It’s got plenty of places to work, a great joint for muffins (Macrina), a passable room for music (Showbox SoDo), one of the best bars to have a drink (Hooverville), and more hot-dog vendors than Capitol Hill any day of the week (you know the strip). So why can’t SoDo hustle up some condos already? A few artists and derelicts in the know have turned many of the neighborhood’s older haunts into homes on the sly, and for that we applaud them. But seriously, the rest of us want in! CHRIS KORNELIS
Mercer Island School District faces $13.4M sex abuse claim
School leaders received numerous reports that former high school English teacher Curtis Johnston was “dating” a student but failed to intervene, complaint says.
By Moe K. Clark, InvestigateWest • March 5, 2026 3:08 pm
O’Reilly Auto Parts to pay $5.6M for employee discrimination
Missouri-based O’Reilly Auto Enterprises will pay $5.6 million for widespread denial of pregnancy and nursing accommodations to Washington workers under…
By
Steve Hunter • March 5, 2026 9:47 am
KC Council approves moratorium on detention centers
The King County Council approved a moratorium on detention centers in unincorporated King County as an effort to limit immigration…
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Drew Dotson • March 4, 2026 4:10 pm
