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>>> NUMBER 20 HERE ON HOLIDAY WE CAN COME OFFICIALS URGE
LABOR DAY CAMPERS TO GO HOME.
I GO HOME EARLY.
FIRE DANGER SO BAD THIS WEEK WE
WILL TELL YOU WHERE PG&E MAY
HAVE TO SHUT OFF POWER TO
PREVENT WILDFIRES ARE.
>>> MY QUESTION TO MAYOR WHEN
YOU GET A MET GAS MASK FOR ONE
EURO PER CUSTOMER YOUR GUESS IS
NOT CARE IF YOU'RE PROTESTING
OR INSIDE YOUR HOUSE, ONE
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND RESIDENT
SAYS POLICE OVERREACTED AND THE
RESPONSE TO LAST NIGHT'S RIGHT
HOW HE THINKS THEY SHOULD HAVE
HANDLED IT.
HANDLED IT. >> USUALLY YOU NEVER WANT
VACATION TO END, COULDN'T END
SOON ENOUGH NOW SHE'S LOOKING
BACK SEVEN MONTHS AFTER COVID-
19 CAPSIZED HER CRUISE SHIP
VACATION.
VACATION.
VACATION. >>>
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>>> >>>THIS IS KGW NEWS AT 11:00..
>>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I AM
BRITTNEY FALKERS.
BRITTNEY FALKERS. >>> DOUBLE TROUBLE ON THE
FORECAST COULD SNUFF OUT LABOR
DAY PLANS IF YOU'RE GETTING
OUTSIDE THIS WEEK.
SHAPING UP TO BE VERY HOT AND
WINDY.
WINDY.
WINDY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS
WARNING US, PERFECT COMBINATION
FOR WILDFIRES.
FOR WILDFIRES. ORGAN FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALREADY
BATTLING A HANDFUL OF THEM
ACROSS THE STATE INCLUDING THIS
SUITE CREEK FIRE 50 MILES WEST
OF EUGENE.
OF EUGENE. THANKFUL EVACUATION NOTICES AND
THAT AREA WERE CANCELED TODAY
AND FIREFIGHTERS ANNOUNCED IT
IS 100% CONTAINED.
NORTH OF DETROIT 400 ACRE BEACH
FIRE STILL BURNING IN THE OPAL
CREEK WILDERNESS.
CREEK WILDERNESS. IN A VERY LARGE LIONS HAD FIRE
THAT HAS BURNED 16,000 ACRES
ABOUT 14 MILES WEST OF WARM
SPRINGS.
SPRINGS.
SPRINGS. WE ARE HOPING WE DON'T HAVE TO
DEAL WITH ANYMORE THIS AFTER
THIS WEEK LET'S BRING IN CHRIS
McGINNESS AND TALK ABOUT THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR
TOMORROW.'S REMAKE
TOMORROW.'S REMAKE >> YOU ALLUDED WITH THE
OFFICIALS MAY BE ASKING FOR
CAMPERS TO HEAD HOME EARLY,
REMEMBER 80% OF WILDFIRES.
NATIONWIDE ARE HUMAN CAUSED.
THAT MEANS, THEY ARE PREVENTABLE
, WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION
LIKE THIS DEVELOPING.
YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION AND
DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO AVOID
BEING PART OF THE PROBLEM.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, THIS, RED
FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR
EVERYWHERE IN THIS BRIGHT PINK
MAGENTA SHADING.
MAGENTA SHADING. VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WE ARE
LOOKING AT THE PEAK TIME FROM
LATE TOMORROW MORNING THROUGH
WITH THE EVENING.
THIS IS THE COMBINATION OF
MONTHS OF DRY WEATHER, OF
COURSE DRIVE FUELS.
ANOTHER THE INCREASE IN THREATS
OF GUSTY WIND DEVELOPING.
WHAT THAT MEANS.
SOMETHING OR TO CATCH FIRE.
IT COULD RAPIDLY EXPLODE INTO
SOMETHING UNCONTROLLABLE.
SOMETHING UNCONTROLLABLE. NO IDEA HOW FAST THE FIRE CAN
SPREAD WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHEN
SHE CO-. 40, 50.
60 MILES AN HOUR.
BRITTANY, THIS IS AN UPDATE
FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING.
THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS
INCLUDED PORTLAND, VANCOUVER,
METRO AREA IN THE HIGH WIND
WARNING, EAST WIND 15-30.
WIDESPREAD GUSTS 40 TO 50 AN
HOUR.
HOUR.
HOUR. TREES WITH LOTS OF LEAVES ON
THEM STILL, IT SEPTEMBER, NOT
DECEMBER, JANUARY.
DECEMBER, JANUARY. EAST WIND OF THE MAGNITUDE
COULD BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS.
AND MAYBE EVEN WHOLE TREES,
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES COULD
BE AN ISSUE LATER TOMORROW
EVENING.
EVENING.
EVENING. >>> LATER FOR TOMORROW HOT
START WE HAVE TO CONTEND WITH
THAT IN THE 90s TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN A
FEW MINUTES.
FEW MINUTES. >>> WORKERS WITH THE DEPARTMENT
OF FORESTRY HAVE A WARNING FOR
PEOPLE CAMPING OVER LABOR DAY.
PG&E HAS A WARNING OF ITS OWN.
IF CONDITIONS GET TOO DANGEROUS
, THEY MAY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
THEY HAVE NEVER DONE.
SHUT OFF POWER FOR PEOPLE.
CHRISTELLE KOUMOUE TELLS US WHO
WOULD BE AFFECTED.
>> Reporter: THE STATE FOREST
IS ALREADY THERE.
OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
IS URGING LABOR DAY CAMPERS TO
GO HOME EARLY.
>> CAMPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
LEAVE ON MONDAY.
VISITORS CONSIDER DELAYING
THEIR TRIP UNTIL CONDITIONS
MODERATE.
MODERATE.
MODERATE. >> Reporter: STRONG WIND HIGHER
TEMPERATURES AND EXTREMELY DRY
CONDITIONS PREDICTED EARLY THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. JASON WITH ODIOUS SAYS DRY
CONDITIONS IN LATE SUMMER HAVE
HISTORICALLY RESULTED IN
LARGEST WILDFIRES.
LARGEST WILDFIRES. >> WHEN YOU ADD IN THE WIND
COMING IN FROM THE EAST THAT WE
ARE EXPECTING TO SEE ON MONDAY
THE GOING TO BE STRONG WIND.
IT REALLY IS A POTENTIAL
OPPORTUNITY FOR A BAD TIME.
>> Reporter: CAMPERS SHOULD
EXPECT SIGNIFICANT
EXPECT SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS.
RESTRICTIONS. THERE ARE ALREADY VEHICLE BAN
AND A BAN ON CAMPFIRES OF
POPULAR SPOTS.
POPULAR SPOTS. >> CAN'T ENCOURAGE FOLKS ENOUGH,
KNOW THIS CONDITIONS BEFORE
THEY GO.
THEY GO.
THEY GO. ALSO, IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT
AND IT DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT.
FUTILE IF HE IF YOU SHOULD
BUILD A FIRE YOU PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T.
SHOULDN'T. >> Reporter: WITH SUCH A STRONG
WIND AND THE FORECAST PORTLAND
GENERAL ELECTRIC IS TAKING
ACTION.
ACTION.
ACTION. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING
SOMETHING WE NEVER HAD TO DO
BEFORE.
BEFORE.
BEFORE. >> Reporter: THE MERGE IS A
FIRST FOR PG&E.
>> TO SHUT OFF POWER TO CERTAIN
AREAS, ESPECIALLY HIGH RISK IN
ORDER TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL
FOR WILD FIRE.
>> Reporter: HIGH RISK AREA IS
NEAR MOUNT HOOD ALONG HIGHWAY
26.
26.
26. NEARLY 5000 PEOPLE WILL BE
AFFECTED.
AFFECTED.
AFFECTED. >> IF IT IS LOOSE TREE LIMBS OR
OTHER DEBRIS, BLOWING TO POWER
LINES OR OTHER ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT THERE'S A SPARK BACK
IN TOUCH OFF A WILD FIRE.
>> Reporter: NO FINAL DECISION
HAS BEEN MADE TO SHUT OFF THE
POWER, PG&E IS NOTIFYING
CUSTOMERS MAY BE AFFECTED TO
GIVE THEM TIME TO PREPARE.
STEPHEN CORSO WITH PG&E SAYS
THEY ARE WORKING WITH LOCAL
EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND WILL
HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FIRST
THING MONDAY.
THING MONDAY. >> DECIDING FIRST OF ALL IF IN
FACT WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO
THIS, I NEED TO HAVE THIS POWER
SHUT OFF AND SECONDLY, WHEN
WILL HE REACH THE POINT WHERE
IT IS SAFE TO GO BACK OUT AND
INSPECT LINES FOR SAFETY AND RE-
ENERGIZE THEM TO TURN THE POWER
BACK ON.
BACK ON.
BACK ON. >> Reporter: NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE PREDICTS A STRONG EAST
WIND EVENT ON MONDAY AND
CONTINUING UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT.
CRYSTAL COOMBE WAY, KGW NEWS.
>>> MEANWHILE SCARY VIDEO LIKE
THIS ONE OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS A GROUP OF HIKERS THAT
GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE FAST-
MOVING CREEK FIRE IN CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA.
CALIFORNIA. THEY HAD TO MAKE A QUICK ESCAPE
IN THEIR VEHICLE, THEY SAID,
THEY CUT THEIR SHIP TRIP SHORT
WHEN IT WAS RAINING AS PART OF
THE SAME FIRE FORCED EVACUATION
FROM THE CAMPGROUND IN THE
AREA, MILITARY HELPED FLY OUT
200 PEOPLE FROM THE MAMMOTH
POOL CAMPGROUND IN THE FOREST.
63 PEOPLE NEEDED MEDICAL CARE,
19 HAD SEVERE INJURIES, MANY
BUT THEMSELVES HURT THEMSELVES
WILL TRY TO ESCAPE.
>> AT SOME POINT WHEN THEY
BECAME TRAPPED THEY WERE DOING
WITH A GOOD TO RESCUE
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. AND MAKE THEMSELVES SAFE.
SOME OF WHICH RESULTED IN
INJURIES INCLUDING BROKEN
BONES, LACERATIONS, SCRAPES,
BRUISES THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
>>> CREEK FIRE HAS BURNED 56
SQUARE MILES OF FOREST,
CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN DEALING
WITH HISTORICALLY TOP, HOT
TEMPERATURES.
TEMPERATURES. LOS ANGELES COUNTY BROKEN ALL-
TIME TEMPERATURE RECORD, HE GOT
UP TO 121 DEGREES.
>>>.TO THE LATEST IMPORTANT
PROTEST FOR RACIAL JUSTICE,
DEMONSTRATORS ARE OUT AGAIN
TONIGHT AND SO ARE POLICE
MARCHERS STARTED A MATTRESS ON
FIRE NEAR PORTLAND POLICE
PRECINCT ON MLK.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO PUT
IT OUT A FEW MINUTES AGO.
AND THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST ONE
ARREST.
ARREST.
ARREST. LAST NIGHT THEY WERE WAY MORE,
THE 100th DAY OF PROTEST AND
TURNED INTO A RIGHT IN
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND.
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND. PORTLAND POLICE ARRESTED 59
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. ONE WAS CHARGED WITH ARSON,
THIS IS 20 THRILL TIE FOX FROM
ASTORIA AND ON TOP OF ARSON HE
FACES RIOT CHARGES.
POLICE CLAIMED PROTESTERS
THROUGH FIREBOMBS, FIREWORKS
AND ROCKS AT THEM LAST NIGHT.
POLICE DID USE TEARGAS AGAIN
LAST NIGHT TO BREAK UP THE
CROWD, IT IS AFFECTING MORE
THAN PROTESTERS.
THAN PROTESTERS. WE TALKED TO ONE NEIGHBOR IN
SOUTHEAST PORTLAND WORRIED
ABOUT THE HEALTH OF HIS FAMILY
AND COMMUNITY.
AND COMMUNITY. SAYING, THERE HAS TO BE A
BETTER WAY.
BETTER WAY. >> MY QUESTION TO THE MAYOR,
WHEN YOU BUY GAS MASK FOR ONE-
YEAR-OLD.
YEAR-OLD.
YEAR-OLD. >> Reporter: IS CALLING OUT
PORTLAND'S MAYOR AND TRACES
TEARGAS WAS USED IN HIS
NEIGHBORHOOD SEEPING INTO HIS
HOUSE ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHERE
HE AND HIS FAMILY LIVE.
>> AT LASTED FOR A GOOD TWO
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. IT
HOURS. IT WAS LITERALLY IN FRONT OF
THESE HOUSES.
THESE HOUSES. ALL OF THESE HOUSES HAVE YOUNG
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. WHERE WERE GOING TO GO.
>> Reporter: HE BROUGHT IN
PICTURES AS THEY MARCHED FROM
THE PARK TO THE EAST PORTLAND
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT.
PRECINCT. THINGS POLICE ARE DEALING WITH
THE PROTESTS AND RICE THAT
FOLLOWING THE WRONG WAY.
>> IF THERE IS A FIRE I WOULD
SEND FIREFIGHTERS.
SEND FIREFIGHTERS. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO.
I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU HAVE TWO
GAS HALF OF EAST PORTLAND
BECAUSE THERE'S A DUMPSTER
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. IT
FIRE. IT IS UNFORTUNATE WE ARE IN THE
SITUATION.
SITUATION. SOMEONE HAS TO POWER THEY HAVE
THE POWER TO CHANGE, THAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE.
>> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT TO
KGW ON SUNDAY NIGHT MAYOR
STATED NICE LIKE LAST NIGHT ART
SAY FOR ANYONE INVOLVED.
AND DON'T MOVE REFORM FORWARD I
RESTRICTED THE USE OF CS GAS
FOR SAFETY SITUATION AND
INCIDENT COMMANDER DETERMINED
THAT ITS USE WAS NECESSARY LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. IN
NIGHT. IN PART BECAUSE OF THE FIRE
BEING SENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DESPITE HIS FRUSTRATION, ONE
NIGHT DISTRACT FROM THE GREATER
CAUSE OF RACIAL JUSTICE.
>> IT IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY
FOR A BETTER FUTURE, THE FOCUS
MUST BE REMAINED I'M NOT ME
SUFFERING HARM INDIVIDUAL FROM
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS.
TEARGAS. THE TRAUMA THAT BLACK PEOPLE IN
AMERICA FACE DAILY.
THAT HAS TO BE THE FOCUS.
IS NOT THE FOCUS, WERE GOING TO
KEEP GETTING DISTRACTED, THE
PROTESTS WILL KEEP GOING.
>>> IN A STATEMENT MAYOR ALSO
SAID HE WELCOMES AN OPEN AND
FRANK DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT
TOOLS OFFICERS SHOULD AND
SHOULD NOT USE ANY SITUATIONS.
AND WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE.
OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY PICK UP
DOZENS OF DOGS AND CATS TODAY
FLOWN IN FROM LOUISIANA.
AFTER HURRICANE LAURA, $17 AND
27 CATS WHO WERE IN SHELTERS
WHEN THE STORM'S WERE ON THE
GULF COAST.
GULF COAST. SO, THEY FLEW THESE CUTIES UP
TO PORTLAND TO TRY TO FIND A
FOREVER HOME AND FREE UP
SHELTERS BASED ON THERE.
THEY ARE NOT FOR ADOPTION QUITE
YET THEY WILL BE SIMPLE.
>> ALONG THESE ANIMALS NEED TO
BE SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND WANT
TO GIVE THEM A DAY OR TWO TO
REST AND RELAX.
IT HAS BEEN A BUSY COUPLE OF
DAYS FOR THEM.
I WOULD EXPECT MANY WOULD BE
READY FOR ADOPTION WEDNESDAY,
THURSDAY, FRIDAY.
THURSDAY, FRIDAY. >>> IF YOUR FAMILY IS ON THE
MARKET FOR A NEW COMPANION,