The Rose Festival begins Friday, May 24. Highlights of this year’s festivities include the Queen’s Coronation and the honoring of the WHL Champion Portland Winterhawks. Read the complete article
Police have arrested Emmanuel "Manny" Hall in connection with an exchange of gunshots may 18 outside Diamons Gentlemans club on Northeast Sandy Boulevard. Read the complete article
The Skanner’s News Editor Lisa Loving has won two journalism awards in the Oregon Society for Professional Journalists 2012 Contest. Read the complete article
Canadian Senator Romeo Dallaire is in Portland this weekend to deliver the commencement address for Lewis & Clark’s College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremonies Saturday, May 18. The event will be livestreamed so anyone with computer access can watch it as it happens and hear Dallaire’s speech. Read the complete article
Dawson Park is a 2.02 acre neighborhood park located between N. Williams and N. Vancouver Ave. next to Legacy Emanuel. It is within the boundaries of the Interstate Corridor Urban Renewal Area. Read the complete article
Video surveillance cameras are just about everywhere. They watch us at the bank, in the mall on the street and on light rail. In theory they’re supposed to prevent crime. But civil liberties activists say they don’t work. And what’s worse, constant surveillance has put us on a slippery slope to complete loss of privacy. Read the complete article
Students at Chief Joseph Elementary last week had about the biggest surprise imaginable: The great-granddaughter of Chief Joseph himself came to visit the school library on Friday afternoon. Read the complete article
North Korea said Wednesday that the U.S. citizen it sentenced last month to 15 years of hard labor has begun his stay at a special prison. Kenneth Bae, who the North Koreans refer to as Pae Jun Ho, was arrested in November in Rason city, a port in the northeastern corner of North Korea. Read the complete article
The same man who was arrested for putting glue in women’s hair and cutting it while riding the bus, has been arrested again. This time, Jared Weston Walter, 26, was taken into custody after a witness told police he had ejaculated on the back of a woman’s head. Read the complete article
Portlanders turned out to Quartet restaurant, Friday May 10, to celebrate Stevie Wonder’s 63rd birthday. Read the complete article
