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Billion Dollar Semiconductor Investment

A semiconductor company is making a $1 billion investment in a facility in Beaverton, with the potential to add hundreds of jobs. Analog Devices Incorporated, or ADI, says the investment will allow the company to expand its manufacturing space. The company currently employs about 25,000 workers worldwide. [OPB]

• Related: Will Oregon’s best farmland start harvesting silicon? [City Cast Portland 🎧]

Traffic Stops Down, Crash Deaths Double

There were 80% fewer traffic stops in Portland last year than a decade ago, while traffic deaths have doubled. Portland police are reinstating traffic enforcement, and a bill passed by the State Legislature expands existing prohibitions against driving under the influence. [Oregonian 🔒]

• Related: City Commissioner Mingus Mapps makes the case for more traffic enforcement. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

No. Ambulance. Available. Even. For. Federal. Officer.

When a federal officer was nearly killed defending the courthouse downtown earlier this month, there was no ambulance available, KGW reveals. It’s the latest example of a completely shocking (and at this point hardly surprising) breakdown in Multnomah County’s emergency response. [KGW]

🎥 ‘The Tale of Zatoichi’ | Monday | 7 p.m.

The first of 26 films in one of Japan’s longest and most popular series stars a blind swordswoman, in Japanese with English subtitles. [$8, Southeast Clinton Street]

📖 ‘Ever Green: Saving Big Forests to Save the Planet’ | Wednesday | 7 p.m.

Economist John W. Reid, who wrote the book with biologist Thomas E. Lovejoy, will talk about the story of the world's five mega forests that still exist and how they could help address climate change. [Pearl District, Free]

🌼 Dahlia Festival | Wednesday - Sunday | 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Forty acres of dahlias open this week and will last through September. Come to just admire, buy a bouquet for now, or pick out which plants you’d like delivered in the spring for your own garden. [Fee, Canby]

How Oregon Blessed the World With Tater Tots

Tater tots are ubiquitous in Portland. You can get them specially seasoned and served with creative dipping sauces — or even as “totchos,” aka tater tot nachos. After all, Oregon invented the tater tot!  Food writer and OPB’s Superabundant newsletter producer Heather Arndt Anderson talks about Oregon’s starchy history and picks a few spots that excel in our state’s snack of choice.