Commissioner Jeff Cogen

Police will be out in full force August 15 to Labor Day cracking down on drunk drivers. The message is simple: No matter what you drive—a passenger car, pickup, sport utility vehicle or motorcycle—if you are caught driving impaired, you will be arrested. No exceptions. No excuses. Law enforcement will be out in force conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and using...

The Piedmont Neighborhood Association is hosting an "Ice Cream Social" at the gazebo in Peninsula Park - 700 N Rosa Parks Way - at 7pm, tonight. Join them for the fun!...

Are you a member of Facebook? Well so is Jeff! He also has a Facebook group going called Jeff Cogen is my County Commissioner. We'll be posting various items at his Facebook page that will be of interest to the community and offer everyone the opportunity to chat up Jeff about whatever is interesting, something we always can't do on our blog. Even if you aren't in District Two, please feel...

In March 2008, Multnomah County and communities across the country launched what has been the largest discussion locally on the connections between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts, and skin color. Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, a documentary about the societal causes of illness, was aired in a series of public screenings followed by community discussions. Over 600...

The Sellwood Bridge will be closed tonight again for repairs. The bridge will be closed to traffic (except for bicycles and pedestrians) from 6:30 pm to 5:00 am. The closure is expected to be the final one for a project that has filled concrete cracks in the bridge to prevent steel corrosion and further cracking....

Repairs will close the Sellwood Bridge tonight and possibly tomorrow night as a contractor completes work to fill concrete cracks to prevent steel corrosion and further cracking. The work will require the bridge to be closed to traffic (except for bicycles and pedestrians) from 6:30 pm to 5:00 am....