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San Mateo County says the state has granted its request to allow gyms, hotels for tourists, hair salons and museums to open, and for restaurants to serve customers indoors. With state approval, county health officers can now issue a new shelter-in-place guidance that would accelerate the pace of San Mateo’s reopening. “This is an important … Continue reading State Greenlights San Mateo for Indoor Dining, Hair Salons, Gyms →

To achieve radical change, writer George Monbiot says we need a new story that explains the present and guides the future. He offers a vision built around our innate capacity for cooperation.

The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in 2020 sparked massive protests nationwide. This hour, writer Clint Smith reflects on this moment, through conversation, letters, and poetry.

A pesticide wreaks havoc. A listener needs a bitcoin detective. And the search for the rarest economic good continues.

In the gently elegant "Time We Made Time" — from the forthcoming Tides of a Teardrop — the duo sings about the importance of breathing deeply, cooling off and drawing loved ones close.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit the residents of the outer Southeast Portland neighborhood of Rosewood, near the Gresham border, particularly hard. Between job losses, food insecurity and online school, The Rosewood Initiative, a wide-ranging community resource center, has its hands full like never before.

Nicole Butler-Hooton, a second-grade teacher at Irving Elementary in the Bethel School District, is Oregon’s Teacher of the Year for 2021.

The ancestral lands of the Karuk Tribe in Northern California are burning. They used to burn a lot more frequently. That’s because, before the land was stolen, and managed by private landowners and the federal government, the Indigenous people who lived there set fires on the land themselves.

The Northwest chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives has been around for over 20 years, but they’ve been especially busy this year. The group has held a number of events for Black law enforcement officers to get together and share their feelings about doing the work of law enforcement in a summer of social justice reckoning. In addition, the group has organized trainings for members and for some local police departments.

Oregon movie theatre owners and operators are awaiting a response to the letter they sent Gov. Kate Brown asking why theatres are subject to different reopening metrics than other places, like churches. Meanwhile, some theatres are turning to online screenings, private showings and selling concessions.