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Ride Krew Launches 2026 Summer Camps, Including Signature Big Bear Mountain Bike Camp
Youth mountain biking nonprofit Ride Krew announces 2026 summer camps and Big Bear camp experiences focused on confidence, adventure, and outdoor fun.
Ride Krew Launches Giving Tuesday Campaign to Help More Kids Access Mountain Biking in Southern California
Ride Krew Launches Giving Tuesday Campaign to Help More Kids Access Mountain Biking in Southern California The Ride Krew team celebrating the success of our inaugural community fundraiser that helps bring more kids into mountain biking across Southern California. Ride Krew President Sean Bascom speaking at our inaugural fundraiser, sharing the mission to get more kids on bikes and expand youth mountain biking access across Southern California.
Ride Krew is Riding Forward with FORD BRONCO Wild Fund Next Stop: SHREDFest in Orange County, June 7 2025.
Ride Krew is Riding Forward with FORD BRONCO Wild Fund Next Stop: SHREDFest in Orange County, June 7 2025. Free youth mountain biking event SHREDFest returns June 7 to Orange County Ride Krew gears up for SHREDFest in Orange County on June 7 with help from Ford’s Bronco Wild Fund to get more kids riding bikes across Southern California.
Photo Essay: Bullfighters and Riders Amble About Portland for 8 Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo
Itâs 8:30 on a bright Friday evening, and a white pickup truck rumbles through the streets of Portlandâs Pearl District. Five guys in big-brimmed hats, western shirts, and jeans sit along the rail of the truck bed, shouting at people as they roll by. Bullfighters Christian Mills and AJ Neal, bull riders KeAon Griffin and Malachi Anderson, and a friend of the rodeo who goes by âThunderâ are heading from a preparty in an upscale apartment buildingâs common area to the River Pig Saloon.
Photo Essay: A Glimpse of the 8 Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo
Athletes from around the country and spectators from all over the metro area converged on Sunday June 17, at the Portland Expo Center, for a historic first annual 8 Seconds Juneteenth Rodeo.
CPSO begins “unarmed” patrols, keeps guns
Portland State made a stand last spring when it declared that Campus Public Safety Office (CPSO) officers would begin “fully unarmed campus patrols” before the 2021 fall term began. CPSO Chief Willie Halliburton said this makes PSU’s CPSO the first university safety department in the United States to shift back to unarmed patrols. Part of that plan was keeping all firearms locked in the CPSO, but it appears that isn’t what’s happening.
Belmont Goats Cautiously Resume Weekend Visits
Starting this weekend, the Belmont Goats will once again welcome visitors after a 17-month hiatus. The decision comes as the nonprofit raises funds for its youngest goat, Atho, who was recently rushed to the veterinary hospital with a urinary blockage. “The combination of needing to support [Atho] and the need to also support our community, like we’ve done before, made it a priority,” says Robin Casey, co-owner, secretary and social media manager for the Belmont Goats.
DIY Skateparks Are a Proud Tradition in Portland. Can This One Survive an Angry Neighbor?
Three years ago, an odd structure sprouted alongside the Springwater Corridor bike trail in deep Southeast Portland. Residents in the Lents neighborhood are bitterly resigned to sprawling encampments appearing between the bike path and Interstate 205. But this was different: a low-lying three-dimensional patchwork of concrete ramps, with a dirt and asphalt channel running through the middle. It was a skateboarding park—built by a guerrilla crew of Lents carpenters, masons and delivery drivers.
Will CPSO be unarmed by September?
Portland State President Stephen Percy announced in early June that the school’s Campus Public and Safety Office (CPSO) has plans to begin unarmed patrols as of Sept. 1, 2021, but activists in the campus community remain skeptical. The recent statement comes after years of pressure from groups like DisarmPSU, the 2018 killing of Jason Washington by armed CPSO officers James Dewey and Shawn McKenzie and previous promises to disarm last year.
PAM’s Ansel Adams Exhibit Honors, and Challenges, Photographer's Legacy Through a Contemporary Lens
by Sean Bascom • May 26, 2021 at 10:02 am A display of Adams’ photographs originally published as a 16-print portfolio in 1927—one of the first collections ever to be released in this manner. Sean Bascom Ansel Adams might be the most famous photographer of all time. Even if you don’t know his name, you have likely seen his arresting black and white images of Yosemite and the deserts of the American southwest.
Disrupt J20 - Vanguard
A protester in a gas mask near the ICE facility. Sean Bascom/PSU The day of President Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration, Jan. 20, has been known in the Portland protest community as J20 since 2016 when former President Donald Trump was sworn in. This year, several left-wing protests occurred throughout the city starting in the early afternoon and lasting into the early morning hours.
On Election Night, activists march for Black liberation
Marchers chant, “Hands up, don’t shoot!” Sean Bascom/PSU Vanguard While the country sat on the edge of its collective seat watching election results start to come in on Nov. 3, a very large crowd gathered at Revolution Hall in Southeast Portland.
Police killing of Black man brings mourning and protest to Washington community
Kevin Peterson Jr, a 21-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by Clark County Sheriff’s office Thursday evening in Hazel Dell, a small community north of Vancouver, WA. Hundreds of mourners gathered the next night for a candlelight vigil at the site of Peterson’s death—a U.S. Bank parking lot on the east side of Route 99—to light candles, lay flowers and signs and mourn the loss of Peterson. Dozens of right wing protesters arrived in the area to protest the vigil.
Photo Essay: Community Responds to the Killing of Kevin Peterson, Jr. by Washington Deputies
by Sean Bascom • Nov 3, 2020 at 10:13 am A shrine memorializing Kevin Peterson, Jr. in the parking lot where he was killed. Sean Bascom Kevin Peterson Jr., a 21-year-old Black man, was fatally shot by Clark County Sheriff deputies early Thursday evening in Hazel Dell, a small community a few miles north of Vancouver, Washington. The details of this case remain hazy, with law enforcement agencies giving contradictory information about why Peterson was shot.
March for reparations passes through historic Albina neighborhood
In the late morning of Saturday, October 17, a group of about 25 mostly white protesters gathered in a grassy lot next to Dawson Park in North Portland—land which once housed a vibrant Black community. A bright red banner tied between a tree and street sign read “March for Reparations to African People.” The Uhuru Solidarity Movement organized the march, which stretched across five other cities around the country.
PPB officer strikes two BLM demonstrators with motorcycle
Two Black Lives Matter demonstrators were struck by a police motorcycle on Oct. 2 outside of the Penumbra Kelley building in Northeast Portland. The incident occured after demonstrators confronted an officer who had pulled over two vehicles leaving the protest. After an argument ensued between demonstrators and the officer, the two apprehended vehicles fled. The officer mounted his motorcycle, and demonstrators blocked his path. He accelerated, striking two people.
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