that we got him. I I do.
I I want nothing more than just.
That's the mother of one
of four women found dead in
the Portland area. She believes there's no
personal connection between her daughter
and her potential killer, and
there's been a lot of skepticism
around the city of Portland's
plans to build mass homeless ca.
People living near the first cap
that's supposed to open by the d
of the month got a chance to ask
some questions about it last ni,
and some people seemed optimistc
about the answers
And Soccer City USA,
get ready for the World Cup.
The women's national team takes the pitch
in just about 12 hours. And two
players from the Portland Thorne
on the roster. Yeah,
lots of excitement about the Wos
World Cup and lots of excitemen.
I did this last hour because it is Friday.
Yes. Oh, boy.
I'm ashamed to admit we did that last time.
I'm too tired to do it again.
All right, here's the I know.
I said I was ashamed.
Here's a look at the reserve
in yours and Golf Club.
Aloha.
So you're out here on Hwy.
26. You're driving toward downtown Portland.
You're under clear skies.
And then you get, it's 56, by the way.
Then you come through the Vista
Tunnel and then you've got this.
You've got cloudy skies over downtown.
The marine layer I still think
is going to be increasing.
So if you have clear skies right now,
you might see your skies
cloud up in the coming hours.
At 63 out the door,
this would be a pretty comfortable day.
I have a 70 at noon eventually,
just sunshine later today and a
high should be no greater than
86 and that's your forecast.
OK. Thank you so much, Rod.
We've also got some breaking nes
to let you know about this morn.
SW Barbur Blvd.
Is closed between SW 21st and 2h
avenues because of a deadly cra.
It happened around 1:30 this mog
in the Multnomah neighborhood.
Portland police say two cars were involved.
One person died,
with two others taken to the hospital.
A fourth person was involved,
but they are not hurt.
Police tell us this is the 41st
traffic fatality in Portland this year.
Also, police say that closure will be
lasting a little while because they're
also investigating another crash that
killed two people in Southeast Portland.
SE Powell,
between 60th and 70 seconds stil
closed this hour after that crah
happened around 9:30 last night.
This is video from the scene at
SE Powell and 63rd Portland.
Police say a third person went to the
hospital with life threatening injuries.
1/4 was hurt but is okay.
Now to the investigation into
the deaths of four women in
and around Portland.
This morning we're hearing frome
mother of victim Kristen Smith,
and as we've reported all week,
police do have a person
of interest in the case.
But in a video statement posted to Facebook,
Smith's mom says that she's not
sure how her daughter is connecd
to that person of interest.
If they are linked again,
I don't know if they are.
The police have not told
me that specifically.
Melissa, who you just heard fro,
says she last spoke to her
daughter in November of last ye.
Her daughter was reported missing about
a month later and then found den
Southeast Portland in mid Febru.
As we said, investigators say they've
identified a person of interest.
The Willamette Week reports
that person is Jesse Calhoun,
who's in jail on unrelated char.
In a recent YouTube interview,
a woman who identifies herself
as Calhoun's girlfriend said she
also didn't know how Calhoun is
tied to Smith or another victim,
Charity Perry,
but said she knows he had a
personal connection to both
Ashley Y'all and Bridget Webste.
Remember,
you can find all of our coveragn
the four women who were killed n
kgw.com and on the KGW YouTube channel.
For almost 30 years, Oregon
has allowed assisted suicide,
but you had to live here
to receive that care.
Now that's changing.
A nonresident patient with a terminal
illness can access assisted suie
if they're at least 18 years ol,
able to understand and
communicate their decisions,
and have six months or less to .
The changes have been in the wos
for a couple of years now.
The discussion actually startedh
a lawsuit filed by an Oregon Dor
Who's terminally ill out of stae
patients wanted to end their own lives.
A settlement in that case
led to legislative action,
and Governor Kotek signed that
bill into law just last week.
There's a lot to cover when
it comes to assisted suicide,
and it does have a long history
of controversy in Oregon.
You can read more about it on our website.
Go to kgw.com.
By the end of this month,
the first of about 180 homeless
people are set to move into this
camp in the Clinton Triangle ar.
And this morning we're hearing
from neighbors who are still
having some lingering questions.
Officials with Urban Alchemy,
the organization that'll run the site,
say it'll be what they're
calling a low barrier camp,
meaning people living there who
have drugs or even a gun won't
automatically get thrown out.
Urban Alchemy held a meeting
yesterday to answer more questi.
We spoke with the chair of
a neighborhood group there
called Brooklyn Action Corps.
Our opinion in the BAC has alwas
been a Housing First policy woud
be would be most appropriate.
We know this is not a Housing First policy.
But we also know that we're,
you know, we want to make sure
that our elected officials havea
chance to prove that it'll work.
The city says the duration of is
program depends on the success.
They have a one year contract wh
Urban Alchemy that's renewable.
Again, the site expected to
open by the end of the month,
but at this point we haven't
heard of an exact date.
Well, we are just under 12
hours away from a big match
in the Women's World Cup.
It's the US versus Vietnam.
This year's tournament is being
played in Australia and New Zea.
So let's talk about those Local
connections to current Portland
Thorns players are on Team USA.
That includes Sophia Smith, the defending
National Women's Soccer League .
She shared this photo on
Instagram from when she was a k,
playing soccer, writing,
and just like that, she's all grown up.
What a journey it's been.
This is the first World Cup for Smith,
but the second for Crystal Dunn.
You can tell she's ready and having some
fun with her teammate Lynn Will.
As a new mom,
Dunn says she has some new perspective
heading into this tournament.
I feel like I've gained such
an incredible perspective that
I wouldn't have had before,
you know, becoming a mom and
I think I'm way more present.
I stay in the moment.
I appreciate so many little
things that I don't even think I
I realized were amazing such as,
you know, a touch a pass you kn,
just being able to play this ga.
I think I I really enjoy so
much more now and and you know,
being able to see my son in the
stands and and wearing my jerse,
like those are just the little
moments that are are so special.
The Americans are going for ther
third consecutive World Cup tit.
You can cheer them on with hunds
of soccer fans on the bricks.
There's a big watch party at
Pioneer Courthouse Square.
It starts at noon with food,
drinks and entertainment.
At 2:00 o'clock,
they're going to be showing the
soccer movie Bend It Like Beckh.
And then kick off for the match is at 6:00.
O'clock tonight.
It is free.
And kids of all ages
are welcome. One
of the dominant sports
stories in the world.
The dominance of our women.
Yeah. And I know your fingers we
doing some weather wiggling earr
and you were saying I think youd
84 at about 6:00, right. Are yo.
Are you sticking to those numbes
like saying yeah, that sounds
about right. OK, do I say
that? I think you did. Gonna be a nice
evening. It should be fairly
clear light winds and.
And in the 80s, as Christine mentioned,
we are watching the upper levelw
out here and it's already starting to
produce the southwesterly flow aloft.
Normally I wouldn't even mentio,
but this one will have some consequences.
No storm chance today,
but it's going to redirect all s
smoke from the flat fire that af
yesterday's report over 15,000 s
burned 0% containment down therd
just look at the plume southwest winds.
The smoke has been staying well S but.
Now it's already pushed up.
The Sun River Resort Camera to me looks
like already seeing some of that smoke.
And if this model is correct
at 4:00 PM this afternoon,
that's dense enough smoke that
you would assume there would be
some reduced air quality as wel.
Not impacting Portland,
but if you're going over into a Deschutes
County this afternoon in partic.
I think you'll find some of tha.
All right, what are we looking at here?
Lincoln City.
Hey, this is surprise to me any.
Shook Woods Casino Resort.
That is a sunny blue skies.
Up until now,
all the cameras I've been seeinp
the coast have shown cloudy ski.
It does appear there's some water droplets
immediately underneath the marie
deck that's hovering over the b.
58 degrees overall coast this weekend.
Kind of the back and forth between low
clouds and sun and 60s and 70s expected.
Here is a beautiful morning
over in The Dalles,
the Oregon Veterans Home Camera.
There you see the sunlight glistening
off the bridge and the Columbia River.
Of course, 69 degrees.
Winds are light right now.
Afternoon westerly between Hood
River and the Dow is expected to
come back to life this afternoo.
Some guts between 20.
And 30 we are clear down in thed
valley and out in the Yamaha Co.
This is Stoller Family Vineyards
estate and Dayton.
Very possible that between now d
8:00 o'clock you folks will stat
to see some cloud cover 56 and m
currently it's cloudy up in Kelo
61 and then out E 53 in Baker C.
Enjoy your morning because you s
out east will be well up into the 90s.
Later today,
all right Coast forecast 60s
and 70s partial clearing.
Northwest winds at the beach it.
Gusty this afternoon to about 3.
Still warm to hot and Salem 88,
with plenty of sun this afterno.
The overcast beginning and a high of only 83.
Up in Longview Vancouver
and Portland it's about 86.
So a warm weekend but not crazy.
88 tomorrow,
86 Sunday and then it looks to e
like we could go four days in a
row with some rain chances clous
and cooler weather next week.
Back to you.
Yes, please. Thanks, Rod.
Yeah. Do you recognize that son?
It's Feel It Still by Portugal.
The Man. I love it. We got a
chance to hang out with the lead
singer and band member
John Gourley ahead of the
Sold Out Show tonight
in Troutdale. And we got a little personal
how you can help support Gourley's family.