Evening News

Buckman Pool is slated for closure for the 4th time in ten years.  Portland Parks claim they have no alternative but to close the facility.  Commissioner Randy Leonard and citizen activists want management positions to be considered before services are closed. KBOO' Joe ... Read more

Normal 0   A Federal appeals panel in Portland today heard arguments concerning the appeals process for people on the no-fly list. Lawyers for the 15 Muslim plaintiffs argued that The Terrorist Screening Center is responsible for maintaining the secret no-fly list, ye... Read more

A civil rights organization has filed an ethics complaint with the Oregon Psychiatric Association against a Portland psychiatrist for using so-called conversion therapy. University of Oregon student Max Hirsh claims that when he sought treatment for depression, he instea... Read more

On Wednesday, the Portland City Council passed some of Mayor Sam Adams main initiatives. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more. Read more

A Superior Court Judge ruled today that two Fullerton police officers will stand trial for the beating death of a mentally ill homeless man. Officers Ramos and Ciccinelli are some of the first Orange County police to face brutality charges. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more. Read more

A complaint against Wells Fargo Bank was filed yesterday with the Delaware Attorney General and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the complaint, shareholders with concerns about the bank's investment and foreclosure practices were illegally de... Read more

Normal 0 Oregon Senator Ron Wyden recently returned from a tour of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and has called for swift international action to prevent further radioactive fallout.           The present danger comes from a storage tank which is ... Read more

The Oakland Police Department is investigating the murder of a transgender woman who was shot in a possible hate crime on Sunday morning. Thirty-seven-year old Brandy Martell was an outreach worker at the Tri-City Health Center in Fremont. She was sitting in the driver's... Read more

On Wednesday, four conservation groups sought federal protections for the black-backed woodpecker under the Endangered Species Act. The John Muir Project, Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance... Read more

Bay Area ferry workers went on strike early this morning, shutting down ferries traveling from Larkspur and Sausalito to San Francisco. KBOO's Zeke Harrington has more. Read more