This is KGW News at Sunrise.
Good morning, everyone.
Thanks for getting up with us on this Sunday.
I'm Tim Gordon. This morning on Sunrise.
Campgrounds have been evacuated thanks to
a new wildfire burning near Mount Hood.
We're going to take you there.
Plus, we are from friends and fy
of the man who was stabbed to dh
outside a bar one week ago. Why?
They refer to him as a protecto.
But before we get to all that,
let's check in with Daisy Cabalo
for a quick look at the forecas.
Good morning, Daisy.
Good morning,
Tim, and yeah,
good morning to all of our view.
I want to step off the screen,
just take a look at this picture perfect
breathtaking view through our Wells Fargo
sky Cam 58 degrees here in the Rose City.
I would say this is a pretty nie
set up for our Sunday morning.
It's a little bit different as we're looking
on the coast a little bit cooler, 57 degrees.
A little bit more of that cloud coverage
now both the Valley and the coast will
start to see a little bit more of that
cloud coverage for the first part of our day.
Looking a little bit towards the afternoon,
we will see a little bit more of
that kind of push out and clear.
Current temperatures right
now low 50s for Forest Grove,
52 for Hillsboro, also for King City,
a little bit warmer as we're
looking at Troutdale 58 degrees.
And as always,
actually within the last few da,
we're a little bit warmer as we're looking
at the Dow 67 and 65 for Pendle.
All right, here's a look at your day.
At a glance.
We're expecting to warm up
to 70 degrees by noon.
Again,
starting to see a little bit mof
that sun kind of peeking out sunny and
warm right about our high for ty
should be right about 80 degree.
But we have a lot more to talk about,
Tim.
And we'll cover all that in my full forecast.
All right. Thanks a lot, Daisy.
We'll see them. Beautiful sunri.
All right. This isn't so pretty.
Take a look. I do.
Wildfires burning in the Mount
Hood and National Forest 6
campgrounds have been evacuated.
This is happening near Boulder ,
southeast of Mount Hood.
Level 3 evacuation orders are in place
for the campgrounds of Boulder ,
Little Boulder Lake, Badger Lake, Bonnie,
Meadow, Camp Windy and Post cam.
Ashley Grahams takes us to the scene.
A fire that started Saturday afternoon,
now burning acres of National Ft
land surrounding a campground jt
over 20 miles away from Mount H.
A plume of smoke settles over a hillside
in the Mount Hood National Fore.
Firefighters tell us this fire s
burning 75 acres and has forced
weekend campers to evacuate.
Somebody happened to pass by our
camp and said there's a fire,
you guys might want to leave.
Robin Redinger and her friends e
camping off the grid and thought
about waiting it out until theyw
the evacuation message that we l
started getting alerts on her p.
No, we gotta go Level 3. Go now.
Evacuations are in place at sevl
campgrounds, including Boulder ,
Camp Windy and Bonnie Meadow.
Some like, like,
we're coming down to the hills.
You're like this big patch of
smoke in that moment. I'm like.
Well, how? How did that start?
Lincoln Tanner and his family
saw the smoke from miles away.
Still, that that was pretty scary to me.
Scooper planes and helicopters
flew throughout the afternoon,
fighting the fire from the sky.
And for Reddinger, it's tough to watch.
We've camped up here my whole
life and it's beautiful.
Now all she can do is wait.
It's really sad. I hate it.
It's so sad. Reporting from Mount Hood.
I'm Ashley Grahams,
KGW news.
Okay, let's get to an
update on the Tunnel 5 fire,
now burning on the Washington se
of the gorge near White Salmon.
Firefighters have started to get
the upper hand there this morni.
The fire about 65% contained It's burned
nearly 600 acres in the past we.
Evacuation orders in the area in
the area have been downgraded.
They're now at level one,
which means people in the area
should be ready to go if needed.
But they don't need to leave at this point.
Due this morning,
Portland police are trying to sort through
a situation that left the person dead.
This was the situation at SE 10d
in Washington late last night.
Officers responded to a car two car crash.
One of the drivers also had
somehow suffered A gunshot woun.
That person was taken to the hospital.
Two people were in the other ca.
One of them died at the scene we
the other was taken to the hosp.
Well,
family members of a man stabbeds
week continue to mourn his deat.
32 year old Colin Smith was killed last
Sunday in the Buckman neighborh.
And an arrest has been made.
Now Smith's family says he was
protecting a friend from harasst
when he was attacked.
Thomas Schultz has more.
They
say Colin was a kind soul and full of light.
He was also a protector,
looking out for people most in need of help.
Police cars and yellow tape lind
the Buckman neighborhood early Sunday
morning after police say 32 yead
Colin Smith was stabbed to deat.
He brought so much happiness
and joy to my life.
His death is being felt by fami,
friends and Co workers at Ox restaurant,
where he worked as a server.
Just full of life, really. Danie
Smith is his sister, born two
years in five days. Before Coli,
we'd share birthdays until we dt
want to share birthdays anymorew
birthdays are memories.
Family members say Colin died dg
the same thing he did every day,
fighting for those in need of h.
A protector, which is, you know how he
went protecting those he cared about,
Solis says. Smith had just gottn
off work Sunday and was hanging
out at a bar with friends.
One was a member of the
LGBTQ Plus community.
Solis says a man came up to the
group and began making homophobc
slurs to Smith's friend.
I know he was probably trying to just
deescalate and get this person to move on,
and that's when he was killed,
stabbed to death. Portland polie
say there have already been 45
murders in the city this year.
On Wednesday, 24 year old Reneek
Jackson was arrested for killing Smith.
And I just want to really
stress that it was a hate crime.
This is nothing more, nothing l.
They say police are investigatig
this murder as a hate crime and
it isn't the first time Jackson
has been arrested for violence.
In 2018 he was charged for
strangling someone. In 20/19,
he was arrested again for strangling.
That charge was dismissed.
But on Sunday, Smith's friends y
Jackson took the life of a special soul.
He was a protector,
sticking up for a friend in nee.
He always had everyone's back.
There is a Go Fund me to help Collins
family pay for funeral expenses.
If you would like to find
out more information,
you can do so on our website kgw.com.
As for Jackson,
he's set to be arraigned on Mon.
Thomas Schultz, KGW News
and our hearts go out to
all of Collins loved ones.
All right, was a scary Friday night for
a Hillsborough officer at his Ks
their patrol car was hit by another car.
Police tell us the driver was speeding
on SE Oak Street in Hillsboro.
When they crashed into the
patrol car on the driver's side,
the officer got minor injuries.
The dog was not hurt.
However, two people in the other
had to be taken to the hospital.
Their names have not been relea.
Oh yay. Happy day. Happy day in.
Time for a toast at this Tiger Department
building as residents learned td
officially be able to stay in their homes.
We first reported on the Wood
Spring Apartments two years ago.
That's when,
after decades of affordable hou,
residents learned the rent would
be going to market rate.
It would have been a big increae
in one that would have forced
many longtime residents out.
So they spent month upon month
fighting it until finally Washin
County agreed to buy the buildig
and keep rents affordable.
That deal was finalized this we.
It was from total dedication.
People who didn't think they hay
political skills at all, how we rallied,
how we testified to the Senate,
and how we've testified to the
county and we've never given up,
it's so great their voices matt.
Will residents in other buildins
will likely be facing the same
battle over the coming years.
That's because of tax credit,
one that encouraged developers o
get us set aside low income hou.
Is set to expire for many proje,
then building owners are free to
raise the rates on those units.
All the residents at Wood Spriny
they want to do what they can to help
others fight to stay in their h,
just like they did.
Well, still to come on Sunrise
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look at what happens to pregnant
people when they use marijuana,
what their latest research
says about its safety.
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