Portland in the News: Trivia Lives On Through Pandemic; Researchers Find 10 Lost Apple Varieties; Less Traffic Means More Speeders | April 16, 2020

In the age of Coronavirus, Trivia lives on in Portland!

Traffic has dramatically decreased in Portland and that means those remaining drivers are starting to speed.

And Oregon researchers recently uncovered 10 pioneer-era apple types that were thought to be extinct.

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

• OPB: How To Check Yourself For Coronavirus Using Oregon’s New Online Tool

• KGW: 10 uplifting Oregon movies to watch at home during quarantine

• Willamette Week: How Portland’s Most Prolific Pub Quiz Host Is Keeping Her Bar Trivia Empire Alive Without Any Bars

• Oregonian: Bill Walton says we’re all going to be OK – we’ll get through this

• Portland Monthly: A Local Therapist Talks Calming Nerves in the Age of COVID

• KATU: Portland Timbers goalkeeper moonlights as children’s book author

• U.S. News: Pandemic or No Pandemic, Portland, Oregon, Wants a Future With Fewer Cars

• ABC News: 10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West

• Oregonian: Portland freeway traffic plummets, average speeds soar, state report finds

• Wired: How the Pandemic Has Reshaped One City’s Restaurants

• KATU: Coronavirus and pets: What Oregon is doing to learn more

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