This is KGW News at Sunrise.
Good morning. Thanks for gettinp
with us on this Saturday mornin.
I'm Tim Gordon this morning on Sunrise,
trying to stop a sex offender, e
that police say has been targetg
single mothers to get to their children.
Plus, a former city commissioner
falsely accused in a Hitandrun h
gets a payout and an apology.
But her legal battles are not yet done. But
before we get to all that news,
let's check in with Ashley Gran,
who's here for our Saturday
forecast. Good morning.
Good morning, Tim.
Good to be here with you guys.
We've got a wonderful sunrise
to start off this Saturday.
This is from our Wells Fargo ca.
And you can see just a little
bit hazy out there on the horizn
with this beautiful orange glow.
It's about 56 degrees right now.
We've got a little bit
of humidity there, 77%.
Let's take you out to the coast and looks
a little bit different out there, right.
We got some of those clouds just
a little bit of a marine layer,
but should break up just a little bit today.
Instead of those clouds we
are going to see some smoke.
Let's talk about that in a minu.
But as we're looking ahead at te
day here about 54 degrees right,
just after six,
we are going to get up into thes
this afternoon and we're going to sit
right in there and you'll notice
have hazy around the middle of e
day and smoky skies towards the evening.
That's because we are going to
see some smoke coming in from
Eastern Washington and from Can.
We're going to continue to track
that for you.
But we could see some air qualiy
impacts and some visibility imp.
So stay with us.
We'll continue to look at a map
in just a second about where
that's headed and how long
it's going to last. Tim.
All right, Ashley, thanks a lot.
Well, a fourth person has now
died from suspected heat related
causes in the city of Portland.
Multnomah County says the latest victim was
found on Thursday in Northeast Portland
when the temperature was 92 deg.
The three other deaths were earr
in the week when temperatures
were in the triple digits.
In all four cases,
the medical examiner will still need to
officially confirm A cause of d.
We are tracking the search
for a killer who assaulted,
then gunned down a 26 year old n
Walking in North Portland Park.
Alma McCarty spoke to friends
of Adrian Perdomo.
They're still heartbroken,
hoping and praying that someone
will come forward.
August
14th 20/22/26 year old Adrian Purdamo
was walking through Northgate Pk
in the Portsmouth neighborhood.
It was about 10:00 at night. We
believe that he was assaulted by
several individuals and then murdered.
A friend of Purdamo's told us it
happened so fast and though then
over to him, they couldn't save.
Officers found several shell cas
at the scene near the victim.
But this is where we are at.
This point is for a year
after the murder happened.
We're still working on leads.
We're trying to drum up more information
and get more community involvem.
Matthew Schlegel is the assistat
special agent in charge of
Portland's FBI field office.
We have no reason why that he wa
target other than the fact that he was
in the wrong place at the wrong time.
But that shouldn't be a cause fr
murder or for assault or anythig
else for what is the wrong plac.
You should be able to walk throh
any Portland park at any time of day,
let alone at 10, which is relatively early,
and walk safely amongst your
neighborhood and your community.
Portland police came to the FBI
for help with this case since ty
strongly believe there were sevl
witnesses who either heard the s
or saw something out their wind.
Investigators now imploring anye
with information to come forwar,
understanding that some may be reluctant.
We're hoping to incentivize anyy
who may have seen or heard someg
to call her tip line to the fact
that we're offering a $15,000 reward.
You can call the field office.
We have that number in our story
at kgw.com or you can submit a p
online at tips.fbi.gov We're learning
more this morning about the 37 r
old man now in a Washington Couy
jail accused of sexually assaulg
single moms and their young daughters.
Authorities say Antonio Rondondo
abused the 10 year old daughter
of a woman he met online.
They say he did the same thing e
other times to young girls in Washington,
Multnomah and Polk counties aftr
allegedly meeting their moms on Facebook.
Authorities say one of the victs
is as young as four,
another is severely hearing impaired.
This person is without a doubt
they're a danger to the communi.
That's just Washington County all over.
We want we want
this information to spread.
We're concerned that this isn't
just an Oregon problem.
Arredondo is a registered sex
offender out of Texas where he s
convicted of sexually assaulting
the 9 year old sister of a frie.
Anyone with information about Arredondo is
urged to contact authorities right away.
Well, former City Commissioner Joanne
Hardesty has agreed to settle a
lawsuit against the City of Portland.
This is over a 2021 case where e
was falsely accused in a hit and run.
A witness told dispatchers they thought
Hardesty was driving the car that crashed.
Police determined she was not involved,
but her lawsuit claimed the forr
head of the police union leakede
allegation to reporters and political
opponents before her name was cleared.
She sued the city police union,
the former union head and an officer.
This settlement for $5000 is jut
from the city and included a ler
of apology from the mayor.
Hardesty's case against the other defendants,
including the Portland Police Association,
is set for trial next month.
Now quick traffic alert for you this weekend.
The northbound side of the Interstate
bridge is going to shut down tonight,
then again on Sunday night for deck repairs.
That's all northbound lanes of I5 over
the Columbia River starting at 0
tonight to 6:00 AM tomorrow and again
then from 10:00 PM tomorrow nig.
Sunday night until 5:00 AM Mond.
The Hayden Island on ramp to
northbound I5 will also be clos.
I2O5 your best alternate Well downtown
Portland has a little less parking space now.
P Bot has temporarily closed the Smart
Park garage at SW 3rd and all tr
officials say it's so they can redirect
resources like security and maintenance
to downtown for other public garages.
They also say use of the garage is well
below pre pandemic levels right.
P Bot says it will give updates
on this is garages,
reopening when they are availab.