Eugene Weekly

Another bicyclist has been struck by a car, this time he survived. According to a police press release, Thea Peck, 36, was cited by police Monday, July 21 after she struck cyclist Daniel Rasmussen, 22, in a crosswalk near the 30th Ave. Albertsons, sending the biker to the hospital. EPD ticketed Peck for allegedly committing the violations of “Careless Driving” and “Passing a Stopped Vehicle at a Crosswalk.” Here’s the EPD description of the 10:42 am accident: Continue reading →

Five developers or community groups have submitted proposals to fill the eyesore Sears pit and adjacent parking lot on the half block across from the downtown library. The proposals to the city include a six-story student apartment building, a five story office/apartment mix, a green housing and transportation center, a hip hotel with 105-120 rooms and a community/art/housing center. Continue reading →

Quiz: Which of these did the Eugene planning department require a conditional use permit (CUP) for? The Dharmalaya Meditation Center, straw bale backyard shelter for quiet retreats: The UO’s 12,500-seat basketball arena, at roughly $250 million, the most expensive arena ever built with plans for games, rock concerts and other mass events almost every weekend: Continue reading →

Buried in the back pages of The Register-Guard today is the headline-making news that mayoral candidate Jim Torrey opposes an independent police auditor to examine complaints against police. The paper attributed to Torrey this statement about whether he supports the police auditor: “Torrey said he, too, supports the auditor, although he believes she should report to the city manager, not to city councilors.” Continue reading →

A car struck and killed a cyclist Monday, June 2 at 13th and Willamette. The Eugene Police Department reported that a car driven by Latasha Ann Williams, 31, of Eugene struck and killed cyclist David Matthew Minor, 27, of Eugene at 3:47 in the afternoon. An EPD press release states: “A very preliminary review of the investigative information indicates that speed does not appear to have been a factor. It appears that both parties likely had green lights, and that the bicyclist made a left-hand turn into the vehicle’s path.” Continue reading →

Local activist and videographer Tim Lewis has posted video and stills of Eugene police tasering a protester at a May 30 rally downtown against pesticides. Continue reading →

Witnesses alleged police brutality after Eugene officers tasered a protester at a peaceful anti-pesticide rally today downtown and arrested three people. About 40 citizens and 10 police officers showed up for the noon rally Friday, May 30 at the Broadway and Willamette plaza. Numerous citizen witnesses alleged that police threw UO student Ian Van Ornum, 19, to the ground, pulled his hair, kneed him in the back, ground his face into the pavement and shocked him repeatedly in an act of unjustified brutality. Continue reading →

The new McKenzie-Willamette hospital could be built on a widely-supported downtown site centered on the Eugene Clinic under a proposal sent to the hospital this morning, May 21, by Eugene planning director Susan Muir. The site centers on the medical clinic at 12th and Olive streets and its surrounding surface parking lots as well as adjacent largely underutilized downtown real estate. A similar downtown site was once proposed as an alternative to moving PeaceHealth to Riverbend by a coalition of progressives opposed to urban sprawl. Continue reading →

The Eugene mayor’s race and north county commissioner race appear headed for runoffs in November. Candidates in the races failed to cross the 50 percent threshold required to win outright in the primary. With apparently most votes counted by midnight, county elections reported that Jim Torrey had about 49 percent of the vote compared to Piercy’s 48 percent. Candidates Nick Urhausen and Jim Ray split the remaining 3 percent. Continue reading →