Twenty-five thousand people gathered last weekend at fort Benning, Georgia, for the 18^th annual vigil to close the School of the Americas – now known as the Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Studies.            

  The school has been documented to be a training ground for central and south American military officials, many of whom have engaged in torture and attacks on civilians after being trained at the School by U.S. Military officials.

Among the participants was Josh Harris, who spoke today with KBOO’s Crystal Leighty.

Responding to the rash of recent bike collisions and injuries Portland’s bike community stood in solidarity underneath the Hawthorne bridge this past Saturday.

KBOO’s Michael Ianello spoke with Jonathan Maus from Bike Portland.org about the rally and what Portlanders can do to increase respect on the cities roads.

Electricity consumer advocates, joined by commercial salmon fishermen, Native American tribes and conservation groups today called on customers of Pacific Power to join the struggle to remove four Klamath dams – and save themselves some money.

Pacific Power is a subsidiary of Pacificorp.  The company has refused a proposal to remove four dams on the Klamath River, instead putting the cost of an upgrade on reatepayers.

Economic reports by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the California Energy Commission conclude that removing the outdated dams is cheaper than making the upgrades necessary to get a new operating license.

Regina Chichizola is with the Klamath Riverkeeper:

The use of racial profiling has long been a major source of criticism for police departments all over the country and Los Angeles is no exception.

But with a new plan involving the second largest muslim population in the country the LAPD is now being accused of religious profiling