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Go Sam, go. Photo: Michael Owens/Getty Images Watching the Seahawks in person at the Super Bowl likely isn't in most fans' budget this year. By the numbers: As of yesterday, the cheapest tickets to the game cost more than $6,300 on resale sites StubHub and Vivid Seats. While the NFL was still offering official game day packages, one of those would set you back $7,500 or more. That's not even counting the cost of airfare to San Francisco and hotels.

New Seattle mayor Katie Wilson was formally sworn in during a ceremony Friday. Photo: Courtesy of City of Seattle Katie Wilson was sworn in as Seattle mayor on Friday, roughly two months after she unseated Bruce Harrell in the November election. Zoom in: Wilson, a longtime progressive activist, spoke during her inaugural address about bringing innovation to City Hall, as well as making Seattle more livable. I want to live in a city that honors the things you do when you're not making money ...

State of play: Rivers from Southwest Washington to the Canadian border were "at moderate to major flood stage levels" as of Wednesday, Robert Ezelle, director of the Washington Military Department's emergency management division, said at a news conference. "We're just going to see those levels increase as we go into tomorrow and Friday," Ezelle told reporters Wednesday, citing an elevated risk of landslides as well.

The Seattle Seahawks' vaunted defense put a beatdown on the free-falling Minnesota Vikings Sunday, dominating 26-0. Why it matters: It was the Hawks' first shutout victory since the team beat Chicago in 2015, per the Associated Press. State of play: Sam Darnold and the rest of the offense was quiet, but didn't need much to secure yet another W and a tie for first with the Rams in the NFC West. 😠(Sad) Editor's note: I'm a longtime fan of those free-falling Vikings. We miss Darnold.

👋 Editor Geoff here! Stuffing is the best part of tomorrow's meal, and I often wonder why we don't normalize eating stuffing year round. Alas, that's a bigger question than any of us should ponder on a holiday week. But if you're stuck in dire stuffing straits, here's the Ziezulewicz version. ☝️A quick caveat: Stuffing should always be cooked inside the bird, especially if you're smoking said bird on a Weber grill.

English, German and Irish are the most common ancestries among Seattle-area residents, per 2024 U.S. Census Bureau data. That's based on self-reported ancestries, as well as race and ethnicity info. Go deeper: Mexicans— who have historically been under-counted in the Census — are still the metro area's fourth largest ethnic group when viewed by self-reported ancestry. The big picture: Chinese and Indian ancestries round out the next largest groups, underscoring the Seattle area's growing diversity.

The University of Washington has climbed four spots in U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges rankings, which were released Tuesday. Zoom in: Among more than 400 national universities evaluated, the UW tied for 42nd place this year. Last year, the Seattle institution ranked 46th. Zoom out: Washington State University tied for 192nd this year, while Gonzaga University in Spokane tied for 102nd. Seattle University, meanwhile, tied for 151st, and Seattle Pacific tied for No. 242.

Bremerton, our neighbor to the west, has been ranked the No. 2 coastal city in America to move to, according to a new ConsumerAffairs report. The big picture: The report, released this month, looked at the livability, affordability, safety and economy of 143 U.S. coastal cities and placed Bremerton in the second spot, behind only Pensacola, Fla.