>>>
>>> FIRST
>>> FIRST TONIGHT, THE MESS IS OUT OF CONTROL.
CYCLIST SAY A MULTI USE PATH IS
GETTING HARDER AND HARDER TO
USE BECAUSE, LOOK AT THAT!
ALL OF THE TRASH AND HOMELESS
TENTS SPREAD OUT ALONG.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US, I AM
LAURAL PORTER.
LAURAL PORTER. >> SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY
JUST DO NOT FEEL SAFE GOING
THROUGH THERE.
THROUGH THERE. WE ARE TALKING SPECIFICALLY
ABOUT THE I-205 PATH IN THAT
AREA THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING
BOULEVARD IN NORTHEAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. WE SPOKE TO BIKERS IN THE CITY
ABOUT THE ISSUE.
>> Reporter: THIS IS THE MESS
BIKERS ARE SEEING ALONG THE I-
205 MULTI USE PATH
UNDERSTANDING BOULEVARD.
UNDERSTANDING BOULEVARD. >> IT IS A LOT WORSE THAN I
HAVE EVER SEEN IN THE PAST.
>> Reporter: IT IS SO BAD THERE
IS BARELY ENOUGH ROOM FOR
ANYONE TO GET THROUGH.
TENTS, BIKES, TABLES AND TRASH
ARE TAKING UP MOST OF THE PATH.
>> THEN THERE WAS STUFF HANGING
FROM THE FENCING.
I ACTUALLY HAD TO DUCK TO AVOID
GETTING HIT BY A BIKE FRAME.
I GOT FURTHER AND CAUGHT UP TO
TWO OTHER BIKERS AHEAD OF ME
AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING.
TRUCK SHE LOST A BIKE BUT SAYS
SHE WILL NO LONGER USE THE
PATH.
PATH.
PATH. >>
PATH. >> IT IS TOO SKETCHY AND TOO
MANY PEOPLE WITH THEIR TENTS ON
THE PATH.
THE PATH.
THE PATH. IT IS NOT FAIR.
NOT FAIR TO US AS HOMEOWNERS
AND TAXPAYERS.
AND TAXPAYERS. >> Reporter: WHEN WE WERE
THERE, WE WITNESSED SEVERAL
PEOPLE USING DRUGS AND YELLING
PROFANITIES.
PROFANITIES. I CAN PERSONALLY TELL YOU I DID
NOT FEEL SAFE, EITHER.
THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR
CLEANING THIS UP.
HEATHER SAYS THEY ARE VERY
AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND HAVE
ALREADY CLEANED IT UP ON
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. >> THIS IS ONE OF THE PROBLEM
AREAS.
AREAS.
AREAS. TRUCK A LITTLE LESS THAN A
MONTH AGO, AND LIKE THIS.
TODAY, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS .
>> IF WE WERE TO GO OUT TONIGHT
AND CLEAN THAT SITE AND CLEAN
IT COMPLETELY UP, IN TWO DAYS
IT WOULD LOOK COMPLETELY THE
SAME.
SAME.
SAME. >>
SAME. >> Reporter: SHE SAYS THE CITY
GETS 500-700 REPORTS OF ILLEGAL
SITES EACH WEEK.
EACH CLEANUP COSTS ROUGHLY
$600.
$600.
$600. IT
$600. IT IS NOT CHEAP.
MANY SAY IT SHOULD NEVER GET TO
THIS POINT .
>> THEY NEED TO GET OUT THERE
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. IF
MORE. IF IT TAKES MORE MONEY OR MORE
TIME, THAT IS WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO.
DO.
DO. MAYBE
DO. MAYBE THEY NEED TO GO KNOCK ON
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION'S STORE.
TRANSPORTATION'S STORE. -- DOOR.
-- DOOR.
-- DOOR. >>> THIS WAS THE SCENE LAST
FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN A FIGHT
EUROPE DID AT GAISER MIDDLE
SCHOOL IN VANCOUVER.
TODAY, NINE TEENAGERS ARE
FACING CHARGES.
FACING CHARGES. DOZENS OF OTHERS HAVE BEEN
SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.
THEY POTENTIALLY FACE PERMANENT
EXPULSION.
EXPULSION. AT ONE POINT, MORE THAN 30
POLICE OFFICERS WERE ON THE
SCENE AND THE BRAWL DEVOLVED
INTO A RIGHT.
TWO OF THE NINE ARRESTED
APPEARED IN JUVENILE COURT
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. THEY FACED CHARGES SUCH AS
ASSAULT AND RESISTING ARREST.
TEENS WERE SPITTING AT
OFFICERS, HITTING THEM AND
USING RACIAL SLURS.
THE MOTHER OF ONE OF THOSE BOYS
FACING CHARGES SAYS, THINGS
JUST GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
>> IT WAS A FIGHT AND A BAD
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. A LOT OF THE KIDS, I THINK, ARE
GOOD KIDS.
GOOD KIDS. THEY MADE BAD DECISIONS AND
HOPEFULLY THEY LEARN FROM THIS.
>> Reporter: BECAUSE OF PRIVACY
ISSUES, WE DON'T KNOW WHY THE
OTHER SEVEN STUDENT PLAYERS
WERE NOT TODAY.
IN MOST CASES, FIRST-TIME
OFFENDERS GET SENT TO A
DIVERSION PROGRAM, INSTEAD.
IN TOTAL, 27 STUDENTS WERE
EMERGENCY EXPELLED.
EMERGENCY EXPELLED. THE VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT
SAYS THAT LAST UP TO 10 DAYS
WHILE OFFICIALS DECIDED THEIR
FINAL PORTION OF PORTION,
PUNISHMENT.
PUNISHMENT. >>> POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 40-
YEAR-OLD BRIAN CULTURE.
POLICE SAY HE CALLED 911
EARLIER THIS MONTH SAYING
SOMEONE HAD INTO HIS HOUSE AND
HE STRUGGLED WITH THEM.
IN FACT, POLICE SAY HE WAS NOT
RESPONSIVE WHEN THEY FINALLY
GOT THERE AND FOUND HIM.
JUST IN THE LAST HOUR,
INVESTIGATORS ARE SAYING THAT
THEY BELIEVE THE WHOLE THING
WAS STAGED.
WAS STAGED. HE WAS TRYING TO THE THEFT OF
MONEY FROM AN UNNAMED
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. >>> THE TEENAGER CAUGHT ON
CAMERA PUSHING HER FRIEND OFF A
WASHINGTON BRIDGE HAS CHANGED
HER PLEA TO GUILTY.
18-YEAR-OLD TAYLOR SMITH'S
TRIAL WAS SUPPOSED TO BEGIN
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. INSTEAD, SHE ADMITTED TO
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT THE PLEA
DEAL WAS IN EXCHANGE FOR HOUSE
ARREST, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND A
ROOT WORK CREW DETAIL.
THE VICTIM WAS HOSPITALIZED
AFTER THAT PUSH FOR PUNCTURED
LUNG AND BROKEN RIBS.
>>> BEWARE, IT MIGHT NOT
OFFICIALLY BE FIRE SEASON, WE
ARE STILL IN WINTER.
BUT, CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR
FLAMES TO SPREAD QUICKLY.
A
A
A >>
A >> WE
A >> WE SAW SEVERAL BRUSHFIRES
POPPING UP AROUND THE AREA.
FIRES WERE FOUND NEAR SAINT
HELEN'S, CORDELIA AND MANY
FIRES STARTED WITH BACKYARD
BURN PILES.
BURN PILES. IT WAS VERY WINDY TODAY.
IT WAS ALSO FOLLOWING SEVERAL
DRY DAYS.
DRY DAYS.
DRY DAYS. >> IF YOU HAVE A BACKYARD BURN
OR AGRICULTURAL BURN OF SOME
SORT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
SPOTTING AND EMBERS ARE GOING
TO BE FLYING AROUND ANY
COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL WILL BE
DRY ENOUGH TO IGNITE.
>> AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THERE
ARE BURN BANS IN SEVERAL AREAS.
IF IT IS WINDY, WE HAVE NOT HAD
RAIN IN A FEW DAYS.
DON'T RISK IT.
TO PROTECT YOUR HOME, MAKE SURE
YOU HAVE AT LEAST 100 FEET OF
SPACE AROUND YOUR HOUSE THAT IS
NOT COMBUSTIBLE.
NOT COMBUSTIBLE. >>> LET'S BRING IN OUR
METEOROLOGIST.
METEOROLOGIST. ARE THE STRONG WINDS GOING TO
CONTINUE?
CONTINUE?
CONTINUE? >> UNFORTUNATELY, YES THEY ARE.
NOT JUST TONIGHT BUT A GOOD
PART OF WEDNESDAY, AS WELL.
LATE TONIGHT AND INTO MUCH OF
TOMORROW THEY ARE GOING TO BE
ANYWHERE FROM 30-40 MILES PER
HOUR GUESTS. IN THE METRO AREA
COMMUTE TRAVEL INTO THE GORGE
AND THOSE GUSTS WILL BE
CLUCKING AROUND 50-60 MILES PER
HOUR AT TIMES.
THE THREAT WILL STILL CONTINUE
THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
YOU PUT THIS IN MOTION.
THIS IS THE FUTURECAST WIND GUST
. YOU CAN SEE ANYWHERE FROM 25-
30 MILES PER HOUR.
THIS IS EARLY TOMORROW MORNING
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING COMMUTE.
YOU ARE ALREADY SEEING A LOT OF
SUNSHINE BUT YOU WILL SEE VERY
WINDY CONDITIONS.
WINDY CONDITIONS. THE WINDS WILL CARRY OVER
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. I AM EXPECTING THAT LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON
THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIE
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. IS
DOWN. IS GOING TO CONTINUE THE NEXT
FEW DAYS FOR THE SUNSHINE.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF WE ARE
GETTING CLOSE TO RECORD
TEMPERATURES TOMORROW
TEMPERATURES TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. COMING UP IN THE DETAILED
FORECAST, I WILL TELL YOU WHO
SAW A RECORD TEMPERATURES
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. >>
TODAY. >> IS AMAZING WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT RECORD-BREAKING
ABOUT RECORD-BREAKING TEMPERATURES, NOW.
TEMPERATURES, NOW. >>> TONIGHT, WE ARE TAKING A
LOOK AT THE MASS OF WATER MAIN
BREAK IN MASS PORTLAND.
WHERE IT STANDS NOW, HOW IT
HAPPENED AND WHAT THE CITY IS
DOING TO TRY TO PREVENT MORE OF
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. FIRST, THE PIPE THAT RUPTURED
HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT IT WILL
TAKE WEEKS TO FIX THE ROAD.
HOMEOWNERS ARE STILL CLEANING
UP THEIR FLOODED BASEMENTS AND
GARAGES.
GARAGES.
GARAGES. THEY ARE BEING TOLD TO REACH
OUT TO THEIR INSURANCE
PROVIDERS TO SEE IF THE DAMAGE
WILL BE COVERED.
AS FOR HOW IT HAPPENED, THE
CITY SAYS, NEARBY CONSTRUCTION
MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO IT.
THE WORKERS LIKELY USED A
COMPACTOR TO TAMP DOWN SOIL AND
THAT CREATES VIBRATIONS.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE SOIL
CONDITIONS THAT ARE CHANGED
EITHER BY NATURAL FORCES OR IN
THIS CASE, CONSTRUCTION
EQUIPMENT, THE PIPES BEDDING
WERE IT HAS BEEN SINCE 1915, IT
GETS UNDERMINED AND THAT CAUSES
THE PIPE TO MOVE.
IT IS OLD PIPE SO IT WILL BE
LESS RESISTANT AND LESS
RESILIENT TO THOSE KIND OF
MOVEMENTS THAN IT MIGHT
OTHERWISE BE.
OTHERWISE BE. >>> AS FAR AS PREVENTING THESE,
THE CITY DOES REGULARLY INSPECT
PIPES.
PIPES.
PIPES. THEY BASE THOSE INSPECTIONS ON
WHERE PIPES HAVE BROKEN IN THE
PAST.
PAST.
PAST. >>
PAST. >> IT JUST BRINGS INTO LIGHT
THAT YOU NEVER KNOW.
I'M SURE THEY WOKE UP YESTERDAY
MORNING JUST GOING ABOUT THEIR
DAY AND IT ENDED THE WAY IT
DID.
DID.
DID. >>>
DID. >>> A KILLER IS STILL ON THE
LOOSE AFTER A DEADLY SHOOTING
ON I-5 IN SOUTHERN OREGON OVER
THE WEEKEND.
THE WEEKEND. IS STARTED WITH A DISPUTE.
IT HAPPENED IN DOWNTOWN
ROSEBURG.
ROSEBURG.
ROSEBURG. PREVIOUS VOCALS GOT ONTO I-5
SOUTHBOUND.
SOUTHBOUND. IS SOMEWHERE ON THE INTERSTATE,
WITNESSES SAW SOMEONE FIRE
SHOTS INTO 53-YEAR-OLD EDWARD
LANIER'S VEHICLE.
LANIER'S VEHICLE. HE WAS GIVEN CPR BUT DIED WHERE
HE GOT TO THE HOSPITAL.
FOR PEOPLE DRIVING BY, IT WAS A
SCARY SIGHT.
SCARY SIGHT. >> THE MOMENT I SAW GUNS DRAWN
I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG.
IT WAS NOT JUST A NORMAL
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. THEY WERE ON EDGE AND THERE
WERE PEOPLE RUNNING ACROSS THE
ROAD TRYING TO RUSH TO THE
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. >> THE SUSPECT'S CAR IS
DESCRIBED AS A SILVER FOUR-DOOR
VERSUS SEDAN WITH NO LICENSE
PLATES.
PLATES.
PLATES. IF YOU WITNESSED THE SHOOTING
YOUR ASKED TO CALL OREGON STATE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. >>> A MASSIVE TANK FIRE AND A
TEXAS CHEMICAL FACILITY IS
STILL BURNING AT THIS HOUR.
IT HAS BEEN 36 HOURS SINCE THIS
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. THIS IS IN DEER PARK WHICH IS
NEAR HOUSTON.
NEAR HOUSTON. OFFICIALS SAY A FORM OF
GASOLINE IS WHAT IS BURNING
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. IT
OFF. IT IS UNCERTAIN WHAT INITIALLY
SPARKED THE FIRE WHICH HAS
GROWN FROM TWO TANKS TO SIX.
THE FIRE IS CHURNING OUT THICK,
BLACK SMOKE.
BLACK SMOKE. OFFICIALS SAY THEY ARE NOT
WORRIED ABOUT A HEALTH RISK,
YET.
YET.
YET. >>>
YET. >>> IN TENNESSEE, POLICE ARE
LOOKING FOR AN ATV DRIVER WHO
DRAGGED A POLICE OFFICER DOWN
THE STREET.
THE STREET. THIS WAS IN FRONT OF CROWD
CONTROL FENCING SET OF FOR THE
SEC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
A GROUP SWARMED THE AREA WITH
LITTLE WARNING AS THE SERGEANT
WAS TRYING TO STOP ONE OF THEM
AND GOT TANGLED UP WITH THE
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE.
VEHICLE. HE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT.
>>> LARGEST SECTIONS OF THE
MIDWEST AND PLAINS ARE
UNDERWATER.
UNDERWATER. THE HISTORIC LETTING HAS BEEN
BLAMED FOR AT LEAST THREE
DEATHS TO THIS POINT.
IT WAS CAUSED WHEN FLOODWATERS
PUT OFF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN
IOWA, ONE OF THE STATES HARDEST
HIT, MORE THAN 40 COUNTIES HAVE
REQUESTED DISASTER
REQUESTED DISASTER PROCLAMATION.
PROCLAMATION. >>> WE HAVE A TRAFFIC ALERT
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS
STARTED ON I-405.
THIS IS A LIVE LOOK IN
NORTHWEST PORTLAND.
NORTHWEST PORTLAND. THE RAMPS CLOSE AT 10 PM
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. THERE IS A DETER SET UP.
LANES ON I-405 WILL CLOSE ON
AND OFF DAY AND NIGHT.
IF YOU TAKE THAT HIGHWAY, DO
EXPECT DELAYS.
EXPECT DELAYS. THE WORK WILL LAST ALL MONTH AS
CREWS REPAIR AND REPLACE
FREEWAY JOINTS.
FREEWAY JOINTS. >>> WASHINGTON STATE PATROL IS
BUYING BACK BUMP STOCKS GIVING
OWNERS A CHANCE TO TURN THEM IN
AND MAKE A LITTLE MONEY BEFORE
A LAW BANNING THEM TAKES EFFECT
NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK. WASHINGTON STATE TRIPPERS
RECEIVED ABOUT TWO DOZEN BUMP
STOCKS TODAY.
STOCKS TODAY. OVERALL, JUST OVER 300 WERE
TURNED IN OVER THE STATE.
THEY ARE PAYING OUT $150 PER
BUMP STOCK.
BUMP STOCK. THE NEXT BUY-BACK DAYS ARE
MARCH 24 AND 25th.
THAT IS NEXT SUNDAY AND MONDAY
AT ANY WSB OFFICE FROM 10 AM
UNTIL 4 PM.
THE BAN GOES INTO EFFECT ON
MARCH 26.
MARCH 26.
MARCH 26. >>> COMING UP NEXT, SCORES OF
STURGEON STRANDED IN JUST
INCHES OF WATER IN A LAKE ON
SABE ISLAND.
SABE ISLAND. INSIDE TODAY'S MAJOR OPERATION
TO SAVE THEM.
>>>'S TO ALL OF YOU WHO DONATED
TO THE FOOD DRIVE SO FAR THIS
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. WE
YEAR. WE ARE TRYING TO COLLECT .5
MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD FOR
LOCAL FAMILIES IN NEED.
WE HAVE SURPASSED OUR MILLION
TELL POUND GO.
SPEAK AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO
HELP OUT AGAIN.
YOU CAN PURCHASE PRODUCTS.
YOU BUY ICE CREAM AND YOU WILL
BE DONATING TO A GOOD CAUSE.
ALL THIS MONTH THEY ARE
DONATING A PORTION OF THEIR
PROCEEDS.
PROCEEDS.
PROCEEDS. YOU CAN ALSO DONATE FOOD
YOURSELF AT ANY LOCAL TOYOTA
DEALERSHIP OR DONATE CASH AT A
RIVER MARK.
RIVER MARK. YOU CAN ALSO JOIN US FOR A
SPECIAL COLLECTION EVENT.
WE LOVE WHENEVER ANYONE COMES
DOWN TO SAY HELLO.
THIS IS AT THE CEDAR MILLS
SAFEWAY.
SAFEWAY.
SAFEWAY. THAT