We begin tonight with breaking news out
of Skamania County where a new wildfire
has broken out just north of Ca,
prompting evacuation orders.
Level 3 Go Now.
Evacuation orders are issued
for all of Bear Creek Rd.
And Wind River Highway from milt
3 to milepost 4 and a level 1 Be ready.
Order has been issued for Old State Rd.
We'll bring you more information
as soon as we get it.
Well, that is the festive scenen
downtown Portland this afternoor
the annual Portland Pride Parad.
10s of thousands of people
watched more than 100 floats
go by along the waterfront.
And as Thomas Schultz reports,
the parade was more than
just a celebration of Pride.
Families we spoke with say
this parade is the best way
to celebrate Pride every year.
Some come back year after year.
For others, it's their first ti,
but they plan to carry the tradn
over to the next generation.
Over time, it becomes more
difficult to see family. Some
choose Thanksgiving or Christmas
to bundle up inside and spend te
with those closest to them.
Others choose warm sunny
days in the middle of July,
like a huge family reunion that
happens here at the parade.
Not just community,
family spent with people closest to them.
Yeah, we're here every year.
Ryan Tolaski Brown and his husband David
have been married a while, 8/20/18 I think.
Their wedding ordained by Jamie,
who married her wife in Februar.
Their wedding was officiated
by David and Ryan.
Jamie and Rachel are like famil.
As time goes on,
families grow and in big familis
it can feel like there's always
a new relative to get to know.
Family is a lot of toddlers
feels like we're getting older.
Rachel and Jamie have been going
to Pride events for 25 years.
A lots changed during that time.
When we first start going to Pride 2530
years ago, the police were not on our side.
It's great to see the police actually
marching with us and being there as part
of our community now, not just marching.
Riding along to everyone can be in it.
Lawson Elkins is here with family friends.
She may only be 9, but she's wi.
It celebrates how everyone
has equality beyond her years.
But many No, Pride isn't as accd
in other areas of the country.
Making this parade even more impactful.
I get super important,
especially now with the way LGBTQ rights
are under attack in this countr,
together with family.
Some of whom are from out of ton
to support and uplift each othe.
This is our power and numbers n,
Porter says.
Cost have increased.
Insurance is up 20% this year from last.
But she says attendance of the
parade is higher than ever befo,
and louder too in downtown Port.
Thomas Schultz,
KGW News.
While developing tonight on the Oregon coast,
a stretch of Cannon Beach has
been closed for much of the day.
After a cougar was spotted on
Haystack Rock this morning.
This is a live look at the
beach and lifeguards are keeping
people from getting too close.
Let's bring in Ashley Graham's Who's There?
And Ashley, what more can you tell us?
Blair, it's just something
you don't see very often,
especially in the summer.
The beach next to us here around
Haystack Rock, as you said, is closed.
There's no one down there,
and that is because the cougar t
you spoke of is still on the ro.
It was about 6:30 in the morning when a
photographer we talked to spotted the cat.
He told us he was trying to take
pictures of the puffins when
something else caught his eye.
Now there's lots of personnel out here,
including Cannon Beach police,
Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Oregon State Parks Now police ad
city officials talked with us.
They told us that they would lie
to see this cat leave on its ow.
Now the plan is to wait until
the tide goes out.
Tonight, that is,
around 8:00 PM and they're gonna hope
this cat walks off the rock on its own,
back into the dunes safely and
everyone is able to enjoy the
beach coming up here tomorrow.
Of course, we'll continue to track this,
see when this cat leaves the ro,
if it leaves the rock on its ow.
For now, reporting in Cannon Beach, Ashley.
Grams, KGW news.
All right, Ashley, thank you. Well, Joe,
that's a pretty crazy story out there.
Yeah, I couldn't believe it when I heard it.
We got in at around 2:30.
Yeah, that's what they were talg
about on the the afternoon call.
I don't think I've ever.
Witnessed or heard of a cougar
shutting down an entire beach.
But you know, the low tide could
make a difference for that cat.
And it might make it a little bit easier
for first responders who are waiting for
that cat to come down the from the rock.
But here's a another live look
out there along the Oregon coas,
conditions are relatively calm,
overcast skies.
And as you can see,
the seas are calm as well.
Temperatures in the low 60s.
Yeah, a big difference in the te
temperatures out there along the coast.
Compared to the valley where we're looking
at daytime highs again with temperatures
in the upper 80s to the low 90s.
Now, no watches and warnings
are in place here locally,
but you travel into the Columbia River Gorge,
the dolls,
and throughout much of the centl
and eastern side of the state,
you're under a heat advisory.
This red color is that red flag warning
basically encompasses a good part of the
east side of the Columbia River Gorge,
I should say,
along I-84 and down in parts of high desert.
Ben Redmond, Eastern Oregon,
down in Southern Oregon,
you're looking at some very
warm conditions out there.
The heat advisory will be in ple
until later part of this evenin.
We saw highs in the low 90s this afternoon,
92 really throughout many locats
from Vancouver all the way down
to 1 country in Mcminnville,
Troutdale,
a temperature of 93 degrees
now throughout the dows.
Big reason why you have that advisory
in place for the fire danger and a heat
of course is highs close to 100 degrees.
So much cooler to start the
week tomorrow morning clouds
followed by afternoon sunshine.
Again,
it might be a little bit cooler for tomorrow,
but Blair,
I'm tracking a return of temperatures
right around 90 degrees heading
into later part of this week.
I'll let you know how long
that sticks around coming up
in my detailed forecast.
All right, Joe. Thank you.
A person is in custody tonight
after a woman was found stabbedo
death on the West side of Gresh.
Around 7:00 this morning,
officers found the woman insidea
residential facility on NE 165th Ave.
Her age and identity have
not been released yet.
The East County Major Crimes Tem
is investigating this homicide
and police say there is no
threat to the public in St.
John's.
A person riding a motorcycle did
in a crash on North Marine Drive
and another is in custody now.
It all happened just before midt
Saturday and this crash had a lf
moving parts for the officers involved.
They were originally working a street
racing mission when the motorcye
crashed into the side of an SUV.
The rider died at the scene.
Those in the SUV were not seriously hurt,
but it took an ambulance a
while to get there.
That's because of an illegal St.
takeover that blocked all traffn
North Marine Drive at the I5 Interchange.
So the ambulance had to take
a long detour to get there.
Now during the investigation,
another person on a motorcycle speed through
the crash scene and nearly hit two officers.
That led to a nearly hour long
chase which ended in Gresham.
That rider was arrested and now
faces a long list of charges.
Well,
in East Portland,
a bar and cafe is closed after a
dumpster fire spread to the building,
causing lots of damage.
The fire was reported around 7:0
this morning at Kelly's Cafe on
Southeast Division near 147th.
By the time firefighters got th,
the fire had spread into the ro.
Luckily though,
they were able to knock it downd
the cause is still under investigation.
In Milwaukee,
one home was destroyed and anotr
damaged in an overnight fire
there around 10:00 last night.
Clackamas in Portland fire
responded to a home on Southeast
Harrison Street just off Hwy.
224.
Flames were spreading to a neary
trees and the home next door.
Thankfully,
everyone got out safely.
Police are now looking for
people neighbors say were near
the fire when it started as they
continue to investigate the cau.
Well,
now to a traffic alert many
have been dreading.
The Lewis and Clark Bridge
will close tonight at 8:00,
and it will,
and it will remain closed for
the next 8 days.
The bridge carries an average of 20,000
vehicles a day between Rainier and Longview,
and it's the only bridge across the Columbia
between I5 and Portland and US101 in Astoria.
So why does such an important
bridge have to close?
Well, crews need to replace 2 fr
joints and a fractured floor be.
Well, it's an inconvenience.
It's all to extend the life
of the 93 year old bridge.
It's important for the bridge
to to move and be flexible
and part of that process
is replacing those finger joint.
So the floor beam, the fracture
we encountered is a direct
result of that lack of movement.
So it's really imperative that
we do this critical work.
Emergency vehicles,
bikes and pedestrians will be
allowed to cross during the clo.
There is also a ferry,
but it has limited capacity.
Otherwise, you'll have to make
the long detour through Astoria
or Portland to get across.
A type of clam is in the Columba
River and in big numbers.
That's the finding of a study ba
team from Washington State University.
And as Tim Gordon reports,
the clams are not new to the ri,
though they may be a red flag for other
animals and plants that don't belong.
This is
a specimen of
corbicular flumineum.
That's the scientific name for
the Asian clam. The Asian clam.
It's been in the Columbia
River since the 1930s,
probably arriving on ship hullsr
imported as a food item from As.
Salvador Rob Chavez says there e
a lot of them in the river now,
from Astoria all the way to tri-cities.
They've been here for quite a long time,
but most people don't know that they're,
you know, passing by them
on I-84 every single day.
They are in pretty abundant nums
all throughout the urban areas,
especially over the Columbia Ri,
But we're found throughout the entire.
Breadth of my study area.
Rob Chavez is a master's graduae
in environmental science from
Washington State University
and the study's lead author.
He says his team found Asian
clams in concentrations of more
than 400 per square meter in soe
samplings along the Columbia Ri.
They are known to be a
detriment to our native muscles,
which are a first food,
a cultural resource for natives in the area.
They can out compete them for s.
They out compete them for food.
And you know, their condition ad
abundance is greatly diminished
in the presence of the clam.
The invasive species eat planktn
that native mussels eat,
and up the food chain, so do sa.
And while Asian clams are bad enough,
they are not the only invasive
species in the river.
It's only a part of the
puzzle of invasive species.
In the Columbia River, it's.
Just one in a long laundry listf
invasive species that have been brought
to the system by human activiti.
Rob Chavez says this study on An
clams in the Colombia should see
as a warning about keeping other
invasive species out of the riv.
Tim Gordon, KGW News.