This is KGW News at Sunrise.
I don't even want to touch this stuff.
Here's the loaded needle in her.
I just found it.
It's a squatter's paradise.
This morning on Sunrise we get a first
hand look at the destruction ofs
historic downtown Portland buil.
Now the owner is trying to sell.
Will tell you the asking price.
Meantime, a downtown Portland
business owner wants to flip the
narrative in Portland on its he.
Music, art, food,
beverage, entertainment.
You have the river and the mountains.
I mean, we have, we have it allw
he's helping local nonprofits
by highlighting the good.
And the big story as we prepare
for the weekend is the heat.
There's a heat advisory in effet
starting tomorrow at noon and
we are live at Milwaukee Bay
Park along the Willamette River.
If you're looking to cool off,
we're talking water temperatures
coming up here in just a few minutes.
Good Thursday morning.
That means it is Friday eve.
A lot to talk about for the weed
in terms of the weather and the heat,
but this morning as people
head out, it's pretty nice,
pretty nice. Again, today's goio
be just like yesterday at 9 degree or.
To warmer That's the way it app.
I do want to start with
what Brenda mentioned.
Weather Service popping up the
heat advisory starting at noon
tomorrow and going into Saturda.
Like last time.
This does not include Cowlitz County,
does not include the coast.
Everything in orange and then te
the lighter color in the Lima Valley.
That's a fire weather watch for high fire
danger posted for tomorrow as temperatures
start to rise and humidity levels drop.
Beautiful morning out there.
Christine's pointed is fabulous.
We're at 63.
Degrees outside.
I have a 73 noon.
Nothing but sunshine.
Today we get up to about 86
degrees for high temperature.
Will traffic ruin your day?
I
hope not. Here's Chris.
I sure hope not.
All right, let's get you live
to the Rose City skycap.
We can check out Interstate 5 in the exit
ramp to downtown and city center there.
That's in pretty good shape.
I do have one trouble spot to show you,
though. This looks not so great here.
This is Westbound on the Sunset.
Near the Sylvan exit, you can see a car.
Spun sideways.
Looks like it hit the barrier te
at the westbound Sylvan exit.
You've got a Ms.
or AM RI should see say on the scene.
So right now that westbound Syln
exit is blocked on the sunset.
We'll keep you posted on that, .
So far, no other crashes,
no unexpected delays on the
freeways just yet.
Thank you, Chris.
Take a look at this mess.
It's inside this historic
storefront in downtown Portland.
It's the Charles F Berg building
on Southwest Broadway and Alder.
Now it's vacant,
so squatters have been living
there for the past three weeks.
Blood, trash and needles are
the only things left behind,
and now the building's owner
has to pay to clean it up.
The real estate broker who tookW
on a tour of the building says e
owner has lost $1,000,000 on the
property and will likely lose even more.
It's been vacant for a few year,
and they're trying to sell
it for almost $4 million.
Late last month,
Portland police raided the building and
arrested nine people for trespassing,
but the broker says she's still cautious.
It makes me afraid that
somebody's still in here.
It's a big building and there's
doors that are locked in
here that I can't get into,
and I don't know why they are. e
building was swept again yesterday and a
locksmith came to fix all the broken locks.
Three other vacant office
buildings are also on this bloc.
We're waiting to hear back fromh
of those real estate teams to sf
they're experiencing the same thing now.
Our viewers had a whole lot to say about
this story on the KGW Facebook ,
Irene, for instance, wrote.
It's sad what's happened to
our once beautiful city.
We'd like you to join the conversation,
let us know what you think.
You can go to our KGW Facebook
page and comment under the post.
In the meantime, the owner of Od
Town Pizza and Brewing in Portld
is now hoping to change the cits
narrative with a new campaign.
Adam Mill believes Portlanders
are avoiding downtown.
He says sales are down about 60%
compared to a couple years ago.
So after he had a chance to
reflect during the pandemic,
he launched a collection of beer
cans and tshirts that he hopes l
raise money for a different nonprofit
every month. First one
is word is Bond,
which mentors black youth.
And I I've known Lakiana for moe
than a year, and I said, Lakian,
here's this idea that I have,
and here are these these tshirt,
but I can't think of what to call it,
you know, how to tie it all together.
And he was really quick
with believe in Portland.
I said I love that
next month's nonprofit will be
Central City Concern. And by the way,
they're looking for more local
organizations to partner up wit.
You can learn more about how to
get involved on their website,
otbrewing.com.
Later this year or early next y,
the state of Oregon will hold community
meetings on its newest Wildfire Hazard map.
This is kind of a redo because the first
map had some unintended consequences.
You may remember the state drew up the
first map 2 years ago with the goal of
getting more people prepared for wildfires.
But after it came out,
homeowners in high risk areas sd
their insurance rates skyrocket.
There certainly was some
some misunderstandings of consternation about
the map and the the the risk that it posed.
This map is about the environmental hazard
and it has to be based on weather, climate,
topography and vegetation.
And so the state pulled it,
and it went to work on a new ma.
The biggest change?
Instead of five risk categories,
there are three,
and they're called hazard level.
Lawmakers also passed a bill tht
prohibits insurance companies fm
using the map to determine rate.
Well, this morning we are live t
Mcnairy Field Salem's Municipal Airport,
because a big announcement
is just hours away.
At 10:00 AM, the city will revel
its newest commercial air carri.
We don't know which airline it is yet,
but KGW is going to be
there when it's revealed.
This is something Salem residens
have wanted for a very long tim.
We will update you on air and
online as soon as we find out
which airline is moving in,
and this morning we are also lin
Milwaukee Bay Park on the banksf
the Willamette River this weeke,
expected to be warm.
We're talking like the 90s,
so if you're planning to go
out by the water, go swimming.
The temperature in the water
is just about perfect.
Clackamas River, by the way,
near high rocks about 66 degree.
Willamette near downtown
Portland at 73 degrees,
and the Columbia in Vancouver ad
69 degrees. Yeah, we always have
trouble around this time of yea.
So there are free life, Jack.
Absolutely. Those spots use the.
Yeah, good. Good advice, Lamb. At Bay Park.
All the years I've lived here,
Milwaukee Bay Park,
I never knew that was any of th.
Parks, I'm like, I just learned
something on sunrise this morni.
There you go. Thank you.
That's why you watch.
Here's a look at our Cannon
Beach live camera story.
Today is sunshine and warming numbers.
So far, no marine layer anywher.
All the beach cameras that I've
looked at are showing some blue.
That's what I like to say, baby.
Blue sky up above Haystack Rock.
Beautiful morning there.
And of course.
Here's our gorgeous morning
over downtown Portland.
You see Mount Hood looking to the east
from top of the Wells Fargo cama
temperature outside right now 63 degrees.
I showed you this earlier in the show.
The heat advisory starts
tomorrow and goes into Saturday.
That's everything in orange.
The lighter color reminder thate
danger will be high tomorrow wih
a fire weather watch as tomorros
the day temperatures start to c.
That's for the Lima Valley,
so.
To me this is shaping up to be a
lot like last week when we had n
of 390 degree days in a row when
the hottest day last week was 9.
The hottest day this week looks
to be 96 to 98 to me,
so could end up being pretty similar.
Portland, Salem, Vancouver,
Mcminnville,
all areas in the valley up in
the Clark County.
The hottest day Saturday 94 to
98 on that particular day.
Hood River also in the heat
advisory this time around 95
to 97 on Saturday specific.
Non advisory areas would be the
coast and remember last time the
hottest days produced fog at the
coast and temperatures in the 6s
could see that potentially again
this time around because there's
not a dominant E wind flow so te
beach will be cooler cascade pa.
82 that 88 on Saturdays.
Willamette Pass by the way at 5000 feet,
that's going to be toasty in the sun.
Here we are right now.
53 in that story.
50 in Newport.
Newport, also showing mainly
clear conditions at this hour.
58 in Salem Hey, Mcnairy field is back.
Brenda just did that story.
The FAA restoring that weather .
You have to have a weather statn
if you have a plane flying in, right?
So good. There's a look at our future cast.
Matt.
Shows a little cloudiness potentially
this morning up in Astoria,
but that is expected to clear o.
All right,
let's get you to the seven day 86 today.
Generally, wherever you are tod,
the same or degree or two warmer
than yesterday.
Yesterday was 86 in Salem and 84 in Portland,
92 tomorrow at the heat advisor,
96 Saturday with the heat
advisory still 92 on Sunday.
And then we cool off into
Monday with the morning clouds,
the sun and a temperature
of about 78 degrees.
And that is
your forecast. OK.
Thank you, Rod.
You had a time of
48 hours, 11 minutes, 30 seconds. It's
a new
and just like that,
with all that confetti,
we have got a new world record in Portland,
Guinness. Made it official.
After Darcelle 15 Showplace
hosted the longest ever drag sh,
The Dragathon started on Monday.
More than 60 performers took to
the stage with some 600 songs or
48 hours and they pulled it off.
I swear the only city that could
have pulled this off was Portla.
The only place that people were going
to come out at 3:00 AM and 4:00M
to watch a drag show was Portla.
We're* like that, right?
Congratulations to everyone
who made it happen.
The previous world record
was set in Australia back in
2017 at just over 36 hours.
By the way,
you can catch Poison Waters and
friends at Portland's official e
Festival and parade this weeken.