And it is so good to see you.
Welcome to Up With Creme.
I'm Tim Pham. And
I'm Nicole Hernandez.
We want to start off this Monday morning.
But our meteorologist,
Thomas Patrick, because Thomas,
it's been beautiful. It's summe.
My goodness, wasn't it the weekend? Just
beautiful and hot. Oh my God, it was toasty.
You guys have a good weekend. That's good.
What about you? Yeah, it was ni.
I think between all of us,
we either had the two ends of the extremes.
You either were on the lake and on the
water every day this weekend, ou
were like me and you just stayed inside.
You had the A/C cranked because
it was decently hot out there.
Our temperatures were in the low 90s on
Saturday and then upper 80s on Sunday.
Today, just about the same. The.
Very little change to our forect
as we are now finishing up the h
of July with today being July 3.
So 59 degrees, still a little bt
cool first thing in the morning.
That has not changed either.
It's 44 in Deer Park, definitelr
cool spot of the Inland Northwe.
Otherwise,
most areas probably in the 50s,
but by next hour we're going to
see those cooler temperatures
really start to normalize big t.
Could it be a little bit hazy?
The answer is yes,
but nothing more than just a little bit.
But we are going to be tracking
all those wildfires that are
burning across the Northwest.
There are wildfire evacuations n
both the US and Canada this mor.
The Eagle Bluff fire started
Saturday afternoon and it's
already destroyed three homes.
So it is burning near the town f
Oroville in Okanogan County right now.
And this is along the
Canadian border right now.
Level 2, get ready to leave.
Evacuations are in place for this fire.
Take a look at this time lapse
video of viewer sent in to us.
You can see the flames
spreading across the hill,
creating a lot of smoke.
The state Department of Natural
Resources says the wildfire has
burned more than 10,000 acres,
forcing people to evacuate.
British Columbia Wildfire Servie
reports more than 2000 acres
burned on its side of the borde,
bringing the total acreage
burned in both the States and
Canada to more than 12,000 acre.
We
were ready to go.
That's the first time that I'ver
had to pack up things for a fir,
despite having seen fires befor.
Okanogan County Emergency Managt
believes this fire was human ca,
although it is still under investigation.
Meanwhile, crews fully containea
brush fire that sparked up near South
Palouse Highway yesterday after.
The Katy Lane fire burned about four acres.
The Washington State Department of Natural
Resources says a small building burned,
but it did not burn any homes.
We are entering the peak of fire
season here in the Pacific Northwest.
Fire danger is extremely
high as we head into August.
The second-half is the most challenging,
right? So we're heading into
the most difficult fire months.
We always have. And I'll tell y,
it's already been a very busy fire season.
So far there have been at least
1000 fires and 80,000 acres bur.
Both the Washington Fire Marshas
office and the Department of
Natural Resources are concerned
about an extended fire season.
They say you can do your part by
following the burn bans that are
in place across much of the sta.
For more coverage on the wildfire season
ahead and how the Inland Northwt
is preparing for our own wildfi,
you can head to Creme 2 Plus.
It is our streaming platform.
You can download Creme 2 Plus
on Roku or Amazon Fire TV.
Once you get out for your morning commute,
there are a few detours in plac.
So our Creme Two's Brandon T Jones is live
right now near the TJ Me Knock bridge.
So, Brandon, how should drivers
plan for this ongoing construct,
Nicole? Well, they should plan to get
out of the house about 10 to 15 minutes
early because that'll help avoid being
late to wherever you may have t.
And it'll make that process a little bit
smoother as you're out there on the roads.
As you can see right behind me,
this bridge, TJ me not, would be
officially closed at 7:00 AM this morning.
They've got the cones,
They've got the signs in place already,
but that's why we're out here as well.
We want to tell you about those
detours and how you can make
that drive to work or school,
whatever may you you're doing
a little bit easier.
So the bridge is completely clod
to traffic, accessing wistocks y
via Maple and Ash and Government way.
Detours are in place in both
directions of the bridge.
So if you're traveling from Wiss
Way to Maple and Ash to North or South,
you're going to want to go South
on Government Way,
then turn E on Sunset Blvd.
toward Maple and Ash streets.
Now if you're traveling northbo,
drivers are asked to get on 2nd.
to drive West to Sunset Blvd.
At Government Way.
You'll turn north and travel
towards W Talks Way.
So the bridge is scheduled to rn
closed throughout the weekend.
Reopen on August 5th if you want
to go ahead and take a another
look at some of those detours.
We do have that on the Crim 2 ap
in the Crim 2 website as well,
so you can take a further look
and kind of get an idea of what
the detours in place over here
in this section of town will be.
For now, reporting live in Spok.
Brandon T Jones,
Crimson News
In just a few hours, a judge is
scheduled to sentence Lori Valo.
Back in May, a jury found the
Eastern Idaho mom guilty of murr
and conspiracy to commit murdern
the deaths of her two children d
her current husband's late wife.
Valo will not face the death penalty,
but she could face up to life in prison.
During the sentencing,
several people are expected to
give victim impact statements
and that includes Valo's only
surviving child and Valo's sist,
as well as the grandmother of
one of the murder children.
We also expect today sentencing
to be solely up to the judge.
If the death penalty
had been still considered,
the jury would have had the same
jury would have sat and had like
a jury Part 2 and they would hae
made the decision right there.
And then what her sentence woule
and they would have not had to o
this whole presentence investigation.
But at this point the that's
up to the judge to determine,
and he's going to look into all that,
all that information.
Valo's mental health is
expected to be considered,
but she can't be sentenced to a state
hospital even if a judge decides
she does have mental health iss.
A judge can, however,
take the family's wants into consideration
given the impact of the murders.
Valo sentencing is scheduled
to start at 8:00.
O'clock this morning.
It's six O 7.
Let's take a look at your morning rush.
More news in less time.
Washington Senator Maria Cantwel
is hosting A fentanyl roundtable
here in Spokane today.
First responders, tribal leaderd
community members will be there to talk
about how fentanyl impacts Spok.
That starts at 10:15 this morni.
An 8 year old is recovering froa
cougar attack at Olympic National Park.
Park officials say the child was camping
at Lake Angeles when the attack happened.
The cougar stopped after the ki.
Mom yelled at it.
They weren't seriously hurt,
but they did go to the
hospital for evaluation.
Right now,
park law enforcement and wildlie
personnel are looking for the
cougar and crews will put it don
if they find it this morning.
Seattle police detectives are sl
working to identify the suspects
in a mass shooting on Friday ni.
Five people were shot in a
Safeway parking lot during a
community outreach event.
Police say at least two
gunmen fired the shots.
Two of the five victims are stil
recovering in the hospital this morning,
and four people from Washington State died
after an ATV rolled in Kittettas County.
It happened Saturday afternoon
north of Ellensburg.
The Kittitas County Sheriff's
Department says the side by side
ATV rolled then caught fire
while driving on a dirt Rd.
In the Wenatchee Okanagan National Forest.
The Sheriff's Department is investigating.
That's a look at your morning rh
608 and weather wise going to be
more like it was this weekend,
more sunshine, temperatures right around
90 degrees and could be slightly hazy
at times but nothing to worry at
in regards of that haze out the.
So yeah, sunny skies,
upper 80s for the most part acrs
the Inland Northwest today with
a few spots in Central Washingtn
hitting those low 90s seems like
a very typical summer like day
to finish out the month of July.
But as we look ahead, yes,
August is also going to be quite warm,
but in terms of the supposedly
wetter than average,
still not buying it as we've
seen the last several weeks,
but I'll show you the days that might
be a bit cloudier as some rain might get
just closer to the Inland North.