Opinion
Kaia Sand | Prioritize Portland Street Response
If budgets are how a city demonstrates its values, city leadership must show it values Portland Street Response. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. Commissioner Rene Gonzalez’s office has proposed shunting three million dollars from Portland Street Response to Portland Fire and Rescue, according to Shane Kavanaugh…
Kaia Sand | The AfroVillage imagines free internet for Old Town and beyond
There’s a tiny piece of equipment on the roof of the soon-to-open Street Roots building on West Burnside Street that’s hard to glimpse from below. Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. This column represents her views. It’s a weathervane of sorts, but instead of checking which way the wind blows, it’s creating…
News
Organizers call on Multnomah County to pass ceasefire resolution
A broad coalition of local residents and organizations gathered at the Multnomah County board meeting Feb. 1, asking the county board to pass a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Passing drivers honked their car horns in support as Jewish Voice for Peace PDX, Oregon to Palestine Coalition, East County Rising and others…
Local responses to Oregon’s freezing weather overshadowed by their untimely closures
The Multnomah County medical examiner is investigating four suspected hypothermia deaths in Portland, after temperatures dropped well below freezing starting Jan.12. Local hospitals also reported 67 cold-related illnesses, including hypothermia and frostbite, highlighting the risks associated with exposure to cold weather. Details on the deaths are sparse, and the medical examiner could take several weeks…
Lawmakers return to Salem for short session this month
Jean Hendron kissed Ricky Bayse's forehead Nov. 14 and said goodbye. Bayse died later that evening. "Steam came out of one of his wounds," Hendron remembered from their final moments together. "His entire backside was so infected. He was in agony." Bayse, 38, spent most of his last years in pain. He rarely moved from…
Housing
Lawmakers return to Salem for short session this month
Jean Hendron kissed Ricky Bayse's forehead Nov. 14 and said goodbye. Bayse died later that evening. "Steam came out of one of his wounds," Hendron remembered from their final moments together. "His entire backside was so infected. He was in agony." Bayse, 38, spent most of his last years in pain. He rarely moved from…
