Two brothers fought their sister for their Oregon winery. Then her lawyers' AI problem ended everything.
AI hallucinations cost lawyers $110,000 in Oregon vineyard lawsuit
Two brothers fought their sister for their Oregon winery. Then her lawyers' AI problem ended everything.
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Pre-Application Conference for the Broadway Corridor Parcel 6, which is planned to be 15 stories tall with 200 middle-income and affordable apartments www.portland.gov/ppd/zoning-l...
The Governor Building — a 5-story Renaissance Revival office constructed in 1910 — is no more Know recently for 2nd Avenue Records, the Governor once played a key role in the state's labor history, hosting many union & socialists groups, & a labor press The Governor is survived by its billboards
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Wilsonville officials have long dreamt of redeveloping its 70s era "town center" into a mixed-used neighborhood But nothing's been built there since 2019, except a Dutch Bros. Still, there's been backlash, and the city is now planning to slash allowable housing by 50% — cutting 2,300 units
Building permit issued for the Ross Apartments at S Water and Porter. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi... With 71 units, this is set to be the largest market rate apartment to break ground in years—and I suspect it wouldn't be doing so so other than for the temporary SDC waiver.
Though it began locally, Portland Monthly is now a Michigan-owned magazine. PoMo, Seattle Met, and several other publications owned by SagaCity have been sold off in a receivership deal to pay the company’s debts. And, of course, the first move the new owners make is to cut staff.
Portland and Seattle Magazines Bought up by Michigan Media Company
Seattle Met and Portland Monthly were sold by their parent company, SagaCity, in a receivership deal to pay off the company’s debts.
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Hey, if you’d like to support employees who were laid off today, we have a GoFundMe going: gofund.me/4eb30bba8
Donate to Support Recently Laid-Off Employees of SagaCity Media, organized by Brooke Jackson-Glidden
On March 31 and April 1, several employees of SagaCity Media … Brooke Jackson-Glidden needs your support for Support Recently Laid-Off Employees of SagaCity Media
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After the combined police line of PPB and what turned out to be Oregon State Police MRT withdrew, the crowd pulled the ICE facility gates open again. Then someone used a cone to wedge the gate open. Strong you seen my cones energy.
It turns out we already built Portland's MLB stadium, it's just in Hillsboro and the land-use looks like this
Read another article claiming Portland has "high housing costs." Sure prices could be lower, but the claim is just out of date. It was true in 2017, when PDX wages were 3% higher than the US but rents were 9% higher. As of late 2025, PDX wages are 8% above national & rents are 10% below national.
Last month, we reported that Portland was sitting on millions of unspent arts tax dollars. That isn't true. The city did not dispute the characterization of these funds at the time of our reporting. But a month later, they told us the number was misinterpreted. Here's what we know now:
City of Portland sheds light on how arts tax is spent each year
Confusion has surrounded how Portland spends its embattled arts tax funding for years. After OPB published an investigation, the city revealed more details on how much is dispersed annually.
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Civil attorney Bill Ghiorso blamed a paralegal for the phony citations.
Oregon attorney slapped with record fine after citing case law hallucinated by AI
Civil attorney Bill Ghiorso blamed a paralegal for the phony citations.
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Border Patrol agents have been roving from city to city over the last 15 months, far from their home bases in California and elsewhere along the U.S.-Mexico border, engaged in an unprecedented mass deportation campaign. A collaboration w/ @calmatters.org @evidentmedia.org and @bellingcat.com
The May ballot will still come with one key word next to Judge Brown’s name — incumbent. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
A Portland man killed Kaley Snow and stashed her body in a pump house, a jury found. Days later, he set it ablaze.
Oregon woman texted ‘I think this dude might try to kill me.’ A month later, she was dead
A Portland man killed Kaley Snow and stashed her body in a pump house, a jury found. Days later, he set it ablaze.
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A cat paintings in Portland update:
Your New Favorite Cat Painting Is on View at at Adams and Ollman
Images of cats tend to serve as landing pads for emotional projection. How you interpret them says something interesting about your inner landscape. In a new exhibition at Adams and Ollman, London-bor...
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PCC students: The Oregonian would love to hear from you about the impact of the strike on your life and education. Are you joining the picket lines? Worried about final exams? Wondering how long this is going to go on? Hit us up at jsilverman@oregonian.com or @jrlsilverman.bsky.social
"Mainstream media" is increasingly a misnomer when applied to outlets that publish content created by people they employ. That's now a niche in a media market dominated by online megaplatforms that aggregate and monetize content provided for free by others. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company
The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025.
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This 12-mile corridor reveals the price of Portland’s housing crisis: Coming over the next several days from Jonathan Bach, a series of dispatches from Burnside Street www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Lake Oswego has officially re-zoned 13 acres in the Kruse Woods office park from "office campus" to "high density residential." All 3 buildings at 4000 Kruse Way Place will likely be torn down. The owners of the office park are considering a redevelopment with townhomes and apartments.
If you haven’t heard about Bruce Campbell’s latest film, it’s likely because he’s been distributing it himself. The Evil Dead star wrote, directed, and stars in Ernie & Emma, a thoughtful, heartwarming story about a man on a quest through grief who finds more than a few laughs along the way. 1/2
Bruce Campbell on Death, Dying, and DIYing His New Movie Ernie & Emma
I can't be the guy lugging around a chainsaw anymore.
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Multnomah County's district attorney sidelined a local judge from hearing serious felony cases, a time-out that's lasted months. His justification hasn't been reported until now, by @zane.bsky.social: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/0...
I'm freelance again, so my landlord will appreciate any and all gigs you can send my way. jankandrew at gmail dot com. will pivot to video.
Yesterday was my last day at Willamette Week. I accomplished a lot to be proud of* but I'm crushed. WW was my dream job and I lived it. Losing this beyond my control or fault is hard. Taking the weekend to breathe and grieve. I will miss the team a lot. (Birthday Tuesday, job loss Thursday is rough)