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May 12 2021 State Rep. Ricki Ruiz (D-Gresham) represents House District 50, which covers Gresham and East Portland. He is a member of the House Committee on Education and is a board member in the Reynolds School District. Oregon s Legislature can take a powerful step towards helping advance future generations of BIPOC leaders by passing the Civics Education Act (Senate Bill 513). My lived experiences have given me a deep appreciation for the importance of civics education and civic engagement. Civics can help make local democracy work for everyone by building a platform for rising leaders who can represent a great diversity of cultures and lived experiences. It is our responsibility, as the current generation of leaders, to ensure that the next generation of Oregon leaders graduate high school equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage productively with our system of governance. We are falling short of that responsibility. ....
UPDATE: Portland police identify the woman killed near Cathedral Park as a TriMet driver. Two people were wounded and another two killed as Portland Police Bureau and Gresham Police Department officers responded to four shootings across the city on Wednesday, May 5. Portland police have identified the woman killed near Cathedral Park as Breauna White, 30, a TriMet driver. Our hearts go out to Bre and her family, TriMet said in a Thursday statement. She was a valued bus operator and will be missed by her co-workers and the entire TriMet team. The four separate shootings began just after midnight and continued into the afternoon hours, authorities say. There is no indication the incidents are linked, PPB spokesman Greg Pashley told Pamplin Media. ....
May 05 2021 Officers responded to fatal shootings in Portland and in Gresham, to two other injury shootings, and arrested a suspected bank robber. Two people were wounded and another two killed as Portland Police Bureau and Gresham Police Department officers responded to four shootings across the city on Wednesday, May 5. The four separate shootings began just after midnight and continued into the afternoon hours, authorities say. There is no indication the incidents are linked, PPB spokesman Greg Pashley told Pamplin Media. Police say the first incident happened after midnight, around 12:52 a.m., in the Centennial neighborhood near the intersection of Southeast 162nd Avenue and Taylor Street. A person in a car was shot by someone in a different vehicle, which sped away before police arrived. The assailant squeezed off multiple shots. ....
Seven shot at Gresham vigil Monday night April 27 2021 UPDATE: Disrict Attorney asks public to help identify new suspects; police arrest suspect in original killing. Seven people were shot while attending a vigil in Gresham for a different shooting victim late Monday, April 26. The names of the victims were not immediately released. All are expected to survive. Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt decried the violence and called on the public to help identify the suspects. Police responded to the scene at Southeast 174th Avenue and Southeast Stark Street around 11:30 p.m. According to authorities, people had gathered for a vigil in honor of 22-year-old Alejandro Baraja, who was killed in the same area Monday night. ....