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The Showbox in Seattle. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Local News

With the Showbox, we’re all NIMBYs now

The story of the Showbox music venue is exasperating to those who warned that Seattle’s growth-on-steroids policies would gentrify the city and sweep away its history.

Garfield High School Sav’ell Smalls is photographed during practice in Seattle Friday, July 20, 2018. 207090

High School Sports

‘I’m going to turn into a diamond’: Garfield’s Sav’ell Smalls has worked to become one of top players in nation

The junior is rated as the No. 3 recruit in the nation, and he has the offers from the top colleges to show for it. He'll announce his top nine schools after the season.

CONSTANCE WU as Rachel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and SK Global Entertainment’s and Starlight Culture’s contemporary romantic comedy “CRAZY RICH ASIANS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

Movies

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ fans buy out theaters in pursuit of a #GoldOpen in Seattle and elsewhere

Across the nation, as part of the #GoldOpen movement rooting for a stellar box office performance for "Crazy Rich Asians," some individuals have paid for a number of movie tickets, or bought out entire theaters, to give the general public a chance to see the film, free of charge.

Sawyer, a new bistro in Ballard, comes from former Lark chef Mitch Mayers. (courtesy of Sawyer)

Food & Drink

39 new restaurant openings to try around the Seattle area

Wild Ginger will open near the Amazon complex, and three dozen other restaurant openings have come to Seattle, Bellevue, Renton and more.

Don't Miss

The Mariners’ Dee Gordon hits a two-run home run in front of Oakland Athletics catcher Jonathan Lucroy during the 12th inning Wednesday in Oakland, Calif. (Jeff Chiu / The Associated Press)

Mariners 2, A's 0

Dee Gordon — yes, Dee Gordon — homers to lift Mariners to extra-innings win in Oakland VIEW

A big breakfast of fried eggs and potato hot cakes with cheddar cream and salsa verde, in New York, Dec. 8, 2017. Long, lazy weekends were made for big, homemade breakfasts. (Andrew Scrivani/The New York Times)

On Nutrition

Should you eat breakfast like a prince and dinner like a pauper?

Cornerback Jeremy Boykins defends wide receiver Malik Turner during drills at Seattle Seahawks Training Camp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton Monday August 6, 2018. 207179

Seahawks | Bob Condotta

Impressions from Day 14 of Seahawks camp: Seattle appears set to add veteran pass rusher, a new safety emerges

Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Election worker JaRogerick Johnson tosses a tray of ballots onto a sorting machine as Kashima Basedon operates the controls that sorts, slices open envelopes and scans ballot signatures at the Renton Elections facility. 204128

Editorial

Shake up the system to boost voter turnout

Local News

Tuesday August 14, 2018, smoky haze envelopes tour boats and ferries from Bremerton and Seattle.
The Bremerton ferry Walla Walla, left, arrives in Seattle as the ferry Wenatchee, right, departs for Bainbridge Island. 207428

Smoky Seattle summers: Expect more of them, scientists say VIEW

Featured Columnist

With the Showbox, we’re all NIMBYs now

Education Lab

STEM majors way up, humanities down, among Washington college students, new data show

Guest essay: Teaching For Black Lives book presents ideas for empowering marginalized students

Watch with us: Tomorrow, state officials may approve a second for-profit private school in King County

Blaming state lawmakers, Seattle school officials forecast years of financial doom and gloom

Business & Tech

(Saul Martinez/The New York Times)

Drone soars as a construction tool able to leap tall buildings, and save money and lives

Featured Columnist

We’re seeing the biggest threats to the economic expansion in years

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At Home

4 quick fixes to give your rental home more personality

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Backyard Safety

10 tips to keep your swimming pool safe this summer

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Summer Sippers

Make it at home: Wild Ginger’s mango mojito

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Elizabeth Rinehart (left) volunteering at Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build 2018 event. (Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King County)

Careers

Construction general manager Elizabeth Rinehart’s cool job

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Nation & World

Pearl Jam played the first of its “Home Shows” Wednesday August 8, 2018 at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA. 207295 (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times)

A Pearl Jam poster depicting a dead President Trump draws controversy in Montana Senate race

Photography

Laila Vieira, 11, goes sideways in her jet while testing out a new flight simulator at the Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club Tuesday August 7, 2018. Volunteer Austin McHenry, 23, watches and helps her along. McHenry is home on his summer break from his fifth year at the Rochester Institute for Technology, studying electrical/mechanical engineering technology. “I pretty much grew up here,” he said about the Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club, and has volunteered with them on and off since high school. He went to Raisbeck Aviation High School and has flown a plane a few times. “I think it’s really cool for the kids being able to experience these things here,” he said. “These technologies aren’t going away anytime soon.”

Photo Gallery

Boys & Girls Club visitors feel the thrill of learning to fly VIEW

Angelica Walker, 7, center, and dancers from the Kalahi dance group of the Filipino Community of Seattle take the stage at the Rainier Valley Heritage and Othello International Festival Sunday at Othello Park August 12, 2018. 207369

Local News

Sunday at the Rainier Valley Heritage and Othello International Festival VIEW

Finishing with a flourish and a joy-filled embrace on stage, Jo Passed’s bassist Megan-Magdalena (CQ), in red, and guitarist Bella Bebe opened Sub-Pop’s 30th anniversary party at Alki in West Seattle with a hard rocking’ set on the Harsh Realm stage. The four member band is from Vancouver, B.C.

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Sub Pop’s beach party

Seattle’s Sub Pop knows how to throw a party VIEW

Pearl Jam played the first of its “Home Shows” Wednesday August 8, 2018 at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA. 207295 (Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times)

Music

Review: Pearl Jam, Seattle fall in love all over again at joyous Home Shows on Night One at Safeco Field VIEW

Entertainment

CONSTANCE WU as Rachel in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and SK Global Entertainment’s and Starlight Culture’s contemporary romantic comedy “CRAZY RICH ASIANS,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ fans buy out theaters in pursuit of a #GoldOpen in Seattle and elsewhere

Editorials & Opinion

Tuesday, November 7, 2017. Election worker JaRogerick Johnson tosses a tray of ballots onto a sorting machine as Kashima Basedon operates the controls that sorts, slices open envelopes and scans ballot signatures at the Renton Elections facility. 204128

Shake up the system to boost voter turnout | Editorial

Featured Columnist

Just how big is this blue wave? For state Democrats, maybe the biggest in decades

This week in cartoons

White House ethics, Space Force and Trump's red wave

Sports

Earl Thomas (29) practices with the Seattle Seahawks at Virginia Mason Athletic Center (VMAC) in Renton, Wash. Friday, June 2, 2017.

Seahawks Mailbag: Could Seattle trade Thomas for Mack? Could Shaquem Griffin earn a larger role?

Featured Columnist

Impressions from Day 14 of Seahawks camp: Seattle appears set to add veteran pass rusher, a new safety emerges

Featured Video Stories

After Juan Lopez arrived in the United States, he wasn’t thinking about the future. Now he has a wife and children. “To see them crying… it just hurts me now.” (Corinne Chin, Ramon Dompor & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

'It's going to be hard to leave': The Lopez family's tough... (8:41)

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)

Life

Seattleite Lauren Ko finds fame through pie; but sorry, you can’t have any VIEW

Featured Columnist

Gene Balk / FYI Guy

In King County, more women are waiting to have kids. So what’s driving the trend?

Pacific NW Magazine

The Hat Island marina is the hub and main access to the Island. The south tip of Camano Island (Camano Head) is seen at top, center.
Hat Island, a private island 4 miles west of Everett, sits between Everett and the southern tip of Whidbey Island. There is no public transportation to or from it, only a private ferry that operates part time.
Photographed on July 3, 2018.

The waves meet the land on tiny Hat Island

Travel

Pacific Coast Highway

A nightmare drive down the Pacific Coast Highway conjures childhood memories | Bad Travelers VIEW