Baristas no longer have to push #RaceTogether.
Baristas no longer have to push #RaceTogether. weedezign/Shutterstock.com

Starbucks Baristas No Longer Have to Write “Race Together” on Cups: The company insists the end of the campaign has nothing to do with all the controversy. However, "Starbucks will still hold forum discussions, co-produce special sections in USA TODAY and put more stores in minority communities as part of the Race Together initiative, according to a company memo from CEO Howard Schultz." Maybe Schultz woulda been happier if he'd released this memo instead?

Regarding our rating of five dead polar bears for his support of the Shell Arctic drilling fleet being stationed at the Port of Seattle, Port Commissioner Bill Bryant got a response of good for you from his one of his supporters.
Regarding our rating of five dead polar bears for his support of the Shell Arctic drilling fleet being stationed at the Port of Seattle, port commissioner Bill Bryant got a response of "good for you" from one of his supporters. DON WILSON/PORT OF SEATTLE

Port Commissioner Bill Bryant Reveals His True Feelings About the Shell Arctic Drilling Fleet and Our Reporting on It: Speaking to a roomful of Republicans, Bryant made some flippant remarks about the public’s—and our—concerns about Shell’s Arctic drilling fleet, and revealed the timing for the fleet's arrival to Seattle (early April). Sydney Brownstone has the audio and Bryant’s response.


Hundreds Gathered for Oso Mudslide Memorial Yesterday: The names of each of the 43 victims of the March 22, 2014, landslide were read. The crowd included first responders who came dressed in the same outfits they wore a year ago.

City Council Expected to Approve Funding Expansion of Pike Place Market Today: $43 million from the city's general fund will be used to build a new public plaza and walkway, more shops, an underground parking garage, and senior housing.


Ted Cruz Is Officially Running for President: The anti-abortion, anti-gay-marriage, anti-legalization, pro-gun Texas senator who was behind the government shutdown in 2013 and once said, "Republicans are and should be the party of the 47 percent," made the official announcement at the world's largest Christian college.

Techies Wrestle with Depression: “In tech centers like Seattle, which boasts an estimated 700 startups, depression can be the flip side of the all-night work sessions, all-or-nothing funding pitches and cutthroat competition.”

The US Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Kill 11,000 Seabirds: It’s supposedly to protect baby salmon at the mouth of the Columbia River. The Audubon Society of Portland, however, blames dams, not birds, for the struggling salmon population, and is threatening to sue.

The old Capitol Hill making way for the new Capitol Hill.
The old Capitol Hill making way for the new Capitol Hill. KR

You Say Good-Bye, I Say Hello: The former home of Piecora's, at 14th and Madison, was demolished to make way for a six-story, 140-unit mixed-use building, expected to be completed in 2017.