A father’s search for his homeless son in downtown Portland

As Portland police respond to a slew of fentanyl overdoses, those who need the most help fall through the cracks of a broken system.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Editor’s note: Reporter Blair Best, who covers homelessness and housing for KGW, narrated this story from her perspective. These events occurred last Thursday morning.

The early-morning rain shines against a black SUV. That’s our ride into an area of downtown Portland where the city’s addiction and homelessness crisis is on full display at seemingly all hours of the day.

It’s 6 a.m. on a Thursday. My photographer Ken McCormick and I hop into the car along

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