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Thousands of Kaiser health care workers are set to go on strike this week while some
hit the picket lines over the weekend.
That story is coming up in one of this morning's top local stories and soon
grant high school sports teams may be able to use their home field again.
The turf has been a safety issue but this morning talks
are underway to get the kids back where they belong.
And jeez,
we never really got to know you did.
We drew holiday, bye bye,
traded to the Blazers last week already on his way to Boston.
So we're going to have the latest on the Blazers
preseason upheaval coming up in just a few minutes.
Good Monday morning, Rod and Christine both off today.
But Chris mcguinness, you're doing double duty, two
clickers, one
traffic and weather
you have some rain to talk about. So let's get you out the door right now.
We are dry for starters. Our early Monday morning commute is dry.
Here's a live look from our wells, Fargo sky camera cloud. Cover moving in.
It's 54 and cloudy last check at P DX. Elsewhere across the region.
Temperatures in the upper forties in Hillsborough, Sherwood and Tiger.
Good morning. You're checking in with 49. It is 49 in Salem and Dallas right now.
One of the cooler spots on the map at
46. All right. The plan for today, cloud cover moving in rain now impacting
the I five quarters. You get up towards Lake Chehalis
and Seattle, right? That rain will be pressing south and eastwards. So
we probably eke out a dry Monday morning commute.
But by the tail end of the drive,
it's going to start to get wet and certainly we're rainy late morning into
lunch time and probably raining for the drive home from school as well.
Work and school temperatures in the upper fifties this afternoon.
All right, one traffic alert to tell you about. We take you to the east side
I 205 northbound just north of Sunnyside looks like we've
got a wreck on the left hand side there.
The left lane is blocked. I'll show you where that is on the traffic map will zoom in.
That's our first traffic trouble spot of the morning.
Obviously, guys, light volume out there.
So we're getting around and just find no other major issues on the roads just yet.
Thank you for the update.
Well, later this morning,
pharmacy workers at four Kaiser Permanente locations
will hit the picket lines again.
They went on strike yesterday and say their walkout will last three weeks.
Devin Haskins is live outside the Kaiser building in northeast Portland. Devin.
This is separate from the three day strike planned later this week.
Correct. It's two different unions.
This one just involves the pharmacy workers represented by one
of the unions that would have joined that coalition.
We'll get to more on that three day strike in just a minute. But
the 400 pharmacy workers here are on strike
for what they call unfair labor practices.
UCF
local 5 55 that represents the pharmacy workers
says they broke away from that three day strike
because they felt they could better meet the bargaining needs of their members
during months long negotiations between the union and Kaiser Permanente.
The union says they've asked for first year wage increases,
increased wage differentials for nights and weekends and increased staffing.
They've also accused
Kaiser Permanente of committing unfair labor practices.
Workers just want, what's theirs? They want to be treated fairly.
They want to get good pay, quality benefits,
unfair labor practice strikes that we have right now.
We have to have these strikes in order to have our grievances
dealt with and we can move forward to the bargaining table.
In a statement to KGW,
a spokesperson from Kaiser Permanente
called the strike premature and unwarranted
and said
the union was unwilling to negotiate.
The statement also said they've got a solid offer on
the table that addresses their economic and staffing concerns.
So during the strike, Kaiser said they plan,
they have plans in place so patients can still access their pharmacy
services.
The strike ends on October 21st.
As far as the larger strike with health
care workers that and service workers that starts Wednesday
lasts through Friday and impacts about 4000
Kaiser
Permanente workers
back to you.
All right, Devin has,
is reporting live for us.
Of course, we'll have more on the story as sunrise continues.
But we want to get to one of our other top local stories right here. School
is canceled today for some students in the Tiger
to school district
after bomb threats connected to a viral video prompted a middle
school to shut down at the end of last week.
So back on Friday,
students and staff at Hazel Brook middle
school were ordered to leave campus because
of threats connected to a video of one student at the school attacking another.
That video went viral and some people online made claims without evidence
that the alleged attacker identifies as transgender
administrators say multiple threats over several days
ended with those bomb threats on Friday,
not only to the school but also district officials homes
local law enforcement and the FBI are investigating these threats.
The district says the student who allegedly attacked the other has
been arrested and is facing both school and criminal consequences.
Finally,
a possible solution allowing sports teams at Portland's
Grant High School to play at Grant Bowl.
The city owns the track and field and says the turf is not safe.
We have been following this situation for months and Thomas
Schultz is here this morning with an update.
Negotiations are happening between Portland
public schools and the Portland Parks
Department to turn the Grant Bowl over to the school district.
Parents say the change can't come soon enough.
I'm really optimistic that they're going to get a lease signed within
the next two weeks just before the start of the school year,
students and families at Grant High learned sports teams
wouldn't be allowed to play at the Grant bowl.
The turf field was closed to athletes for safety reasons.
Community members could still use it. They can't practice and they can't
do the stuff they like to do on the field until this whole thing gets situated.
So players were bussed across town for home games
leaving school early the way the school works.
They're often missing the exact same class.
Kim mcguire's daughter is on the soccer team and was frequently missing a key class.
She has an F in English. She's a 4.0 student.
She has an F in English because she misses English
every single time because they're on a block schedule.
Soon.
A solution could be reached Portland Public
schools sent KGW with their recent proposal to
the Parks Department which would give the district a 20 year lease on grant.
Paul PS could also refurbish the track and field and make other
improvements like adding lights and they would pay for the upgrades.
Portland Public would also let people continue to use grant
unless sports teams needed access.
The parks department declined to comment since there isn't an agreement yet.
Still mcgeer
has had discussions with the district and city and says there's just one snag,
I believe there's only one sticking point between the two of them. And that is
who is going to be responsible for permitting the bowl
and who gets the revenue from permitting the ball.
Since 2014,
Portland Parks has received over 300 $1000 in reservation fees at grant
bowl parks wants to permit it and keep some of the revenue.
PS wants to permit it and keep all the revenue and while money may be the hold up,
it's not a ton we're talking about here, permitting fees come out to $30,000 a year.
And MCG
says grant,
high administrators are hopeful this will be resolved soon and
the field will be safe to use by late February Thomas
Schultz
KG.
News.
One more sports story here before we get to Chris's 70 forecast.
We're talking about all star guard drew holiday who never unpacked his bags
before the blazers traded him away to the Boston Celtics.
So news of this trade came down over the weekend,
the blazers landed holiday as part of last week's
three team trade that sent Damien Lillard to Milwaukee
holiday came from the Bucks,
but now he's going to Boston in exchange for center Robert Williams
and guard Malcolm Brogdon.
The Blazers also got a first round pick in next year's draft
from the Celtics as well as a first round pick in 2029.
But we're not done with all this news because now
the NBA Insiders are saying that the Blazers will likely deal Brogden
at some point.
I can't
keep
it.
No, but this was huge talk with the people. I know the sports fans in my life.
They love what the Blazers
done.
They've collected a lot of
players and
draft
capital
trade. So yeah, I think they are hit it in a positive direction.
Those draft picks have to work out at the same time. Fair enough.
But I'm willing to roll the dice. Take the chance. What happens?
Optimistic, optimistic. Hey, a little rain today
and then an amazing 78 forecast that's going to remind you
that October can sometimes feel summer like let's get to it.
All right.
Here's the satellite radar loop over the
last little while clouds quickly moving in.
It is raining right now across portions of southwest Washington.
We'll zoom in a little bit on radar.
We've got a little bit of rain starting to encroach on the long view area,
long view area, excuse me,
Klitz County and then heading up the I five quarter towards Chehalis.
None of this is terribly heavy and it's certainly not a solid steady rain
yet.
But I think there will be a couple hour
period here where the rain is generally steady here.
And future cast begins to drive that rain right up
to the I five quarter by or before eight o'clock.
So
good chance that most of our morning commute is dry here in Portland,
but by the tail end,
we're going to start to get a little wet and then we
are on and off wet likely for the remainder of the day.
That's what future cash shows us that front
presses into Eastern Oregon by late this afternoon.
So Pendleton and eventually afterwards, Baker City in Ontario,
you folks will see some rain.
It's a quick mover and it will be out of here overnight tonight.
We'll probably start Tuesday with clouds and
then we'll finish the day tomorrow with sunshine
and the remainder of the week is sunny and progressively warmer.
It is an awesome looking 70 forecast. Of course, the rain is always a good thing.
This time of the year, we're going to get a little bit of that future cast
is a little bullish right now on the rainfall potential here in Portland. But
I think if you took these numbers like 0.17 in Kelso, 0.32 in Portland and that is,
that is definitely the high end.
But modeling does suggest that there will be some pockets of heavier rain.
Certainly the heaviest rain will be at the coast and
in the coast range and in the cascade foothills,
snow levels today by the way
up at about 8000 ft or so. 54. Last check in PDX.
Future cash shows temperatures inching into the upper fifties at lunch time.
Our modeling likes Portland hitting 60. I don't know about that.
That seems a bit warm given the early arrival of the clouds and the rain,
but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
We will be warmer tomorrow and much warmer at the end of the week,
which brings me to this graphic.
Do you remember how amazingly warm last October was
12 80 degree days in the month of October? Just keep this in perspective.
The 30 year average for the number of 80 degree days in October
is one
and for the period of record of PDX, 60% of them, we haven't hit 80.
All right. Keep that in your cap.
We've got 3 80 degree days coming away Thursday, Friday,
Saturday with offshore winds and sunshine coming away towards the end of the week.
So that looks fabulous.
But we've got some rain to get through today with a high of 58.