Seattle’s new Roman Catholic Archbishop, the Most Rev. J. Peter Sartain, is officially installed during a special mass at St. James Cathedral on Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

A child’s perspective on homelessness | Kim Ahern and son Jack, 9, lived at Nickelsville, the only tent city in King County that allows children on a long-term basis, as she searched for housing after moving to Seattle in April 2010. Read more about Kim and Jack.

Out of options, family moves into truck | Cherie Moore and her son, Cody Barnes, 18, lived in their truck for three weeks in May. Although Moore works as a caregiver for the elderly, she says she does not earn enough to pay for housing. Read more about Cherie and Cody.

A mother’s struggles with homelessness | Not long after moving to Seattle with her two teenage sons, June Lloyd was no longer able to work due to chronic pain. They lived in various apartments with other people and in hotel rooms until her savings ran out. Read more about June and her family.

Challenges for homeless dads | Jacob Smith is living in an emergency shelter in Everett with his three children, waiting for an opening in transitional housing. As a single father, Smith faced additional challenges finding resources. Read more about Jacob and his family.

Help for the whole family: First Place School | First Place is a Seattle non profit that provides support to homeless families, including schooling for homeless children, from kindergarten through sixth grade. Read more about Darasavanh Kraven and First Place.

The Self-Sufficiency Standard | Diana Pearce, a senior lecturer and the director of the Center for Women’s Welfare at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work, conducts research on the level of income necessary for individuals and families to meet their basic needs. Read more about the Self-Sufficiency Standard.

Over the course of a day, crews assemble the Bumbershoot mainstage which had arrived at Memorial Stadium as a semi-trailer.

After spending 23 years mixing treatments for chemotherapy patients, Sue Crump was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. She is one of several health care workers who believe that their workplace exposure to the chemicals led to later illness.

Thousands of mourners from the area’s East African community attended a memorial that began Friday morning at KeyArena for the woman and four children who perished in Saturday’s apartment fire in Fremont.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz talks about the coffee producer’s outlook entering 2010 at the Seattle company’s annual shareholders meeting. “We are more optimistic than ever about our company,” he says.

Peter Frenzen of the U.S. Forest Service shows how the landscape around Mount St. Helens has changed since the 1980 eruption and how the forest is recovering.

In preparation for the 2010 season, new photos of Mariner players are installed at Safeco Field. Rainier Industries’ Craig Brookbush talks about installing a large portrait of Ichiro Suzuki.

Olympics fans in Vancouver and U.S. Olympic athletes are asked to name their favorite moments of the 2010 Winter Olympics.