12pm - Seattle minimum wage hits $20.76 an hour — and it’s not the area’s highest // Starbucks abandons popular Seattle store near Pike Place Market // How Pike Place Market became a bright light in dulled downtown retail scene // Food safety ratings will soon have to be posted by many more food vendors in King County // What are you doing New Years Eve?

1pm - CBS News' Jan Crawford says the most "underreported" 2024 story was Biden's mental fitness. Was it? // An ode to Washington state Republicans // The top news of 2024 (according to Google). How much do we remember? // Stuff we’re not supposed to do anymore

2pm - $850 for a table at Applebee’s? Welcome to Times Square on New Year’s Eve // Are we overspending on 'experiences?' // Enormous crowds, epic security lines hit Disneyland // Greece increasing parental oversight of social media for kids // A favorite Seattle pop-up restaurant closed last week — here's why // Remembering Dori Monson

12pm - Jimmy Carter passes // Another Boeing crash // The Seahawks will not go to the playoffs // Millennials are terrible parents? // Amazon RTO begins Thursday

1pm - A precipitous rise in homelessness // WSU has a new coach, and a sunk budget for sports // OK governor wants kids in college, trade school or the military to graduate // Ticking closer to a TikTok ban

2pm - Graffiti felonies // NY resolutions // Partisan Daylight Savings Time // Pet cemetaries // Sports gambling in WA could expand // Your texts!

Punchless Seahawks hold on vs. Bears, wait to see if playoff hopes are alive. Stowaway on flight from Sea-Tac to Hawaii arrested // Missiles are now the biggest killer of airline passengers. Backpacks with 1.1 million in cocaine found in Blaine // Musk and Ramaswamy on foreign worker visas. Do you support mass deportation of migrants who have entered the country illegally? // The effects of 'brain rot'

Edmonds explores ending police department, taking note from other cities. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are getting married in Aspen, for $600 million // Americans are exhausted by political news. // Coyotes are everywhere!

I’m DONE tipping 10-20% come January 1st. Chick Fil A wants videos with your resume. Business Insider: Use the mute button on group chats // SH** PEOPLE DO TO THEIR CARS. Honk if you understand this obscure bumper sticker // TEXTS

Car Scams // More of Jake's car story // Judy Garland Slippers at Auction