Ah, jeez. Remember the delightful Project Pabst music festival down at Zidell Yards last fall? Pabst may have kinda sorta used the city's flashy "Portland, Oregon" sign as a muse for the festival's logo. Now the city's probably going to sue.

As Denis mentioned yesterday, the O is in the midst of a series on potential changes to the Central Eastside, Portland's industrial sanctuary amid the condo cranes. Here's the first big whack, which details business owners' anxieties over new kinds of business and residents being allowed in.

It's not a one-to-one comparison by any means, but as Portland gets denser and builds up, it's helpful to look toward what not to do. San Francisco's Mission District—on a trajectory to being accessible to only the very wealthy—is one useful case study.

And by the way, the folks at United Van Lines say Oregon's still drawing more people than any other state.

Dean Marriott, longtime director of the city's Bureau of Environmental Services, will resign next week. He'd been on paid leave since shortly after a scathing audit detailed how a new BES headquarters tripled its initial budget. Marriott will get almost $250,000 as part of the separation agreement, and ditch his threats to sue the city.

Local cops say there's a "culture of hatred" toward law enforcement, these days. And that could be borne out by protestors caroling on Peacock Lane about dead police officers a week ago, but it's probably not. Instead, organizers of that protest and others say the people singing offensive lyrics were a small group of anarchists who have little to do with the larger movement.

Oh, and the New York Times took a deep dive into the life of Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the troubled man who randomly murdered two NYC cops on December 20, and whose actions largely inspired the "culture of hatred" remarks. The paper found that the slayings probably had little to do with hatred of police, and more to do with a desperate life growing ever more so.

Meanwhile, the NYC police commissioner is strenuously urging the city's cops NOT to turn their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio at an officer's funeral tomorrow.

Trail Blazers vs. Atlanta tonight at the Moda Center. In preparation for the game, read this interesting piece by Nate Silver, which predicts we might have a shot at a championship in the next five years. Unlikely, but it could happen. We're doing better than lots of franchises, anyway, according to this admittedly narrow snapshot.

Probably there's not much worse than losing your husband to a tragic accident, then unexpectedly—months and months later—turning on network television to watch him die in a hospital. Yet this can happen, and that network will staunchly defend it.

An accused al Qaeda leader whom authorities said had a hand in two 1998 embassy bombings has died in US custody. Of liver cancer, the government says.

Tonight's sunset: 4:39 pm. We've nearly done it.

You're going to be tempted to underestimate this gentleman. Then you're going to be chagrined.