Category Archives: Real news/events

Eating our brussels sprouts: News and bureaucracy updates

Driver convicted of reckless driving An alert reader, as Dave Barry used to say, brought this R-G story to our attention. It’s about a woman accused of running cyclists off the road out on Lorane Highway last summer. She was … Continue reading

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Bicycle-car collision near River Road and Beltline

The Register-Guard is reporting on a bicycle-car crash today on River Road. The report says a teenager on a bike was going the wrong way in the bike lane — that is, riding against traffic — and collided with a … Continue reading

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From the defense in the Pelkey fatality

According to his public defender, James Gleich “suffers from severe anxiety and panic attacks that render him helpless” as well as a brain injury from an accident in which a door fell onto his head in 2001. He takes a … Continue reading

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James Robert Gleich charged with manslaughter

James Robert Gleich was jailed yesterday, Eugene police say, on charges of first-degree manslaughter, negligent homicide and reckless driving. Gleich was driving a car on River Road last Aug. 29 when he hit Mingo Pelkey on her bicycle. Pelkey died … Continue reading

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Sunday Streets v.2; and some thoughts on low-level anxiety

I’m happy to learn that the afternoon of car-free streets — known as Sunday Streets — is coming back next summer. But before I get to that, I need to tell you a story. My daughter somehow acquired a betta … Continue reading

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