The opening of Uniqlo, the Japanese clothing retailer, in the old Macy’s and Bon Marché building at Pine Street and Fourth Avenue casts some light on the struggling downtown Seattle shopping district Tuesday. On the right across the street is a Starbucks that closed last summer due to crime. (Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times)
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Seattle’s zombie downtown shows signs of life | Danny Westneat

Crime has been cut in half over the past few months in "Mary Three," the police beat at the heart of troubled downtown, writes columnist Danny Westneat. How did it happen, and can it last?

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Politics

Teddybear Chollas are seen within the proposed Avi Kwa Ame National Monument on Friday, Feb. 12, 2022, near Searchlight, Nev. President Joe Biden told a gathering of tribal leaders in Washington on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022, that he intends to designate an area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File) NVLAS301 NVLAS301

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Opinion

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Mental Health

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Business & Tech

Picketers stand outside the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on the corner of Minor Ave and East Pike Street in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle on July 17, 2022.

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Nation & World

The Band of the Household Cavalry perform on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace prior to the ceremony for the Changing of the Guard to mark the 74th birthday of King Charles III, in London, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP) AMB814 AMB814

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Pacific NW Magazine

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Arts & Life

Hilary Swank in “Alaska Daily.”

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Photography

Ben Schurko, with Fleming’s Holiday Lighting, wraps a tree with green and blue Seahawk lights along the North plaza at Lumen Field. There’s 51 lights to a bundle. Each tree takes about 35 bundles, more than 1750 lights. Fleming’s Holiday Lighting specializes in commercial holiday lighting in King County.. 222304
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A dog pops his head out of the car window as it snows on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.
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Washington Huskies guard Keyon Menifield steals the ball between Seattle Redhawks guard Riley Grigsby, left, and forward Brandton Chatfield during the first half. 222280
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