Facial recognition software used to identify Reed College grad accused of assaulting ICE officer

by Ty Davison | Jul 29, 2025 | News & Commentary

Facial recognition software used to identify Reed College grad accused of assaulting ICE officer – oregonlive.com: Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Sussman played two video surveillance clips for the judge that he said captured Hoopes hurling large rocks at the...

A Portland center for Black culture closes its doors

by Ty Davison | Mar 20, 2025 | News & Commentary

A Portland center for Black culture closes its doors – oregonlive.com: The Soul Restoration Center, a colorful cultural and community hub for Black Portland, is closing this month after losing its lease in the historic Albina Arts building in Northeast Portland,...

Downtown Portland’s office vacancy rate is highest in the nation

by Ty Davison | Mar 26, 2024 | News & Commentary

Downtown Portland’s office vacancy rate is highest in the nation, report says – oregonlive.com: Portland’s central city had the highest office vacancy rate of the 50 largest downtown office markets in the country by the end of last year, according to a report by...

Community prays, calls for action after Bush’s Pasture Park shooting

by Ty Davison | Mar 9, 2024 | News & Commentary

Community prays, calls for action after Bush’s Pasture Park shooting – Salem Reporter: One day and several hours after 16-year-old Jose Vasquez-Valenzuela died in broad daylight during a shooting in Bush’s Pasture Park, faith leaders, neighbors,...

This is what the fentanyl crisis looks like in a state rethinking its historic drug policy

by Ty Davison | Mar 2, 2024 | News & Commentary

The legislature is mildly re-criminalizing some drug use to the dismay of some progressive groups who seem inured to the increasing tragedy of fentanyl on the streets. Oregon’s saw 280 opioid overdose deaths in 2019, 956 in 2022, and we’re at 628 so far...