Daniel Pearson

Profile: DAVID CAULFIELD -- Caulfield’s work in the collision repair industry now spans 45 years and in 2018 opened Fix Auto Anaheim North, considered by many to be the industry’s most innovative specialized collision repair center because of its separation of light collision repair work from heavy-hit vehicle repairs.

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

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...

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 ...

Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) is calling for the immediate resignation of Rep. Mike Nearman (R-Independence) after Capitol security cameras showed a video of the House representative opening a back door to the Capitol, allowing rioters to enter the building on December 21.
Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-Portland) is calling for the immediate resignation of Rep. Mike Nearman (R-Independence) after Capitol security cameras showed a video of the House representative opening a ...

Reducing the risks and liabilities within the collision repair process to achieve product and service excellence should be top of mind in all repair facilities.
Though there are many areas to improve in the repair process, a steadfast focus on the flow of that process greatly improves overall service, employee morale, quality, profitability and organization. The constitution of the repair line, however, lends itself to creating silo effects where employees are focused only on their immediate ...

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.

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’...

House District 31 State Representative Brad Witt faces allegations that he sexually harassed fellow legislator Rep. Vikki Breese-Iverson and attempted to pressure her into a "quid-pro-quo" arrangement earlier this month.
Rep. Brad Witt (D-Clatskanie) who was chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has stepped down from his position but remains a committee member following a formal letter of complaint to the House Committee on Conduct claiming he sexually harassed Rep. Vikki B...

Shawn Lee Hensley, 46, who recently resigned from the Canby Planning Commission, was apprehended Saturday by Port of Portland police while attempting to leave the state, violating the terms of his release agreement.

Knowing when and how to follow up with customers used to be a process business owners primarily accomplished through personal relationships or by training employees when and how to engage with a person while they interact with the business, but times changed ...

The amount of attention required to operate a body shop’s repair process requires recruiting people who easily see the bigger picture and who understand how to manage details of complex systems, but even successful shop owners and managers can overlook one of the most important factors of running a successful operation—fostering company culture.
Creating a culture of inclusion that emphasizes goal setting and teamwork to achieve short-term benchmarks and goals is a crucial business function f...

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...

The passage of a bill by the Oregon Senate is not typically news in and of itself, but in this era of GOP caucus slowdowns and staged walkouts to hold up voting, standoffs between parties, a 2020 session where only three bills passed into law, and a 2021 session where, nearly four months into this year's session of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, not a single bill has reached the desk of Gov. Kate Brown, the passage of Senate Bill 699, introduced by Sen. Tim Knopp (R-Bend), is more than note...

A bill that appears to be fast-tracked by a recommendation from the Senate Committee on Energy and Environment would allow public utilities to charge consumers for the cost of supplying new electric vehicle charging stations with power and allow public utility companies to recover those costs through consumers.