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Sunday, November 8, 2026

Timbers clinch a playoff spot and Wildwood rebuilds Portland

Plus, 11,000 PGE customers lost power Saturday night, and a rat-in-the-toilet guide.

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The Timbers beat Austin 2-⁠0 and clinch a spot in the MLS playoffs

Portland beat Austin 2-⁠0 on the final night of the regular season

  • Portland Timbers2
    Austin FC0
    FinalPortland clinched the West's No. 7 seed.

Source: CBS Sports

If you stayed up for the on Saturday, you saw them clinch a playoff spot with a 2-0 win at Austin FC. It's a third straight playoff berth, and it came in coach Martí Cifuentes' first season.

Ariel Lassiter scored in the third minute, and Kristoffer Velde made it 2-0 in the 70th. Only a month ago, the postseason looked out of reach. Now Portland is the West's No. 7 seed.

Portland closed the regular season on a four-game win streak

4
straight wins to finish the regular season
7
saves by keeper James Pantemis
13-14-7
Portland's record after the win

Sources: KOIN.com, CBS Sports

  • First round: best-of-three against No. 2 seed Dallas
  • Playoffs begin: Nov. 19
  • Game 1: Portland visits Dallas

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LAIKA's 'Wildwood' rebuilds Portland landmarks as stop-motion sets

If you love spotting Portland on screen, Wildwood is made for you. 's stop-motion film has earned about $32 million at the domestic box office as of Friday, and the studio spent 16 years developing it.

$32 milliondomestic box office as of Friday

Wildwood opened in theaters on Oct. 23, 2026.

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting

It's adapted from the fantasy novel by Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, illustrated by Carson Ellis. In the book, Prue McKeel's baby brother is taken by crows into the Impassable Wilderness, a green splotch on every map of Portland.

The film's art department rebuilt real Portland spots as sets

Portland spotIn the film
Powell's City of BooksRecreated as a set, marquee sign included
St. Johns BridgeRecreated as a large-scale set
Voodoo DoughnutsRecreated as a large-scale set
Benson BubblersReplicated down to the details

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting

Director Travis Knight, who's from Portland, says Prue feels like "an honest portrayal of a Portland kid."

  • Runtime: 2 hours and 12 minutes, the longest stop-motion film ever released
  • Biggest sets: some reach 15 feet high
  • Pace: animators create roughly 3 seconds of footage a week

News Notes

Outages

KPTV reported 112 active outages affecting 11,175 PGE customers as of 10 p.m. Saturday. By 10:20 p.m., KOIN counted 126 outages, the largest appearing to affect the areas near SE 52nd Street and Holgate Boulevard (4,500 homes) and E Powell Boulevard and NE Hogan Avenue in Gresham (1,500 homes). PGE's map showed estimated restoration in the early morning hours. We'd check the PGE outage map for updates. KPTVKOIN.com

Outages near SE 52nd and Holgate appeared to affect 4,500 homes

Source: KOIN.com

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SE 52nd St. & Holgate Blvd.4,500 homes
E Powell Blvd. & NE Hogan Ave.1,500 homes

Wave power

Portland-based startup Panthalassa unveiled a new factory Friday at the historic site in Vancouver, Washington. It will make wave-powered devices to support floating data centers on the open ocean. Oregon Public Broadcasting

Book fest

Thousands of people packed downtown Portland on Saturday for the Portland Book Festival. Guests included Ke Huy Quan, Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis and Andrew Sean Greer. KOIN.com

Rats

Multnomah County health officials are warning that rats can come up through your pipes as the weather gets wetter and colder. KPTV reports the health department says heavy rain can push them through sewer drains, and broken sewer lines and older plumbing can also make it easier. If a live one shows up, the county recommends staying calm, closing the lid and flushing, then adding dish soap and trying again. Still there? Keep the lid closed and call pest control. KOIN.comKPTV

Soccer

In Saturday's 6A boys state quarterfinals, Cleveland beat South Eugene 1-0 in a shootout, 5-3, a matchup of the last two undefeated 6A teams. That sets up an all-PIL semifinal against Grant, which beat Lincoln 2-1. Jesuit beat McMinnville 3-2, and Lakeridge beat Lake Oswego 1-0. OregonLive.comBeaverton Valley Times

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  1. Sat., Nov. 14PPS superintendent recommends closing 10 elementary schools
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  4. Wed., Nov. 11Metro homeless tax reports are in, and the Ducks jump to No. 16
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PDXtodayto me · Sun., Nov. 86:00 a.m.

Timbers clinch a playoff spot and Wildwood rebuilds Portland

Plus, 11,000 PGE customers lost power Saturday night, and a rat-in-the-toilet guide.

The TLDR

  1. Timbers beat Austin 2-0 and clinch a playoff spot
  2. Wildwood recreates Powell's and the St. Johns Bridge as large sets
  3. More than 11,000 PGE customers lost power Saturday night
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