News An early morning fire did serious damage to Mack and Dubs Excellent Chicken & Waffles this morning, and police are saying it appears to be the work of an arsonist.Police say an officer on patrol smelled smoke at 5:47 am, and found the building on fire. Crews closed a portion of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard until the blaze was put out.The inside is decimated, with puddles of water ...   More

News There's a benefit next week in Northeast Portland to raise money for a man police believe was assaulted likely because he is gay. The Dec. 18 fund-raiser beginning at 9 pm at the Tonic Lounge (3100 NE Sandy Blvd.) is being organized by Ian Mandis. His friend works with the man whose attacker left him with serious head and abdominal injuries. Bands playing at the event include The People's ...   More

News Beaumont-Wilshire residents gathered in the Beaumont Middle School parking lot tonight to speak out against the recent hate crime reported in their neighborhood by a 22-year-old Vietnamese American man. On the morning of Aug. 2, Bao Vuong says four white males verbally assaulted and aggressively approached him at a stop-light on NE 41st and Fremont and threw bagels at him. Rev. Joseph Santos-Lyons, ...   More

News A Lebanese-American woman from Northwest Portland is suing a man accused of firing a gun at her house in an alleged hate crime. Suzanne Hachem suffered "severe emotional distress" as a result of the alleged attack by Vadim Ignatov (pictured above), according to the suit filed Jan. 12 in Multnomah County Circuit Court. Last September, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office responded to a report ...   More