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Posting for those who aren't tech employed and possibly considering Vesta's good location as a future home. Knew within days this was a terrible mistake. And certainly, after an actual Essex employee says, 'they don't like you there if you aren't one of them', your fate is sealed. Can only hope that other buildings at Vesta aren't loaded with the hate we've experienced. Have been targeted with rock throwing, confronted with a "you don't belong here" statement from neighbor, day and overnight noise harassment from all sides of us, occupants who aren't on the lease but remain long term without office notification, people in the attic above top floor apartments overnight and a manager who initially stated, 'that's very disturbing', followed by, well, nothing. The community is primarily tech and their families and based on feedback, you'll have few issues. For the rest of us, we simply hope you'll bypass the danger and 'you don't belong here' divide we've experienced. We couldn't afford to use our 30 days guarantee in order to move out, as the manager suggested so will have to look for other options. Whatever negative Essex info you've read or heard, it's at its most relevant and worst here. Maybe once a community for everyone, but now a community mired in a dangerous reality for some of us.

Back by absolutely no one’s request: The Encore (of closures). Six tracks. One busy weekend. Here’s the track list for Oct. 2–5: REVIVE I-5: EXPRESS LANES CLOSED and NB LANE REDUCTIONS CONTINUE in Seattle - NB I-5 express lanes will close from 11p Fri., Oct. 2, to 5a Mon., Oct. 5 for drainage work underneath the bridge. The two right lanes of NB I-5 across the bridge also remain closed around-the-clock. EB SR 520 BETWEEN I-5 AND MONTLAKE BLVD CLOSED in Seattle - Closed from 11p Fri., Oct. 2 through 5a Mon., Oct. 5. The Montlake Boulevard on-ramp to EB SR 520 will remain open. Crews will use this closure to prepare sections of the existing bridge and what remains of the old off-ramp, which closed back in June, for removal. SB I-405 LANE REDUCTIONS AND HOV RAMP CLOSED in Tukwila - Up to two lanes will close from 7p Sat., Oct. 3 to 1:30p Sun., Oct. 4. The SB I-405 HOV off-ramp to NB I-405 will also close, affecting trips to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Crews will use this closure for paving. I-405/NE 85 th ST. INTERCHANGE CLOSED in Kirkland - The NB and SB I-405 on- and off-ramps will close from 9p Thurs., Oct. 1 to 5a Fri., Oct. 2 and 10p Fri., Oct. 2 to 5a Mon., Oct. 5. NE 85 th St. will also close between 6 th St. and 120 th Ave. NE. Crews will use this closure to pave NE 85 th St. OVERNIGHT SR 99 TUNNEL CLOSURE in Seattle - Closed from 10p Fri., Oct. 2 to 6a Sat., Oct. 3 for routine maintenance. SR 99 AURORA BRIDGE LANE REDUCTIONS in Seattle - The two right SB lanes will close from 5a to 11:30a Sat., Oct. 3. The two right NB lanes will close from 5a to 11:30a Sun., Oct. 4. Crews will use these lane reductions for routine bridge inspections. With this much happening at once, expect longer and less predictable trips around Seattle and the Eastside. If you’re headed to the airport, this is NOT the weekend to cut it close. Wherever you’re going, plan ahead, check your route and give yourself plenty of time to get there.

Back by absolutely no one’s request: The Encore (of closures). Six tracks. One busy weekend. Here’s the track list for Oct. 2–5: REVIVE I-5: EXPRESS LANES CLOSED and NB LANE REDUCTIONS CONTINUE in Seattle - NB I-5 express lanes will close from 11p Fri., Oct. 2, to 5a Mon., Oct. 5 for drainage work underneath the bridge. The two right lanes of NB I-5 across the bridge also remain closed around-the-clock. EB SR 520 BETWEEN I-5 AND MONTLAKE BLVD CLOSED in Seattle - Closed from 11p Fri., Oct. 2 through 5a Mon., Oct. 5. The Montlake Boulevard on-ramp to EB SR 520 will remain open. Crews will use this closure to prepare sections of the existing bridge and what remains of the old off-ramp, which closed back in June, for removal. SB I-405 LANE REDUCTIONS AND HOV RAMP CLOSED in Tukwila - Up to two lanes will close from 7p Sat., Oct. 3 to 1:30p Sun., Oct. 4. The SB I-405 HOV off-ramp to NB I-405 will also close, affecting trips to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Crews will use this closure for paving. I-405/NE 85 th ST. INTERCHANGE CLOSED in Kirkland - The NB and SB I-405 on- and off-ramps will close from 9p Thurs., Oct. 1 to 5a Fri., Oct. 2 and 10p Fri., Oct. 2 to 5a Mon., Oct. 5. NE 85 th St. will also close between 6 th St. and 120 th Ave. NE. Crews will use this closure to pave NE 85 th St. OVERNIGHT SR 99 TUNNEL CLOSURE in Seattle - Closed from 10p Fri., Oct. 2 to 6a Sat., Oct. 3 for routine maintenance. SR 99 AURORA BRIDGE LANE REDUCTIONS in Seattle - The two right SB lanes will close from 5a to 11:30a Sat., Oct. 3. The two right NB lanes will close from 5a to 11:30a Sun., Oct. 4. Crews will use these lane reductions for routine bridge inspections. With this much happening at once, expect longer and less predictable trips around Seattle and the Eastside. If you’re headed to the airport, this is NOT the weekend to cut it close. Wherever you’re going, plan ahead, check your route and give yourself plenty of time to get there.The Encore (of closures) – Coming Oct. 2-5

Back by absolutely no one’s request: The Encore (of closures). Six tracks. One busy weekend. Here’s the track list for Oct. 2–5: REVIVE I-5: EXPRESS LANES CLOSED and NB LANE REDUCTIONS CONTINUE in Seattle - NB I-5 express lanes will close from 11p Fri., Oct. 2, to 5a Mon., Oct. 5 for drainage work underneath the bridge. The two right lanes of NB I-5 across the bridge also remain closed around-the-clock. EB SR 520 BETWEEN I-5 AND MONTLAKE BLVD CLOSED in Seattle - Closed from 11p Fri., Oct. 2 through 5a Mon., Oct. 5. The Montlake Boulevard on-ramp to EB SR 520 will remain open. Crews will use this closure to prepare sections of the existing bridge and what remains of the old off-ramp, which closed back in June, for removal. SB I-405 LANE REDUCTIONS AND HOV RAMP CLOSED in Tukwila - Up to two lanes will close from 7p Sat., Oct. 3 to 1:30p Sun., Oct. 4. The SB I-405 HOV off-ramp to NB I-405 will also close, affecting trips to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Crews will use this closure for paving. I-405/NE 85 th ST. INTERCHANGE CLOSED in Kirkland - The NB and SB I-405 on- and off-ramps will close from 9p Thurs., Oct. 1 to 5a Fri., Oct. 2 and 10p Fri., Oct. 2 to 5a Mon., Oct. 5. NE 85 th St. will also close between 6 th St. and 120 th Ave. NE. Crews will use this closure to pave NE 85 th St. OVERNIGHT SR 99 TUNNEL CLOSURE in Seattle - Closed from 10p Fri., Oct. 2 to 6a Sat., Oct. 3 for routine maintenance. SR 99 AURORA BRIDGE LANE REDUCTIONS in Seattle - The two right SB lanes will close from 5a to 11:30a Sat., Oct. 3. The two right NB lanes will close from 5a to 11:30a Sun., Oct. 4. Crews will use these lane reductions for routine bridge inspections. With this much happening at once, expect longer and less predictable trips around Seattle and the Eastside. If you’re headed to the airport, this is NOT the weekend to cut it close. Wherever you’re going, plan ahead, check your route and give yourself plenty of time to get there.

Does anyone have experience living here? Google reviews are good overall but I did see some comments about roaches and bed bugs. Thanks!

Hey y'all I'm a recent college grad who runs a marketing business with my brother, for local service companies, and I'm looking for owners here in WA. We’ve been doing this about a year now, and we work with roofers, painters, home remodelers, pool builders, junk removal, lawn care, and any labor based work. Basically anybody who does the work themselves and wants the phone ringing more. I'm looking to partner with a few owners who already have steady work and a good reputation, but have hit the point where word of mouth alone isn't filling the schedule the way they want. If you're at that spot and want to add more jobs each month, or you know somebody who is, I'd love to connect or get a referral.

Did anybody feel that? About 15-20min ago, I felt our entire apartment bldg shake which also shooketh me. It felt like our entire bodies shifted a bit.

I've been thinking about getting some help with the house, but I'm not sure I want to commit to a weekly or biweekly service right away. We keep up with the basics pretty well, it's more the deeper stuff that slowly gets away from us. I'm thinking about trying a one-time clean first and seeing how much of a difference it actually makes. For anyone using house cleaning in Redmond, did you start with a deep clean before deciding on recurring visits? Would also love to know who you've had a good experience with.

Sen. Murray criticized both ballot measures Tuesday, calling Initiative 638’s sex-verification requirement “disturbing and totally unacceptable.” “These initiatives won’t make a single kid safer or a single game fairer,” Murray wrote in a statement. Full article below Gov. Bob Ferguson called on Washington voters to reject an upcoming ballot initiative that would bar transgender girls from competing in girls sports at K-12 schools. Ferguson’s opposition aligns him with dozens of other groups that are rallying against Initiative 638, including Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, the Seattle School Board, the Washington State PTA, the Metropolitan King County Council and city councils in Seattle, Tacoma, Mountlake Terrace and Shoreline. The initiative — called the “Defending Equity in Interscholastic Sports Act” — would apply to K-12 schools, specifically competitive team sports or individual events that are “intended for female students only,” the initiative states. Washington voters will consider the measure in November’s general election. It would also require all students who want to participate in competitive girls sports to submit medical documentation that “verifies” their “biological sex.” According to the initiative’s text , this confirmation can come from a typical sports physical’s examination of “the student’s reproductive anatomy, genetic makeup, or normal endogenously produced testosterone levels.” “Washingtonians should know that I-638 won’t create opportunities for girls but it will force them into invasive sex verification exams in order to participate in sports,” Ferguson wrote in a statement alongside No Hate in Washington State, the campaign opposing Initiative 638 and other ballot measures by Let’s Go Washington. A spokesperson for Let’s Go Washington, the conservative political committee backing this and two other initiatives on November’s ballot, challenged Ferguson’s characterization. Spokesperson Hallie Herzberg rejected the notion that the initiative would require invasive physical exams, saying that it would only require “an athlete’s doctor to confirm the athlete’s sex using existing medical history forms or their own knowledge of the patient.” “We’re talking about adding a checkbox back onto a form that doctors already fill out,” Herzberg wrote in a statement. “Girls are losing opportunities in sports to boys in Ferguson’s state and he’s more concerned with spreading misinformation than protecting girls’ rights.” Transgender student athletes in Washington have long had the legal right to compete on the sports teams that align with their gender identity. But if passed, Initiative 638 would change that for transgender girls. The initiative makes no mention of, and would not apply, to transgender boys who compete on boys school sports teams. Earlier this month, Ferguson warned against a second Let’s Go Washington ballot measure , Initiative 001, which would grant parents more access to public school records related to their children, expanding the state’s existing “Parents’ Bill of Rights.” Let’s Go Washington, overseen by hedge fund manager Brian Heywood, is also backing a third ballot initiative, which aims to repeal Washington’s recently passed high-earners income tax . The “millionaires tax” will apply a 9.9% tax to households earning more than $1 million per year starting in 2028, with collections beginning in 2029. A Ballot Initiative Strategy Center poll suggests that both school-related initiatives face an uphill battle at the ballot box — 43% of the 400 Washington voters surveyed said they planned to vote in favor of Initiative 638. The same survey asked 800 Washington voters about Initiative 001. Just under one-third of voters surveyed said they would approve that ballot measure. Sen. Murray criticized both ballot measures Tuesday, calling Initiative 638’s sex-verification requirement “disturbing and totally unacceptable.” “These initiatives won’t make a single kid safer or a single game fairer,” Murray wrote in a statement. Sen. Murray criticized both ballot measures Tuesday, calling Initiative 638’s sex-verification requirement “disturbing and totally unacceptable.” “These initiatives won’t make a single kid safer or a single game fairer,” Murray wrote in a statement.

Aftershocks may come, around 2:06 pm 4.3 magnitude earthquake just hit stansberry lake Anyone else felt it?