🍏 Where to sample cider or cheese this weekend

Beaverton Schools to Pay for Police

Beaverton School Board approved a plan to keep twelve law enforcement officers in schools — and to pay for a larger percentage of those costs. That’s in sharp contrast to Portland where officers were removed from schools in 2020. The Beaverton district will pay $193,088 next school year (or 10% of the costs of the program). By 2026-27, the district will pay 40%. [Oregonian]

Skateboard Rally for Steel Bridge Skatepark

Skateboarders celebrated Go Skateboarding Day with a rally outside City Hall. Skaters want Portland to build the long-planned Steel Bridge Skatepark. There’s already $250,000 set aside toward it. [KOIN]

Definitely Not a Doctor

The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office is trying new and creative ways to convict drug dealers. They’ve filed charges against one man for practicing medicine without a license after he allegedly sold blue pills that were made to appear like prescription medication. Previously the D.A. has charged people with copyright infringement for counterfeiting blue pills that were made to look like OxyContin. [Willamette Week]

I-5 Bridge, City Council Raise, and A.I.’s Portland Answering Service

Listen to a review of this week’s news: the raise planned for City Council, the $1 billion for the I-5 Bridge, and A.I. is answering the city’s phones. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🌲 Comedy in the Park | Friday | 6:30 p.m.

Get your blanket spot beginning at 6. If you miss it this week, there will be other Fridays [Free, Laurelhurst]

• Related: What are Portland’s best summer events? [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🎈 Tigard Festival of Balloons | Friday - Sunday | 5 a.m.

Watch the balloons lift off at dawn, get a ride on a tethered balloon, or enjoy the carnival rides. [$15+, Tigard]

🎭 Original Practice Shakespeare Festival | Friday - Saturday | 7 p.m.

Actors true to Elizabethan techniques have few rehearsals and perform multiple plays in a limited time. Watch “Macbeth” at Luuwit View Park on Friday and “Measure for Measure” at Lents Park on Saturday. [Free, Various]

🍏 Cider Summit | Friday - Saturday | Various

Sample 12 ciders with the cost of admission. Advance sales are over, but tickets are available at the door. [$30+, Buckman]

🎵 Good in the Hood | Saturday - Sunday | Various

A parade kicks off festivities at 11 a.m. at King School Park on Saturday. There will be lots of music to listen to, including performances by Keith Washington and Andy Stokes. [Free, King]

🎙️ ‘Murder in the Rain’ Podcast | Saturday | 8 p.m.

The show will explore the 1978 case of missing girls and a 1906 cult in Corvallis. [$35, Buckman]

🏳️‍🌈 Pride Vegan Night Market | Saturday | 4 - 10 p.m.

Savor some plant-based delights. [$5+ suggested donation, Central Eastside]

🏳️‍🌈 Disney PRIDE in Concert! | Saturday - Sunday | Various

A multimedia extravaganza celebrates the LGBTQ+ community with 120 performers and a 15-piece orchestra with songs from "The Little Mermaid,”  "The Lion King," and "Coco.” [$20+, Downtown]

• Related: Why is Portland celebrating Pride for two months this year? [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🚲 Northeast Cully Sunday Parkways | Sunday | 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Bike, scoot, roll, or walk between Northeast 37th and 72nd. [Free, Cully]

🧀 Portland Beer and Cheese Festival | Sunday | 12 - 5 p.m.

Sample cheese from the region and around the world, paired with beers. [$39+, Buckman]

City Council Gets a Raise, I-5 Bridge Gets $1B, and A.I. Answering the City’s Phones

Today on City Cast Portland, we’re talking about the last-minute billion-dollar amendment for the I-5 bridge expansion, the city testing artificial intelligence for non-emergency calls, and two major proposals from the committee working on Portland’s charter reform. Joining host Claudia Meza is Portland Mercury reporter Taylor Griggs and our very own lead producer, John Notarianni.