University of Washington student Sabrina Liu, right, conducts a mask counting survey by watching the mask-wearing habits of people in Shoreline on Friday afternoon. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
University of Washington student Sabrina Liu, right, conducts a mask counting survey by watching the mask-wearing habits of people in Shoreline on Friday afternoon. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
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Chris Smalls, a former Staten Island Amazon employee, center, leads the demonstration “Stand Up for Essential Workers – March on Peak Season Seattle” in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. 215756
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Protesters decry Amazon warehouse conditions as commerce giant gears up for holiday shopping blitz

Dozens of protesters marched near Amazon's Seattle headquarters on Black Friday to demand the company provide higher pay and more benefits to its warehouse workers, who are expected to clock as many as 60 hours a week during the company's "peak" season.  VIEW

Will Dissly warms up for Thursday’s game. The Arizona Cardinals played the Seattle Seahawks in NFL Football Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. 215703
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The ‘Little Free Pantry’ the Clement family hosts is seen in South Seattle Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. 215750
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L – R: Theodore, 4; Jessica Long holding her son Zachary, 1; and dad Loren Kite stand in front of their Seattle home Monday, November 23, 2020. They are the Money Makeover subjects for Nov. 29. Loren teaches carpentry to kids, Jess is a teacher. 215729
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Seattle–Chef-Owner Renee Erickson’s Boat Street Cafe for a Ticket lead restaurant review of Boat Street Cafe/Boat Street Kitchen. (photo by Kevin P. Casey)
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Democrats Ingrid Anderson, left, and incumbent Mark Mullet, right, are locked in an expensive race for state senator from the 5th legislative district.

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Man arrested, accused of arson after fire set in Renton hotel housing homeless people

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FILE – This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way for other methods like firing squads and poison gas. The amended rule, published Friday, Nov. 27, in the Federal Register, allows the U.S. government to conduct executions by lethal injection or use “any other manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the sentence was imposed.” (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) WX101 WX101
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L – R: Theodore, 4; Jessica Long holding her son Zachary, 1; and dad Loren Kite stand in front of their Seattle home Monday, November 23, 2020. They are the Money Makeover subjects for Nov. 29. Loren teaches carpentry to kids, Jess is a teacher. 215729

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Will Dissly warms up for Thursday’s game. The Arizona Cardinals played the Seattle Seahawks in NFL Football Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. 215703

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Ex-Husky Will Dissly welcomes larger role in Seahawks offense with Greg Olsen out

Arts & Life

A decorated tree is on display outside of Westlake Center in Seattle Friday, November 20, 2020. Due to Covid, the Westlake Tree Lighting, the lighting of Seattle Star and the Seattle Center WinterFest will be going mainly virtual this year. 215711

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Photography

With dad Ryan Wells close by, 2-year-old Paige Wells shreds at “Sunset Pump Park” for the first time on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. According to her father, the track was made encircling a vacant Ballard house by a neighbor who wanted to give kids nearby someplace to let off some energy. After several loops Paige appears a complete natural. 215763
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Successful first ride at Ballard’s ‘Sunset Pump Park’  VIEW

Anna McAllister of Seattle walks her rescued retired racing grey hound Trevor along the Seattle Turkey Trot run route on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. The run was virtual this year and participants went on their own schedules. McAllister said she always runs the race but decided this year she would make a Trot donation, forgo the tee-shirt, sleep in and walk the route ending at Golden Gardens. 215763
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Seattle Turkey Trot participant dresses for the occasion

Joe Mills zips up his daughter’s, Honoka, caught as her brother Hayato plays on the steps at Green Lake on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Their father Joe took them to the park to burn off some energy and watch the sunset. 215764
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From momentous to mellow, Thanksgiving at Green Lake

Waterfront Park’s Pier 62 is now open, and the one-acre area is getting a steady flow of socially-distanced visitors, and not just for the fishing, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 in Seattle. A series of lanterns changing colors show archival images that serve to symbolically honor and celebrate Seattle communities and families. The sprawling piece was made by the art collective Psych-Pop, two former Garfield High School classmates: Devon Midori Hale and Chi Moscou-Jackson. The duo was invited to create here by Friends of Waterfront Seattle’s Artist-in-Residence Takiyah Ward, who asked local artists “How do we honor our elders, determine our self, and protect our youth?” according to a sign at the pier. The 2020 lantern piece is called “Artifacts From Utopia.” The pier is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. For more information about Pier 62 go to waterfrontparkseattle.org . 215738
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Outdoor art on Seattle’s waterfront shines light on local communities, families