Apartment City

BELLEVUE -- There were tears of joy in Bellevue on Friday evening, as residents of Highland Village Apartments were told they could stay in their homes. The plan to save one of the last affordable housing options in the area was unveiled to residents during a community meeting. The City of Bellevue, the King County Housing Authority , and members of the state legislature all worked together to make it happen. "For Bellevue, this was in a sense a test of, do we really mean we want to work on affordable housing ?  And this was an opportunity that came up to make something happen and we were determined to do that," said Bellevue Mayor John Stokes . Instead of being re-developed and sold as condos, the 76 apartments will now be bought by the housing authority . Officials say rent will be staying the same and no one will have to move. "This is gonna be the greatest good news of the year. This is Merry Christmas. This is Merry Christmas. I love it,” said Michael Simekhs, wh...

Newsweek published this story under the headline of “The Woman We Loved” on September 8, 1997. Ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death on August 31, Newsweek is republishing the story. HE WAS THE MOST ELIGIBLE bachelor in the world, the future King of England. She was, quite literally, the girl next door, a 20-year-old who had grown up on an estate in the shadow of the royal family's Sandringham retreat. When Prince Charles and Lady Diana Frances Spencer married on July 29, 1981, three quarters of a billion people in 74 countries tuned in to a brilliantly choreographed spectacle , the Wedding of the Century.  It was the opening scene of a grand, 16- year soap opera that had Diana playing a dizzying array of roles, from innocent bride to loving young mother to glamorous style setter . The gap between her public and private lives was vast. She was the most celebrated woman in the world and yet achingly lonely. Movie stars and factory workers lined up to meet her, but she felt...

NEW YORK, NY — It's one of the oldest rivalries in American migration: New York vs. Los Angeles. For the better part of a century, residents of the nation's two largest metro areas have been defending their chosen kingdom and dismissing the other on an endless loop of judginess between kitty-corner coasts. Ew, the traffic! But the sunshine! But the subway! But the garbage! But the skyline! But the coastline! But the bustle! But the chill! In this tireless war of words, a clear winner has yet to emerge. But it's harder to argue against the numbers. Thousands of working professionals have relocated to Los Angeles County from New York City in the past year and a half, according to a series of monthly "workforce reports" released this spring and summer by the job- networking site LinkedIn (and spotted by LA Weekly). And it's not exactly a two-way street. Since early 2016, according to LinkedIn, around seven or eight out of every 10, 000 site users in LA report...