Portland City

Jazz tune up for playoffs

musiclover — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:09:42 +0000

The Utah Jazz tune up for the playoffs Thursday night, when they finish the regular-season against Portland at EnergySolutions Arena. The game starts at 6 p.m. and will be aired on Root Sports. The Jazz have won four straight, including a 100-88 victory over Phoenix that clinched a berth in the Western Conference playoffs.

Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin plans to limit the minutes of his prime-time players, although he won’t rest them completely. Asked what he wanted to accomplish against the Trail Blazers, Corbin said.

Portland Timbers sign Scottish defender Steven Smith

musiclover — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:36:26 +0000

The Portland Timbers added to their Scottish contingent on Wednesday with the signing of long-time Rangers FC defender Steven Smith. The Timbers, coached by Glasgow native John Spencer and anchored up front by former Rangers striker Kris Boyd, announced that Smith would be available to play once the club finalizes his transfer paperwork. Portland (2-4-1) visits the Montreal Impact on Saturday afternoon.

Smith, 26, spent eight years at Rangers and was a contributor to the side that won the Scottish Premier League title in 2010. He also has played in two UEFA Champions League games.

Portland man sheds skivvies to protest

musiclover — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:16:47 +0000

A high-tech worker who stripped naked at Portland International Airport as a protest against airport security screeners said Wednesday he was being “nude but not lewd,” and characterized his act of defiance as protected political speech.

John E. Brennan, 49, of Portland was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure after taking off far more than this belt and shoes during the screening process before a Tuesday evening flight to San Jose, California. The incident report from the Port of Portland, which operates the airport, said some passengers covered their eyes and the eyes of their children. Others laughed and took photos.

Airport stripper says he was ‘nude but not lewd’

musiclover — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:18:59 +0000

John E. Brennan, 49, of Portland was charged with disorderly conduct and indecent exposure after taking off far more than this belt and shoes during the screening process before a Tuesday evening flight to San Jose, Calif. The incident report from the Port of Portland, which operates the airport, said some passengers covered their eyes and the eyes of their children. Others laughed and took photos.

Omnicom buys majority stake in Portland

musiclover — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 23:43:30 +0000

The group has bought a stake – thought to be around 80% – in the public affairs and corporate comms agency founded 11 years ago by Tim Allan, a former senior adviser to Tony Blair and director of comms at BSkyB.

The remaining shares are retained by Portland’s eight-strong senior management team, which includes former Sun political editor George Pascoe-Watson and former Defra director of comms Steve Morris.

City plan looks to give east Portland an economic boost

musiclover — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:10:46 +0000

Six Portland neighborhoods that are struggling to keep businesses from closing and to keep crime low are in line to get a million-dollar assist from the city. The six neighborhoods are all east of downtown. They are Northeast 42nd Avenue north of Prescott; the neighborhoods of Cully, Parkrose, Division-Midway near Southeast 122nd Avenue and Southeast More >

Portland mayor seeks ban on replica guns

musiclover — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:41:18 +0000

Portland Mayor Sam Adams says the city needs an ordinance like one in Beaverton that bans the display of replica hand guns — toy or pellet guns that look like high-caliber weapons.

Adams says a ban could prevent some police shootings. Officers have shot two people this year in Portland who held realistic-looking guns. Adams says the ordinance could be a warning to parents that their children shouldn’t be walking around in public with replicas.

Woman arrested for 2010 gang shooting

musiclover — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 23:05:45 +0000

A 26-year-old woman was arrested this week in connection with the 2010 gang shooting of a 16-year-old in Northeast Portland. Shantae Bell was charged with attempted murder for the October 2010 shooting of 16-year-old Antonio Leron Cabine, who was wounded in the legs. The shooting was one of a rash of retaliation shootings surrounding the More >

Missing Portland man found dead near La Pine

musiclover — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:46:50 +0000

Search and rescue crews looking for a missing Southwest Portland man found his body Tuesday night. Police said 61-year-old Samuel Coleman, of Portland, died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

His family reported him missing Monday, after he failed to return home from what they called a “possible” cross-country ski trip.

Portland cops find man shot dead inside a car

musiclover — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:55:14 +0000

The call of the shooting was at Southeast 72nd Avenue and Mitchell Court and the call came in to dispatch at 3:05 a.m. As officers were conducting their investigation into the shooting the call of the crash came in to North. These incidents are related.

The call of the crash came in at 3:25 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene of the crash they found one adult male in the car deceased, one adult male shot and an adult female who had been in the car who was uninjured.

The adult male who was injured is suffering from non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to an area hospital.

At this point, preliminarily, this incident does not appear to be gang related.

No additional details are available at this time as this is an ongoing investigation.

Original Message

Today, Thursday March 22, 2012 at about 3:30 a.m. Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct responded to a call of a shooting in Southeast Portland. A short time later Officers assigned to North Precinct responded to a crash at Martin Luther King JR BLVD and San Rafael and discovered a male adult deceased in the car.

At this point investigators believe the two incidents are related. Homicide Detectives are responding to the scene of the crash at this time.