Marissa Johnson & Mara Willaford

Their tactics were controversial, but when Johnson and Willaford bum-rushed the stage at a Bernie Sanders speech, they forced Seattle to confront its racial bias.

Tom Rasmussen

After more than a decade on the city council, Rasmussen is stepping away from office. But he’s proposing two new ordinances to improve traffic. That’s one way to solve gridlock.

Master Chief

Nearly 15 years after his debut in Halo: Combat Evolved, the supersoldier from Kirkland’s 343 Industries is at it again this month, in Halo 5: Guardians. Apparently even space marines get stop-loss orders.

Hiromichi Morimoto

Look—up in the sky! It’s a new jet in Jet City. The Mitsubishi Aircraft president was here in August to bust sake barrels and open his company’s first engineering center in the Pacific Northwest.

Todd Newton

The man with a face you can’t forget and a name you can’t recall hosts two nights of The Price Is Right Live! So now you have no excuse for forgetting Ole What’s His Face. (Paramount Theatre, Oct 11 & 12)

Renee Erickson

What’s better than one new spot from the Boat Street Cafe restaurateur? How about three new spots, all of which open this October and one of which will sell doughnuts. Nom nom nom…