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Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga, champion of interned Japanese Americans, dies at 93

Early in 1942, two months before Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga was scheduled to graduate from high school in Los Angeles, her principal assembled the school’s 15 Japanese American seniors for a meeting. Herzig Yoshinaga was an honors student, with plans to...

Mariners: Safeco Field long-term lease agreement contingent on $180 million in public funds

The Mariners say their proposed long-term lease extension at Safeco Field is contingent upon King County approving $180 million in public funds to help with fixes at the ballpark. The team and the Public Facilities District that oversees Safeco Field...

‘The whole thing’s crazy’: Police tracing trail of soldier from Renton slaying to shootings, suicide on Hood Canal Bridge

Video-surveillance footage shows that an Army Ranger spent three minutes inside a woman’s Renton motel room on Monday, but it was apparently enough time for him to kill the 38-year-old and mutilate her body, according to Renton police. “The camera...

Seattle Art Fair 2018: robots, puppets and million-dollar paintings part of this year’s extravaganza

Nato Thompson likes to play a game. When he, his wife and his mother are in the room of an art museum, they sometimes pretend like the building is on fire. Each of them has to choose an artwork to...

‘The Incendiaries’ is beautiful and infuriating

Book review In her debut novel, “The Incendiaries,” R.O. Kwon writes the most beautiful depiction of broken Solo cups, the unofficial cup of uninspired college parties, I’ve ever read. When her two protagonists, Will Kendall and Phoebe Lin, meet at...

Seattle-area music-and-nightlife events July 27-Aug. 2: Willie Nelson & Family, Birch Pereira and the Gin Joints, and more

Seattle is a music city. On any given night, there are dozens of events worth attending. To that end, it can be a daunting task to find the show that’s worth the trek. This weekly guide can help you...

A revealing look at director Stanley Kubrick, through eyes of ‘Filmworker’

Movie review  As a young British actor, Leon Vitali had racked up substantial credits before director Stanley Kubrick cast him in the 1975 film “Barry Lyndon.” In this 18th-century period piece, Vitali made a vivid impression as Lord Bullingdon, a...

‘Word painting’ artist Wayne White brings 14-foot-tall puppets to the Seattle Art Fair

Isn’t it high time the Boren sisters get their due? If not for them, the 24-member Denny Party never would have landed their schooner on the shores of Alki Beach in 1851 to make a claim on Seattle. Instead, the...

From a dance hall to furniture store: The storied history of Seattle’s Showbox music venue

On July 24, 1939, The Show Box opened as Seattle’s grandest “dine and dance rendezvous,” where dancing began at noon each day and continued into the night. The storied venue has served many purposes since that time — a dance...

Kim Schrier, a doctor, makes health care a centerpiece of her 8th District campaign for Congress

Last spring, Issaquah pediatrician Kim Schrier joined three other Virginia Mason doctors for a meeting with an aide to U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Auburn. On their minds: a Republican health-care bill aimed at dismantling the Affordable Care Act, also known...

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