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In today's newsletter:

  • Why repeat thefts at U-Village’s Victoria’s Secret drew a major SPD response
  • How will Seattle’s $21.30 minimum wage reshape your favorite restaurants?
  • Which Seattle bars and restaurants said their final goodbyes in 2025?

Also on today's calendar: Printmaking Class: Custom Mini Tote Bags & Cards with Nikki Jabbora - Barber and 9 more events.

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Today's riddle: How many sheep does it take to make a sweater? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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📰 News we're reading

1. 3 shoplifters arrested at U-Village Victoria's Secret (mynorthwest.com) — Seattle police arrested three suspected shoplifters in separate incidents at the Victoria’s Secret in University Village, recovering more than $700 in merchandise and several weapons. Two women were identified and released pending charges, while a 28-year-old man with prior felony convictions was booked into King County Jail. One additional suspect escaped and remains at large as the investigation continues.
   

2. Seattle's minimum wage increase sparks debate on sustainability for local restaurants (komonews.com) — Seattle’s minimum wage will rise to $21.30 on Jan. 1, and local restaurants are weighing how to absorb the higher labor costs while keeping doors open. Owners from Columbia City to Ballard describe tight margins, recent closures, and hopes that incoming Mayor Katie Wilson will balance support for workers with meaningful help for small businesses.
   

3. 20 Seattle restaurant and bar closures that hurt the most in 2025 (bellinghamherald.com) — Seattle diners are saying goodbye to a long list of beloved restaurants and bars this year, from Chinatown International District staples to Capitol Hill institutions and neighborhood pubs across the city. The closures highlight rising costs, tough lease negotiations, and retirements, but also hint at new ventures on the horizon. Readers are urged to support remaining favorites while exploring new spots opening in 2026.
   

4. HHS opens probe into Seattle Children's Hospital over transgender youth health care (justthenews.com) — Seattle Children’s Hospital is facing a new federal investigation, after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services referred its transgender youth care policies to the agency’s inspector general. The move follows an order restricting certain treatments nationwide and has already sparked legal challenges from Democratic-led states, putting Seattle’s flagship pediatric hospital at the center of a national policy fight.
   

5. KIRO host critiques land acknowledgments after UW ruling (mynorthwest.com) — A recent Ninth Circuit ruling found UW violated a computer science professor’s First Amendment rights over a controversial land acknowledgment, prompting on-air debate from KIRO’s Gee & Ursula Show in Seattle. Hosts and producers weighed free-speech protections against student discomfort and questioned whether institutional land acknowledgments are meaningful change or just performative gestures.
   

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