Portland in the News: North Portland Artist Sanctuary, Trapping Murder Hornets; Pride Mural & More | May 20, 2021

Local Grammy winner Esperanza Spalding is looking for local support for a new artists sanctuary in North Portland.

Pride Northwest is working on a new mural in NW Portland dedicated to Portland’s LGBTQ+ community.

And the Portland Diamond Project hopes if the Oakland A’s leave Oakland, they’ll consider calling the Rose City home.

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

• KGW8: Could the Oakland A’s end up in Portland?

• KOIN: Oregon to set ‘murder hornet’ traps on Washington border

• KOIN: Where We Live: Esperanza Spalding’s BIPOC artist sanctuary

• Oregonian: Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard named Western Conference Player of the Week

• KOIN: New mural from Pride Northwest dedicated to queer heroes

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