SOLODKAYA MARI / GETTY IMAGES Portland just keeps getting more crowded, with ballooning rents pushing low-income people to the periphery or out of the city entirely. And unless the city makes substantial changes, the situation is likely to get worse, with more than 100,000 people expected to move to Portland by 2035. Zoning laws, which […]
Kelly Kenoyer
Posted inNews
A New Zoning Change Has Been Delayed—But Housing Advocates May Love It
A new zoning change has been delayed, but housing advocates may love the reason why.
Posted inNewsblast!
Good Morning, News: North Korea Builds Missiles, Trump Threatens Government Shutdown, ICE Mad at Mayor
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. narvikk / Getty Images Good morning, Portland! It’s hot this week: so hot I’ve had this tasty Gerudo Valley theme stuck in my head all day. It’ll get up to 92 today, but […]
Posted inNews
Interracial Couple Alleges Harassment by Patron at Laurelhurst Theater—and Are Angry at the Theater’s Response
Laurelhurst Theater Kelly Kenoyer On Wednesday, July 25, Rashida Young and her boyfriend, Brendon Quinn, went to the Laurelhurst Theater to see Sorry to Bother You (a film by, for, and about Black people). They say they found two empty seats and one with a hat on it, and sat down in the empty ones. […]
Posted inNews
City Officials Attended a Conference on Controversial Anti-Terrorism Surveillance Strategy
Who’s watching you? agrobacter / Getty Images Four Portland city staffers spent the past few weeks in England learning about a social surveillance program perhaps best known for infiltrating American Muslim communities to seek out terrorists. Unsurprisingly, this news doesn’t sit well with Portand’s Muslim population. The surveillance tactic, called Countering Violent Extremism (CVE), is […]
Posted inNewsblast!
Good Morning News: R. Kelly Denies Child Molestation, Oregon and Greece Fight Fire, Nick Fish Fights Stomach Cancer
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Crews work on a fire in 2014. The fires near Grants Pass have 1,800 firefighters working on them Chris Friend, Oregon Department of Forestry Goooooood Morning Portland! It’s gonna be a hot week, […]
Posted inNews
City Asks Occupy ICE Protesters to Vacate the Camp
Kelly Kenoyer The city has finally taken a stand on the protest camp that’s been occupying space next to an US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building on SW Macadam. In an afternoon press conference, Mayor Ted Wheeler asked the Occupy ICE PDX camp, which is currently on TriMet property, to pack up and go […]
Posted inNews
T.J. Miller is Coming to Portland: Should We be Mad About it?
T.J. Miller, who you may remember from such acclaimed films as Yogi Bear, Deadpool, and Emoji Movie (and star of an actually acclaimed TV show, Silicon Valley) is coming to Portland like it’s no big deal. Just another regular comedian, cruising through town! But it might be a big deal, depending how you feel about […]
Posted inNews
Joey Gibson Plans to Visit Occupy ICE PDX; Activists Say They Won’t Take the Bait
Joey Gibson in 2017 Doug Brown UPDATE (6:02 PM): Portland Police will have officers in the area during Joey Gibson’s visit. Looks like @PortlandPolice is making its #OccupyICEPDX debut tonight. pic.twitter.com/1NDfzxviWh — Alex Zielinski (@alex_zee) July 21, 2018 ORIGINAL POST: Right wing rabble-rouser/Washington Senate candidate Joey Gibson says he’ll be dropping by the Occupy ICE […]
Posted inNews
Bicyclists Are Hesitant to Embrace New Bike Lanes on Rosa Parks Way
Portland Bureau of Transportation The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) is repaving Rosa Parks Way, and taking the opportunity to make the street more bike friendly by building a new type of bike lane: one that places a row of parked cars between bicyclists and street traffic. The new lane, called a “parking protected bike […]
Posted inNews
Why Does the City Keep Letting Patriot Prayer Hold Rallies? It Doesn’t Have a Choice
Patriot Prayer demonstrators at a June 3 Rally Kelly Kenoyer On June 30, a rally organized by Washington alt-right group Patriot Prayer turned into a riot in which demonstrators and Antifa counter-protesters beat each other into a pulp, leaving one man with a fractured skull. Portland police expected the violence, issuing a public statement ahead […]
Posted inNewsblast!
Good Morning News: Chinese Tariffs Take Effect, Scott Pruitt Resigns, Southern Oregon is On Fire
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. cybrian / Getty Images Goooood Morning Portland! It’s Friday, it’s sunny, it’s time for a beach trip. Tomorrow could be hot and muggy with clouds and a high of 81, but we’ll have […]