Back on Track: After initially banning transgender contestant Jenna Talackova, Miss Universe organizers welcome her back into the race. Oakland Shooting: At least seven are dead after a shooting at Oakland’s Oikos University by a former nursing student. Murdoch Madness: James Murdoch, son of Rupert, resigns from his position at BSkyB (a UK satellite broadcaster), […]
Alex Zielinski
Alex Zielinski is a former News Editor for the Portland Mercury. She's here to tell stories about economic inequities, cops, civil rights, and weird city politics that you should probably be paying attention to.
Posted inPortland
Portland Dubbed “Greenest City” by Travel Mag
Travel + Leisure Magazine labeled Portland “where every day feels like Earth Day”, OR “America’s Greenest City” in its most recent issue. What that means, it’s hard to tell. Apparently the “grooviness” of the locals is a significant factor. All I know is that any article that highlights Mill Ends Park is a success.
Posted inCops
Community Rallies Against Frashour Arbitrator Ruling
This afternoon, the Albina Ministerial Alliance hosted a press conference and protest march outside city hall in opposition to Friday’s recommendation by a state arbitrator that the Portland Police Bureau reinstate Ron Frashour—the Portland police officer who shot and killed unarmed Aaron Campbell in 2010. The press conference was preceded and followed by a march […]
Posted inCops
BREAKING: Police Force May Take Frashour Back
The officer who shot Aaron Campbell may soon be reinstated.
Posted inCops
Police Officer Arrested for Sexual Corruption of Minor
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office arrested Portland Police Officer Scott Elliott, 50, today for a duo of sex crimes: Online Sexual Corruption of a Child and Luring a Minor (both class C felonies). A 22-year-old veteran of the police bureau, Elliott has no obvious history of creepiness. However, he was assigned at the East Precinct […]
Posted inFood and Drink
Vanna White At Voodoo
In town for this weekend’s Wheel of Fortune taping at the Convention Center, Vanna White pulled her limo up to Voodoo Doughnut this afternoon to mow down. Voodoo Co-owner, Tres Shannon: “I swear she ate more doughnuts than Anthony Bourdain. She just…kept eating them.” Cat Daddy Tres Shannon, Vanna White and Cat Daddy. She even […]
Posted inCrime
Beaverton Deer Statue Found Slaughtered
Today in confusing news: The 400-pound deer statue that was lifted from the front yard of a Beaverton dental office earlier this month has been found. But not all in one piece. No—the poor bronze deer was chopped into seemingly systematic bits. Why, you ask? Here’s a possible answer: 39-year-old Chad Ferguson was not only […]
Posted inEvents
Charlie Hales: Scavenger Hunt and Dance Party Host
Charlie Hales has gone Portland on us: On April 14 he’s hosting a citywide scavenger hunt followed by a Holocene dance party. To be honest, “On the Hunt with Charlie” looks like a clever way to enlighten folks on their surrounding city (as well as remind them how Hales has contributed to its splendor…their angle, […]
Posted inNews
Good Morning News!
In Supreme Hands: The Supreme Court concluded its three-day-long health care marathon yesterday. Now what? Fire Ze Missiles: North Korea is allegedly filling a “harmless” rocket with fuel for a test rocket launch. No one’s that happy about it. Chaos in la Calle: Hundreds of Spanish union members take to the Madrid streets (clogging traffic—oh […]
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Sticks and Stones
Rush Limbaugh-Target Sandra Fluke Speaks
A Q&A with Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student Rush Limbaugh called a “slut.”
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Debt on the Tracks
Could TriMet Have Avoided Some of Its Budget Cuts?
Transit advocates say TriMet has made its budget mess worse than it needs to be.
Posted inBlogs
Donuts! Cops! Replica Handguns! Badass People!
This morning, Portland police responded to a robbery at SE 122 Daylight Donut shop. Here is a donut! No, I’m serious guys. The store employee working the front counter said that the suspect, a 30 to 40-year old woman, pointed a handgun and demanded money from the register. But! According to police, the donut slinger […]