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The rolling hills of the King Estate vineyards and winery south of Eugene on Territorial Road have become a magnet for birds of all kinds, from migrating songbirds to raptors, that breed, rest and feed on its sprawling acres, but some birds have been crashing into the big windows at the pavilion building. Continue reading
The outcry was prompted by a proposal City Manager Jon Ruiz passed on to the Eugene City Council this fall from private developers who want to purchase Kesey Square and build apartments in its place, with retail on the ground floor. Continue reading
Students at UO rallied Nov. 30 in response to the backlash aimed at Syrian refugees. More than four million Syrians, three-quarters of them women and children according to the U.N., are fleeing civil war in that country. In the wake of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130, at least 24 U.S. governors have said they would refuse to cooperate with federal efforts to resettle refugees, citing security concerns. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown was not one of them. Continue reading
Robin Calhoon stands in front of the Family's van with baby Prema and daughter Indra. Photo by Todd Cooper. Continue reading
One way to track the Paris Climate Talks is througj the website for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Continue reading
This just in from the Roseburg VA: The Roseburg VA Medical Center will soon open its new Health Care Center at 3355 Chad Drive in Eugene on Monday, Jan. 25. VA staff, city leaders and veterans’ groups will mark the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 am. Tours of the new clinic will be provided prior to the ceremony during the month of January. The public is welcome and all veterans are encouraged to come see the facility. Continue reading
Oscar-winning filmmaker Charles Ferguson has a new film out that's now posted on Huffington Post. But it will be taken down soon. Continue reading
In case you missed it, KLCC did a story on the nonprofit Reality Kitchen for Giving Tuesday. Continue reading
• The Global People’s Climate March is happening around the world and the local event begins at 2 pm Saturday, Nov. 28 at the corner of 7th and Pearl, then at 2:20 will be a family-friendly march over Ferry Street Bridge or the DeFazio Footbridge to Alton Baker Park. Participants are asked to wear yellow. Organizer Mary DeMocker says that around 3 pm, “we’ll make a video for world leaders and Gov. Kate Brown of hundreds of us transitioning from a huge oil drip formation to a giant living sun.” The gathering is in anticipation of the U.N. Continue reading
February 2008: After graduating from the University of Michigan in economics, Jennifer Frenzer-Knowlton spent three years on Wall Street. “I saw the avarice of capitalism,” she says, so she returned to her hometown of Columbus, Ohio, for a law degree. “I felt that a woman needed teeth in her credentials.” She also got married, and when her physician husband took a job on the Makah Reservation in Neah Bay, Washington, she was hired by the tribe. “I worked on economic development,” she says. Continue reading