Portland in the News: Netflix & PDX, Spanish Coffee Legacy, Salmon ‘Rest Stop’ & More | July 24, 2025

Feeling extra tired lately? Imagine being a salmon swimming upstream. A project is underway in Milwuakie Bay Park to create salmon ‘rest stops’ that will create slower currents allowing the fish to lay eggs more easily.

Local author Willy Vlautin’s novel ‘The Night Always Comes’ has been made into a Netflix film. The gritty Portland-based drama begins streaming August 15. 

And if you’ve ever enjoyed a Spanish coffee at Huber’s, it’s time to toast James Kai Louis, Huber’s co-owner, who passed this Monday at the age of 79.

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

• Portland.gov: Apply for a Portland Arts Grant from RACC through September 24
• DJC Oregon: New downtown theaters on the horizon
• KOIN: Portland is a step closer to becoming a swimmable city
• Travel & Leisure: The essential guide to the Willamette Valley
• KOIN: Cooling corridors to address Portland’s hottest neighborhoods
• THORNS: Christine Sinclair to become first player inducted into Thorns Hall of Fame