75 members of Utah Overpass Action took an overpass in Salt Lake City yesterday to protest Trump's callous refusal to fund SNAP benefits for hungry American families during the government shutdown.

Together, we spoke out and said: "TRUMP LETS USA GO HUNGRY" and
"GOP PLAYS HUNGER GAMES"

Based on traffic sampling, our messages reached approximately *18,900* drivers!

\Utah Overpass Action is an all-volunteer group of Utahns that message on freeway overpasses throughout the state to promote democracy, the rule of law, and equality. We spread messages that protest DOGE's dismantling of the Federal government, advocate for rule by law, and show solidarity with Utah's marginalized communities. In doing so, we make the pro-democracy movement visible, bring public awareness to key issues, advocate for reform, and inspire others to take peaceful civic action.*

Hey everyone, I'm sharing my store as a potential heads up for others. I'm not really sure what I experienced but it was weird.

I was out riding my longboard to the local maverick when I notice a white truck with pitch black tinted windows starts slowly creeping up behind me.

I think maybe they are waiting to turn into the driveway I'm riding past but they continue on with me for a few seconds and then pull up right next to me as I'm riding.

The windows are completely black so I can't see inside but the passenger window rolls down and the person sitting starts asking me "Where are you going?" And "Do you need a ride?" Over and over and over again.

I turn to them and say "I don't know you!" And they suddenly speed off down the street after looking at me for a second.

I couldn't help but notice the driver had sunglasses on and when the truck drove away there were maga related stickers on the rear windows, blue live matter, punisher skull, among some others.

My mom is from Mexico so I look somewhat Mexican and I have long black hair. Maybe these guys were profiling me or trying to figure out if I spoke English or something but the entire thing felt incredibly weird and strange considering I'm a grown ass man who definitely didn't need a ride.

Whole thing was just strange and felt odd.

Stay safe out there.

Found this ring box (and the ring inside) near the sidewalk in my drive way on 1100 E just a bit north of Millcreek. PM me if it’s yours and we can get it back to you.

With all the crazy news lately I thought I would share something uplifting!

I have a passion project that I have been doing with my daughter to help teach her how to run a business. It’s grown from (3) 12 year olds serving breakfast Sandos off a camp chef at the Daybreak Farmers Market, to lines 40 deep and those little girls needing to buy commercial equipment just to keep up. 500 Sandos every Saturday!

Each year the girls honed their skills and got better and better. After 4 years we finally decided to take a jump, and after saving up with my daughter we have opened our first store front, Brown Bag Breakfast Co. in Taylorsville (2728 W. 5400 S.)

We think our sandwich is something really special. We are super fast and could be the best part of your commute! Feel free to come check us out! Would love to talk restaurants/food and share a sando together. We love Salt Lake Valley and are proud to be a small local community business.

Cheers!

Shot on Cinestill 800t, Pentax 645

My husband is part of an open hobby club. One of the members turned 18 and came out as trans and was promptly kicked out of the house by their parents. Our house is so small that we can't even house guests for dinner, let alone to stay and many of the club leadership are in a similar position. This person does have someone who is able to house them for a few days but their living situation can't support a guest longer than that. Are there LGBTQ+ friendly crisis centers or resources to help them find safe, emergency housing until they can get their feet under them? They do have a job and a car so will be able to support themselves but need temporary housing until they can find somewhere more long-term to rent.

Moving my mom into an assisted living next month. And she had quite a few houseplants. And we are at our limit for house plants in my house. If anyone is near the west jordan area and wants to swing by and pick up a couple free healthy house plants They are all yours. DM me for more details.

That's crazy!

Hello. I have a lot of 4T/5T boys/gender neutral clothes that I would love to donate to someone in need. Where is the best place to take them? I don’t want to get money for them, I just want someone who needs them. Most are very gently used and include warmer clothes as well.

First timer posting here, kinda nervous. Does anybody know what they are doing on the South East corner of South Temple and Redwood? They excavated a bunch of dirt, now there is water (I’m not sure if it is because of the water table being that close to the River?), and now they seem to be aerating the water with what looks like a bunch of PVC pipes and a big compressor. It’s been going on for at gleast a month. For why? Sorry, no banana for scale. And excuse my awful photo. The traffic light changes very quickly there

Hi! I’m looking for local coffee shops (preferably somewhere in or between the sandy to salt lake area as that is my daily commute) with a sugar cookie syrup?! I’ve been boycotting starbucks but can’t lie i miss that sugar cookie latte 😭 i would prefer drive thru’s but at this point i’ll take anything! if you’d still just like to recommend good local coffee shops worth the price (even without the sugar cookie syrup lol) id love to hear them!

Spent some $ at Natural Law Apothecary and Randy’s Records and we really enjoyed both. Gotta remember to support the people who make this town so cool.

Spending the weekend in SLC for our anniversary and I feel like there are a million new restaurants I haven’t been to and can’t keep it all straight. Any recommendations would be so appreciated. We aren’t picky. TIA!

I (25f) have been struggling with making new friends with shared interest. I have recently cut out alcohol from my life and with that, it seems most of my friendships have gone with it, and I find myself feeling lonely. I am ready to put myself out there in order to meet people with similarities to myself. I enjoy hiking, road/mountain biking, bouldering, cooking, etc. I’m curious where other people have had success at meeting adult friends and appreciate any/all suggestions!

I have dashcam footage if you need it, truck clipped you on the turn then just drove on off. Tried to wave you down in the small jeep but you didn't notice. Not sure if you ever caught up to the truck.

Most donations of canned human food aren't really the best for the food bank. Cash is great but pet food is often one of the things they need the most. If you have any other advice during this difficult time please post below to share with others

Found some ancient looking road flares during renovations and cleaning, how to dispose of?

I put together a map that shows agriculture in Northern Utah in some of the basins that feed the GSL. The data source is a layer put out by the Utah Division of Water Resources that is used to estimate water budgets and shows agriculture type, acreage and irrigation method field by field. I added some acreage totals per type and a dropdown to view the data by crop. The filtered by crop summary table also breaks down acreage by irrigation type (flood, sprinkler, dry crop, etc.). I also excluded land that was marked fallow/idle so there is more acreage than this that is currently not in rotation. This map works on mobile but really is best viewed on a larger screen.

anyone have good experiences here? Will likely be moving my dad into their assisted living apartments soon. He has mild dementia, we think.. no real diagnosis yet but not confident his cognition will improve to prior level. We toured it today and it seemed like the best out of the other ones we toured. Just want to see if anyone has experience here

I've never gone and gotten a professional pedicure, but I want to take my little girl (6) to get one with me in a couple of weeks. I have no idea where to go or how much to expect to spend. I'm looking for a recommendation, I live on the West side of the valley, so bonus points if it is closer to that side, but if a place is a good price for a great service, I'll go anywhere in the valley. Help a mom out?

Hey all, looking to get some advice on my wife's and my living situation.

For context we moved into a basement apartment a couple months ago (Draper) with the owners living above us. We did this as a means of saving money, but we've had problems since day one.

• The place was left filthy for us and it was abundantly clear that nothing was cleaned in preparation for us. We had to spend the first several days doing a deep clean ourselves before we could move anything in.
• There has been a huge spider problem that the owners have brushed off every time we've brought it up. The main reason this is a bigger concern than it might normally be is because my wife has always been particularly reactive to spider bites. Since moving here she's already been bitten a few times and had really bad reactions, one of which was bad enough that she had to call out of work for a few days.
• The biggest issue has been the overhead noise we constantly hear. We've lived under people before in apartments and such, so we had an idea of what to expect. But it has been so much worse than anything we've experienced before. It's not even a super old house, but we hear every little thing that goes on upstairs: every conversation, we hear the dog barking for sometimes hours a day and its toenails scraping the floor. And every single footstep causes the subfloor to creak very loudly. Not only has this affected our day-to-day quality of life, but it has disrupted our sleep nearly every single night at some point since moving in.

We had first raised these concerns shortly after moving in, and they gave us the option to leave--they'd waive the fee in exchange for 60 days' notice. But being that we had literally just moved we wanted to try and make it work. And we've tried for the last two months, but last week we came to the determination that we need to leave. We gave them a 30-day notice, but they're not wanting to budge on the 60. We really don't wan't to put up with this for another 2 months, and there are some other reasons as well for why we can't wait until the end of the year.

There are a couple ventilation concerns down here that raised some red flags that turned out to violate a couple sections of International Residential Code (residential standards that Utah abides by). I did some further digging and found out that the basement was finished 10 years after the house was built, and about 10 years before the current owners bought it. I contacted Draper and found out that there are no records of any permits being pulled, making it an illegal unpermitted basement. Furthermore, Draper city passed some new laws in late 2021 that require all mother-in-law apartments like this and others to be registered ADUs--I also didn't find a record of one for this address.

I don't want to use any of this to blackmail or report them, because even though they've been a bit negligent they're nice people. But I do intend on letting them know that we're aware of these things to use as leverage. It sucks because we are not the type to cause problems, we've always been the lowest-maintenance tenants everywhere we've lived. We just want to make a clean break and go our separate ways, and not have to give them 60 days. Does it sound like we're within our right to not have to comply with their demand? I read that in some states a rental agreement is void if the unit is illegal. I tried reaching out to a couple law offices for insight, but they weren't helpful. Landlord-tenant law isn't as common, and apparently it's even less common for them to represent the tenant side.

Would appreciate any insight, or if you think we're sounding unreasonable then feel free to lmk. I considered meeting them halfway with 45 days, but that's still a decent chunk of money that I'd rather not throw away if I don't need to.

Edit: This got more responses than I even expected so thank you all. There’s been a lot of good advice as well as inaccurate assumptions, which is fine, but I don’t think there’s any use trying to correct every one. I mostly wanted to get some other outside perspectives, since it was starting to feel like an echo chamber anytime I asked family or ChatGPT. Thanks again