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City officials are weighing a crackdown on RVs and motorhomes, which would include banning them from parking overnight on city streets without a permit.

The big picture: Officials estimate a quarter of people living unsheltered in the Seattle area live in vehicles. But the city's only safe parking lot for RVs closed last year to make way for a pickleball complex.

Zoom in: A suite of legislation before the Seattle City Council aims to expand outreach to people living in vehicles, while also clamping down on when and where they can park.

• One part of the plan would ban overnight RV parking, even in industrial areas where it's currently allowed, unless residents get a permit from the city.
• RVs, travel trailers and motorhomes without a permit would only be able to park for two-hour periods.

Another part of the package would direct $5 million this year toward addressing vehicle homelessness, which would go toward hiring more outreach staff and opening more safe parking lots.

What they're saying: The goal is to get all people who are now living in RVs into safe lots, shelter or stable housing, Councilmember Dan Strauss, the sponsor of the package, told Publicola.

• “We want to be able to say, in a year from now, ‘We are no longer allowing motor homes and fifth wheels on our streets,'" Strauss told the news website.

The other side: Some groups have expressed concerns about the proposed RV permitting process.

• Overnight parking permits would be available only to those who are counted during a one-time census of people living in trailers and RVs.
• That could leave out many people — including those who become homeless after the count takes place, Hali Willis, policy manager for the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness, told a council committee last week.
• People also could lose their RV parking permits if they repeatedly reject offers of shelter, leave belongings on the street or violate the city's noise ordinance, among other reasons. That could lead to the vehicles they live in being impounded.

What's next: Strauss' legislation is expected to come up for a vote in a council committee next month. After that, it would still need to be approved by the full council to become law.

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After a historic humiliation at the hands of the Brewers, Mariners fans have abandoned baseball for the high seas.

Driving the news: When the M's suffered the worst loss in franchise history Tuesday — a 22-0 annihilation — fans on Reddit commandeered r/Mariners and dedicated it to the other kind of mariners: sailors, their ships and seafaring.

Why it matters: Sometimes pretending the Mariners don't exist is a reasonable coping strategy.

State of play: "Tear this whole place down," posted user HazePNW, along with a meme of a grizzled fisherman and the instruction: "Please remove the baseball posts, this is a real mariner sub."

• Another fan sought help compiling the Top 50 Mariners of All Time, suggesting Magellan, Leif Erikson and Francis Drake as obvious contenders.
• Others began posting about the Jones Act, the ferry system, container ships, knots, and photos of famous shipwrecks and doomed vessels — including the Edmund Fitzgerald and the OceanGate Titan submersible.
• "Don't know why everyone's posting about boats when we clearly sink," said user Electrical-Fix7659.

Zoom in: The disaster of a game included an overthrow, a dropped ball, some 38-mph pitches and Julio Rodríguez tossing a sacrifice fly into the stands with only two outs — before infielder Leo Rivas finished off a nine-run eighth inning.

The bottom line: Somewhere between 21-0 and 22-0, apparently, baseball season ends and boating season begins.

What we're watching: The Mariners face the Brewers again today in the series finale after clawing back some dignity with a 7-5 win in Game 2.

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📉 TikTok is cutting 75 jobs in the Seattle area, with layoffs hitting teams tied to its e-commerce operations. (GeekWire)

🔥 Three firefighters were hospitalized and another person was injured yesterday in a Bellevue office fire that drew about 75 firefighters to the scene. (Seattle Times)

⚖️ A King County judge will decide Aug. 31 whether a petition to recall Mayor Wilson over allegations she neglected public-safety duties can move forward. (KING 5)

⛪ A Seattle proposal would loosen building rules in multifamily zones to make it easier for neighborhood churches and daycares to expand or add space. (Capitol Hill Seattle Blog)

💼 Uber Eats will pay a $4.4 million settlement to Seattle delivery workers over alleged violations tied to pay and worker protections. (Seattle Times)

Don't get your hopes up just yet, rain-loving Seattle, but there's no smoke on the immediate horizon and we may have seen our last 90-degree day of the year.

The big picture: While much of the country has sweltered, Seattle has seen only a handful of 90-degree days this summer, says National Weather Service Seattle meteorologist Harrison Rademacher.

• And the chances drop dramatically from here: Of the 91 August days that have reached 90 degrees in Seattle's climate record, just 15 came on Aug. 18 or later, he tells Axios.

What's next: Enjoy this week's sunny days — and the winds keeping wildfire smoke at bay.

• A cooler system is expected to arrive Saturday, bringing highs in the low 70s, scattered showers and a chance of thunderstorms.

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Several readers recommended C & P Coffee to me after I compiled a list of Seattle's best old-school coffee shops. After visiting recently, I can confirm this Craftsman home-turned-cafe fits the bill.

Zoom in: The inside of the West Seattle coffee shop invites you to linger with its brick fireplace, couches, abundance of windows and brightly painted walls.

Yes, but: When the sun's out, you'll find people hanging outside — either on the back deck, which is surrounded by a tree-lined garden, or under cafe tables shaded by umbrellas.

The bottom line: If this place were a bit closer to my house, I would work remotely from there all summer.

Stop by: 5612 California Avenue Southwest.

• Open until 6pm Monday-Thursday and until 8pm Fridays and Saturdays.

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🎧 Clarridge is in a trance and listening to Ecuador on repeat.

🎶 Melissa is learning about dream pop as a musical genre, spurred by this article about a local musician.

This newsletter was edited by Geoff Ziezulewicz.