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Fox News
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Portland City Council considers how to boot ICE out of city facility
Portland's progressive-leaning city council is exploring ways to expel Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from a detention facility that has become a flashpoint for violent clashes between agents and radical agitators. Last week, city councilors told a packed hearing that they would consider revoking ICE's permit to operate its South Waterfront facility along South Moody Avenue due to alleged violations of a 2011 conditional-use permit, according to local news outlet Willamette Week. The permit allows detention and administrative use under specific limitations, but lawmakers have raised concerns that ICE has been holding detainees there for longer than the required 12-hour limit. PATRIOTIC ICE OFFICER REPLACES AMERICAN FLAG AFTER PROTESTERS BURNED EXISTING BANNER AT PORTLAND FACILITY Residents and lawmakers raised moral concerns too, saying that the facility undermines the city's sanctuary city policy, while residents testified about targeted arrests, gas attacks and intimidation. "Our values of sanctuary and humanity are under siege," local resident Michelle Dar said. She also said that federal agents' armed actions threatened everyone's safety, not just that of immigrants. Other residents complained that loud bangs and flashbangs were disrupting life for residents of subsidized housing and students of a local school. A handful of people also blamed Antifa for the ugly scenes outside the facility. Chaotic scenes have been unfolding outside the facility since June, including in one incident where a large group of anti-ICE protesters tried to block law enforcement vehicles from entering and exiting the facility, forcing agents to deploy rubber bullets, tear gas and flash bangs to disperse the crowd. Violent agitators have also smashed windows, pelted agents and the facility with rocks and other objects. On Independence Day, violent rioters cut internet cables, damaged the sprinkler system, hurled rocks and fireworks at law enforcement and burned an American flag, according to DHS. But most residents and lawmakers' concerns pertained to ICE's alleged violation of its permit terms, particularly related to how long detainees were being held, rather than the violence caused by protesters or agitators. They urged the council to revoke the permit, citing a local report that ICE had violated the permit more than two dozen times by holding detainees for longer than 12 hours. "If we allow ICE to continue to operate when they have violated their permits, that means that anything becomes permissible moving forward," City Council Member Angelita Morillo told the community and public safety committee hearing. "And so, for me, that change in information has changed the calculation." Meanwhile, City Council Member Steve Novick said the council should take a broader moral stand against the federal deportation machine. "This is an assault on our democracy as a whole… The assault on immigrants is the tip of the spear," Novick said, per the outlet. "We should not be trying to figure out how to keep our heads low and avoid the attention of this administration." City Council Member Eric Zimmerman said the chamber was exploring legal pathways to revoke the permit and that the city attorney's office was working on a memo about the city's legal options regarding the ICE facility. Border Czar Tom Homan last week vowed to "double down and triple down" on sanctuary cities that are obstructing ICE operations, specifically mentioning Portland. "We're going to do the job," Homan said on Fox News' "Kudlow." "We're going to do it in Portland too. But for the mayors of New York City and Chicago, President [Donald] Trump made it clear two weeks ago, we are going to double down and triple down the sanctuary cities. … If we can't arrest that bad guy in the jail, then we'll go to the community and we'll find him. Or we'll do more worksite enforcement."
Eater
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
A Portland Bakery Picked Up the Food World's Biggest Prize
The 2025 James Beard Award winners were announced on Monday, June 16, and Portland picked up some hardware, as usual. Portland's big winners were Kyurim 'Q' Lee and Jin Caldwell's JinJu Patisserie, which won the award for Outstanding Bakery. It's national recognition for a bakery that already has an enormous amount of local acclaim. Lee and Caldwell were both born in Korea and trained in Las Vegas before they fell in love and moved to Portland. When they opened up their bakery in 2019 they earned immediate accolades for their huge, flaky photogenic croissants and elegant bonbons; Willamette Week singled out their gianduja kouign amann as something that helped the city get through 2020. The two bakers accepted the award onstage at the ceremony in Chicago and thanked the Portland community and their staff. At one point, Lee turned to Caldwell, clutched her hand, and said, 'We did it.' Eater Portland caught up with the couple afterward and asked how they would be celebrating. For one thing they'd be meeting up with the other bakers and pastry chefs floating around the proceedings and exchanging info. But Lee also had another agenda: 'Drinking all night.' Another Oregon finalist had a big win, with Timothy Wastell of the Antica Terra winery in Amity taking home the medal for the Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific category. (The other Oregon nominees in the category were Joshua Dorcak of MÄS in Ashland and Ryan Roadhouse of Nodoguro in Portland.) Antica Terra is famous for its playful but sophisticated wines and complex tasting menus that go way beyond what is typically offered at a winery. During his acceptance speech he paid tribute to beloved Portland chef Naomi Pomeroy, who died last year, and said 'fuck ICE,' which was something of a motif during the ceremony. The other Portland James Beard nominees were Scotch Lodge, which was up for Outstanding Bar, and Coquine, nominated for Outstanding Restaurant. For a full list of the winners, go here. Disclosure: Some Vox Media staff members are part of the voting body for the James Beard Awards. Eater is partnering with the James Beard Foundation to livestream the awards in 2025. All editorial content is produced independently of the James Beard Foundation. See More:
Hindustan Times
13-05-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Portland's Next Adventure to close all stores by fall as owners break silence
Next Adventure, a beloved Portland-based outdoor store, will be closing all four of its store locations by the fall, after 28 years in business, KOIN reported. The decision follows the retirement announcement from co-owners and childhood friends Deek Heykamp and Bryan Knudsen. 'We've been in business for 28 years, and we've loved every minute of it and loved Portland,' Deek Heykamp told Willamette Week. 'You come to a point in your business life where you have to make a decision, and we decided to retire.' Also Read: Is Hogs & Heifers Las Vegas closing this summer? Here's what we know Founded in 1997, Next Adventure grew into a major local retail success, employing nearly 200 people and generating $24 million in annual sales at its peak. The closures will affect all four locations: the flagship headquarters in Portland's Central Eastside, a smaller store in Sandy and its paddle centers in Portland and Warren. 'It has been the joy of my life to be part of such a great industry and work with our wonderful customers. While retirement sounds pretty amazing right now, I will truly miss the camaraderie and community that we have built together. Thank you, Portland, for a great run,' said Heykamp. Heykamp also revealed that while there was interest from potential buyers, none of the offers ultimately worked out. However, they are still open to selling parts of the business. 'We are both so passionate about going out and finding deals and then hooking up our customers with the right product to get out on their adventures,' Heykamp said. 'This sale is going to be exactly that. We're going to have crazy deals, and it's going to be fun.' Starting May 28, Next Adventure will launch a storewide closing sale of its entire inventory. The sale is expected to continue into the summer.
