This is KGW news at sunrise.
This half hour on
sunrise, the latest on the
project to build a new I5 bridge
connecting Oregon and Washington.
We're going to hear from people who live
in Hayden Island pushing back against
the latest proposal for that new bridge.
Their concerns in just a moment plus.
There's so many people that
don't believe reindeer exists.
A lot of people think they're elk,
which obviously they're not, obviously.
Right? We're getting a look
at some real Christmas magic.
We're talking reindeer.
But there are only a few left in the state,
and they're all on this one
farm coming up at 5:15.
You'll get to meet Dasher Dancer,
all the rest to get you
in the holiday spirit.
I guess we're saving the part where they fly
for the actual story of 550.
I guess so. Yeah, that makes sense.
Check this out. And more holiday
magic on the Sunrise show this morning
thanks to Eric Patterson's location.
That is the Silverton Christmas
market which is happening now
through the end of the month.
It is a terrific lights display,
lots of fun out there too.
They have a snowless tubing hill
that I think Eric is going to check
out before the morning is through.
So again, this is all happening
at the Oregon Garden resort
through the end of this month.
The Silverton Christmas
market, that place is always
so pretty and I just love the light
displays like gigantic gifts,
the big old like.
Decorations and everything.
What's not to love?
Well it was light to this dark time.
Ohh Chris.
So happy to see Christine back by the way.
Yeah Brenda still has the day
off as does Mr Rodney Hill.
So that's why Chris McGinnis
is back in the saddle at.
Alright
let's show you some more light.
Maybe a couple of downtown lights
with a looks like the top of the US
bank tower there has little little
festive green and red on it too.
And of course you can see the the cloud
cover that's hanging over downtown
Portland and in some cases fog.
It's 36 degrees at PDX elsewhere.
This is the key.
Sitting here for this morning
compared to yesterday,
most of our reporting sites,
at least in the Willamette Valley
are above the freezing mark.
It's 35 in King City Happy Valley,
that's up at 1000 feet, that's 32.
Hopping over the Cascades,
obviously colder in that side of the state.
27 Right now, bend 22 and Pendleton.
Alright, the plan for today,
lots of clouds guys.
I don't think the clouds are going anywhere.
In fact we may even squeeze
out a little drizzle.
It's one of those kind of days
with highs in the low 40s.
I guess it's kind of boring.
The weather gets a little more interesting
later tomorrow night into Thursday.
We'll have that forecast for
you in just a few minutes.
OK, thanks, Chris.
It is a project leaders in
Oregon and Washington have been
talking about for decades.
We're talking about how to best replace
the I5 bridge between the two states
in preparation for a major earthquake.
But people living on Hayden Island
are worried about the impact the
current proposal for the bridge
could have on their community.
Crystal Conway was at a meeting
last night and has the update.
The projects to replace the aging
Interstate Bridge is now in year three.
One of the bridges is 105 years old,
the other is 64 years old. Greg
Johnson heads the Interstate Bridge
replacement program, the Bi-state
Committee charged with replacing an old,
out of Date I5 bridge that's bound to
collapse during a major earthquake.
Both bridges are are old and are
considered functionally obsolete. It's
no small project to replace the bridge.
It is part of a major Interstate
freeway connecting Oregon and
Washington across the Columbia River.
Last March, the Washington
Legislature put up a billion
dollars to help fund construction,
and we'll be going before the Oregon
legislature in the 2023 session for
a similar ask of a billion dollars.
Hey government, take a beat,
take a pause. Let's rethink
this before it goes to
the Oregon legislature.
Befriend is part of the Hayden Island
neighborhood network. We're really
concerned about how it's going
to impact the livability of the
island, economic access wise,
physically, our commute times.
The group held a meeting Monday
night to share their thoughts on the
project with others in the community.
We fear that we're going to
be an island covered by the
shadow of this giant bridge.
And are we going to just have
more tent encampments underneath?
We are trying to listen well and
we're trying to hear the community.
Johnson was also in the room discussing the
matter in hopes of finding common ground
and making sure that folks understand
there is no perfect solution
that makes everyone 100% happy.
But we're listening and we're trying
to incorporate as much of the
comments from the public that that
is feasible to get this thing done.
Christal Conway, KGW news.
We have an update on a story
we've been covering for
the last few months.
The man known as the Jogger ******
will walk out of prison next week.
This morning we're hearing from one
of his victims who wants the state
to change his sex offender status.
Right now, Richard Gilmore is classified
only as a level one sex offender,
so that means the community will not be
notified when he finishes his time in
transitional housing in Northwest Portland.
Gilmore confessed to attacking 9 girls
and women back in the 1970s and 80s,
but because of these.
Statute of limitations rule.
At the time, Gilmore was only
convicted of ****** 113 year old girl.
He spent more than three decades
behind bars because of it.
Gilmore's victim,
Danielle Tudor,
says he should be considered higher risk.
We spent this weekend putting up cameras,
ring doorbell, all sorts of other stuff and
getting them a monitored security system.
Because I take that threat that seriously.
So, you know, we knew this day was coming,
but it is very surreal and it is very scary.
Again, Gilmore will be released next week.
He'll also be on active supervision
for at least three years.
Here are some other headlines that
we're following for you this morning.
Gresham police are working to
find a missing endangered man.
Take a look at your screen.
This is 70 year old Terry van Orso.
Police say he left his residential
facility near NE Linden and
Division yesterday afternoon.
Around 1:40.
He took a rideshare, got out at OHSU,
but apparently never made it
to his doctor's appointment.
Terry's phone is turned off,
but police say he is familiar with TriMet.
He's around 5-7 and 148 pounds.
We don't know exactly what he
was wearing when he disappeared,
but if you see Terry, call Gresham police.
And Portland police are now
investigating a suspicious death in
the Lloyd District as a homicide.
It marks the city's 91st homicide this year.
Police say they found the body
of 56 year old Jesse Ray Burns
Junior inside a structure fire
last week on North Thunderbird Way.
A medical examiner found he
died from smoke inhalation.
If you know anything,
police want you to call them and two
teens were caught joy riding on the
South Salem High School baseball field.
Someone reported a truck.
Driving in circles on the
field around 5:20 last night.
When officers got there,
they found the truck stuck on a berm.
Both 16 year old boys are back home
with their parents but are facing
juvenile criminal mischief charges.
And those are some of your morning headlines.
One more headline to get to here.
A downtown Portland staple
is leaving downtown Portland.
We're talking about Kenny and Zuke's Deli,
which has been on southwest
Harvey Milk St for 15 years.
They're known for their
Rubens and other sandwiches,
but the restaurants owner said
that they're leaving moving to
North Portland because, number one,
their lease is drawing to a close.
But they also referenced
downsizing and economics as part
of the reason behind the move.
So the last day downtown is Sunday,
December 18th and their new
spot on N Williams Ave.
And is set to open on New Year's Day.
Alright,
let's talk about another local story here,
Christine.
2 Portland entrepreneurs are
working to turn the Horizon
Enterprise building in Old Town
into a space for bipac artists,
and the owners are trying to raise
$2,000,000 to make it all happen.
Yeah, the name of the space
hasn't been announced quite yet,
but one renovations are done.
The space will feature a
production studio, art gallery,
and an apartment lounge.
A fundraising event is going
to be held this Thursday.
As much as we planned and
budgeted and business
diversified figured it out,
we aren't going to be able to achieve
these goals without the money.
This is what it comes down to.
So if they do raise enough money,
they hope the renovations
can start in January and the
building can then open in June.
Alright. Looking for a good piece of video
to set up Chris Mcginnis's weather forecast?
How about this snow on the mountain?
Things are moving and shaking up there.
Mount Hood Meadows.
So that meadows just opened up their ski
lift known as the Vista Express on Sunday.
So that means five of the six
express lifts at Mount Hood Meadows
are now open for the season.
Lift tickets, lessons,
rentals that are all available right
now through Mount Hood Meadows.
Website There's a snow Chris McGuinness.
That is a beautiful shot.
That Bluebird. Yeah.
And there will be more of that.
And we're gonna add to that snow as
we get into our seven day forecast
that the CAT scans are gonna do great.
So setting up for another good weekend down
here. No worries about snow.
We had a little flirtation
with it over the weekend.
I don't think we're going to
worry about that, but we are.
Morning.
I was wondering about
that microphone of yours,
Chris. Interesting. OK,
I don't know how that happened,
but let's try that again.
Microphone now on.
The microphone now on. Perhaps
I slipped and hit the mute
button and that is on me.
All right, 36 degrees, last check at PDX.
And again, the point here this morning
compared to yesterday is that we are
not dealing with icy roads out there.
Thankfully, all locations in our
all of our reporting sites here are
in some cases well above freezing.
36, a popular number right now.
Mcminnville, Kaiser, Salem.
I don't think we get any cooler.
Either with the cloud cover and
the fog that we have out there,
especially in the southern
Willamette Valley right now.
Corvallis checking in with a mile
and 1/2 visibility at last report.
Alright, the beach forecast today,
lots of clouds, maybe a little drizzle.
Late SW winds and temps in the 40s.
If you want sunshine today,
drive into the gorge of the East Gorge.
You've got a chance to see some
sun out to east of Hood River.
Cascade locks probably not so much.
W winds 10 to 20 Central Oregon.
We'll see if if the fog and the
low cloudiness lifts for you,
you should see some sunshine as well.
Prineville gets to a high of about
37 and you can see with future.
Guest here that the numbers
are not going very far today.
Up and down the I5 quarter
generally in the low 40s,
maybe not even if the fog doesn't lift
in Salem this may be a day where you
are stuck in the upper 30s to just shy
of 40 and east of the Cascades were
in the 30s generally for highs 33 Pendleton,
29 Baker City.
Alright,
real quick we talked about our
next weather maker coming in
that comes in tomorrow night.
Big Rainmaker for the vault will not
big but substantial rainmaker for the
valley Wednesday night and Thursday.
That of course will transition
to high elevation cascade snow.
Not only that.
We followed up with another
weather system on Friday.
So between the two,
the second-half of our week is
going to be pretty wet here.
Importantly,
we probably click up on the order
of 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch of rain,
maybe better in some locations.
And guys,
as I mentioned,
no threat of Valley snow this week,
but as you can see here,
the Cascades are going to do quite well,
maybe 1 to 2 feet of fresh powder up at the
Cascade Ski resorts as we go into Thursday,
Friday,
Saturday.
Otherwise our seven day forecast is kind
of kind of boring here this morning.
7:43 this afternoon hey,
what's
not boring? Coming up, we take a
look at the only farm in Oregon
that raises reindeer.
Stick around to learn more
about these animals so closely
tied to Christmas and how you
can see them for yourselves.
OK, Christmas. I cannot wait.
I cannot wait. But here
we are also. Yes, talking about the holidays.
The KGW great toy drive underway
right now. Our toy box filling right up.
It looks amazing out there,
but there is always room for more toys
that we can give to kids in our area.
If you want to.
Go to the KGW great toy drive.
It's super easy.
Just use the camera on your phone right now.
Point it at the QR code on your screen.
Boom, it takes you to a list of toys
that you can send straight to KGW.
Or you can also drop off a new
unwrapped toy at any IQ credit union,
Fred Meyer,
or local Toyota dealership.
This is your chance to help
bring a little more joy to
local kids this holiday season.