

Trump threatens military force against protesters nationwide  VIEW

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Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments. Photographed on May 22, 2020. 214039

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Jack works on his weather chart started in 1992 after moving to Okanogan County. Its based on a mercury max-min thermometer out in the lath house and an inexpensive remote thermometer backup. Each day is 1/10 if an inch. The narrow vertical lines are inside temps. Total length is almost 85 feet based on several scrolls. Besides “I like to draw and there’s plenty of things to draw here,” says Jack. The top & bottom horizontal lines are the maximum and minimum temps for the day in the past 28 years. I make the base chart from scratch as needed. I have a rain gage out in the yard and record monthly accumulations in blue below in little doodle-type containers. It acts as a diary too – when the bridge was made, the wood sheds, everything. Photo by Linda Holden. Sketches and cartoons by Jack Holden. 213234

From his rustic cabin, 85-year-old geologist and artist Jack Holden has his offbeat off-the-grid lifestyle down to a science

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Lughano Nyondo is a 15-year old soccer star in her native Malawi, and she met Ruby Settle in France. Nyondo was visiting Settle in Seattle on her way to accepting a scholarship in Connecticut. But when the pandemic hit she was stuck in Seattle. Settle’s family has taken her in and helped her in continuing her training. Photographed Thursday, May 21, 2020 214032

For teen soccer star from Malawi, getting stuck in Seattle amid coronavirus pandemic has silver lining  VIEW

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A housekeeper cleans an elevator at a hotel in Prague, Czech Republic, Monday, May 25, 2020. The bars, restaurants and cafes are returning to full service in the Czech Republic as the government is taking further steps to ease its restrictive measures adopted to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The hotels and tourist camps are also reopening on Monday together with public swimming pools, aquatic centers, wellness centers and saunas. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) PJO106

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A group dubbed “The Puffy Pandemic Parade” cross NE 65th St. in the Ravenna neighborhood for a march past the Ida Culver House retirement home, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Seattle. Organizer Jean Bryant describes the group as all NE Seattle friends. The group has marched one other time and the goal is to spread cheer during the coronavirus outbreak. On this march, the 14 staged in the parking lot of a pub, getting into their inflatable costumes to wave to residents at the retirement home for half an hour. Many residents and staff waved back. “I was tearing up when I was doing this,” said Bryant as she saw “lots of smiles, dancing and waving.” The group plans to keep marching. In a follow-up text Bryant said “We will definitely continue as long as the pandemic is around.” 214066
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Why did the pig and the polar bear cross the road?  VIEW

For no other reason but to send out “good vibes,” married couple Mike and Jacqui Schultz, who want to include mention of their camera-shy daughter Marley, have put up an inflatable in their Crown Hill neighborhood in Seattle, seen Sunday, May 24, 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak. They said it’s working, and many neighbors have responded with happy comments and have made regular visits during walks. 214046
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Framed by small flags on veterans’ graves, bagpiper Neil Hubbard plays appropriate songs on Memorial Day at Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood. Songs included “Amazing Grace,” “Going Home,” the anthems of the military branches, “America the Beautiful,” and more. Ref to gallery online. Hubbard walked the grounds and played for two hours. LO Linesonly Monday May 25, 2020 214050
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Bagpipes mark Memorial Day  VIEW

Plenty of roam to roam on the Fisher Green lawn at Seattle Center with no Northwest Folklife Festival this weekend, except online. Saturday May 23, 2020 LO Linesonly 214049
Local News

Sorry folks, no Folklife this weekend  VIEW