"If you appreciate the Mercury's interesting and useful news & culture reporting, consider making a small monthly contribution to support our editorial team. Your donation is tax-deductible. You can also subscribe and have our papers delivered! Good Morning, Portland! Pacific Northwest weather really shines as we approach hoa hoa time. This weekend starts off with an amuse bouche balmy Friday evening, cooling off from a high today of 83 degrees, segueing into a sunny, warm Saturday with a high of 80,"
"* While I have no desire to live in a city luminous with the glow of vaunted back patting, it does seem like Portland set itself up for failure when it adopted the lofty goal of Vision Zero, which was set by Sweden in 1995 for its own roads and adopted by Portland in 2015. Nevertheless, as the City Council recommitted to the goal on Wednesday, OPB pointed out that one of the city's main traffic tools -speed and red-light cameras-hasn't been working since July."
"* Mike Bivins rose to local name recognition during the 2010s, as a freelance journalist covering downtown Portland protests and brawls between right wing groups, like Patriot Prayer, and leftist antifascists. However, in the spring of 2022, years after he'd ceased reporting, Bivins began a hateful spree of arson and vandalism, targeting a Muslim community center, two synagogues, and a Black-owned restaurant. In June, he was convicted on counts that included "second-degree bias crime, the legal term for a hate crime,""
Readers are invited to make tax-deductible monthly contributions to support the editorial team or subscribe for paper delivery. The Pacific Northwest will have warm conditions Friday evening after a high of 83, a sunny warm Saturday near 80, and a return to classic rainy, cool Sunday. Portland's City Council recommitted to Vision Zero, but speed and red-light cameras have been nonfunctional since July as the city transitions to a new system that will not be fully operational until November. Mike Bivins, a former freelance journalist, was convicted on bias-crime-related counts for arson and vandalism and sentenced to five years in prison and five years of probation, though his effective remaining incarceration will likely be reduced due to time served and victims' requests for rehabilitation over punishment.
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