Hi, I'm Joshua McNichols.

And I'm Monica Nicholsberg.

We host KOWW's Economy Podcast, Booming.

About 9,000 tech workers in the Seattle area have lost their jobs in the past year.

And many companies are now citing artificial intelligence in their layoff announcements.

On the latest episode, where have all the laid off tech workers gone?

And what can the rest of us learn from the first shock of the AI earthquake?

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Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy. It's Friday. This is Seattle now.

This week, state legislators had a 24-hour

marathon meeting to pass the millionaires' tax. Seattle might install some temporary public

bathrooms ahead of the World Cup, and a local vegan restaurant sparked outrage by adding

chicken and eggs to the menu. Arts reporter Jazz Kimymig and Seattle Met Food and Drink editor Naomi Tomke

are here to break down the week.

But first, let's get you caught up.

First, the bad news.

Both directions of Interstate 405 will be closed again in Bothell this weekend near the 522 interchange. Now the good news,

it's the final weekend of construction as crews add additional toll lanes. The closure begins

tonight at nine. Lanes will reopen early Monday morning. State officials are warning of

significant delays on I-405 this weekend. The Port of Tacoma has filed a federal lawsuit to try to

recoup $10 million it spent on cleaning up pollution. The polluted properties were owned by the

chemical company PQ LLC before the port acquired them in 2008. The Tacoma News Tribune reports the port

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