Lizzy Acker

1 day ago | oregonlive.com | Lizzy Acker

The clouds couldn’t dampen the spirits of the children lining Northeast Sandy Boulevard on Wednesday afternoon, waiting for the Portland Rose Festival’s Junior Parade to begin. Ella Hogan, 10, joined her friends from Rose City Park Elementary in the street before the parade. Students at Rose City Park, which is located near the parade route, get dismissed early on parade day. For Ella, that early dismissal is one of the best things about the parade. But that’s just part of the fun.

2 days ago | oregonlive.com | Lizzy Acker

,, dropping nearly two-tenths of an inch at the Portland International Airport before 10 a.m.The rain was a surprise to many Portlanders, because it didn’t show up in forecasts and even as it was coming down, didn’t show up on phone weather apps. June rain isn’t out of the question in Oregon, but late spring is the kind of season where people pay close attention to the forecast to determine whether or not to bike to work or what to wear to a Rose Festival parade.

3 days ago | oregonlive.com | Lizzy Acker

Dear Lizzy, I pray you and yours are doing well. I have a thorn on my side every time I hear or read someone refer to their children as “kids.” It bugs the dickens out of me. I even read one illustrious evangelist I wholly admire and respect did the same faux pas. As far as I am concerned, “kids” are little goats. To me, it is our fault (though I never do), cursing them to be one, and wonder why they are acting like one.

3 days ago | oregonlive.com | Lizzy Acker

Late spring continues to deliver northern lights viewing chances for people along the northern edge of the United States. After the weekend’s severe geomagnetic storm, Wednesday night will give skywatchers another chance to see the auroras when the “view line” is expected to touch the northeast border of Oregon. Earth is currently in the midst of the “solar maximum” of solar cycle 25, an approximately 11-year cycle of magnetic activity coming from the sun, which will last into 2026.

3 days ago | oregonlive.com | Lizzy Acker

When Jenny Nguyen opened The Sports Bra, the world’s first sports bar playing only women’s sports, she knew she had a solid name and idea. Whether or not people would respond was an open question, but Nguyen was optimistic. Her ultimate dream was The Sports Bra as a drop in a tidal wave of support for women’s sports. “I think we’re on the cusp of something huge,” Nguyen told The Oregonian/OregonLive in 2022. Three years later, it turns out she was right.