Tech
Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region
Passing of eras in Everett and Portland; McKenna gets a lesson from the Supreme Court; Tim Burgess wants to save Seattle's downtown, while Howard Schultz may want to save the country.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
Latest work
Updated: The Seattle Channel picks its replacement for C.R. Douglas
Brian Callanan is moving over from KCPQ, the Fox affiliate in Seattle television and a rising force in local TV news.
Tech
How Seattle grew itself a new 'downtown'
Seattle's CBD is increasing spelled SLU. Here's an account of the remarkable, somewhat accidental rise of a hot commercial and residential zone called South Lake Union.
Politics
The Coffee Party, local chapter
Howard Schultz of Starbucks is trying to start a national reform movement to get some big solutions to our big impasses. Here are some suggestions for translating these ideas to our state.
Politics
The tunnel vote: the end is near!
In getting late-deciders to vote, it's time to play on negative emotions and to paint dire pictures. Here's a tour of that picture gallery, including a new horror show painted by Sen. Ed Murray.