🌱 Are Aloha’s Latino trade workers being singled out on local roads?

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• Are Aloha’s Latino trade workers being singled out on local roads?

Today's riddle: What did the little needle say to the mother needle when it brought home a failing report card? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers around in the p.m., with a high of 52 and low of 39 degrees.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 46, low: 37.
• Saturday: Low clouds, with a high of 48 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Oregon trade workers suspect occupational profiling by immigration agents (chronline.com) — Immigration enforcement actions near Aloha, including a stop of a local construction worker’s truck, are raising fears among Latino trade workers who say they’re being targeted based on ethnicity and work vehicles. Advocates and unions describe increased traffic stops, workplace encounters, and abandoned work trucks, while federal officials deny any racial or occupational profiling in the Portland-area operations.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 25

• Board Games and Beer
  Taps on Scholls , 11427 SW Scholls Ferry Rd , Beaverton
  7:00 pm

Friday December 26

• Material Girls
  Community Senior Center , Community Senior Ctr , 750 SE 8th Ave , Hillsboro
  10:00 am
• Rise & Flow — morganicwellness.com
  Back to Balance LLC , 451 S 1st Ave Ste 100 , Hillsboro
  10:00 am

Saturday December 27

• Giờ kể chuyện tiếng Việt - Vietnamese Storytime
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  10:15 am
• Citizenship Class
  Beaverton City Library , 12375 SW Fifth St. , Beaverton
  11:00 am
• Chess @ the Library / Ajedrez en la biblioteca
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  1:00 pm
• Sparkling Wine Event
  Helvetia Farm Market , 23137 NW West Union Rd , Hillsboro
  5:00 pm

Sunday December 28

• Hatha (Subbing) — morganicwellness.com
  Back to Balance LLC , 451 S 1st Ave Ste 100 , Hillsboro
  10:00 am
• Digital Navigator – One-on-One Support/ Navegador Digital – Apoyo Uno a Uno
  Hillsboro Public Library , 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway , Hillsboro
  10:30 am
• RPG Monster Maker – Diane Ramic
  Village Gallery of Arts (VGA) · Portland , OR , Cedar Mill
  12:00 pm
• Writers' Mill
  Cedar Mill Library · Portland , OR , Cedar Mill
  1:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• New recycling center for those hard to recycle items!
  KGW did a nice write-up on them. On Beaverton-Hillsdale https://jshrecycling.com/ (Nextdoor Aloha -South West)
• I'm Wondering Who Else Got This Brochure and People's Thoughts?
  I just got a brochure in the mail from Oregon Medical Centers for a "free" lunch or dinner to hear about their regenerative treatments. I know… (Nextdoor Aloha)

🗞 Nearby News

Beaverton

• Chick-fil-A will return to Portland for the first time 2 decades (oregonlive.com)
• Google looks to buy its way out of AI power crunch with $4.75B Intersect acquisition (geekwire.com)
• Beaverton vet arraigned for dog torture (koin.com)

Hillsboro

• Hillsboro Aero Academy Tackles the Ongoing Pilot Shortage Through Accelerated Training & Strategic Airline Partnerships (apnews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I guess I’m not as sharp as I thought.
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