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Musicmaking, dancing, swimming, paddling, more for your West Seattle Tuesday!

Thanks to Al for the artichoke-flower-and-bee photo! Here’s our list of event notes/reminders/listings for today/tonight, mostly from the WSB West Seattle Event Calendar: POSTCARDS4DEMOCRACY: New postcard-writers as well as returnees are welcome at this weekly advocacy gathering, 10:30 am-noon at C & P Coffee (5612 California SW; WSB sponsor). Sign up here before you go, […]

YOU CAN HELP: West Seattle Rotary’s ‘Pencil Me In for Kids’ school-supply drive under way

Looking ahead to next school year – just weeks away – the Rotary Club of West Seattle hopes you can help with this year’s Pencil Me In for Kids school-supply drive. Here’s how: Pencil Me In For Kids (PMIFK) is a West Seattle Rotary-sponsored project that has provided basic school supplies to West Seattle K-5 […]

The little chips that could: How Impinj has survived 26 years in a market that’s ‘just getting going’

More than a quarter-century after Impinj was founded, CEO Chris Diorio and team rang the Nasdaq opening bell Tuesday to mark the Seattle RFID chipmaker's 10th anniversary as a public company. The company has survived a billion-dollar hype cycle, a near-death experience in 2018, and a patent war against a rival 15 times its size. Diorio says the company is still less than 1% into its total opportunity, which is why he's as optimistic as ever about the potential. Read More

TerraByte takes its geospatial tracking service to the next level with help from SkyFi and AI

Startup upgrades 'Earth Search Engine' to open new paths to high-resolution satellite imagery and data-driven insights. Read More

Cole Young keeps it simple

His go-to coffee order is a vanilla latte. He prefers to stick close to the team hotel during road trips rather than exploring the city. His walk-in outfit, as captured by team photographers, is usually joggers and a plain t-shirt. You could, fairly, call it boring; Cole Young prefers to call it keeping things simple. […]

Gabe Speier is back, but not better than ever. Yet.

After struggling through April, Gabe Speier took a trip to the Injured List to let a little inflammation in his shoulder subside. What’s happened since then is a puzzle: His stuff looks better than ever, but while his ERA is a gorgeous 2.05, his xERA, FIP, and SIERA are at all-time highs for his Mariners […]

Mariners News: Cal Raleigh, J.P. Crawford, and Julio Rodriguez

Good morning! A very fun win last night moved the Mariners back into first place in the AL West as they toppled the Cincinnati Reds 8-0. A four-hit night from Victor Robles, six shutout innings from George Kirby, an incredible Cal Raleigh grand slam, and a little chaos ball sprinkled in were all responsible for […]

Seattle’s Clarify acquires S.F. startup Seam AI, joining forces to challenge CRM stalwarts

Clarify, the Seattle-based AI startup that has raised more than $22 million to take on Salesforce and other CRM incumbents,… Read More

TRAFFIC, WEATHER, TRANSIT: Tuesday, with heat alert

6:00 AM: Good morning! It’s Tuesday, July 21, 2026. WEATHER + SUNRISE/SUNSET The National Weather Service‘s Heat Advisory alert is in effect at 10 am, until 11 pm tomorrow. The official forecast: partly sunny, patchy smoke, high mid-80s. Sunrise was at 5:33 am today; sunset will be at 8:57 pm. TRANSIT TODAY Metro buses – […]

Next-gen battery startup Sila raises $300M to expand manufacturing plant in Washington state

Sila, a startup producing next-generation battery materials, on Tuesday announced $300 million from investors, which will help fund the expansion of its Moses Lake, Wash., manufacturing plant. Read More

WEST SEATTLE SCENE: Happy birthday, Tim!

Sent by frequent photo contributor Bob Burns: He is almost always on Alki in late afternoon, ready to wave and smile at all who greet him. I asked if it was OK to post on The Blog, and he said OK.