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- www.katu.com Portland braces for possible triple-digit heatwave and record highs this holiday weekend
Over the last 24 hours, the confidence in seeing hotter temperatures has increased.
"The following are the current record high temperatures for the next couple of days at Portland International Airport:
July 4 – 97 – 1972
July 5 – 98 – 2023
July 6 – 97 – 1960
July 7 – 95 – 2010
July 8 – 98 – 1952
July 9 – 96 – 1985"
No word on cooling centers just yet, I'll keep an eye out!
- www.cbsnews.com Supreme Court allows camping bans targeting homeless encampments
The 6-3 decision from the court in the case known as City of Grants Pass v. Johnson is its most significant involving homelessness in decades.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17016778
- www.oregonlive.com I-5 closure Friday: complete list of onramps that will be closed all weekend
The closure affects four miles of freeway for construction work on the Southwest 26th Avenue bridge crossing the freeway.
Northbound on-ramp closures: Southwest Kruse Way. Southwest Haines Street. Southwest Capitol Highway. Southwest Spring Garden Street. OR 99W/Barbur Boulevard.
Southbound on-ramp closures: I-405 on-ramp. South Harbor Drive on-ramp.
- www.oregonlive.com Multnomah County will pause purchasing of tarps and tents
The decision, called for by city Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, comes as Portland officials vote on an agreement with the county on their partnership to reduce homelessness.
"The decision, first reported by KGW, comes as Portland officials vote on an agreement with Multnomah County on their partnership to reduce homelessness. Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, who is running for mayor, has blasted the county for its policy on tarps and tents, arguing that their distribution harms the city’s “livability and the ability for small businesses to thrive.”"
- www.koin.com Two Portland sites join LGBTQ+ landmarks in National Register of Historic Places
Erv Lind Field was Oregon’s first and only sports facility built primarily for women’s major league sports.
- www.oregonlive.com Portland city employee arrested on federal charge accusing him of accessing child abuse images online
“It’s hard to find a word to describe the severity of the allegations here,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Youlee Yim You said. “I’ll just leave it at that.”
- katu.com On the upswing? Downtown Portland grows and invests, sparking optimism
Is Portland turning the corner?That's the question many people have asked and debated over the past few years, from kitchen tables to the office to the campaig
- www.oregonlive.com Portland will begin enforcing new homeless camping ban Monday
The city will narrowly focus enforcement at first on homeless camps that it believes present the greatest health and safety risks.
"The new rules require people who are offered shelter to accept it or face penalties, and it directs homeless individuals that they must keep their camping area tidy if they can’t access shelter. The ordinance scales back the potential of a 30-day stint behind bars for violators to just seven days and emphasizes a preference to offer offenders diversion."
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News Release: PBOT hires new officers, increases parking enforcement in neighborhoods
"Officers will focus primarily on expired tags, missing plates, wrong-way parking, and vehicles blocking visibility at intersections. Additionally, officers will begin booting vehicles that have orders to tow issued by Multnomah County Circuit Court."
Also:
"Recent data from the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) shows an alarming number of Portland vehicle owners have let their registration lapse. A couple years ago this may have been exacerbated due to the pandemic, DMV delays, or the economy, but these factors are much less impactful today."
- katu.com Neighbors demand action after Rottweiler allegedly attacks two dogs, kills one
People in a Southeast Portland neighborhood are demanding justice after an animal allegedly attacked two dogs, killing one of them."It's really scary to have a
- katu.com Nearly 100 firefighters battle 4-alarm blaze at North Portland noodle-making business
A four-alarm fire brought nearly 100 firefighters to a 100-year-old building on North Thompson Street on Monday afternoon.Flames leapt out of the 26,000-square-
- www.kptv.com American cities with the smallest apartments revealed – Portland comes in 2nd place
In Portland, some people could reasonably feel like the walls are closing in.
Article is talking about new construction, not overall unit size.
1 - Seattle - 661 square feet. 2 - Portland - 685 3 - Queens - 692 4 - Brooklyn - 712 5 - Detroit - 726 6 - Manhattan - 737 7 - Washington D.C. - 744 8 - San Francisco - 756 9 - Philadelphia - 764 10 - Silver Spring, MD - 770
I'm not sure, but I'm pretty sure I have more than 685 square feet of just bookshelves...
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Favorite Portland Eateries?
Restaurants, Bakeries, Cafe's, Food Trucks, etc.
Any place that you've tried amazing food and want to share.
I find community input much more reliable than Google reviews, share your favorite spots!
- katu.com Oregon 'anarchist' group takes credit for burning 15 police cars in 'preemptive' attack
'Above all we did it for the Palestinian martyrs!' the group wrote via its blog Monday.
- katu.com KATU Investigates: PBOT asked small businesses to pitch in millions for big projects
A massive development is meant to improve one Portland neighborhood, but a KATU investigation found the city is asking long-standing local businesses to pitch i
"In January PBOT sent him a letter saying he would have to pay $12,600 a month for 20 years, totaling about $3 million. "We don't even pull that kind of income. There is a couple of us here working. It'll absolutely close us down.”
Park asked Peterson, "Do you feel like they are trying to drive you out?" Peterson replied, "Yes! They are trying to tax us out of everything."
Meader said they were being asked to pay $7,000 a month for 20 years."
- www.koin.com Authorities locate propane truck driver who left trailer that exploded on I-5
A trailer full of propone tanks exploded on Interstate 5 near the North Killingsworth intersection, causing a fire that lasted for over 15 seconds and requiring the closure of all lanes of the free…
"Because the fire was not caused by a crash, authorities said no law would require the driver to remain at the scene and exchange information with police."
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Proposed Oregon Corporate Tax to fund resident $750 rebate headed to ballot.
www.oregonrebate.org Oregon Rebate 2024The Oregon Rebate (IP 2024-017) is a ballot initiative qualifying for the November 2024 election to rebate every Oregonian (regardless of age, income, or status) about $750 every year, after increasing corporate taxes over $25 million in Oregon sales.
Full bill text: https://sos.oregon.gov/admin/Documents/irr/2024/017text.pdf
TLDR; Oregon corporate tax has a minimum rate of 1%. This ballot measure would raise it to 3% and give $750 to each Oregon resident (including children).
Get ready for an Uber/Lyft level of corporate ads and media spamming to try to sink this common sense bill.
- www.cnn.com Nearly 30 riders were rescued after being stuck upside down on ride at Portland amusement park | CNN
Almost 30 people were rescued and medically evaluated after being stuck hanging upside down on a ride at an amusement park in Portland.
- www.kptv.com Major Portland highway closure scheduled for graffiti cleanup
An influx of $4 million to ODOT has super charged the cleanup effort of graffiti around the city.
“The plan as of right now, is to completely shut down I-84 for both directions from I-5 all the way to 205,” said Barrie.
It’s scheduled for 12 hours, from midnight to noon on July 14, a Sunday.
And it’s not just for graffiti removal. ODOT, the City of Portland, TriMet and Union Pacific are all coordinating to take advantage of the shut down time.
- www.koin.com Portland forecloses on Gordon's Fireplace building, other 'nuisance' properties
The Portland City Council unanimously foreclosed upon four blighted properties on June 12, including Gordon’s Fireplace Shop, the graffiti-covered eyesore that has sat vacant along I-84 since 2016.…
A developer HAD plans for the building years ago, but I think when Covid gutted the office space market, that all fell apart.
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Neil Goldschmidt, former Oregon governor who admitted to sex with a minor, has died
"And nothing of value was lost..."
The whole rape of the 14 year old and subsequent cover up was an absolute travesty.
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2011/01/neil_goldschmidt_sex_abuse_vic.html
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Local Bookstores Come Together for the Inaugural Portland Book Week 6/10 to 16
List of stores:
https://www.portlandbookweek.com/list-of-stores
Events:
https://www.portlandbookweek.com/events
Bingo Card:
https://www.portlandbookweek.com/book-crawl-bingo
- apnews.com Oregon closes more coastal shellfish harvesting due to 'historic high levels' of toxins
Oregon has expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state's coastline to include razor clams and bay clams.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16378386
> Oregon authorities have expanded shellfish harvesting closures along the state’s entire coastline to include razor clams and bay clams, as already high levels of toxins that have contributed to a shellfish poisoning outbreak continue to rise. > > The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said the new closures were due to “historic high levels” of a marine biotoxin known as paralytic shellfish poisoning. The move, announced by the department in a news release on Thursday, came after state officials similarly closed the whole coast to mussel harvesting last week. > > Agriculture officials have also closed an additional bay on the state’s southern coast to commercial oyster harvesting, bringing the total of such closures to three. > > Elevated levels of toxins were first detected in shellfish on the state’s central and north coasts on May 17, fish and wildlife officials said.
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The Jeep Driver Video (Warning Reddit link)
what is a good way to post videos to lemmy without using youtube? it's about 600mb.
- katu.com Portland police looking for suspect shooting at traffic cameras, causing $100K+ in damage
Portland police say someone is shooting at city equipment and traffic cameras, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage.Police released video of the
"The suspect drives a very unique car, police say: A black or charcoal-colored Subaru WRX sedan with no license plates.
The car has a hood scoop, low profile spoiler with red LED brake light strip, black wheels, and rain deflectors on the doors."
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This nut job stopped in the middle of the 14
They were tailing me in the left lane. Someone was in front of me. They passed on the right, but had to cut me off to avoid cars on the right that were going slow. Then they tailed the person in front of me. When the person in front of them moved to the right, they slammed on their brakes, got out of their car all puffed up, and started coming at me… instead of continuing on with no one in the left. Which makes no sense at all.
Oh, the roid-road-rage. So pathetic.
- www.kptv.com What to know for the 2024 Grand Floral Parade
The Grand Floral Parade is Saturday and here’s everything you need to know.
Road closures start at 3 AM Saturday morning.
All roads around the Rose Quarter will be closed by 7:45 AM.
Parade runs 10 AM to Noon.
- www.katu.com Portland prepares for voting and election overhaul ahead of November election
Wednesday marked the first day for candidates to officially file to run in Portland's November historic election – the first for the new form of government appr
- www.opb.org Portland’s largest newspaper group sells to Mississippi-based company
Pamplin Media group owns dozens of newspapers in the Portland metro area, including the Portland Tribune.
Pamplin. It's Pamplin.
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Portland jury awards Beaverton woman $260M in cancer lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16198913
- www.oregonlive.com To escape alleged Portland kidnapper, 47-year-old woman jumps from moving car
Portland police arrested 25-year-old Ra Fet on allegations of kidnapping, sexual abuse, coercion, menacing, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person.
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Man stops officer, arrested for allegedly stabbing another man in downtown Portland
"Officer! Officer! Three guys are chasing me!"
"Ok, what did you do..."