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GRAMMY Award-winning artist Johnaye Kendrick has been named Composer-in-Residence at Key to Change, a nonprofit organization providing music instruction to underserved youth, for the 2026-2027 academic year, where she will compose original works for students to learn and perform.

Blackout the System, a nationwide grassroots campaign, called for an economic boycott during the holiday shopping season to protest economic inequality, corporate greed, and political inaction, while encouraging support for small, local, and Black-owned businesses.

The Seattle Public Library will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Douglass-Truth Branch with a community-wide event on December 13, featuring branch history tours, a creative engagement activity, a live performance, and a presentation of the branch's African American Collection.

King County is offering free dental care to low-income families with children on Medicaid through its Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) program, and adults who are ineligible for Apple Health can receive care through the King County Adult Dental Program (KCADP).

The Seattle Torrent's home opener against the Minnesota Frost on Friday night made history by setting a new attendance record for professional women's hockey in the United States. The game, held at Climate Pledge Arena—home to the NHL's Seattle Kraken—attracted an impressive crowd of 16,014 fans, surpassing the previous record of 14,288 set during a neutral-site game in Detroit last season.

A series of confrontations between teenagers and police in Seattle culminated in the arrest of four individuals, following an incident where a man was shot in the leg and an officer narrowly escaped being struck by gunfire.

Golden Gardens Park in Ballard has emerged as Seattle's leading site for parking violations, with 3,920 citations issued from January 2024 to September 2025. The primary infractions involve expired tags or improper plates, highlighting a significant enforcement focus in this area.

In a decisive move, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican-led resolution condemning the "horrors of socialism" with a vote of 285-98. This development unfolded mere hours before President Donald Trump was scheduled to engage with New York's incoming democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani.

Girmay Zahilay was sworn in as the seventh King County Executive, becoming the youngest, first millennial, immigrant, refugee, and non-Seattle resident to hold the position, and outlining his "Four B's" framework for his administration.

The Seattle Medium and Bennett Media Group's annual food drive returned with overwhelming success, collecting thousands of food items to help families facing food insecurity during the holidays.