City Hall A pilot program in Portland to collect food waste separately from residential garbage won’t expand to include the entire city this spring as expected. Two new Portland garbage transfer facilities   More

News When Mayor Sam Adams and his council colleagues vote April 20 whether to move forward with a streetcar extension to Lake Oswego, they will do so before answering many key questions. “There’s a    More

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News Supporters of the tea party in Oregon will be back in Pioneer Courthouse Square this Friday, April 15 for what's become their annual tax day protest. (U.S. taxpayers this year actually have until Monday, April 18 this year to file because of an unusual circumstance.)Organizers of this year’s tea party’s protest starting at 5:30 pm in Portland don’t know what to expect when it comes to turnout. ...   More

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News The reincarnation of the Satyricon site in Chinatown as low-income housing took a step forward this week.The Macdonald Center and the City of Portland’s Design Commission met Thursday, April 7 to discuss a new use for the spot that featured the iconic punk nightclub before it closed last October.The Macdonald Center, a local outreach and housing nonprofit, is proposing to tear down the building ...   More

News The FBI wants Facebook to hand over its records on Cody S. Crawford, the Corvallis man previously identified as a person of interest in an arson attack on an Islamic center and mosque.A search warrant affidavit (PDF) filed last month in U.S. District Court in Portland describes several bizarre outbursts by Crawford in arrests made since the firebombing last fall. In one encounter, Crawford allegedly ...   More

News The recent departure of several high-profile partners from Bullivant Houser Bailey and the collapse of two of the law firm's regional offices have Portland's legal community buzzing about the law firm's chances for survival. Bullivant Houser, a 73-year-old firm, has shrunk from about 160 lawyers at its peak in 2006 to around 100 today. Bullivant Houser also announced in March the closure of its Sacramento ...   More

Music Nerds like me have trouble choosing a favorite holiday: Halloween is the weirdest, New Year's is the drunkest (though also the douchiest) and Record Store Day...well, Record Store day is the holiday made for music geeks like me. Portland's Record Store Day calendar is coming together slowly—isn't that just like Portland?—but here are some awesome things you can check out on Saturday, April 16. ...   More