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City, county tout accomplishments of homelessness response
Despite a sentiment from some that the city of Portland and Multnomah County aren’t doing enough to tackle the homelessness challenge, officials say they are making headway. In a release from the Joint Office of Homeless Services, the city and county provided an update on the goal of creating 2,000 units of supportive housing by 2028. (Supportive housing combines affordable housing with services for mental health, addiction and other areas.) “Homelessness begins and ends with a home,” said…
Online clothing retailer LumberUnion hires new CEO and expands into entertainment
LumberUnion is about to debut its first TV show, “7 a.m. on a Saturday,” with Whole Foods Market as a sponsor in the first step of a partnership with Amazon.
Intel adds jobs in New Mexico as it develops a booming technology
A branch of Intel Corp. is relocating to Rio Rancho. On Monday, Gov. Susana Martinez announced Intel’s 3D XPoint technology development will be relocating to its Rio Rancho facility, bringing over 100 additional jobs to the site. In 2015, Intel and Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology announced the development of 3D XPoint, a new class of storage and memory technology that is faster, denser and non-volatile, but Intel announced in July that the technology would be pursued independently. For Intel,…
Migo raises $9 million for smartphone app that connects Lyft, Uber, LimeBike and Car2Go
Migo Inc. will use the funds to hire more employees and expand its on-demand transportation app to new cities.
Just win, baby: 17 people you need to know in Bay Area football
Secure (or burn) your Nikes and suit up for a 2018 Bay Area football season that could restore fan faith in the region’s two NFL teams — even as one prepares to leave — and inflame passions off the field. So we’ve put together this list of 17 people to know in Bay Area football, a lineup of some of the important people between the lines and in the background. The Oakland Raiders, looking at landing in a new stadium in Las Vegas in 2020, and the San Francisco 49ers are putting their hopes in…
Introducing Oregon’s top liberal arts colleges and regional universities
As Oregon college students trickle back to their matriculation stations, many will find their choice of education purveyors does not appear on a vaunted glimpse of the nation’s top schools The U.S. News data, which was released early Monday morning, covers myriad categories, including top public universities, top regional (read: smaller) colleges universities and top liberal arts schools. In today’s lineup, we’re featuring glances at the top four liberal arts and the top five regional universities…

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