Sam Adams (Mayor)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tensions were rising at anti-Wall Street protests in three western cities on Friday as demonstrators in Portland, Salt Lake City and Oakland defied orders by police to dismantle their camps.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tensions were rising at anti-Wall Street protests in three western U.S. cities on Friday as demonstrators in Portland, Salt Lake City and Oakland defied orders by police to dismantle their camps.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Portland police warned on Friday that anti-Wall Street protesters in the city were fashioning makeshift weapons with wood and nails, in advance of a planned move by authorities to clear their two encampments over the weekend.

Police appealed to anti-capitalist protesters in California to abandon their camp after a fatal shooting, at least the fourth death this week in anti-Wall Street camps nationwide.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Portland police warned on Friday that anti-Wall Street protesters in the city were fashioning makeshift weapons with wood and nails, in advance of a planned move by authorities to clear their two encampments over the weekend.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators must leave their protest campsites in Portland, Oregon, by early Sunday morning, the city's mayor said on Thursday, setting the stage for a possible standoff.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators must leave their protest campsites in Portland, Oregon, by early Sunday morning, the city's mayor said on Thursday, setting the stage for a possible standoff.

PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - City officials have imposed a weekend deadline for the removal of Portland protest campsites from two parks where they say sanitation and safety conditions have deteriorated, setting the stage for a possible standoff.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams on Friday told the 'Associated Press' that he won't seek a second term. Portland Mayor Sam Adams on Friday told the Associated Press that he won't seek a second term. Adams, 47, made history in 2008 when he became the first openly gay mayor elected to run one of the 30 largest cities in the United States. Two years later, openly lesbian Annise Parker was elected to run Houston, the nation's fourth largest city. But Adam's jubilation was fleeting. Less than 2 weeks after his inauguration, the mayor was forced to admit that he lied about a sexual relationship with a teenage boy ? Beau Breedlove, a legislative aide ? during his mayoral campaign. Adams confessed to the affair under the threat of exposure from alternative weekly Willamette Week. Calls for his resignation immediately followed. Breedlove was 17 when he met Adams in 2005. Both deny a sexual relationship before Breedlove turned 18, Oregon's age of consent. Adams said he did not want to devote his remain

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday opened an investigation of complaints that police in Oregon's largest city often use excessive force to subdue or arrest suspects believed to be mentally ill.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Officials in Portland are having paper and office supplies delivered on giant tricycles to cut out harmful tailpipe emissions, the city said on Thursday.

PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - U.S. investigators said a fire at an Islamic center in Oregon on Sunday was arson and warned they would tolerate no retribution for an attempt by a Somali-born teenager to detonate what he thought was a car bomb.

Ore. Islamic center fire raises fears that foiled bomb plot will turn Muslims into targets. Someone set fire to an Islamic center on Sunday, two days after a man who worshipped there was accused of trying to blow up a van full of explosives during Portland's Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Other Muslims fear it could be the first volley of misplaced retribution.

1 Oregon officer fired, 3 suspended in wake of fatal police shooting of unarmed black man. A Portland police officer was fired and three others were suspended in connection with the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer, officials said Tuesday.

Portland's openly gay mayor, Sam Adams, has joined the effort to end the bullying of gay teens. Portland's openly gay mayor, Sam Adams, has joined the effort to end the bullying of gay teens. Adams, the first openly gay mayor of a top-30 U.S. city, shared his story in a video for openly gay author-activist Dan Savage's It Gets Better campaign, which benefits The Trevor Project, a national group centered on crisis and suicide prevention efforts for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth. ?It was lonely. It was hard,? Adams says in the video. ?Especially when the teasing term of the day included 'fag.' And I kept wondering, 'How do they know?'? ?I can tell you that it's not easy, necessarily, to get through those kind of tough times, but you must because you have your whole life in front of you.? (The video is embedded in the right panel of this page.) Adams fought back demands that he resign in 2009 after admitting that he covered up a sexual affair with an 18-year-old boy

Turbine giant Vestas to keep North American headquarters in Portland, Ore.. Vestas Wind Systems, the world's largest wind turbine maker, ended concerns it might leave Oregon by announcing Wednesday it will keep its North American headquarters in Portland.

Portland Mayor Sam Adams fired the city's police chief Wednesday, a day after the city agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a mentally ill man in police custody.

Portland mayor fires police chief, says he wants to put bureau on 'more proactive reform path'. Portland Mayor Sam Adams fired the city's police chief Wednesday, a day after the city agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a mentally ill man in police custody.

Portland mayor fires police chief, 1 day after city settles suit over man who died in custody. Portland Mayor Sam Adams has fired the city's police chief, one day after the city agreed to pay $1.6 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a mentally ill man who died in police custody.

Portland's black community angered by deadly shooting by police officer of unarmed man. Aaron Campbell had been drinking at his apartment and was upset about the death of his brother after a long illness when he found himself exchanging a text message with a Portland police officer.