🌱 Kristof nonetheless Campaigns+Portland Homicides continue

Welcome to Wednesday, neighbors! I've got a spring in my step today, so let me just get that out of my shoe and that i'll inform you about these days.

First, present day climate:

Showers early, however they conclusion leaving best grey skies and a high of 51.

here are the exact five stories these days in Portland:

For people on the hunt for a brand new home in and round Portland, the choice remains slim and what's obtainable is greater costly than it turned into a year in the past. The regular sale fee of a home in January 2022 became $596,600, a 14% increase from January 2021, when the general sale price changed into $514,700. The median sale rate has also accelerated 11.6%, from $460,000 to $512,000. (KOIN)

The Oregon Supreme court docket today entered the third week of deliberations on no matter if former new york instances columnist Nicholas Kristof meets the three-yr residency requirement to run for governor, with no signs of when it may liberate a choice. besides the fact that children that could depart the Democratic candidate in limbo, Kristof has been touring the state and, on Feb. 9, released his first policy paper, laying out his vision for a way he would tackle the housing scarcity that has contributed to one of the vital nation's maximum rates of homelessness. (Willamette Week)

After Portland hits an alarming variety of deadly homicides in 2022, Portland Police affiliation weighs in. "it be heartbreaking. We're experiencing sickness and crime rising in Portland that we now have never had earlier than," says President of Portland Police affiliation, Aaron Schmautz. Portland Police tells FOX 12 that in 2022 on my own, there have been 170 shootings, 12 deadly homicides, averaging three shootings a day in Portland. (KPTV)

A 31-year-historic man seemed Monday in federal courtroom on allegations that he tried to open an emergency door on a Delta Air strains flight sure for Portland from Salt Lake metropolis as a result of he wanted to make an announcement about COVID-19 vaccines. Michael Brandon Demarre of Portland turned into seen doing away with the plastic covering on an emergency exit handle and pulled on the tackle along with his full physique weight Friday earlier than a flight attendant intervened and demanded he let go of the tackle. (The Oregonian)

greater than 16,000 Oregonians accessed features in the course of the new furnish software set up below Oregon's landmark drug-decriminalization law in its first year, however less than 1% of these helped with Measure a hundred and ten greenbacks had been pronounced to have entered treatment, new state information shows. Most of those that accessed the grant-funded features remaining 12 months, almost 60%, engaged with hurt reduction programs such as syringe exchanges and naloxone distribution. (OPB)

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today in Portland:

See Brad Parsons and His Beloveds at the Laurelthirst Pub in NE Portland. The currently-again singer-songwriter is backed up via an Allstar crew: Lewi Longmire (TK & THKNs, Kassi Valazza), Ned Folkerth (Kassi Valazza), Sydney Nash & Jay Cobb Anderson (TK & THKNs)… and more! this is a free show. 6:00 - 8:00 PM.

Jakki and the pink Smudge could be at Kelly's Olympian in downtown Portland this evening. She is a solo indie/ punk/ funk artist with a revolving, dynamic returned up band, based mostly in Portland, OR. becoming a member of her may be Coma woman and Heirloom. Tickets available online. doorways open at 8:30 PM.

join the fun and plumb the dizzying heights (or murky depths?) of your factoid knowledge with Untapped trivia tonight at Swift Cider in NE Portland. Play in-grownup on the taproom or connect to play pretty much from home. event prizes are offered for the proper three on-line and in-grownup teams. And bear in mind the extra you play… the more your group's element totals collect to place on the Untapped trivia leaderboard to win special prizes on the conclusion of each quarter. Register online to play. 7:00 - 9:00 PM.

Singer-songwriter Jake William Capistran could be performing on the White Eagle in North Portland. mixing indie-rock and people-trend songs with facets of modern production, wonderful track buildings and catchy hooks, Capistran's music feels at once standard and novel - inviting and exciting. The display starts at eight:00 PM.

be a part of sports on their Get an outstanding look World Tour as they play at SE Portland club Holocene. activities inspires pictures of the youthful idyll of bygone times through dulcet melodies and solar-sopping wet funk synths. Their complicated, mind expanding preparations are heat and enveloping, growing a world where David Bowie, The seashore Boys, and The conflict collide. doorways open at 7:00 PM.

From my workstation:

Portland trail Blazers: "We're officially beginning the MIP campaign…who's with us?! 🐜" (Instagram)

Portland art Museum: OPENING THIS WEEKEND! "Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Mexican Modernism." featuring greater than one hundred fifty works, the exhibition celebrates Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and such contemporaries as Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, María Izquierdo, Ca..." (Instagram)

Portland Audubon: "won't you be my Valentine...continually? Sandhill Cranes mate for life and, for a fowl that can are living for more than 30 years, that potential many years in partnership with the equal mate. When courting, Sandhill Cranes will do an entire variety of circulation..." (Instagram)

Portland Farmers Market: "Orange you excited or not it's Valentine's Day?? 🍊♥️ if you be aware of anything else about us, you be aware of we ♥️ fruit & veggie puns! here's some bizarre antique Valentines we obtained a kick out of. take pleasure in! chuffed Love Day! Posted @withregram • @gotweird These vint..." (fb)

Stretching just over three miles during the heart of Portland's southeast side, or not it's one of the most city's leading thoroughfares, a road it truly is domestic to eclectic and native retail outlets with a bright meals scene. We know it these days as Hawthorne Boulevard nevertheless it's passed by many other names. How did it get the name Hawthorne? soak up a bit Portland historical past and discover. (KGW)

Mayoral aide Sam Adams' idea to construct mass camps for unhoused Portlanders and personnel them with unarmed military personnel, as together with his makes an attempt on social media to launder the theory as an informal step in discovering a solution to homelessness, has the entire tact and aplomb as one suggesting they feed their leg through a woodchipper after they stub their toe. (road Roots)

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— Dominic Anaya

About me: doctor, educator and now a creator/artist, i am just chillin' in Portland, OR with my spouse, our ferrets, our chickens and our goats.