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Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez, center, waits on the mound for a conference with pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, right, and catcher David Freitas during the fourth inning of the team’s baseball game against the... (Ted S. Warren / The Associated Press)

Felix Hernandez has it and then doesn’t as White Sox blank Mariners 5-0

The Mariners suffered an uninspiring 5-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night at Safeco Field as their offense managed just two hits.

A pair of orca whales swim in view of a state ferry crossing from Bainbridge Island toward Seattle in the Puget Sound Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, as seen some miles away from Seattle. The whales were among about 20 or more, believed to be from the resident J and K pods, seen traveling through the passage Tuesday afternoon. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET101

Danny Westneat

Orcas have returned to Puget Sound, and they’ve never faced a bigger menace

Our endangered killer whales have returned for the summer, with the pods limping into Puget Sound the smallest they’ve been in 34 years. The federal government has chosen this precarious moment to gut the law that protects them.

Pedestrians pause to observe homeless people camping on and around the the Ballard Branch of the Seattle Public Library, July 17, 2018. This is scene is along NW 57th St at 22nd Ave NW. Homelessness in Ballard increased four fold from 2017 to 2018.
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Project Homeless

Ballard’s homelessness quadrupled last year, and anger is spilling over

A wave of homelessness threatens to overwhelm charity workers in Ballard, while their neighbors become more and more frustrated with the city’s response.

Cook Jesus Gineste of Classic Catering carries a alder-smoked king salmon to be prepared during the Bite of Seattle at the Seattle Center, Sunday, July 19, 2015. Each salmon is smoked for an hour, then glazed with garlic butter and sea salt.

Weekend Highlight

Eat and drink up at Bite of Seattle, with craft brews, large and small tastings, outdoor entertainment

Also, the Seafair Indian Days Pow Wow at Discovery Park features Native American performances, traditional crafts and food.

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It’s a flying fish is about to be caught by one of the new owners of Pike Place Fish–Jaison Scott, left, Ryan Reese, Samuel Samson and Anders Miller are now owners of this legacy store and tourist attraction at the market. They’re all former employees. Reese caught the salmon.
Fish-tossing was started by former owner John Yokoyama to save steps to the counter and register.
Now, people come to see it.

(Reese caught the salmon)
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Local Business

‘It’s surreal’: Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market sold to fish-throwing employees WATCH

Primary election

$200K in new TV ads laud Republican Dino Rossi on free trade; stay silent on Trump's tariffs

An Atkinson Construction worker sprays water to control the dust as a Liebherr 950 tunnel excavator machine removes dirt from the top of Sound Transit’s tunnel under downtown Bellevue. The Tunnel is approximately one-third mile long, over 27 feet high and 34 feet wide. The tunnel broke through under Bellevue City Hall late this week. The length of the tunnel runs directly under 110th Avenue Northeast. The tunnel took about 15 months to complete using the Sequential Excavation Method and broke through five months faster than projected. The East Link of light rail is due to open in 2023.
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Traffic Lab

A preview peek at the Bellevue light-rail tunnel

Editorial

Seattle Times editorial board endorsements for August primary election

Local News

In this Nov. 28, 2017, photo, a tent to house the homeless is seen in downtown San Diego. An unprecedented increase in people living on the streets is rocking cities along the West Coast from Washington to California. Facing an acute shortage of housing for the poor, San Diego is turning to tents to get people off the streets for now. The city diverted $6.5 million from its permanent housing budget to operate the giant tents. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) CAGB216

FEMA-style tents as homeless shelters? Maybe, say some King County officials

Featured Columnist

Orcas have returned to Puget Sound, and they’ve never faced a bigger menace

Education Lab

UW study: Want highly trained teachers to work at high-poverty schools? Try offering them $10,000

As need soars, schools rally behind families in Vancouver, Wash. — and other cities take notice

Seattle Public Schools is back at the negotiating table for teacher contracts. Here’s how it’s going so far.

Three ways you can advocate for students with disabilities and special education in Washington state

Business & Tech

CEO Pay 2018. (Gabriel Campanario / The Seattle Times)

Some Northwest CEOs earn 200 or 400 times what the average employee is paid

Featured Columnist

It’s suite at the top, but runaway CEO pay doesn’t help the economy

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Be a tourist in your own backyard on Blake Island

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Careers

Another reason not to wear a tie: It could be cutting the blood flow to your brain

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Home Improvement

How to supersize your small backyard space

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Finance

4 ways to make your small business more efficient

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Nation & World

Jonathan Gold at the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 26, 2015. Gold, a Los Angeles Times restaurant critic, died on Saturday. He was 57. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

L.A. Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold, beloved by readers, dies at 57

Photography

Marvin Hannah adjusts his regalia before the Grand Entry at the 31st annual Seafair Indian Days Powwow (CQ) Saturday. Hannah is Dine’ (Navajo Nation) originally from Window Rock, AZ. On top are porcupine hairs and deer tail. He’s a “golden age” dancer, ages 60-65. The powwow continues Sunday at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center in Discovery Park.

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Tribal members gather for Seafair Indian Days Powwow in Seattle VIEW

Seattle Sounders Kim Kee-hee collides with the Vancouver Whitecaps Kei Kamara during the game at CenturyLink Field on Saturday, July 20, 2018. The Sounders beat the Whitecaps 2-0. 207045

Sounders 2, Whitecaps 0

Two goals from Nicolas Lodeiro give Sounders much-needed win over Whitecaps in Ruidiaz’s debut VIEW

Sean Dodd (left) and Jennifer Ward head bang to the band Dude York at the Capitol Hill Block Party, on Friday, July 20, 2018. The Block Party continues with live music, food, and drinks on Saturday and Saturday. 207113

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Groove along with Capitol Hill Block Party VIEW

The shadow emphasizes Katrina Wolfe’s movements during her Butoh performance piece, “The Rag Picker.”

Ref to more photos onlineNorthwest Wanderings on performance artist Katrina Wolfe, Butoh modern dance,

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Northwest Wanderings

This isn’t for everyone: Sumner dancer tries to ‘wake up senses’ with strange art of butoh VIEW

Entertainment

PARISALEXA performs at the Upstream Music Fest + Summit in Seattle Friday, June 1, 2018.
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Rising Seattle star Parisalexa is ready for her Capitol Hill Block Party close-up

Editorials & Opinion

Let’s get creative with existing taxes to fix housing crisis | Op-Ed

Featured Columnist

Leonard Pitts Jr.

Democrats, take note: ‘Normal’ isn’t coming back

David Horsey cartoons

Emperor's new clothes

Sports

Red Badgro, who is the oldest person to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, takes part in the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction weekend parade in 1981.

Meet Red Badgro, the best Northwest athlete you’ve never heard of VIEW

Featured Columnist

Daniel Vogelbach gets another shot in place of slumping Ryon Healy; Mike Zunino could be back on Sunday

Featured Video Stories

Recent Chief Sealth graduate Juan Old Chief Betancourt has learned a lot from his great grandmother. He wanted to honor her the best way he knew how, by taking her to his high school prom. (Lauren Frohne & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Family always comes first: A prom story (5:09)

Stand up paddle boarding is making its Special Olympics USA Games debut, and 21-year-old Devon Adelman is up for the challenge of this new sport. (Lauren Frohne, Bettina Hansen & Emily M. Eng / The Seattle Times)

Paddling for Special Olympics gold (5:01)

"History matters because it shows our values," says Jeffrey Coopersmith, a Seattle attorney who has collected historical artifacts for the past four decades. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Artifacts of Injustice (2:38)

South Park has seen a recent escalation in youth violence, but programs like the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps work to keep kids active, safe and engaged with the community. (Lauren Frohne & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Nurture with nature (5:35)

Glass sculpture artist Martin Blank closes his hot shop in South Lake Union after serving Seattle's art scene for 17 years. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Hot Shop: One of Seattle's glass studios closes for developing (2:30)

Vishavjit Singh, dressed as Sikh Captain America, uses his superhero alter ego to initiate conversations he would not normally have with others while wearing his civilian clothes. (Ramon Dompor & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A Sikh man dresses as a superhero to challenge what it means to... (3:41)

Kellie Sevier and Tommi Tate of Spokane visit Seattle's last sanctioned lot for vehicle dwellers. Their daughter Sabrina Tate, 27, died in her RV. "It changed how I view homelessness," Sevier said. (Bettina Hansen & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A death in the RV safe zone (2:58)

Steven Loch, Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist, has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder since age 13. "It's the moment that you finally are open about it that you start getting the healing," he says. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

‘Dance has saved my life’ (3:14)

Life

CAL McALLISTER – SEATTLE – 11/01/13
Cal McAllister surrounded by Voided checks written to new employees who might want to leave–each check for 3,000$ if an employee that might want to leave after 3 months. Nobody has accepted one yet.

Cal McAllister, one of the founders of the Wexley School for Girls which is an ad agency in Seattle.

After Wexley School for Girls closes its quirky doors, headmaster Cal McAllister restarts with startups

Featured Columnist

I’m not alone; what readers have learned about their families through DNA tests

Pacific NW Magazine

Ron Judd explains how to outsmart your smart technology

Travel

Extremely messy and very worth it: Hook Seabar’s deep-fried soft-shell crab and poached prawn BLT.

Vancouver’s new seafood restaurants make the city even better VIEW