City Hall news from Randy and his staff
At 12:05 pm on February 2, 2012, Portland firefighters were dispatched to reports of a house on fire at 14200 NW Riverview Drive. Firefighters from Portland Fire Station 22 (St. Johns) arrived first on-scene. Firefighters quickly discovered that a piece...
Oregonian article about the 5th Portland Loo First Flush event that was held yesterday.
You are invited to the 5th Portland Loo Inaugural Flush PORTLAND, OR— The fifth Portland Loo will open at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012. Located at NW Couch and 8th Avenue in the North Park Blocks, Commissioner Randy...
At 11:15 pm, Dan Sinclair was riding his bicycle along the Eastbank Esplanade headed southbound when he heard a voice calling for help from the river below. Upon scanning the water, he spotted someone splashing in the Willamette River about...
Oregonian op ed written by Randy in response to Steve Duin's column.
Atlantic Cities article about the Portland Loo. Like the Portland Loo on Facebook here.
Portland firefighters were dispatched at 12:14 pm today to a residential fire at 8930 SE Rural Street. The first arriving crews reported smoke and fire showing from the basement of the two and a half story home. Fire crews from...
Portland Tribune story about switching from quarterly to montly water and sewer bills.
Portland Fire and Rescue responded early this morning to the report of a downed power line at the intersection of NW Skyline Blvd and NW Thompson Road, just two blocks from Forest Heights Station 27. Upon arrival Engine 27 found...
Published: Friday, January 13, 2012, 4:00 AM By Guest Columnist The Oregonian By Randy Leonard On Jan. 3, the In My Opinion piece "City need not waste $137 million on new reservoir" was co-authored by Kent Craford, lobbyist for the...
At 4:23 am, Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of smoke and flames coming from an apartment at 109 NE San Rafael. Firefighters from Portland Fire Station 13 (Lloyd District) arrived at the scene in less than four...
At 4:25 pm Portland Fire & Rescue responded, per police request, to SE 44th and Stark to reports of a man in a tree. At 4:30 pm, fire crews from Station 9 (Hawthorne District) and Station 1 (Old Town) arrived...
Yesterday, Portland Fire Chief John Klum announced his plans to retire in June 2012 after 34 years of fire service, four of which were spent as Portland’s Fire Chief. In a memo sent to Fire Bureau staff on January 4th,...
Yesterday, the Portland Water Bureau (PWB) received preliminary laboratory results indicating the presence of Cryptosporidium in water samples from the Bull Run source collected on December 30, 2011. The lab results show that one Cryptosporidium oocyst was present in a...
At 10:11 am Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of Anhydrous Ammonia (NH3) leaking from a rail car behind 10627 N. Swift Ct. Firefighters from the Portland Fire Station 26 (Portsmouth/University Park) were the first to arrive and...
Portland Fire crews from across the city responded to three fires in as many hours this morning--capping off a busy New Years weekend. Already this year crews have been dispatched to more than 250 emergencies, eighteen of those emergencies fire...
At around 5:00 pm firefighters from Portland Fire Station 7 (Mill Park) responded to a burn call at 12530 S.E Powell. Upon arrival, firefighters found a male patient who was suffering from burns to his face. According to the patient's...
The residential fire at 4829 NE Mallory Avenue was due to a defective chimney. According to Portland fire investigators, a fire was lit in a woodstove, traveled up the chimney, and then progressed outside of the chimney into the upstairs...
Today is a Japanese national holiday that recognizes Emperor Akihito's Birthday. To honor this special day, Commissioner Leonard and Japanese Consul General Okabe raised their respective national flags outside the 4th Avenue entrance of City Hall this morning. Commissioner Leonard...
At 2:50 pm yesterday, Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of a residential fire at 3532 SE 62nd. Firefighters from Portland Fire Station 25 (Woodstock) arrived first on scene and found smoke coming from the attic of the...
At 9:03 pm on Friday, Portland Fire & Rescue responded to reports of a commercial fire at 9710 NE Glass Plant Rd. - the Owens Illinois glass container manufacturing plant. The plant houses four large kettles where recycled glass is...
PORTLAND OR—The Portland Water Bureau received a response yesterday from the Oregon Health Authority Drinking Water Program (OHA) to its request for an indefinite suspension in Portland’s uncovered drinking water reservoir compliance schedule during EPA’s review of the federal LT2...
At 1:25 pm, Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of a broken 4" natural gas line hissing in SW Kingston Avenue. Firefighters from Portland Fire (Northwest/Pearl District) Station 3 arrived on scene within three minutes of receiving the...
At 10:25 pm Friday night Portland Fire and Rescue responded to a 70 year old female who was reported to be unconscious and not breathing. Firefighters from Portland Fire (Rockwood) Station 31 arrived within 5 minutes to the Mobile Estates...
At 5:43 pm Friday evening Portland fire and Rescue responded to reports of something suspicious seen at the top and exterior of the Bank of America building at 121 SW Morrison. Fire Crews from Portland's Old Town fire station 1...
At 10:54 am, Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to reports of a vehicle into a building at the Jupiter Hotel, located at 800 East Burnside Street. Firefighters from Portland's Old Town Fire Station 1 arrived at the scene within...
At 11:50 am, firefighters from Portland Fire's (Sylvan) Station 16 responded to an automatic home alarm at 5735 SW Grover Ct. Upon arrival, firefighters saw smoke through the windows and coming under pressure from the doorway. They immediately called for...
At 6:00 am, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) firefighters were dispatched to the scene of a multiple vehicle crash at 82nd and NE Killingsworth. First arriving crews from PF&R's Sandy Boulevard Fire Station 12 found three cars that had collided...
At 3:00 pm, Portland Fire & Rescue responded to reports of smoke and flames coming from a home located at 11207 SE Powell Blvd. Upon arrival, firefighters from Portland Fire (Lents) Station 11 encountered heavy fire coming from the back...
Marine units from three Portland Fire Stations responded this afternoon to rescue a man from the Willamette River. A standard multiple unit response from different locations: Station 21 (Lower East side), Station 1 (Old Town), and Station 6 (NW Industrial),...