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We remember Ethiopian immigrant Mulugeta Seraw, who was murdered in southeast Portland thirty years ago. And, our news roundtable offers opinions and analysis on this week's stories.

'Pretty much the community of Paradise is destroyed, it's that kind of devastation,' said Cal Fire Capt. Scott McLean as tens of thousands of people remained under evacuation orders.

Republican John Cox, introducing himself to voters as 'The Beast,' kicked off his campaign for governor by appearing alongside a large Kodiak bear.

Over 200 local High School students took to the Arcata Plaza in solidarity with students globally to participate in the Global Youth Climate Strike.…

An NPR editor mistakenly posted on NPR's Facebook page about a baby and a cat. It went viral, after people said it was something happy to read about after recent bad news.

An update on the Eagle Creek Fire. Also, a group of former law enforcement officers are calling for better police oversight. And local author Rene Denfeld shares her latest novel.

In a conversation with NPR's Juan Williams, Alberto Gonzales lays out the goals for his term of office, including "the protection of this country." The new attorney general also cautions against "complacency" in thinking about terrorist threats and setting priorities.

As overhauling Social Security takes center stage in Washington, perhaps no group is watching the debate more closely than middle-aged Americans.

Barry Werth talks about the tumultuous transition between the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford chronicled in his book 31 Days. Among those who played roles were Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.

In her new book, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: Murder and the Undoing of A Great Victorian Detective, Kate Summerscale revisits the gruesome 150-year-old murder that helped catapult British mystery fiction into being. Fresh Air book critic Maureen Corrigan offers a review.