Portland in the News: Smoother Streets, Strawberry Season, Seeking Pikas & More | May 22, 2025

You’ll need a pair of binoculars and a whole lot of patience, but volunteers with the Cascades Pika Watch are rewarded with a rare glimpse of fluffy, potato-sized Pikas in the Gorge!

It’s almost strawberry season and Portland Monthly has the low down on where to go for all your jam, pie and snacking needs.

And smoother streets are coming soon to 82nd Avenue. Two miles of the Avenue of Roses will get a fresh pave job beginning May 27.

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

• Travel Oregon: How to hunt for agates on the Oregon Coast
• KOIN: Population grows for the first time since Pandemic
• Portland Monthly: Where to see Oregon’s most spectacular waterfalls
• Portland Mercury: At this Cully church, an unwanted parking lot is now a garden refuge
• Here is Oregon: This boat goes from Portland to Astoria only twice per year