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Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz Proposes City Commission for Immigrants and Refugees

Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz wants the city to create a New Portlander Policy Commission to advocate for Portland’s immigrant and refugee populations.

The Portland Animator Who Created the Regal Cinemas Roller Coaster Has Died

You probably didn’t know the name of Portland animator John McLaughlin, who died last week at age 46. But if you’ve gone to the movies in the last 20 years, you’ve taken a ride on his work. McLaughlin created the Regal Cinemas rolller-coaster trailer that listed theater rules in the 1990s by flying audiences through … Continue reading The Portland Animator Who Created the Regal Cinemas Roller Coaster Has Died

Sarah Iannarone Finishes a Distant Third in Portland Mayor's Race

Initial returns in the Portland mayor’s race show candidate Sarah Iannarone, who shook up the Portland mayor’s race with an aggressively progressive campaign, will finish a distant third behind Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler. Early returns show Iannarone with 9.8 percent of the vote. Inside Iannarone’s election party, the buzzing crowd gathered at Velo Cult Bike … Continue reading Sarah Iannarone Finishes a Distant Third in Portland Mayor’s Race

How to Eat Crickets, the Organic, GMO-Free, Portland Way

Last month, Portland startup Poda Foods won the inaugural PitchFestNW, sponsored by WW, with an unlikely idea for a company: bugs as food. Poda raises and harvests organic crickets in Portland to sell, as a powder, to three food production companies making cricket-based protein bars and dog treats. WW visited with Kenny Cloft, chief operating … Continue reading How to Eat Crickets, the Organic, GMO-Free, Portland Way

Portland Police Reform Oversight Board Tells Mayor and Police Chief to End the 48-Hour Rule

The board’s recommendation tied the 48-hour rule to distrust and skepticism in Portland toward police.

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Some bike racks are better than others. Here’s how to find the best lock-up spots to deter bike thieves.

TechFestNW: Daimler Executives Say They Made Self-Driving Trucks to Help Truckers

Portland manufacturing company Daimler Trucks North America has spearheaded the development of the self-driving semi truck. But chief engineers Steve Nadig and Al Pearson don’t predict a world without truckers. Rather, the automation they are pursuing would allow the vehicle to increase safety and efficiency for the driver when a semi hits the road. From … Continue reading TechFestNW: Daimler Executives Say They Made Self-Driving Trucks to Help Truckers

TechFestNW: Twitter and Facebook and Snapchat Are Slowing You Down (and Making You Paranoid)

How long does it take you to count from 1 to 10? On average, this recitation requires roughly 1.5 seconds of time, as does listing letters A through J of the alphabet. But when you pair the numbers and letters together, as the audience at TechFest NW did Tuesday morning, cognitive multitasking slows everything down. … Continue reading TechFestNW: Twitter and Facebook and Snapchat Are Slowing You Down (and Making You Paranoid)

TechFestNW: Tawny Schlieski Wants Virtual Reality to Stop Seeming "Hard and Weird"

Tawny Schlieski has spent her career diving into the awkward new field of virtual reality—and now she wants more people to join her. Schlieski, Director of Research at Intel’s Desktop Organization, told the TechFestNW audience Monday that virtual reality and augmented reality could become the new normal, if more people felt included in what’s often … Continue reading TechFestNW: Tawny Schlieski Wants Virtual Reality to Stop Seeming “Hard and Weird”

Portland Startup Maps Cannabis Genome to Protect Weed from Monsanto Patenting

OG Kush is now a star in the Galaxy. A Portland biotechnology company has launched a 3-D map that charts the genetic evolution of cannabis genomes, protecting strains like OG Kush from future patent attempts by big agricultural companies such as Monsanto. The startup, Phylos Bioscience, and its chief scientific officer Mowgli Holmes have been … Continue reading Portland Startup Maps Cannabis Genome to Protect Weed from Monsanto Patenting

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