12/7: The Seaport Alliance, drop-in archery classes, and more…

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More police accountability protests

• Seattleites demonstrated daily in solidarity with Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
• Several protests disrupted the Black Friday shopping weekend downtown.
• The Stranger has an in-depth interview with one of the lead organizers here.

Meet the new superintendent, same as the old superintendent

• The School Board's search for a new head of the district usually takes months.
• The Board announced a plan to skip that process the night before Thanksgiving.
• Parents are upset; the final vote is this Wednesday, 12/10.

Jesse Jackson was in town to talk about diversity in tech

• His visit was part of a campaign to get tech companies to release diversity stats.
• That campaign got Amazon to release their diversity numbers in October.
• GeekWire interviewed him about the initiative while he was here.

Seattle-Tacoma Seaport Alliance: coming soon to a regional economy near you

• The two Ports have historically been in competition with each other.
• A new interlocal agreement will allow them to effectively operate as one entity.
• The move comes amid stronger competition from other North American ports. 

More trouble under Pioneer Square

• 5-story drilling rig Bertha ground to a halt under Pioneer Square last December. 
• A year later, the rescue effort is causing soil settlement under the viaduct near the dig site.
• Bertha was supposed to be moving again by March; that now looks unlikely.

2. I-594's stricter gun sale background checks took effect.

3. We're poised to get a new national park and more wilderness protection this week.

4. The Harvard Exit theater is closing in January.

5. The fate of the Woodland Park Zoo's elephants is still in limbo.