Woman takes job hunt to the streets of downtown Seattle (Seattle Times)

After losing her job of eight years when her marketing employer downsized, Simmjaze Sayles has spent 20 months looking for full time work, finally resorting to wearing a sandwich sign in downtown Seattle that says, “I WANT A JOB And Nothing Else!”

Reginald Heber Thomson: The man who flattened Seattle (Seattle Times)

“Shaper of Seattle” traces the life of Reginald Heber Thomson, the man who literally remade the landscape and infrastructure of Seattle.