Hello, Blogtown! Sorry about Thursday’s “Good Morning, News!,” there is a plague on our household and it’s been a rough couple days. *gurgle gurgle* But let’s have some Saturday news: Man, yesterday was about as bad as it could be. Bombings in Beirut, the horrific attacks in Paris, and an earthquake and tsunami in Japan. […]
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Would You Pay to Stop the Demolition of a 105-Year-Old Home?
Photo: James Rexroad LIKE SO many Portland renters these days, Suzana Levy and her partner Erika Guynes received a no-cause eviction notice recently. “The first thing the landlords told us was, ‘You haven’t done anything wrong,’” Levy says. “They said, ‘You’re great tenants.’” The house is owned by Holladay Park Plaza, a nonprofit retirement community […]
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Can Crowd Funding Save a 105-Year-Old Home?
A Portland Renter’s Quest to Save Her Home from the Wrecking Ball
A Portland renter’s quest to save her home from the wrecking ball.
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Police are Looking for a Man Who Keeps Jerking Off In Front of Female Store Employees
Watch out Southeast Portland shopkeepers: Police are looking for a man who’s accused of jerking off in front of female store employees. The Portland Police Bureau today issued a news release reporting that on Friday, Nov. 6, an “African American male in his late-teens or early-20s, 5’10” tall and a skinny 130 pounds” entered a […]
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Nestlé Will Still Face Hood River County Voters, Despite Gov. Brown’s Request
Kathleen Marie Nestlé’s attempt to bypass a public input process on their bid to suck water from the Columbia Gorge was thwarted on Friday when the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), at Governor Kate Brown’s request, pulled its application for a water swap that would have allowed Nestlé to proceed with building a […]
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Good Morning, News!: Screwing Nestlé, Suing Chipotle, and Shredding Euros
Best. Saturday. Ever. Blogtown! Let’s have some news. Kathleen Marie Water gushing from Oxbow Springs Gov. Kate Brown on Friday asked the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to withdraw it’s application for a water rights swap, meaning Nestlé will have to go through a public interest review before it starts sucking water from the […]
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The City Still Wants USPS’ Pearl District Property and Approved a Concept Plan for the Site
Goodbye, USPS. Hello, all this? City Council is calling a proposed multi-million dollar deal to buy the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) 14-acre downtown headquarters a “once in a generation” deal, but this is actually the second attempt. At a Thursday hearing, the city approved a tentative concept for prime real estate in the Pearl […]
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Good Morning, News!: a Blue Whale Carcass, a Brain Worm, and America’s Number Two Dive Bar
Here we are at Thursday, again, Blogtown. Let’s have some news! Dead blue whale news, that is. An 80 foot long, 20 ton whale washed up on a beach in Ophir, about seven miles north of Gold Beach on the Southern Oregon coast. Crowds showed up to check it out, and the Curry Coastal Pilot […]
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Portland Says No to Oil Trains and Delays Vote on Resolution to Oppose Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Expansion
FRANÇOIS VIGNEAULT One down, one to go. The audience in council chambers erupted into applause Wednesday evening when City Council voted 4-0 (Commissioner Dan Saltzman was absent) to oppose all proposed projects in Portland and Vancouver that increase the amount of oil trains coming through the area. Among the 105 people who signed up to […]
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OLCC’s Rob Patridge Faces Allegations of Unlawful Employment Practices
The Accusations Stem from His Other Role as Klamath County District Attorney
His assistant district attorney is accusing him of retaliatory punishment in Klamath County.
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Portland City Council Votes Today to Oppose Fossil Fuel Infrastructure and Oil Trains
Mayor Charlie Hales, Commissioner Amanda Fritz, and supporters announcing fossil fuel resolutions Mayor Charlie Hales at this morning’s press conference announcing the two resolutions City Council will vote on this afternoon—one officially announcing the city’s opposition to fossil fuel infrastructure expansion and the other announcing the city’s intentions to explore policies to keep oil trains […]
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Portland Considers Nation’s Strongest Fossil Fuel Restrictions
FRANÇOIS VIGNEAULT ON WEDNESDAY, November 4, Portland City Council will consider a pair of resolutions that, if passed, will help the city make good on its green reputation. Portland appears on the verge of saying “no” to new fossil fuel activity. The resolutions—introduced by Commissioner Amanda Fritz and Mayor Charlie Hales—do two things: Put the […]