# Why Your Commute Time Might Triple, St. Helens Treatment Center Dumping Patients in Portland, and Red House Gets Raided Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/why-your-commute-time-might-triple-st-helens-treatment-center-dumping-patients-in-portland-and-red-house-gets-raided Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/why-your-commute-time-might-triple-st-helens-treatment-center-dumping-patients-in-portland-and-red-house-gets-raided.md Podcast: [City Cast Portland](https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554) Published: 2026-08-13T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC7553224243.mp3 Audio file: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC7553224243.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/why-your-commute-time-might-triple-st-helens-treatment-center-dumping-patients-in-portland-and-red-house-gets-raided Duration seconds: 1888 ## Resource We're talking about the upcoming I-5 closure predicted to potentially triple your commute time and the recent raid on the infamous Red House, which was the site of large-scale protests back in 2020. We’re also looking into a St. Helens treatment center that is bussing patients to our city and then abandoning them without any resources. Joining host Claudia Meza are Willamette Week reporter and author Brianna Wheeler and our very own senior producer Giulia Fiaoni.    Become a member of City Cast Portland! ⁠Join today⁠, and we'll send you some exclusive City Cast Portland swag, while supplies last. Get all the details and sign up ⁠here⁠.⁠ ⁠ Discussed in today's episode: ⁠Major I-5 closure in Portland just a few weeks away⁠ [KGW8] ⁠Police raid North Portland’s ‘Red House’ on Mississippi, scene of large-scale 2020 protests⁠ [Oregonian] ⁠Understanding the ongoing ‘eviction blockade’ in Portland⁠ [OPB] ⁠Family at center of ‘Red House’ protests owns second Portland home⁠ [OPB] ⁠On the Red House, we got one wrong⁠ [OPB] Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at ⁠portland@citycast.fm⁠, or leave us a voicemail at ⁠503-208-5448⁠. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠morning newsletter⁠ and be sure to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠. Learn more about the sponsors of this August 13th episode: ⁠Portland Spirit⁠ ⁠Rose City Comic Con⁠ ⁠Burger Week⁠ ⁠Stacked Piercing⁠ - take 20% off your first booking with code CITYCAST20 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/why-your-commute-time-might-triple-st-helens-treatment-center-dumping-patients-in-portland-and-red-house-gets-raided/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/why-your-commute-time-might-triple-st-helens-treatment-center-dumping-patients-in-portland-and-red-house-gets-raided.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.