🍔 Portland’s best eats at summer pop-ups

$32 Million Road Repair Shortfall

The city’s revenue from local and state gas taxes isn’t keeping up with projections as cars become more efficient and more Porlanders opt for electric vehicles. That’s left the Portland Bureau of Transportation with a $32 million hole in their budget, which may require reducing maintenance and repairs (like widening sidewalks and repaving roads), and cutting as many as 100 jobs. [Oregonian 🔒]

Suitcases for Unhoused Portlanders

Nonprofits are trying to help unhoused Portlanders as the city’s daytime camping ban goes into effect. Blanchet House in Old Town handed out 91 suitcases on Wednesday. Some of them were immediately put to use: "This is my house, right now," James Murray tells KGW. [KGW]

Parks Maintenance Woes

Portland Parks & Recreation has funding to build new parks and other facilities, but not to maintain existing ones. The mismanagement can partly be blamed on technical budgeting restrictions. The problem was at the center of a scandal this spring as the city removed dangerous lights from parks with no plan to replace them. The bureau also plans to build a new indoor pool in North Portland, even after it failed to maintain the now-shuttered Columbia Pool. [Willamette Week]

Reducing the Harm of Fentanyl Addiction

Catch up on the county’s decision to backtrack on fentanyl harm reduction. Also on the City Cast Portland podcast’s weekly news round-up: Commissioner Mingus Mapps announces his mayoral run, and a Portland police officer apologizes on video. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🐵 World Chimpanzee Day | Friday | Various

Visit our closest cousins, many times removed, and learn more about them from zookeeper talks at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.  [$24, Washington Park]

🦖 Pedalpalooza’s Bike Play: Jurassic Park | Friday - Sunday | 6:30 p.m.

Tour the habitat of the dangerous Bikeosaurs! [Free/donations to the dinos are accepted, Hosford-Abernethy]

🎸 80's New Wave Video Dance Attack | Friday | 8 p.m.

Come dance! [$17.09, Humboldt]

🏳️‍🌈 Portland Pride Waterfront Festival and Parade | Saturday - Sunday | Various

Celebrate Portland’s welcoming spirit. [$10 suggested donation, Downtown]

• Related: Why Portland Pride has extended into July. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Pride Parade | Saturday | 3:30 p.m.

Come show your Pride by marching or by supporting those who are. [Free, Downtown]

👹 ‘Muppet Treasure Island’ | Saturday | 7:30 p.m.

Yes to G-rated fun! If a family-friendly adventure isn’t your thing, there are free movies around the city. [Free, Creston-Kenilworth]

🎼 Toad the Wet Sprocket | Saturday | 8 p.m.

The 80s alt-rockers are still in the game. [$47.86+, Buckman]

🍵 TeaFestPDX | Saturday | 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sample fine tea. Shop for your favorite brew and ceramics. [$25, Washington Park]

🎨 La Strada dei Pastelli Chalk Art Festival | Saturday - Sunday | 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Come watch talented artists create temporary and stunning displays on the sidewalk. This year’s theme is Creative Critters. [Free, Hillsboro]

🎥 Oregon Short Film Festival Summer 2023 | Sunday | Noon - 10 p.m.

Check out international submissions across the full gamut of genres — horror, drama, documentary, comedy (dark and light). [$50, Southeast Clinton Street]

A Police Officer’s Apology, Mayor Mapps, and No Foil For Fentanyl Smokers

Today on City Cast Portland, we’re talking about the county backtracking on fentanyl harm reduction, Commissioner Mingus Mapps announcing his mayoral run, and an apology video from a Portland police officer. Willamette Week’s Sophie Peel joins City Cast Portland’s John Notarianni and Claudia Meza to discuss this week’s news.