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KPCR-NEWS-2026-08-24 · KPCR News

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  This is your KPCR News Update with Scott Puckett.
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  On Sunday, Iran's president defended what is
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  referred to as the Memorandum of Understanding
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  with the United States as the best way out of
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  the current war. Iran's president, Massoud Pazeshkian,
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  states that Iran wants to move beyond their current
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  situation of, quote, neither war nor peace. and
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  that the memorandum includes a 60 -day period
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  for talks designed to end the war, as well as
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  reach an understanding on Iran's nuclear program.
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  However, last week saw the end of those allotted
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  60 days, and the opening of the Strait of Hormuz
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  is still under question. In local news, the San
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  Jose Spotlight found that Santa Clara has ended
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  the decision to hold meetings at locations outside
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  City Hall. The idea had been raised previously
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  for the City Council to meet at Northside and
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  Central Park libraries. However, installing the
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  necessary audiovisual equipment at both branches
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  would exceed $400 ,000. City officials withdrew
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  the request and will continue to meet regularly
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  at City Hall. Critics suggest that civic participation
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  would have been increased in the proposed library
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  locations. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports
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  that a new practice facility is opening for the
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  Portland Thorns and the Portland Fire, the area's
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  professional women's, soccer, and basketball
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  teams. The Kaiser Permanente Performance Center
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  in Hillsboro is being funded by Raj Sports, a
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  sibling -run organization that also owns the
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  Thorns and the Portland Fire. Raj Sports has
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  branded Portland the epicenter of women's sports.
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  That was your KPCR News Update. I'm Scott Puckett.
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