A journey to the grocery-store cashier often involves a trip down the celebrity magazine hall of shame. Whether you enjoy it or can't believe the hype, you are showered with sensational headlines about the most intimate details of celebrities' lives.

Over 200 care givers, care recipients, families and community members met in Seattle Saturday, Feb. 11, in a town-hall style event looking at the lack of affordable quality care options for older Americans and people with disabilities, and the struggle of caregivers for respect, support, and training.

A group of healthcare workers and patients have come up with a new plan for low-cost health services. If it succeeds, it could help create a better health care future for us all.

TriMet has a plan to cut $17 million from its budget, through raising fares, eliminating fareless square, and requiring new tickets for return journeys, no matter how short the trip. The plan includes changes to the LIFT service, fewer MAX and bus trips and eliminating fareless square.

On-the-Move Community Integration is holding monthly gatherings for its Socializing Colorfully Group, the only group of its kind that directly serves people of color with developmental disabilities.

Portland's Sixth Annual Youth Summit, "The Mis-Education of Our Youth," runs Feb. 10-11 at Portland State University.  The next weekend a Teen Summit and Dance will rock the June Key Delta Center (Feb. 17.  And 106 and Park holds auditions Feb. 18

The Central Library, Columbia branch and Northeast branch of the Seattle Public Library offer ambassador positions open to all Seattle high school students, ages 14 to 19.

 Jefferson High School's Middle College for Advanced Studies  announced it has three new partners, Wednesday: Portland State University, Oregon State University and Warner Pacific College have joined the University of Oregon in pledging substantial scholarships to lower-income students, who meet their entry requirements.  The program allows students to gain college credits while at high school and attend university for little or no cost.

A violent incident between teenaged girls on a MAX train, caught on a cell phone the day after Christmas, is apparently not the "hate crime" that some media reported.

Portland Community College will be bringing in Mississippi Civil Rights veteran Hollis Watkins to speak the week of Feb. 6-11.