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Cantina Monarca, the elevated Mexican restaurant and tequila lounge at Lincoln Square South in Downtown Bellevue, is expanding to Seattle with a new flagship at Lake Union Piers, targeting a summer 2027 opening.
A bicyclist died Thursday morning after a collision with a vehicle at Bellevue Way SE and SE 30th Street near I-90. The driver remained at the scene and impairment is not suspected, police say.
The City of Bellevue has installed four artist-designed "Creative Crosswalks" as part of a pilot program testing whether art can make intersections safer. A survey is open through November 30.
Amazon will permanently lay off 121 workers in Bellevue, Seattle and Sumner beginning October 1, according to a new WARN notice — the latest in a string of cuts that brings the company's announced Washington reductions to more than 4,600 since last fall.
Demonstrators dressed as "rogue AI agents" ran through the lobby of OpenAI's City Center Plaza office Friday morning in a protest against the company's $500 billion Stargate data center expansion.
Salesforce will permanently cut 59 jobs at its Bellevue and Seattle offices starting October 5, per a WARN notice filed with the state — its second round of local layoffs in under a year.
Visa will cut 70 jobs at its downtown Bellevue office in the 929 Office Tower, part of a companywide restructuring eliminating about 2,600 roles — roughly 7% of its workforce — as the payments giant reorganizes around AI. Separations begin October 1, according to a Washington WARN filing.
Bungie is cutting 292 jobs at its downtown Bellevue headquarters as part of a June 2026 reorganization, per a Washington WARN filing. Here's what we know and where affected workers can find help.
