All of your once-shiny long weekend dreams lie tarnished and smashed before you, Blogtown. Let's try to pick up the pieces.

Not surprisingly, some people are calling for Portland Public Schools Superintendent Carole Smith's job, after PPS revealed it bungled its response to high lead readings in drinking fountains at two schools.

A cyclist was struck and killed in Southwest Portland yesterday. Alcohol was a factor, cops said this morning. They've arrested a 61-year-old man.

It was certainly a factor when a Portland fire inspector crashed his city-owned car over the weekend in Clackamas County.

You can buy a sugar glider at the Rose Festival this year. Cute!... You probably shouldn't.

There have been three officer-involved shootings in the Portland area in recent weeks, though none in the city itself. The latest: Cops killed an armed 70-year-old man in Tualatin yesterday, after he reportedly wouldn't stop trying to break into a neighbor's home.

Also: Some people apparently stole a bus this morning?

Has Donald Trump insulted YOU on Twitter yet? Find out with the NYT's handy and comprehensive guide.

This story about ice cream-vending toughs muscling other ice cream salesmen out of Midtown Manhattan is delightful.

"The fact is that a gorilla that just celebrated his birthday has been killed." RIP Harambe.

The Mediterranean refugee crisis is taking an ugly toll. In just three days, 700 people drowned while seeking a new life in Europe.

Gonna be a warm week (and probably a sweltering summer).