This is KGW news at sunrise.
A standoff in Hood River that went on for
close to 10 hours is over this morning.
We'll let you know we'll lead up to the
standoff and what police did to try to
get the suspect to surrender peacefully.
Coming up here in one of our top stories
and this morning, the Portland police
officer who leaked false information
about a former Commissioner now has
his job back coming up. Why? The
police union says his
punishment was too harsh.
Also in our Sunrise spotlight,
comedian Sam Merrill.
He is bringing his stand up to
Portland this weekend. Vegan strip
club Buffet on me after the show.
We'll all get some Tempe. Be great.
He's debuting his
new set at Revolution Hall and
he says it's gonna be a banger.
Banger. That's his word.
Plus, at the end of our
interview, it's kind of fun.
He had a surprise shout out.
Don't miss that coming up this
morning at 5:15. Is that
like a 2023 term?
Danger? Because I it's a banger banger.
That's a good thing.
Yeah, it's a good thing.
Alright. Rod Hill joins us now.
Yeah, it's gonna be fun,
but it kind of fails to comparison,
doesn't it? Maybe you have a banger.
Yeah, force, right.
What do you got? Definitely
how doll, let's go have fun.
Seems all of a sudden.
Alright, we have showers.
They're just starting to push inland.
Dry up and down I5.
I mean right now it's dry.
I would say by 8:00 o'clock
this morning at the latest.
We should start to see some raindrops
crossing downtown Portland where
42 clouds came in last night.
A lot of you are still in the 30s,
but generally you're going to say, hey,
it's not nearly as cold this morning.
West part of the day.
Late morning into early afternoon.
That's when the front comes in 45 at noon,
48 at 5:00 PM don't forget S winds
will become noticeably breezy today.
15 to
30 mph. Back to you.
OK. Thank you, rod.
Breaking overnight. Part of Southeast Orient
Drive in Gresham is closed this
morning as the Sheriff's Office
investigates a deadly crash
involving a pedestrian.
It happened just after 2:00 o'clock
this morning on 290 2nd Ave.
about a mile from the Clackamas County line.
The Sheriff's Office.
Says the driver did stop and is cooperating.
They say that part of Orient Drive
will be closed for several hours.
We'll bring you any updates when
we get them.
Our top story this morning,
a 10 hour standoff in Hood River,
is finally over.
Police arrested the suspect around 9:30
last night and lifted evacuation orders.
This all began around noon
yesterday when police responded to
a dangerous situation at a home near
Clearwater Lane and Cascade Ave.
Hood River police say somebody
fired multiple shots when they
approached the house for hours,
they tried to get that barricaded
suspect to come out peacefully.
Roads were closed, nearby homes,
businesses and a school evacuated,
and several schools in Hood River
County went into lockdown by 7:30.
Police deployed tear gas and told neighbors
to make sure their windows were closed.
They did later clarify in a news release
they had cornered the suspect inside a house.
At this point,
we haven't heard that anyone
was injured during the standoff,
but if anything else develops,
we will let you know on air and online.
The City of Portland says it
received reports of quote,
illegal and sometimes violent
activity during day one of the
strike involving 600 city workers.
Devin Haskins is here in studio this morning,
and Devin, those 600 workers just began
their strike at midnight yesterday.
Yeah, and the city had gotten reports
during that day that people were part
of the that were part of the picket.
We're throwing rocks.
Hitting vehicles with sticks and
threatening employees yesterday evening,
Mayor Wheeler put out a statement that
reads in part quote while I support
the rights of employees to exercise
their right to strike, legally,
aggressive behavior and intimidation
of any form is absolutely unacceptable.
I will do all I can to ensure that our
employees who are working the public and
city property are protected and safe.
End Quote the strike started
at midnight yesterday.
We caught up with those picketing
outside a Peacock maintenance yard
and a parks and rec maintenance yard.
Both departments comprise of
hundreds of union workers wanting
better wages and benefits.
City negotiators say they've
offered workers a 12% pay increase,
along with improved benefits and scheduling.
But the Union says it's a 5% cap
on cost of living adjustments they
say they really can't live with.
Well, we're striking for fair
wages and um. Compensation.
You know the the pandemic has really
opened the eyes and with inflation
we're we're fighting for what's fair.
We we all rise together.
And if we can set an example
of what should happen,
then that maybe puts pressure
on other employers to be able to
bring their wages up so we don't
have as many people struggle.
The mayor did issue an emergency
order previously to this previous
to the strike that let the
city hire replacement workers.
While these negotiations continue,
both by both sides did spend yesterday
back in those negotiating meetings.
The Union says this strike
will last as long as it takes.
Meanwhile, the city says services
are not affected. Brenda
Devin, thank you for the update.
Other headlines this morning,
the Portland police officer fired
for leaking false information about
former commissioner Joanne Hardesty.
Has been reinstated to the Bureau.
An arbitrator ruled that while
Brian Hunzeker should be held
accountable for his misconduct,
it did not warrant him getting fired.
Back in 2021, a woman called police
to report that Commissioner Hardesty
had been involved in a hit and run.
That turned out not to be true,
but hunzeker leaked hardesty's
name to the media.
Mayor Wheeler fired him,
calling the leak retaliation
because Hardesty didn't have a good
relationship with the police Bureau.
Hunsaker argued it wasn't personal.
He called it an isolated mistake.
The arbitrator suspended him
for one week without pay,
but he will get any back pay he
missed out on while he was fired.
Former Commissioner Hardesty, by the way,
has not responded to our request for comment.
Authorities are looking for whoever
vandalized a memorial at Waterfront Park.
Police say Tuesday night,
somebody etched off the 29 names
honoring Portland officers killed.
On the line of duty,
this police memorial was installed in
1994 and President George Bush dedicated it.
And finally,
tomorrow is Rosa Parks Day at marks,
the birthday of the civil rights icon.
Back in 1955,
she refused to give up her seat on
the bus to a white man in Montgomery,
AL.
While TriMet is one of the
many celebrating her advocacy,
they actually made a time lapse
that they posted on Twitter one
of their bus getting a special.
The rap job now on top of that
TriMet is waiving all fares tomorrow.
That does include buses, Max trains,
Lyft and West, as well as transfers.
The Portland Streetcar and Sea
Tran will also waive their fares,
and those are some of your Friday headlines.
Alright,
we have some Blazers news
on this Friday because something that should
have happened did happen.
Damian Lillard was named to the NBA All Star
team. No doubt about it.
Dame earned his spot on this year's squad.
I kind of lost track during
the month of January.
I think he had two or three thousand
games where he scored at least 40 points.
He was on fire last month for sure.
This year he's in the top 10 for scoring,
the top 10 for assists.
So Damian Lillard for the seventh
time in his career in NBA All Star.
That game by the way is 2 weeks
from this Sunday on February 19th.
And the All Star Game 2023 edition Rod hill.
I'm stretching here to help you
get into the studio All Star game.
That All Star game is
taking place in Salt Lake City.
Are you ready?
What will they be serving?
Beer. Popcorn. Hot dogs?
Take a breath, take a breath.
Just stretching.
Not talking about a snub no,
it's happened to him before.
But again, 7 All Star
nods in his career is definitely
an accomplishment rod and and
we've said I can't remember,
maybe you do. Was it
2000 or 3000
games last month alone
where he scored 40 points.
Brenda, it was
3000. Yes, just for the
record. Alright, let's get you going.
We have rain showers moving in today,
so this this pattern is getting back to
more of a normal feed off of the Pacific.
With rain showers in the forecast
and cloudiness around means the
end to the run of cold nights.
And even though some of you
did get down to 32 this morning
here in the Willamette Valley,
you'll notice when you step outside that
overall bitter chill is completely gone.
OK, we do have. Clean showers
starting to move into the coast.
Radar starting to pick up a little bit of
light and moisture also up into the Cascades.
I'm saying no later than
8:00 o'clock this morning.
We'll start to see at least some rain push
into the inland valleys here right now.
Just some rain kind of nipping
and spots along the coast here.
Your early morning numbers 42 Astoria,
so remember, yeah,
some freezing numbers overnight.
Salem still at 33.
Kelso 34.
That's the PDX #42 where east
winds came to live last night.
We're gusting to 30 out along the
Columbia River at times those winds.
Kick more to the South during the day today.
Here's our rain futurecast
movie 8:30 this morning.
I think it is possible we'll start
to see summary in the valley.
This shows solid rain up and down the coast.
Now the front comes in around 11:00
o'clock this morning and the wettest
part of our day will be probably
somewhere around 10:00 with the rain
moving in through early afternoon.
Scattered showers will be
continuing into this evening.
This still only looks like about
2/10 of an inch of rain on average
for the valley or less so not a big.
Precipitation maker,
although noticeably a fairly
wet day at times.
OK, here we are with the wider view.
The snow level starts off
around 5000 in the Cascades.
Comes down to four.
A little bit layered today, a
little bit of moisture scattered in some
spots east of the mountains, but not much.
OK don't forget the winds kicking up.
This shows 12:30 this afternoon.
S winds gusting our story
to 43 gusting to 31.
Salem S winds gusting to 29 in Portland.
That is noticeably breezy,
but not enough to really produce concerns
or watches or anything like that.
OK. Forecast highs upper 40s to
about 50 here on the West side and in
Central Oregon and where it will be
primarily dry with a shower chance this
afternoon and cooler weather out East,
we go 48 now notice this,
the low tonight 44.
Yeah, that's 20 plus degrees warmer
than we've become used to.
Right, 54 tomorrow.
I still think much of Saturday's dry.
Then rain showers pick up on Sunday,
a dry start to next week and that
is your forecast.
Alright, Rob, thank you.
Coming up next on sunrise,
comedian Sam Merrill,
he's bringing his show to Portland.
This weekend's hot off specials
on Netflix and Comedy Central.
Our conversation after the break.
But first, here's a sample of a stand up
I'm not good at.
Relationships are so hard. You know?
Every woman I date tries to change me.
You met Billy Joel song.
I love you just the way you are.
A woman would never write a song like that.
If Billy Joel were a woman,
that song will be called you are my project.
And we'll see where this goes. That's good.