This is KGW news at 11.
Law enforcement in Washington
County is investigating a deadly
crash that happened shortly
before 5:00 this evening between
a motorcyclist and a car.
Authorities say the sheriff deputy
began life saving efforts on the
motorcyclist before paramedics took over.
The men from Hillsboro died at the scene.
Despite efforts to save him,
investigators say the driver
who hit him stayed at the scene.
Welcome to KGW News at 11.
I'm Christelle Conway.
Portland police arrested a
dozen people on Friday night
after a car theft mission.
Along with the arrests,
six stolen vehicles,
one illegal gun and 39 grams
of meth were found.
Portland police explains the operation.
The purpose is
to find stolen cars that
are out rolling around.
These are cars that are being
actively used for other crimes.
Police have recovered more
than 100 stolen vehicles.
Arrested 169 people and seized 24
illegal firearms since November 2021.
We also have new video tonight from a
garage fire in Oregon City Clackamas.
Fire crews say they responded to this
residential fire after 11:00 AM.
They were able to take out the flames and
say the fire was contained to the garage.
No one was hurt and the families
pets made it out safely as well.
No word yet on what started the fire.
Switching gears now to a big
update for people planning to
head to the mountain this weekend,
Skibo is now officially open.
Here's a look at today's
guests as they hit the slopes.
For now, Skeebo is only opening the
lower and Upper bowl lift along
with the parking lot conveyor lift.
You can head on over to skibowl.com for
more details and ticket information.
Alright, joinery is joining us and Joe.
We talked about snow in the mountain,
but we could potentially see
snow down in the valley.
We
could. Now, there's a couple things in place.
We have that cold air, of course,
the east wind is helping making
things so cold, and it's been like
that the last couple of days.
And also we're gonna have some
precipitation riding over that cold air
here in just the next several hours.
Overnight, you're going to be just fine.
But as we look on the radar,
we're still looking at basically
clear skies out there.
But we'll zoom out a little bit and
where there's really not much in terms of
clear skies is down in Southern Oregon.
This is the low that's going to
be arriving by well after sunrise.
Planning is little kind of all over
the place right now, but regardless,
I'd say by 10:30,
eleven o'clock much of the metro area,
we'll be seeing some precipitation.
And what kind of precipitation will be?
It could be a mix of rain and snow,
some pockets of freezing rain
and just some snow showers.
Now as we kind of look at the futurecast,
this is where it's going to be.
This is model just kind of
updated a short time ago.
You could see now it's showing snow
showers basically from Southwest
Washington all the way down into the
Salem area and that pink color is that
line where you be looking at a chance.
For a mix of rain and snow,
maybe some freezing rain at times.
So if you're traveling along
I-5 at all tomorrow,
there could be some slick roads out there.
But by late afternoon,
all the precipitation,
the wintery precipitation,
heads N into parts of southwest Washington.
I think that's where most
of the snow will be.
I have two models I want to talk about.
This is the euro,
which is generally right on when
it comes to winter precipitation.
It's showing light amounts near the
foothills of the mountains by the time
we wake up and by the end of the afternoon.
We could be looking at under an inch of
rain throughout parts of the West Hills.
Now I want to bring in another model.
This is the GFS model showing that this
model is showing we could see an inch,
maybe an inch and 1/2 in a few locations.
Also along the coast range,
Christelle, there could be a little
bit of some snow showers as well.
They'll break this down for
you a little bit later on.
But regardless,
we could be looking at the setup for a
light accumulation for a good part of
tomorrow morning and into the afternoon.
I'll talk more about that in
about 15 minutes.
Thanks, Joe. Alrighty, popular Portland.
Restaurant that closed in October
is getting new life share.
Jose has a new owner and will
reopen in the next couple of weeks.
Now let's bring in Art Edwards and Art,
you got a chance to speak
with new owners today.
Ohh. I did get a chance to speak
with them and I tell you what,
they are really excited about
the future of that restaurant.
Chef Jose, they say it was an easy
decision to buy and reopen the restaurant.
The sign on the front door of
Chef Jose on Terwilliger in the
Burlingame neighborhood says it all.
The restaurant is reopening soon.
She Jose closed in October
after 35 years in business.
Mark Byram and his wife
own urban restaurant group.
They have a dozen locations
in Metro Portland and Eugene.
When they heard Shea Jose was closing,
they decided adding the restaurant
to their group would be special.
It's one of our favorite restaurants
in the whole entire city of Portland.
My wife and I started dining here in 1994.
Lived down the street,
so we'd come here 2 three times a week
and then progressively as we moved out.
We'd still return at least once,
if not twice a month.
The great thing is there's actually
servers that work here that have
seen our children now that are in
our 20s grow up from babies all
the way through the progression.
The plan is to keep Shay
hose as it always was.
No reason to change anything.
I mean, it's proofs in the pudding,
as I say, and it's been here for 35 years.
That's pretty much a good sign.
Byron plans to bring back as
much of the staff as he can,
and he has the recipes that were so popular.
That includes his favor,
the Lime chicken enchilada.
Look for the restaurant to reopen
by the middle of this month.
We're excited,
as I mentioned the history 35
years the local supporter.
And it not only just a
neighborhood restaurant,
but a restaurant that's well known across
the entire city and outside of the city.
We're just excited to have that
opportunity because we believe
it's going to be successful.
And now if you would like to get updates
on the progress of the reopening,
exactly what that date will be,
you can go to the restaurants website at
sheajoserestaurant.com.
Thanks for the update, art.
The Portland Thorns need a new head coach.
Just one year on the job,
coach Ryan Wilkinson announced a resignation.
It all stems from her
relationship with the player.
Wilkinson released a statement
on social media saying she and a
player formed a friendship that
turned into more complex emotions,
but she did emphasize it
never turned physical.
An investigation by the league and
Players Association ultimately determined
Wilkinson did not violate any sort
of policies but keeping her position.
His head coach was a different story.
Essentially,
she has lost the the trust
and confidence of the rest
of the team and is unable
to move forward in the role.
Wilkinson's resignation comes just one
day after Thorns owner Merritt Paulson
announced he is selling the club.
That's due to a month long investigation
that revealed a toxic culture of sexual,
emotional and verbal abuse
within the Thorns organization.
It's definitely been
operationally challenging for us,
but Heathman Hotel has been at the corner
of Southwest Salmon and Broadway since 1927.
The hotels general manager says the
last several months have been stressful
because of Peabody's latest project.
Pbot upgraded the bike lane in the
area by putting it right up against the
curb and street parking adjacent to it.
The manager claims guests have
had close calls with bikes,
and valet section of the hotel has shrunk.
Meanwhile, a.
He bought spokesperson says they have
to consider the need for more drivers,
pedestrians and cyclists as
the city continues to grow.
We do have to balance all the various needs
and we need to make our streets safer for
all our different users,
and prioritizing people on bikes and
making it safer for them is a priority
for us as we work to meet
our climate goals as a city.
The hotel manager said she plans
to put up cameras outside the hotel
to keep an eye on what she claims
has become a hazard situation.
Now to a local student who is
raising money for a good cause.
Earlier today, Ryan Lumber sold her
art at Tigard Heights Ben craft Fair.
She wants to fight hunger and hopes
to raise $10,000 for the cause.
And we need more people who
are not afraid to make change,
not afraid to use their voice.
For people who feel like they can't and
speak up for things they find important,
lumber plans to donate her proceeds
to a local food bank called packed
with Pride once she hits that $10,000.
The mark she'll keep donating a
portion of the money she raises.
If you'd like to see more of her art,
check out her Instagram at Art dot.
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