SHOOTINGS
SHOOTINGS IN JANUARY ALONE. WE'LL HEAR FROM VICTIMS FAMILY
MEMBERS AS CITY LEADERS STAY
MOSTLY SILENT.
MOSTLY SILENT. PLUS, ONE OF THE FIRST HIGH
SCHOOLS IN THE PORTLAND METRO
OPENS UP TO HYBRID LEARNING.
BUT AS MORE AND MORE SCHOOLS
BRING STUDENTS BACK A LOCAL
FAMILY SAYS THEY'RE IN NO RUSH
>> FOR AN IN-PERSON RETURN TO
GO >> BACK TO A HYBRID MODEL
FOR JUST TWO MONTHS.
I THINK A LOT WOULD BE LOST.
AND LATER AS A RACE TO
VACCINATE AMERICANS RAMPS UP A
NEW VARIANT OF THE CORONAVIRUS
IS DISCOVERED IN A SECOND
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. DETAILS ON A NEW EMERGENCY
ORDER FROM THE CDC AND RULES
FOR US TRAVELERS.
THIS IS KGW MUSIC.
GOOD >> EVENING AND THANKS FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. I'M BRIAN FALKERS AND WE BEGIN
TONIGHT WITH PROGRESS ON THE
COVID VACCINE FRONT.
MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED SEVEN
THOUSAND OREGONIANS HAVE NOW
BEEN VACCINATED.
BEEN VACCINATED. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
SAYS WERE AT LEAST THREE
QUARTERS THE WAY THROUGH
VACCINATING PEOPLE IN PHASE ONE
A >> OREGON LEADERS SAY THE
STATE IS MAKING PROGRESS
VACCINATING GROUP ONE B. THAT'S
EDUCATORS, SCHOOL STAFF AND
CHILD CARE WORKERS.
OVER THE PAST WEEK, DATA SHOWS
OREGON GAVE ALMOST FIFTEEN
THOUSAND SHOTS A DAY.
THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE
GOVERNOR'S TARGET MORE THAN SIX
WEEKS INTO OUR VACCINATION
EFFORT AT THE CURRENT LEVEL
OF SUPPLY.
OF SUPPLY. IT WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 14
WEEKS TO VACCINATE ALL THE
APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT TWO
MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE
OR WILL BECOME ELIGIBLE TO BE
IMMUNIZED >>.
IMMUNIZED >>. NOW THE DECISION TO PUT
TEACHERS FIRST INFURIATES MANY
OREGONIANS WHO POINT OUT THAT
IT FLIES IN THE FACE
OF SCIENCE.
OF SCIENCE. THE CDC RECOMMENDATION TO PUT
SENIORS FIRST AND THE ACTIONS
OF MOST OTHER STATES.
BUT GOVERNOR KATE BROWN TOLD
OUR PET DOORIS SHE STANDS BY
WE'RE ONE >> OF FEW STATES THAT
HAVE PUT TEACHERS IN FRONT
OF SENIORS.
OF SENIORS. DO YOU REGRET THAT DECISION?
LOOK, WE HAVE PUT OUR MOST
VULNERABLE SENIORS, THOSE IN
NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED
LIVING AT THE VERY TOP OF THE
LIST WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND
VACCINATED EVERY SENIOR WHO'S
WANTED A VACCINE THAT LIVES IN
ASSISTED LIVING, THAT LIVES IN
CONGREGATE CARE AND IN SKILLED
NURSING >>.
NURSING >>. NOW THE GOVERNOR ADMITS IT
COULD TAKE FOUR MONTHS TO
VACCINATE ALL THOSE SENIORS
WHICH MEANS IT COULD STRETCH
UNTIL EARLY JUNE.
AND WE HAVE MUCH MORE >>
INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE
AND HOW TO GET YOURS ON KGW
DOTCOM.
DOTCOM.
DOTCOM. JUST TEXT THE WORD VACCINE TO
THAT NUMBER ON YOUR SCREEN FIVE
ZERO THREE TO TWO SIX FIVE ZERO
EIGHTY EIGHT AND WE'LL SEND YOU
A LINK TO OUR COVERAGE ONLINE
THAT ANSWERS SOME OF THE MOST
COMMON QUESTIONS >>.
ONE OF THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOLS
IN THE PORTLAND AREA REALLY FOR
HYBRID LEARNING THIS PAST WEEK.
CENTRAL CATHOLIC IS ONLY OPEN
AT TWENTY FIVE PERCENT
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY.
CAPACITY. THAT'S ABOUT TWO HUNDRED
STUDENTS ON CAMPUS EACH DAY
STUDENTS ARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR
GROUPS.
GROUPS.
GROUPS. EACH GROUP ATTENDS CLASS IN
PERSON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS
EVERY OTHER WEEK.
THE OTHER DAYS ARE DONE ONLINE
REMOTELY.
REMOTELY.
REMOTELY. IT'S THE FIRST TIME STUDENTS
HAVE BEEN BACK IN THE CLASSROOM
SINCE MARCH.
SINCE MARCH. CENTRAL CATHOLIC IS FOLLOWING
THE OREGON DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION'S REOPENING
METRICS.
METRICS.
METRICS. THE SCHOOL HOPES TO EXPAND
HYBRID LEARNING ONCE RATES IN
MULTNOMAH COUNTY DROP.
WELL, PARENTS IN PORTLAND NOW
HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT SCHOOL
WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE COMING
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS SET
A TIMELINE FOR IN-PERSON
LEARNING WHICH WILL INCLUDE
SOME FORM OF HYBRID
INSTRUCTION.
INSTRUCTION. CRYSTAL KOUMOUE REPORTTS.
WELL, SOME PARENTS ARE EXCITED
TO GET THEIR KIDS BACK IN THE
CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM. SOME DON'T WANT TO STOP REMOTE
LEARNING JUST YET.
JOE DREYA IS A SIXTH GRADER AT
BOWMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR HIM DISTANCE LEARNING HAS
BEEN GREAT >>.
I HAD A ROUGH LAST YEAR
ELEMENTARY AND THIS IS A LOT
BETTER BEFORE >> THE PANDEMIC,
THE 11 YEAR OLD AND HIS FIFTH
GRADE TEACHER DIDN'T GET ALONG
HIS MOM SILAT SAYS THE STRESS
MADE IT HARD TO LEARN >>.
UNFORTUNATELY JUST CAUSED A LOT
OF STRESS AND ANXIETY FOR HIM
AND THAT MADE SCHOOL REALLY,
REALLY HARD FOR HIM AND QUITE
FRANKLY THE WHOLE FAMILY >> AT
FIRST THEY WERE VERY ANXIOUS
WHEN SCHOOL MOVED ONLINE
BECAUSE HE HAD SO MANY MORE
TEACHERS AND HE'D NEVER DONE
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHOCKINGLY, IT HAS BEEN ONE
OF HIS FAVORITE YEARS.
TO THEIR >> SURPRISE, JOE FOUND
HIS STRIDE WITH DISTANCE
LEARNING.
LEARNING.
LEARNING. THE TEACHERS ARE REALLY NICE
AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF FREEDOM
ON WHEN YOU WANT TO DO >> YOUR
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. HIS
WORK. HIS MOM A FIFTH GRADE TEACHER
IN ANOTHER DISTRICT DID FACE >>
SOME NEW CHALLENGES.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A SHOCK.
IT'S HARD TO NAVIGATE ALL
OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.
>> ON APRIL 1ST WHEN FOURTH
QUARTER BEGINS WE'RE WORKING
TOWARDS AND PLANNING TO OFFER
HYBRID LEARNING MODEL FOR MOST
ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
LAST WEEK >> AT THE PORTALND
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, PARENTS
INCLUDING CELESTE FIRST HEARD
THE DISTRICT'S PLANS FOR
IN-PERSON LEARNING WHERE MOST
PARENTS WILL STAY REMOTE UNTIL
A SWITCH FOR SOME NEW HYBRID
LEARNING IN THE SPRING A MOVE
CELESTE OBJECTS TO TO >> GO
BACK TO A HYBRID MODEL FOR JUST
TWO MONTHS.
TWO MONTHS. I THINK A LOT WOULD BE LOST.
HE'S ON A GREAT ROLL.
THE TEACHERS KNOW HOW TO TEACH
IN THIS WAY.
IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF WORK TO GET
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. I
HERE. I WOULD HATE TO CHANGE GEARS >>
FOR HER FAMILY.
SHE WOULD RATHER FINISH THE
SCHOOL YEAR REMOTELY AND PLAN
FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING NEXT
FALL >>.
FALL >>.
FALL >>. BUT ME PERSONALLY I'M REALLY
LIKING THIS.
LIKING THIS. I FEEL SAFE HERE AND I FEEL
LIKE WE JUST NEED TO WE'VE
WORKED THIS HARD.
LET'S LET'S KEEP KEEP GOING
JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER >>.
HYBRID LEARNING TO START WITH
THE DISTRICT'S YOUNGEST
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS.
STUDENTS. THE DISTRICT DOES PLAN TO SEND
A FORM TO FAMILIES TO ALLOW
THEM TO CHOOSE WHETHER THEY
WANT A CHILD TO CONTINUE WITH
REMOTE LEARNING OR SWITCH OVER
TO A HYBRID MODEL ONCE THAT IS
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. CHRISTA CONWAY, KGW NEWS >>
PLANNING A WEDDING IN TWENTY
TWENTY ONE IS RAISING A LOT
MORE QUESTIONS THAN JUST WHICH
FLAVOR OF CAKE TO HAVE THE DOS
AND DON'TS OF SPRING AND SUMMER
NUPTUALS AREN'T REALLY CLEAR
FOR WEDDING PLANNERS.
LOCAL WEDDING PLANNER ELIZABETH
CRAMER REACHED OUT TO US
SHARING HER HOURS OF RESEARCH
INTO THE RULES.
MANY BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES
HAVE DESIGNATED CATEGORIES ON
THE OREGON'S CARONAVIRUS
GUIDANCE WEBSITE BUT WEDDINGS
DO NOT.
DO NOT.
DO NOT. NOW SHE'S CONCERNED AS COUPLES
BEGIN PLANNING FOR THOSE SPRING
AND SUMMER WEDDINGS THAT SOME
VENUES AND VENDORS ARE HAVING
TO INTERPRET THE RESTRICTIONS
>> AND WHAT I'M FINDING IS WHEN
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER
OFTEN THEY'RE MAKING UP THEIR
OWN AND OFTEN DON'T PRIORITIZE
HEALTH AND SAFETY RIGHT NOW AND
THERE IS A LOT OF PROOF RIGHT
NOW THAT WEDDINGS CAN HAVE THEY
CAN BE SUPERSPREADER EVENTS AND
WE NEED TO BE VERY COGNIZANT
OF THAT >>.
SO WE ASKED TWICE ABOUT THE
RULES RESPONDED DIRECTING US TO
SAFAK PAGE FOR RESTAURANT
DINNED FAITH INSTITUTIONS BUT
NOT ANSWERING OUR SPECIFICS
NERIO QUESTIONS NOW THERE ARE
TWO MENTIONS OF WEDDINGS THE
FIRST INDICATES AN EXTREME RISK
COUNTIES WEDDINGS ARE ALLOWED
AT OUTDOOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES
WITH NO MORE THAN FIFTY PEOPLE
.
.
. ANOTHER
. ANOTHER MANSION WAS FOR FAITH
INSTITUTIONS WHICH >> MUST
FOLLOW INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT
VENUE RULES NOT >> WHERE I
EXPECTED TO FIND THE STATE
GOVERNMENT JUST NEEDS TO SAY
THE WORD WEDDINGS AND AS MUCH
AS I LOVE WEDDINGS I LOVE
PEOPLE NOT DINMORE NOW >> SHE
SAID WEDDING RULES ARE CLEARER
AND MORE SPECIFIC IN WASHINGTON
AND CALIFORNIA FOR NOW OREGON'S
RULES ARE STILL UP FOR
INTERPRETATION IN SOME CASES
IT'S UP TO COUPLES AND VENUES
TO MAKE SAFE JUDGMENT CALLS TO
SOME DEVELOPING >> NEWS TONIGHT
POLICE IN TIGARD ARE
INVESTIGATING AFTER A TWENTY
TWO YEAR OLD MAN WAS KILLED
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 9:00 P.M.
THE MAN REPORTEDLY CALLED NINE
ONE ONE FROM HIS APARTMENT
COMPLEX SAYING HE'D BEEN
STABBED.
STABBED.
STABBED. MEDIC'S OFFICERS TRIED TO HELP
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. HE
HIM. HE WAS TAKEN TO A NEARBY
HOSPITAL AND WAS PRONOUNCED
DEAD.
DEAD.
DEAD. TIGARD POLICE ARE LOOKING INTO
SEVERAL LEADS ON SUSPECTS BUT
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY
ARRESTS.
ARRESTS.
ARRESTS. AND AN UPDATE UPDATE NOW ON A
CRIME SPREE IN NORTH PORTLAND.
WE'RE TOLD THE DRIVER WHO WAS
HIT IN A HEAD HIT HEAD ON A HIT
AND RUN CRASH THURSDAY NIGHT >>
HAS DIED.
HAS DIED.
HAS DIED. HE'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FORTY
THREE YEAR OLD CHARLES JAY
PAYTON.
PAYTON.
PAYTON. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR
THE MAN WHO CAUSED THE CRASH.
THEY SAY THAT SUSPECT IS ALSO
ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A BYSTANDER
WHO TRIED TO STOP HIM FROM
LEAVING THE SCENE.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION SHOULD
CONTACT PORTALND POLICE.
>> GUN VIOLENCE IS A BIG ISSUE
HERE IN PORTLAND AS WE'RE
APPROACHING ONE HUNDRED
SHOOTINGS IN JANUARY >> ALONE.
SO WE WANTED TO KNOW HOW CITY
LEADERS PLAN TO FIX THIS
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. BUT AS MIKE BENNER REPORTS,
MOST OF THEM REMAIN SILENT.
AS RECENTLY AS THURSDAY NIGHT,
A HOME NEAR SE EIGHTY FOURTH
AND CLINTON WAS RIDDLED WITH
BULLETS, ONE OF THEM GOING
RIGHT THROUGH A THREE YEAR OLD
GIRL'S BEDROOM.
GIRL'S BEDROOM. FORTUNATELY SHE WASN'T THERE.
THE FAMILY IS LUCKY BUT THE
SAME CAN'T BE SAID FOR
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. THAT KIND OF PAIN YOU DON'T
UNDERSTAND UNLESS YOU'VE BEEN
THROUGH IT.
THROUGH IT. I'VE SEEN THE CRIME SO DEEP
INSIDE JENNIFER >> ADAMS LOST
HER BROTHER IN LAW, A FATHER
OF THREE TO GUN VIOLENCE A WEEK
AND A HALF AGO.
HIS BROTHER IN LAW, ALSO A
FATHER WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THE
SAME SOUTHEAST PORTLAND
SHOOTING JUST DAYS EARLIER.
SEVERAL VEHICLES AND HOMES
ALONG NORTHEAST THOMPSON WERE
STRUCK BY GUNFIRE.
THE DAMAGE LOOKING AT HERE IS
FROM ONE OF SEVEN SHOOTINGS
OVER A 12 HOUR SPAN.
>> YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS STUFF
AND YOU HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN
IN YOUR IN YOUR BACKYARD UNTIL
IT DOES THE STUFF >> SHE'S
REFERRING TO HAS BEEN HAPPENING
A LOT LATELY.
JUST THIS MONTH THERE HAVE BEEN
MORE THAN 90 SHOOTINGS IN
PORTLAND THAT COMPARES TO 51 IN
JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY.
AND SPEAKING OF 20/20, WE SAW
MORE THAN 890 SHOOTINGS TO PUT
THAT INTO CONTEXT, THERE WERE
500 LESS SHOOTINGS IN 2000 19.
NEEDLESS >> TO SAY, THE GUN
VIOLENCE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO PUT
IT.
IT.
IT. PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS FOR
THE PORTALND POLICE BUREAU WILL
TYPICALLY ADDRESS IT IF ASKED
BUT WE FIGURE IT'S ABOUT TIME
CITY LEADERS DO THE SAME.
I REACHED >> OUT TO ALL FOUR
PORTALND CITY COMMISSIONERS AS
WELL AS MAYOR TED WHEELER VIA
EMAIL AND TWITTER AMONG OTHER
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. I
THINGS. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THEY
THINK OF THE GUN VIOLENCE IN
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. COULD THE DISMANTLING OF THE
GUN VIOLENCE REDUCTION TEAM
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT
ASIDE FROM AN AUTOMATED EMAIL
RESPONSE FROM DAN RYAN'S OFFICE
AND SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH
STAFFERS FOR MINGUS MAPPS AND
JOANNE HARDESTY, THE CITY
COMMISSIONERS HAD NOTHING TO
SAY.
SAY.
SAY. A
SAY. A SPOKESPERSON FOR MAYOR
WHEELER'S OFFICE DIRECTED ME TO
THE MAYOR'S COMMENTS EARLIER IN
THE WEEK GVRT IS GONE.
IT IS DEAD.
IT IS KAPUT.
NOW THE QUESTION IS WHAT
REPLACES IT AND WHAT WILL
REPLACE WILL HAVE MORE
PREVENTION FOCUS.
PREVENTION FOCUS. IT WILL HAVE MORE COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT FOCUS AND IT WILL
HAVE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY
>> THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THOSE
MOST IMPACTED BY THE VIOLENCE
HAVE NO PROBLEM SPEAKING UP AND
DEMANDING JUSTICE.
DEMANDING JUSTICE. CASE IN POINT FAMILY OF THOSE
TWO BROTHERS IN LAW, >> THEY'RE
ALL HEARTBROKEN, HURT AND
OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE
WHITNESSES TO COME FORWARD.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME SOME
JUSTICE TO FIND OUT WHO DID
THIS AND HAVE THEM HAVE
CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR FOR
THEIR ACTIONS AND NOT HAVE THEM