Portland in the News: Doggo Dates, World’s Best Cheddar, Godzilla & More | July 2, 2026

Jenny Kane for OPB

Can a date with your dog lead to true romance? A new dating show being filmed in Hillsboro attempts to match 20 singles (and their dogs).

Or perhaps your heart’s desire is a cheesehead? Head to Tillamook this summer to taste the best cheddar in the world.

And Godzilla stomps the streets of Portland this weekend with a film and comic book pairing.

Here’s a roundup of the goings-on in Portland this week:

• Bridgetown Bites: Food carts coming to Woodstock Blvd. 
• OPB: Portland-based dating show lets dogs take the lead on love
• KPTV: Cruising into summer aboard the Portland Spirit
• OPB: Hundreds celebrate opening of Darcelle XV Plaza in downtown Portland
• Blazers Edge: The Micah Nori era begins with a jolt of energy
• Travel & Leisure: Tillamook is home to world’s best cheddar cheese
• KCBY: Here are the items Oregon submitted for the Semiquincentennial Congressional Time Capsule
• OregonLive: 6 ways the Portland Fire made history in Sunday’s quadruple overtime came
• Statesman Journal: Oregon cities voted most livable in the US
• Oregon Capitol Chronicle: Oregon minimum wage raises 50 cents per hour
• Heart.org: New York and Oregon researchers to lead cardiac arrest studies
• WWeek: Godzilla comes for Portland this weekend