Pickathon , a 5-day music festival in Happy Valley, Oregon, on July 31, 2015. Photo by Bruce Ely / The Oregonian
The Fremont Bridge is a steel tied-arch bridge over the Willamette River located in Portland, Oregon. It carries Interstate 405 and US 30 traffic between downtown and North Portland where it inte...
Greenpeace activists hang off the St Johns Bridge in Portland during the protest against Shell Oil’s drilling in the Arctic on July 29, 2015. Photo by Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian
Portland Thorns’ Tobin Heath (17), Alex Morgan (13) and Seattle Reign’s Megan Rapinoe (15) were recognized for World Cup play before the Thorns’ match against the Reign at Providence Park i...
Piano. Push. Play! has randomly distributed pianos in public places around Portland , including next to the Salmon Street Springs fountain at Tom McCall Waterfront Park. Dani McGraw, 13, has a yo...
Stephanie Starnes, 29. Work: “I create a lot of music and music videos and I’m a yoga teacher. I do a lot of sound healing and yoga music.” Home: Northeast Portland. Style : “Definitely c...
An office door at the Oregon State Police Forensics Laboratory is covered with copies of fingerprint samples, including the words “Be caught.” May, 28, 2015. Photo by Beth Nakamura/The Oregon...
Students at Southeast Portland’s Tucker Maxon School, some a bit nervous, received a visit from none other than Optimus Prime, May 29, 2015. Optimus Prime, also known as Jerry Roach, the school...
Elliot Wullbrandt, 5, who is the son of a nurse, came dressed for the part as kids at Randall Children’s Hospital were treated to a visit by some superheroes on May 27, 2015. Bruce Ely / The O...
Rando Awesome, in his owner Paul Zavitkovski’s custom bike and side ride. Metrofiets helped construct the box and Black Star Bags did the fabric. The 2015 Pug Crawl to benefit the Oregon Humane...
Ssgt Bryan Benes with his daughter Laeken Benes, 1, as the Oregon Air National Guard’s 142nd Security Forces Squadron deploys to Kuwait in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel for six months....
Some drivers were getting irate with Joe Rowe, in the car with “Don’t kill bikers or we drive” spray-painted on the side, as he slowed down for cyclists and didn’t move for several traffi...
Napoleon the Alpaca and the Matsiko World Orphan Choir, was set to perform for guests at a local hotel during President Barack Obama’s visit to Portland. Photo by Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian-Oreg...
President Obama is at Nike headquarters near Beaverton to promote a Pacific Rim trade agreement on May 8, 2015. Photo by Bruce Ely/Oregonian/Oregonlive
Sleater-Kinney, which includes Carrie Brownstein (left), Corin Tucker (right) and Janet Weiss on drums, played their first Portland show in nine years at the Crystal Ballroom , May 5, 2015. Photo...
Abernethy Elementary School gym teacher Tom Goodrich made good on his wager with students by kissing a pig Friday morning at the school. His challenge to students was to raise as $30,000 in a jog...
Marcus Mariota receives the news that he has been drafted by the Tennessee Titans. Mariota gathered with friends and family at the Saint Louis School Alumni Clubhouse, April 30, 2015, in Honolul...
Portland Trail Blazers center Meyers Leonard (11) rallies the crowd in the fourth quarter on the way to a victory over the Memphis Grizzlies in game 4 of the NBA playoffs on April 27, 2015, in P...
Columbia Sportswear chairwoman Gert Boyle (below) buzzes under the ribbon as the new World of Speed museum hosts a ribbon cutting, in Wilsonville, Apr. 24, 2015. The motorsports museum opened it...
Vernon Adams trains in Cheney, Washington, as he finishes up classes before transferring to the University of Oregon. Photo by Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian