Your week in review for Mon Aug 29 to Sat Sept 3!
TOP STORY: The killer of a black teen in Gresham was a documented member of an Oregon white supremacist gang for the last 12 years. It's a truly terrible story.
Doug Brown's reporting was picked up by People Magazine and the New York Daily News.
Alleged white supremacist killed a black teen by running him down with a Jeep: Police https://t.co/U0WlWOHwF9pic.twitter.com/nsUXD2J22K
— People Magazine (@people) September 1, 2016
SHAUN KING: Oregon white supremacist uses Jeep to chase down, kill black teen Larnell Bruce https://t.co/ruPFfJIpDLpic.twitter.com/eDBHbplENG
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) September 1, 2016
If you haven't read it yet, you should.
MONDAY
PREDICTABLE: Developers and businesses are planning to fight a Terminal 1 homeless shelter at the state level. Now a business group is teaming up with developers and a Portland architect to challenge the city decision that could allow a "mass shelter" on industrial land. One of those developers had tried to purchase the property; the other has built apartment buildings nearby.
SAD: Gene Wilder is dead; there is no more good left in the world.
Here's what Editor and Chief Wm.™ Steven Humphrey had to say about the death of a legend:
To say Gene Wilder will be missed in an understatement of the gravest sort. He brought so much joy and delight to the world, and we should all continue to reach for his beautifully high standards.
TUESDAY
WEIRD: According to Atlas Obscura, Portland-themed businesses are gaining popularity in Japan. Why? Because Japan has Portland all wrong.
THAT'S SO PORTLAND: If you're thinking about buying a home in Portland, DO NOT BUY A HOME IN PORTLAND.
From the Seattle Times:
Home prices in the Northwest continued to climb at a double-digit pace in June compared to a year ago, easily twice the rate for the nation’s 20 largest metro areas.
Seattle home prices rose 11 percent, second only to Portland, where prices rose 12.6 percent, according to the Standard & Poor’s CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday.
UGGGGGGGHHHHHH.
WEDNESDAY
SAVE OLD PORTLAND: Potentially historic properties are about to get slightly harder to kill in Portland. The city is going to force delay some demolitions.
HOUSING EMERGENCY: Nick Fish says Portland's housing emergency will be extended for one year— not three years, as Mayor Charlie Hales suggested.
THURSDAY
MUSIC: Father John Misty played an amazing show at Edgefield, and Mercury Music Editor Ciara Dolan wrote some awesome fanfiction about him.
ALSO:WE WENT TO ENCHANTED FOREST!
conquered the greatest challenge in the storied realm of @EnchantdForst. condolences to @dirquez, who tried his best pic.twitter.com/G5VjGjAISD
— Erik Henriksen (@erik_henriksen) September 2, 2016
FRIDAY
GROSS:That naked Donald Trump statue is for sale.
PLAN AHEAD: What Are You Doing on August 21, 2017? You should probably be watching this complete solar eclipse.
Enjoy your three-day weekend! But maybe don't tell Frank Cassano what your plans are.
