25 years in son’s death — A 25-year-old Oregon woman convicted of murder in the death of her 4-year-old son has been sentenced to life in prison. Jessica Dutro will serve 25 years before she gets her first chance at parole. Her boyfriend, Brian Canady, was sentenced Friday to 12½ years after his guilty pleas to assault and manslaughter. Little Zachary Dutro-Boggess’ young sister testified that she witnessed the couple’s fatal attack on Zachary in August 2012. Circuit Court Judge Don Letourneau told Dutro “you were the most dangerous thing in your kids’ lives.” Her parents and sisters now care for her other children. The case drew widespread attention after prosecutors asked the court to allow Facebook messages from Dutro into evidence. In one message to Canady, Dutro wrote using a slur that Zachary would be gay, and said that made her angry. Defense lawyer Chris Colburn told jurors that while it was offensive, the message did not prove any motive on Dutro’s part.

Mussel harvest partly closed — State regulators have closed part of the Oregon coast to mussel harvesting because of elevated levels of marine toxins that can cause severe, even fatal, reactions in humans. The closure area stretches from Tillamook Head in Clatsop County to the north jetty of Yaquina Bay at Newport. The departments of agriculture and fish and wildlife said in a statement that the paralytic shellfish toxins usually are produced by algae in the ocean, and cooking doesn’t kill them. The closure applies to mussels found on the beaches, rocks, jetties and bay entrances. The departments said crab is safe to eat. They say coastal scallops are not covered by the closure when only the adductor muscle is eaten, but eating recreationally caught whole scallops is not recommended.

Sea lions killed — Six California sea lions have been euthanized to protect endangered salmon crossing Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Jessica Sall says the six were among some 20 sea lions that have been hanging around the dam as chinook salmon start their spawning run. People in boats and on shore harass the sea lions to discourage their feeding, but the department is allowed to kill up to 30 a year. Last year two were killed and two sent to a zoo. The Humane Society of the United States has been trying to stop the practice, arguing sea lions kill fewer fish than people, the dams and loss of habitat. But a federal appeals court last year upheld the practice.

Jogger attack — An Oregon man convicted of kidnapping and attempting to sexually assault a jogger has been sentenced to life in prison. A Washington County judge gave the sentence to Thomas Davis on Friday, a little more than a week after a jury found him guilty of the December 2012 attack in Aloha. The conviction was Davis’ third for a sex crime, and that made him eligible for a life sentence. Prosecutors say Davis and the jogger didn’t know each other, and Davis probably targeted the woman because of her small size. DNA testing revealed Davis’ saliva on a glove worn by the victim. She was wearing it as she fought him off.