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Good Morning, Portland: Welcome back to the ongoing 2025 National Guard Watch! Let's hit the news.

IN LOCAL NEWS:
• If the 200 troops US President Donald Trump promised to send to our city had arrived yesterday, or anytime this week, they would have run into the area's first flirtation with "cold rain, hard rain, drizzling rain, freezing rain, the kind of rain that you can't even see, that just looks kind of like floating mist, but that will soak you in 10 seconds flat." That's how former managing editor Erik Henriksen described Portland's forever rain in his 2015 piece "Winter Is Coming: a helpful guide to Portland's rainy season!" Alas, our cold October rain is about to back off in a big way—the next seven days look NICE: partly cloudy, mostly sunny, temp in the high 60s and 70s during the day. Could set a table for the season's last big group bike ride?

• The timeline for Natty troops arriving HAS NOT BEEN CLEAR, but plenty of Portlanders hoped that the temporary restraining order (TRO) against deploying federal troops in Portland—filed by the state's attorney general Dan Rayfield on Monday—would go into effect before they got here. It looked like that decision would be made by Judge Michael H. Simon, who has ruled to protect US rights on countless occasions in the past (including, full disclosure, the 2020 TRO to preserve press reporting freedoms, which this paper helped request). However, yesterday the Department of Justice asked that Judge Simon recuse himself because he's married to Rep. Suzanne Bonamici who has spoken out against the federalization of Oregon’s troops. [What a way to find out these beauties are both off the market, but... new ship unlocked!]

•The case has been reassigned to Judge Karin J. Immergut, who was nominated by President Trump in 2018 (and then again in 2019, which finally stuck). Immergut has had a perfectly judgey track record of rulings thus far: In August, she allowed an Oregon asylum-seeking farmworker to remain in the custody of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in 2023 she ruled that Measure 114 is constitutional. We really don't know how she will rule, but—for those attempting to compare our situation to Los Angeles'—Oregon has stronger legal wording than California about under what circumstances troops can be deployed here. Immergut is still expected to start hearing arugments Friday.

• The hot new way to reach Portland Street Response is a direct line, KOIN reports. People who wish to report someone who appears to be in a mental health crisis, can now call (503) 823-7773, from 6 am to midnight every day, as additional option to calling 911—though they can still call 911.

• The morning's HOT OPB investigation drop:

An investigation out today from OPB and ProPublica on how the Blazers' new ownership amassed his wealth, in part, through predatory loans on Oregonians.

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— Ryan Haas (@ryanjhaas.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM

• Madrina is the newest restaurant from food entrepreneur Lucy De Leon, whose parents started the legendary market-meets-hot-bar Tienda y Tortilleria De Leon in Gresham in 1999. Madrina represents De Leon's third restaurant opening in three years, and the informal mercadito-themed space super smartly treats the famished academics of PSU's South Park Blocks to lunchtime staples like tacos, burritos, and quesadillas during the day—then opens a dining room in the evening, serving hearty plates like cochinita pibil and pollo rostizado, plus a wine list composed entirely of Latina winemakers from the Willamette Valley. Read the latest review from local critic Katherine Chew Hamilton.

•  It's Friday morning, and new concert tickets are about to drop. Check the whole list via EverOut's round-up!

IN NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
• It's the second day of federal government shutdown for the US, and everyone [actually just two people -eds] in my office is screaming about the grammar in the partisan language appearing on many government sites. This message on the Forest Service site has since been fixed—your government tax dollars at work!

• It turns out that partisan language is turning up all SORTS of places:

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— The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Vid… (@nytimes.com.web.brid.gy) October 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM

• A large fire erupted from a jet fuel unit in Chevron's Los Angeles refinery:

A fireball lit up the sky across the Los Angeles area on Thursday night after an explosion at a Chevron refinery in El Segundo, alarming nearby residents who said it felt like an earthquake. The cause of the explosion was not clear. No injuries were reported. nyti.ms/42pPCaW

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) October 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM

• A diva is the lady version of a hustler and other things people are saying about Sarah Mullally being appointed as the Archbishop of Canterbury. Let me tell you, my mother's facebook page is going off:

The Church of England on Friday appointed Sarah Mullally as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of 85 million Anglican Christians worldwide. Mullally, a onetime cancer nurse, was also the first female Anglican bishop of London. nyti.ms/3WmiflM

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— The New York Times (@nytimes.com) October 3, 2025 at 7:04 AM

• Sending you into the weekend with this reminder that the King of All Cosmos is a fascist—and there's a new Katamari game dropping on October 24: