This is KGW News at 11. We begin
tonight with breaking news. Police
believed to have found the body of
the Beaverton High School senior
who drowned near Cannon Beach.
Thank you for joining us.
I'm Blair Best.
Crews have been searching for
him for about 10 days now.
Police say a body was found
early this morning washed up
along the tide line at Tollevana,
and they believe it's 18
year old Jacob Stokes.
On May 12th,
he and a group of three friends
went swimming near Tolavana Beach
and got caught in a riptide.
A spokesperson with the Cannon Beach
Fire Department said two other students
were able to get out on their own.
Firefighters rescued a third,
but crews looked for Stokes for days.
He was a senior at Mountainside High
School in Beaverton and a member of
the cross country and track team.
He was set to go to Oregon State in the fall.
Officials are now waiting for a
report from the medical examiner.
Our other top story tonight,
A missing man was found alive
today after being rescued by
firefighters in Cowlitz County.
The 56 year old man was
reported missing 5 days ago.
At 9:30 this morning a 911 caller
told authorities they saw tire
tracks off the road on Sunset
Way and a small green truck was
at the bottom of the hill.
Sheriff's deputies confirmed the
vehicle matched the description
from the one of the missing man.
Firefighters hiked down the
hill through waist deep brush
expecting the worst but found
the driver still alive and
we hauled the patient up in in a
Stokes basket and supported with a a
rope system to get all that you know.
There was about 19 responders
total on the scene to to make
this happen and and get the
the gentleman up the hill.
Now officials say the man was
unable to communicate with first
responders and was severely ill.
So he was flown to a nearby
hospital for emergency care,
now to the latest on the
investigation into a massive
apartment fire in Southwest Portland.
Many people are still without a
home after a fire destroyed the May
apartments on SW 14th and Taylor St.
Tuesday morning.
And as Daisy Caballero reports,
fire crews are now using new technology
to try and figure out the cause.
We're told this technology is
something more agencies are working
to learn and adopt. Right now
we're taking our students from
an entry level and teaching them
to be professional pilots.
Scappoose Fire Chief Jeff Pritcher
is leading a two week aviation
course at PAL Butte Nature Park.
Teaching state government and Land
Management agencies alongside law
enforcement and fire officials how
to fly drones and obtain their FAA
Commercial drones license and more
teaches them aeronautical decision making,
crew resource management and safety
management systems, which are the
pillars of successful aviation program.
Scappoose Fire has been flying
drones since 2015. Since then,
it created its aviation program,
a first of its kind in Columbia County.
And after the two week program,
some students will go through additional
training to obtain a waiver that
will allow them to fly up to 1200
feet compared to the 400 FAA limit
across the entire state of Oregon.
Our goal is to build a trust
climate with the crude aviation
community as well as the public.
So they don't think we're just
out here playing with toys.
Just this past week,
Pritcher assisted Portland Fire
with a drone to map out a 2D and
3D picture of the scene that will
help investigators pinpoint where
the May Apartments fire started.
This is the 3D imagery they'll be
providing on the May Apartments building.
And then we're going to do some very
specific photos to help enhance.
One of the areas of interest
that the fire investigators have,
Scappoose Fire used the same
drone tech at the Portland Korean
Church Fire back in February,
but it doesn't stop at commercial buildings.
This new technology will soon help
wildfire crews map out the perimeter of
the fire and help direct water resources.
They also expect to help
investigators with major car crashes.
Portland Fire and Rescue
says it will continue the
investigation at the May apartments
through at least Wednesday,
maybe even through the end of next week.
The agency is planning to send an
investigator inside the building to
complete the scene examination on Tuesday.
Desi Caballero, KGW News.
While fire crews are preparing
for this year's wildfire season,
lawmakers are too. Earlier this year,
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden and Idaho
Senator Mike Crapo introduced a bill
that would help reduce the risk of
catastrophic wildfires in the West.
The Wildfire Emergency Act provides
the US Forest Service with up
to $250 million to increase
preparedness and restoration efforts.
Wyden says there's also an effort to get
more funding for those on the front lines,
making sure that firefighters get paid more.
We've made some headway there,
but even this week I'll be having
town meetings across rural Oregon and
when I'm out in those communities,
I always see help wanted signs
and invariably those positions
are paying more than firefighters.
So we've got a lot more to do
and and we're making progress.
The Wildfire Emergency Act now
heads to the Senate for a reading.
Well, as stations in rural
fire districts around the state
prepare for the wildfire season,
they're also facing a major shortage
of volunteers, like the Mohawk Valley
Rural Fire District in Springfield.
The Fire Chief there has been with the
department for more than 20 years, he says.
10 years ago they had about 40 volunteers,
and today they have less than half of that.
Districts across the state say they're
in a similar situation, too. Well,
let's turn now to your forecast and Joe,
we're seeing temperatures drop
as we begin the work week. Yeah,
I felt kind of nice.
We saw highs in the mid 60s,
one of the cooler days we've seen so
far this month and we're going to be
done with the heat that we've been
seeing here the last 9-10 days or so.
Right now we're looking at the
temperature of 57 degrees basically
clear skies out there on your Sunday
night and temperatures are running about
anywhere from almost 510 degrees cooler
right now than they were yesterday.
Of course yesterday we saw our.
Last, well, I should say our last
day with temperatures 80 or above.
Today we kind of broke that streak,
I should say,
and then even cooler on the
eastern side of the state.
But looking at the weather headlines again,
our streak of temperatures 80 or above is.
Over now, so far this month,
we've been seeing temperatures well
above average and that will continue
heading into the middle part of the week.
We should be seeing our temperatures
close to 70 degrees at this time of year.
Yeah, to be closer to the mid to the upper
70s here in just the next couple of days,
but a cool and cloudy
start to your work week.
And again,
a slight chance see some light pockets
of some sprinkles and a little bit of
some drizzle the next couple of mornings.
But heading into the later part of this week,
things will start to improve
and that includes.
Next weekend, the holiday weekend.
I'll talk more about that in a few minutes.
All right,
Joe, thanks so much.
Well, the man suspected of killing
four University of Idaho students is
expected to be back in court tomorrow.
Brian Koberger has been charged
with four counts of murder.
The four students were killed
in a home off campus last year.
Tomorrow's court appearance comes as
we learn new details about the case.
Now, sources told NBC that Koberger
bought a knife on Amazon last May.
It was the same type of knife police
say was used in the November stabbings.
Dateline also reported that Koberger's
sister suspected him in the murders,
partially because he drove the
car police were searching for.
Now, one law professor says it may be
some time before the case goes to trial,
and it's likely the defense will
advocate for a change of venue.
One of the reasons to do a change of
venue is not to find people who are
absolutely unfamiliar with the case,
but to perhaps find a location where
they're less emotionally invested.
Also, before trial, the state must decide
if they'll pursue the death penalty.
Well, a Vancouver man is recovering after
being assaulted in Esther Short Park,
and it all happened after he came
to help a volunteer who was being
yelled at by a group of skateboarders.
Art Edwards has the story
you say in my life, but also,
I didn't want nothing to happen to
you. Darrell Bullock and volunteer
Francisco Guerrero back together
at Vancouver's Esther Short Park.
On Tuesday, Guerrero was
at the gazebo in the park.
He was confronted by several teens when
he tried to stop them from moving the
sign and skateboarding on the gazebo.
Bullock was there checking on
homeless friends in the park.
I can see. I can see rapidly
where it was going. So
he made his way to the gazebo
and stepped in to help.
So I was just hoping to diffuse it.
But the reality is they had
aggression in their hearts.
Bullock says he has some martial arts
training. When the violence escalated,
he tried his best to protect himself.
I'm really good at deflecting blows and
they swung at me over 40 or 50 times but
they only landed about three of them.
But that was enough to
cause some serious injury.
I've got 7 staples in the
back of my head in my arm.
I can't straighten my arm out.
My arm was swollen out like this from
two different hits with a skateboard.
Vancouver police are investigating
but so far have made no arrests.
Bullock doesn't regret intervening.
You would do this again if this kind of a
situation came 1000 times over. Absolutely.
He spent several hours at a hospital.
A GoFundMe has been started for
Bullock to help with medical bills.
He says he'll donate money received
that goes beyond the $10,000 goal.
Art Edwards, KGW News.