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NOW AT 6 PM A NEW VIDEO OF THE HILLSBORO MOTHER WHEN HER TWO-
YEAR-OLD SON RIGHT BEFORE THEY
WENT MISSING.
WENT MISSING. WHY DEPUTIES ARE WORRIED ABOUT
THEIR SAFETY
THEIR SAFETY >>> A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT
WILDFIRES AS CREWS BATTLE ONE
NEXT I-5 AND SOUTHERN OREGON IN
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS.
DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. >>> BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN LANES
ARE BECOMING PERMANENT NOW IN
PART OF DOWNTOWN PORTLAND, DO
YOU AGREE WITH THE DECISION, WE
WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU TONIGHT
IN TONIGHT'S POLL .
>>> I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT
HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT THEY
WOULD GO AWAY. DECEIVING HIS
MUSIC ONE NOTE AT A TIME.
A WILSONVILLE COUPLES BATTLE
WITH ALZHEIMER'S AND HOW THEY
ARE KEEPING THE SOUNDTRACK OF
THE LOVE STORY LIFE.
KGW NEWS AT 6 PM STARTS NOW.
>>> WE BEGIN WITH DEVELOPING
NEWS OUT OF NORTHEAST PORTLAND
WHERE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING
A SHOOTING AT THE WOODLAWN
COMMUNITY GARDEN.
COMMUNITY GARDEN. THE SHOOTER IS STILL ON THE
LOOSE THIS HAPPENED NEAR 11th
AND CLAREMONT THIS AFTERNOON
NEAR WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL WITH SERIOUS INJURIES,
ACCRUES ON THE SCENE AND WE
WILL BRING UPDATES AS SOON AS
WE GET THEM .
>> HOLIDAY PARK BETWEEN THE MALL
IS A NOTORIOUS HOTSPOT FOR
CRIME.
CRIME.
CRIME. LAST YEAR ALONE OFFICERS WERE
CALLED THERE JUST LAST YEAR,
MORE THAN 2200 TIMES.
BUT NOW, A NEW PARTNERSHIP
BETWEEN PORTLAND POLICE IS
HELPING TO TURN THINGS AROUND .
>>> IS MORGAN ROMERO SHOWS A
DRAMATIC DECREASE IN 911 CALLS
TO THE PARK THIS SUMMER. QUEEN
ANNE OCCUPIED IS HELPING .
>> SNAKY TRASH WITH THESE GUYS
WALKING AROUND MEET THE BROWN
FAMILY WANT TO HANG OUT A
HOLIDAY PARK THE FIRST TIME
THIS SUMMER .
>> TODAY WE CAME AND SAW THE
FOUNTAINS GOING INSIDE CHILDREN
PLAYING.
PLAYING.
PLAYING. WE SELL POLICE HERE .
>> IT'S ALL PART OF A SAFETY
PLAN, GEARED AT THE YOUTH HERE
.
.
. >>
. >> THERE'S MORE PEACE HERE THAN
I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
>> NESTLED BETWEEN THE MALL,
HOLIDAY PARK IS NOTORIOUS FOR
VIOLENT CRIMES LIKE SHOOTINGS
AND BRAWLS .
>> WE CAN'T HAVE CITY PARKS
THAT ARE NOTORIOUS FOR VIOLENT
ASSAULTS, DISTURBANCES,
ASSAULTS, DISTURBANCES, SHOOTINGS, IT'S OUR
RESPONSIBILITY ALONG WITH THE
COMMUNITY TO ALLEVIATE THE
PROBLEM .
PROBLEM .
PROBLEM . >> THIS SUMMER PORTLAND POLICE
TEAMED UP WITH GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES AND SEVERAL LOCAL
GROUPS AND CHURCHES WITH A GOAL
TO HAVE A POSITIVE PRESENCE AT
THE PARK THAT WAY PEOPLE WHO
DON'T PLAN ON BEING ON THEIR
BEST BEHAVIOR WILL STAY AWAY .
>> THE COMMUNITY AND THE POLICE
ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM
TOGETHER, LITERALLY WALKING
HAND-IN-HAND TO THE PARK,
ENGAGING WITH FOLKS.
>>REPORTER: SINCE THE SAFETY
PLAN STARTED, STATISTICS SHOW A
50% DECREASE IN ASSAULTS, 45%
DECREASE IN THEFT AND AN 18%
DECREASE IN DISTURBANCES .
>> I'M SO PROUD, IT'S WONDERFUL
TO BE PART OF A GROUP THAT'S
MAKING A DIFFERENCE BUT THIS IS
A SPECIAL PLACE IN PORTLAND AND
IT MEANS A LOT TO US.
>>REPORTER: FAMILIES LIKE THE
BROWNS HOPE THE EFFORT
CONTINUES THROUGH THE SCHOOL
WHERE WHEN THEY SEE A LOT OF
STUFF HAPPENING .
>> WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN
THE FALL, THAT'S WHAT I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO, I'M HOPEFUL
THAT HOLIDAY PARK WILL ONCE
AGAIN BECOME A GREAT PLACE FOR
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES.
FAMILIES. >> MEANWHILE, THE PORTLAND
POLICE STRATEGIC SERVICES
DIVISION WILL ANALYZE THE STATS
IN SEPTEMBER TO SEE IF THE
SAFETY PLAN MADE A DIFFERENCE
IN CURBING CRIME AND HOW IT CAN
BE IMPROVED .
>>> TAKE A LOOK AT NEW VIDEO
TONIGHT SHOWING A MISSING
MOTHER AND SON AT AN URGENT
CARE IN HILLSBORO THIS WAS
RECORDED TUESDAY NIGHT NEAR
HUNDRED 85th AND CORNELL.
THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT
NICOLE MURPHY AND HER TWO-YEAR-
OLD SON, KAYDEN WERE SEEN.
RELATIVES SAY THEY ARE WORRIED
BECAUSE NICOLE HAS A HISTORY OF
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO CARE FOR HER SON. IF
YOU SEE THEM CALL THE
WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S
OFFICE NONEMERGENCY LINE .
>>> A SMALL NONPROFIT SAYS
TRAINS HAVE BLOCK TRAFFIC
OUTSIDE THEIR SOUTHEAST
PORTLAND LOCATION LONG ENOUGH.
DRIVERS ARE FED UP WITH GETTING
STUCK MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK,
SOME ARE DRAWING THE LINE IN
DONATING MONEY TO A GROUP THAT
WANTS TO SOLVE THE ISSUE.
DEVON HASKINS JOINS US FROM THE
NEWSROOM, BUSINESS OWNERS SAY
THIS IS COSTING MONEY .
>> SOME BUSINESSES HAVE TOLD ME
THAT CUSTOMERS HAVE SAID IN THE
PAST THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO
COME TO THE STORE BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T WANT TO GET STUCK IN
THIS TRAIN/TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE .
>> IT'S AN IN AND TRAINS ARE
CROSSING AND STOPPING TRAFFIC .
>> IT'S RIDICULOUS .
>> 34 TRAINS GO BY AT THIS
CROSSING AND THE COMPLAINTS ARE
WITH UNION PACIFIC .
>> I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THEY
CAN'T RUN THE TRAINS AT NIGHT .
>> THIS DRIVER IS BOXED IN,
STUCK UNABLE TO MOVE .
>> YOUR WE ARE WILL PROBABLY BE
HERE FOR 30 MINUTES AND IT'S
ALREADY BEEN EIGHT MINUTES .
>> THIS SMALL CLOTHING BOUTIQUE
WITH THE STREET FRONT VIEW .
>> I HAVE A LOVE-HATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRAINS,
PEOPLE STOP IN FRONT OF MY SHOP
SO I GET BETTER VISIBILITY BUT
I'VE BEEN STUCK MANY TIMES .
>> DRIVERS GET IMPATIENT WHEN
THE TRAINS STOP .
>> LOTS OF U-TURNS AND TURNING
AROUND AND PEOPLE DRIVING THE
OTHER WAY BECAUSE IT'S A ONE-
WAY SO SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE
FREAKY AND YOU LOOK OUT AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING BACKWARDS .
>> ONE A COMMON COMPLAINT IS
THAT THE TRAIN IS JUST PARKED.
>>REPORTER: IT TOOK OVER AN
HOUR WEDNESDAY FOR THE TRAIN TO
GET MOVING AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY .
>> IT'S ABSURD THAT TRAINS ARE
ALLOWED TO PARALYZE PART OF THE
CITY .
CITY .
CITY . >>
CITY . >> IT'S A ONE-WAY STREET, IF IT
WAS TO A IT WOULD BE EASIER TO
GET OUT BUT IT'S ONE WAY SOME
PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED BY THE TRAINS
.
.
. >>
. >> IS
. >> IS SO BAD THAT THE NONPROFIT
DONATED $200 TO THE ALBINO
RELOCATION PROJECT THE GROUP IS
TRYING TO RAISE 25,002 SAID HE
RAILYARD RELOCATION .
>> EITHER LOWER THE STREET OR
RAISE THE STREET TO GET OVER
THE TRACKS OR MOVE THE RAILYARD
TO ANOTHER AREA .
>> LUCKILY FOR DRIVERS TODAY'S
STOPPAGE WAS SHORT .
>> THIS IS A SHORT ONE, I GOT
STUCK IN IT EARLIER THIS WEEK
AND I WAS HERE FOR 35 MINUTES .
>> A SPOKESPERSON FOR UNION
PACIFIC ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM
AND COMPLAINTS AND SAID THEY'RE
WORKING ON A SOLUTION.
ONE OF THEM WAS HAVING TRAINS
LEAVE EARLIER IN THE DAY. LET'S
HOPE IT GETS FIXED SOMETIME SOON
.
.
. >>>
. >>> TAKING YOU OUTSIDE TO WHERE
CREWS ARE BATTLING A WILDFIRE
OFF I-5 IN SOUTHERN OREGON.
DRIVERS ARE WARNED TO BE
CAREFUL IN THE CANNONVILLE AREA
SOUTH OF ROSEBURG.
THIS FIRE HAS BURNED 80 ACRES
IN THIS AREA FILLED WITH DEAD
TREES AND THICK BRUSH.
CRUISER DEALING WITH FALLEN
TREES, ROLLING ROCKS AND LONG-
WINDED.
WINDED.
WINDED. RESIDENTS ARE TOLD TO BE READY
IN CASE THEY NEED TO EVACUATE.
FIRE OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT
STARTED FROM AN ILLEGAL CAMPFIRE
.
.
. >>>
. >>> THERE'S A RED FLAG WARNING
IN PLACE FOR PART OF THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY .
>>> MATT SAVINO HAS DETAILS ON
THAT ENJOINS US LIVE FROM BAKER
CITY AS PART OF HIS TRIP ACROSS
EASTERN OREGON, MATT?
>> WE CAN START WITH THE RED
FLAG WARNING COVERING THE
WILLAMETTE VALLEY FOR ANOTHER
HOUR AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE
ARE EXPECTING FIRES TO START
BUT IT'S BECAUSE CONDITIONS ARE
WAS SO WARM AND DRY THAT IF
THERE IS A FIRE IT WILL SPREAD
RAPIDLY AND DANGEROUSLY SO IS
THE POTENTIAL.
THE POTENTIAL. LOOK AT THE HUMIDITY IT'S ABOUT
17% HUMIDITY, THAT'S LIKE
EASTERN OREGON STYLE, ONLY 23%,
THE AIR IS VERY DRY AND IF
YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE YOU KNOW
IT'S VERY WARM, HERE ARE THE
HIGH TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW 89
IN KING CITY, 90 AT THE AIRPORT
THAT IT'S ALREADY DROP THE
DEGREE, COOLER IN WEST LONDON
HAPPY VALLEY BUT FOR THE MOST
PART EVERYONE AROUND 90 DEGREES
SO IT'S BEEN A COOKER.
MORE ON THE WEATHER IN A BIT
BUT NOW LIVE FROM BAKER CITY WE
CHANGED LOCATIONS FROM THE
DISTILLERY TO THE BREWERY AND
WERE NOT JUST ON AN ALCOHOL
TOUR BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE
MAINSTAYS OF THE COMMUNITY.
WITH ME RIGHT NOW IS TYLER
BROWN THE OWNER OF BARLEY
BROWN'S BREWERY, IF YOUR CRAFT
BEER FAN 70% OF HIS PEERS SOLD
IN PORTLAND, TYLER, YOU HAVE A
SLING OF AWARDS, TELL ME ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE .
>> WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE .
>> TYLER IS VERY HUMBLE .
>> WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF
BREWERS, WE HAVE ADDISON
COLORED, ELI DIXON, PRETTY MUCH
EVERYONE WHO WORKS IN THE
BREWERY GRADUATED FROM BAKER
HIGH SO TO GO TO A NATIONAL
LEVEL AND COMPETE HAS BEEN
INCREDIBLE .
INCREDIBLE . >> HOW FAR AWAY DO YOU SELL
YOUR BEER?
YOUR BEER? >> IDAHO, OREGON AND WASHINGTON
.
.
. >>
. >> THANKS A LOT, BACK WITH MORE
LATER FROM BAKER CITY .
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT .
>>> THE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN
LANES WILL SOON BE PERMANENT
YEAR-ROUND.
YEAR-ROUND. RIGHT NOW, ONLY LACKING ONE
LANE OF TRAFFIC IN THE SUMMER
BUT IT IS CHANGING.
LINDSAY SPOKE ABOUT THE PROJECT
.
.
. >>
. >> THERE CALLING THIS THE
BETTER NATO FOREVER PROJECT AND
WHEN I ASKED PEOPLE I GOT MIXED
REACTIONS .
REACTIONS . >> STARTING SUMMER OF 2020,
THEY BEGIN CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE
THE BIKE LANES INTO A TWO-WAY
CYCLE TRACK AND SIDEWALK. ON
THE WEST SIDE OF WATERFRONT PARK
AND AS SEEN IN THIS DESIGN
VIDEO, THE WHITE LANES WILL
BECOME A RAISED CURB.
I FOUND MANY CYCLISTS EXCITED
ABOUT THE PROJECT .
>> IT'S PHENOMENAL, WE NEED IT,
OTHERWISE YOU RUN OVER
PEDESTRIANS AND YOU CAN'T
COMPETE WITH TRAFFIC.
PBOT PLANS TO UPGRADE THE
TRAFFIC SIGNALS BUT NOT
EVERYONE IS CONVINCED ONE LESS
LANE FOR DRIVERS WILL HELP WITH
TRAFFIC . I COULDN'T GET ANYONE
TO TELL ME THAT ON CAMERA BUT
ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE TOOK A POLL
AND ON TWITTER, 67% OF PEOPLE
LOVE THE IDEA WHILE 33% SAY
THEY HATE IT.
THE FACEBOOK WALL IS A
DIFFERENT STORY. AT LAST CHECK,
85% OF VOTERS SAY THEY HATE IT
WHILE 50% SAID THEY LOVE IT.
I HATE THIS, TRAFFIC IS ALREADY
CONGESTED, THEY CAN USE THE
EAST END LAST WATERFRONT ACCESS
THAT THEY BEEN USING WITHOUT
INTERFERING WITH TRAFFIC FLOW.
ROBERT DRAKE TWEETED DUMBEST
IDEA EVER, PBOT KNOWS HOW TO
SCREW UP TRAFFIC EVEN MORE .
>> ANNA SCHAFER SAYS A
COLLECTED DATA SHOWING THE BIKE
LANE DOES NOT CAUSE A
SIGNIFICANT DELAY FOR DRIVERS .
>> THE PACK THAT WE'VE PILOTED
THE PROJECT FOR FIVE YEARS, WE
HAVE A LOT OF DATA THAT SHOWS
THE DELAY FOR TRAVEL IS MINIMAL
THAT WE ARE NOT PARTICULARLY
CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYS FOR
TRAFFIC BUT WE SEE THOUSANDS OF
BIKERS TAKING THIS ROW EVERY DAY
.
.
. >>
. >> SOME
. >> SOME OF THE BIKERS ALSO
DRIVE BUT SAY THE IMPACT ON
TRAFFIC IS WORTH IT .
>> I AM A DRIVER ALSO, I DRIVE
THIS SECTION OF ROAD A LOT MORE
OFTEN THAN I BIKE IT AND IT'S
NEVER INCONVENIENCED ME .
>> I DRIVE AS WELL AND I
CERTAINLY KNOW WHEN I'M COMING
SOUTHWEST THERE'S A BIG BACKUP
ON NATO SO IT MAKES A BIG
DIFFERENCE. THAT'S JUST THE