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Zillow to Cut Jobs, Shooting Protest Planned for Tonight

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By Lauren Mang February 18, 2015

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Did you feel the Earth move under your feet early this morning? A 4.3-magnitude earthquake shook central Washington at 1:04 a.m., “about 20 miles north of Ellensburg and 10 miles northeast of Cle Elum,” the Associated Press reports. There were no reports of damage or injuries.

Now that real estate websites Zillow and Trulia have combined forces–Zillow purchased its real estate rival for around $2.5 billion–Zillow has announced it’s cutting 350 jobs mostly in San Francisco and Bellevue. The cuts will address any overlapping positions in sales and administration now that the two companies have transformed into Zillow Group Inc. and The Seattle Times reports it will cut “an additional 70 positions by the end of the second quarter, leaving the combined company with 2,000 employees.”

A protest for the fatal police shooting that happened recently in Pasco, Wash., is planned this evening in downtown’s Westlake Park. Around 400 people are expected to rally at 6 p.m. for Antonio Zambrano Montes, an orchard worker who was shot and killed by police after allegedly throwing rocks at cars and officers. 

Seattle magazine’s inaugural Pop! Bubbles & Seafood event is happening this Saturday, February 21, and there is still plenty of time to snag your tickets. What to expect at the event? Think deviled eggs with salmon roe, oysters and more seafood than mere humans can handle.

The warm weather has many springtime flowers and plants a tad confused: Tulips and azaleas have already started to bloom. But if our record-breaking warm weather decides to take a dip, it could spell disaster for our early blooms.

 

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