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Biketown's new e-bike fleet launches Wednesday
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on September 8th, 2020 at 6:47 pm (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Portland’s much-ballyhooed all-electric fleet of new bike share bikes will launch on Wednesday. The Portland Bureau of Transportation just made the official announcement and will host a press conference tomorrow in east Portland.
Woman shot and killed at Mission District residential hotel
A 35-year-old woman was shot and killed at the Kailash Hotel, a single-room-occupancy hotel on the corner of Julian and 16th streets, at around noon on Friday. Police report that the shooting is under investigation and that it took place inside of a “business” on 16th and Julian. The San Francisco Medical Examiner declined to provide the woman’s name, as her family has not yet been notified, a representative said.
Covid Tracker: 1031 cases, 86 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily Covid-19 data dump. SFDPH was late in posting figures today. In the wake of the July surge in cases, Covid-19 deaths around the country are now spiking. Color of Corona Virus, reports deaths among Latinx and African-Americans are sharply rising. The new national numbers show the Latinx population suffered the greatest increase over the first two weeks of August, rising from 46 to 54 per 100,000 – an increase of nine per 100,000.
Police waited until fatal shooting occured to take action on sideshow, witnesses say
One man died and two people were critically injured in a shooting that took place during a sideshow on Mission and Persia streets early Monday morning in which multiple eyewitnesses said that police moved in only after shots were fired.
San Francisco struggles to fill hub spots to help disadvantaged students
With less than a week before the Sept. 14 opening, the city has filled only 700 of the 2,000 spaces allotted for the first phase of a community hub system to give children on-site help during their Zoom classes, according to the San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and their Families. The agency is organizing the hub system that will eventually give help to 6,000 disadvantaged grade school students in the San Francisco Unified School District.
Florida Gulf Coast University named #8 safest campus in Florida
EN Photo by Julia Bonavita. FGCU has recently been named the eighth safest college campus in Florida, according to Your Local Security. The main criteria for receiving this nomination are having 5,000+ students enrolled, offering a two- or four-year degree program and being a public, private or non-profit institution. Three additional factors, including violent, property and hate crime rates per 1,000 people, also determined schools’ rankings.
The Monday Roundup: Dijon Kizzee, Avante Reynolds, anti-car billboards, and more
Welcome to the week. Here are the most noteworthy items we came across in the past eight days. Dijon Kizzee: Los Angeles police said a bicycle code violation is what prompted an altercation that ended up with them shooting and killing a Black man named Dijon Kizzee. It’s just the latest tragic example of how police enforcement of traffic laws is highly biased against Black people and it has renewed calls for taking traffic enforcement responsibilities out of police hands.
Living in the midst of SF's tech scene, they've never had a phone
Not a flip, not a so-called Obama phone, not any cell phone, but they do have a little notebook If you chat with the identical homeless Ukrainian twins on the streets of the Mission, you’d learn that our Golden Gate Bridge can’t hold a candle to their Zaporozhye Arch Bridge, the longest bridge (and the pride) of their native Ukraine.
Photo essay: A Mission photo walk saved from September 2017
Random snaps in the Mission are a good thing. These photos are from September 2017. Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn Photo by Kathleen Narruhn
Covid Tracker: 9979 cases, 86 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily Covid-19 data dump. Unlike the SF Budget, the City can’t manipulate the virus by magic tricks, ambiguous numbers or politically clever maneuvering. Too bad. Testing is still the first vital step in controlling the virus. And while the City appears to be testing a lot of people, we still get no reports on who the City tests, or where. Nor does the City divulge its testing strategy or what kinds of tests it collects.
San Francisco's proposed $13.7B budget can't pass without your vote
It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights… Even with the gaudy dollar totals involved, San Francisco’s rather episodic budgeting process really can resemble a somewhat more profane version of The Muppet Show. No, Rita Moreno or John Cleese aren’t dropping into committee meetings or popping by City Hall at 1 a.m. with a pizza. Rather, it’s that the real show is what’s taking place behind the scenes, and out of public view.
Fgcu athletics department makes a statement on racial injustice
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Covid Tracker: 9915 cases, 86 deaths.
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily data dump. Carnaval continues today from noon to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of John O’Connell High school.with free Covid testing, food, jobs fair, dancing and more. Scroll down for today’s numbers. HiGeorge, a data visualization startup, developed some new visualizations for Mission Local, which we will be using and fine-tuning in the days to come. As of September 3, DPH reports the Mission has 1306 cumulative positive cases.
A Carnaval celebration for a pandemic - Covid-19 tests, a food pantry and even a bit of dancing
Text by Lydia Chávez, Photos by Kerim Harmanci The Carnaval team and the Latino Task Force opened a two-day Carnaval celebration today focused on what they felt the Latino community needs now – testing, wellness advice, and food. There was also music and some dancing to help lighten the mood of a seemingly endless pandemic season. It was the right festival for the moment.
Covid Tracker: 9839 cases, 86 deaths.
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily data dump. Pandemic Profiteering II. Pro Publica has story about a doctor who gets an antibody test from his employer, Physisicans Premier ER, which charged him $10,984 though the testing materials cost $8. His insurance company paid in full, no questions asked.
Neighborhood Notes: Carnaval repurposed, a city-wide art show and a virtual film screening
Carnaval As previously reported by Mission Local, this year Carnaval will offer free covid-19 testing, a job fair, housing and education resources as well as free food on Saturday and Sunday. This year’s theme of Salud Es Poder, health is power, was selected prior to the pandemic outbreak, but has remained relevant as the socioeconomic disparities in health have become increasingly stark.
Jobs of the Week: Metropolis Cycle Repair, Community Cycling Center, Nomad Cycles
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on September 4th, 2020 at 4:26 pm Three new jobs for your perusal. Do it! Learn more about each one via the links below… – Bike Mechanic/Electric Technician – Nomad Cycles – Mechanic – Community Cycling Center – Bike Mechanic, Customer Service, and Bike Sales – Metropolis Cycle Repair For a complete list of available jobs, click here.
Mayor Breed and the Sisters say 'wear your mask' during the Labor Day weekend
Mayor London Breed and other city officials took turns giving light-hearted lectures on mask-wearing and social distancing to a throng of reporters gathered Friday afternoon at Dolores Park’s “Gay Beach.” “Let’s be honest, we know most people come here to pick somebody up,” Breed told reporters, who were packed like cattle on the corner of 20th and Church.
Two pre-fab bus islands have hit the streets of northwest Portland
New bus island on NW 18th at Flanders already getting some use. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) “Over the next several years, this tool will be implemented in a variety of contexts and locations throughout the city.” — PBOT How to safely integrate bus and bike traffic on the same street has been a challenge for the City of Portland for many years. When bus operators service curbside stops, they often encroach into the bicycle traffic lane, cutting off riders and starting a “dangerous dance”.
Covid Tracker: 9755 cases,84 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily data dump. Health is power. Instead of mass parties, this Labor Day weekend in the Mission will be a Carnaval for mass Covid testing. Salud es poder! After decades of budget cuts to public health, we’ve learned over the past few months what we should have known all along: public safety does not mean an armoured police force.
$25,000 PBOT grant will go to Albina businesses and street art to honor Black Portlanders
Diners enjoying outdoor seating in the Pearl District. PBOT wants to see more of this in north Portland. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) “Black-Centered Spaces for Community and Business in Albina,” is the name of a project that won the Portland Bureau of Transportation a $25,000 grant.
PPB says person walking bike killed in collision with driver at NE Couch and 9th
Looking west on NE Couch toward 9th. Police say a person died while using a street in Portland early this morning. According to a Portland Police Bureau statement the collision happened at about 2:30 am this morning (Friday) at the intersection of NE Couch and 9th. Here’s the PPB version of events: “The pedestrian appears to have been walking a bicycle in the roadway when a vehicle travelling westbound on Northeast Couch struck the pedestrian.
Will SFPD fly out of SFO? Sheriffs' union makes play to take over airport duty.
San Francisco Sheriff’s deputies at the San Francisco International Airport? For Ken Lomba, the president of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Deputy’s Association, it makes a hell of a lot of sense. So much sense that he sent an open letter to Mayor London Breed on Thursday, asking her to replace the SFPD officers there with Sheriff’s Deputies. He argued that they would be cheaper and a better fit for the job.
People We Meet: Alex Vergara, server and bartender at Tacolicious - Mission Local
Alexis David Vergara, 23, a server and bartender at Tacolicious, begins his workday with a temperature check. Then, it’s time for the heavy lifting – tables and chairs come out to the sidewalk, where each day he and others remake the restaurant outdoors. A path is cleared for pedestrians, the furniture is sanitized and cleaned, plants are wheeled in.
Covid Tracker: 9696 cases, 84 deaths
Good Morning, Mission! Welcome to Virus Village, your daily data dump for Covid-19. With news that gyms and salons have been given the green light to open up outdoors, we now learn that certain gyms and salons have been operating indoors for months. Yesterday the CDC told states and counties to prepare for two vaccines to be ready before the election.
Victim of collision during pro-Trump 'cruise rally' seeks witnesses
Car runs over bicycle, police arrive to investigate pic.twitter.com/0TQ7AO6JYH — Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) August 30, 2020 Amid the chaos of the pro-Trump “Cruise Rally” on Saturday August 29th, video emerged from journalist Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) that showed a bicycle lodged under the front axle of a BMW SUV. Now the owner of the bicycle is seeking justice and needs witnesses to come forward.
Biketown 2.0 will launch very soon: Here's what you need to know
Caught a new Biketown bike in the wild riding around Mt. Tabor a few days ago. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Sometime this month the City of Portland will unleash a major upgrade and expansion of the Biketown bike share system. And while the bikes will be the same color and the general concept of the system will remain the same, there are some key changes you should know about. Take all the credit In the current system users can receive a $1 credit for returning bikes to certain stations.
ODOT has shuddered its I-5 Rose Quarter Community Advisory Committee
The Community Advisory Committee at their July 23rd meeting, which would be their last. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has just taken the rare step of closing down its own advisory committee in favor of a new one that will consist of mostly hand-picked members. It’s the latest twist in ODOT’s effort to resuscitate the highly controversial, $800 million I-5 Rose Quarter mega-project that’s been on life support for months.
Former PBOT assistant director nominated for seat on Oregon Transportation Commission
Maurice Henderson at a PBOT event in 2016. (Photo: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Maurice Henderson has been nominated for a seat on the Oregon Transportation Commission, the powerful, five-member body that oversees the Oregon Department of Transportation. Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced the appointment on Monday. Henderson served as assistant director at the Portland Bureau of Transportation for 19 months between April 2015 and October of 2016.
Covid Tracker: 9617 cases, 84 deaths
Good Morning Mission. Welcome to Virus Village, your daily data dump. Now that the numbers have stabilized for a while, the city has issued a new re-reopening timeline. Without a competent testing-tracing-quarantine program we have become characters in a long-running absurdist play called “Waiting for The Vaccine.” Here are a couple reviews, positive and negative. The first comes from the New England Journal of Medicine which gives a fairly concise explation of Operation Warp Speed.
First Look: New raised bike lane on SW Madison
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on September 2nd, 2020 at 9:02 am You can’t tell from this image but the green bike lane is separated from the roadway by a curb. (Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland) Multnomah County is putting finishing touches on the new courthouse building next to the Hawthorne Bridge and the $325 million project included a big change to the bike lane on SW Madison.
Pools, malls, hair salons: San Francisco sets timeline on re-opening
Activities such as outdoor hair salons and barber shops, outdoor pools and indoor malls will reopen as of Sept. 1, and outdoor gyms and fitness centers will open Sept. 9, Mayor London Breed announced today. By mid-September, some in-classroom learning may be able to occur under modified conditions.
Critical Mass turns ugly
The calm and civility that has long been the hallmark of Portland’s Critical Mass ride was shattered last Friday. According to a report and photos on Indymedia there were several arrests that got out of hand. As usual, there are several different accounts of what happened. One says the riders instigated the arrests with their disrespect of the police and the law, while another side says the treatment from the cops was totally out of line and unprovoked.
SF Sheriff's Department to receive stricter oversight — no matter what - Mission Local
The San Francisco Sheriff’s Department will soon be under stricter civilian oversight by the Department of Police Accountability — but that’s not all. Voters in November will also decide whether to create an entirely new civilian oversight body for the Sheriff’s Department.
Covid Tracker: 9544 cases, 83 deaths.
Good Morning Mission. Welcome to Virus Village, your daily data dump. The Atlantic has a new piece on contact tracing, called “The Most American Covid-19 Failure Yet”. It’s well worth reading. The author cites three main issues: 1) too many cases to track, 2) testing takes too long, and 3) “Many Americans fear and distrust government”, an ideological issue for some, while for many others, the stakes are considerably higher.
Kimberly Part 2: Returning to work in a pandemic
As told to Sindya Bhanoo, Illustrated by Lola Noguer Part 1:Kimberly: A young woman’s story of isolation in SF’s Mission District. This project is supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. If you would like to support reporting like this, please do so today.
Mobile printing stations are popping up in local coffee shops
If you’ve recently felt the need to print out a document in a pinch — and you’re among the growing swath of the population that had a printer in your home 10 years ago and no longer do — you have probably experienced the frustration of dashing to the nearest printing station. You’d have to find one first. But what if you just had to walk to the nearest cafe?
State sends huge stash of PPE to San Francisco — supplies handed out in the Mission - Mission Local
San Francisco officials on Monday began disseminating some 1 million surgical masks, 600,000 face shields and 150,000 bottles of hand sanitizer donated by the state of California. Much of the state’s gift of personal protective equipment is currently being prepared for distribution to community organizations, who will then distribute to small businesses. Some supplies were moved to 701 Alabama St., the Latino Task Force Resource Hub, where local businesses can go pick some up.
800 citations in 17 days: Tigard mayor connects dots from speeding to traffic deaths
Site of a “profound volume of citations” says Tigard’s mayor. It only took 17 days for Tigard’s two new traffic enforcement cameras to rack up over 800 citations. And just a few minutes for that city’s mayor to draw a line between this rampant, normalized lawlessness and death. The new cameras started issuing citations on July 14th at 72nd Avenue and at Hall Boulevard on Highway 99W in Tigard. By July 31st, the 72nd Ave location had snapped 662 potential violators.
Covid Tracker: 9494 cases, 83 deaths.
Will “San Francisco that works for everyone”, work for anyone? Good question. A cynical answer might be the City will most likely continue to work for the privileged few. Like in NYC where private labs and “concierge” medical services provide quick test turnaround for rich partygoers. Last week the Governor announced with great fanfare, comparably quick testing will be available for all of us. By March 1, 2021. And now onto the numbers.
The Monday Roundup: Bad modeling, respect the land, WFH FTW, and more
Welcome to the week. Here are the most noteworthy items we came across in the past seven days. Bad modeling: Vice takes a deep dive into the “broken algorithms” that create traffic models that dominate transportation politics — and why we should stop using them. Racism in transit: An excellent overview of how transit agencies perpetuate systemic racism in everything from how they design their buses and trains to which routes the vehicles take.
Al-Anon: Recognizing Abuse and Those Left Behind
By Erica Fish Staff Writer She once thought there could never be an escape from having a son who was an alcoholic and substance abuser. Local Estero mother Debbie DePasquale was worried that her failed attempts to help her then18-year-old son meant it was the end of their relationship. When Debbie learned about Alcoholics Anonymous (Al-Anon), the Naples fellowship helped her break away from the stigma that society placed on her son and others who need treatment.
Covid Tracker: 9428 cases, 83 deaths
Scroll down for today’s numbers on Covid-19. HiGeorge, a data visualization startup, developed some new visualizations for Mission Local, which we will be using and fine-tuning in the days to come. 20 more cases reported in the Mission bring the total to 1256 positive cases as of August 27.
Covid Tracker: 9349 cases, 83 deaths
A couple weeks ago, former SF restaurant and bar owner, Gavin Newsom announced San Francisco would soon expand its reopening. Not so fast said state health officials. With the City’s daily Covid-19 case load far too high, and ICU hospital capacity too low, San Francisco did not meet the state’s criteria for further reopening. Those case number are still too high, and there is some question as to the availability of “staffed” ICU beds, but the state changed its criteria.
Covid Tracker: 9215 cases, 83 deaths
Another new rapid test has received emergency use approval by the FDA. It seems the news about rapid testing for Covid-19 has outstripped real world testing.This test was discussed at length during a recent UCSF Grand Rounds. It uses a card, works like a home pregnancy test, and delivers results in 15 minutes and costs about $5.
FGCU power outage causes temporary lapse in Coronavirus safety protocols
EN Photo By Julia Bonavita. By Sabrina Salovitz Assistant Editor Florida Gulf Coast University experienced a campus-wide blackout this week that lasted for over an hour. The incident took place on Wednesday, August 26, at around 1 a.m., and was due to a power outage on Corkscrew Road. This impacted FGCU’s campus and other locations, as well.
After threat of vehicular violence and being called racial slur, man outs neighbor on social media
Gerald Scrutchions (Photo from Instagram video) Northeast Portland resident Gerald Scrutchions says a white man used a racial epithet and threatened him with vehicular violence while he biked home from work on Tuesday. Scrutchions, who is Black, claims the man drove his car into the crosswalk he was using and then purposely swerved towards him. And he’s not going to stand for it.
PPB traffic stop data shows Black Portlanders are overrepresented
H/T Latisha Jenson, Willamette Week Traffic Division HQ in St. Johns. (Photo: J. Maus/BikePortland) In the first eight months of 2020, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers made 20,990 traffic stops. According to police data, between New Year’s Day and August 1st, 17.7% of the people stopped were Black — a significant overrepresentation of Portland’s Black population which was 5.8% as of 2019.
Several Tabor students test positive for COVID-19
in Breaking News, County Wide News, Front Page, Local News, News / by Hillsboro Free Press / on August 27, 2020 at 3:03 pm / On the advice of the medical professional, the student was tested at our CLIA approved COVID laboratory and the test result was positive. Teammates experiencing symptoms were also tested and two additional students were found positive. Following our established protocol, the students are now in isolation in an approved location.
Covid Tracker: 9149 cases, 82 deaths
More testing is on the way to California, says Gov. Gav. The state made a deal with an east coast lab which is designed to double the amount of testing in the state, with the requirement that tests be turned around in no more than 48 hours. A significant improvement if it happens and the results should be reflected soon in our Covid-19 tracker.
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