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TriMet has implemented bus frequency cuts for the winter to help cover a multimillion dollar budget shortfall, the agency announced Monday.

The Arthritis Foundation's Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis rings in the season on Sunday, Dec.

The Portland Water Bureau will hold a joint press conference at 5 p.m. Sunday to announce the results of new tests at Washington Park's E. coli-contaminated open-air reservoir .

New garden stores are springing up in North and Northeast Portland, catering to the growing demand from homeowners for locally grown, organic and unique plants.

A body has been found in Portland's Columbia Slough. This is the second body found in Portland-area waterways since Saturday.

Browsing is free at Powell's City of Books, which claims to be the world's largest independent used and new bookstore.

Forest Grove police say a man on probation for domestic violence killed his wife and shot his son twice before shooting himself Friday night.

The Portland Water Bureau issued a "Boil Water Notice" Saturday for all customers west of the Willamette River, including the Valley View, Burlington and Palatine Hill Water Districts.

On Dec. 1, thousands of people will observe Worlds AIDS Day as a reminder that the disease infects a new person every 9.5 minutes.

Rob Werlinger plays ping pong at Blitz Ladd in Southeast Portland. The pub also has pool, shuffleboard and foosball.

A renowned Portland author fought off a purse snatcher Tuesday afternoon, police said.

One of the questions that city staff asks at the interactive Portland Plan Workshops says, "What are you doing now to address climate change? What more could you do? What could the public agencies do to help businesses and residents? " We say it's time for public agencies to show they're committed to residents' priorities by identifying secure and ...

This year's parade takes place on Nov. 27 . It is scheduled to start at 8:45 a.m. and will run for approximately an hour.

TriMet's MAX platform videos: Rosie Sizer's news conference: Portland Police Commissioner Dan Saltzman overruled the police chief for the second time in recent months, ordering Officer Chris Humphreys be placed on paid leave as police investigate his firing of a beanbag shotgun at a 12-year-old girl.

Portland Police acted on a tip and found the body of 57 year old Nancy Bergeson in her home on Southwest Hamilton Street.

According to a new report, Gresham is the most dangerous city in Oregon. Gresham Police Chief Craig Junginger says incorrectly categorized police reports, as well as the city's higher-than-usual homicide rate for 2008, are to blame.

Lights on inside a home surrounded by crime scene tape in Southwest Portland where a 57-year-old woman was found dead Tuesday.

The rivers of the Pacific Northwest are almost always in view from the major highways that take us from one city to another.

A bicyclist was seriously injured in Westmoreland on October 24th, when a vehicle quickly turned in front of the rider.

Construction on a 16,000-square-foot station for Hillsboro Fire & Rescue that will serve as the training center is expected to start soon, and should be completed by the summer of 2010.

November 24, 2009, 12:59PM The Portland Farmers Market has decided to close the Thursday Ecotrust Market at 721 N.W. 9th Ave.

Portland's police union planned a rally on Tuesday starting at 9:45 a.m. to support Officer Christopher Humphreys -- and in protest of Chief Rosie Sizer and Commissioner Dan Saltzman.

Show up to a workshop and let the City know what you think is important. If you don't, they'll listen to someone else.

A landmark Portland restaurant is making a comeback. Forty-six years after Bob Farrell opened his original Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour on West Burnside Street, Farrell said he is going to once again open a restaurant in Portland.

If you plan to embark on a culinary tour of Portland, Oregon, you'll enjoy a number of restaurants, cafes and other eating venues to satisfy your appetite.

In full body paint, a PETA member resembling the world will represent Mother Earth while holding a poster reading, "'Gore Loves Meat More Than Me'--Mother Earth," outside the former vice president's book-signing event on Wednesday.

A weekend getaway to the City of Roses - or, shall we say, the City of Beer - is a great way to erase the mid-November blahs.

SOUTHERN OREGONIANS ARE HEADING TO PORTLAND DEC. 5 TO JOIN THE CONVERGENCE Vans & Autos will car-pool up and back the same day.

As promised , this " near-naked Mother Earth " was outside Al Gore 's talk in Portland last night, asking the former vice president to bolster his green beliefs by going vegetarian.

Federal regulators have canceled a public hearing designed to air their concerns about the adequacy of treatment at Portland's main wastewater treatment plant, saying the city is working to submit revisions that may address the problems.

Rick Gustafson, the Portland Streetcar operations director , says realigning track through the Oregon Sustainability Center will ease congestion.

Officer Humphreys has been placed on administrative leave and I have directed the Internal Affairs Division to conduct an immediate and full investigation into whether the use of force was justified under the totality of circumstances and whether the application of the beanbag at close range was consistent with the Bureau's training," 4:16 p.m.: ...

An Elavon Verifone credit card swipe machine will be used by the Salvation Army for cashless donations at four sites around the Portland area.

The U.S. House has lent support to efforts to restore a Willamette Valley stream degraded over the years by lightly regulated logging, trashy campers and rowdy partiers.

Vandals sprayed graffiti on Keller Auditorium in downtown Portland ahead of a visit by former Vice President Al Gore.

Portland Police Officer Christopher Humphreys, one of the police involved in the 2006 in-custody death of James Chasse, is on administrative leave following another use of force investigation, this case involving a 12-year-old girl.

On Wednesday evening at about 12:15 a.m., Portland Police conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck that was being driven Northbound on Interstate 5 near the Terwilliger Boulevard offramp.

If BridgePort's new India Pale Ale is any indication of things to come, Portland's oldest craft brewer is no longer relying on seniority.

The owners of Cindy's Bookstore, torn down in 2008 after repeated inspections, have sued City Commissioner Randy Leonard, the city, PGE and others for nearly $1 million, arguing Leonard selectively enforced ordinances against businesses he doesn't like.

Local Loaves and Fishes Centers, like this kitchen in downtown Portland, prepare food for Meals-On-Wheels deliveries.

Early this morning, a fire was reported at the Renovation Style Gallery at 52nd and Southeast Foster Road.

Ray Hallberg's recent commentary in The Oregonian calls the Hillsdale Terrace redevelopment the Housing Authority of Portland's wrong choice.

An accident at the intersection of Portland Road and Hyacinth Street occurred around 6:30 this morning.

Portland, Oregon is known for being an environmentally responsive city. Portland is known as the "City of Roses" because its climate is perfect for growing roses.

Via the Oregonian : Oregon opened another chapter in U.S. marijuana history when at 4:20 p.m. Friday, about three dozen people christened the nation's first cafe for licensed residents to sit down, sip coffee and smoke marijuana.

If you've got a mailbox in the city of roses, by now you should have received the official Portland mailer featuring this lady's face: Look familiar? Apparently, this senior citizen is the face of bitchy Portland.

Got a story tip? ryanfrank@news.oregonian.com; 503-221-8519. 1. A do-over on Portland's Burnside Bridgehead: The Portland Development Commission is trying to start over on one of their most troubled redevelopment projects launched in the go-go days of 2005.

Lisa Saffer plays the role of Death, aka La Princesse, with Steven Brennfleck as Cegeste, who is under her spell.

Detectives are investigating a Sunday-night Northeast Portland shooting that sent a man to the hospital with injuries not believed to be life threatening.

A 27-year-old man is accused of holding his girlfriend captive, strangling her unconscious and then sexually assaulting her after he became angered that she had smoked his marijuana, according to court records.

Jars of donated pot line the shelves behind the bar at the Cannabis Cafe, waiting to be smoked by licensed users.

A giant peace sign is the centerpiece of a Southwest Portland garden. No, it's not the work of peace-loving beings from another galaxy.

Three bodies were discovered Wednesday in a Bethany-area home in what deputies are calling a suspected murder-suicide. Washington County Sheriff's Office detectives were called at about 11:30 a.m. to a house at Oak Creek Drive and Laidlaw Road in northwest Portland.

A 20-year-old man who terrorized four pedestrians in random street attacks last January in Portland has been sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison.

Every year the city of Portland, Oregon, has several Christmas bazaars that are outstanding.

Two banks were robbed Thursday in downtown Portland, police said, and both robbers got away with cash.

A pair of crashes Wednesday on Highway 99 sent four people to the hospital, three of them with potentially serious injuries, police said.

Six-year-old Darby, a first-grader, was on recess with her classmates when she heard the fire alarm.

It's still a little funky, and so you get fun little start-ups like Ferruzza locating here in spaces that look like they haven't been updated since whatever five-and-dime might have inhabited them closed in the 1960s.

Portlanders lined the streets of the Hollywood District holding flags and applauding veterans as they walked by during the 35th annual Veterans Day Parade.

Custodians from all over the Portland Public School District went to Northeast Portland Wednesday morning, put on their rubber gloves and got to work.

I have spent most of my life calling Oregon home so I'm proud to say that I have personally dined at each one of the restaurants on this list.

More than 11 years after Jeremiah Hartman died of a gunshot wound to the head in front of his girlfriend and 3-month-old son, a Multnomah County jury found a former meth addict responsible.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams discussed upcoming improvements to a deadly intersection in southeast Portland on Monday.

Nearly 500 students and teachers escaped a fire that heavily damaged the historic Marysville Elementary School in Southeast Portland today.

Mark A. Hoffman, 35, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Robert E. Jones to 50 years in prison following Hoffman's guilty plea to two counts of production of child pornography.

But best-known doesn't always mean best-loved. Fans praise the famously repetitive composer for reuniting serious music with young audiences.

Using a crosswalk in Portland may seem a simple act, but in dozens of intersections in this city you risk your life every time you step off the curb.

Traffic Alert: High water has caused Portland Police to close southbound Macadam Avenue two blocks north of Nebraska Street.

If you're a fan of Bravo TV's Top Chef and you think you've got the culinary skills to compete, here's your chance.

QuantRx Biomedical Corporation , a broad-based diagnostic company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products, today announced that the Company will demonstrate its latest technology at MEDICA 2009, the world's leading medical trade fair, to be held November 18-21, 2009, in DA1 4sseldorf, Germany.

The search resumed at dawn today for a Southeast Portland man swept down the Sandy River Saturday while fishing with his son.

BikeCraft is an annual holiday bazaar that gathers under one roof the many unique and interesting Portlanders who create handmade, cycling related crafts.

High winds and rain caused problems for drivers and pedestrians alike today in the Portland metropolitan area.

Portland City Commissioners Randy Leonard and Dan Saltzman spent most of October sniping at each other in public or not talking in private.

A 47-year-old woman who grew up in a close-knit family of fifth-generation Portlanders was injured in the mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas.

Last year's giant winter storm served as a lesson for how local government can best prepare for a coordinated effort in helping homeless families and adults when the weather gets cold.

As temperatures dipped into the 30's and 40's overnight this past weekend, the first warming center for homeless families of this winter season opened Sunday night in Northeast Portland.

An Oregon City company is moving its headquarters to Portland, a shift that will require the construction of a new 105,000-square-foot building on 10.7 acres of land near Airport Way.

Two men escaped an early morning house fire in Southeast Portland, fire officials said.

It was not unusual for Kipp Crawford to be out pedaling his bicycle at 2 a.m., his mother, Jean Crawford of Ashland says.

Another installment from my recent pizza tour of parts of the western U.S. Here, a pizza report and a Street Food Profile all in one - from perhaps the best city for street-fooding in the U.S. Wy'east Pizza 3131 SE 50th Avenue, Portland OR 97206 ; wyeastpizza.com Pizza Style: Thin-crust, almost New YorkNeapolitan Oven Type: Small propane-fired ...

Oregon NORML launches the new resource under the guidelines of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Act.

Medical marijuana advocates have opened a school where people can learn how to grow and use pot to manage illness, KPTV in Portland, Ore., reported.

A bicyclist died after getting hit by two cars in North Portland early Wednesday morning, police said.

Paramedics check over suspect Guelker before taking him to the hospital. A 34-year old Oregon City man is facing multiple charges after he attempted to elude Oregon State Police and Portland Police Bureau officers on Tuesday afternoon, September 29th.

An association of Oregon financial institutions has offered $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of an armed porn store and bank robber dubbed the "Fantasia Bandit" by the FBI.

PORTLAND, Ore. Two men escaped a fast-moving house fire in southeast Portland early Tuesday morning.

Every 30 seconds there's a small, squeaky groan. You walk up to place your order at Moody's Donuts and - genius! - you see what's been whining away.

Many people choose to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner by going out for a lavish meal. Here are several top restaurants in and around the Portland, Oregon area that offer top of the line Thanksgiving dinners.

PORTLAND, Ore. A woman was killed and another person was injured after they were hit by a car while crossing a street in Southeast Portland Sunday night.

Fog wrapped around buildings as they gathered -- skeletons, ghosts, an angel, a king with a sumptuous headdress straight from the Brazilian carnival, Marie Antoinette's parrot in epoch laces and a curly white wig, and other creatures.

The Urban League of Portland asked that question during its very interesting presentation to City Club today on the State of Black Oregon report it released over the summer.

Self-taught designer builders Jeffrey Gantert and Brad Bloom turned an empty lot in Portland, Oregon into extra income by building two tiny cottages from mostly salvaged materials.

Portland, OR - Willie Fisher chose to make a career change, he looked into franchising.

The folks behind the counter are reputed to have a bit of attitude but are actually pretty nice.