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Kale Williams

Portland

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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  • 1 day ago | 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.

  • 1 day ago | 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.

  • 2 days ago | 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.

  • 2 days ago | 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.

  • 3 days ago | 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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Kale Williams @sfkale
25 Nov 24

I have made the focaccia muffins that I saw on the internet they were so good and so steamy https://t.co/w6C2iUWtqz

Kale Williams
Kale Williams @sfkale
17 Nov 24

its two hours to show time so the price has dropped to free first come first serve get at me and go giggle

Kale Williams
Kale Williams @sfkale

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.

Kale Williams
Kale Williams @sfkale
16 Nov 24

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.