City Cast Portland
🤧 Why everyone around you is sneezing
June 25, 2024 · — Rachel Monahan
Good morning! Oregon’s unemployment rate is at a relatively low 4.2%, but it’s still higher than the U.S. average. Manufacturing, retail, and construction industries have dropped jobs as the healthcare employers have been hiring.
What's CITY Talking About?
Worst Pollen Count in the Country
Oregon has the highest pollen count right now of anywhere in the U.S. Grasses and other plants are causing trouble for people with allergies. [KOIN]
- Related: Check the pollen forecast.
Body Cameras Arrive in Last Major U.S. City
Portland is last among major U.S. cities to have police officers wear body cameras. But now after years of delays, the city began rolling out its use in the Central District, which includes downtown. [KATU]
No Immediate Bail for Fentanyl Dealers
Under a 2022 bail reform law, some fentanyl dealers were quickly released after arrest, only to go immediately back to drug dealing. Now Multnomah County Circuit Court has tightened the rules, and all defendants in fentanyl dealing cases will be held until a judge reviews the case — and sets bail if they are to be released. [Willamette Week]
Mayoral Candidate Carmen Rubio
City Commissioner Carmen Rubio explains her record of working on housing and sustainability and why she might be the right choice for mayor. [City Cast Portland 🎧]
What To Do
Tuesday, June 25
- 🎵 Kaleo | 6:30 p.m. | $70.81+ | McMenamins Grand Lodge
Wednesday, June 26
- 📚 ‘Pearce Oysters’ (book signing) | 7 p.m. | Free | Powell's City of Books (Pearl District)
- 🎥 ‘Revolutions Happen Like Refrains’: The Films of Nick Deocampo (Church of Film series) | 7 p.m. | $10 | Clinton Street Theater
- 🏳️🌈 Friends of Dorothy: A Queer Cabaret | 7:30 p.m. | $25 | The Reser (Beaverton)
Thursday, June 27
- ☀️ Street Bazaar | 5 - 9 p.m. | Free Admission | Pioneer Courthouse Square
- 🎥 ‘Re-Animator’ (1985) (Thursday Night Terror series) | 9:00 p.m. (gates open at 6:30 p.m.) | $10+ | 99W Drive-In (Newberg, Ore.)
Today on City Cast
I think that there’s a point at which we need to remember that we’re in this together and there’s a lot of interdependence between the city and the county.
Why Carmen Rubio Wants To Be Mayor
This is the fourth in a series of mayoral candidate interviews. Portland City Commissioner Carmen Rubio has been in charge of housing, sustainability, and permitting. And she has a long history of working in city politics as well as leading a local nonprofit. She’s talking about why she thinks she’s a good fit for the job.
Oregon has the dubious distinction of being home to the world’s ugliest dog. The 8-year-old Pekingese named Wild Thang won the official title this past weekend at a contest held each year in California to promote adopting pets from shelters and rescues.
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