The outlook on this holiday weekend's weather doesn't exactly scream "block party" in the sense of flippin' burgers in the street with your neighbor Roy. The businesses

The outlook on this holiday weekend's weather doesn't exactly scream "block party" in the sense of flippin' burgers in the street with your neighbor Roy. The businesses in the West End of downtown are doing one anyway, but luckily every single one of them has a roof. Oooh, and be sure to spy on the progres

PBOT wants to make downtown streets easier and safer to use.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The details of the Portland Bureau of Transportation's plans to invest in downtown bicycle access are getting clearer. As we shared back in February, PBOT has applied for $6 million in regional flexible funding (administered by Metr

For the 10th time in 11 years, CBS was the nation's most-watched network, the Nielsen company said Thursday. CBS' margin of victory was wider than any other network in 24 years and it won among 18-to-49-year-old viewers, a group coveted by advertisers, for the first time in 21 years.

The fun-loving gang over at the so-called Westboro Baptist Church are claiming that Oklahoma tornadoes were God's payback because of Kevin Durant. Durant plays basketball for the Seattle Supersonics Oklahoma Thunder, and he apparently had kind words for another player...

'Greetings From Tim Buckley' is a film biography of singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley.

Here is a trailer for the new CBS show debuting this fall called Hostages—which I was SO prepared to hate, because I hate everything on CBS, and because the show comes courtesy of producer Jerry Bruckheimer. And yet? I KIND OF LOVE IT! Not because it's necessarily good, but because it is absolut

ESPN.com Insider Amin Elhassan, who used to work in Phoenix's front office, put together a 2013 draft guide for the Trail Blazers, all of which is worth checking out. But the most interesting part is probably the three players from this draft who would be the best additions to the current roster ...

In commenting on this post on the multinational existence of my extended family, Chris wonders about the Indian migration to Latin America, which then makes me recall old stories, in a Bill Cosby-like rambling

According to OSP Lt. Gregg Hastings, Oregon State Police received toxicology test results from the State Medical Examiner’s office related to Lucas Brown who died in a traffic crash on April 14, 2013, on Highway 30 west of Clatskanie. The crash also resulted in the death of his son, Noah Waite-Brown, age 8, several da

Not following sports much, it was somewhat surprising to find that the NFL is a tax-exempt organization, classified by the IRS as a nonprofit - despite the fact that in an average year it pulls in around $10 billion. They're...

"Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction," opening Friday and running through March 2014, covers two floors at the museum and contains scores of personal items.

One of the organizers of Portland City Hall's nearly 18-month-old camping-ban pr

Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, spelled out a "legislative framework" today that calls for increased logging and county timber revenues from federally owned Oregon & California Railroad lands but penalizes counties with relatively low property taxes.The post

Movie review- "Love Is All You Need"

Trey Smith As the Federal Times recently reported, sequestration includes an 8.2 percent cut t

Homes for Sale in Lake Oswego Market Report April 2013   April 2013 Real Estate Market Report Lake Oswego, OR EBA

Obama said that targeting terrorists with unmanned aerial vehicles was a legal, effective and just military tacticThe post Obama tackles drones, Guantanamo in reset of war on terror appeared first on

Press Release: Portland, OR – Bazi Bierbrasserie (1522 SE 32nd Avenue) is celebrating two years of Belgian-inspired libations on Sunday, May 26 from 4-10 PM and Monday, May 27 at 5 PM. Here are the details of the festivities taking place on each day: Fill My Fridge Sunday, May 26 from 4-10 PM This is the official [...]

It’s no secret that I’m homesick. The kind of homesick that creates a distracted longing and often a despondent lack of motivation. It’s no secret that I miss the mountains, real mountains. I miss the fresh air and green of Valdez, and the cool, tourmaline waters. I miss the eagles and the glaciers, the peaks [...]

RANDYSTAPILUS The View from Here Here’s one that sounds like a feel-good deal on the surface, and maybe will never be more than that … but opens the door, just a crAck, to something much larger. As John Lennon exhorted, imagine … For-profit corporations set up under a legal framework in which they are

I know Barbara Boxer, Bill Nye, etc. are taking some flack for their comments about the Oklahoma tornado and global warming -- some of it deserved, since their comments tilt towards a definite attribution. Boxer said

Startups are pretty cool. Music is pretty cool. Art is definitely cool. But what happens if you put all of those things together to create something cooler? That’s just what Portland design shop The Brigade has done with an art exhibition to bring tech to a Portland elementary school. The Cover by Cover Art Auction

And this is exactly the kind of thing that happens when you legalize marijuana! In this ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE report from Seattle's KOMO 4 reporter Lindsay Cohen, butcher William Von Schneidau has invented marijuana-infused bacon... and here's how he did it: He took the leftovers from a medical marijuana

BOEING CUTS This is rough, and Boeing knows it – CEO Jim McNerny even compared himself to Darth Vader in making the announcement. It plans to end about 1,500 IT jobs in the Seattle area over the next few years. The larger picture isn’t looking wonderful, either; from the Patch.com: “McNerney said the compa

The Obama administration has admitted for the first time to killing four U.S. citizens in drone strikes overseas. Three died in Yemen: the Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old sonThe post

The men behind Star Trek Into Darkness have thrown us ladies and boner-loving dudes a bone and released a deleted shower scene featuring a sinewy B

On Monday, Congressional investigators revealed that Apple has side-stepped billions of dollars in U.S taxes "through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and went beyond anything most experts had ever seen." Nevertheless, Tuesday's hearing before the Senate...

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Jacqueline Goldberg claimed that Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme when she bought a condo.

Old Town's controversial "entertainme

Ned and I can't quite figure out why Sasquatch bothers to make such an awesome and thorough gallery of music posters for their fest lineup every year. Who brings money to bu

We'll build up to next month's NBA draft by profiling prospects that will likely be available when the Blazers make their selection at No. 10, starting with Indiana sophomore Cody Zeller.

We'll build up to next month's NBA draft by profiling prospects that will likely be available when the Blazers make their selection at No. 10, starting with Indiana sophomore Cody Zeller.

The USDA hasn't taken proper enforcement measures against slaughterhouses that violate food safety and animal welfare laws, according to an internal agency audit.

“Sorry it's so fucking stupid.”—Richard Bain, co-star of Cars III, comedian, former Portlander I wasn’t sorry Cars III was so stupid. I loved how stupid Cars III was. It’s a glorious melange of yelling, nunchucks, lasers, gunfig

The two minute video was filmed in 2010, but it was never used.

OUR next episode of Back Fence PDX Radio on OPB! Airing/Streaming on MAY 25 @ 7pm + rebroadcasting on JUNE 1 @ 9pm Stream it HERE: www.opb.org/radio Hosted by B. Frayn Masters, the shows music was created by DOLOREAN… A … Continue r

Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen is releasing a record in August.

Marc Spears of Yahoo! Sports reports on Twitter that former Portl

the UK’s and the G8’s own tax havens in a global merry-go-round that helps keep 1.3 billion people in poverty and hunger, while denying developing countries the ability to benefit from their own wealth, and raise the public funds needed to fight poverty."The post

(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) As I type this, the City of Portland is going through the final stages of selecting a new director of the transportation bureau. This morning at City Hall, myself and over a dozen other citizen stakeholders got to "meet and greet" the final three candidates being considered for the job. Our

Chris Haynes of CSNNW.com reports that George Sfa

At the digital kitchen table, today's hot topics include a master class in making green smoothies (and making them taste great), plus how to grill fruits and veggies, and top picks for vegan eating in Portland.

I'm posting this for no other reason than that Peter Gabriel's third album was released on this very day in 1980. Here is a "demo" version of "And Through the Wire," perhaps the least known song on that record and probably my favorite as well. I don't think this is a "demo" at all, but r

I'm not sure if this press release from Ron Wyden has any substance or is just fluff, he has announced his plan for

The journalist and new mother is working with Dove to promote girls' self-esteem. She is also eager to return to work for her show on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

All photos by Minh Tran. This is a tale of two rappers, one clever and suave, the other punishing and incendiary, sharing the stage at the Roseland for the Portland stop o

The NBA and Taco Bell have apparently -- and inexplicably -- left Portland Trail Blazers forward Luke Babbitt off something called the "Western Conference Big