This is KGW news at some point.
Think she's a public killer?
I don't. But he had a family
and you know, that was my baby.
She's talking about the man
responsible for her daughter's death.
After months of waiting,
police finally made an arrest.
And she talks about how
that is helping her heal
coming up. For a lot of people,
this is an eyesore.
But broken down boats anchored
in the Willamette River also
negatively impacts water quality.
How the governor is stepping in.
To help clear them out.
And this morning we are also live out of
the Dutch Bros at the PDX Travel Center,
so this is the one near the airport
off 82nd Ave. near Airport Way.
The reason we're hanging out with
the Dutch Bros crew this morning
is because today is Dutch love day.
Pretty simple fundraiser here,
$1.00 from every drink sold at every
single Dutch Bros will go towards
local food banks and local food pantry.
So for example, in the Portland area,
the money raised will support places
like the Oregon Food Bank and the
Portland Police Bureau Sunshine Division.
Up in Clark County Road where you live.
Yes. Money raised in Clark County will
support food banks in Clark County.
So the money stays where the money is raised.
If that makes sense. Yeah.
More on the Dutch love at Dutch
Bros later in our show.
They do make great coffee.
I'm gonna say cheers to those of
you this weekend who have a long
holiday weekend. Presidents Day
on Monday. Yeah. Does he may really get
that off besides bankers anymore? Yeah.
It's a federal. The schools are out.
Yeah. All those people.
The rest of us, by golly.
What your question is good. Yeah.
Do we get. No, the answer is no. Right.
We will be here do it's not about you.
Yes, thank you drew for reclassifying.
Alright,
we have rain showers up to
our North Seattle Olympia.
There's been just a touch
over the Long Beach,
well more than a touch over
the Long Beach Peninsula.
Few traces rain up around
Astoria callouts County.
Right now it's mostly up to your N
but just note if you're traveling
up towards Seattle this morning
you'll eventually hit that rain.
We are dry in our immediate area and cloud
cover has kept temperatures above freezing.
No frost. Little fog this morning,
36 in Oregon City, 40 in downtown Portland.
Salem 35. Silverton holding at 41.
It is freezing.
In Lebanon,
it's freezing as you go
farther S down into Eugene.
So like yesterday.
We probably don't see a lot of sun today.
Overall mostly cloudy light winds,
mid 40s at noon,
upper 40s later today and we could
hit 50 for high winds will be light.
The weekend looks much the
same that complete forecast
coming up. Thank you rod.
Portland police have arrested a man
involved in a street racing crash
last summer that killed a woman.
They say 35 year old Kenneth Freeman
was driving one of the cars that lost
control and hit Ashley McGill as she
was waiting for the bus. Freeman.
To make his first appearance in court today.
Meanwhile, KGW's Alma McCarty had a
chance to speak to Ashley's mother.
I know she wasn't a baby,
but she was my baby,
standing in the place her
daughter died in the place Ashley
Mcgill's loved ones held a vigil
months ago to remember her,
misty Nicholson says.
The grief comes in waves
of up and downs and. Just.
Ways, you know, one minute just
upset and next minute you know,
acting, you know just angry and
and you know trying to, you know.
Find out whatever I could find
out and not finding out too much.
Since Ashley's death last summer,
her mother's prayed for someone
to be held accountable.
Early the morning of August 27th,
Portland police say a street racer
speeding down SE Stark street
with another car lost control,
hitting and killing the 26
year old near 133rd Ave.
Ashley was simply waiting
for the bus at the time
but maybe seemed like fun for,
you know, a few seconds is
that could be life altering.
On Thursday, officers arrested and
charged Kenneth Freeman with manslaughter,
which started healing. Yeah, possibly after.
We have to see what happens with this, but
Nicholson has spent months
waiting for answers.
She said she was told Freeman
would turn himself in after an
indictment in late November.
I don't. I don't think he's a
cold blooded killer. I don't.
But he had a family and that was my baby.
He hasn't. She gave me any reason to,
you know, to to believe he has any like.
Morse what he did because he
did in terms of in but I don't,
you know I don't hate him.
I I pray for him but I don't.
I don't hate him.
Alma McCarty, KGW news.
OK, let's get
you caught up on some of the
morning's other headlines.
Tigard High School is closed today as
police investigate a shooting threat.
The decision to cancel class
was made late last night.
The district says it's working
with school resource officers and
investigators to determine if the
threat is credible and to interview
people who are possibly involved.
Investigators are expected to
give the district an update this
afternoon and a Lincoln City man
accused of storming the US Capitol.
During the January 6th insurrection
will be sentenced today.
Video from that day shows Jeffrey
Hubbard inside the building,
at one point taking photos
in the Capitol Rotunda.
In November of last year,
Hubbard pleaded guilty to
1 count of parading,
demonstrating or picketing.
In total,
the FBI and Justice Department have arrested
nine suspects from Oregon and Washington.
Also a month after a 7%
rate hike went into effect,
Portland General Electric.
Is proposing another increase the
first step to get the ball rolling?
P GE is asking Oregon's public
utility Commission to consider
a 14% rate increase for 2024.
It's citing inflation,
maintenance costs, and extreme weather,
among other reasons.
And those are your morning headlines.
Governor Tina Kotek is setting
aside millions of dollars to help
clear out half a dozen broken down
boats in the Willamette River
and other parts of the state.
This is what the Willamette looks like
between the Hawthorne Bridge and Omsi.
The Multnomah County Sheriff's
Office says in the last year it's
worked with state agencies to
clear more than two dozen vessels
from the Ross Island area.
It suspects those boats by Omsi are
likely spillover from that effort.
But.
They say they're much more than
just an eyesore.
Abandoned
and derelict vessels impact.
Water quality, they impact
private property, they impact
public property, they impact habitat.
Officials say the next step is figuring
out how to prevent these boats from
getting into the water in the first place.
One of several big events in the
area this weekend is playing out
at the Oregon Convention Center.
Fan Fest Portland kicks off
today and runs through Sunday,
so this is the event that used to
be known as Wizard World Comic Con.
Described by organizers as the playground
for pop culture fans of all genres,
including comics, sci-fi, anime, and gaming.
Rod Hill the list of celebrity guests
pretty impressive for this one.
It includes back to the future
stars Michael J. Fox and.
Christopher Lloyd.
Yes, they are in Portland this weekend.
Wow. Oscar Nunez and Kate Flannery
from the office. Also on board.
And so too is Anthony Daniels,
the only actor to appear in all 11 Star
Wars movies playing the role of C3PO.
Oh, that's so cool.
I refused to meet George Lucas.
I, you know,
I thought it would be beneath
me to play the part of a robot.
And then and then in his office,
there was this painting by Ralph
Mcquarrie, concept painting. I fell
in love with the painting,
and I'm here today.
After all these years,
he is C3PO. That's a great story.
He is the robot Fan Fest Portland hours
today from 3:00 to 8:00 tomorrow,
10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and Sunday,
10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
I can hear it in his voice.
You know, you can hear C3PO.
That's him.
So he literally playing that character
for 45 years, close to 50 years now.
And he was at the Portland
City Grill last night.
That's where we did that interview
with Anthony Daniels.
Best career decision of his life.
I never had to put on a tide
already coming here to go to work.
Probably just the goal.
I'm putting the helmet on today, right?
Cool, yeah.
Alright, that's gonna be fun.
Here's a look at what's happening
this morning. The only heads up,
if you will, is that we have these
rain showers up to our N so you will
find some of that if you're traveling
northward up into I5 and Long Beach.
Good morning, ocean park.
Good morning. You folks are
picking up a little bit of rain.
Our futurecast models suggest that some
of this here we are at 9:30 this morning
actually could drop down to the South.
90% of the stuff I look at shows we
don't get any rain today, but just note.
Don't be shocked if there's
a trace rant at some point.
This will be another day with very
limited sunshine, so the cloud deck
not expected to be overly thick.
It wasn't yesterday,
but it was enough to kind of
give us a Gray day, right?
It would be another mostly
cloudy day overall.
Here's tomorrow morning,
more clouds over us and that
continues actually into Sunday.
I've taken out that rain chance on Sunday,
so basically yesterday overall,
as we're going to see today,
tomorrow and Sunday light winds.
Highs in the upper 40s to about 50 degrees
and generally speaking will be dry,
so not bad at all.
Right here the current numbers and until you
get down South of Salem we're above freezing.
Eugene at 27, Newport 39 are capital is 35,
Portland's 40 just freezing out in the gorge,
the Dallas 32.
And then we have of course freezing
numbers east of the Cascades 8 down and
burns this morning 23 out in John Day.
Alright, so our forecast for
the weekend is pretty simple.
Quick update,
I'll get more into this coming up at
5:38 in terms of that cold and snow
chance that we're looking at next week.
The front comes in on Tuesday,
so this is Monday at 7:00 AM
Rain starting to pick up.
During the day Monday.
But the cold air is still,
you know off to our Northeast
now the front comes in Tuesday.
The cold air spills in behind it
Tuesday night here we are Wednesday
morning now we're in this cold air.
And the cold air.
The purple colors hang out Thursday,
hang out Friday,
start to pull out on Saturday.
And right now the Knicks shot of
moisture coming in on the backside of
all this would be that falling Sunday.
That'd be a week from this Sunday.
I'm talking about SO50 today,
48 tomorrow 50 Sunday above freezing
at night Monday showers pick up.
Blustery day with northwest winds and
pretty good rain shot on Tuesday.
Could be at least 1/2,
maybe 3/4 of an inch, it looks like.
Now and then we have the snow showers
all the way down to the valley floor
Wednesday with highs in the 30s.
And then we have cold east winds
that kick in on Thursday and pretty
much just limit us to flurries.
But look at the temperatures on Thursday 22,
the 32.
Yeah,
chilly, chilly, chilly. OK, thanks, rod.
Coming up, we are continuing a
conversation about the black experience
here in the Pacific Northwest.
Yesterday we showed you the first
half of an open and honest discussion
about being black in America.
Part 2 is coming up after the break.
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