This is KGW News at 11.
We begin tonight with changes in our weather.
Thank you for joining us. I'm Blair Best.
We finally saw some cooler temps
in the metro area this afternoo,
but travel east and it was a different story.
Let's check in with
meteorologist Joe Ranieri,
who's in the weather center, and Joe.
Parts of central and Eastern Orn
saw severe thunderstorms move
through with some impressive hail. To
Blair, it was a doozy.
Here's a look at the the hail.
This was out in the Sun River aa
right around 6:37 o'clock tonig.
That's about the size of a marb,
about 1/2 inch in diameter size.
So if you think of it marbled
maybe those kind of bouncy ball.
That's a pretty intense weather
moving through and we got lots
of reports throughout central
and Eastern Oregon of hailed.
Of course, there is a severe
thunderstorm earlier tonight.
Now the weather has calmed down a little bit.
We're still picking up a little
bit of some Blues that blue on e
radar is that hail core through
some of that severe weather that
we're continuing to see tonight.
And it's going to be pretty acte
throughout much of the central
and eastern side of the state.
Again tomorrow afternoon,
tomorrow night it's pulling in e
of that precipitation from the f
of Mexico that's car to contribe
to some of the precipitation and
that unstable air out there ands
is that upper level low that's n
bringing some of the severe wear
really I think this is day thre,
day four of some thunderstorm.
Storms the last couple of hours,
those thunderstorms have contind
throughout parts of Pendleton,
along 84, in Eastern Oregon and
throughout Central Oregon as we.
Rainfall amounts.
That's the kind of interesting thing.
You think that the severe weathr
that brought in a lot of wind
and rain and hail would also be
producing a heavy amount of rai.
That is not the case.
We'll zoom out a little bit.
Over in Bend and Redmond,
you saw 21 hundredths of an inch of rain.
John Day,
about 3-1 hundredths of an inch of rain.
That's because there are dry
thunderstorms and not a whole
lot in terms of precipitation.
But I'll talk more about this.
In just a few minutes,
About 10 minutes from now,
Blair.
And also let you know just
how severe the weather will be
throughout the east side of the
state tomorrow afternoon.
All right, Joe, sounds good.
Well, now a look ahead at
the incoming wildfire season.
Staying safe and getting
ready is top of mind for many.
And firefighters say with
our changing climate,
being prepared isn't just for
certain parts of the state,
It's for everyone,
even those here in Portland.
Here's Alma McCarty.
Although things look lush and g,
firefighters say they're on high alert.
The reality is, I mean,
we did have a pretty wet spring
there for a while with cool,
moderate temperatures,
but quickly it got warm.
So what happens is all those grn
fuels that look so beautiful
then become dry and fire can fid
its way to move through there.
Across the region, departments like Tualisin,
Valley Fire and Rescue are doing what they
can now to fight wildfires this year. We
have to be ready.
For whether it's fast moving
fires and fine fuels or
small fuels on the ground,
or if it's getting into a more
dense forested area,
we are investing in that by
doing training right now.
Fire crews also want to help everyone
protect their homes and communi.
At the World Forestry Centers
Discovery Museum Portland Fire
in the office of the State Fire,
Marshall held a special event to
educate the public with the drot
conditions we've been seeing ane
change in the fire behavior in Oregon.
The Portland area is very much, you know,
at risk for possible wildfire to start.
And if it did, you know when.
If it does happen,
it could be very catastrophic.
And Ratan an artist and
Apricot Irving and author.
Use their work to share their
personal experiences and close
calls with Oregon wildfires.
I
drove through the beginning
of the Santiam Canyon Fire in
September 2020 and these paintis
are all the result of that.
Writing about the Eagle Creek
fire was a really important part
for me of being able to feel lie
I could process and heal from.
The trauma of it
not only has it shaped their work, it's
driven them to advocate for wildfire safety
because our landscape is changing so much.
This is not a rainforest area
anymore and we've got to get re.
It is possible to still live we.
In this landscape that we love d
there's things we can do to protect our
homes and recognize that Wildfire is here.
For those who were interested bt
were unable to attend on Saturd,
you have another opportunity on Sunday.
Same hours 11 in the morning
until 4:00 in the afternoon.
And of course we will have more resources
and information on wildfire preparedness.
Up on kgw.com in Southwest Port.
Alma McCarty, KGW News.
Well, let's get you caught up
on tonight's other headlines.
We have an update on an Amber
Alert out of Idaho Nampa.
Nampa police tweeted that 2 year
old Rudy was found safe today.
He was last seen with his
father who did not have custody,
but his father is still on the loose.
He was last seen just before 100
AM today in a silver passenger ,
possibly a grade 2008 Lexus.
If you have any information, call the police.
Three teens were arrested
following a shooting in Salem.
Police say this happened on Coral Ave.
Northeast after four in the afternoon today.
One person reported having a
bullet hit their apartment.
They believe it came from
an argument next door.
Now.
Police later said they evacuated neighboring
apartments and arrested 214 year
olds and a 16 year old who were next door.
That's where police say they
found one AR15 style weapon,
a shotgun and a long rifle.
The teens now face several char,
including possession of a fiream
and reckless endangering,
and Portland homicide detectives
spent Friday night investigating
yet another fatal shooting.
Officers responded to the scene
along NE 82nd Ave.
in the Roseway neighborhood.
They found one man dead from his injuries.
Nearby roads were closed for several hours,
but they're now back open.
And we now know the name of the person killed
in a shooting in the Culling neighborhood.
Portland police say he's
30 year old Jose Perez.
He was killed last weekend on
May 14th on NE Killingsworth St.
Two other people were also shot
with minor injuries.
The suspect or suspects left the scene
and no immediate arrests have been made.
Well,
a Vancouver man is recovering ar
being assaulted in Esther Short Park.
And it all happened after he cae
to help a volunteer who was beig
yelled at by a group of skateboarders.
Art Edwards has the story.
You say in my life,
but
also I didn't want nothing to happen to
you. Darrell Bullock and voluntr
Francisco Guerrero back together
at Vancouver's Esther Short Par.
On Tuesday, Guerrero was
at the gazebo in the park.
He was confronted by several teens when
he tried to stop them from moving the
sign and skateboarding on the gazebo.
Bullock was there,
checking on homeless friends in the park.
I could. I could see rapidly
where it was going. So
he made his way to the gazebo
and stepped in to help.
So I was just hoping to defuse .
But the reality is they had
aggression in their hearts.
Bullock says he has some martial arts
training. When the violence escalated,
he tried his best to protect himself.
I'm really good at deflecting blows and
they swung at me over 40 or 50 times but
they only landed about three of them.
But that was enough to
cause some serious injury.
I've got 7 staples in the
back of my head in my arm.
I can't straighten my arm out.
My arm was swollen out like
this from two different hits
with a skateboard. Vancouver
police are investigating but
so far have made no arrests.
Bullock doesn't regret interven.
You would do this again if this kind of a
situation came 1000 times over. Absolutely.
He spent several hours at a hospital.
A GoFundMe has been started for
Bullock to help with medical bi.
He says he'll donate money reced
that goes beyond the $10,000 go.
Art Edwards, KGW News
Tonight People in Vancouver
rallied against gun violence.
This was at the A1 Elite
Basketball Vancouver facility.
The event was organized by Better Portland.
That's an outreach group bringing awareness
against gun violence in Portlan.
Now the group says they're expag
to those in Vancouver, too,
by adding programs for at risk youth.
There's no one solution for
for gun violence that that is
happening in our community #2.
No organization has all the resource,
the money, the time or the peope
to solve the problem in itself.
It's going to take,
it's going to take a community
and we realize that.
And so that's why.
Now the rally also had a DJ, fo,
and activities inside the facil.
Well, new at 11, we are potentiy
just a few weeks away from the
United States defaulting on its debt.
The Treasury Department is runng
out of money to pay the bills
Congress already authorized,
and it needs to borrow more.
But it can't do that unless
Congress raises the debt ceilin.
Today we checked in with Oregon
Senator Ron Wyden about the mat,
and here's what he had to say at
the possible impacts it could he
if the country defaults on its .
It would affect interest rates.
It would affect the automobile industry.
You know, once you
put at risk our very integrated
economy, the dominoes
can fall in a hurry.
We can't let that happen.
And now Republicans who controle
House say they won't vote to rae
the debt ceiling unless the bill
also comes with severe spending cuts,
a proposal that President Biden has rejected.