This is KGW news. Exile rise, ae
have a live look this morning fm
LAX as remnants of Hillary move
away from Southern California.
Now it's still raining,
but it was the deluge over the last 24
hours that triggered flood warn.
Our message today remains the s.
Stay safe, stay informed and stay home. The
storm has caused power outages,
downed trees and now school
closures. We'll have a live
update for you this morning. Pls
somebody has to know 14 year olds can't
get by in the world absolutely alone.
That battleground father is talg
about his 14 year old son who'sn
missing for almost 2 weeks now. We'll
share more from that interview
with the father, including why e
believes someone knows
where his son is. Plus it's
dream come true. We've been
doing it since we're we wanted
to do it since we're 13.
We got cut short last two yearst
this year we finally got it. Ye.
A local baseball team winning bt
the Babe Ruth World Series. We t
a camera out to PDX to welcome m
home to the Rose City. We have e
details on their win just ahead.
I was smiling because I didn't know who
what sound we were going to play there.
I look up. I recognize that fac.
Our boys played against that yog
man and that Portland team since
like 9 years of age, now 15.
But it brings a smile to my face to see
him smiling on this Monday morn.
Meanwhile we turn it over to Chs
McGinnis filling in for rod again today.
And what is the weather tomorro?
Not yet the
weather. Not today.
Yeah, the air quality really the
the driver and our weather locally here.
Let's get you out the door right now And a
live look from our Wells Fargo sky camera.
I mean even though we are still a ways
away from sunrise, I think you can see
that the murkiness in the air, right.
It's 60 last check at PDX air
quality really taking a hit here
because of a combination of Cann
and Washington wildfire smoke.
We've got moderate to unhealthyr
sensitive groups here in the metro area
and really unhealthy air out ine
gorge and for areas east of the Cascades.
That will improve late today
and especially tomorrow.
But for now an air quality alert remains
in effect for Lane County east of the
Cascades and also for the Portld
Vancouver metro area through the day.
Today meanwhile the other storye
east side of the state under a flood.
Watch as the remnants of Hurrice
Hillary worked their way northw.
It is pouring rain right now
in Eastern Oregon.
Flooding concerns abound out th.
Meanwhile West side of the stat,
hazy and smoky and comfortably .
I guess with daytime highs in the low 80s.
We'll detail that rain and your warm up in
the seven day coming up in just a second.
Let's get you out the door quic.
Look at the roads right now.
I-84 out near 148th Ave.
We had an earlier Fender Bedder out there.
Looks like that is just cleared sunset.
Looks like that's in pretty good shape
in 217 guys. I can tell you right now.
No,
no crashes.
No unexpected delays on the freeways.
All right, Chris, thank you.
We start with breaking
news overnight in Southeast
Portland where police
tell us they have one person in
custody following a shooting.
This is a live look from the area of SE,
112th and Holgate.
Several streets in this area are
closed as police continue searcg
for others involved in the shoo.
No one was hurt,
but there is a public safety concern,
so police are asking neighbors to stay
inside and lock their doors and windows.
You can see a special
response team is out there.
Portland police have a
mobile command center set up.
They've also deployed a drone and a K9 unit.
Devin Haskins will be there with
a live update from the scene
coming up this morning at 5:30.
It was a wild weekend, to say the least,
for Southern California not only
hit with Tropical Storm Hillary,
but also one of the strongest earthquakes
that region has seen in decades.
The majority of the storm has passed,
but flooding will still be a big
concern for the next few days.
For an update, NBC's Jay Gray
joins us live this morning.
Jay, you're in Santa Clarita,
which has had all sorts of trou.
Yeah. No, Brenda Drew, good mor.
And you're absolutely right.
So has a lot of Southern
California at this point.
We are getting a break from the rain finally.
But look behind me, you can seee
teams that are out and working.
Basically what's happened here s
water from the rains throughoute
night and into the early mornin,
rushing downhill,
ripping away part of the road ad
then also rupturing a gas line.
So they're working all all of that right now.
And like we said,
there are these types of situations playing
out really across the entire re.
So they're used to wildfires he,
they're used to earthquakes.
What they don't pay a lot of attention
to normally is hurricane season.
Of course that all changed this weekend
across Southern California.
An unprecedented full on
assault from Mother Nature.
The entire region under tropical storm
watches and warnings for the first time ever,
the effects of the storm stretcg
from the coast through the dese.
This is an event that hasn't happened
before in terms of having a tropical storm,
that kind of energy taking a
direct hit into San Diego Count.
So something we did take serious Hillary
dumping heavy rain too much too fast,
leading to flash flooding
roads swallowed by the water.
I'm worried about some of the
more rural and remote areas in
the eastern part of the state.
Some of the more mountainous res
where people could be trapped,
trees and power lines pushed
over by gusting winds.
This rock slide a result of soil
washed away by rushing waters.
And in the middle of it all,
a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Ventura County.
The two events according to
seismologist not connected.
Yeah, only in Southern California can you
have an earthquake and hurricane storm.
And not to mention a 5500 acre h
fire in Santa Barbara yesterday.
What's next?
Most hoping for a return to California
sunshine so things can dry out
and they can start to clean up
the mess Hillary leaves behind.
Yeah. And look, right now,
forecasters are saying everythig
should be cleared out of Southen
California by midday or so.
Good news, Drew and Brenda,
because that'll allow teams to t
in some of the harder hit areas,
really fully assess the situati.
Absolutely. The video coming out
of California just stunning tod.
Jay Gray, thank you.
Well, President Biden will be in
Maui today to survey the wildfie
devastation and to meet with survivors,
officials and 1st responders.
114 people are confirmed dead,
a number that's expected to ris.
Right now, only six of the victs
have been publicly identified.
The White House says more than 0
federal personnel are on the grd
to help with recovery efforts.
The Biden administration has alo
mobilized FEMA and the Red Cros.
150 members of the Portland police force
will start wearing body cameras today.
It's part of a two-month pilot program,
so if this testing period goes ,
every officer on the Portland
force will start wearing body
cameras sometime in October.
The program ends Portland status
the largest municipal Police Department
in the country without those cameras.
So here's how the program will .
Officers are required to turn
their cameras on for each call.
The cameras also automatically turn on
whenever an officer pulls a gun or a Taser,
or whenever their cruiser lights go on.
The Bureau says officers cannot delete,
edit or alter, record a video.
The system also keeps track of who views
a video and when they can watch.
Also happening today in Portlan.
The Independent District Commisn
is expected to approve a new map that
outlines newly redrawn voting districts.
The 13 community members on the
Commission created the map.
It's part of a voter approved
plan to divvy up the city and
change the way elections are ru.
Coming up in 2024,
the City Council will have 12 members
elected through rank choice vot.
Each district will elect 3 representatives.
The final vote is happening
this evening at 6:00.
The battleground father is despe
for help to find his son who's
been missing for almost 2 weeks.
Let's take a look at your scree.
We're going to show you
14 year old Ty Bouchard.
Ty was last seen on August 9th.
His father, Jacob tells us Ty lt
home that night without telling
his family where he was going.
The last person to hear from Ty
was a friend who got a Snapchat
from the teen showing that he hd
dyed his hair green and black.
That has his dad believing that
someone knows where his son is.
This is, you know, possibly something
more sinister or serious that Ts
either being groomed or falling into a
a a routine with somebody who has less
than Ty's best interests in mind. Somebody
has to know 14 year olds can't t
by in the world absolutely alon.
Ty's father says his son deals
with depression and is worried
that he'll struggle without
consistent medication and thera.
So take another look at your screen here.
Ty is 5 foot 5, weighs about £1.
If you have any information
about where he may be,
contact the Battleground Police Department.
At least two people have died in
wildfires in Spokane this morni.
There are two fires burning in the area.
The Gray Fire and the Oregon Rd.
Fire have prompted Level 3 Go Nw
evacuations and destroy dozens of buildings.
Both fires started Friday and ae
burning more than 20,000 acres in all.
Governor Jay Inslee declared
a state of emergency to get
more help for those fire crews.
We also want to give you an
update this morning on the Lookt
fire burning in Oregon. Yes,
the fire burning in Lane
County near Mackenzie Bridge.
Lightning started this
fire back on August 5th.
It has since burned more than 10
acres and remains 0% contained.
It's caused the closure of
some popular recreation areas.
Those closures will be in effect for the
next month and less conditions change.
Well, wildfires,
smoke not only here but up in Washington
and Canada, causing some air quality issues.
Really poor air quality over
the last couple of days.
And it's especially bad in the
Columbia River Gorge this mornig
and in areas east of the Cascad.
Let's go ahead and give it the
live look here of our air qualiy
map as we get to the weather ma.
There it is.
You can see red and yellow and
orange dots all over the map
right now here in the metro are,
we've got air that is categorizd
as unhealthy for sensitive grou.
As we get into the East County a
and into the Columbia River Gor,
you can see very unhealthy air showing
up in the portions of Hood River County,
Wasco County, through Jefferson
and Deschutes County as well.
So this is the kind of air
that like everybody needs to
consider wearing an N95 mask.
If you're outside.
Again, in these areas where
you see red and purple dots,
that is very poor air quality.
And again, it is not good here
in the metro area as well.
That said,
things are going to improve.
This is our third straight day
where we're dealing with reduced
air quality W the Cascades.
But as we go into the afternoon,
this is our smoke model.
The winds at the low to mid levs
of the atmosphere are going to n
to kick in from the West and tht
will begin to drive some of that
wildfire smoke back off to the .
And that should clear us out
in the Willamette Valley and
even the areas where the smoke
was really thick and the gorge.
That should also start to thin t
later tonight and especially tomorrow.
So one more day of lousy air quality,
especially this morning,
and then things should get bettr
tonight and especially tomorrow.
That said,
we do have the air quality
alerts in effect for Lane Count,
good chunk of Central Oregon through the
gorge and of course for the Portland,
Vancouver metro area and across
Southwest Washington for the day today.
We also have a flood watch for
areas east of in the Eastern
Oregon because of the remnants f
Hurricane Hillary now working tr
way northward in Eastern Oregon.
Baker City, Ontario, Pendleton,
Hermiston,
Burns,
you're getting soaked this morng
with a repeated rounds of rain.
Here's a look at the rainfall potential.
The Blues of the Willowis stando
pick up maybe 2-3 inches of rain
if things work out just right h.
And basically a line from Medfod
to Pendleton and Point South anE
That's where the rain will be t.
Northwestern Oregon, no rain.
It would be nice to get that
to flush out the air,
but as the remnants of Hillary
continue to lift northward,
that will induce the onshore fl,
which will eventually begin to
clear out the poor air quality e
across the West side of the sta.
We are obviously looking at
a fairly smoky day today.
A hazy, smoky day,
but temperatures only in the
lower 80s for
highs. Today, Tomorrow,
partly sunny 78, We start to
climb the ladder a little bit.
Guys, I do have some more heat
back in the forecast midweek,
Thursday, Friday and maybe
into the upcoming weekend.
We'll be right back.