DEMANDING
DEMANDING TO BE HEARD IN SALEM. >>> THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 11:00.
>> WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH RISING
CONCERNS OVER THE FLU.
AN OREGON CHILD HAS NOW DIED
AFTER GETTING SICK.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
SAYS IT'S THE FIRST FLU DEATH
OF THE SEASON.
DEVON HASKINS HAS A BREAKDOWN
FOR US ON THE SEASON THAT
APPEARS TO BE OFF NOW TO A BAD
START.
START.
START. >>
START. >> Reporter: YEAH, WE'RE
GETTING AN EARLY START TO THAT
FLU SEASON THAN WE WERE THE
LAST COUPLE YEARS.
THAT ORANGE LINE, THAT'S WHERE
WE'RE AT THIS YEAR COMPARED TO
THE LIGHT BLUE LINE, THAT WAS
US LAST YEAR, WE'RE WELL AHEAD
OF THAT AND THE LAST COUPLE
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. AND HOSPITALIZATIONS, THEY'RE
TRIPLED THIS TIME OF YEAR THAN
THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
>> FLU SEASON HAS COME EARLIER
THIS YEAR THAN OTHER YEARS.
WE'RE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS
EARLIER THAN IN GENERAL FOR
OTHER SEASONS.
OTHER SEASONS. >> Reporter: DR. KATIE IS AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
FOR KAISER PERMANENTE.
SHE SAYS THERE'S ONE TYPE OF
FLU SHOWING UP MORE THAN THE
OTHER, AND THAT'S UNCOMMON.
>> THIS SEASON IS UNIQUE
BECAUSE THE INFLUENZA B STRAIN
IS CIRCULATING AND WE WOULD
EXPECT THE VAX STEEN TO BE A
GOOD MATCH FOR THAT.
>> Reporter: HER STAFF ARE
CALLING AND MAILING LETTERS TO
10,000 PATIENTS, TARGETING
THOSE THAT ARE MOST AT RISK OF
THE FLU -- INFANTS, PREGNANT
WOMEN, SENIORS AND THOSE WITH
MEDICAL CONDITIONS LIKE
DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE.
>> EVERYONE'S AT RISK OF THE
FLU.
FLU.
FLU. IT'S
FLU. IT'S NOT JUST BEING HIGH RISK.
EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU'RE
HEALTHY, GET A FLU SHOT.
>> Reporter: SHE SAYS IF YOU
HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR FLU SHOT
YET, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
>> WE UNDERESTIMATE THE
SEVERITY OF FLU.
IT'S NOT JUST YOUR COMMON COLD.
FLU IS FEVERS, ACHES, YOU'RE
STUCK IN BED, YOU KNEEL TERM.
AND IT CAN BE SO SEVERE THAT
PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE IT.
YOU CAN DIE FROM THE FLU.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO FAMILY'S
HOUSE FOR CHRISTMAS, A VACCINE
COULD STOP YOU FROM GETTING
THEIR FLU OTHER YOU FROM
SPREADING YOURS.
SPREADING YOURS. IT'S CALLED HERD IMMUNITY.
>> DEVON HASKINS, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>>
MUCH. >>> GRESHAM FIREFIGHTERS RUSH
TO SAVE A PERSON HURT IN AN
AWFUL CRASH TONIGHT.
THIS CAR ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES.
THE FORCE OF THIS CRASH WAS SO
STRONG THAT THE ENGINE AND
TRANSMISSION WERE FOUND TORN
FROM THE CAR.
THE DRIVER IN THIS VEHICLE
AMAZINGLY WAS APPARENTLY WELL
OFF ENOUGH TO TAKE OFF AWAY
FROM THE SCENE.
POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR THEM
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THE PASSENGER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH CRITICAL
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. >> AND I SAW HIS HAND ON A GUN
POINTED AT US.
>> A VERY FRIGHTENING WEEKEND
FOR EMPLOYEES AT A BEAVERTON
COOKIE SHOP.
COOKIE SHOP. CRUMBLE COOKIES, ONE OF THREE
BUSINESSES IN THE MURRAYHILL
NEIGHBORHOOD HIT BY ARMED
ROBBERS.
ROBBERS.
ROBBERS. RORY MOORE WAS CLEEVENING UP
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> IT WAS SCARY.
MY COWORKER AND I HID IN THE
BACK DISH PIT AND WAITED FOR
THE COPS TO COME AND WE WERE
FREAKING OUT.
FREAKING OUT. >> THE CHEVRON YOU SEE THERE
AND THE WALGREENS NEAR MURRAY
AND SCHOLLS FERRY WERE ALSO
ROBBED.
ROBBED.
ROBBED. POLICE TODAY ARRESTED TWO
SUSPECTS, 23-YEAR-OLD LOGAN
GRANT AND A JUVENILE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND A
PELLET GUN AT THEIR HOME AND
OTHER EVIDENCE TYING THEM TO
THE ROBBERIES.
THE ROBBERIES. >>> WE HAVE NEW INFORMATION FOR
YOU IN A DISTURBING CASE OUT OF
EASTERN OREGON.
EASTERN OREGON. THE MAN ACCUSED OF STABBING
SOMEONE AT A TRUCK STOP
APPEARED IN COURT TODAY.
THIS ATTACK WAS RACIALLY
MOTIVATED.
MOTIVATED. INVESTIGATORS SAY NOLAN
STRAUSS, A TRUCK DRIVER FROM
NEBRASKA, STABBED A STRANGER
WITHOUT PROVOCATION.
WITHOUT PROVOCATION. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY IN THE
ARBY'S INSIDE THE PILOT TRUCK
STOP IN ONTARIO, OREGON.
THAT'S ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO FROM
BOISE.
BOISE.
BOISE. THE VICTIM HAD JUST MOVED TO
OREGON, IN FACT, WAS AT THE
ARBY'S APPLYING FOR A JOB.
STRAUSS ATTACKED THE MAN WHO
WAS AFRICAN-AMERICAN WITHOUT
ANY WARNING.
ANY WARNING. STRAUSS IS CHARGED WITH
ATTEMPTED MURDER AND HATE
CRIME.
CRIME.
CRIME. THE JUDGE TODAY SET BAIL AT
$250,000.
$250,000.
$250,000. >>> THERE IS GROWING
FRUSTRATION IN SALEM TONIGHT
AMONG THE CITY'S HOMELESS.
THIS IS AFTER A CAMPAIGN -- A
CAMPING BAN RATHER, WENT INTO
EFFECT LAST WEEK.
DOZENS OF CAMPERS SET UP ALONG
THE CAPITOL MALL TODAY TRYING
TO SEND A MESSAGE.
LINDSAY NADRICH WENT TO FIND
OUT WHAT'S BEING DONE TO
ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.
>> Reporter: SEVERAL PEOPLE SET
UP CAMP HERE ALONG THE CAPITOL
MALL STARTING ON FRIDAY.
THEY SAID THEY DID IT TO GET
THE CITY'S ATTENTION.
TODAY THEY WERE TOLD THEY HAD
TO MOVE.
TO MOVE.
TO MOVE. >> WE DON'T MIND COOPERATING,
BUT WE'RE TIRED OF BEING PUSHED
AROUND AND TIRED OF LOOKING
LIKE WHAT THEY WANT IT TO LOOK
LIKE.
LIKE.
LIKE. >>
LIKE. >> Reporter: DOZENS OF HOMELESS
CAMPERS SAY THEY HAVE NOWHERE
TO GO AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
FROM SPOT TO SPOT UNDER THE
CITY'S CAMPING BAN UNTIL
SOMETHING CHANGES.
SOMETHING CHANGES. >> WE JUST KIND OF SQUAT WHERE
WE CAN UNTIL WE GET THREATENED
TO GET KICKED OUT AND THEN IT'S
ON TO THE NEXT SPOT.
>> Reporter: THAT'S WHY DOZENS
SET UP IN THE SHADOW OF THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. >> WE WANT THE CITY TO HEAR US
AND WE WANT OUR WORDS TO
MATTER.
MATTER.
MATTER. WE WANT A COUNT OUT HERE.
>> Reporter: OREGON STATE
POLICE WALKED AROUND WITH STATE
PARKS EMPLOYEES TODAY TO LET
THEM KNOW THEY HAD TO BE OUT BY
12:30, AS HOMELESS ADVOCATES
TRIED TO CONNECT THEM WITH
SERVICES.
SERVICES.
SERVICES. >> A LOT OF THEM HAVE MENTAL
HEALTH CONCERNS AND SEVERE
DISABILITIES.
DISABILITIES. WE NEED MORE HOUSING BEDS.
THAT'S A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
DIRECTION. BUT THAT'S A LONG-TERM
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION.
SOLUTION. WE NEED, SORT OF, A QUICK
SOLUTION RIGHT NOW TO GET THEM
OFF THE STREET SO THAT WE DON'T
HAVE ANYBODY DIEING IN THE
ELEMENTS.
ELEMENTS.
ELEMENTS. >> Reporter: THE SALEM CITY
COUNCIL HAD HOPED SALEM FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WOULD BE
PART OF THAT QUICK SOLUTION AND
APPROVED FUNDING FOR THEM TO
OPEN A PERMANENT WARMING
SHELTER FROM JANUARY TO MARCH.
THE CHURCH, THOUGH, SAID IT
DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF,
VOLUNTEERS OR RESOURCES TO RUN
A WARMING SHELTER OPEN EVERY
NIGHT THROUGH THE WINTER.
SO INSTEAD THEY PLAN TO
CONTINUE RUNNING THEIR
EMERGENCY WARMING SHELTER.
THAT OPENS WHEN IT'S SNOWING,
FLOODING AND WHEN TEMPS HIT 32
DEGREES OR LOWER.
THAT WILL BE OPEN TONIGHT FOR
PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP.
AS FOR A LONG-TERM SOLUTION,
OSP, THE CITY AND STATE SAID
THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO
COME UP WITH A PLAN.
I'M LINDSAY NADRICH, KGW NEWS.
>>> ALL RIGHT, LOOK AT THIS.
SOMETHING JUST DOES NOT BELONG
IN THIS PICTURE, DOES IT?
THAT'S A BOAT HIT BY A MAX
TRAIN IN GRESHAM.
THE BOAT HAD BEEN STOLEN AND
THEN ABANDONED IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE TRACKS.
THE TRACKS. THIS WAS NEAR BURNSIDE AND
162nd.
162nd.
162nd. THE MAX WAS THANKFULLY GOING
SLOW ENOUGH THAT NO ONE ON
BOARD OF THE TRAIN WAS HURT.
POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR THE
PERSON WHO, I GUESS, JUMPED
SHIP YOU COULD SAY AND LEFT
THAT THING THERE.
>>> HOPEFULLY YOU ARE WHERE YOU
WANT TO BE FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
YOU DON'T HAVE LAST-MINUTE
TRAVEL TO TAKE CARE OF.
A QUICK LOOK AT YOUR EARLY
FORECAST WITH MATT ZAFFINO JUST
IN CASE SOMEBODY'S GOT
SOMEWHERE TO GO IN THE MORNING
OR MAYBE THEY'RE EXPECTING
FOLKS IN, MATT?
>> THERE IS A BIT OF AN ISSUE.
THICK FOG FORMING IN THE
VALLEY.
VALLEY.
VALLEY. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE CITY
LIGHTS.
LIGHTS.
LIGHTS. WE CAN SEE HOW HAZY IT IS.
THAT'S NOT HAZE, IT IS FOG.
IT'S 36 DEGREES.
EAST WINDS AT THE AIRPORT NOT
DOING ENOUGH TO KEEP THE FOG
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. IN
AWAY. IN FACT, THE AIRPORT VISIBILITY
ONLY ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. THAT'S SUPER LOW.
YOU GET VIS TONIGHT A HALF A
MILE IT'LL IMPACT DRIVING.
DOWN TO AN EIGHTH OF A MILE,
YOU'RE SLOWING DOWN.
QUARTER MILE IN AURORA.
QUARTER MILE UP IN KELSO.
DOWN THE VALLEY ALSO THICK FOG
IN CORVALLIS WITH HALF MILE
VISIBILITY THERE.
VISIBILITY THERE. THAT IS AN ISSUE FOR TONIGHT
AND TOMORROW MORNING.
THERE'S AN EAST WIND BUT ONLY
10 MILES PER HOUR CROWN POINT.
NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP PORTLAND OUT
OF THE FOG TONIGHT OR TOMORROW.
THAT'S THE SAME CASE AROUND THE
REST OF THE VALLEY.
HOLIDAY TRAVEL ISSUES FOR YOU
AROUND THE NORTHWEST.
THICK FOG, EVEN FREEZING FOG IS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. IF TEMPERATURES DROG TO 32,
SOME OF THE FOG CAN FREEZE ON
ROADWAYS AND MAKE FOR SLICK
SPOTS.
SPOTS.
SPOTS. BE
SPOTS. BE AWARE OF THAT.
TOMORROW WILL TURN CLOUDY.
LIGHT SNOW FOR THE COAST RAIN,
THE CASCADES AND THE GORGE
TOMORROW NIGHT AND EVEN INTO
CHRISTMAS MORNING.
CHRISTMAS MORNING. SO A BIT OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS
POTENTIAL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
COAST RANGE.
COAST RANGE. ONLY DOWN TO ABOUT 1,000 FEET.
FOR THE VALLEYS LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS AND THERE WILL BE SNOW
OVER THE SISKIYOUS INTO
CALIFORNIA AS THIS WEATHER
SYSTEM MOVES ONSHORE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE REST OF
THE HOLIDAY FORECAST A BIT
LATER, BACK TO YOU DAN.
>> TALK TO YOU SOON, MATT.
THANKS.
THANKS.
THANKS. >>> THE BUSIEST DAY OF DECEMBER
AT PDX.
AT PDX.
AT PDX. MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE
EXPECTED TO GO THROUGH THE
AIRPORT THERE.
AIRPORT THERE. IF YOU STILL NEED TO FLY FOR
THE HOLIDAYS, MAYBE TAKE A PAGE
OUT OF THIS GUY'S PLAYBOOK.
>> IF YOU FLY WITH A BAD
ATTITUDE, BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
IT JUST DOES.
LIKE IT'S TOO -- YOU'RE
TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
YOU GOT TO HAVE FUN.
>> GOOD ADVICE, RIGHT?
HOPEFULLY HIS DAY WENT PRETTY
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THE
WELL. THE DAY BEFORE NEW YEAR'S EVE
IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE A VERY
BUSY TRAVEL DAY AT PDX.
THEY ESTIMATE 55,000 PEOPLE
EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE
AIRPORT ON THAT DAY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T FINISHED YOUR
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING YET, YOU'RE
PROBABLY STRESSED OUT RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. DON'T WORRY.
DON'T WORRY. YOU HAVE OPTIONS LEFT.
SEVERAL BIG BOX STORES ARE OPEN
THROUGH TOMORROW.
THROUGH TOMORROW. THAT INCLUDES TARGET, KOHL'S,
WAM MART, DICK'S SPORTING
GOODS, YOU GOT YOUR GAM MUTT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. MAYBE YOU WANT SOME LOCAL HAND
KRAFTED GIFTS, THE PORTLAND
SATURDAY MARKET FESTIVAL OF THE
LAST MINUTE RUNS UNTIL 3:30
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE TALKED TO SHOPPERS AT CEDAR
HILLS CROSSING AND THEY TALKED
TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE LAST
MINUTE ITEMS THEY HAVE TO GET
BUT SAID IT WASN'T AS BUSY AS
THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
>> IT MIGHT BE LAST MIN, BUT
IT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
>> NOT PANIC SOMETHING.
>> NOT AT ALL.
>> I'VE HAD GOOD LUCK GETTING
IN AND OUT.
IT'S GONE PRETTY SMOOTH.
>> IF YOU ARE FLEXIBLE, YOU
MIGHT WANT TO WAIT UNTIL YOU
SHOP AFTER CHRISTMAS, THE 26th
IS THE BUSIEST DAY OF THE YEAR
FOR RETURNS AND THE INVENTORY
BUMP USUALLY PUSHES PRICES DOWN
FOR EVERYONE.
FOR EVERYONE. >>> SEAHAWKS FANS ARE GOING
GRAY SI TONIGHT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
BEAST MODE MARSHAWN LYNCH IS
BACK ON THE TEAM.
HIS AGENT TWEETING OUT A COPY
OF THE CONTRACT TONIGHT.
ACCORDING TO ESPN, THIS
CONTRACT IS JUST FOR THIS
SEASON WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, IS
ALMOST OVER.
ALMOST OVER. THEY WANT TO GET HIM THROUGH
THE LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME
AND INTO THE POSTSEASON.
LYNCH IS A FAN FAVORITE.
HE LEFT THE TEAM IN 2015.
PLAYED TWO SEASONS WITH THE
OAKLAND RAIDERS.
OAKLAND RAIDERS. BUT NOW THE SEAHAWKS ARE
DESPERATE FOR A RUNNING BACK.
CHRIS CARSON LEFT SUNDAY'S GAME
WITH A HIP INJURY.
RASHAD PENNY AND C.J.
PROSISE