Events are free unless noted. Please email calendar submissions at least three weeks in advance to [email protected]. Schreiner’s Iris Gardens Bloom Season Opening: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. May 10-31. Wander a 10-acre garden filled with more than 500 varieties of iris and other perennials in full bloom. $5-$10, ages 12 and under are free; Schreiner’s Iris Gardens, 3625 Quinaby Road N.E., Salem; schreinersgardens.com. West Linn Garden Club Plant Sale: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shop for a variety of outdoor plants acclimated to our local environment.

Public spaces like libraries have increasingly played community roles in providing services for serious mental illness, substance use and homelessness. The Seattle Public Library now employs “social services librarians” to connect library patrons with services including housing, shelter, clothes and food. The ongoing programs raise a question for Seattle and other major cities: Whose job is it to care for a city’s most vulnerable residents, and how do libraries fit into the spectrum of services? On Monday, May 13, we invite you to join The Seattle Times and the Seattle...

General Manager Bill Armstrong and Coach André Tourigny speak to the media prior to an NHL welcome party at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Participating in its first NHL draft lottery, Utah’s new pro hockey team didn’t have good luck, but it didn’t have bad luck either. On Tuesday evening, Utah was awarded the sixth pick in the 2024 NHL draft, which will take place on June 28 and 29 in Las Vegas. That was where Utah was slotted to pick based on...

The details behind a remodel and addition project at the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center are narrowing, and Douglas County leaders could soon approve the project’s scope of work. At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, commissioners are set to hear more about the schematic design and overall anticipated scope of work for the project, and they’re also being asked to approve both the scope of work and to direct the design and construction team to proceed into the design development phase of the project. As the Journal-World has reported, past...

The wife of a California doctor accused of driving his family off a deadly cliff last year spoke publicly for the first time on Thursday, when she reportedly told a San Mateo court that she wants her husband home. Dharmesh Patel, 42, of Pasadena, was charged in January 2023 with three counts of after allegedly driving himself, his wife and their two children — then ages 4 and 7 — off Devil's Slide near California Highway 1 in his Tesla. "I don’t want to see Dharmesh prosecuted with any of...

Many hours they should have spent practicing, Aaliyah Rivas and her teammates roamed the University of Nevada, Reno softball field carrying shovels and buckets instead of bats and balls. The athletic department rarely maintained the field. So plowing snow, pulling weeds and picking rocks, trash and goose poop out of the grass fell to coaches and players. The team had complained for years about its dilapidated facilities. The dugout toilets didn’t flush. The field lacked lights, which meant games could be played only in the daytime, when many fans were...

More HISD job cuts stun employees who serve low-income students: 'No one is really safe' According to the district, the budget shortfall was caused by a combination of decreased student enrollment, COVID relief funds running out, and the state's unwillingness to raise public school funding. According to the district, the budget shortfall was caused by a combination of decreased student enrollment, COVID relief funds running out, and the state's unwillingness to raise public school funding.

American companies are taking a paws to reflect — as a push for pet bereavement policies spike. More animal lovers consider their pets a part of their family than ever before with a 2023 Pew Research study revealing that 62 percent of Americans own pets and a staggering 97 percent consider furry friends kin. And with pet ownership booming during the pandemic experts say its only natural the U.S. workforce adapt to the evolving culture. “It’s a great way to signal to the new generation of workforce to show that...

The funnyman is making mea culpas. Jimmy Fallon reportedly apologized hours after Rolling Stone released an exposé Thursday in which current and former employees alleged that the host created a “horrible environment” at The Tonight Show with his “erratic behavior.” “I feel so bad I can’t even tell you,” Fallon reportedly told his staff. On Thursday evening, according to Rolling Stone, Fallon and Tonight Show showrunner Chris Miller held a Zoom meeting for employees. Two staffers who were present told senior entertainment reporter Krystie Lee Yandoli that Fallon said he...