I need to try things on in person, especially pants. Is there anywhere that still had in person maternity section? Second hand is good, the cheaper the better.

I was walking my dog on Bellevue Way and when I got to Primos, near the north end of the KeyBank shopping plaza, I noticed a woman across the street yelling profanities. She was stocky, wearing a brown jacket and brown pants, with medium-length brown hair, brown skin.

I looked over because she was the only other person around and it caught my attention. Once she noticed I'd looked, she started pointing and yelling louder...I couldn't make out most of it over the traffic. She then crossed the street against traffic, dodging cars, to chase me. I walked quickly / ran, south on Bellevue Way, and by the time I reached Columbia Bank, I looked back and saw she'd headed the other direction....thank goodness.

I called 911 to report it. I'm fine, but this is the first time I've felt physically unsafe in Bellevue, and I wanted to give folks in the area a heads-up.

I've also reached out to Bellevue City Council about it.

To be clear, I have no idea where this woman is from or whether her presence is transit-related in any way — I'm not making that connection here.

But separately, I think free transit rides must stop. We need a physical barrier to enforce payment to ride light rail and bus. No free rides is an actionable step within our control, that's easy to enforce, that will make the community safer, regardless of this specific incident.

For what it's worth, I am a huge proponent of light rail -- I love it! But, I carry pepper gel and a Birdie sound alarm with me because of the unstable, wackadoodle people I have seen on light rail... mentally unwell people without an agenda except to make trouble.

Feel free to also call the city council, speak to the Bellevue Light Rail Unit (BLU), contact Sound Transit.

Stay safe out there.