A healthcare worker at the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center receives COVID-19 vaccinations on December 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Nathan Howard / Stringer Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) In local news: • As of this […]
Isabella Garcia
Isabella Garcia is the former News Editor for the Portland Mercury. She covered City Hall, transportation, the environment, breaking news, and more.
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May Day 2021 in Portland Prompts March to ICE Building, Rally for Migrant Rights
Members from Anakbayan, Migrante, and other migrant rights groups stand in front of the ICE building following a May Day march. Portland Mercury It’s May Day 2021 and, per usual, Portlanders held several events around the city focused on workers rights, the largest of which was a caravan for migrant workers’ rights that ended in […]
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Oregon Leading the Nation in New COVID Cases, But Vaccines Might Outpace Variants by June
Getty Images / D3sign Due to a swell of COVID-19 cases in Oregon, Governor Kate Brown has moved 15 counties, including Multnomah and Clackamas, back under the state’s “extreme risk” COVID designation on Friday, April 30, triggering a complete shut down of indoor dining, limiting outdoor dining capacity to 100 people, and lowering capacity for […]
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Introducing the Portland Mercury’s Newest Reporter, Isabella Garcia!
Isabella Garcia I’m Isabella Garcia, the most recent addition to the Portland Mercury’s news team! I’ll be covering stories about local transportation, the environment, and more. I’ve been working in journalism for the past four years, reporting on anything from criminal justice reform and public health issues to protests and mutual aid, but most predominantly—and […]