TRUMP-PROTESTS-OREGON-THE LATEST
The Latest: Protesters march through Portland Sunday night
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Protesters marched through Portland again Sunday night following a gathering of anti-Donald Trump demonstrators earlier in the evening.
Television footage showed dozens of chanting but peaceful marchers moving through downtown streets.
KOIN-TV says the march began following the peaceful gathering at Tom McCall Waterfront Park.
There, the protesters spoke to the crowd and had a moment of silence.
Sunday night’s protest comes after police say they arrested 71 people late Saturday and early Sunday during downtown protests.
NAVY SONAR
Navy to expand sonar, other training off Northwest coast
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Navy has finalized a plan to expand sonar testing and other warfare training off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and northern California.
The Navy decided Nov. 4 to implement its preferred plan after a lengthy review that included a determination from the National Marine Fisheries Service that the exercises would not have major impacts on endangered orcas and other marine mammals.
The Navy said in its decision that it will follow strict guidelines and employ measures to reduce effects on marine species.
Critics worry the military activities can kill and harm whales and disrupt their feeding and communications. They contend that the Navy isn’t doing enough to ease the impacts or restrict activities in areas that are biologically important for the animals.
GERMANY-SIEMENS-MENTOR GRAPHICS
Siemens agrees to buy Oregon-based Mentor Graphics for $4.5B
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German industrial equipment maker Siemens AG says it has agreed to buy U.S.-based software firm Mentor Graphics Corp. for $4.5 billion.
The companies said in a joint statement Monday that Mentor’s board recommended shareholders approve the deal.
Siemens said it would pay $37.25 a share in cash, or 21 percent more than Mentor’s closing price on Friday.
Mentor, based in Wilsonville, Oregon, specializes in software used to design computer chips. It has customers in industries ranging from aerospace to consumer electronics and 5,700 employees in 32 countries.
Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said in a statement that Mentor was “an established technology leader with a talented employee base that will allow us to supplement our world-class industrial software portfolio.”
MISSING WOMAN-REMAINS IDENTIFIED
Remains of missing woman from Utah are positively identified
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Human remains found at the bottom of an Oregon cliff have been positively identified as those of a former Utah woman missing since last month.
Utah family members of 21-year-old Annie Schmidt say a medical examiner noted the cause of death as accidental.
She moved to Portland from Salt Lake City in July and was an avid hiker.
Schmidt was reported missing Oct. 19 after she didn’t return from a hike near the Columbia River Gorge.
Authorities say her car was found near Bonneville Dam, but the search for her was unsuccessful.
The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Friday that dog teams had found remains below Munra Point.
Schmidt’s family says they were able to identify the clothing and other items found with the body before it was positively identified.
OREGON SECEDE-NO PETITION
Group withdraws petition asking Oregon to secede from union
(Information from: The Oregonian/OregonLive, http://www.oregonlive.com)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two Oregonians who proposed a ballot measure asking Oregon to secede from the United States have withdrawn their petition.
One petitioner told the Oregonian/Oregon Live Friday they decided to pull the measure because the response wasn’t what he had hoped for.
Christian Trejbal says he and co-petitioner Jennifer Rollins have received death threats. He also didn’t like watching violence unfold as anti-Donald Trump protesters took to the streets.
He says “the political landscape right now is not amenable to the sort of conversation we’re trying to have.”
The two submitted a petition for a 2018 ballot initiative on Thursday.
A group in California also hopes to put a question on the November 2018 ballot that would authorize a statewide independence vote for the spring of 2019.
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CASCADES-SISKIYOU MONUMENT
Jackson County looks for anti-monument strategy
(Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/)
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Jackson County’s attorneys say a legal strategy to oppose an expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument wouldn’t succeed in court.
The Mail Tribune reports that James Carlson, a Kansas-based consultant who fights national monuments, wanted to charge Jackson County $60,000 to stop the proposed expansion. County commissioners turned down the offer Thursday.
Commissioner Doug Breidenthal says he paid out of pocket to fly Carlson in because he thinks the county needs to try a new anti-monument effort. But Commission Rick Dyer called Carlson’s strategy “futile,” saying it hasn’t succeeded in court.
Commissioners left open the possibility of working with Carlson after they have a chance to review a strategy document he prepared for a Utah community fighting the proposed Bears Ears National Monument.
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ELECTION PROTESTS-THE LATEST
The Latest: Portland protest organizer decries vandalism
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An organizer of Portland, Oregon’s anti-Donald Trump protest distanced himself from the demonstration that left downtown scrawled with graffiti and shattered glass.
Portland Resistance spokesman Gregory McKelvey says the activist group hoped to provide a constructive outlet for the shared fear, anger and frustration that followed Tuesday’s election. He says the vandalism late Thursday had nothing to do with his group.
Video shows it was largely committed by young men with masks partially covering their faces.
Police described them as anarchists who ignored the calls of peaceful protesters to stop destroying property. More than two dozen people were arrested.
McKelvey apologized to businesses that were damaged. He said the group planned to help clean up and raise money for repairs. A rally for healing has been scheduled for Friday afternoon.
TRUMP-PROTESTS-THE LATEST
The Latest: Protests continue in Philadelphia, LA, more
NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrants and their advocates are continuing to march in Manhattan to protest Donald Trump’s presidential election win.
Organizers say they’re speaking out against Trump’s support of deportation and other measures.
Demonstrations throughout the country — and the world — entered a fifth day Sunday.
Several hundred protesters in Philadelphia were marching downtown, some carrying signs that read “Donald Trump has got to go!”
A few hundred people gathered outside CNN’s Los Angeles headquarters in a peaceful protest.
In San Francisco, hundreds marched from Golden Gate Park to Ocean Beach chanting “Love trumps hate!”
Demonstrations in other cities such as St. Louis, Denver, Chicago and more were planned.
Seventy-one people were arrested in Portland, Oregon, late Saturday and early Sunday during anti-Trump protests downtown. Authorities said protesters failed to obey orders.
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