This is KGW News at Sunrise this morning.
We are following the very latest on 2
wildfires that broke out Sunday afternoon.
We have the latest on the firef,
plus what evacuations are
looking like this morning.
Plus, my dad says he photographed a cougar.
I'm like huh? Yeah, Cannon Beach
Closed to visitors right now bee
a cougar was spotted on Haystack Rock.
We talked to the man who took pictures
of the big cat. Oh my goodness,
I have never seen that before.
A cougar on Haystack Rock.
Have you guys seen that?
Well, I thought you weren't
supposed to climb the rock.
Don't they have a sign posted?
Those Cougars. Cougars.
Yeah, it's wild.
No, I've never seen anything
like that before.
Yeah, a way to start on Monday morning,
right.
And also it's been a warm
warm weekend cooler today
we're gonna bring it down. Bringing it
down. Let's get you going outsir
bringing it down with clouds to start.
Here's Snook Winds Casino Resort Camera
in Lincoln City tell it's cloud.
Obviously the cameras grainy bee
it's so early in the morning.
Temperature 59 degrees.
Winds are currently calm there.
We have the clouds over downtown
Portland as well from the
Wells Fargo building where 66.
So a cooler push.
Marine air, we are expecting
at least some spots of drizzle,
especially at the coast and especially near
and north of the Columbia River this morning.
We'll see if we get reports of .
66 right now could still be in
the 60s at noon with partial
clearing starting to develop.
Then eventually the sun will come out.
We have a chance to stay under .
I have a set 79 degrees back to.
Wow. OK. Thank you so much, Rod.
And we've also got a couple
traffic alerts to let you know
about northbound I5 Back open
right now at Northeast Weidler .
after a deadly crash shut it down overnight.
This is video of the scene.
Around 10:30 PM last night,
Portland police responded to res
of a pedestrian hit by a car.
Investigators say that pedestrin
died at the scene.
We also want to remind you the
Lewis and Clark bridge connectig
Rainier OR and Longview,
WA is now closed and it could stay closed
for over a week while crews make repairs.
Pedestrians, cyclists and emergy
vehicles can get across,
but for everyone else you've got
to take a significant detour,
either I5 through Portland or
Highway One O 1 through Astoria.
The Wakayakum County ferry willo
be running service twice an hou,
24 hours a day while that bridge is closed.
Now to the
latest on wildfires in our area.
Some people southeast of
Estacada are under Level 1.
Be ready evacuation orders KGW viewer
Jeanette Whitney took this video of a
firefighting plane landing on North Fork
Reservoir to dump water on the .
That's because the 224 fire is burning
in a rural area just off Hwy. 2.
The fire started late yesterday afternoon.
Clackamas Fire and Rescue says
it's burned about 20 acres so f.
Evacuations apply to people at
the Clackamas River RV Park,
Promontory Park, Campground,
SE Michaels Road and portions of Southeast
Fall Creek and Tumala Mountain roads.
For the latest evacuation order,
head to Clackamas County's
website or its Facebook page.
This morning, many people in
Skamania County who had to leave
because of a fire are back home.
A wildfire broke out
there yesterday afternoon.
Flames were reported a little
before 5:00 o'clock last night,
just a few miles north of
Carson off Wind River Highway.
Homes on Bear Creek Rd.
Were under Level 3 Go Now evacuation orders.
But by 7:30 last night,
those were reduced to level 2,
where they remain this morning.
Fortunately,
firefighters stopped the flamesm
spreading further into the gorg.
Old State Rd.
Remains at a Level 1 evacuation notice.
Investigators are looking into e
cause and say only about 5 acres burned.
The Skamania County Sheriff's
Office's Facebook page has the
latest on all the evacuation or.
We're learning more about
what the Clackamas
County Sheriff's Office is
calling a murder suicide.
12 year old Patrick Landers junr
was killed last Wednesday at
his father's home in Damascus.
We spoke with Patrick Landers sr
to get a better idea of what happened.
Authorities identified the killer as 34
year old Ricochet Kerr of Hillsborough.
He was in the middle of a divore
with Landers adult daughter whod
a restraining order against Ker.
Lander says on Tuesday at the
hearing for that restraining or,
Kurz said he would kill himself.
But the court didn't do anything about that.
Judge granted
the restraining or because the guy was
just being dumb, stands up in c,
says I'm going to kill myself right there.
Should have been over and done.
We shouldn't be having this conversation.
He should have been held.
Yeah, they should have took him.
KGW has reached out to court
administrators in Washington Coy
to ask about protocols if someoe
threatens self harm inside a courtroom.
So far, though, we have not heard back.
And if you or someone you know
is in crisis, there is help.
Call 988 to be connected to a cs
center and a trained counselor.
In about two months,
a state trial for Oregon's new r
passed gun law is set to begin.
Measure 114 requires a permit
to buy a gun and bans magazines
holding more than 10 rounds,
but it hasn't gone into effect yet because
of legal challenges in state co.
Supporters did win one victory n
federal court last Friday when a
judge ruled the law is constitutional,
saying the Second Amendment doet
protect large capacity magazine.
To be clear,
that federal ruling does not men
Measure 114 is going to go into effect
because the state trial is still taking
place in Harney County this September.
And later this morning,
some flight attendants for Alasa
Airlines are planning to pick in
front of Portland International Airport.
Their union is negotiating a new
contract asking the airline for
better pay and working conditio.
Flight attendants also have a
day of action planned for August
15th at major Alaska hubs,
but they say it won't disrupt service.
The demonstration is strictly
to raise awareness.
This morning,
Cannon Beach officials are hoping a cougar
has made its way off of Haystack Rock.
A stretch of Cannon Beach
was actually closed.
Because of the big cat and emergency,
crews are worried it might make a return.
So Kgw's Ashley Graham's talked
to the man who first spotted
the cougar yesterday morning.
Organ is known for miles
of beautiful coastline,
and one photographer headed out
early in the morning to capture.
I went over to the beach just
to photograph some puffins.
He expected to see some birds.
What his lens saw was a differet
kind of animal altogether.
While looking there just
happened that I saw the cougar.
You heard that right,
a cougar climbing around on
Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach.
My dad says he photographed a cougar.
I'm like, huh?
He quickly warned a family walking near
the rock and word spread it's unique to us.
Nobody was ever aware of this happening.
The Cannon Beach Police Department closed
the beach near Haystack Rock to protect
both the cougar and any beachgo.
There's about a 2000 foot wide corridor that.
The animal can use anytime they decide to.
In the meantime,
people of all ages, nice,
cool, awesome,
make their way out to the sand d
he just kind of looked around,
turn his head,
and then he just kind of disappd
trying to catch a glimpse of
the cat on the rock. Reporting
from Cannon Beach, I'm Ashley Graham's
KGW News. Can you imagine seeing
that you're at the cut a mile?
Mom, Dad, take a look at that.
It's usually like a seagull or something.
I know. Not a cougar,
It's a cougar. We need to zoom
in our sky Cam and see if we
can spot anything. This morning
sun gets up a little bit.
I'll get right on that.
And again, we said
earlier in the show, I'm pretty
sure you're not supposed to clib
that rock, that cougar. It's
only going to tell the green or.
Yeah. All right. We begin
with a red flag warning for high fire danger.
This is everything in red now.
Technically the the morning ares
about white salmon on the Washin
side of the Columbia, of course,
and then out through the Columba
basin and up into Washington.
There's cooler weather coming,
but that cooler weather will coe
with West winds being gusty 30 o
40 mph in this region right now,
the Dows reporting northwest
winds gusting to about 25 mph.
So we'll keep an eye on that.
Of course, we one of our big stories this
morning is that fire near Escated and
now the news there weather wise is good.
Cooler temps today, mainly in the 70s.
This afternoon,
West winds not expected to
exceed 15 miles prior.
Relative humidity factors going.
All of that is favorable for
the men and women trying to get
that blaze completely out.
OK, here's what's going on this morning.
We have some rain in southeastern Oregon.
This should be just a morning t.
We think dry weather's coming this afternoon.
On the closer view,
we have cooler weather marching.
That's bringing the marine laye.
Of clouds and there's a little bit of
light moisture being picked up around the
Clatsop County and up into Long Beach.
Could see some drizzle spots may
near the Columbian up to the no,
inland today or this morning.
Here's a look at mainly cloudy conditions
over downtown from the Rose City camera
where it's 66 degrees currentlye
The other current numbers sailig
good morning down to 57 right n.
Less clouds South of Portland.
More clouds to the north of the Rose City.
Currently 57 over in Bend,
66 out in Baker City.
Futurecast shows the marine
layer this morning 8:30.
All these green dots are the
chance of some traces of moistu.
We get into the afternoon most s
including the coast expected to
see some sun and then eventually
it looks like we just go.
Mainly sunny during the day tod.
So here are some forecast numbers for
you on this Monday 60s at the c,
a partial PM clearing actually Futurecast
loves loves it just to clear ou.
We'll see northwest winds 5
to 15 and then in the valley.
Mainly partly cloudy this mornig
in the Mid Valley.
Salem, Corvallis, Mcminnville,
a mostly sunny day coming highs of about 80.
We do have the solid cloud cover
in Southwest Washington,
maybe some drizzle spots.
Longview only 75.
Vancouver and Portland,
we get up to about 79, maybe 80 today.
Trying to hold it in the 70s.
Eighty 5:00 tomorrow, just like that, 90.
Wednesday, 90 Thursday,
88 Friday.
And then right now the upcoming weekend
looks to be fairly comfortable.
And that is your forecast for n.
Got to soak in these lower
temperatures. OK. Thank you, Ro.
So a lot of people this Monday
morning still feeling the glow m
a fun filled Pride celebration n
downtown Portland this weekend.
Some people who come back year r
year say they are starting to ne
the younger generation showing .
A lot of families, a lot of tods
feels like we're getting older.
We all feel like we're getting older.
We've got more from the Rose Cis
Pride Parade when we return.