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Homelessness and eviction support services across Oregon are facing significant cuts. Service providers are blaming the state’s newly approved housing budget.

OPB’s Bryce Dole leads off this morning’s newsletter with a story about how the spending plan is affecting jobs and services.

Also this morning, many cultural celebrations all over the Pacific Northwest have been canceled or moved online as the Trump administration continues to ramp up immigration enforcement.

But Fiesta Latina en el Parque carried on in Milwaukie this weekend. Reporter Joni Auden Land gathered sights and sounds from the celebration.

And “The Evergreen” podcast this week visits OHSU’s primate research center in Beaverton reporting on the intensifying debate over the facility’s future and animal testing in general.

Here’s your First Look at Monday’s news.

— Bradley W. Parks

Oregon homelessness and eviction support programs face layoffs as state funding drops

Homeless services providers and tenant advocacy groups in Oregon are slashing jobs and programs.

Leaders are blaming the cuts on reduced funds through the Legislature’s recently passed housing budget.

As evictions and homelessness rise in Oregon, staff say they will be able to serve fewer people, potentially increasing the strain on the state’s social services network.

The cuts come just months after the Oregon Legislature passed its housing budget.

While the spending plan surpasses $2.6 billion, it reduced funding for the state Housing and Community Services Department by roughly $1 billion over the next two years. (Bryce Dole)

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3 things to know this morning

• Multiple Latino heritage events in Oregon have either canceled celebrations or moved them online amid fears of increased immigration enforcement, but the annual Fiesta Latina en el Parque event at North Clackamas Park in Milwaukie was held normally on Saturday. (Joni Auden Land)

• The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking $3.1 million in fines from Boeing over safety violations, including ones related to an Alaska Airlines jetliner losing a door plug panel on its fuselage in midflight in Portland last January. (Associated Press)

• The federal government is unenthusiastic about cranking up its biggest cleanup project next month at the Hanford nuclear site in south-central Washington. But it will meet an Oct. 15 deadline to bring the so-called glassification facility online, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday. (John Stang)

OHSU primate research center under scrutiny from scientists and activists

Researchers at the Oregon National Primate Research Center in Beaverton do experiments on monkeys to try to get clear data about things like cannabis use during pregnancy, and to find cures for diseases like HIV. Animal rights activists have argued for decades that the center should be closed. And they’re gaining momentum with support from Oregon’s governor and some lawmakers. (Julie Sabatier and Amelia Templeton)

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Headlines from around the Northwest

• Washington state farmers suffer after feds cut program to provide schools with local fresh foods (Ruby de Luna)

• Phoenix-Talent School District enrollment remains low, 5 years after Almeda Fire (Jane Vaughan)

• Eugene Folklórico dance group helps kids connect with their culture (Sajina Shrestha)

• Nonprofit Stabbin’ Wagon sues Medford, alleging civil rights violations (Justin Higginbottom)

• Driver in crash killing Umpqua Community College softball coach and player gets 20 years in prison (Associated Press)

Listen in on OPB’s daily conversation

“Think Out Loud” airs at noon and 8 p.m. weekdays on OPB Radio, opb.org and the OPB News app. Today’s planned topics (subject to change):

• PSU researchers simulate earthquake to test soil-strengthening treatment

• Samaritan will keep birth centers in Lebanon and Lincoln City open for now

A trail running postcard from Sauvie Island

It was a hot September afternoon as NPR’s Brian Mann set off running past farm fields into the woods on Sauvie Island.

On that day, he stumbled across an unexpected delight along the trail: blackberry thickets so dense he had to dodge the thorns as he ran.

He shares this postcard from a late summer run, forage and dip in the river. (Brian Mann)

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