A12 The BulleTin • Thursday, april 1, 2021
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TODAY
FRIDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
69°
LOW
38°
Mostly sunny and mild
Mild with clouds and
occasional sunshine
ALMANAC
MONDAY
61°
34°
Cloudy and mild
TUESDAY
60°
32°
Mostly cloudy, rain
possible; cooler
Times of sun and clouds
Yesterday Normal
Record
73°
54° 75° in 1923
21°
29° 14° in 1953
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.45" in 1936
Month to date (normal)
0.09" (0.73")
Year to date (normal)
1.18" (3.35")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.17"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Today
Fri.
6:46am/7:32pm 6:45am/7:34pm
none/9:16am 12:59am/10:00am
6:24am/6:01pm 6:23am/6:06pm
6:57am/7:37pm 6:55am/7:40pm
9:40am/1:15am 9:39am/1:14am
5:02am/3:14pm 4:58am/3:11pm
4:30am/2:12pm 4:26am/2:08pm
7:51am/9:51pm 7:47am/9:47pm
New
First
Full
Apr 4
Apr 11
Apr 19
Apr 26
Tonight's sky: Low above the southern
horizon around midnight is Hydra, The Sea
Serpent.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
3
5
5
3
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
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www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Mostly sunny and mild
today. Mainly clear tonight.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Mostly sunny today.
Fair tonight. Partly sunny Friday.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Sun and a few clouds
today. Warm Friday with clouds and sun.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Mostly sunny and
mild today. Partly cloudy tonight.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Mostly sunny
today. Mainly clear tonight. Partly sunny and
mild Friday.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Mostly sunny
today. Fair tonight. Partly sunny Friday.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Sunny to partly
cloudy and warm
today. Fair and chilly
tonight. Partly sunny
and still warm Friday.
Seaside
50/40
Cannon Beach
50/40
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
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90s
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110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
City Halls eager to bump
up their cannabis tax include
Gresham, Hillsboro, Beaver-
ton, Tualatin, Sherwood, St.
Helens, Happy Valley, Eugene
and Bend, staff for the league
said in testimony to a revenue
committee hearing of the Leg-
islature on March 4.
League of Oregon Cities
lobbyist Mark Gharst told law-
makers the COVID-19 pan-
demic prompted a decline in
lodging and gas taxes, park and
development fees — and the
worst crunch for city budgets
may be yet to come, if property
tax revenues fall due to com-
mercial vacancies.
“I don’t think that the voters
were saying that they wanted
local governments to cut ser-
vices in order to fund that re-
covery,” Gharst said. “We can
have our cake and eat it, too.”
Marijuana insiders see it
differently. They say cannabis
retailers can’t just pass the tax
increase on to users, many of
whom could dial up their old
dealer from the years before le-
galization.
Whitney, the economist, es-
timates that most consumers
will pay a premium of just 10%
to 15% to acquire their weed
legally. Go above that, and they
might just get their marijuana
on the black market.
“Consumers are very price
conscious,” agreed Casey Hou-
lihan, executive director of the
Oregon Retailers of Cannabis
Association. He calls the pro-
posed 10% tax a “disaster” in
the making, saying the lure of
the illicit market could lead
Those that weren’t approved
initially will automatically be
considered along with new
applicants during the second
round of funding in April.
While the vast majority of
applicants were approved, it is
still unclear how many busi-
ness owners across the state are
behind on rent due to the pan-
demic.
Melanie Marconi, the owner
of Vida, a coworking space in
Northeast Portland, told law-
makers earlier this month that
her landlord had not applied
for the funds, even though she
had fallen significantly behind
on rent. Other business own-
ers have raised similar con-
cerns.
While both landlords and
tenants must participate in
Oregon’s application process,
landlords must submit the ini-
tial application. Landlords who
accept the funding must also
sign an agreement forgiving
any outstanding penalties or
interest and promising not to
evict their tenants.
Despite the commercial rent
relief program, business groups
and owners also remain con-
cerned about a looming evic-
tion crisis.
Oregon lawmakers allowed
the state’s moratorium on com-
mercial evictions to expire last
September, but gave business
owners until the end of March
to repay their outstanding rent.
That may have prevented an
onslaught of commercial evic-
tions over the last six months.
Lawmakers are currently
considering a proposal to give
business owners until the end
of September to repay rent bills
they accumulated during the
worst days of the coronavirus
recession last year.
However, lawmakers are
unlikely to vote on that bill be-
fore the current grace period
expires at the end of March,
potentially opening up busi-
ness owners to evictions if their
landlords have not applied or
been approved for funding
through the commercial rent
relief program.
Portland Tribune
Despite big profits as a sector of Oregon’s economy, especially during
the pandemic, not all retailers are prospering.
Cannabis
Continued from A11
In the next two-year bud-
get cycle, which begins July 1,
cities and counties will have
only $18 million in marijuana
money to split amongst them-
selves, an almost 72% drop
compared with the $63.7 mil-
lion they expected under the
old funding formula, according
to the League of Oregon Cities.
Rent
Continued from A11
The grants are part of the
state’s $100 million commer-
cial rent relief program, which
lawmakers approved in Janu-
ary. Business Oregon, which
is administering the fund, will
reopen applications for an-
other $42 million round in
mid-April.
Nearly 88% of the appli-
cants that applied for funding
through the program earlier
this month were approved,
pending final confirmation of
their documentation.
Applicants in most parts of
the state were approved for
funding as long as they met the
necessary requirements, but
Business Oregon only funded
80% of applicants from the
Portland area. That’s because
the state is working to distrib-
ute grants equitably across the
state.
Business Oregon held a lot-
tery to determine which el-
igible applicants to approve.
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
66/51/0.00
Akron
55/45/0.29
Albany
57/46/0.12
Albuquerque
61/34/0.00
Anchorage
33/24/0.00
Atlanta
71/63/1.08
Atlantic City
59/49/0.27
Austin
70/58/0.02
Baltimore
68/54/0.69
Billings
53/24/0.00
Birmingham
69/63/1.26
Bismarck
42/11/0.00
Boise
60/30/0.00
Boston
69/44/Tr
Bridgeport, CT 58/41/0.16
Buffalo
55/50/0.15
Burlington, VT
63/51/0.13
Caribou, ME
56/34/0.00
Charleston, SC 82/62/0.50
Charlotte
68/64/0.45
Chattanooga
66/61/1.85
Cheyenne
47/19/0.00
Chicago
43/34/Tr
Cincinnati
52/45/0.34
Cleveland
50/44/0.03
Colorado Springs 52/20/Tr
Columbia, MO
51/36/0.00
Columbia, SC
82/63/0.71
Columbus, GA
82/63/0.98
Columbus, OH
55/45/0.40
Concord, NH
64/40/Tr
Corpus Christi
81/70/Tr
Dallas
69/56/Tr
Dayton
52/45/0.02
Denver
52/24/0.04
Des Moines
43/28/0.00
Detroit
51/42/Tr
Duluth
27/12/Tr
El Paso
72/47/0.00
Fairbanks
32/20/0.04
Fargo
34/16/Tr
Flagstaff
53/28/0.00
Grand Rapids
43/34/0.01
Green Bay
37/29/0.00
Greensboro
65/61/0.86
Harrisburg
65/45/0.13
Hartford, CT
65/42/0.04
Helena
56/30/0.00
Honolulu
83/71/0.02
Houston
78/69/Tr
Huntsville
63/57/1.34
Indianapolis
50/37/0.06
Jackson, MS
73/64/0.57
Jacksonville
89/61/0.01
Today
Hi/Lo/W
67/45/s
33/25/sf
41/24/sn
67/43/s
28/10/c
52/33/s
51/34/c
69/38/s
49/30/pc
69/41/s
53/30/s
62/30/s
71/44/s
54/30/r
49/31/r
35/23/sf
38/23/r
41/23/r
62/36/s
54/31/s
52/31/s
63/37/s
40/25/s
40/24/pc
33/27/sf
66/40/s
49/29/s
58/33/s
56/35/s
37/23/pc
45/24/r
65/51/sh
67/44/s
38/23/pc
68/39/s
47/31/s
36/23/c
40/27/s
72/52/pc
12/0/sn
53/35/s
67/38/s
39/19/pc
38/22/s
51/28/pc
47/30/c
48/28/r
69/37/s
83/70/pc
70/42/s
51/28/s
39/22/pc
58/33/s
66/39/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
55/39/pc
58/44/pc
70/56/sh
86/60/pc
97/82/pc
66/52/c
64/55/pc
63/34/c
67/52/t
74/51/pc
71/65/pc
82/67/pc
69/53/s
59/28/pc
85/74/pc
50/40/pc
48/30/pc
72/47/pc
79/55/s
84/76/c
52/41/pc
55/44/pc
77/59/pc
75/66/s
65/54/sh
61/39/pc
73/50/pc
97/78/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
68/50/pc
42/25/s
37/24/c
73/48/s
28/18/pc
56/35/s
42/32/pc
69/48/pc
47/28/pc
72/42/s
57/32/s
73/35/pc
74/48/pc
43/30/pc
44/31/pc
40/26/pc
36/24/c
39/19/pc
55/34/s
53/29/s
55/30/s
69/39/s
52/40/s
49/28/s
41/29/s
73/45/s
60/42/s
54/30/s
59/34/s
46/26/s
42/21/pc
70/59/c
69/51/s
46/28/s
72/42/s
63/47/s
47/30/s
52/36/pc
83/56/s
16/15/c
67/33/pc
65/36/pc
47/31/s
49/36/s
50/28/s
46/29/pc
43/27/pc
68/39/s
81/69/pc
68/46/pc
54/29/s
49/32/s
61/35/s
59/38/s
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
38/36/0.35
53/32/0.00
45/35/0.07
73/49/0.00
51/45/0.85
53/26/0.00
62/52/0.12
88/54/0.00
57/47/1.25
40/28/Tr
57/48/0.59
86/77/Tr
41/35/0.00
36/23/0.00
54/49/1.37
85/72/0.02
67/50/0.17
69/49/0.24
82/59/0.56
63/46/Tr
49/27/0.00
89/67/0.21
87/63/0.00
43/33/0.00
68/49/0.94
88/59/0.00
54/52/0.25
57/41/0.01
68/41/0.10
74/62/0.41
49/11/0.00
66/31/0.00
73/58/0.83
59/54/0.08
83/49/0.00
54/39/Tr
54/30/0.00
76/63/Tr
88/53/0.00
78/54/Tr
83/46/0.00
58/18/Tr
86/59/0.05
61/37/0.00
39/18/0.00
57/29/0.00
53/39/0.00
86/73/0.01
88/51/0.00
63/46/0.00
66/56/0.92
58/34/0.00
62/25/0.00
88/60/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
39/27/sn
53/35/s
37/18/pc
78/59/pc
42/21/pc
57/39/s
59/31/s
88/59/pc
46/26/pc
41/22/s
53/31/s
84/62/t
38/25/s
44/31/s
50/27/s
64/46/pc
48/31/r
51/31/r
55/34/pc
64/40/s
54/36/s
75/47/sh
92/67/pc
43/25/s
51/32/c
94/67/s
34/23/sf
50/27/r
54/30/r
54/29/pc
69/37/s
74/41/s
53/29/pc
34/23/sf
86/49/s
49/28/s
66/45/s
70/46/pc
80/55/pc
77/49/s
84/50/s
66/36/s
65/38/pc
57/42/pc
53/36/s
63/37/s
51/30/s
75/47/sh
90/60/s
61/40/s
50/32/pc
61/41/s
70/35/pc
93/57/s
Friday
Hi/Lo/W
40/25/sf
65/50/s
47/29/s
87/61/pc
47/27/s
72/45/s
59/36/s
81/58/s
52/31/s
52/38/pc
57/36/s
76/62/pc
50/39/s
59/41/s
53/29/s
63/49/s
43/31/pc
44/30/pc
48/39/pc
66/48/pc
70/45/s
65/47/s
97/68/s
53/38/pc
43/30/pc
92/64/s
41/24/s
43/25/c
45/29/s
50/30/s
75/42/s
75/44/pc
48/28/s
38/24/pc
82/46/pc
58/41/s
73/48/s
70/51/pc
71/55/s
66/49/pc
76/46/pc
72/41/pc
59/35/s
55/40/r
67/39/s
60/37/c
61/41/s
69/47/s
89/58/s
68/50/s
48/32/s
68/48/s
67/38/c
94/57/s
95/73/0.00
81/54/0.00
55/48/0.17
43/36/0.15
82/61/0.08
86/75/0.00
93/70/0.00
70/46/0.00
44/39/0.08
55/50/0.25
77/45/0.00
82/73/0.12
69/45/0.00
75/48/0.00
73/64/0.00
58/36/0.00
72/37/0.00
63/57/0.76
91/75/0.00
45/41/0.16
71/59/0.02
77/66/0.00
66/53/0.00
67/56/0.12
50/43/0.00
50/35/0.00
72/45/0.00
68/37/0.00
96/69/pc
67/50/t
35/24/sn
47/35/r
81/61/t
83/69/sh
90/63/pc
74/55/pc
49/34/pc
33/20/sn
78/46/pc
83/72/pc
67/49/s
75/50/s
74/61/pc
51/32/s
75/50/pc
65/59/t
91/78/c
48/33/pc
73/62/s
85/70/pc
66/52/pc
65/56/c
33/22/sf
52/39/c
74/47/pc
66/36/c
94/66/s
72/48/s
36/24/s
43/31/sn
80/61/t
77/63/c
89/61/pc
71/55/c
47/29/pc
38/25/s
61/40/s
81/72/t
66/47/pc
78/51/pc
74/61/t
56/40/pc
71/55/c
74/61/r
91/78/t
46/32/pc
76/62/s
84/69/pc
64/54/sh
67/55/pc
40/26/s
50/38/c
59/42/sh
51/36/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 92°
at Camarillo, CA
National low: -5°
at Daniel, WY
Precipitation: 2.44"
at Gadsden, AL
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
80-80
Hoodoo Ski Area
0
0-98
Mt. Ashland
0
63-77
Mt. Bachelor
0
109-117
Mt. Hood Meadows
1
0-223
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
0
75-102
Timberline Lodge
0
0-191
Willamette Pass
0
0-45
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
2
59-82
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
68-113
Squaw Valley, CA
0
0-119
Park City Mountain, UT
0
54-69
Sun Valley, ID
0
49-74
Partly sunny, a couple of
showers possible
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
Yesterday
Today
Friday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
65/32/0.00 51/39/pc 52/38/pc
La Grande
61/25/0.00 67/41/s 69/39/pc
Portland
70/35/0.00 66/41/s 62/42/pc
Baker City
62/17/Tr
68/33/s 71/34/pc
La Pine
68/16/0.00 66/32/s 64/36/pc
Prineville
72/18/0.00 73/37/s 64/36/c
Brookings
75/50/0.00 57/42/s 58/43/pc
Medford
80/34/0.00 77/42/s 71/43/pc
Redmond
73/18/0.00 72/33/s 69/33/c
Newport
63/36/0.00 51/38/s 52/38/pc
Roseburg
77/33/0.00 71/40/s 62/40/c
Burns
64/16/0.00 71/32/s 71/34/pc
Eugene
65/32/0.00 67/36/s 61/39/pc
North Bend
69/38/0.00 54/39/s 54/41/pc
Salem
66/31/0.00 64/35/s 61/38/c
Klamath Falls
71/20/0.00 69/31/s 69/34/pc
Ontario
63/23/0.00 73/38/s 76/43/pc
Sisters
68/16/0.00 68/37/s 67/36/pc
Lakeview
66/16/0.00 69/34/s 69/33/pc
Pendleton
67/27/0.00 73/43/s 65/44/pc
The Dalles
68/30/0.00 70/41/s 65/40/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-0s
54°
28°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
76/42
Rufus
Hermiston
67/38
76/42
70/40
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
72/41
64/36 66/41
66/38
Wasco
67/39 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Sunny,
Tillamook
65/39
68/38
73/43
Sandy
70/41
McMinnville
54/37
breezy and warmer
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
64/39
Maupin
Government
64/37
today. Fair and cool
67/41
63/40
Camp
72/38 Condon 72/41
Union
Lincoln City
tonight. Partly sunny
67/37
56/33
66/38
Salem
51/39
Spray
and continued warm
Granite
Warm Springs
64/35
Madras
74/37
Albany
64/35
Friday.
Newport
Baker City
71/37
73/37
Mitchell
51/38
63/33
68/33
WEST: Mostly sunny
Camp Sherman
71/38
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
and mild today. Fair
66/37
72/33
63/35
Day
Prineville
70/35
weather tonight, then 51/39
Ontario
Sisters
73/37
Paulina
70/38
73/38
clouds and sun and a Florence
Eugene 68/37
Bend Brothers 69/33
Vale
little cooler Friday.
54/39
67/36
69/38
67/33
Sunriver
75/39
Nyssa
66/36
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
77/39
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
66/32
68/31
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
73/34
70/39
69/36
Fort
Rock
53/37
71/32
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
69/29
71/32
High: 80°
65/32
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Medford
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
52/39
71/40
69/31
67/36
Low: 14°
Marsh
Lake
68/37
Port Orford
63/31
69/33
at Alkali Lake
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
56/43
Pass
73/34
Chiloquin
71/38
80/40
Rome
Medford
67/29
Gold Beach
77/42
75/35
54/42
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
70/35
74/44
69/31
66/33
57/42
69/34
-10s
55°
28°
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
51/39
WEDNESDAY
Chance for rain and snow
becoming all rain
OREGON WEATHER
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governments to collect less in
the future than they do now.
“One only needs to look
around on Instagram to see
cheap ounces or pounds being
sold,” Houlihan said.
Bursting bubble?
Stata data confirms that cus-
tomers haven’t noticed much
difference at the cash register
so far.
Despite the billion-dollar
consumer market in 2020, the
average retail price for con-
sumers has remained at or be-
low $5.50 per gram nearly ev-
ery month since July 2018, the
Oregon Liquor Control Com-
mission said in its Feb. 1 sup-
ply-and-demand report.
The price of wholesale
flower, the smokeable part of
the cannabis plant, hit $1,499
per pound in December 2020,
levels not seen since late 2017.
That’s good news for grow-
ers, who for years have com-
plained that Oregon’s cannabis
market is oversupplied. De-
mand is now devouring 65%
of annual supply, up from just
50% two years ago, per the re-
port.
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Teens
Continued from A11
Researchers reported high
levels of virus-fighting an-
tibodies, somewhat higher
than were seen in studies of
young adults.
Kids had side effects simi-
lar to young adults, the com-
pany said. The main side ef-
fects are pain, fever, chills and
fatigue, particularly after the
second dose. The study will
continue to track participants
for two years for more infor-
mation about long-term pro-
tection and safety.
Dr. Philip J. Landrigan of
Boston College said the re-
sults are encouraging.
“It’s hard to get kids to
comply with masking and
distancing, so something
that gives them hard protec-
tion and takes them out of
the mix of spreading the vi-
rus is all for the good,” said
Landrigan, who was not in-
volved in the study.
Pfizer and its German
partner BioNTech in the
coming weeks plan to ask the
U.S. Food and Drug Admin-
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istration and European regu-
lators to allow emergency use
of the shots starting at age 12.
Pfizer isn’t the only com-
pany seeking to lower the age
limit for its vaccine. Results
also are expected by the mid-
dle of this year from a U.S.
study of Moderna’s vaccine in
12- to 17-year-olds.
But in a sign that the find-
ings were promising, the
FDA already allowed both
companies to begin U.S.
studies in children 11 and
younger, working their way
to as young as 6-month-old.
It’s not clear how quickly
the FDA would act on Pfizer’s
request to allow vaccination
starting at age 12. The agency
has taken about three weeks
to review and authorize each
of the vaccines currently
available for adults. That
process included holding a
public meeting of outside ex-
perts to review and vote on
the safety and effectiveness of
each shot.
The process for review-
ing data in children could be
shorter, given FDA’s familiar-
ity with each vaccine.
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