NOW
NOW ON
NOW ON KGW NEWS, A FIRE AT A LOCAL ETHANOL PLANT SENDS
SMOKE AND FLAMES SHOOTING INTO
THE SKY 40 50 FEET IN THE AIR.
A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE ARE
ABOUT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
VACCINE IN WASHINGTON BUT THOSE
SERVING YOUR FOOD ARE >> LEFT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. I
OUT. I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE JUST AS
SUSCEPTIBLE AS GROCERY WORKERS
OR OTHER FRONTLINE WORKERS.
PLUS, PORTLAND'S POLICE UNION
PRESIDENT ABRUPTLY RESIGNS THE
CONNECTION TO FALLS HIT AND RUN
CLAIMS AGAINST A CITY
COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER. >> FIRST TONIGHT A
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT HUGE
FIRE THAT BURNED AT AN ETHANOL
FUEL PLANT MUCH OF THE DAY.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. WE CAN TELL YOU ROADS HAVE
REOPENED AND EVACUATED.
RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED
BACK TO THEIR HOMES IS MIKE
BENNER REPORTS.
BENNER REPORTS. SEVERAL VEHICLES AND STRUCTURES
AT THE FACILITY IN CORNELIUS
WERE DESTROYED >> SKYROCKED
GIVING US A BIRD'S EYE VIEW
OF A THREE ALARM FIRE AT AN
ETHANOL FUEL FACILITY IN
KORNELIUS >>.
KORNELIUS >>. MY WIFE COME RUNNING INTO THE
HOUSE AND LET ME KNOW THAT
THERE'S A FIRE BEHIND US AT THE
>> BIO-FUEL PLANT.
MICHAEL MITCHUMS AND HIS WIFE
ALONG WITH THEIR CAT WERE
EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOME NOT
LONG AFTER THE FIRE STARTED AT
ONE 30 TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MITCHUMS SAYS THE FLAMES COMING
FROM THUNDERBOLT RACING FUEL
WERE UPWARDS OF 50 FEET HIGH.
THEN THERE WAS THIS >> SEVERAL
EXPLOSIONS HOUSE AND ENOUGH TO
SHAKE OUR HOUSE >>.
NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS WAS NO RUN
OF THE MILL FIRE.
DOZENS OF FIREFIGHTERS RACED TO
THE SCENE TO GET A HANDLE ON
THINGS >>.
THINGS >>. WE ARE ABOUT READY TO START
FIGHTING THE FIRE AND THEN IT
WAS DEEMED IT WAS JUST NOT
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. THAT'S NOT SAFE TO BE THAT
CLOSE >>.
CLOSE >>.
CLOSE >>. FIRE CREWS BACKED AWAY AND LET
THE FIRE BURN WHILE DEPUTIES
EVACUATED 80 HOMES AND SEVERAL
BUSINESSES WITHIN A HALF MILE
RADIUS >>.
RADIUS >>. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T
SEE OFTEN AND HAVING CHEMICAL
FIRES LIKE THIS ARE VERY
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. THERE'S EXPLOSION HAZARDS,
THERE'S TANKS EXPLODING AND IN
OTHER PLACES >> BY SIX O'CLOCK
A LOT OF THE FIRE HAD BURNED
ITSELF OUT ALLOWING
FIREFIGHTERS TO MOVE IN
AND ATTACK HOT SPOTS.
RESIDENTS LIKE THE MITCHUMS
RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES TO
BRINGING TO AN END AN EVENTFUL
DAY MILDLY >> DIFFERENT.
DEFINITELY DIFFERENT.
DEFINITELY DIFFERENT. ALL RIGHT .
SOME GOOD NEWS TO REPORT.
WE'RE TOLD NOBODY WAS HURT
AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GIVEN
WITH FIRES THIS SIZE AS FAR AS
THE CAUSE WE'RE TOLD IT'S JUST
TOO EARLY TO TELL.
THE HOPE IS THAT INVESTIGATORS
CAN GET IN THERE IN THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO TO GET A GOOD LOOK
AT THNGS REPORTING IN
CORNEALIOUS MIKE BENNER FROM
KGW NEWS >> STARTING >>
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. SEVERAL NEW GROUPS WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID VACCINE
IN WASHINGTON.
IN WASHINGTON. GOVERNOR INSLEE ANNOUNCED THE
STATE IS MOVING TO ITS NEXT
PHASE FIVE DAYS AHEAD
OF SCHEDULE.
OF SCHEDULE. THE NEW ELIGIBILITY LIST
INCLUDES GROCERY STORE
EMPLOYEES BUT IT DOES NOT
INCLUDE RESTAURANT WORKERS
AND THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE
FRUSTRATED.
FRUSTRATED. KATHERINE COOK SHOWS US WHY >>
YOU CAN REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
SEE THE RELIEF COMING OFF
OF PEOPLE'S SHOULDERS >> AT
WILDFIN AMERICAN GRILL IN
VANCOUVER.
VANCOUVER. JUST SO HAPPY TO SEE SOMEONE
ELSE AND TO NOT HAVE TO COOK
THEIR
FOOD.
FOOD. >>
FOOD. >> IT'S A BUSY NIGHT FOR DINING
OUT AND THEY LOVE IT >> AND ARE
LOVING HAVING PEOPLE HERE.
>> SERVER AND MANAGER DAVID
GALLOWAY SAYS THAT'S NOTHING
NEW HERE.
NEW HERE.
NEW HERE. WE'RE OUT HERE WITH THE PUBLIC
EVERY DAY AND HONESTLY AS SOON
AS THEY OPENED UP THOSE DOORS
IT WAS LIKE THEY CAME RUNNING
TOWARDS US.
TOWARDS US. SO >> IT JUST MADE SENSE TO
GALLOWAY AND SOUS CHEF ADAM
COLLINS THAT RESTAURANT WORKERS
WOULD BE ON WASHINGTON'S LATEST
LIST FOR VACCINE ELIGIBILITY
BUT THEY JUST LEARNED THEY
AREN'T.
AREN'T.
AREN'T. I
AREN'T. I >> BELIEVE THAT WE ARE JUST
AS SUSCEPTIBLE AS GROCERY
WORKERS OR OTHER FRONTLINE
WORKERS.
WORKERS.
WORKERS. WE ARE DEALING WITH THE GENERAL
PUBLIC ON A VERY INTIMATE
AND REGULAR BASIS.
STARTING >> WEDNESDAY
ELIGIBILITY WILL EXPAND TO
SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS IN
WASHINGTON THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE
WHO WORK AT GROCERY STORES,
FOOD PROCESSING
FOOD PROCESSING AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS.
CORRECTIONS AND COURTS WORKERS
AND PUBLIC TRANSIT EMPLOYEES
ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE.
SO ARE PREGNANT WOMEN OVER 16
AND PEOPLE WHOSE DISABILITY
PUTS THEM AT HIGH RISK.
>> WE'RE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO
ADVANCE THIS GPOGN A WEEK
EARLIER THAN WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO GET
MORE SHOTS IN THE ARMS AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE >>.
BUT AGAIN, RESTAURANT WORKERS
ARE NOT ON THE LIST.
COLLINS HAS A TOUGH TIME
UNDERSTANDING WHY ESPECIALLY
WITH RESTAURANT CAPACITY MOVING
TO 50 PERCENT.
THE STATE REASONS RESTAURANTS
CAN LIMIT IN-PERSON INTERACTION
WITH TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY
PUTTING THEM AT LESS RISK THAN
OTHER PUBLIC FACING WORKERS TO
COLLINS.
COLLINS.
COLLINS. THAT LOGIC ONLY MAKES SENSE ON
PAPER, NOT IN REAL LIFE.
WE DO >> OFFER TAKEOUT
ABSOLUTELY WE DO BUT WE DON'T
EMPLOY PEOPLE TO HAVE THEM COME
IN HERE AND NOT TAKE TABLES.
THAT IS OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.
THAT IS A SERVICE INDUSTRY.
THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE WE
PROVIDE.
PROVIDE.
PROVIDE. THE SEATTLE >> RESTAURANT
ALLIANCE AND THE WASHINGTON
HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION STARTED
AN ONLINE PETITION ASKING THE
STATE TO OPEN UP VACCINATIONS
TO RESTAURANT WORKERS.
WE >> GOT A LOT OF GUYS THAT
COME IN AND SAY HEY, WE JUST
GOT OUR FIRST SHOT.
WE JUST GOT OUR SECOND SHOT
AND YOU ASK US, YOU KNOW, IF
WE'VE BEEN VACCINATED OR NOT
AND WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT
HONEST TRUTH >>.
IN THE MEANTIME, GUESTS ARE
STILL SEATED.
STILL SEATED. MEALS ARE STILL PREPARED
AND SERVED WITH A SIGN OF HOPE.
>> I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD
BE IN THE NEXT SEGMENT
OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE ARE ABSOLUTELY 100 PERCENT
IN FRONT OF PEOPLE >>.
KATHERINE COOK KGW NEWS.
>> WE GET DOZENS OF QUESTIONS
EVERY DAY ABOUT THE VACCINE
AND WE WANT TO GET YOU ANSWERS
TOMORROW OUR DAUGHTERS
AND KRISTEN SEVERANCE WILL
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IN A
SPECIAL KGW Q&A CALLED THE
VACCINE SCHEDULING AND BEYOND.
THEY'VE BEEN COVERING ALL
ASPECTS OF THE VACCINE SINCE IT
WAS FIRST APPROVED.
THEY'LL SHARE THEIR EXPERTIZE
AND KNOWLEDGE AND TAKE YOUR
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. THAT'S TOMORROW AT NOON ON KGW
DOTCOM AND ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE
WITH THE VACCINES AND THE
DWINDLING COVID CASE NUMBERS,
THERE'S A LOT OF HOPE THE
PANDEMIC IS WINDING DOWN BUT
WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST
YET.
YET.
YET. RESEARCHERS AT OREGON STATE
HAVE PROOF OF THAT.
THEY HAVE BEEN COLLECTING
WASTWATER FROM SEWERS UNDER
CORVALLIS IN AN EFFORT TO TRACK
THE VIRUS BY MEASURING THE
AMOUNT IN THE SEWAGE SYSTEM
THEY CAN TELL WHEN THE VIRUS IS
SPREADING FASTER BEFORE CASE
COUNTS ACTUALLY START TO GO UP
AND THIS WEEK IT WAS
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WEEKS
PAST BUT RESEARCHERS SAY AN
UPTICK LIKE THIS IS EXPECTED >>
TO TAKE DAYS.
THE PANDEMIC IS IN SOME WAYS
IT'S A MIROR TO THE THE
EMERGENCE PHASE.
EMERGENCE PHASE. IF YOU THINK BACK TO LAST MARCH
OR APRIL WE ARE IN THIS PLACE
OF HAVING THESE SPORADIC
OUTBREAKS START TO OCCUR.
>> THE RESEARCHERS SAY WE WON'T
NECESSARILY SEE AN UPTICK IN
CASES EVERYWHERE.
CASES EVERYWHERE. HEALTH OFFICERS ARE JUST HOPING
PEOPLE KEEP UP THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND MASK WEARING
OVERSPRAY BREAK AND UNTIL MORE
PEOPLE CAN GET VACCINATED >>,
WE HAVE AN UPDATE TONIGHT ON
HOW >> A PORTLAND CITY
COMMISSIONER WAS FALSELY
ACCUSED IN A HIT AND RUN.
NEW INFORMATION CAME OUT TODAY
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF QUESTIONS.
OF QUESTIONS. DAN HAGGERTY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THE CASE CLOSELY.
>> WELL, THE FALSE INFORMATION
ABOUT COMMISSIONER JOANNE
HARDESTY BEING INVOLVED IN THIS
HIT AND RUN CAME FROM THE
INITIAL POLICE REPORT THAT WAS
APPARENTLY LEAKED BY SOMEONE
INSIDE THE PORTLAND POLICE
BUREAU.
BUREAU.
BUREAU. AND TONIGHT WE LEARNED BRIAN
HUNZEKER, THE PRESIDENT
OF PORTLAND POLICE UNION
RESIGNED TODAY APPARENTLY IN
CONNECTION TO THAT FALSE
ACCUSATION AGAINST COMMISSIONER
HARDESTY, THE PORTLAND POLICE
ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE BOARD.
THEY SENT OUT KIND OF A VAGUE
STATEMENT SAYING IN PART I'LL
READ IT TO YOU OVER THE LAST
TWENTY FOUR HOURS WE LEARNED
THAT PORTLAND POLICE
ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT BRIAN
HUNZEKER MADE A SERIOUS
ISOLATED MISTAKE RELATED TO THE
POLICE BUREAU'S INVESTIGATION
INTO THE ALLEGED HIT AND RUN BY
COMMISSIONER HARDESTY.
COMMISSIONER HARDESTY. WE APOLOGIZE TO COMMISSIONER
HARDESTY FOR THAT MISTAKE
AND WILL BE REACHING OUT TO
MEET WITH HER PERSONALLY.
NOW THE STATEMENT DIDN'T
SPECIFY EXACTLY WHAT THAT
MISTAKE WAS.
MISTAKE WAS. THEY DIDN'T GET INTO THE
SPECIFICS BUT WE ARE ASKING
FOLLOW UPS AS FAR AS THE MAYOR
IS CONCERNED.
IS CONCERNED. HE RELEASED A STATEMENT AS WELL
BASICALLY SAYING AS POLICE
COMMISSIONER HE WOULD ALSO LIKE
TO KNOW THE SPECIFICS.
HE ALSO CALLED FOR AN INTERNAL
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. WE ALSO CAN'T SAY ENOUGH THE
COMMISSIONER JOANNE HARDESTY
WAS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY
OF THIS.
OF THIS.
OF THIS. SHE WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN A HIT
AND RUN AND SHE AND HER OFFICE
>> HAVE KIND OF BEEN LEARNING
ABOUT THESE DETAILS AS WE'RE
LEARNING ABOUT HIM.
IN FACT, MOST OF THE TIME SHE
LEARNS ABOUT THEM ON THE NEWS
AND SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT
HER OFFICE HAD THIS TO SAY THIS
AFTERNOON MAYOR WHEELER AND I
AGREED THAT THE SCOPE OF THE
IMPENDING OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION
INTO THE PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU
WILL NOT ONLY GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF THIS SPECIFIC POLITICALLY
MOTIVATED LEAK BUT WILL ALSO
LOOK INTO POTENTIAL POLITICAL
AND RACIAL BIAS AS WELL AS
POTENTIAL TIES TO WHITE
SUPREMACISTS WITHIN THE
PORTLAND POLICE BUREAU.
NOW KPCB DOES RECOGNIZE THE
FACT THAT HUNZEKER WILL STILL
BE EMPLOYED FOR THE TIME BEING
THOUGH HE WILL STEP DOWN FROM
HIS ROLE AS ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. HUNZEKER TOOK OVER FOR THE LAST
PBA PRESIDENT DARRELL TURNER IN
NOVEMBER WHO COINCIDENTALLY
WILL NOW BE REPLACING HUNZEKER
AND RECLAIMING THAT ROLE FOR
THE TIME BEING.
>> THERE ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
TONIGHT INVOLVING CLARK COUNTY
JUDGE CAUGHT ON VIDEO MAKING
DEROGATORY COMMENTS ABOUT A MAN
KILLED BY POLICE JUDGE DARVIN
ZIMMERMAN SAYS HE'S TAKING TIME
OFF TO REFLECT ON HIS BEHAVIOR
.
.
. HE
. HE MADE
. HE MADE THE COMMENTS ABOUT
KEVIN PETERSON JR. WHO WAS
KILLED BY POLICE IN HAZEL DELL
IN OCTOBER DURING A DRUG TASK
FORCE INVESTIGATION.
FORCE INVESTIGATION. THE JUDGE WAS NOT HANDLING ANY
ELEMENTS OF THE PETERSON CASE.
HE WAS TALKING AFTER COURT WITH
A COURT COMMISSONER THE XOOM
MEETING WAS STILL LIVE
STREAMING IN THIS RECORDING
OBTAINED BY KGW.
YOU HEAR SOME OF THE CONCERNING
COMMENTS HERE, KEVIN BLACK GUY.
THEY WERE TRYING TO MAKE A LOT
OF AND HE'S TOLD ME A DANCE AS
MONTORING AS IT WAS JUST >> THE
NEXT SEVERAL DOLLAR SIGNS IN
HIS EYES INCLUDING GEORGE BOYD.
ATTORNEYS HAD ALREADY >>
CONTACTED THE GOFUNDME PAGES
THAT MY CLIENT WAS MURDERED BY
THE POLICE >> NICOLAIDIS
GOTTENT >> TODAY ZIMMERMAN SAID
HE DEEPLY REGRETS THE
STATEMENTS WHICH CAUSED
DIVISIVENESS AND CONCERN IN THE
COMMUNITY HE POINTED TO HIS
RECORD OF SUPPORTING PROGRAMS
THAT PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO
INCARCERATION WHICH AFFECT
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE
IMPOVERISHED, HE ADDED IN THAT
PRIVATE CONVERSATION HE WAS
QUOTE SPEAKING AS A FATHER
ABOUT MY CONCERNS THE DELAY BY
FIVE MONTHS FOR THE
INVESTIGATION TO BE COMPLETED
OF A NEED FOR CLOSURE ABOUT MR.
PETERSON'S DEATH WHICH WAS VERY
TRAGIC AND WHY IT IS NECESSARY
FOR THAT INFORMATION RELEASED
TO THE PUBLIC TO BE ACCURATE SO
THAT EVERYONE INCLUDING THE
POLICE GET A FAIR EVALUATION
OF WHAT HAPPENED.
ACCORDING TO THE COLOMBIAN
ZIMMERMAN SON IS A SERGEANT
WITH THE CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE AND HE WAS AMONG THE
DEPUTIES AT THE SCENE WHEN
PETERSON DIED.
PETERSON DIED. THERE IS SOME BREAKING NEWS
NATIONALLY TONIGHT.
NATIONALLY TONIGHT. POLICE IN ATLANTA HAVE ARRESTED
A MAN THEY SAY IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR A STRING OF SHOOTINGS AT
THREE DIFFERENT MASSAGE
PARLORS.
PARLORS.
PARLORS. EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED.
INVESTIGATORS SAY SIX OF THEM
WERE WOMEN OF ASIAN DESCENT.
SURVEILLANCE