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Husky Stadium is seen empty on April 30, 2020. The Pac-12 conference has followed the Big Ten in canceling the fall football season. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
Husky Stadium is seen empty on April 30, 2020. The Pac-12 conference has followed the Big Ten in canceling the fall football season. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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LivePac-12 Conference follows Big Ten in canceling fall sports seasons

The Pac-12 Conference has followed the Big Ten in postponing all sports competitions until at least Jan. 1, 2021. It's possible a football season could be played in the spring. Updated

Husky Stadium is seen empty on April 30, 2020. The Pac-12 conference has followed the Big Ten in canceling the fall football season. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
Husky Stadium is seen empty on April 30, 2020. The Pac-12 conference has followed the Big Ten in canceling the fall football season. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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LivePac-12 Conference follows Big Ten in canceling fall sports seasons

The Pac-12 Conference has followed the Big Ten in postponing all sports competitions until at least Jan. 1, 2021. It's possible a football season could be played in the spring. Updated

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Seattle City Council rebalances 2020 budget, passes initial Police Department cuts  VIEW

Protestors block Fourth Avenue outside Seattle City Hall and listen to Monday’s Seattle City Council budget committee voting, which included potential Seattle Police Department cuts, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Organizers said the protest puts pressure on defunding Seattle Police and reallocating funds into the Black community. 214703
Some of the nearly 200 completed Boeing 737 MAX airplanes destined for airlines worldwide, are parked at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake Washington along the Randolph Road Northeast. In March 2019, aviation authorities around the world grounded the passenger airliner after two separate crashes. Photographed on November 13, 2019. 212113 212113

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A couple checks out Elliott Bay in Seattle’s empty Waterfront Park near Pier 57 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Ordinarily the park would be crowded around noontime on a sunny summer day, but not this year. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) The complete shut down of cruise tourism this year has really affected the waterfront and downtown businesses that are majorly dependent on cruise tourism. These businesses have effectively lost a whole season’s worth of profit because they depend so heavily on the cruise traffic to tide them through the year. 214229
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Farewell, old Waterfront Park: Shifting pier means park stays closed until 2024

The city of Seattle closed Waterfront Park last week after discovering that Pier 58 had shifted, leaving a gap between the pier and the land. The city now says the park won't reopen until the pier is replaced and a park redesign is finished.

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Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Duane Brown (76) watches a replay on the big screen as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday November 3, 2019. 211984
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Lifeguard Hussein Dahir makes announcements about usage at the Madison Park Beach as staffing starts on Saturday at 11 a.m. Seattle Parks & Recreation is now staffing four beaches with lifeguards–Madison, Magnuson, Pritchard, and West Green Lake beaches from noon to 7 p.m., Monday-Friday and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the weekend. REF to more phots online. Lifeguards return to four of Seattle’s nine beaches. Madison Park Beach. LO Linesonly Saturday August 8, 2020 214713

Seattle brings back lifeguards at 4 beaches, with some COVID-19 guidance for swimmers  VIEW

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Some of the nearly 200 completed Boeing 737 MAX airplanes destined for airlines worldwide, are parked at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake Washington along the Randolph Road Northeast. In March 2019, aviation authorities around the world grounded the passenger airliner after two separate crashes. Photographed on November 13, 2019. 212113 212113

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FILE — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaks to reporters after campaigning at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, Oct. 6, 2019. Harris will be the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party. (Daniel Acker/The New York Times)

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Radiological Control Technicians are checking the dose rate in the room after separation of the glovebox which is set aside awaiting the separation of additional gloveboxes in the room before being removed. After months of planning and preparation, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) workers finished safely separating three gloveboxes for removal from Hanfordís Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP). As of April, 183 of 238 glove boxes had been removed from the facility at the Hanford Site. These 7,500-pound gloveboxes were challenging to manage due to a combination of their large size and unusual configuration. The highly-contaminated gloveboxes were once used to handle materials from the plutonium recovery process. Photo date: 05.01.2013

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Ed Sozinho family home. Caption to come from Sandy Dunham.

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Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle Duane Brown (76) watches a replay on the big screen as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday November 3, 2019. 211984

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Clouds pass in front of Sunday night’s nearly full moon as it rises behind the Cascade Mountains in this view from Lake Forest Park. August’s 100% full moon, happening Monday night (Aug. 3), is named a Sturgeon Moon after North America’s largest fish, the lake sturgeon. The moonrise is visible rising in the southeast. LO LO LO Photographed on August 2, 2020. 214667
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Photo: A nearly full moon rises over the Cascades

Ahjeawnna Sterling (CQ), captain of the Washington Diamonds Drill Team & Drumline, gets help with her ostrich feather headdress before the Ujoma Fest parade leaves 23rd and Union for Jimi Hendrix Park. REF to more photos online 2020 Parade March & Day of Unity for Black Lives – LO Linesonly Saturday Aug 1, 2020 214652
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Photos: Umoja Fest parade dances and trots through Seattle’s Central District  VIEW

Three girls jump off the dock at Green Lake Friday, July 31, 2020. The diving boards are gone but people are still jumping into the lake from the dock. Temperatures are predicted to be in the high 70’s or low 80’s for the next several days. 214656 214656
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Photo: Making a splash at Green Lake

Along the first base side, Mariners employee Emily Wright, puts out some of the thousands of cardboard fan cutouts for what the Mariners are calling “Seat Fleet” at T-Mobile Park, Monday, July 27, 2020 ahead of Friday’s Mariners home opener. Fans can take their own photo and send in any time during the season for $30, and according to the Mariners website: “…the Mariners will donate a portion of every purchase to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts in our communities. What’s more? If your cutout “catches” a foul ball during a game, we’ll mail you the baseball!” According to Rebecca Hale of the Mariners, 5000 fans have already participated in the program. 214588
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Take my cardboard image out to the ballpark  VIEW