This is KGW News at Sunrise. Good morning.
Thanks for getting up with us on this
Saturday morning. I'm Tim Gordo.
This morning on Sunrise.
Big changes could be coming
to the library in Beaverton.
Why the city could cut staff and hours.
Plus why a Milwaukee police offr
faces criminal charges this mor.
But before we get to all that,
let's check in with Chris McGins
for a look at our warm forecast.
Warm, how about record heat,
right, Record highs yesterday.
And I think there's a pretty
good chance we're going to set
two more records this weekend.
So it's going to be for sure
a hot Mother's Day weekend.
We'll take you right now to the Oregon coast.
That is pretty eyes is really s,
super pretty here.
From the Chinook Winds Casino
Resort camera in Lincoln City,
our camera pointed towards Cascade Head.
We've got a little bit of low cloudiness
or some fog there and of coursee
sun breaking through that above,
right, the sun is breaking up.
For the Cascades right now,
there's the live look from Solar Vineyard,
the silhouette of Mount Hood off
in the distance and one more chk
here of our Wells Fargo sky cam.
There it is in all its glory and that
sunshine is going to warm us up quickly.
Today it's already 58 at PDX50 in King City,
54 Hillsboro and there are some
cool pockets out there right no.
Tillamook one of them at 46,
but a story is 55.
Offshore flow will increase
throughout the day today and
especially tomorrow leading for.
Heat intense heat across
western Oregon and Washington.
There's a heat advisory in effet
for most of western Oregon and
Washington through the weekend.
Right now we are mild and we're going
to get downright hot this after.
85 by lunchtime.
I've got forecast highs up aroud
95 today and probably back in
the lower to middle 90s tomorro.
Tim,
there is a chance for some
thunderstorms in our seven day
forecast that might take the ede
off the heat early next week.
We'll look at that in just a few minutes.
All right. Hot. Thanks, Chris.
Well, despite this early dose of summer,
water throughout our area and ls
and rivers is still really cold.
Friday, authorities say four
people ran into trouble swimming
near Tolavana Beach on the coas.
Two people were able to get out on their own.
Firefighters rescued a third,
but the 4th person they say,
was never found.
Alma McCarty talked to 1st responders,
whose word this weekend is caut.
We are in for a hot 1,
so it's no surprise some kicked
off their weekend on the river.
The Clackamas from high rocks dn
to the mouth will be pretty busy
with people. I'm just amazed
that people are really out doing
it today and you can imagine.
But it's going to be next three days.
Yeah. This place will be packed.
I drove out here so nice out.
I laid in the sun.
I was like, how could I not.
On a day like this?
Rachel Tolliver couldn't let
the sunshine go to waste.
I went into work.
It was a regular day and.
I decided to take 1/2 day
because the weather's so nice.
I was like, you know what?
I can't be cooped up
in this office all day.
I'm not going to do it at
high rocks. Firefighter Dusty Mock says.
Due to snowmelt, the water is
deeper and the current faster tn
it typically is during the summ.
Current's moving pretty quick.
It's pretty pushy.
So it is a lot harder to swim
in than it in if you're used to
coming out here in the summerti.
The firefighters tell me two things to keep
in mind if you plan on visiting this weekend.
First, there are no lifeguards on duty,
they don't start until Memorial.
And 2nd, the water is really,
really cold. As you jump in,
they call it cold water shock.
Your body has initial
reaction to take a big gas,
so if you jump in and you're underwater,
you take that big gas usually.
You can go right to the bottom,
he says. It only takes a few minutes to
get too cold to move around effectively.
Many swimmers Friday felt that first hand
very cold, almost shocking.
Like it took the breath out
of me when I jumped in.
But at the same time,
it's really nice and refreshing,
especially like to get out and
then be able to lay in the sun,
just air dry, you know?
Downriver in Canby, dozens stayed cool with
a beer or cider at a sold out brew fest.
Is it sold out tonight and tomorrow night,
a first of its kind event at the
fairgrounds according to Raylene Kay Meyer.
I think we get this.
I mean, this is fantastic.
I mean there there was
over 800 tickets sold.
And I mean, I thought,
Oh my gosh, please,
somebody please come.
And they came. Plenty
of space indoors provided a
break from the sun, but many.
Ventured back outside,
enjoying the end of the first df
this heat wave in Clackamas Cou,
Alma McCarty, KGW News
and of course, stay with us this
weekend for continuing coverage.
You can find the latest forecass
and updates on air on kgw.com
and on our social media pages,
and also the KGW app.
Well, a Milwaukee police officer
faces criminal charges for alled
MIS official misconduct on the .
Court documents say Officer David McVeigh
had sex while on duty back in 2.
The documents didn't specify
any further details.
The Milwaukee Police Department says as
soon as they learned about the incident,
they turned it over to the Clacs
County Sheriff's Office to investigate.
McVeigh was fired from the
department in March.
Well, a quick traffic alert in
Southeast Portland this morning.
Friday, a sinkhole opened up on
Southeast Yamhill Street at 76th Ave.
This is in front of Ascension Catholic
Catholic Church in Mount Tabor neighborhood,
PBOT tells us while it looks
pretty small from the surface,
the hole is actually about 10 feet deep,
and it could get bigger.
Yamhill is closed between 75th and 76th,
but before crews got there,
neighbors say they put out bucks
and bins to help warn drivers.
You see them there.
It went from six inches at 2:30
and you see what it is now.
I mean,
it's a crater and it took an hour and a half,
but I think the bus is pounding,
not.
It didn't help how P Bot says
they're investigating the extent
of the damage and crews will be
out working on that this weeken.
TriMet also says bus line 15 wil
not be stopping between SE 60th
and 76th until further notice.
Well,
it's a place people count on to borrow books,
do research and ask for assista.
And now the city of Beaverton
is looking to pull back on both
library staff and ours.
Catherine Cook explains why
it feels like a slap in the face to them.
Adam Corst is heartbroken for
librarians in the city of Beave.
As the library union president course says,
he sat in the same room with eit
Beaverton librarians last week.
As city officials told them,
their jobs were unofficially
on the chopping block,
pending approval by City Counci.
It's gut wrenching.
This is people's livelihood and librarians.
It's a very nice job and it's vy
hard to find jobs in that field
and this is something that peope
have worked a very long time fo.
The pending cuts come as the Cif
Beaverton response to what theyl
unprecedented funding challenge.
They noted rising inflation and
financial strains brought on
by the pandemic. The result?
A $10 million General fund shorl
and a $1,000,000 library fund deficit.
This week, the Budget Committee recommended
cutting 18 library staff positi.
That includes 2 parttime positis
at the Beaverton City Library,
8 full and parttime positions ae
Murray Shoals branch, and one vacancy.
The city may also reduce hours
at the Murray Shoals branch from
seven to four days a week.
I hate to see anyone lose their,
lose their job, right?
Because at the end of the day ty
provide a service and it's a see
that the community uses.
So John Payne says he uses the Murray
Shoals branch about three timesa
week and lives less than a mile away.
He says he'll feel the
impact of reduced hours. If
you've got to go to the main br,
of course that's a fantastic facility,
but at the same time it's it's
nice having local access to.
You know, to a nice branch.
Another library guest told us hs
indifferent to the reduced hour,
happy to visit other branches,
and says he won't notice staffing cuts.
They've got signs that say
use the electronic checkout.
You don't need a librarian anym.
Course feels much differently.
He's hanging on to the city's words that
these cuts are not yet a done d,
hoping that perhaps they can find a way to
reduce the budget without reducing jobs.
Again, these are people.
These are lives. These are stor.
It was incredibly challenging to
sit with these 8 librarians and
and hear the stories on how this
is going to impact their lives.
Catherine Cook reporting will The next Budget
Committee meeting is scheduled for May 23rd.
A public hearing and possible approval
by City Council is slated for June 6th.
City leaders tell us if the library cuts go
through, guests should expect reduced hours
to kick in late this summer or early fall.
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