This is KGW news at Sunrise.
Good morning. Thanks for gettinp
with us on this fine Sunday mor.
I'm Tim Gordon. This morning on Sunrise.
Oregon's minimum wage has gone .
Why? Small business owners say t
will make things tougher for th,
even though they want to
pay their employees better.
Plus, a senseless attack on a
group of Portland cyclists. Why?
The suspect now faces hate crime charges.
But before we get to all that,
let's check in with Daisy Caballero for
a quick look at our Sunday fore.
Hey, good morning, Tim. And yea,
good morning to all of our viewers taking
you outside Lincoln City right .
Picture perfect 57 degrees.
Those winds are calm,
a little bit warmer as we're log
above the Rose City A holding 59 degrees.
Those winds coming up from the
north northwest at right about
6 miles an hour, chicken.
And at the rest of your current temperatures,
right now still holding on to 49 degrees
for Timber Junction 55 for Forest Grove,
60 for Troutdale.
We are going to start to warm ud
by the end our peak high of the,
many of us are going to be warming up
anywhere between 20 to 30 degre.
And I'll have a that full forect
coming up in my main forecast.
But taking a look at your day,
at a glance we are expecting
to see 76 degrees.
By noon again,
sunny skies for the rest of the
day and then warming up about
10 degrees or so high,
should be around 8788 degrees by 5:00.
O'clock.
But we still have your 4th of Jy
forecast to talk about alongsida
heat advisor a little bit later this week.
But.
But I'll have that full forecast coming up,
Tim.
All right. Thanks a lot, Daisy.
We'll see you then.
Well, new this morning and it's tough
news to report another mass shooting,
this one in Baltimore.
At least 30 people were shot
at a block party overnight.
Two people are dead while three
others are in critical condition
in the hospital this morning.
This all happened just after midnight.
Detectives spent most of the
night at the scene trying to
figure out exactly what happene,
including if there are more vic.
So far, no suspect is in
custody there in Baltimore.
Here in Portland,
homicide detectives are
investigating A fatal stabbing.
This happened overnight in the
Buckman neighborhood along SE 1.
Detectives say a man died at the scene.
This all happened just before 2:00 AM.
Right now, no arrests have been made.
Well, we're working to learn moe
about a hiker who died at Multnh
Falls on Saturday afternoon.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's
Office says a man fell from a tl
just before 2:00 o'clock.
It took first responders about
an hour to get to him.
The group he was with says they
couldn't see him after he fell.
The Sheriff's Office says the
man fell about 100 to 150 feet.
By the time they got to him,
he had died.
The Sheriff's Office says he
lost his footing during the hik.
They're saying this is a
reminder to make sure that
you are safe on those trails.
This isn't just
going on a walk. This is a thiss
a trail, this is a hiking trail. And so
we encourage people to come
prepared for an actual hike.
It's not a paved walk, it's a h.
So far, the man's name has not been released.
Had a young boy is in the hospil
after a bad crash at a motocross race.
This happened Saturday morning
at the Washougal Motocross Park.
The 10 year old boy lost control of his
motorcycle and was hit by two other riders.
He had to be life lighted to the
hospital and the Clark County
Sheriff's Office says that 10 yr
old boy is in critical conditio.
All A man now faces assault and
hate crime charges after an attk
on cyclists in Northwest Portla.
Police say the victims had been riding
their bikes naked when the man attacked
them on the pipe and yelled homophobic slurs.
Authorities say 39 year old Robert Houchins
confronted the cyclists and yelled get
out of here and used a homophobic slur.
He reportedly struck 2 men in te
back with a metal pipe and it's
unclear how bad the injuries ar.
One of the victims is gay.
If a person is gay,
there's no reason to beat
somebody with the pipe.
Myself have trans
brothers and sisters, so it's l,
yeah, that just kind of
hits on a little bit.
According to court documents,
a suspect had a pipe with him when he was
arrested near the scene of the attack,
which happened on June 3rd.
Well, minimum wage workers in
Oregon are now earning a little
bit more at the minimum wage jut
increased 70 cents statewide.
But how much workers will make varies
based on what county that you live in.
Here's Thomas Schultz.
In Portland, minimum wage is now 1545.
The standard statewide rate is ,
and non urban counties it's 1250 an hour.
Organ unions praised the increase in pay,
but some small business owners
say it makes it more difficult
for them to continue operations.
There's a bustle of activity at Dan and
Louie Oyster Bar as workers prepare for
doors to open. This was left
in the till. Casual Labor
co-owner Michelle Walksmith is y
prepping the bar, but with minim
wage rising 70 since Saturday,
she knows money just got a
little bit tighter. We're still
reeling from the hit we took for three
full years, and it still
hasn't recovered all the way.
And so it's hard to pay people e
money when you really don't have money.
Walksmith says she wants wages to rise
because housing prices continue to soar,
but increased pay may mean less staff.
We have to bare
bones it. And hope that when
the rushes come, we have enough people
here to cover the rush. Representatives
from the Oregon AFL-CIO,
the statewide federation of Labor unions,
said in a statement that the
uptick will positively impact
more than 100,000 Oregonians.
They say the rise is a
significant milestone. Some agre
it's nice to see people being ae
to have enough money to afford
the things they need to live,
but Christopher Lee Warner real.
There's two sides to the coin.
To some people it's a good thind
to small business owners that ae
struggling, it's not a good thi.
Small businesses like walksmiths, which is
struggling to compete with giant chains.
We recently had a cook leave which way
I was paying $18.00 an hour ande
left because he can wash dishes and it
was easier at McDonald's. Liter.
Despite the bump, minimum wage workers
are still a far ways off from bg
able to afford A2 bedroom apart.
A recent study by the National
Low Income Housing Coalition
shows people need to make almost
$30.00 an hour to afford that.
Thomas Schultz, KGW News
in Washington Paycheck deductions has
started for the Washington Cares Fund.
That's the state's new longterm
care insurance program.
Eligible workers will pay
$0.58 for every $100 earned.
That is $58 out of every 1000.
The Department of Social and
Health Services says nearly 70%
of Washington residents will
need longterm care at some poin,
and most cannot afford it.
It's a gut
punch for families. When
a care need strikes,
they have to balance work,
paying for care and
caring for a loved one. It's
a challenge, and it's going to become
more and more of a challenge
in the coming years.
Well, the fund will help Washingtonians
access a benefit of $36,500,
adjusted for inflation.
It will become available for
those who qualify in July 2026.
When it comes to fighting climate change,
the Pacific Northwest is known r
some ambitious goals and priori.
For example, Oregon has pledged to cut
emissions by 80% by the year 20.
Coming up next how a new report
lays out a path for the entire
region to go even further.
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