Around a long wooden table at San Francisco City Hall, nine people battling drug addiction swapped news on a recent Friday. One woman got a new job for a tax preparation firm and said she hoped staying busy would distract her from her alcohol cravings. A man said his mother was dying and he was […]
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Ashes Were Given to His Family. But He Wasn’t Dead.
The first sign that Tyler Chase got that he might be dead came at a convenience store. He had food stamps, but his benefit card didn’t work. The next sign was when he contacted Oregon state officials, who told him that a death certificate had been filed in his name. Then, weeks later, came the […]
Read MoreF.A.A. Investigating Whether Boeing 737 Max 9 Conformed to Approved Design
The Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it had opened an investigation into whether Boeing failed to ensure that its 737 Max 9 plane was safe and manufactured to match the design approved by the agency. The F.A.A. said the investigation stemmed from the loss of a fuselage panel of a Boeing 737 Max 9 […]
Read MoreScience Teacher Finds Missing Piece of Boeing Jet’s Fuselage in His Yard
Bob Sauer went into his backyard in suburban Portland, Ore., on Sunday night, flashlight in hand, to check if any pieces of the Alaska Airlines plane that had lost a part of its fuselage in midair had landed nearby. A neighbor had urged Mr. Sauer to check his property in Cedar Hills, Ore., saying she […]
Read MoreAirlines to Inspect Boeing 737 Max 9 Planes
Airlines on Monday were told exactly how to inspect the 737 Max 9 from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration two days after one of jets suffered a dangerous failure during a flight. The F.A.A. required the inspections on Saturday, a day after a portion of a plane was blown away during an Alaska Airlines […]
Read MoreBoeing Max 9 Plane Had Been Barred From Long Flights Over Water
The Alaska Airlines plane that lost a piece of its fuselage in midair on Friday was not being used in long flights over water because a pressurization warning light had gone off during three recent flights, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Sunday. Jennifer Homendy, the board’s chairwoman, said it was too soon to […]
Read MoreAlaska Airlines Passengers on the Frightful Minutes Aboard Flight 1282
It felt like an explosion. Then the plane rattled, the oxygen masks dropped, and the lights flickered. A white vapor whipped through the cabin. Some people yelled. Others were disoriented. So began the harrowing minutes aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, when a door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after […]
Read MorePortland Teachers’ Strike Ends After More Than Three Weeks
The News The union representing teachers, counselors and other school employees in Portland, Ore., reached a tentative deal with the city’s public school district on Sunday, ending a strike that has kept nearly 45,000 students out of classes for more than three weeks in Oregon’s largest district. Background: The fight was over pay, class sizes […]
Read MorePortland Teachers’ Strike Ends After More Than Three Weeks
The News The union representing teachers, counselors and other school employees in Portland, Ore., reached a tentative deal with the city’s public school district on Sunday, ending a strike that has kept nearly 45,000 students out of classes for more than three weeks in Oregon’s largest district. Background: The fight was over pay, class sizes […]
Read MorePortland Teachers Are on Strike, Closing Schools in Oregon’s Largest District
What the Fight Is About The Portland Association of Teachers, which represents about 3,700 teachers, school counselors and other employees in the negotiations, is asking for higher wages, more time to plan lessons and a cap on class sizes, among other issues. They say that students’ emotional and academic needs have skyrocketed since the pandemic, […]
Read MorePilot Who Disrupted Flight Said He Had Taken Psychedelic Mushrooms, Complaint Says
An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off the engines during a flight on Sunday told investigators that he thought he was having a nervous breakdown at the time and had consumed psychedelic mushrooms, court documents said. In an interview with the police after he was taken into custody, the pilot, Joseph D. […]
Read MorePrivate Security Guards Have Become a Last Resort for Public Safety
Michael Bock was still on his way into work for his shift as a private security guard when he came upon his first emergency of the day. He drove into downtown Portland, Ore., a little after 6 a.m., and saw a man swinging a hatchet and chasing someone into the street. Bock, 46, pulled over […]
Read MoreIn Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps
Garbage, feces and needles run through the rivers in Missoula, Mont. On the streets of San Francisco, tents are so thick that sidewalks in the Tenderloin neighborhood have become “unofficial open-air public housing.” In Portland, Ore., a blaze shut down an on-ramp to the Steel Bridge for several days in March after campers tunneled through […]
Read MoreSeniors Need More Housing. ADUs Are a Start.
About a decade ago, Megan Parrish began worrying about her mother, Pat Dalrymple. Ms. Dalrymple, now 68, was living alone in Lake Arrowhead, a mountainous resort area in California, and her house was becoming too much for her to handle. “I knew Mom was having a hard time,” Ms. Parrish recalled. So she floated the […]
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