NOW
NOW ON
NOW ON KGW NEWS TO BE CUT OFF FROM OUR PLAYGROUND LIKE THIS I
THINK FOR OUR SCHOOL IS REALLY
ESPECIALLY PAINFUL FOR KIDS
BANNED FROM THE PLAYGROUND AT
SCHOOL BECAUSE OF WHAT'S LEFT
BEHIND AFTER PROTESTS.
PLUS JUST HOW MANY RESTAURANTS
HAVE CLOSED THEIR DOORS
PERMANENTLY DURING THE PAMDEMIC
AND THE RACE BETWEEN THE VIRUS
AND VACCINE LOCAL HOSPITALS
KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON CLIMIBNG
COVID CASES.
COVID CASES. WE START TONIGHT WITH BREAKING
NEWS OF A RIOT DECLARED IN
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND.
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND. THIS STARTED AS A VIGIL FOR A
BLACK MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY
POLICE IN MINNESOTA.
IT TURNED INTO A CROWD FACING
OFF WITH POLICE AT THE POLICE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE ON BURNSIDE.
VANDALS IN THE GROUP RUSHED THE
PARKING LOT OF WHAT'S CALLED
THE PENUMBRA KELLY BUILDING.
THEY BROKE WINDOWS, RIPPED DOWN
LIGHTS AND SPRAY PAINTED THE
WALLS.
WALLS.
WALLS. POLICE RESPONDED WITH CROWD
CONTROL MUNITIONS INCLUDING
SMOKE CANISTERS.
SMOKE CANISTERS. POLICE SAY THE GROUP THREW
OBJECTS AT OFFICERS AND TRIED
TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.
POLICE HAVE FORCED A CROWD AWAY
FROM THE BUILDING NOW
AND PUSHED THEM WEST DOWN
BURNSIDE AND THEY'RE TELLING
DRIVERS TO STAY AWAY FROM
BURNSIDE NEAR FORTY SEVEN.
WE'LL KEEP MONITORING THE
SITUATION AND KEEP YOU UPDATED
ON KGW.
ON KGW.
ON KGW. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. I'M LAURAL PORTER.
THEY'RE PROTESTING THE POLICE
KILLING OF DANTE RIGHT .
THE 20 YEAR OLD BLACK MAN WAS
SHOT DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN
BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA.
THE POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE
OFFICER INTENDS TO USE A TASER
BUT ACCIDENTALLY USED A GUN.
PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE
THERE TONIGHT AS WELL AND THIS
FOLLOWED A VIGIL EARLIER
TONIGHT IN HONOR OF DONTAE
RIGHT HERE SPEAKERS ADDRESSED A
CROWD CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR
AN END TO WHITE SUPREMACY
AND FOR ABOLISHING POLICE SAYS
SAY HIS NAME WAS EXHAUSTINTO TO
CONTINUE TO HAVE TO SAY THE
SAME THINGS TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW
HOW TO DO BETTER.
>> AND SO I'M ASKING THAT YOU
DO BETTER THIS GROUP GATHERED
NEAR SCHENEMAN STREET SPRINGS
ON PORTLAND'S WATERFRONT.
>> THIS WAS THE SCENE ON
SATURDAY IN FRONT OF PORTLAND'S
ICE BUILDING THE SITE OF MANY
ONGOING PROTESTS, SOME IN THE
CROWD PLYWOOD ON FIRE ON THE
BUILDING.
BUILDING.
BUILDING. BUT TODAY IT WAS THE FEDERAL
OFFICERS RESPONSE TO PROTEST
THAT FACED BACKLASH.
YOU SEE THERE'S A SCHOOL
RIGHT NEXT TO THE ICE BUILDING
ON THE SOUTH WATERFRONT
AND PARENTS SAY THE MUNITIONS
USED TO DISPERSE CROWDS AND UP
ON SCHOOL PROPERTY.
AS MIKE BENNER REPORTS,
STUDENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON THE
PLAYGROUND DUE TO CONTAMINATION
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS.
CONCERNS. >> MONDAY WAS A BIG DAY AT THE
COTTONWOOD SCHOOL IN PORTLAND'S
SOUTH WATERFRONT.
SOUTH WATERFRONT. >> IT WAS THE FIRST DAY
OF IN-PERSON CLASSES IN MONTHS
BUT IT'S STILL REALLY SCARY.
>> IT'S REALLY, REALLY SCARY.
IT'S NOT COVERED THAT PARENT
KEEP SHERIFF IS WORRIED ABOUT
IT'S THIS ALL OF THIS AND MUCH
MORE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE
SCHOOL'S OUTDOOR PLAY AREA.
>> HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY
HEARTBREAKING TO ME TO THINK
OF THE CONTAMINATION THAT'S IN
THAT SOIL.
THAT SOIL. >> THE COTTONWOOD SCHOOL SITS
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE ICE
BUILDING THE SCENE OF SO MANY
PROTESTS OVER THE LAST YEAR
INCLUDING THIS PAST WEEKEND
MUNITIONS THAT FEDERAL AGENTS
USED TO DISPERSE CROWDS END UP
RIGHT ON COTTONWOOD SCHOOL
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. THE SCHOOL'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SAYS SCHOOLS SHOULD BE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS FREE ZONES DEALING WITH
THIS ISSUE AND A LEARNING CURVE
TO ADDRESS IT HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMING AND HAS MADE
REOPEND SCHOOL HARDER THAN IT
SHOULD BE.
SHOULD BE. IT'S NOT JUST THE STUDENTS,
STAFF AND PARENTS THE
COTTONWOOD SCHOOL WHO ARE
TROUBLED BY WHAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN THE SOUTH WATERFRONT.
THIS BUILDING HERE IS GRAY'S
LANDING.
LANDING.
LANDING. THERE ARE MORE THAN 200
HOUSEHOLDS IN THIS BUILDING.
THESE
ARE
ARE ALSO
ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THE REPERCUSSIONS OF THE
FREQUENT PROTESTS WHEN THEY
HEAR THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN
PROTESTERS AND OFFICERS, WHEN
THEY HEAR THE SHOTS FIRED
OF CHEMICAL MUNITIONS, WHEN
THEY SEE THE CLOUDS OF TEAR GAS
IN THE AIR, IT LEAVES YOU WITH
A FEELING OF ANXIETY THAT
YOU'RE NOT SAFE IN YOUR OWN
HOME THEN FAILURE HAS JOINED
WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND LOCAL
LEADERS IN PLEADING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
TO STOP USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
>> IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR
PEOPLE TO BE EXPOSED TO TOXIC
CHEMICALS IN THEIR OWN HOMES
AND IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
YET THAT IS THE REALITY IN THE
SOUTH WATERFRONT AND AT
COTTONWOOD SCHOOL, A SCHOOL
GROUNDED IN NATURE AND THE
OUTDOORS TO BE CUT OFF FROM OUR
PLAYGROUND LIKE THIS I THINK
FOR OUR SCHOOL IS REALLY
ESPECIALLY PAINFUL IN SOUTH
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. >> MIKE, FOR KGW NEWS IT'S
WORTH MENTIONING WE DID REACH
OUT TO BOTH THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE FOR
COMMENT, BUT WE HAVE NOT YET
RECEIVED A RESPONSE OR AT A
CRITICAL CRITICAL POINT IN THE
PAMDEMIC RIGHT NOW CASES ARE
RAMPING UP BUT SO IS THE
VACCINE ROLLOUT THIS THURSDAY
ALL ADULTS IN WASHINGTON WILL
BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SHOT
AND ALL ADULTS IN OREGON WILL
BE ELIGIBLE A WEEK FROM NOW.
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE HOPING YOU
GET THE VACCINE AS SOON AS YOU
CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT TO HELP
SLOVIS NEW RISE IN CASES THE
OREGON ASSOCIATION OF HOSPITALS
AND HEALTH SYSTEMS IS KEEPING A
CLOSE EYE ON THE TREND.
OREGON HAS AVERAGED ABOUT FIVE
HUNDRED NEW CASES EACH DAY
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE
MONTH BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE
STATES GIVING OUT AN AVERAGE
OF THIRTY THREE THOUSAND
VACCINE DOSES EVERY DAY.
>> SO A FOURTH WAVE IS NOT A
SURPRISE BUT OUR ACTIONS NOW
AND IN THE COMING WEEKS ARE
GOING TO REALLY DETERMINE
WHETHER THIS FOURTH RATE WAVE
PUTS INCREASING STRAIN ON OUR
HOSPITAL SYSTEM IS STILL A
FIGHT TO SECURE A VACCINE
APPOINTMENT BECAUSE SUPPLY JUST
CAN'T KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.
OREGON IS WORKING TO GET MORE
OPTIONS OPEN.
OPTIONS OPEN. THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED TODAY A
NEW MASS VACCINATION SITE WILL
OPEN IN SOUTHERN OREGON IN
CENTRAL POINT NEXT WEEK.
RISING COVID CASES HAVE PUT
THREE WASHINGTON COUNTIES BACK
INTO PHASE TWO LOCALLY.
THAT INCLUDES COWLETZ COUNTY
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY HAVE
SEEN A REMARKABLE JUMP IN CASES
AVERAGING ABOUT THIRTY SIX PER
DAY LAST WEEK.
WITH THE PHASE CHANGE
RESTAURANTS WILL NEED TO REDUCE
INDOOR CAPACITY BACK DOWN TO
TWENTY FIVE PERCENT FROM 50
PERCENT.
PERCENT.
PERCENT. THE REST OF THE STATE REMAINS
IN PHASE THREE.
THE STATE WILL REASSESS EACH
COUNTY'S RISK LEVEL IN THREE
WEEKS.
WEEKS.
WEEKS. REVERTING BACK TO STRICTER RISK
LEVELS IS TOUGH ON MANY
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY
BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY RESTAURANTS GIVEN HOW MANY
OF THEM CLOSE IN OREGON JUST
LAST MONTH AS CATHERINE COOK
REPORTS THIS WEEK, SPRING
WEATHER IS GIVING MANY OF THEM
THE BOOST THEY NEED STREAMING
SUNSHINE PLUS OPEN OUTDOOR
SEATING.
SEATING.
SEATING. >> THE MATH IS SIMPLE.
I'D SAY IT'S 100 HUNDRED
PERCENT MORE LIKELY THAT I'LL
EAT OUTSIDE IF THE WEATHER'S
NICE.
NICE.
NICE. >>
NICE. >> WE'VE BEEN INDOORS FOR SO
LONG DARIUSZ MOORE DIDN'T EVEN
HESITATE WHEN HE LOOKED OUTSIDE
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. HE
TODAY. HE SPENT THE DAY HIKING TOPPED
OFF WITH A TRIP TO SOME FOOD
CARTS WITH A FRIEND.
>> IT'S I THINK THAT'S WHAT
REALLY PORTLANDER ABOUT
RIGHT LIKE THAT KORSLIEN SO
WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT OUTSIDE
HEARING THAT IS A RELIEF FOR
MANY RESTAURANT OWNERS JUST
LAST WEEK AMIDST RISING CASE
NUMBERS SIX OREGON COUNTIES
INCLUDING WILMA REGRESSED BACK
TO THE HIGH RISK LEVEL.
THAT MEANS RESTAURANTS WENT
FROM 50 PERCENT CAPACITY BACK
DOWN TO TWENTY FIVE PERCENT FOR
RESTAURANTS LIKE SANTA FE IN
NORTHWEST PORTLAND THAT MAKES
EXPANDING WITH OUTDOOR SEATING
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT.
>> BUT THE FORCAST IS OUT
OF THEIR HANDS.
THE WEATHER'S NICE, YOUR
SPIRITS ARE LIFTED AND YOUR
SPIRITS ARE LIFTED.
YOU WANT TO GO DO THINGS?
I MEAN THAT'S JUST HOW IT
WORKS.
WORKS.
WORKS. IT
WORKS. IT FEELS GREAT.
IT'S NICE OUTSIDE.
IT'S NICE TO BE SOCIAL.
IT'S NICE THAT PEOPLE WATCH
AND GET OUT AND FEEL SOMEWHAT
NORMAL.
NORMAL.
NORMAL. YOU KNOW, DAYS LIKE TODAY ARE
DEFINITELY A SHOT IN THE ARM
FOR RESTAURANTS LOOKING FOR A
WAY TO PULL THROUGH ACCORDING
TO THE OREGON RESTAURANT
AND LODGING ASSOCIATION, ONE
HUNDRED AND NINETY FOOD SERVICE
LOCATIONS CLOSED JUST LAST
MONTH ALONE.
MONTH ALONE. ADD TO THAT THIRTEEN TEMPORARY
CLOSURES EXPERT WHICH COLLECTS
DATA ON THE FOOD SERVICE
INDUSTRY FOUND THAT IN FEBRUARY
THERE WERE 78 COMBINED
TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT
CLOSURES IN OREGON AND 30 IN
JANUARY IN TWENTY TWENTY ONE
THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY
FIVE FOOD SERVICE LOCATIONS
CLOSED ON A POSITIVE NOTE SEVEN
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOOD
SERVICE OPERATIONS OPENED BUT
THAT STILL LEAVES A NET LOSS
OF FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. THE PRESIDENT OF THE OREGON
RESTAURANT AND LODGING
ASSOCIATION SAID QUOTE THE
VOLATILITY DUE TO GOVERNMENT
RESTRICTIONS IN OREGON IS
CLOBBERING THE ABILITY
OF RESTAURANT OWNERS
AND MANAGERS TO PROVIDE SOME
SCHEDULING STABILITY FOR OUR
INDUSTRY EMPLOYEES BACK IN
NORTHWEST PORTLAND, THE REAL
SPECIAL THIS WEEK IS SUNSHINE
AND IF IT STICKS AROUND,
CUSTOMERS SAY THEY'LL BE BACK
MUCH MORE LIKELY.
I MEAN I'M TIRED OF EATING OUT
TO GO CONTAINERS.
>> IT'S REALLY NICE WHEN
THERE'S OUTDOOR SEATING IN
NORTHWEST PORTLAND.
NORTHWEST PORTLAND. CATHERINE COOK, KGW NEWS THAT'S
FOR SURE AND THAT'S GOING TO
TELL IF IT'S GOING TO STICK
AROUND THAT WARM WEATHER IN
JUST A FEW MINUTES.
IN OTHER NEWS TONIGHT,
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PROPOSING A
TWO TRILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO FIX
THE COUNTRY'S CRUMBLING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE. SO WHAT COULD THAT MEAN FOR US?
TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS ARE
HOPING THE I5 BRIDGE PROJECT
COULD FINALLY GET THE SUPPORT
IT NEEDS TO GET BILLED.
THEY THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD
CANDIDATE FOR FUNDING.
ODOT SAYS MANY BRIDGES IN THE
STATE ARE PAST THEIR 50 YEAR
LIFESPAN.
LIFESPAN.
LIFESPAN. OTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EYE TO A
FIVE ABERNETHY BRIDGE NEAR
OREGON CITY, THE I5 BOON BRIDGE
NEAR WILSONVILLE AND THE
FREEWAY BY THE ROSE QUARTER.
SOME PORTLANDER BRIDGES ALSO
NEED WORK.
NEED WORK. REPUBLICANS ARE CRITICAL OF THE
PLAN, SAYING IT WILL LEAD TO A
WHOLE LOT MORE DEBT AND MASSIVE
TAX INCREASES.
TAX INCREASES. BUT ODOT SAYS THE BILL HAS TO
BE BIG TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS
.
.
. >>
. >> THE
. >> THE SCOPE OF THE NEED IS
ALSO ENORMOUS.
ALSO ENORMOUS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CLOSE
OFF SOME OF THE BRIDGES IF WE
CAN'T REPLACE THEM TO PAY FOR
PRESIDENT BIDEN WOULD REVERSE
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S
LOWERED CORPORATE TAX RATE.
NEW TONIGHT A BEAVERTON MAN HAD
TO BE RESCUED FROM S SISTER IN
CENTRAL OREGON.
CENTRAL OREGON. STEPHEN LAM WAS CLIMBING THE
MOUNTAIN ALONE AND GOT STUCK ON
A SMALL LEDGE UNABLE TO MOVE
MOUNTAIN.
MOUNTAIN.
MOUNTAIN. RESCUERS FIRST RAPELLED DOWN TO
HIM AND SECURED HIM SO HE
WOULDN'T FALL.
WOULDN'T FALL. THEN THEY MOVED HIM TO A SPOT
WHERE HE COULD BE RESCUED BY A
NATIONAL GUARD BLACK HAWK
HELICOPTER AND THAT TEAM
HOISTED HIM TO SAFETY.
THIS AFTERNOON A LOT OF RESCUE
LAM WASN'T SERIOUSLY HURT WHICH
IS REALLY