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Evidence of Portland’s mental health and homeless crisis can be seen throughout the city, but one local woman says more needs to be done after witnessing a homeless person come inside her home and fall asleep in her child’s bed. Kelsey Smith described the encounter as “horrifying” after finding a stranger curled up in her 10-year-old’s bed on Tuesday. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday....

Martha's Vineyard residents are reeling after two planeloads of migrants landed on the wealthy Massachusetts island, in a dramatic escalation of a campaign by Republican governors to shift the impact of the border crisis to Democratic areas.  The move by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to send roughly 50 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, to the island came as a surprise in the affluent community...

A grim outlook for the future of San Francisco's economic recovery as the city struggles to compete for tourists abroad. San Francisco used to be one of the most iconic tourism hot spots in the world, but today the city is struggling to keep international tourism alive. Convention clients are weighing their options: safety and cost. And San Francisco isn't offering an optimistic picture...

While many automakers have committed billions of dollars in recent years to develop all-electric vehicles, Toyota has approached the technology with far more caution - opting instead to continue investing in a portfolio of hybrid "electrified" vehicles, such as the Prius. And while the Japanese automaker was a darling of US environmentalists and 'eco-conscious' consumers when t...

A major redrawing of where it would be legal for those experiencing homelessness to camp is up for debate by the Tacoma City Council. A proposed ordinance could mean banning unsanctioned encampments within 10 blocks of shelters operated by the city. Proponents said it would help channel people into much-needed programs, but opponents said it’s just pushing the problem down the road—literally. LIKE...

Residents in Seattle’s International District are upset with a King County plan to expand a homeless shelter in their neighborhood. They say they weren’t consulted about the decision. They may have dodged a bullet given the reaction of King County Executive Dow Constantine and his staff. Independent journalist and Discovery Institute fellow Jonathan Choe asked Constantine about the criticisms. The...

Contractors with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development convened at the city’s Emergency Operations Center last week to begin setting up a formal “housing command center” for addressing homelessness in downtown Seattle, PubliCola has learned. The King County Regional Homelessness Authority requested HUD’s help setting up the command center, which agency CEO Marc Dones touted during the...

Just days after a Northeast Portland bar was hit by crooks, more businesses on that side of town are coming forward about their own break-ins. A plaza in Portland’s Parkrose neighborhood is home to a restaurant, a bank, a dentist and more businesses. Now, pieces of plywood near business entrances serve as a reminder of the places targeted by crooks. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. ht...

A NE Portland thrift store serving those in need is closing its doors due to continued crime. Located along NE Sandy and 110th, the shop says while surrounding businesses have also shuttered their doors, they’ve seen everything from arson to theft on the block and it’s dramatically dropped the number of people coming in. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK Support...

The city of Santa Monica says what happened here Saturday is "deeply disturbing" and a first in recent memory -- a woman stabbed in the foot by a hypodermic needle by stepping on the hidden hazard. It turns out these needles are in the sand more than you might think! Last year some 200 syringes and hypodermic needles were found on Los Angeles County Beaches during periodic cleanups accor...

For the past five months, FOX 12 has sought to interview leaders of some big box stores overwhelmed with theft and crime in the Portland area, but one after one, they all turned down interviews. The corporations also declined to let their loss-prevention mangers address burgeoning shoplifting and organized retail crime, something that employees and retail associations consider to be an overwhelmin...

Oregon’s first federal racketeering trial against street-level gang members got underway Tuesday with jurors hearing starkly different accounts of the Hoover gang. Assistant U.S. Attorney Leah Bolstad described members as ruthless killers, armed robbers and money-flashing drug dealers who are enemies “with just about everyone else” and have worked to make their gang the most violent and powerful i...

Portland-area retailers are overwhelmingly dissatisfied with how their local governments are handling theft and property crime, according to a recent survey conducted by the Organized Retail Crime Association of Oregon (ORCAOR.) The survey, which mostly consists of big-box stores in Portland, found that 95% of respondents were unhappy with how property crime is addressed. It comes as nearly 80% re...

For many Americans, the summer of 2022 has been a blistering hot and humid miserable existence. It’s just one of those years when one truly appreciates the comfort provided by something as simple as an air conditioning unit. How did we live without them? But for some 22,000 Xcel Energy customers in Colorado who wanted to be a little more comfortable on Tuesday when the thermometer was pegged at 90...

A group of people with mobility disabilities is suing the city of Portland over homeless camps and debris blocking city sidewalks. The lawsuit argues that the city is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the federal Rehabilitation Act by failing to provide equal access to sidewalks.  LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK Support the show 🛍️ Merch -...

In an era when people can work from anywhere, few choose downtown Portland. That’s clear from a July study by ECONorthwest, not yet finalized, which shows that on any given day, there are 55% fewer workers downtown than there were before the pandemic. In the same report, consultants estimated it would take until 2034 for office vacancy in downtown Portland to drop below 10%—the ideal range. LIKE &...

With school back in session for Portland students, KGW checked in with Mayor Ted Wheeler on his new emergency declaration to ban homeless individuals from camping near school campuses.  The ban went into effect about two weeks ago. Since then, the city’s Impact Reduction Teams have removed 50 homeless camps near schools. They’ve also referred seven people to addiction treatment centers and 350 peo...

Seattle notched its deadliest month in recent history this August and is on track to set a 25-year record high in fatal shootings, according to police. "This is one of our highest years, and we are on pace to exceed the last two years, and this has been a concerning trend," Interim Police Chief Adrian Diaz said last week of fatal shootings in the city, according to King 5. "We are p...

The homeless residents of a large campsite in Longview, Wash. raced to clear out their belongings and animals Monday morning. It was 11 a.m., and they were hastening to complete the move after the city declared the camp, located off Alabama Street, the source of a public health emergency.  The city says it does not consider homelessness a crime, so officials facilitated a way for the campers to mo...

Portland police clarified on Wednesday afternoon that one of three people shot during an illegal street takeover over the weekend was later found dead at a Northeast Portland gas station. The Portland Police Bureau put out a statement earlier in the day, identifying the man who was found dead by a Shell station at 15 Northeast Broadway on Sunday night as 20-year-old Cameron Taylor. LIKE & SUBS...

An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of "syphoning" more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court filing this week. The suit is against executive Shalomyah Bowers, the foundation itself, Bowers' consulting firm and unnamed individuals. Bowers was hired by BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors in 2020 to...

Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office said Friday that more than two dozen homeless camps along “safe routes to school” have been cleared since his emergency order two weeks ago to clean them up near schools. His office also said numerous other camps have been cleared the past month that are within 150 feet of schools. LIKE & SUBSCRIBE for new videos everyday. https://bit.ly/3KBUDSK Support the show 🛍️ M...

A man dragging a bike with a chain through the back wheel and frame stopped and asked a Seattle ACE Hardware employee where the bolt cutters were on Wednesday. At about noon, the man was walking on the sidewalk, holding the rear tire up and pushing the bike near the ACE Hardware on 4th Avenue. The man stopped at the hardware store, went inside and asked an employee where the bolt cutters were. Aft...

Court documents reveal new and disturbing information about the man accused of rape, human trafficking and kidnapping in Greenwood. On Monday, Seattle police arrested Maygag Warsame driving a white and gray SUV after he clipped multiple vehicles trying to flee officers and then crashed. Witnesses tell KIRO 7 that the 23-year-old hit at least four parked cars on Monday as authorities trailed him of...

In another blow to Portland’s struggling downtown, the Benson Hotel has lost a recurring corporate contract for 300 rooms a month because of “safety issues,” and the hotel’s owner is mulling a lawsuit against the city, according to an email obtained by WW. “The city is not living up to its duty to provide basic services (cleanliness, safety & security),” an executive from Coast Hospitality Man...