Good morning, Portland. Link time.

First up is this week's feature (out in print as of yesterday—pick up a copy!). It's the Mercury's Fall Arts & Culture Guide: The only guide you'll need to this season's finest books, visual art, and... NPR hosts singing songs.

These signs popped up near three Portland parks in July
These signs popped up near three Portland parks in July K. Marie

"With its homeless population on the rise, and following a steep increase in people living in RVs and other vehicles, the City of Portland turned to a new idea last month to steer the destitute away from parks: signs," Dirk VanderHart reports. "From July 10-31, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) installed a total of 45 'No Camping' signs on the perimeters of three city parks in Southeast Portland: Laurelhurst, Sewallcrest, and Midland."

A Portland police officer shot a person described by the police bureau as a Beaverton bank robbery suspect in a stolen car. The guy survived.


"Debarking" seems... terrible. The Oregonian:

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched.

The Appeals Court ruled “debarking” surgery is an appropriate solution to a noisy and relentless problem that neighbors living next to the dogs have had to endure for more than a decade on their rural property outside Grants Pass.

Debarking operations, also known as devocalization, are highly controversial. Groups such as the Oregon Humane Society and American Humane have spoken out against them. Six states have outlawed the procedure under certain circumstances, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

It's been a hot summer. We'll have increasingly hot summers in the future: "Climate scientists say the sweltering 2017 summer is part of a larger trend in the Pacific Northwest. The region's trademark moderate summer temperatures are indeed becoming hotter and drier, studies show. And, scientists say, summers like this one could become the norm in the next few decades."

In the Portland Tribune: "City planners have prepared Central City 2035, a plan to be considered by the council on Sept. 7. Among other things, it adjusts the maximum allowable height of residential and office buildings in various parts of the 11 districts concentrated on both sides of the Willamette River. It is also designed to preserve historic districts and create more open spaces to improve livability."

A TriMet driver is accused of yelling "you fucking idiots" at riders in Estacada. One guy says the driver broke his phone. He's got pictures.

Part of The International School in Southwest Portland caught fire this morning. It started with a dumpster fire, officials said.

For fuck's sake...


Harvey is devastating.

The Cajun Navy is dope though.