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8211 SE 6th Ave
Portland, OR 97202

8am - 6pm Monday - Friday
Office Only: 8am - 11am Saturday

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From vehicle maintenance to community issues, Tom covers what matters to drivers in Portland.

Popcorn- Video: Change to win

If wonky statistics and graphs aren’t your thing, then maybe cartoons are.  This decidedly low-tech animation tells a grim story

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Popcorn- A link between climate change and extreme weather? Never!

We shake our heads at the devasting floods in Alabama and Missouri, the wildfires in Texas, and the hurricane that

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Popcorn- ReVolt aims to jumpstart the electric car industry

Just one of the problems facing the electric car industry (and many other green industries) is an affordable, dependable, durable,

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Popcorn- LEAP works to make sure the power stays on

Energy is our most depended upon resource! What would happen if our city sustained a major disruption to our energy

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Popcorn- Tours of net-zero house August 13

Matt Briggs, creator of the multi-award-winning film “Deep Green” is a Portland local, and his Lake Oswego home is an

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Popcorn- Why the economy is failing- in just 2 minutes

Robert Reich may be most well known as Bill Clinton’s Labor Secretary, but he also served in the Ford and

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Popcorn- Which is faster… bike or plane?

In a race between a bike and a jet, who would win?  Six bicyclists left from the same North Hollywood

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Popcorn- NASCAR opening prayer you won’t believe

God may or may not take sides in sporting events, but it’s traditional to start with a prayer anyway.  When

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Popcorn- Portland man puts stop to uneeded brake job

Here’s a story that shows the value of mechanical advice you can trust.  A Portland man went into a shop

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Popcorn- Oceans on the brink of mass extinctions

Oceans cover 71% of the Earth’s surface, and are home to almost half of the species on the planet.  However,

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Listen to the Millionaires!

Regardless of what the right-wing punditocracy would have you believe, the Progressive agenda is not driven by irrational jealousy of

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Bernie Sanders’ letter to President Obama

August 2 is coming like a freight train, and we’ll soon find out what our “representatives” will do after they’ve

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