Good afternoon,

Look how early we are today with the evening newsletter! We know many of you are probably trying to kill a few moments before kickoff, so we are trying use that to our advantage.

Our sportswriter Tyson Alger and photographer Isaac Wasserman are safely in Atlanta, despite some lost baggage, and you can follow along with their coverage and photo gallery from the game.

If you don’t know what “game” I’m talking about, this item may be of interest instead:

Eugene’s Art House cinema is planning to screen eight movies over four months, all of which include marijuana as basically a starring character. You know: Cheech and Chong’s “Up in Smoke,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” — what you might call stoner comedies. Annie Augiar has the details.

Eugene’s police chief spoke to the city’s citizen Police Commission last night, and said while his department has tried to be “hands off” when it comes to protests of ICE activity, his officers would respond to any “significant acts of violence” involving federal officers. Jaime Adame reports.

Finally, some 15 people held a vigil for a 63-year-old man who died after a hit-and-run on Highway 99 last week — the latest in a string of fatalities on the busy road. Some of the attendees called for safety improvements. Ben Botkin has the story.

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Live updates: No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 1 Indiana

By Tyson Alger

Live updates from Oregon’s Peach Bowl matchup against Indiana.

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Not a half-baked idea, man: Art House fires up a stoner film fest

By Annie Aguiar

The eight-movie series runs over four months, celebrating classic flicks for the cannabis-inclined audience — from “Up in Smoke” to “Pineapple Express” (No “Reefer Madness,” though.)

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Eugene police would respond to ‘significant acts of violence’ involving ICE, chief says

By Jaime Adame

Eugene Police Chief Chris Skinner said while his department has tried to be “hands off” when it comes to protests of ICE activity, his officers would respond to any gun violence involving federal officers.

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Enjoy your evening,

Bob

Bob Passaro has been a reporter and editor since the 1990s. He has worked at The Associated Press, The Post Register in Idaho Falls, Idaho; The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah; and for 14 years at The Register-Guard in Eugene. He also spent about 10 years as co-owner of a design and web development agency in Eugene. And he is co-founder of the obituary platform Elegy.us