Eben Hoffer News Today

“It seems like he’s exerting influence on the local government,” one village stakeholder said. “And then you figure out who all the relationships are, you can just tell he has the ability to influence these people.”

Shovel Ready just released its new summer seasonal menu (tinyurl.com/ccc-culinary). Which offered the perfect opportunity for me to catch up with the folks behind the ambitious culinary program that underpins

Questions about the Portland police’s upcoming body camera program were front and center during a hearing before a federal judge Tuesday, as the city and the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) continue to struggle over a policy agreement. The use of body cameras is a condition of the longstanding settlement agreement between the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and city of Portland, which seeks to remedy PPB’s disproportionate use of force against people with mental illnesses....

“We need to revitalize, we need to get people back into the workforce." A new paid culinary apprenticeship program is starting in Colorado Springs

This is a review of Red Leg Brewing. Except, it’s not.

Police use of force against mentally ill Portlanders has only increased since the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the city in 2012 for Portland Police Bureau’s (PPB) disproportionate use of violence against people with a mental illness. This data came to light during a routine federal court check-in between the DOJ and the city over the progress of settlement agreement reached after the 2012 lawsuit. A court filing by Jonathan Brown, a retired senior...

Ben Hoffer, with more than 23 years working as chef at fine dining establishments, is taking the plunge into restaurant ownership. He is opening High Rise Pizza Kitchen, 6660 Delmonico Drive. “The Olivers offered me an opportunity that was too good to pass up,” he said of Michael and Betsy Oliver, the lease holders of the space. Hoffer had consulted with the family when they opened Colorado Crust Pizza Co. “I’ve had several ideas for restaurants and pizza was one of them. I’ll be usin...