APRIL 24, 2019
Portland and Seattle Volume XLI No. 30
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CENTS
News ................................ 3,6,8 A & E ........................................5
Opinion ...................................2 Americans on Race .........6
Calendar .................................4 Bids/Classifieds .....................7
CHALLENGING PEOPLE TO SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE NOW
I-1000 MARCH FROM
SEATTLE TO OLYMPIA
Fontaine Bleau
By Christen McCurdy
Of The Skanner News
ttorneys last week filed a motion
for a summary judgment in a
pending lawsuit claiming the
City of Portland and the Oregon
Liquor Licensing Commission con-
spired to put a Black nightclub owner
out of business.
Rodney DeWalt sued the City of
Portland in 2015 for intentional inter-
A
See FONTAINE BLEAU on page 3
Four of the youngest participants leave Rainier Beach High School April 19th on the first day of a 60 mile march from Seattle to Olympia in support of
I-1000. The four-day, 60-mile march will end with a rally at the capital where speakers will urge the legislature to support the initiative which would
bring back affirmative action in Washington state.
Low-Income Areas Face Climate Risk
Researchers investigate the impacts of climate change on poorer zip codes
By R. Dallon Adams
Of The Skanner News
Portland
State
University
study
determined
that
low-income neigh-
borhoods around Portland
are
disproportionately
affected by flooding and
extreme heat — and those
risks are only expected to
increase as a result of cli-
mate change in the coming
years.
The
research
team
mapped flooding and ex-
cessive heat and then test-
AP PHOTO/MANISH SWARUP
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Buddhist monks pray during a ceremony to invoke
blessings on the dead and wounded from Sunday’s
bombings at the Kelaniya temple in Colombo, Sri
Lanka Wednesday. Sri Lanka’s president has asked
for the resignations of the defense secretary and
national police chief, a dramatic internal shake-
up after security forces shrugged off intelligence
reports warning of possible attacks before Easter
bombings that killed over 350 people.
World News
Briefs page 8
New Movies
Opening This Week
page 5
ed this data alongside so-
ciodemographic data (e.g.
income, education, etc.)
and other variables such as
proximity to green space
and impervious ground
surfaces.
In major cities, as green
space is replaced by pave-
ment and buildings, hot
spots known as urban heat
islands develop. The Ur-
ban Heat Island effect can
raise temperatures up to 5
degrees Celsius. The PSU
study found that the ar-
eas with the greatest heat
hazards are found in East
Portland, North Portland
and places situated along
major thoroughfares.
These largely paved ar-
eas also increase an area’s
flood risk as there are few-
er plants to absorb accu-
mulating precipitation and
hold this water in the soil.
The researchers pinpoint-
ed “high flood potential
areas” along I-205 and in
East Portland. The greatest
risk of both extreme heat
and flooding were found
in pockets throughout East
Portland, SE Portland, and
North Portland.
“Not surprisingly, those
poorer, low-lying areas on
the eastside along Highway
205 are disproportionately
exposed to floods and ur-
ban heat islands,” said Hee-
jun Chang, a geography
professor in PSU’s College
of Liberal Arts and mem-
ber of the research team
behind the study, in a press
release about the study.
“Those are the potential
target areas where the city
needs to pay attention.”
Cities around the globe
are using creative ap-
See STUDY on page 3
Black Voices United Hosts Portland
School Board Candidates Forum
Forum focuses
on equity,
disproportionate
discipline
By Saundra Sorensen
For The Skanner News
ive candidates for the board of
Portland Public Schools gath-
ered at Maranatha Church on
April 13 to address issues of ra-
F
cial inequity in the district.
The Black Voices Candidate’s Fo-
rum was organized by Black Voices
United and moderated by community
organizer Sam Thompson. In open-
ing the forum, activist and public
school elementary teacher Nichole
Watson highlighted the historically
low voter response to board races.
“These seven folks hold an enor-
mous amount of power,” Watson told
the crowd.
School board positions are four-
See PPS on page 3
PHOTO BY SAUNDRA SORENSEN
Attorneys note
expedited liquor
suspensions are rare —
and disproportionately
aimed at Black club
owners
PHOTO BY SUSAN FRIED
DeWalt
Files Motion
in Fontaine
Bleau Suit
Nichole Watson speaks at an April 13 forum on
upcoming school board races.
