Today, SAC Olson spoke at a press conference  alongside local partners to discuss our role in the ongoing investigation into a man who drove a vehicle packed with explosives into the Multnomah Athletic Club. FBI Portland assisted in the investigation and deployed Special Agent Bomb Technicians and our Evidence Response Team.

The PPB press release can be accessed here: https://www.portland.gov/police/news/2026/5/2/update-ppb-provides-additional-information-about-incident-goose-hollow

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WHO WAS THE MAC CLUB BOMBER

I can report the identity of the deceased driver: Bruce Valentine Whitman, a former MAC bartender and Portland resident. A source with direct knowledge of the investigation confirmed his identity. PPB and the FBI have not yet established motive.

Portland had met Bruce Whitman once before. In 2015, he dyed his chickens pink with beet juice and Kool-Aid and released them on the city’s waterfront, telling reporters he wanted to make people smile.

In the early morning hours after a violent May Day, a car loaded with multiple improvised explosive devices crashed through the front doors of the Multnomah Athletic Club — the building where Whitman had worked as a bartender — and caught fire. The crash kill the driver and detonated some of the explosives inside the vehicle. PPB and ATF investigators are still on scene, with robots actively locating and handling additional devices found within the vehicle. The FBI is jointly investigating.

A source with direct knowledge of Whitman’s time at the MAC described him plainly: “The guy was a left-wing anti-capitalist antifa whack job.” The source confirmed he struggled with mental health issues and that Whitman harbored a specific, personal grudge against MAC management.

Whitman was involved in a unionization effort at the MAC. The drive failed, and sources suggest he harbored significant resentment over how management handled it. His departure from the club was not amicable. His political views appear consistent with that resentment — a Bernie Sanders supporter whose anti-capitalist worldview put him squarely in the ideological orbit Portland’s radical left has spent years cultivating.

THE CITY THAT BUILT THIS

Portland’s DSA-aligned city councilors didn’t hand Whitman the pipe bomb. But they — along with the broader organized radical left that holds real institutional power — built the cultural and political environment that produced him.

Councilor Angelita Morillo, a proud DSA member, has called for ICE to be dismantled “brick by brick” and described federal agents as a “modern-day gestapo”. Shortly before May Day, she posted a video addressing workers and activists. Her message: unionization and peaceful organizing were the nice way to fight. The hard way, she implied, remained an option.

That is the language of radicalization dressed in the vocabulary of governance. And it finds its audience.
Bruce Whitman was not a soldier in an organized movement. He was a disgruntled former employee with a grudge and a history of mental illness who built a bomb. But he was also a man shaped by a city whose elected leaders treat anti-capitalist fury as a legitimate governing philosophy — and whose rhetoric tells people like him, every single day, that the institutions arrayed against them deserve to be destroyed.

Portland’s radical left didn’t pull the trigger. But they spent years painting the target.

The investigation is ongoing. No motive has been officially established.

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NEW: Shots fired outside singer Chris Brown's LA home, man arrested LAPD says

A man was arrested after he fired a "CO2-style handgun" during a dispute outside of Chris Brown's home on Friday, according to LAPD.

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NEW: 7 injured when vehicle drives onto Oakland CA sidewalk.

According to Oakland Fire, two people were seriously injured, three had minor injuries, and two people refused care. Their condition as of Saturday afternoon was not known.

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The LASD Grizzlies football team took the field and played the final game of the season against the Orange County Lawmen on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at Walnut High School.
 
The game showcased exceptional plays, teamwork, and sportsmanship. Although the Grizzlies were defeated in the gridiron battle, everyone who participated in this competitive match enjoyed playing with one another.
 
The Grizzlies are the official full contact football team for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Our deputies have a passion for football and enjoy the camaraderie that comes with being part of a team.  The team is a non-profit organization that raises money for charity specifically committed to the 999 for Kids Foundation.

The Grizzlies play in the National Public Safety Football League (NPSFL). Although the Grizzlies represent our department, the team welcomes all first responders to join the team. If you are interested in joining the LASD Grizzlies, visit their website at lagrizz.org.

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Some folks made a big deal out of President Trump joking that diet soda is “healthy.” So yesterday on Air Force One, the President switched things up for us with a spicy virgin Bloody Mary—turns out the real recipe for good health might just be a sense of humor.

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BREAKING: The LA registrar is blocking Palisades Fire victims from voting for Spencer Pratt. Many are sheltered in rentals outside of LA City, and they’re being sent ballots without the option of voting for LA Mayor, despite retaining their Palisades lot as their primary residence.

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Los Angeles Digest 🧢 #117

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Crowds are already gathering at the newly installed “Charlie Kirk Way” street sign near Westminster City Hall, turning the spot into an unexpected social media hotspot. Visitors are climbing light poles to snap photos and film TikToks, hoping to go viral.

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DEVELOPING: A brush fire in Buckeye, Arizona, closed State Route 85 and prompted a shelter-in-place advisory for residents.

Command of the Hazen Fire has been transferred to AZDFFM this evening on May 2.

The fire is burning in salt cedar in the Gila River bottom to the east of State Highway 85, south of W. Hazen Rd. Current size is estimated at 273 acres and is 0% contained. The east side of the fire is holding along power line road with the north end actively burning. Flame lengths as high as 30 feet have been observed.

Resources on scene include engines from multiple fire departments and miscellaneous overhead from DFFM. Additional resources have been ordered to include dozers and Type 2 handcrews.

Closures: A road closure is in place on Highway 85. Follow AZDOT and check AZ511 for current updates. Please find an alternate route and avoid Highway 85 to allow firefighters to conduct fire suppression efforts.

Approximately 2 miles southwest of Buckeye, AZ

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GOD IS GOOD!!!

Firefighters in Murrieta helped reunite ducklings with their mother after pulling off a tricky storm drain rescue. 🦆

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Good night to all! 😴

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On May 3, 1978, Carson Station Deputies Wally Hannan and Ernie Archuleta were responding Code 3 to an assistance request from another deputy. A vehicle pulled out in front of them and Deputy Hannan swerved to avoid hitting it. When he did so he lost control of his radio car and it struck a metal utility pole. Deputy Hannan died instantly. Deputy Archuleta suffered serious injuries which eventually forced him to medical retire.

Deputy Hannan died just two days after his 29th birthday. He joined the Sheriff’s Department on March 6, 1972. At the time of his death, he lived in Los Alamitos with his wife, Robin, and two children. In early July 1978, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration gave $50,000 to his family. This money was awarded through the Public Safety Officers Benefit Act.

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Wrapping up the weekend we continue to watch for some showers across Florida as a frontal boundary continues to dip southward.

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BREAKING OVERNIGHT: Deadly Playa Del Rey hit-and-run under investigation.

A man and a toddler died in a violent hit-and-run crash that also left a woman in critical condition early Sunday morning, authorities say.

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A legal battle is unfolding in Connecticut after Republicans allege a city unlawfully replaced a deceased councilman with a Democrat.

Read the full story here: https://lawenforcementtoday.com/connecticut-mayor-accused-of-illegally-replacing-deceased-republicans-seat-with-democrat

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NEW: ICE San Francisco arrested criminal alien Juan Jose Manzo Zavala, 45, of Mexico. He was convicted of forcible lewd act upon a child under 14 and sentenced to 24 years. He is in ICE custody pending removal proceedings.

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