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>>> THIS IS KGW AT 5:00. >> NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE
MORNING THINKING THEY'RE GOING
TO BURY THEIR CHILD THAT DAY.
>> A GRESHAM FAMILY, THEY'RE
GRIEVING THE DEATH OF THIS BOY,
AN 11-YEAR-OLD SON, LUIS
MEDINA.
MEDINA.
MEDINA. HE WAS KILLED WHEN A DRIVER HIT
HIM IN A CROSSWALK AS HE WAS
WALKING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
THE DRIVER IS NOW FACING
MULTIPLE CHARGES AND APPEARED
IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON.
>> POLICE SAY HE WAS UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF MEDICATION AND RAN
A RED LIGHT.
LINDSAY NADRICH WAS THERE IN
COURT AND JOINS US WITH WHAT
HAPPENED TODAY.
HAPPENED TODAY. >> POLICE SAY THIS WHOLE THING
WAS CAUGHT ON A DASH CAM RASHGS
SO POLICE WERE ABLE TO SEE
VIDEO OF EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: FRIENDS AND FAMILY
ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF 11-
YEAR-OLD LUIS XAVIER MEDINA, A
STUDENT AT DEXTER McCARTY
MIDDLE SCHOOL.
MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE SPOKE TO HIS COUSIN PALOMA
AS SHE LEFT FLOWERS FOR HIM AT
SOUTHEAST HOGAN AND SOUTHEAST
5th WHERE HE WAS HIT AND KILLED
YESTERDAY WALKING TO SCHOOL.
>> NOBODY WAKES UP IN THE
MORNING THINKING THEY'RE GOING
TO BURY THEIR CHILD THAT DAY.
>> Reporter: PALOMA STARTED A
GOFUNDME THAT SAYS LUIS WAS A
QUIET, SWEET BOY, AN ANGEL TO
OUR FAMILY.
OUR FAMILY. >> IT'S GOING TO HELP PAY THE
FUNERAL COSTS AND EVERYTHING.
OTHER THAN THAT, PRAYERS.
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW?
YOU KNOW? PRAYERS FOR HIS MOM AND MY
UNCLE BECAUSE IT'S VERY HARD TO
DEAL WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: THE DRIVER ACCUSED
OF KILLING LUIS IS 26-YEAR-OLD
GARRETT BERGQUIST.
GARRETT BERGQUIST. HE WAS IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON
AND PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO
CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER, DUII
AND RECKLESS DRIVING.
GRESHAM POLICE SAY HE RAN A RED
LIKE, HITTING LUIS IN THE
CROSSWALK.
CROSSWALK. LUIS WAS TLOUN 80 FEET AND
BERGQUIST DROVE A SIGNIFICANT
DISTANCE BEFORE GETTING OUT OF
HIS CAR.
HIS CAR.
HIS CAR. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF HIS CAR,
THEY SAY HE WAS ON HIS PHONE
AND STARTED TAKING PICTURES.
POLICE SAY BERGQUIST WAS USING
PAIN PILLS AND OTHER MEDICATION
TO THE POINT HE COULD NOT
SAFELY DRIVE.
SAFELY DRIVE. LUIS' SCHOOL BROUGHT IN GRIEF
COUNSELORS AND A COMFORT DOG AS
PARENTS TRY TO NAVIGATE HOW TO
HELP THEIR OWN KIDS DEAL WITH
THIS TRAGIC LOSS.
>> IT'S REALLY SAD.
MY DAUGHTER KNOWS HIM.
>> Reporter: CARINDA DOESN'T
NORMALLY WALK HER DAUGHTERS TO
SCHOOL IN THE MORNING.
BUT THAT CHANGED TODAY.
>> YEAH, I MADE SURE I WALKED
THEM TODAY.
THEM TODAY. >> Reporter: SHE'S ONE OF MANY
WHO SAY THEY'VE HAD CONCERNS
OVER THE SAFETY OF THIS STREET.
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO A 17-YEAR-
OLD WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A
DRIVER ON CHRISTMAS EVE WHILE
RIDING HIS BIKE IN THE SAME
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. >>
AREA. >> WELL, A CHECK OF BERGQUIST'S
PAST SHOW AS PREVIOUS DUI
CHARGE IN 2015.
>> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. LINDSAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>>> DEVELOPING TONIGHT, ONE
PERSON HAS DIED IN AN AVALANCHE
AT SILVER MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT
IN NORTHERN IDAHO ABOUT AN HOUR
EAST OF SPOKANE.
FIVE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE MINOR
INJURIES AFTER BEING BURIED.
I HAPPENED IN THE WARNER CREEK
AREA OF THE RESORT.
FIRST RESPONDERS QUICKLY
ARRIVED WITH K-9S.
CREWS ARE STILL SEARCHING AT
THIS POINT.
THIS POINT. >>> THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT
IN A MEDICAL CUSTODY BATTLE
THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A 1-
YEAR-OLD CANCER PATIENT IS
SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY NEXT WEEK
DESPITE HER MOTHER'S FIGHT TO
STOP IT.
STOP IT.
STOP IT. KYLE IBOSHI HAS BEEN COVERING
THIS CASE AND HE JOINS US LIVE
IN OUR NEWSROOM.
>> ACCORDING TO HER LAWYER, 13-
YEAR-OLD KYLEE DIXON DOES NOT
OBJECT TO SURGERY AFTER DOCTORS
DISCOVERED A SECOND TUMOR.
THEY'RE CALLING THIS A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY AND SCHEDULED SURGERY
FOR NEXT WEEK AT OHSU.
KYLEE WAS TAKEN INTO STATE
PROTECTIVE CUSTODY IN JUNE
AFTER HER MOTHER FAILED TO
FOLLOW A COURT ORDER TO BRING
THE 13-YEAR-OLD IN FOR
PRESCRIBED TREATMENT.
PRESCRIBED TREATMENT. POLICE FOUND KYLEE AND HER MOM
IN LAS VEGAS.
THE STATE BELIEVES KYLEE NEEDS
LIFE-SAVING SURGERY.
LIFE-SAVING SURGERY. BUT HER MOTHER OBJECTS, OPTING
FOR ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT
INCLUDING CBD OIL.
A JUDGE ALLOWED THE STATE TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH SURGERY.
WE SPOKE WITH KYLEE'S MOM RIGHT
AFTER COURT.
AFTER COURT. >> THIS IS INSANE.
IF THEY CAN DO THIS WITH HER
AND THEY'VE DONE IT WITH OTHER
CASES, WHO'S NEXT?
>> KYLEE'S MOM IS HOPING TO
REGAIN CUSTODY ALTHOUGH SHE'S
FACING CHARGES.
FACING CHARGES. >> THANKS FOR THE UPDATE, KYLE.
>>> THE WASHINGTON COUNTY
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS THERE ARE
MORE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL
ABUSE AT CATLIN GABLE SCHOOL.
AN INDEPENDENT REPORT RELEASED
LAST YEAR FOUND AT LEAST 21
FORMER STAFF MEMBERS HAD
ENGAGED IN QUESTIONABLE CONDUCT
WITH STUDENTS.
WITH STUDENTS. SINCE THAT REPORT, DETECTIVES
SAY MORE PEOPLE HAVE COME
FORWARD.
FORWARD.
FORWARD. THEY'RE FOLLOWING UP ON NEW
LEADS AND THEY WANT TO HEAR
FROM ANYONE WITH INFORMATION
THAT COULD HELP WITH THIS
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >>> A CHERWOOD PIANO TEACHER
CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ABUSING A
CHILD WAS ACQUITTED OF ALL
CHARGES LAST MONTH.
CHRISTOPHER GRIFFIN WAS ACCUSED
OF ABUSING AN 8-YEAR-OLD FEMALE
STUDENT.
STUDENT.
STUDENT. A WASHINGTON COUNTY JUDGE FOUND
HIM NOT GUILTY AND RELEASED HIM
FROM CUSTODY.
FROM CUSTODY. >>> POLICE HAVE ARRESTED A
PORTLAND WOMAN ACCUSED OF
GRABBING A WOMAN'S HIJAB OFF
HER HEAD, TRYING TO CHOKE HER
WITH IT AND INTENTIONALLY
DECEMBERSY CRATING THE
RELIGIOUS COVERING.
RELIGIOUS COVERING. JASMINE CAMPBELL IS FACING HATE
CRIME CHARGES.
CRIME CHARGES. WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS STORY
LAST WEEK WHEN SHE DIDN'T SHOW
UP TO COURT, A JUDGE PUT OUT A
WARRANT FOR HER ARREST.
POLICE ARRESTED CAMPBELL
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. THE VICTIM IS A FOREIGN
EXCHANGE STUDENT AT PSU.
SHE TOLD INVESTIGATORS SHE'S
TOO SCARED TO WEAR A HIJAB IN
PUBLIC ANYMORE AFTER WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >>> FIREFIGHTERS IN AUSTRALIA,
THEY'RE USING THIS COOL BREAK
IN THE WEATHER NOW TO TRY AND
SHORE UP THEIR DEFENSES BEFORE
THE HEAT INEVITABLY RETURNS.
THE BUSH FIRES ARE EXPECTED TO
FLARE UP AGAIN WHEN
TEMPERATURES RISE LATER THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. THIS FIRE HAS BEEN RAGING, MANY
OF THEM SINCE SEPTEMBER FUELLED
BY DROUGHT AND THE COUNTRY'S
HOTTEST AND DRIEST YEAR ON
RECORD.
RECORD.
RECORD. SO FAR, 25 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
POTENTIALLY MILLIONS OF ANIMALS
ARE DEAD AND THE FIRES HAVE
BURNED NEARLY 18 MILLION ACRES
OF LAND.
OF LAND.
OF LAND. THAT'S MORE THAN A QUARTER OF
THE SIZE OF OREGON.
SEVERAL OREGONIANS ARE AMONG
THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE U.S.
WHO HAVE BEEN HEADING DOWN TO
AUSTRALIA TO HELP.
FOUR MORE FIREFIGHTERS FROM
OREGON ARE HEADED THERE RIGHT
NOW JOINING THE 13 OTHERS FROM
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
TIM IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE
ALREADY THERE.
ALREADY THERE. HE'S BEEN IN AUSTRALIA SINCE
DECEMBER 21st.
DECEMBER 21st. SCREWS FROM THE U.S. ARE HOT
ONLY HELPING TO FIGHT THE
FIRES, THEY'RE ALSO GIVING
AUSTRALIA'S VOLUNTEER
AUSTRALIA'S VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS A MUCH NEEDED
BREAK.
BREAK.
BREAK. THOSE CREWS HAVE BEEN IN THIS
FOR MORE THAN A MONTH.
>> SO THEY ARE MOSTLY
VOLUNTEERS.
VOLUNTEERS. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THEY HAVE
HAD A SEVERE IMPACT TO THEIR
LIVELIHOODS BECAUSE THEY'RE NO
LONGER AT THEIR DAY JOBS.
SO BY US COMING AND FILLING IN
THOSE POSITIONS, IT HELPS
RESTORE SOME NORMALCY.
>> THESE FIRES HAVE TAKEN A
DEVASTATING TOLL ON THE
COUNTRY'S WILDLIFE.
COUNTRY'S WILDLIFE. GUT WRENCHING IMAGES LIKE THE
ONE HERE OF ANIMALS.
LOTS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO REACH
OUT TO LOCAL ZOOS AND
AQUARIUMS, ASKING WHAT THEY CAN
DO TO HELP.
THEY'RE DIRECTING PEOPLE TO A
SPECIAL BRUSH FIRE EMERGENCY
WILDLIFE FUND THROUGH THE
ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND
AQUARIUMS.
AQUARIUMS. A LINK TO THAT IF YOU'RE
INTERESTED AND MANY OTHER
GROUPS HELPING THOSE AFFECTED.
YOU CAN FIND THEM ON KGW.COM.
>>> KEIZER IS THE LATEST OREGON
CITY TO BAN CAMPING ON
SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC CITY
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY
VOTED FOR THE ORDINANCE LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. NEARBY SALEM PASSED A SIMILAR
ORDINANCE LAST YEAR.
HOMELESS ADVOCATES SAID CAMPING
BANS JUST DON'T WORK.
>> WHEN THE CITY OF SALEM
PASSED THEIR ORDINANCE THEY
IMAGINED THOSE PEOPLE WOULD
SUDDENLY GO AWAY.
THEY DIDN'T.
THEY DIDN'T. INSTEAD OF CAMPING IN TENTS
THEY TOOK TO SLEEPING ON THE
SIDE OF THE STREET NEXT TO RITE
AID AND THE NORDSTROM BUILDING.
70 TO 80, MAYBE AS MANY AS 90
FOLKS THERE TONIGHT.
>> KEIZER MAYOR KATHY CLARK
SAYS THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING
WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES,
SERVICE PROVIDERS AND RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP PEOPLE
LIVING ON THE STREET.
>>> A HEALTH ALERT FOR YOU
TONIGHT ABOUT A FAST SPREADING
VIRUS IN CHILDREN THAT'S
CONCERNING SOME DOCTORS.
SEVERAL HOSPITALS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY REPORTING A BIG
INCREASE IN RESPIRATORY VIRUS,
KNOWN AS RSV.
IT CAN BE DANGEROUS FOR INFANTS
AND CHILDREN.
AND CHILDREN. IT'S EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS, CAN
LOOK LIKE THE FLU.
DOCTORS SAY PARENTS SHOULDN'T
TRY TO DIAGNOSE RSV THEMSELVES
BECAUSE THEY COULD BE
DANGEROUS.
DANGEROUS. >> IF THE PARENT FEELS THE
CHILD LOOKS IN DISTRESS, IS
HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING,
THAT'S A CHILD WHO NEEDS TO
SEEK MEDICAL CARE IMMEDIATELY
AND LET THE DOCTORS FIGURE OUT
WHETHER OR NOT IT'S RSV OR FLU
AND WHAT TREATMENTS, IF ANY,
ARE NEEDED.
ARE NEEDED. >> COMING UP TONIGHT ON NBC
NIGHTLY NEWS, WHAT PARENTS NEED
TO KNOW ABOUT WHICH KIDS ARE AT
RISK FOR THIS AND HOW YOU CAN
KEEP YOUR FAMILY HEALTHY.
THAT'S RIGHT HERE AT 5:30.
>>> OFFICERS IN NEWBERG SAVED
THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAD TO
JUMP OUT OF A SECOND STORY
WINDOW WHEN THEIR HOME CAUGHT
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. THEY GOT THERE JUST AS PEOPLE
WERE READY TO JUMP FROM THE
WINDOWS OF THESE APARTMENTS ON
SOUTH RIVER STREET.
OFFICERS CAUGHT ONE PERSON.
THEN LISTEN TO WHAT THEY DID,
THEY DROVE A PATROL CAR UNDER
THE WINDOW FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE
TO JUMP ON TO.
INCREDIBLY, NO ONE WAS HURT.
FIRE CREWS SAY A BASEBOARD