This view of Third Avenue in downtown Seattle in mid-March shows the effects of the pandemic. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
The street down 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle near the Space Needle where the streets are quieter and less packed with cars, buses and people photographed March 12, 2020. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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This view of Third Avenue in downtown Seattle in mid-March shows the effects of the pandemic. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
The street down 3rd Avenue in downtown Seattle near the Space Needle where the streets are quieter and less packed with cars, buses and people photographed March 12, 2020. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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A woman with a face mask gets a pedicure at a nail shop as plexiglass dividers are installed to protect customers and employees from COVID-19 Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Los Angeles. Four months, 3 million confirmed infections and over 130,000 deaths into the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Americans confronted with a resurgence of the scourge are facing long lines at testing sites in the summer heat or are getting turned away. Others are going a week or more without receiving a diagnosis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) CAJH101 CAJH101

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A man swims in Lake Washington at Madison Park Beach Thursday, July 9, 2020. Nine of Seattle’s swimming beaches won’t open with lifeguards until July 15 at the earliest and the rest won’t open at all this summer, the city says. All are closed for swimming right now due to concerns about the coronavirus and four will stay closed due to budget cuts, according to Seattle Parks and Recreation. 214462

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Victoria Clipper ferry suspends service to and from Seattle until April 2021 Updated

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‘Spectacular,’ newly discovered comet should be visible from Seattle Updated

You'll have to stay up very late to see it, or get up very early, but a newly discovered comet could make a "spectacular" overnight appearance, visible even from light-polluted urban areas like Seattle. Updated

Dwight Harris of Seattle walks with his dogs, Pan (l) and Rio, around Green Lake Monday, July 6, 2020. Lots of people were on the 2.8 mile-long Green Lake path and most were not wearing masks but were practicing social distancing. 214419
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Runners and walkers make their way in the rain along Old Market Street Trail at Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland on Tuesday afternoon. The park is located along the northeast shore of Lake Washington. The weather forecast calls for cloudy weather with rain returning on Thursday. Photographed on June 9, 2020. 214203
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Multiple Seattle City Council members joined community advocates for a news conference hosted by Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now.

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A woman with a face mask gets a pedicure at a nail shop as plexiglass dividers are installed to protect customers and employees from COVID-19 Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Los Angeles. Four months, 3 million confirmed infections and over 130,000 deaths into the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Americans confronted with a resurgence of the scourge are facing long lines at testing sites in the summer heat or are getting turned away. Others are going a week or more without receiving a diagnosis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) CAJH101 CAJH101

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Laura Jones has been wanting to make a sun tart for months! But the pandemic kept thwarting her social plans! She finally got her chance this summer, turning tofu into chevré and using cocoa cereal in an Egyptian-style dip called dukkah. The result: this resplendent, sunflower-shaped tart.

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THEN: A masked newsboy looks west outside the closed Pantages Theatre box office during the influenza pandemic of nearly 102 years ago. Likely, the photo was taken between Oct. 5 and Nov. 11, 1918. Seattle theater historians helped us identify the Pantages by matching the marble pattern in its box-office base with that in a later photo.

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Runners and walkers make their way in the rain along Old Market Street Trail at Juanita Bay Park in Kirkland on Tuesday afternoon. The park is located along the northeast shore of Lake Washington. The weather forecast calls for cloudy weather with rain returning on Thursday. Photographed on June 9, 2020. 214203

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Yusei Kikuchi throws live batting practice Wednesday, Juy 8, at T-Mobile Park. The Seattle Mariners opened Spring Training 2 – now referred to as “Summer Camp” – at T’Mobile Park Wednesday, July 8, 2020 214445
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A Peregrine Falcon chick that still has baby fuzz on the top of its head, looks out from a service platform under the west end of the West Seattle Bridge where it landed after its first flight last week. The chick decided that was enough flying for one day and laid down to take a nap after its maiden flight. The Falcon baby came from a man made nest installed under the bridge by the Department of Transportation about 20 years ago. The Falcon parents recently had three chicks. One landed on West Marginal Way after it tried to fly from its nest and was killed by a vehicle. The second chick landed on the low bridge and was taken to PAWS until it is ready to fly, and this chick, waiting for its wings to mature so it can safely fly, hunt, and survive. Linesonly LO LO LO Photographed on June 16, 2020. 214317
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dee Gordon does defensive drills on the infield of T-Mobile Park Monday. The Seattle Mariners Summer Camp continued Monday, July 6, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. 214377
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