Daniel Pearson

The city of Banks plans to conduct a feasibility study to provide the Banks City Council with a cost analysis for removing utility poles on Main Street and submerging those power lines underground

I wrote the cover profile story and two inside stories for FenderBender magazine's special section The MSO Project.

The Banks City Council is considering drafting an ordinance that would require property owners to obtain a temporary permit from the city to allow people to lodge on their land in a vehicle for 30 days or less.

Small business profile, Oregon City

FFA Architects will reimburse the city for the $74,180 cost of installing the new cooling units that were left out of the final construction of Oregon City's Robert Libke Public Safety Building

A code adjustment now required by state law opens the door to the city of Oregon City allowing multiple housing units to be built on lots that traditionally contain only single-family homes.

The Oregon City Commission approved a $409,465 bid by Lake Oswego-based Aldrich CPAs and Advisors to provide it with third-party auditing services.

Former Oregon City Urban Renewal Commissioner Paul Edgar said if ODOT is allowed to proceed with adding toll booths to I-205 from the Abernathy Bridge to Stafford Road drivers trying to avoid traffic and paying will divert through Oregon City and neighboring towns, clogging streets and negatively impacting businesses and quality of life for city residents.

The Oregon City Commission in its June 1 work session listened to the author of the city's downtown parking study who discussed strategies for improving parking in downtown Oregon City.

It would be understandable if someone who’s never listened to The Fearless Flyers thinks their instrumental post-modern funk might be nerdy, or that it perhaps falls into the Jamband category or that it’s experimental Bitches Brew-type jazz, but the band’s songs are written with catchy pop-length arrangements that hook listeners and take them through the changes, much like a well-written, singable hit.
There’s no passage, no section, no phrase in the five original songs slated to appear on Fe...

Ryan Adams has booked a show at the 2,804-seat capacity Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage in Carnegie Hall
The New York City performance is slated for May 14, 2022, at 8:00 p.m.
Adams made the announcement via Instagram, and it’s remarkable because the North Carolina native has not performed in public since a bombshell February 2019 New York Times report of sexual misconduct.
The May 14 Carnegie Hall show marks the prolific singer/songwriter’s first attempt at coming back to public life. Adams’...

Tool’s 2022 Puscifer World Tour stops at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena tonight (February 22), and fans have been sharing their experiences on social media.
But an exclusive offer to ToolArmy fans has some of the band’s diehards upset:
The band is hawking an “ultra-deluxe” vinyl version of 2019’s Fear Inoculum for $810 at their shows, and fans on social media have expressed both excitement and irritation for the “tour merch,” which is available only to those who purchased ToolArmy VIP ti...

This is just cool.
Fans of former and arguably the original Metallica bassist Cliff Burton who always knew he was a superhero may now have those feelings validated.
Super 7, a San Francisco-based creator of pop culture collectibles, announced on the company’s Instagram page that it will release a Cliff Burton ReAction figure on Thursday, February 10 (his birthday) to coincide with Alameda County’s annual Cliff Burton Day.
“Bass solo. Take one,” the post says.
Burton influenced just about ever...

After the Oregon Legislature approved $400 million in new spending at the Dec. 13 special session—notably for renters facing a winter eviction and farmers harmed by drought— lawmakers and political players praised the negotiating skills of Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend) as the person responsible for convincing Senate Republicans to approve four bills whose chief sponsors were Democrats.
Knopp, elected as Senate Minority Leader on Oct. 22 by his caucus, not only convinced Senate Republicans it was th...

It's a Tuesday evening and Nicole Von Laven, a behavioral health specialist with Deschutes County's Mobile Crisis Assessment Team, answers a phone call from Bend Police Sgt. Elizabeth Lawrence that the veteran officer placed to the county's mental health crisis hotline.
Lawrence tells Von Laven she's at the home of a family whose adult son is experiencing a mental break that, as far as they know, is happening for the first time. Lawrence told Von Laven the subject is agitated, loudly arguing ...