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Slog AM: Bari Weiss Turns Off CBS News Radio, Susan Collins’s White Supremacist Photo Op, SNAP Cutbacks Mean Hunger for Millions of Young People

Impoverished PNW Journalists Strike McClatchy Newspapers: Just as they threatened, dozens of journalists struck papers across Washington and Idaho today, claiming management won’t send decision-makers to logjammed contract negotiations over increased pay. The workers say the strike will last one day, and request readers not cross the virtual picket lines and avoid the websites of […] The post Slog AM: Bari Weiss Turns Off CBS News Radio, Susan Collins’s White Supremacist Photo Op, SNAP Cutbacks Mean Hunger for Millions of Young People appeared first on The Stranger.

Westside Seattle Crime Report

Westside Seattle Crime Report Off patr Tue, 05/26/2026 - 9:01am

Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, May 25–31

MONDAY 5/25 Chapterhouse, the Asteroid No. 4 (MUSIC) Chapterhouse aren’t shoegaze GOATs, but they’re in the convo, flying high enough to sniff the exhaust of My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Lush, and Slowdive. The Reading, England, quintet burned brilliantly but briefly, releasing but two albums and a handful of EPs from 1990 to 1993. Their best […] The post Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, May 25–31 appeared first on The Stranger.

Salmon Bay gives West Seattle a battle

Salmon Bay gives West Seattle a battle Off patr Mon, 05/25/2026 - 6:47am

West Seattle Summer Fest returns for 44th Year with major zero-waste initiative and dynamic music lineup

West Seattle Summer Fest returns for 44th Year with major zero-waste initiative and dynamic music lineup Off patr Fri, 05/22/2026 - 5:42pm

Go to Folklife This Year

It’s Memorial Day Weekend, which means it’s time to break out the tank tops, fire up the grill, and rediscover that the lakes are still really freaking cold in May. And it’s also time to scoot down to Seattle Center to go to Folklife.  I know, I know. The only thing you think of when […] The post Go to Folklife This Year appeared first on The Stranger.

Seattle Social Housing Developer Buys First Building

The Seattle Social Housing Developer (SSHD) has announced its first acquisition, a 150-unit apartment building in the heart of downtown. It plans to turn half of these units into affordable housing. The building, called the Elara at the Market, is a few blocks north of Pike Place Market. SSHD expects to close the sale in […] The post Seattle Social Housing Developer Buys First Building appeared first on The Stranger.

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I Saw U: Saying Hi in Cal Anderson Park, Smiling in Maple Leaf Park, and Hanging With Your Dogs at the Sculpture Park

Trader Joe’s CutieTo the girl with the most gorgeous, teal eyes I’ve ever seen! U told me I was pretty while bagging my groceries at Cap Hill. Can we be best friends? Cutie Near Cal weds 5/20You in Gym clothes, me in my uniform. We crossed paths @ Howell/11th Ave next to Cal. You said […] The post I Saw U: Saying Hi in Cal Anderson Park, Smiling in Maple Leaf Park, and Hanging With Your Dogs at the Sculpture Park appeared first on The Stranger.

Hope on the 2 Line

We were on the 2 Line, headed north. You were across from us with a tiny human who kept going back and forth between you and your spouse, when a tall beauty sat down wearing pink tights with a pink tulle skirt and fur legwarmers.  The tiny human said the tall beauty looked so amazing, […] The post Hope on the 2 Line appeared first on The Stranger.