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September 21, 2023
Good morning, Portland! There have been big announcements about the latest COVID boosters arriving this week. Walgreens and CVS have appointments for next week, but no sign of it actually having arrived in Oregon yet. Have you been boosted?
What's CITY Talking About?
Top 10 for Most Remote Workers
The Portland-Vancouver metro area ranked 10th for the highest percentage of people working from home last year, with 23.3% logging onto their computers instead of commuting in. Bend was eighth for larger U.S. metro areas. [Willamette Week]
City Dams Lose $$
Portland’s two hydropower dams, which are located in the city’s Bull Run Watershed, have lost money in four of the last five years. That’s in part because the water levels have been lowest for the same time period. The city will eventually have to decide whether to keep the dams operating. [Oregonian]
Attorney General’s 12-Year Run to End
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum won’t seek reelection after 12 years in office. That means none of the three statewide elections, including for treasurer and secretary of state, have an incumbent in the running. [OPB]
Portland Is a Comics Mecca
As the city’s biggest comics convention gets underway this weekend, Lauren Dabb of Leftfield Media, which produces the Rose City Comic Con, and Eisner-award-winning Portland comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, explain why our comics community is unique. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
😱 ‘Carrie’ | Thursday | 6:30 p.m.
The 99W drive-in movie theater is continuing its Thursday Night Terror series with the 1976 film adaptation of a Stephen King novel. [$10+, Newberg]
🌲 Forest Park Turns 75 | Saturday | 8:30 a.m.
Celebrate the anniversary of the park’s dedication with a group hike, a birding walk, basket weaving, and more. [Free, registration required for individual activities, Forest Park]
🐘 Oregon Zoo Fall Beer and Cider Festival | Sept. 29 - 30 | 5 - 9:30 p.m.
Check out 40 of the Northwest’s best breweries and cideries, along with the wildlife. [$55, Washington Park]
Today on City Cast
Why Portland Is a Comic-Lover’s Heaven
Portland is home to one of the largest comic book and graphic novel communities in the nation— not just fans but also writers, artists, and publishers. As the city’s biggest comics convention gets underway this weekend, Lauren Dabb of Leftfield Media, which produces the Rose City Comic Con, and Eisner-award-winning Portland comic book writer Kelly Sue DeConnick, explain why our comic community is unique.
If you haven’t read a comic in 20 years — if you’ve never read a comic — you are welcome. We can find the comic for you.
My apologies to all The Sports Bra fans out there. I misspelled the name of the bar in yesterday’s newsletter.
— Rachel Monahan
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