
Kale Williams
Writer at Axios Portland
Currently: @axios local in Portland. Formerly: @KGWNews @Oregonian @sfchronicle. Author of a book about a bear. Tell me things: kale.williams(at) axios(dot)com.
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axios.com | Kale Williams
Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios. Photos: Heilman/Classic Stock, Armstrong Roberts/Classic Stock, Charles Rotkin/Corbis, Stan Grossfeld/Boston Globe via Getty ImagesCity councilors voted unanimously on Thursday to more than quadruple a settlement payout to Black Portlanders who were displaced from the Albina neighborhood over the last six decades.
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axios.com | Kale Williams
Take a dip into Mike Bennett's underwater world. Photo: Courtesy of Josh ChangThe "Portland Aquarium," — the brainchild of renowned animal artist Mike Bennett — opens downtown Friday. Driving the news: The immersive art experience has no live animals, but features more than 100 unique species of Bennett's signature cartoon characters at home in six different fantastical marine biomes.
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axios.com | Kale Williams
Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/AxiosThis weekend will likely see the hottest temperatures we've seen all year. Why it matters: Heat lovers will welcome the first sweltering blast of summer, but high temps come with health and safety risks too. Driving the news: A ridge of high pressure will spike temperatures over the weekend, with chances of triple digits in some areas, per the National Weather Service. By the numbers: Saturday is expected to top out in the low 90s in Portland.
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axios.com | Kale Williams
The '77 Blazers hold one title that won't be falling anytime soon. Photo: Bettmann/Contributor/Getty ImagesThe NBA Finals tip off tonight and the Oklahoma City Thunder are the favorites to win the series. If the Thunder win it, they would be among the youngest teams to ever secure the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy with an average age of just 24.7.Yes, but: They wouldn't be the youngest. Flashback: That title belongs to the 1977 Blazers.
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axios.com | Kale Williams |Nathan Bomey
Home for the night in the shadow of Broken Top. Photo: Kale Williams/AxiosAmericans are taking more solo camping trips to get away from it all, and Portlanders have no shortage of options. Why it matters: Depending on whom you ask, it's either another symptom of America's loneliness epidemic or it's a healthy YOLO move for people who just need a break.
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Portland friends: anyone interested in two tickets to @shengwangtime at the Keller auditorium tonight? I am dumb and can’t read calendars and cannot go. Happy to pass them along at a steep discount. Just don’t want them going to waste.