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Bryan Chaffin and Mac OS Ken (Ken Ray) discuss the really weird world of Apple leaks and rumors, including how to navigate them and how they try to cover them as journalists. They also talk about how to measure Apple’s success, or more specifically, how a lot of folks outside the Apple world seem to measure Apple’s success.

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Pioneer Place Wants to Install New Security Gates. City Approval Could Take Up to 103 Days. For now, Portland’s highest-end retailers are hidden behind sheets of plywood and particle board. SHINING LIKE A DIAMOND: A downtown MAX train passes the boarded-up entry of Pioneer Place. (Brian Burk) Updated February 10 The first sign that Portland's economy is rebounding from a year of paralysis will come when downtown stores st...

Portland development bureau to lay off 13 staffers Most of the funding comes from permit fees and building is down during the pendemic. Portland's Bureau of Development Services has notified 13 employees they will be laid off effective March 1, citing a pandemic-induced drop in permit revenue. The bureau raises nearly all its own revenue — 98% of its funding comes through permit fees. But in the midst of a pandemic, demand for big commercial projects like office buildings or hotels, which are capable of generating sizable permit fees, has plummeted. Bureau spokesperson Ken Ray sai...

By Don McIntosh At Portland’s Bureau of Development Services (BDS) union-represented workers review plans, issue building permits and inspect buildings to make sure electrical, mechanical, plumbing and other work is done safely and to code. But 98% of their agency’s budget comes from fees, and with an anticipated downturn in office and hotel construction, layoffs could be coming. BDS employs about 400 in all, including about 300 who are represented by Protec17 and the unions of the District Council of Trade Unions (DCTU). Due to COVID-19 and reduced commercial development activity, BDS an...

Willamette Week The need for strong, independent local journalism is more urgent than ever. Please support the city we love by joining Friends of Willamette Week. Murmurs: City Fines “Black Lives Matter” Sign Owner In other news: Let's get a round of shots! Black Lives Matter sign at The Pickle Factory, North Columbia Boulevard. (Brian Burk) Updated December 16, 2020 CITY FINES "BLACK LIVES MATTER" SIGN OWNER: Just off Interstate 5 at the Columbia Boulevard exit in North Portland, motorists are presented with a 42-foot-long "Black Lives Matter" sign on the front of an industrial ...