🍌Nice Monday — mostly sunny, high around 62. A Multnomah County judge sentenced a Portland woman to 26 months after her two dogs killed a 6-year-old boy in 2023. Central Catholic students walk out against racism. And Urban Alchemy, which runs several Portland shelter sites, just hit a milestone worth knowing about.
🚨 THE NEWS
Loyalty Scott
Koko Miller sentenced to 26 months in death of 6-year-old Loyalty Scott
On Friday, a Multnomah County judge sentenced Koko Miller, 57, to just over two years in prison after her two Great Dane-Mastiff mixes mauled and killed 6-year-old Loyalty Scott in December 2023. The boy had been dropped off at Miller's Northeast Portland home before school when he followed her into the garage as she tended to the dogs. Miller was convicted in January of criminally negligent homicide, maintaining a dangerous dog, and two counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment. Judge Howes said Miller had shown no genuine personal accountability. She will also serve three years of probation upon release. KGW
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Central Catholic students walked out Friday. The school is still answering for it.
Hundreds of Central Catholic High School students left class Friday morning, organized by the school's Black Student Union, demanding accountability after a varsity baseball player used a racial slur during a pre-game cheer — a chant students say had been part of team tradition for years, allegedly enforced through hazing. The school forfeited two games, went digital for two days, and issued an apology. Students said it wasn't enough. Their demands include suspending the entire coaching staff pending training and barring some players from finishing the season. The Archdiocese has yet to weigh in publicly. KPTV
Urban Alchemy has placed 500 people into housing. Portland still has 18,000 without it.
Urban Alchemy, the California nonprofit the city contracted in 2023 to run several shelter sites and a day center, has moved just over 500 people into permanent housing over three years — about a 30% placement rate from its Portland operations. That's not nothing. Operations manager Jeffers Dickey said the key is staff with their own lived experience on the streets. The harder number: Multnomah County estimates over 18,000 people are currently experiencing homelessness in the county, roughly half unsheltered. Mayor Wilson's proposed budget would cut shelter funding by about 30%. KPTV
🍝 NEW RESTAURANT SPOTLIGHT
Bar Nouveau : Chef Althea Grey Potter's Bar Nouveau — a pop-up turned brick-and-mortar French bistro in St. Johns — is Portland Monthly's hottest new table. Expect chicken liver mousse piped like frosting onto sablé cookies, roast duck with spaetzle, and Sauvie Island produce. Reservations by text only. Very Portland. Website
📚 ON THIS DAY
On this date in 1981, Portland's KGW became the first local TV station in the country to broadcast an entire newscast using only computer-generated graphics. It looked exactly as chaotic as you'd expect.
🥳 UPCOMING EVENTS
🌧️ Well…
Urban Alchemy helped 500 people find homes. The city is cutting their budget.
by Michael Simpson Contact: [email protected]