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>> Announcer: THIS IS KGW NEWS AT SUNRISE.
AT SUNRISE. >>> SATURDAY BROUGHT US A
RECORD-BREAKING DAY OF RAIN.
WITH DRIVERS ON I-205 NORTHBOUND
. GOING OVER THE GLENN JACKSON
BRIDGE.
BRIDGE.
BRIDGE. HUGE PUDDLE SHUT DOWN A LANE
AND BROUGHT TRAFFIC TO A
STANDSTILL.
STANDSTILL. THEN THERE'S THIS PICTURE.
SOMETHING DAVIS AND DONE THE
SAY IT'S GOT TO BE A FUNNEL
CLOUD.
CLOUD.
CLOUD. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SAYS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT
LOOKS LIKE.
LOOKS LIKE. IT PROBABLY FORMED WHEN A HEAVY
CELL MOVED THROUGH THAT SPOT.
AND HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED A
SEWAGE OVERFLOW IN NORTHWEST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. INTO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER.
THE OVERFLOW HAPPENED AT
NORTHWEST 110th AND FRONT
AVENUES LATE AS JUNE.
50,000 GALLONS OF SEWAGE
SPILLED INTO THE RIVER.
EXPERTS SAY YOU SHOULD AVOID
THE WATER IN THE AREA FOR THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE OF
BACTERIA.
BACTERIA.
BACTERIA. GOOD ADVICE THERE.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
AND THANKS FOR GETTING UP WITH
US.
US.
US. TO
US. TO START YOUR SUNDAY.
I'M BRITTANY FALKERS ALONGSIDE
CHRIS McGINNESS.
CHRIS McGINNESS. >> HAPPY TO GET UP BRIGHT AND
EARLY.
EARLY.
EARLY. BUT WE WILL SEE SOME SUN TODAY.
WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT THE
RADAR OVER THE IN THE LAST
THREE HOURS.
THREE HOURS. WE STILL HAVE SOME AREAS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS.
SO SPECIFICALLY OUT ACROSS THE
COLUMBIA BASIN.
COLUMBIA BASIN. AS YOU GET, YOU KNOW, OUT
TOWARD ARLINGTON AND PILSEN AND
NORTH UP INTO SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. EXCUSE ME, SOUTHEAST
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. BACK ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
STORM SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE A
COUPLE SPREE COLD DAY.
ONE WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH
TILLAMOOK COUNTY.
TILLAMOOK COUNTY. ANOTHER WHEN WORKING ITS WAY AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. WE
WELL. WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WAS AS
FAR AS A STRAIGHT SHOWER IS
CONCERNED TODAY.
CONCERNED TODAY. ESPECIALLY THE FIRST PART OF
OUR DAY.
OUR DAY.
OUR DAY. BUT DO THINK OUR WEATHER IS A
LOT QUIETER TODAY THAN WHAT WE
SAW YESTERDAY.
SAW YESTERDAY. STILL A VINEYARD.
SHOWN US BROKEN CLOUD COVER OF
THE VALLEY THIS MORNING.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A GOOD WHILE
FOR THAT CLOUD COVER TO BREAK
UP.
UP.
UP. WE
UP. WE CAN SEE THAT.
AS WE GIVE YOU THE SHOT LOOKING
WEST, THE GORGE ACTUALLY LOOKS
PRETTY GOOD TODAY.
STRAY SHOWER CHANCE THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. BUT YOU FOLKS WILL SEE YOU THEN
MORE SUNSHINE I THINK THAT WE
WILL SEE IN THE VALLEY AS WE
PROGRESS TOWARD THE DAY TODAY.
THAT'S THE HEADLINE.
DECREASE IN SHOWER CHANCES
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. AND SLOW CLEARING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH.
NORTH.
NORTH. IT
NORTH. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE.
BUT EVENTUALLY WE SHOULD SEE
SOME LATE DAY SUNSHINE AND BY
THE WAY, WE WILL BE WARMER AS
WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK.
ITS 62 RIGHT NOW AT PDX.
A QUICK CHECK OF THE DAY
PLANNER.
PLANNER.
PLANNER. UPPER 60s WITH A MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES LINGERING THROUGH ABOUT
LUNCHTIME.
LUNCHTIME. LATE AFTERNOON HOURS, SOME
SUNBREAKS WITH HIGHS IN THE MID
70s.
70s.
70s. YOUR
70s. YOUR FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN
JUST A BIT.
>>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH,
CHRIS.
CHRIS.
CHRIS. AND THAT DECREASING RAIN CHANCE
IS GOOD NEWS FOR A LOT OF FOLKS
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THE
ANNUAL PROVIDENCE BRIDGE PEDAL.
THAT MEANS UNLESS YOU'RE ON A
BIKE OR ON FOOT, THE USUAL
ROUND ALL ACROSS THE WILLAMETTE
WILL BE BLOCKS.
RIDERS GET GOING AT SEVEN COURT
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. SO HERE'S WHAT'S CLOTHES.
THE UPPER DECK OF THE FREMONT
BRIDGE AND MARK AND BRIDGES.
EASTBOUND LANES OF THE STEEL
AND HALF AND BRIDGES AND
WESTBOUND LANES ON THE ROSS
ISLAND BRIDGE.
ISLAND BRIDGE. KEEP IN MIND, SOME OF THESE
CLOSURES WILL IMPACT SOME
SURROUNDING STREETS. WE HAVE
THAT FULL LIST ON OUR WEBSITE
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU.
FOR YOU. BUT HERE'S WHAT WILL BE OPEN.
SO YOU CAN PLAN AHEAD.
YOU BURNSIDE, BROADWAY, AND
SELLWOOD BRIDGES AND ORGANIZERS
RECOMMEND IF YOU ARE GOING
NORTH, TAKE I-405.
IF YOU'RE GOING SOUTH, TAKE I-5.
>>> WELL, THIS MORNING, SALEM
POLICE SAY THEY'RE
INVESTIGATING A RUMOR OF A
SHOOTING THREAT AT A WALMART IN
THE CITY.
THE CITY.
THE CITY. BUT IT THEY SAY THERE'S NO
EVIDENCE THAT IT'S TRUE.
THE DEPARTMENT POSTED THIS ON
FACEBOOK THURSDAY NIGHT.
IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
THEY SAID THAT RUMOR HAS BEEN
CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE IT
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. POLICE SAY THE DID BEEF UP
PATROLS NEAR THE WALMART
BECAUSE OF THE RUMOR.
THIS OF COURSE COMES AFTER THE
MASS SHOOTING AT AN EL PASO
WALMART JUST LAST WEEKEND.
>>> AND IT'S BEEN TWO WEEKS
SINCE WINDOWS WERE SMASHED AT
SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED IF
THEY ARE CONNECTED.
BUT MICHAEL PARSONS' ART
GALLERY IS USING THEIR CRAFT TO
EASE THE PAIN.
JOHN GOODWIN HAS THE STORY.
>> IT'S THE MOST ECLECTIC
GALLERY IN THE CITY.
>> Reporter: MICHAEL PARSONS
OWNED THE GALLERY IN DOWNTOWN
ISLAND FOR 7 YEARS.
>> WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. BUT WE PRIMARILY SELL HISTORIC
PAINTINGS.
PAINTINGS. >> WHEN YOU IF YOUR NO ART
ENTHUSIAST, THERE'S PLENTY ON
THE WALLS TO APPRECIATE.
>> WE ARE DONE HERE TRYING TO
DO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL,
SOMETHING POSITIVE.
SOMETHING POSITIVE. >> THIS BUT FOR THE LAST TWO
WEEKS, ONE OF THE WALLS INSIDE
IS EYE-CATCHING AND NOT IN A
GOOD WAY.
GOOD WAY.
GOOD WAY. >> THE WINDOW WAS BROKEN OUT IN
THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY TWO
WEEKS AGO, THE 28th.
>> Reporter: PARSONS DOESN'T
KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.
BUT HE DID KNOW HOW TO RUSH IT
ASIDE.
ASIDE.
ASIDE. >>
ASIDE. >> WHERE THERE IS DESTRUCTION,
THEIR CAN BE ARTWORK, TOO.
>> Reporter: THIS IS ALEX.
A LOCAL ARTIST THAT SPENDS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON REWORKING
SOME NEGATIVE SPACE.
>> IN THE PAINTING AND IN THE
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. >>
PLACE. >> Reporter: ALEX DOESN'T MIND
HIS MURAL IS JUST A TEMPORARY
EXHIBIT.
EXHIBIT.
EXHIBIT. HE IS JUST TRYING TO DO WHAT HE
CAN.
CAN.
CAN. >>
CAN. >> THIS IS THE EXACT SAME IMAGE
OF NOTRE DAME BURNING DOWN.
>> Reporter: I'LL LET YOU
INTERPRET HIS INSPIRATION.
AFTER ALL, IT IS HARD.
SPECTROLITE WRAPPING AROUND
THIS CORNER.
THIS CORNER. THE BELLS THAT ARE IN THOSE
TOWERS.
TOWERS.
TOWERS. I
TOWERS. I THINK ARE SITUATED RIGHT
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> ALEX WANTS YOU TO LOOK AND
PERHAPS REALIZE THAT SOMETIMES
WHAT MATTERS CAN ACTUALLY BE ON
THE OUTSIDE.
THE OUTSIDE. >> NOW THERE'S SOMETHING
POSITIVE HERE.
POSITIVE HERE. >> Reporter: FROM DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND, JOHN GOODWIN, KGW
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>>
NEWS. >>> INSPIRATIONAL ART.
WELL, ALEX WILL BE OUT AGAIN
THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS AFTERNOON. FINISHING UP THAT WE ARE.
I CAN'T WAIT TO PASS BY.
>>> DEPUTIES HAVE NOW ARRESTED
THE MAN ACCUSED OF
INTENTIONALLY DRIVING HIS VAN
INTO THE CLACKAMAS RIVER WITH
HIS WIFE AND SIDE.
THEY SEE DANIEL FINDLEY PLUNGED
INTO THE RIVER AT THE PARK AND
PART BOAT RAMP IN BORING ON
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. HIS WIFE MADE IT TO SHORE.
DEPUTIES SAY FINLEY FLOATED
DOWN THE RIVER AND THEY
COULDN'T FIND HIM.
WHEN YESTERDAY MORNING, THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE RESPONDED TO A
REPORT OF A SUSPICIOUS PERSON
NEAR HIGHWAY 224 AND 197th
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. DEPUTIES SAY IT WAS FINLEY WHO
WAS IN A DISHEVELED CONDITION.
HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL
FOR TREATMENT BEFORE BEING
BOOKED INTO JAIL.
>>> INEXPENSIVE HOUSING IN
PORTLAND IS, LET'S FACE IT,
HARD TO COME BY THESE DAYS.
THAT'S WHY PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN
THE OAKLEY MOBILE MOBILE HOME
PARK GOT SO.
NOT ONLY DID THEY GET TO STAY
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. BUT THEY'RE GETTING NEW AND
IMPROVED HOMES.
IMPROVED HOMES. KGW'S MORGAN ROMERO TAKES US
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. >>
THERE. >> Reporter: WATCHING AS THE
FINAL TOUCHES WERE PUT ON THIS
NEW HOME.
NEW HOME.
NEW HOME. >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MY BRAND-
NEW PLAYS.
NEW PLAYS. >> Reporter: VICTOR JOHANSEN
WAS FILLED WITH PRIDE.
>> THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
I KNOW THAT IN TERM IS USED A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. BUT
LOT. BUT THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE.
>> Reporter: PRIDE FOR HIS NEW
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> THESE ARE LIKE -- COMPARED
TO WHAT THEY WERE.
>> Reporter: PRIDE FOR HOW FAR
HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS HAVE
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE ARE GOING
TO BE DISPLACED WITHOUT -- THE
MAIN WORD.
MAIN WORD. BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MYSELF
PERSONALLY, I HAD NO PLACE TO
ABSOLUTELY TO GO.
I HAD NO PLACE.
I WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE STREET.
>> Reporter: BACK IN 2016,
RESIDENTS FOUND THAT THE OWNER
WAS PLANNING TO SELL IT TO THE
DEVELOPER.
DEVELOPER. THE PARK WAS IN BAD SHAPE.
THE TRAILERS WERE SO ALL.
DILAPIDATED AND DANGEROUS.
BUT STILL, RESIDENTS NEEDED TO
STAY HERE. SO THEY MOBILIZED.
LOCAL CHURCHES AND NONPROFITS
CAME TO THEIR AID.
>> I MEAN --
>> Reporter: THEY MARCHED AND
TALK TO CITY HALL TO PLEAD WITH
COMMISSIONERS FOR HELP.
>> IT WAS DEFINITELY OVER 100.
IT WAS PROBABLY CLOSER.
>> Reporter: AND WAS A SMALL
MOVEMENT FROM A SMALL COMMUNITY
THAT DECIDED TO -- AND THEN THE
COMMUNITY THING, WE'RE HERE FOR
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> THE CITY STEPPED UP WITH A
LOAN.
LOAN.
LOAN. NEIGHBORHOOD NONPROFIT LIVING
CULLY INITIALLY BOUGHT THE
PARK.
PARK.
PARK. THEN THEY SOLD IT TO ST.
VINCENT.
VINCENT.
VINCENT. DEDICATED TO THIS MISSION IN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. >> ♪ THE PUBLISHING HERE WAS
ALREADY AT RISK OF DISPLACEMENT
AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST PASSING HISTORY OF
DISPLACEMENT.
DISPLACEMENT. STEPPED IN AND JUST WANTED TO
BE ABLE TO MAKE IT A NICE,
RELAXING PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN
ACTUALLY COME HOME TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> OPEN THE HOUSE.
TRANSFORMING. LOCAL ORGANIZES
AND HELP REPLAYED THE TRAILERS.
>> IS SEEING THEM SAY THE HOMES
THE FIRST TIME, THAT JOY AND
EXCITEMENT THAT THEY HAVE, A
HOME THAT'S ENERGY-EFFICIENT,
IT'S CLEAN, IT'S BRAND-NEW.
>> Reporter: THE JOURNEY
SPARKED CITY COUNCIL TO PASS A
ZONING CODE FOR MOBILE HOME
PARKS.
PARKS.
PARKS. AIMED AT PREVENTING MORE
DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. >> IT GOES TO SHOW WHAT CAN
HAPPEN WHEN PEOPLE PUT THEIR
MINDS AND HEARTS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE AND DO SOMETHING POSITIVE
FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE AREA
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. >>
HERE. >> OUR THANKS