Portland

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.

"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.”"

"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."

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...

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!

"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."

"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."

"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."

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.

“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.

A developer HAD plans for the building years ago, but I think when Covid gutted the office space market, that all fell apart.

"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

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

(The WRX guy)

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.