A teenager hospitalized in the Oregon Health and Sciences University cardiac intensive care unit last year while suffering a mental health crisis in Multnomah County Sheriffs custody, has suffered another mental breakdown during plea bargaining on Measure 11 charges against him.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A White House official says President Barack Obama will make a three-day West Coast swing next month.

Dyan Watson was an 'at-risk' kid with a 4.0 GPA at Jefferson High School. Today, as social studies coordinator at Lewis and Clark School of Education, she teaches teachers just how much they don't know about race in the classroom.

Gregoire's staffing selections have prolonged a trend that runs contrary to her vow to make diversity one of the chief initiatives of her administration. Minorities now account for more than one-quarter of Washington state residents, but Gregoire's entire senior staff is white and her cabinet of 26 has only two people of another race.

Oregon is losing ground on three key measures of child welfare, according to the 2011 Kids Count Data Book. Released last week by the national child welfare nonprofit the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Data Book profiles each state using 10 standard benchmarks.

Boise and Eliot neighbors gathered at Self Enhancement Inc., Aug. 11, to discuss gangs, violence and neighborhood safety. What they heard from the Mayor, police, outreach workers and ministers led many to commit to uniting with Portland's Black community to help struggling youth and families. 

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Health officials think they'll be able to prove deer droppings in a strawberry field caused an E. coli outbreak that killed one person and sickened 14 others.

Rappers, dancers, African drummers, jazz, soul and Gospel music are just a few of the reasons to visit this year's PROPER Festival, from noon to 4 pm, Aug. 27, at North Portland's Kenton Park.  In its 20^th year, the festival  brings people together, to share delicious food, fun, entertainment and  live, face-to-face social networking, across social and cultural lines. 

East Portland, or 'The Numbers,'  is home to one-quarter of the city's residents. But this fast-growing area is also poorer and has fewer resources than other parts of the city. So what's being done to level the playing field for this multicultural area? Find out Aug. 25 at the Second Annual Equity Ride.