Court says protests didn’t justify military deployment; final ruling expected Friday People protest outside a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) (AP) A federal judge in Oregon on Sunday barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday, saying she “found no credible evidence” that protests in the city grew out o

An arson investigation is underway after a car fire at the home of City Councilor Candace Avalos. On Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 2:40a.m., Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) responded to a fire in the Mill Park Neighborhood. Upon arrival they found several vehicles and a carport on fire. The vehicles were parked and unoccupied. Firefighters extinguished the fire, and no one was injured.   PF&R requested a Fire Investigator and Portland Police. East Precinct officers responded to t

Portland Police Bureau are again asking for the public's help in a homicide investigation Krystal Pendergraph Detectives with the Portland Police Bureau are again asking for the public's assistance as detectives continue to investigate the homicide of Krystal Pendergraph. At this stage in the investigation, detectives do not believe this was a random act of violence. Based on available evidence, there appears to be a nexus between the victim and the suspect. Detectives believ

Dion Matthews Case Still Active PPB needs the public's help solving a 2015 homicide. (Photo Courtesy of Portland Police Bureau) The Portland Police Bureau is requesting help from the public to solve the homicide of Dion Matthews Jr. ten years after his death. On Sunday October 18, 2015, at 11:15 p.m., Central Precinct officers responded to the report of a shooting at Southwest 3rd Avenue and Burnside Street. Officers and medical personnel arrived and were directed to a nearby