.
. THIS
. THIS IS
. THIS IS NEWS AT FROMVOD.
OUR FOLKS ARE REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT HELPING THE COMMUNITY.
A LOT OF OUR FOLKS LIVE OUT
THERE, OREGON AND WASHINGTON
NATIVES.
NATIVES.
NATIVES. SO THEY'VE BEEN CHOMPING AT THE
BIT TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND
DO ANYTHING.
DO ANYTHING. >> THE OREGON NATIONAL GUARD
NOW JOINING IN THE STATES
EFFORTS TO GET MORE
VACCINATIONS INTO OREGONIANS
ARMS.
ARMS.
ARMS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M LAUREL PORTER.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE
COVID SHOTS IN SALEM TODAY IN
PART OF A MASS VACCIENS EVENT
KGW PBOT DOORIS ONE TO TAKE A
LOOK >>.
LOOK >>.
LOOK >>. FOURTEEN >> THOUSAND DOSES
OF VACCINE AND 40 NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN ARRIVED HERE IN SALEM
TO HELP KICK OFF THIS MASSIVE
VACCINATION EVENT IS SOMETHING
THAT OTHER PLACES ARE LOOKING
TO DUPLICATE AND THEY SHOULD
BECAUSE IT'S WORKING FROM >>
THE LINES OF TRAFFIC TO THE
LINES OF PEOPLE WRAPPING AROUND
THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING. SALEM HEALTH HAS FIGURED OUT
HOW TO KEEP PEOPLE MOVING FOR A
MASS VACCINATION EVENT WILL
ADDIN THOMPSON FROM WEST SALEM
GOT HER SHOT AND IS IMPRESSED
>> SUPER.
>> SUPER.
>> SUPER. I WAS >> EXPECTING IT TO BE
VERY LONG VERY UNCOMFORTABLE,
YOU KNOW, JUST GREAT.
LAST >> WEEK SALEM HEALTH GAVE
8000 PEOPLE THEIR FIRST SHOTS
AND STOPPED ONLY BECAUSE THEY
RAN OUT OF SUPPLIES THIS WEEK
THEY EXPECT TO REACH FOURTEEN
THOUSAND.
THOUSAND.
THOUSAND. THIS MAY WELL BE THE MODEL
ADOPTED AROUND OREGON FOR GIVNG
LOTS OF COVID SHOTS QUICKLY.
>> WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS OTHER
FOLKS AROUND THE STATE ARE
GOING TO ARE GOING TO MODEL
SOME OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.
WE'VE HAD LEADERS FROM OTHER
HEALTH SYSTEMS COME DOWN AND
TAKE A LOOK AND WE'VE SHARED
INFORMATION WITH THEM SO THAT
NO ONE HAS TO REINVENT THE
WHEEL AND THEY CAN GO DO THIS
WHATEVER FACILITIES THEY HAVE
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. >> SO FAR THEY'VE JUST FOCUSED
ON PEOPLE IN MARION COUNTY WHO
ARE IN PHASE 1A.
THAT MEANS HEALTH CARE WORKERS
,PEOPLE LIVING IN LONG TERM
CARE FACILITIES.
CARE FACILITIES. BUT TODAY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDED STATES
OPEN THAT UP TO ANYONE 65 AND
OLDER MAY HAVE YET TO SEE THAT
THAT GUIDANCE OFFICIALLY
BLESSED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON
WITH THAT HERE IN OREGON.
WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO COME
ANY TIME NOW.
BUT OUR OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE ALL COMERS AND
VACCINATE THE COMMUNITY AS
QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY AS WE
CAN.
CAN.
CAN. >>
CAN. >> MEMBERS THE OREGON GUARD ARE
DOING EVERYTHING FROM HELPING
WITH TRAFFIC TO GIVNG SHOTS.
COLONEL RON SMITH IS A
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN HIS
CIVILIAN LIFE >>.
I THINK WE ARE AND A LOT
OF WAYS, YOU KNOW, UNIQUELY
SUITED FOR THAT TYPE OF THING.
>> BREELAND REED IS A FULL TIME
MEMBER OF THE AIR NATIONAL
GUARD, PART OF ITS AIR MEDICAL
RESPONSE TASK >> FORCE AND
HAPPY TO EXPLAIN WHY HE GOT THE
SHOT AND WHY AFRICAN-AMERICANS
WHO ARE HESITANT SHOULD GET IT
>> TOO.
>> TOO.
>> TOO. WE HAVE A HISTORY HERE IN THE
UNITED STATES AND I UNDERSTAND
WITH WHERE THE CONCERN IS
COMING FROM THEY SHOULD KNOW A
LOT OF THE VACCINE WAS WAS
DEVELOPED BY A BLACK DOCTOR,
BLACK WOMEN AND AND I MEAN I
MEAN IT'S HELPFUL.
I MEAN THIS IS NO DIFFERENT
THAN GETTING YOUR FLU SHOT >>
WILL DEAN TOLD ME IT WILL ALLOW
HER TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE
FREEDOM WITHOUT WORRY,
SOMETHING WE ALL LOOK FORWARD
TO >> AT THEIR FASTEST THEY'VE
BEEN ABLE TO HAVE 400 SHOTS AN
HOUR HERE AND WITH THE LATEST
DELIVERY OF VACCINE THAT SHOULD
LAST THEM UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN
THEY EXPECT ANOTHER DELIVERY
AND IS MORE NATIONAL GUARD
MEMBERS JOIN THE EFFORT THEY
MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCREASE IT
EVEN MORE INSULIN PBOT DOORIS
KGW NEWS I >> THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT TO GET PEOPLE
VACCINATED QUICKLY AS THE VIRUS
CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
TODAY GOVERNOR BROWN ANNOUNCED
FOUR COUNTIES WILL MOVE BACK
INTO THE EXTREME RISK CATEGORY
FOR TRANSMISSION STARTING ON
THE 15TH AND THAT INCLUDES
MORREAU KU'S CLATSOP AND BAKER
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. THESE RISK LEVELS ARE BEING
UPDATED EVERY TWO WEEKS.
PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE
CONCERNS OF A POSSIBLE SURGE IN
THE COMING WEEKS.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER
DR JENNIFER VINE SAYS WE'RE
STILL WAITING TO GET A CLEAR
VIEW OF WHLE CASES AFTER
HOLIDAY DISRUPTIONS OF TESTING
LABS AND CLINICS.
SHE SAYS HOSPITALIZATION RATES
HAVE IMPROVED TO WHAT WE SAW IN
MID-NOVEMBER SO >> THEY HAVE
SOME BREATHING ROOM FOR NOW.
THAT SAID, ANYBODY WHO'S GOING
TO GET REALLY SICK WITH
COVID-19 FROM HAVING BEEN
INFECTED AROUND THE HOLIDAYS IS
GOING TO JUST START TO SHOW UP
TO HOSPITALS I WOULD SAY THIS
WEEK AND NEXT.
SO AGAIN WE NEED A LITTLE BIT
MORE TIME TO SEE FOR SURE
WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT WE DO
STILL REMAIN IN A POTENTIAL
SURGE SITUATION JUST GIVEN THIS
COLD WINTER MONTHS AND GIVEN
HOW WIDESPREAD THE VIRUS IS.
>> DR. VINES SAYS SHE'S HAUNTED
BY WHAT SHE SEES IN OTHER
STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA WHERE
HOSPITALS ARE OVERRUN AND
THEY'RE HAVING TO PRIORITIZE
CARE.
CARE.
CARE. IT'LL BE MONTHS BEFORE THE
GENERAL POPULATION HAS ACCESS
TO VACCIENS.
TO VACCIENS. SO SHE REMINDS ALL OF US TO DO
OUR PART TO SLOW THE SPREAD.
WE'RE TRACKING >> SOME SEVERE
WEATHER TONIGHT SEVERAL INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE DUMPED ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
HOURS LEADING TO SOME DANGEROUS
CONDITIONS FROM THE PORTLAND
METRO AREA TO THE COAST.
WE'RE TRACKING FLOODING AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR LANDSLIDE.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. JOE RAINERI IS LIVE FOR US IN
LINCOLN CITY WITH A LOOK AT
CONDITIONS THERE.
CONDITIONS THERE. BUT LET'S GO FIRST TO CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST MATT ZAFFINO IN
THE WEATHER CENTER.
MATT, YOU'VE BEEN KEEPING AN
EYE ON RADAR ALL DAY AND
THERE'S BEEN A LOT TO WATCH.
THERE CERTAINLY >> HAS.
LORREL.
LORREL.
LORREL. WE'VE WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
LUCKY THERE'S BEEN A BREAK
AFTER THAT SURGE OF REALLY
HEAVY RAIN AND REALLY STRONG
WINDS THIS MORNING THAT LED TO
SOME POWER OUTAGES.
THERE'S BEEN A BIT OF A BREAK
BUT AS I CAN SHOW YOU NOW ON
DOPPLER RADAR IT'S BEGINNING TO
FILL IN TO THE WEST AND THAT'S
AN INDICATION THAT THINGS ARE
GOING TO RAMP UP ONCE AGAIN BY
FILL IN.
FILL IN.
FILL IN. I MEAN WE'RE STARTING TO SEE
RADAR RETURNS HERE WHERE WE
WEREN'T SEEING THEM EARLIER A
COUPLE OF HOURS AGO.
SO WE ARE NOT DONE WITH THIS
EVENT.
EVENT.
EVENT. WE'VE GOT THE FIRST PART OUT
OF THE WAY.
THE SECOND WILL COME ON SHORE
TONIGHT STILL UNDER A FLOOD
WATCH TILL 10:00 A.M. FOR ALL
OF WESTERN OREGON FROM THE
CASCADES TO THE COAST.
BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER
DEFINITIONS WITHIN THAT.
THERE'S ALSO A FLOOD ADVISORY
IN THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN
GREEN HERE THAT'S FOR URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING, PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS,
INTERSECTIONS, SMALL STREAMS
AND THE LIKE COMING UP THAT'S
ALREADY HAPPENING AND WE'VE GOT
KIND OF THE USUAL SUSPECT
OF RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY
FLOODING THE WILSON, THE
NEHALEM ALL OF THOSE AND THEN
UP IN THE GRAYS RIVER UP IN
WESTERN WASHINGTON UNDER FLOOD
WARNING AS WELL.
MEANWHILE OUT OF THE OREGON
COAST IT IS A COASTAL FLOOD
ADVISORY FOR SALTWATER FLOODING
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. WE
THERE. WE HAD A NEW MOON TODAY SO THAT
GIVES YOU HIGH TIDES EVEN
WITHOUT A STORM HIGH
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES PUSH A LOT
OF WATER ON SHORE WITH HIGH
TIDE THIS AFTERNOON THE TIDES
GOING DOWN NOW BUT THERE'S
STILL A LOT OF FRESH WATER
COMING OUT OF THE RIVERS SO A
LOT OF FLOODING HAPPENING ALONG
THE BEACHES.
THE BEACHES. IN FACT, I JUST HEARD FROM ODOT
AND HIGHWAY SIX EAST
OF TILLAMOOK IS CLOSED RIGHT
NOW BECAUSE OF SOME FLOODING
ISSUES THERE.
ISSUES THERE. SO FOR TONIGHT THE RAIN AND
WIND WILL PICK UP VALLEYS
ANOTHER HALF TO THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH WITH GUSTS TO FORTY
FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
THE CASCADES UPWARDS OF ANOTHER
TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND OUT
OF THE COAST ANOTHER INCH OR
HALF AN INCH TO INCH AND A HALF
WITH GUSTS OF FIFTY FIVE TO
SIXTY FIVE MILES AN HOUR.
THIS WILL ALL HAPPEN BETWEEN
NOW AND ABOUT MIDNIGHT LAUREL
AND THEN THINGS WILL BEGIN TO
RAMP DOWN AND THE SEVEN DAY
FORECAST IS WAY MORE DRY THAN
WHEN.
WHEN.
WHEN. I'M
WHEN. I'M ALSO GOING TO SHOW YOU
WHERE ALL THIS RAIN CAME FROM.
IT'S FROM REALLY FAR AWAY.
BACK TO YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD >> TO THAT IN A
FEW MINUTES.
FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU, MATT.
AND AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM
MATT, THE RAIN HAS BEEN PRETTY
MUCH NONSTOP TODAY AND YOU'VE
SEEN IT HERE IN THE METRO AREA.
METEOROLOGIST JOE RAINERI JOINS
US LIVE FROM LINCOLN CITY WITH
WHAT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN LIKE
ON THE OREGON COAST.
AND IT LOOKS PRETTY WILD.
JOE >> AND LAURA, WE HAVEN'T
SEEN MUCH OF A BREAK FROM THE
RAIN AT ALL TODAY AND AS YOU
CAN SEE BEHIND ME, WE'RE STILL
SEEING THE RAIN REALLY PICK UP
AND AS MATT HAS BEEN TALKING
ABOUT ALL AFTERNOON, THERE HAVE
BEEN A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE
OREGON COAST WITHIN THE LAST 24
HOURS HAVE SEEN WELL OVER AN
INCH OF RAIN AND THAT NUMBER
WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB OVER THE
NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.
WELL, IT'S THAT HEAVY RAIN THAT
HAS SOME RESIDENTS IN THE
COMMUNITY, SMALL COMMUNITY
OF OTUS ON THE CONCERNED.
IT WAS JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO
WHEN WILDFIRES TORE THROUGH
THAT AREA LEAVING MANY
RESIDENTS WITHOUT A PLACE TO
LIVE.
LIVE.
LIVE. NOW
LIVE. NOW DRIVE THROUGH THE AREA
RIGHT NOW AND YOU'RE STILL
REMINDED OF SOME OF THAT
DEVASTATION AND THAT'S A BIG
CONCERN FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS
IS WILL HAVE FLY BUT WE HAVEN'T
SEEN ANY SLIDES AT ALL TODAY.
THAT IS THE CONCERN HEADING
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
WE >> WORRY MORE ABOUT SLIDES
THE HILL UP THERE.
ALL THE TREES ARE GONE THAT
HELD ALL THAT WE'VE HAD TO REDO
A RETAINING WALL OUT BACK THAT
BURNED.
BURNED.
BURNED. SO A LOT OF THE STRUCTURES THAT
HELD EVERYTHING ARE GONE >>
THAT HERE'S SOME VIDEO OF WHAT
IT LOOKED LIKE DRIVING IN
LINCOLN CITY EARLY AFTERNOON AT
WE HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW YOU CAN
TELL HOW WINDY IT IS THERE.
SO I THINK IT JUST KNOCKED OUR
SIGNAL RIGHT OUT FROM JOE.
BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW
TERRIBLE THE WEATHER WAS THERE
AND WINDY AND WET.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
THAT FOR YOU.
AND ANY TIME WE HAVE WEATHER
LIKE THIS, IT REALLY IS A GOOD
IDEA TO DOWNLOAD KGW NEWS THAT
YOU CAN WATCH RADAR GET
FORECAST UPDATES AND ALERTS FOR
YOUR AREA.
YOUR AREA. YOU CAN ALSO SHARE YOUR
PICTURES WITH US.
I BET A LOT OF YOU HAVE GREAT
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS.
PHOTOS. JUST USE THAT NEAR ME FEATURE
ON THE KGW APP PARENTS IN
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND OR RIGHT IN
THE MIDDLE OF A HEATED DEBATE
OVER THE SHUFFLING OF KIDS FROM
ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER A
COMMUNITY GROUPS PROPOSALS
BEING PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL
BOARD TONIGHT AS CHRISTINE
PITAWANICH REPORTS, THIS IS ALL
PART OF THE PORTLAND PUBLIC
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PLAN TO
BALANCE ENROLLMENT AND REDRAW
BOUNDARY LINES >>.
ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS IN THIS
FIRST PHASE OF THE REBALANCING
PLAN FOR SOUTHEAST PORTLAND
SCHOOLS IS DETERMINING WHICH
SCHOOLS WILL SEND KIDS TO A
NEWLY RENOVATED KELLOGG MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN FALL OF TWENTY TWENTY
ONE >> MEGAHN >> KELLY.
I HAVE A SECOND GRADER AT
KRISTEN AND I'M ALSO THE
QUESTONS SCHOOL PTA PRESIDENT
KELLY >> IS ONE OF THE MANY
PARENTS AT CRESTON WHO SAY
THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT BEING ONE
OF THE LAST TO SWITCH FROM A K
THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL TO A K
THROUGH FIVE.
THROUGH FIVE. UNDER THE PROPOSAL THEIR KIDS
DON'T GET TO ATTEND THE
REVAMPED KELLOGG MIDDLE SCHOOL
NEXT >> YEAR.
KRISTEN WOULD BE THE ONLY
SCHOOL IN SOUTHEAST THAT
REMAINS A K8 AT THIS POINT >>.
THEY SAY THEY'RE >> MIDDLE
SCHOOLERS WILL BE LEFT OUT
BECAUSE THOSE ATTENDING KELLOGG
WOULD GET MORE CHOICES AND
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES. THE PROPOSAL >> TO THE SCHOOL
BOARD KEEPS CRESTON AS A K
THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL UNTIL THE
TWENTY TWENTY TWO SCHOOL YEAR.
BUT AFTER THAT IT'S UNCLEAR
WHERE QUESTONS MIDDLE SCHOOLERS
WILL GO.
WILL GO.
WILL GO. AND >> THIS LEAVES A BIG
QUESTION MARK ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENS AFTER THAT.
>> THE PROCESS HAS ALSO BEEN
FRUSTRATING FOR OTHER MINORITY
COMMUNITIES WHO SAY THERE
AREN'T ENOUGH DIVERSE VOICES IN
THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
THEY SAY THERE'S AN IDEA TO
CONSOLIDATE >> DUAL LANGUAGE
IMMERSION PROGRAMS MOVING THEM
TO AREAS WHERE A LARGE NUMBER
OF NATIVE SPEAKERS LIVE >> TO
SAY SO IS SAYING THAT WE ONLY
BELONG IN THAT AREA AND A LOT
OF THE LATINX COMMUNITY IS
FEELING PUSHED OUT SEGREGATED.
THERE'S >> A SIMILAR FEELING
FOR SOME IN THE CHINESE
COMMUNITY >> THEY IGNORE THE
FACT THAT NOT ALL THE BIPOC
FAMILIES >> LIVE THERE.
THEY SAY THEY JUST WANT TO BE
HEARD.
HEARD.
HEARD. YOU CAN'T REALLY HEAR WHAT THE
BIPOC FAMILIES SAY.
A DISTRICT >> REPRESENTATIVE
SAYS MAPPS IS AWARE OF THE NEED
FOR MORE DIVERSE VOICES IN THE
DECISION >> MAKING PROCESS.