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Organizers of the nationwide “No Kings” protests are forecasting their largest turnout yet today, driven by opposition to President Donald Trump’s policies, including the administration’s immigration enforcement tactics and the war in Iran.
Stay tuned for updates from OPB’s coverage of the “No Kings” protests in the Pacific Northwest. Reporters from OPB and its partner media outlets across the region will be on the ground covering the latest developments.
Here’s your First Look at Saturday’s news.
— Winston Szeto
FILE - Protesters cheer as they listen to a speaker at the “No Kings 2.0” rally in Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, Ore., Oct. 18, 2025.
Eli Imadali / OPB
‘No Kings’ events set to take place across the Pacific Northwest
Protesters in Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Eugene and several Northwest cities are set to participate in demonstrations against the Trump administration today.
These will be the third nationwide “No Kings” rallies since President Trump returned to the White House. Demonstrators have voiced concerns in particular with the administration’s aggressive and occasionally violent deportation campaign.
Demonstrations in June and October last year remained largely peaceful, but some in Portland led to clashes with federal law enforcement outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on the waterfront.
In this story, OPB looks back at the two previous No Kings protests and previews today’s events. (Troy Brynelson and Michelle Wiley)
FILE - Sleeping mats line the floor of St. Steven’s Episcopal Church after its establishment as an overnight emergency shelter in downtown Portland, Ore., July 29, 2025.
Morgan Barnaby / OPB
3 things to know this morning
- Portland expects to lose more than 100 shelter beds this summer due to nonprofit Sunstone Way’s closure. (Alex Zielinski)
- In an attempt to avoid long security lines that are being seen at other airports, the Eugene Airport has set up donation boxes to help TSA agents whose pay has been held up by a partial government shutdown. (Zac Ziegler)
- In a letter sent yesterday to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., are calling on his department to drop a “needless and wasteful” investigation into Oregon and other states that require health insurers to cover abortion. (Julia Shumway)
Celebrate photographic arts with ‘Oregon Art Beat’
Join OPB for a gallery open house and preview screening of a new short film from “Oregon Art Beat” at Blue Sky, Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts on Friday, April 3. The short film highlights the historic gallery’s 50th anniversary and its long-term impact on photography in the Pacific Northwest. Free and open to the public. Learn more at opb.org/events.
FILE - Phil Fine checks for carrot seeds in the soil left behind in a combine while harvesting a field North Unit Irrigation District on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, near Madras, Ore.
Nathan Howard / AP
Headlines from around the Northwest
- Oregon farmers, water managers stare at a bleak summer as irrigation season begins (Alejandro Figueroa)
- Survey seeks to learn more about LGBTQ+ communities across Oregon (Antonio Sierra)
- Price of gasoline ‘painful’ for Pacific Northwesterners who drive for work (Crystal Ligori, Kyra Buckley and Donald Orr)
- Oregon Supreme Court reverses child sexual abuse conviction on privacy grounds (Shaanth Nanguneri)
- Lawsuit challenges BLM logging project near Grants Pass over owl surveys (Roman Battaglia)
- Washington’s status solidifies as one of the most expensive places in US (Jerry Cornfield)
- Oregon Dems request feds get more public input on massive new logging plans for western forests (Alex Baumhardt)
- Bagley scores 26 points and Mavericks snap a 5-game skid in a 100-93 win against Trail Blazers (Associated Press)
Sophia Nelson adds meat to tomato sauce for her lasagna, with the help of Angie Summers.
Jane Vaughan/JPR
Phoenix-Talent elementary schoolers square off in cooking competition
Seven elementary school students from the Phoenix-Talent School District traded sleeping in on the first day of spring break for a shot at something bigger: turning family recipes and cooking skills into a winning dish.
The Future Chefs Challenge is run by the food service company Sodexo, which serves the district. These students were chosen to compete from a pool of others who submitted recipes for consideration.
Amy Honts is the Sodexo general manager for the district and a certified pastry chef. She said the goal of this contest is to inspire kids to get into the kitchen.
“My passion came from about this age when I was baking and cooking with grandma, and we want to help that creativity grow with them,” she said. (Jane Vaughan)
Correction:The welcome message in yesterday’s newsletter misstated when theHillsboro Hops open playin their new stadium. The Hops’ first home game is April 7. OPB regrets the error.
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