The Space Needle stands fuzzy in the fog and drizzle, seen Sunday from Harbor Avenue in West Seattle. The start to the Seattle area’s wet season could begin late Thursday night. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
The Space Needle stands fuzzy in the fog and drizzle, seen Sunday from Harbor Avenue in West Seattle. The start to the Seattle area's wet season could begin late Thursday night. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
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Here we go, rain-loving friends! The start to our wet season could begin late Thursday night. The National Weather Service is predicting winds up to 50 mph. Also in the forecast: 10 times the precipitation we had all summer over the next 72 hours.

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Striking Northwest Carpenters Union members picket the Vulcan construction site being built by GLY on Westlake Ave. N. and Republican St. in downtown Seattle. 218234
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Wed. Sept. 15, 2021. Beer tender Edward Cunningham checking vaccination cards (many copied onto people’s phones) of customers as they enter Burke-Gilman Brewing Company in Seattle. Story about Gov. Inslee’s vaccine mandate. 218230
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Attendance was increased for Sunday’s game, and the upper deck saw its largest crowd of the season. Austin FC played the Seattle Sounders FC in MLS Soccer Sunday, May 30, 2021 at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. 217261
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Jason Duncan, right, a vice president at Outdoor Research, stands with employee Ian Mason, left, as they prepare to talk with applicants at a job hiring fair May 16, 2020, in Seattle. The company started with cloth masks for the general public, but soon pursued making medical-grade masks, investing millions to convert an entire floor of its downtown headquarters into an FDA-approved facility. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) NY686
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As Lee Roof CQ records the measurements, Kelly Hulsey stretches the tape around another entry in the giant pumpkin weigh-off by the Puget Sound Giant Pumpkin Growers at Christianson’s Nursery in Mount Vernon on Saturday September 26, 2015. The winner, left, by Scott Carley weighs 1,427 1/2 pounds and Joel Holland’s 3rd place pumpkin, right, weighs 1,254 1/2 pounds.
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The old Black Angus Motor Inn, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021 in Seattle, is partly demolished. The inn was bought by the Low Income Housing Institute this year who will host a tiny house village on the site next to it. 218185
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Migrants cross between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. They’re part of an influx of migrants arriving to the U.S., mostly from Haiti, since early 2021. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Sergio Flores for The Washington Post

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RETRANSMISSION OF XNYT144 TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE CROP — President Joe Biden, participates in a videoconference with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, left, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, from the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Sept.15, 2021. The Biden administration took a major step on Wednesday in challenging China’s broad territorial claims in the Pacific, announcing that the United States and Britain would help Australia to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, adding to the Western presence in the region. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) XNYT144 XNYT144
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Michael Reyes, holding his 10-month-old son Scout, addresses a rally of union carpenters at their hall in Kent Wednesday night. The carpenters were signing up to picket duty for the anticipated beginning of their strike on Thursday morning. Union media rep Kristin Hyde said there was a “100% chance” they would strike, beginning at four locations around the region. Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021 25120 Pacific Highway South, 218224

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A syringe of of ivermectin — a drug used to kill worms and other parasites — intended for use in horses only, rests on the box it was packaged in, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Olympia, Wash. Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of the parasite drug to treat COVID-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there’s little evidence it helps. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) OTK

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Design For Acceptance: Looking up from his drawing board, Minoru Yamasaki, architect-designer, had reason to smile as he worked in his office in Birmingham, Mich. He is one of many Japanese-Americans who have built successful careers since Second World War. Highlight for Yamasaki was his return to his home town, Seattle, as architect-designer of the United States Science Pavilion at this year’s World’s Fair. On the wall were two views of the Central Hotel, Los Angeles, which he designed.

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An injured harbor seal pup lays on the beach before being rescued by trained volunteers with Seal Sitters, part of NOAA’s marine mammal stranding network. Lynn Shimamoto, a trained investigator with Seal Sitters, part of NOAA’s marine mammal stranding network, rescues an injured young harbor seal pup along the beach at Seacrest Park in West Seattle, Sunday September 12, 2021. “We were concerned because it’s very thin and seems to have some respiratory issues,” said Shimamoto. Also, she added, “it keeps coming up on these really busy beaches,” and was recently chased by a dog into the water. The seal, safely put into a carrier for transport, was be taken to the SeaLife Response Rehab and Research (SR3) marine animal hospital in Des Moines. Shimamoto says it is incredibly important for the public not to disturb marine wildlife. Wildlife hospitals will not accept drop-offs of marine animals from the public. If you observe an animal on a West Seattle beach in distress, call their hotline at 206-905-SEAL and visit their website at www.sealsitters.org for more information.
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Injured harbor seal pup rescued on West Seattle beach

After the offense gave up a fumble in 3rd quarter, the defense got the ball back on a similar play, taking a 4th and 1 for Indianapolis and turning the ball over. . The Seattle Seahawks played the Indianapolis Colts in NFL Football Sunday, September 12, 2021 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. 218183
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The Stars & Strips flies from the Seattle Fire Department’s ladder 4 at Seattle Center during a 9/11 memorial on Saturday. When the World Trade Center’s towers collapsed, 343 FDNY firefighters died along with workers there. Saturday, September 11, 2021 218189 (Alan Berner / Alan Berner)
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