Evening News

A complaint against Wells Fargo Bank was filed yesterday with the Delaware Attorney General and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the complaint, shareholders with concerns about the bank's investment and foreclosure practices were illegally de... Read more

The Oakland Police Department is investigating the murder of a transgender woman who was shot in a possible hate crime on Sunday morning. Thirty-seven-year old Brandy Martell was an outreach worker at the Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. She was sitting in the driver's... Read more

On Wednesday, four conservation groups sought federal protections for the black-backed woodpecker under the Endangered Species Act. The John Muir Project, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance... Read more

Normal 0 Oregon Senator Ron Wyden recently returned from a tour of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and has called for swift international action to prevent further radioactive fallout.           The present danger comes from a storage tank which is ... Read more

Bay Area ferry workers went on strike early this morning, shutting down ferries traveling from Larkspur and Sausalito to San Francisco. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more. Read more

Normal 0 Dan Halsted's search for accountability after encountering police brutality four years ago ended when the Portland City Council awarded him a quarter of a million dollars earlier this week. Police wrongfully accused Halsted of Vandalism while he was walking h... Read more

Normal 0 Buckman Pool in inner South East Portland had been targeted for closure by the Portland Parks Department three times in the past ten years and is on the chopping block again. At a recent City Hall work session Commissioner Randy Leonard called into question t... Read more

Portland City Council this morning voted to demolish the ageing Fire Station 21 and replace it with a new, seismically upgraded facility. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more. Read more

Normal 0 France Elections Interview, Normal 0 OREGON-Bridge Construction continues, Normal 0 Elgin Police Force, Normal 0 Logging Protest, Normal 0 ONS Summer Protests Normal 0 Sinkhole formed on H... Read more

Normal 0 In the first Occupy Portland case to be decided by a jury, Jonathan Zook was found not guilty of charges of resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assault.   He was found guilty of interfering with a police officer. And Judge Karin Immergut sentenced Mr. Zoo... Read more