Singing Happy Birthday to her father, Pastor Mary Overstreet-Smith helps friends and relatives welcome her father's 105th new year. Left to right: Pastor Mary Overstreet-Smith, family friend John Brant and Elder John Hart. . . .

Services for Spring Yvonne Sims are Thursday, June 4, at 11 a.m., at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church.
Born March 29, 1953 to Ora Lee Martin and Frank Sims in Portland, Spring attended Woodlawn Elementary school and Adams High School. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother Henry Lee Martin; a sister Sherry Sims-Glass; a great-niece Cody Lynn Hatfield; and the love of her life Thomas Perry Martin and his son Sean Martin. She is survived by her children . . . .

The host of BET's "My Two Cents," Bryonn Bain travels to Portland Friday, June 5, to perform his new work, "Lyrics on Lockdown," from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Multicultural Center,  Smith Memorial Student Union room 228, Portland State University. Bain will also talk about how he uses hip hop, spoken word and art to address prison issues. Wrongfully imprisoned during his second year in Harvard Law School, Bain wrote The Village Voice cover story . . .

The Oregon film and media industry made itself visible at the Oregon State Capital to support Senate Bill 621, which increase the Production Investment Fund WATCH THIS VIDEO

At least three King County residents have reported to local hospitals with a life threatening illness, likely caused by the use of cocaine contaminated with a drug used to treat animals, health officials reported Thursday.

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School staff and parents throughout Seattle are organizing several events this month to mark the loss of school buildings and programs that are being closed or discontinued by district officials.  

Looking for free family activities this summer? Want to enjoy the beauty of your own neighborhood?  Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) is once again bringing "Movies in the Park" to neighborhood parks throughout the city, beginning Friday, July 3 through Friday, Sept. 11.

On Saturday, June 20, in hundreds of cities across the U.S., tens of thousands of revelers will be celebrating Juneteenth, an important moment in American history.

Nicole Ari Parker is the better half of Boris Kodjoe, the hunky star of such films as "Brown Sugar" and "Madea's Family Reunion." . . . Here, the Baltimore-bred beauty talks both about Sophie and about her latest film, "Imagine That," a family comedy where she plays the wife of Eddie Murphy. . . .