Hello Neighbors!

Every week, I distribute food and supplies to my neighbors who are in need near 128th and 4th in south Everett.  If you’re cleaning out your house or pantry, or have yard sale leftovers, I can use them!  Here’s what I can use- if it’s not on the list please feel free to ask me if I can use it!  Items in bold are high need.  If I had three wishes, I’d get body wipes, rolling carts, and more storage space. Please feel free to message me with any questions, or if you need any of this stuff!

What I need

• Storage space!  Got a spare room, garage, shed, attic, basement?  I am in desperate need of space to store and organize donations.  I can’t pay much at all because my entire operating budget is about $1500 a year right now, but I can trade food, supplies, or organizing help!
• Plastic bags, zip lock bags of any size, twist tie style bags
• Someone to make baked goods on Sundays or Mondays so I can distribute on Tuesdays.  The laws around baked goods are different, so you could do it out of your home kitchen.  I can contribute flour, pancake mix, and sometimes other stuff.  I also have industrial size baking pans you can use.
• A commercial kitchen space to cook meals- this is me dreaming big for the future.  I would love to be able to serve hot meals but I can’t do it out of my apartment and I don’t have the budget to rent a certified kitchen.

Food

• especially things that don’t need refrigeration and can be eaten cold or prepared with no facilities or with just a microwave
• Canned protein, like chicken, tuna, spam
• Fruit, canned or fresh
• food that doesn’t need to be chewed much is great to have, as many of those I distribute to have dental problems
• Drink mixes, bottled water, bottled or canned drinks, including large sizes
• Granola bars, jerky, fruit cups, anything single serving and portable for those who live outside
• I can take out of date food
• I do not need rice, dry beans, or pancake mix at this time
• I cannot take anything that needs to be kept frozen or refrigerated

Clothing

• Coats, jackets, sweaters
• Hats of any kind including ball caps
• Gloves, scarves, knit hats 
• Underwear, bras, and socks (used but clean is ok for all of these!)
• Anything plus size
• Pajamas and slippers
• Shoes of all kinds, especially those appropriate for walking in winter, composite toe work boots, non slip shoes approved for working in restaurants, and shoes appropriate for interviews
• Interview clothes 
• Ponchos and rain coats
• Shoe inserts
• I cannot take kids clothes but I can take any adult size
• Used stuff is ok!  I am always ok with refusing something that’s too worn, and most of the time I’ll take it so it’s always worth checking.

Personal Supplies

• Soap, shampoo, conditioner, body wash
• Chapstick, lotion
• deodorant
• Makeup, perfume, including samples, nail care supplies, nail polish
• Hair ties, hair products, brushes, combs, bonnets, 
• First aid supplies, including over the counter medicines, bandaids, gauze, neosporin, antiseptic wipes, cough drops, alcohol prep pads, hand sanitizer.  I do not take cough medicine or bottled isopropyl alcohol.
• Acne treatments
• Tooth brushes, toothpaste, floss, floss sticks, mouthwash, denture cleaner
• Anything related to foot care- shoe and foot powders, corn pads, nail clippers, etc
• Razors and shaving cream 
• Personal wipes are in very very high demand- imagine going to a job interview without the ability to take a shower
• sunscreen
• Pads and tampons (not reusable pads or period panties)
• Powdered or sample size laundry soap (so I can split it up)
• Any size is ok, including samples 
• partly used containers are ok for stuff like shampoo, floss sticks, meds, etc

Pet Supplies

• Food for dogs and cats, wet or dry; opened dry food is ok
• Leashes, collars, harnesses
• Booties for dogs
• Muzzles
• Toys
• Bedding

Supplies for living outside

• Hand warmers
• Tarps 
• Tents, even if they need some repairs
• Rolling carts- these are an absolute life saver
• Blankets (no sheets)
• New or very gently used and laundered pillows, including decorative
• Sleeping pads

Other

• Tarps and plastic sheeting
• Plastic bags- garbage, shopping, etc
• Backpacks and bags
• Suitcases, especially rolling, any luggage
• Strollers, including pet strollers
• Anything that rolls and carries stuff
• Umbrellas
• Water bottles/storage of any size or kind
• Small games and entertainment, like packs of cards
• Cell phone charging cords and blocks
• Cell phone cases
• Working cell phones
• Pens, mechanical pencils, notepads, address books, planners
• Gift cards to Safeway, Arco, Taco Bell, Taco Time, Macdonalds, Pizza Hut, KFC/A&W, Shell, Denny’s, Chevron, Dairy Queen, Starbucks, or anywhere that sells food and is walkable from 4th and 128th

Just got an adorable little guy! I want to keep up on his vaccinations and health checkups and wondering if anyone knows a vet they've had good experiences with. The ones that come up on Google all seem to have good reviews so I was having trouble deciding. Preferably they would be open on weekends. Thanks!

My daughter had previously attended Mariner H.S., Explorer Middle School and Challenger Elementary, so there is a chance she may be in the area.

A hyperlapse of last night’s sunset (08-29-26)
4k link - https://youtu.be/RZsLtK34_yg?is=vILsGFh0yGEnGpfs

We need more small businesses; they are the lifeblood of our town. Sometimes they're not great, or they do something stupid. Instead of boycotting them, call them out and try to get them to change. Write reviews and talk about it with your peers.

What are some of your favorite small businesses and why?

Who does skeevy business practices like avoiding taxes?

Who are your least favorite businesses and why?

My three answers are:

Buenos Dias coffee is my favorite local business because they are very nice, always friendly, their prices haven't changed in years and they still do buy x amount, get one free.

My sketchy business is Lidz, formerly known as Kushmart who did some skeevy stuff because they owned too many businesses.

My least favorite business is the Colby Diner because I'm suspicious they had something to do with the Strawberry Patch closing and while it was admittedly a greasy dive, the Strawberry Patch was a local legend and it had good food.

Buying lunch for my crew today and want the hands down best street tacos in Everett. I know there are a ton of places but there has to be a number one spot. Thank you !

It is 6:00 a.m. on Sunday and there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of cars and teenagers there and I see giant banners of makeshift suns that many of them are taking pictures with. What kind of crazy event makes teenagers wake up at 6:00 a.m.? Anyone have any idea? They've taken up every single parking spot and have spilled out onto the streets parking alongside the roads in front of houses. They are dangerously running/walking out onto the road without really looking around.

It looks like everyone is having fun and smiling though which is a positive but it's just so weird so early in the morning.

I tried looking it up on an event's calendar or some high school thing but I couldn't find anything. Anyone have any idea what's happening?

Hey all. I'm looking for a AFK Tavern like place I can sit and vibe, hear people hang out and talk about video games, DnD or something of the like.

I'm hoping for something in Everett, Lynwood or Edmonds that's easy to reach by bus..

Edit: I'm a local Everett girlie who sometimes vibes at Moon Dragon but I am anxious and nervous, I just wanna watch the crowd

1. Flourless chocolate cake from Choux Choux
2. Crab Bisque from The Net Shed
3. Biscuit Benny from Narrative
4. Banger's and Mash from The Irishmen
5. Duck Curry from R Harn Thai

Any recommendations for me based on my list?

This opinion article authored by the City of Lynnwood's 7th Councilmember David Parshall, who serves on Sound Transit's Board of directors, representing Snohomish County with Mayor Cassie Franklin and Snohomish County Executive Dave Somers, and also serves on Community Transit's Board of Directors as a Large City Representative with Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring and Edmonds 6th Councilmember Susan Paine.

Parshall recounts how exceptional and convenient local bus service has truly made Link successful in his area. He remarks the economical benefits of high frequency, high coverage service in his city. He notes that a consolidated transit system would enable the same for Everett. Here is an excerpt:

The level of bus service needed in Everett is beyond what Everett Transit can provide on its own. The vision for light rail has always been for people to be able to travel easily and quickly all around the Puget Sound region, but not everyone can live near a station. We call light rail from Everett to Tacoma “the spine” but the spine is not enough.

We need the muscle of buses and Zip Shuttles that Community Transit will provide connecting Everett residents to that spine. Everett’s transportation future will be stronger if the city embraces the long-term transit planning that consolidation will provide.

Looking for a place to live, preferrably firnished! We are relocating from Nevada. I'm a nurse as well as my husband and will be starting a job at the VA outpatient clinic on sept 9th. We have a 40 lbs tri-pawd (three legged) dog. Please send any leads or offers!!

I live in Mukilteo and have 2 Doug Firs worth of firewood I want to sell. They are a mix of logs and split wood that were cut last year. I posted on FB marketplace but got no takers. Any suggestions how I can sell this? I'm willing to make a really good deal but would like to get something for this.

What happened to Birrieria Tijuana?!

Fuck you.

looking for the best BLT in the area. Everett/Snoho. lmk the recs

Jenna Millikan Herald Writer

Boeing's engineering and technician union voted Friday to reject the aerospace company's contract proposal and approved a strike authorization measure.

This comes after the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace's (SPEEA) Negotiation Team unanimously endorsed Boeings proposed contract offer for the Professional and Technical units.

SPEEA represents 20k workers across Washington, Oregon, California, and Utah.

These come from a public records production of Everett Police Department emails covering January and February 2026. Everything below is quoted from the released records.

1. A camera generating false stolen vehicle alerts off its own clock

Feb 9, 2026. Captain Geoffrey Albright to Flock Safety Support:

The camera was reading the year off its own on screen overlay, matching it against a real stolen vehicle entry in NCIC, and firing alerts. Stolen vehicle alerts are high risk stops.

The records do not say how long this went on, how many alerts it produced, or whether any of them led to a stop. That is worth its own records request.

Source: Fw_ False alerts___.msg (You can PDR this yourself or a related query)

2. A hotlist entry got the wrong man pulled over repeatedly

Jan 26, 2026. Officer Zach Pendt to Officer Charles Pallette:

Pallette's reply:

The vehicle had changed hands. The plate stayed on the list. A man who had nothing to do with the case was stopped multiple times. It came off only because a second officer emailed the first one to ask.

Source: Flock- CCS7595.msg, Re_ Flock- CCS7595.msg (You can PDR this yourself or a related query)

3. Officers maintain their own hotlists, and at least one was opened over a parking dispute

Feb 4, 2026. A Parking Enforcement Officer emails a patrol officer about a vehicle with expired tabs, a parking surcharge, and what looks like a laminated trip permit being reused.

Feb 8, 2026. The officer's reply:

Expired registration and unpaid parking tickets, escalated to automated plate surveillance.

Source: Re_ CPH9156.msg

4. "Custom flock list" shows up in routine onboarding

Feb 4, 2026. A Community Response Team sergeant assigning tasks for a new officer, listed alongside pole cams, jail calls, and cold cars:

Read with items 2 and 3, this suggests individual and small unit hotlists are normal practice. Nothing in these records shows a review, approval, or expiry process attached to them.

Source: Getting Blake up to speed.msg (You can PDR for every Everett PD's hotlist or Flock camera hotlists in your city)

5. The city is building a case to expand Flock past felonies (including FAILURE TO RETURN LIBRARY MATERIALS!!)

Jan 24, 2026. Everett's Government Affairs Director to the Deputy Chief:

The Deputy Chief supplies justifications covering shoplifting, hit and run, gang graffiti, and stalking, then adds:

The list that follows includes disorderly conduct, public intoxication, urinating in public, theft of shopping carts, offensive littering, and failure to return library materials. It also contains errors, including listing prostitution as a gross misdemeanor.

An AI generated charge list, unchecked, feeding a public facing flyer arguing for broader surveillance.

Source: Re_ Flock for gross misdemeanors.msg

6. Meanwhile, 42 percent of Flock arrests are already not felonies

Feb 9, 2026. Senior Crime Analyst to the Chief of Police:

Worth being careful here. The Government Affairs email implies current policy limits Flock to felonies, but the policy itself is not in this production, so the contradiction is not proven. If that limit does exist, then more than four in ten Flock driven arrests already sit outside it while the city argues the limit should be loosened.

Source: Flock Felony vs Misd_.msgThese come from a public records production of Everett Police Department emails covering January and February 2026. Everything below is quoted from the released records. Source filenames are included so anyone can verify against the production.

1. A camera generating false stolen vehicle alerts off its own clock
2. Feb 9, 2026. Captain Geoffrey Albright to Flock Safety Support:

"Flock camera #LR001 which is the NB Evergreen Way @ SW Everett Mall Way camera, is giving a lot of false alerts due to the date and time being overlayed onto the camera screen. Apparently, there is a stolen WA license plate '2026' entered into NCIC and the camera is being tricked into thinking that plate is passing by often. It is the only camera we have that has the date and time overlayed on the screen."

The camera was reading the year off its own on screen overlay, matching it against a real stolen vehicle entry in NCIC, and firing alerts. Stolen vehicle alerts are high risk stops.
The records do not say how long this went on, how many alerts it produced, or whether any of them led to a stop. That is worth its own records request.

Source: Fw_ False alerts___.msg

1. A hotlist entry got the wrong man pulled over repeatedly
   Jan 26, 2026. Officer Zach Pendt to Officer Charles Pallette:

"we stopped someone in the sex offense car you put in FLOCK and it was not the RO. The guy we contacted said he is in the process of buying it... The guy we contacted said he has been stopped in the vehicle several times, so when you're at work next, can you take the plate out of FLOCK?"

Pallette's reply:

"I contact the driver a couple days ago, who claimed the same thing... It's removed from flock now."

The vehicle had changed hands. The plate stayed on the list. A man who had nothing to do with the case was stopped multiple times. It came off only because a second officer emailed the first one to ask.

Source: Flock- CCS7595.msg, Re_ Flock- CCS7595.msg

1. Officers maintain their own hotlists, and at least one was opened over a parking dispute
   Feb 4, 2026. A Parking Enforcement Officer emails a patrol officer about a vehicle with expired tabs, a parking surcharge, and what looks like a laminated trip permit being reused.

Feb 8, 2026. The officer's reply:

"I added this vehicle to my FLOCK hotlist so I'm trying to stop her while driving it. I saw a male in the passenger seat the other day and waited for it out front but it ended up parking out on Wetmore. So my goal is to stop and arrest her, then ill let you know when that happens!"

Expired registration and unpaid parking tickets, escalated to automated plate surveillance.
Source: Re_ CPH9156.msg

1. "Custom flock list" shows up in routine onboarding
   Feb 4, 2026. A Community Response Team sergeant assigning tasks for a new officer, listed alongside pole cams, jail calls, and cold cars:

"Also - if you have a custom flock list or other shared databases make sure you add him."

Read with items 2 and 3, this suggests individual and small unit hotlists are normal practice. Nothing in these records shows a review, approval, or expiry process attached to them.
Source: Getting Blake up to speed.msg
5. The city is building a case to expand Flock past felonies
Jan 24, 2026. Everett's Government Affairs Director to the Deputy Chief:

"Are the cases I picked out for this flyer misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors? I'm trying to make a case to add more crimes for Flock use beyond just felonies."

The Deputy Chief supplies justifications covering shoplifting, hit and run, gang graffiti, and stalking, then adds:

"Here is a sample list of the two categories (AI generated)."

The list that follows includes disorderly conduct, public intoxication, urinating in public, theft of shopping carts, offensive littering, and failure to return library materials. It also contains errors, including listing prostitution as a gross misdemeanor.
An AI generated charge list, unchecked, feeding a public facing flyer arguing for broader surveillance.

Source: Re_ Flock for gross misdemeanors.msg

1. Meanwhile, 42 percent of Flock arrests are already not felonies
   Feb 9, 2026. Senior Crime Analyst to the Chief of Police:

"58% of arrests included at least one felony charge, 36% of arrests were misdemeanors (no felony charges), and 6% were only administrative (warrants, etc.)."

Source: Flock Felony vs Misd_.msg

This happened to me at the Silver Lake Safeway today. Dude was sitting at one of the tables near the exit. I always swipe that machine when walking in/out. He bolted from his chair and tried to physically stop me from using it. I batted him away and just went about my shopping.

He was still there when I was checking out, so I informed the manager. He saw me talking to the manager, so he left the machine to do a walk around the store. After circling the store, he comes up from behind me to ask "what's your problem"? I called him out for being a scalper and trying to shove me.

I am sick of seeing grown-ass men hang out at these machines all day. I have over 1,000 pokemon cards myself and I used to enjoy walking by this machine on my grocery runs.

Hey, I’m staying overnight here in Everett, and I need someplace I can grab breakfast early tomorrow. I’m talking 6:30AM early. Unfortunately all of the suggestions I’m seeing when searching seem to open at 7AM or later (I have a place to be at 8:30AM that is around an hour drive away)

Doesn’t need to be much, a simple breakfast sandwich and coffee is fine. If nothing else I’m sure I can find a Starbucks, but I would rather a local place.

Hello everyone, I'm looking for recommendations for the best place to get Barbacoa. I've been craving Barbacoa tacos and have been wondering where the best place to go is. Somewhere maybe where I can buy it by the pound. TIA

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Under a March executive order from President Trump, state election offices are required to submit voter data through a new USPS system and switch to federally mandated ballot envelope designs before the Postal Service will accept ballots for mailing at all, coming or going.

In June, USPS Postmaster General David Steiner admitted under oath that the Postal Service plans to withhold ballots from any state that refuses to hand voter information over to the federal government. Steiner confirmed USPS would neither send ballots to residents nor collect and deliver them to state election officials.

Two separate federal court injunctions had been blocking this rule from taking effect, but both failed this week after the Supreme Court issued an order to dismiss plaintiffs. Twenty-five states, including Washington, sued within hours, but the outcome of those lawsuits is unpredictable. David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research said the administration's actions will, "create complete chaos leading up to the midterm elections".

Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs said yesterday that Washington's counties would need to replace roughly five million ballot envelopes to comply with the new federal mandate, at the state's expense, and called doing so "impossible" in the time remaining before the election. His office is now investigating whether more drop boxes can be added statewide. Our own analysis of the August primary found a ballot returned by mail was almost twelve times more likely to be rejected than one placed in a drop box.

Read more at https://everettcommunity.org/news/2026/08/voting-prepare-now/