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Oregon heat wave: Portland records all-time high temperature of 112, shattering record set Saturday OregonLive.com 2 hrs ago Kristi Turnquist, oregonlive.com © Dave Killen/The Oregonian People cool off at the Sandy River Delta during a record-setting heat wave on June 26, 2021. Portland again reached a new record temperature late Sunday afternoon, hitting 112 degrees and breaking the previous records set earlier Sunday and Saturday, the National Weather Service announced on Twitter. The high temperature for Portland International Airport reached 108 degrees Saturday, sur...

Alene, a woman experiencing homelessness who uses crutches to get around, walked for more than an hour Saturday morning to get to a North Portland cooling center. She got there early, about 11 a.m., but temperatures were already creeping toward 90 degrees. The cooling center, which is open 24 hours a day, was a welcome respite from the heat. “It’s great that it’s here because it’s hot and I ...

Nearly two dozen police conduct and accountability bills passed this year but they represent only the beginning in the minds of reformers. The bills were about “laying the groundwork to reimagine public safety,” said Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, Oregon’s lone Black woman lawmaker and the chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee On Equitable Policing. Lawmakers were spurred ...

Beaverton schools needed bilingual tech support. A Spanish-speaking bus driver stepped up OregonLive.com 1 hr ago April Rubin, oregonlive.com © Dave Killen/The Oregonian Fabian Gomez loves being able to work in the tech field while helping others, due to his combination of Spanish language and engineering skills. He and his wife chose to enroll their daughters in a dual language school so that they, too, will have the advantage of being bilingual. When Fabian Gomez moved from Argentina to Oregon with nearly three years of college education in engineering, language barrier...

Oregon legislative candidates who agree to accept only small donations would receive a six-to-one public match, under a proposal based on cities including Portland. It’s the one win still possible for advocates of campaign finance reform in the final weeks of the session, after lawmakers gave up on an attempt to set contribution limits in the face of opposition from groups and individuals that ...