This is KGW news at sunrise.
Good morning thanks for getting
up with us on this Sunday.
I'm Tim Gordon alongside Chris
del Conway and Chris McGinnis.
Good morning, good morning and Chris.
Are we expecting another?
We're sitting here talking about
our fashion here is that you're
dressed a little too warm.
I know I'm probably gonna
lose the tie yeah and you must
be warm in that dress too.
It is a lovely dress it is
a lovely day to wear.
Probably very lightweight,
loose fitting clothing.
Yet again let's get you out
the door and show you the live look from
our solar vineyard camera in Dayton.
When you see Mount Hood off in the distance.
You're better than I am because I can't,
but I know that Mount Hood is there.
It's just kind of hazed in this morning,
right? The sun is up but it is a
hazy start and obviously a very warm
start to our Sunday morning as well.
The hot weather alert map looks much the
same as it has the last couple of days.
The Peach shading representing heat
advisories for the I5 corridor up
into Washington, the coast range,
and the Cascade foothills and the
excessive heat warning continues for
another day here in the Portland,
Vancouver metro area from Clark
County South of Salem.
Out through the gorge of the Columbia
Basin in portions of Central Oregon,
again today for temperatures once
again exceeding the century mark.
In a lot of locations,
we were 102 yesterday,
by the way,
in Portland it's 70 degrees right now at PDX,
so another very mild start to the day.
Hillsboro has slipped to 59 though,
and that's relatively one of the more
comfortable spots on the Matt King City
sits at 60 and the big picture here
across the region Salem at 6675 in Pendleton.
Check this out.
It is 6:00 o'clock in the morning.
On Sunday and it is 81 degrees in the dowels.
The dowels hit 112 yesterday and
they will probably be back up
in that territory again today.
So here's the forecast.
Mostly clear right now.
We've got upper 80s by noontime guys.
I've got us topping out.
Just shy of 100 degrees this afternoon.
When will the heat break?
I've got your 7 day forecast in just a few.
Thanks,
Chris.
Clackamas County has confirmed an elderly
man died from the heat this week.
We don't have much more information yet,
but we do know he did not
have a working AC at home.
At last, check from the Oregon
State Medical examiner's office,
there have been 7 suspected heat
related deaths since the beginning
of the current heat advisory,
the examiner's office said the
investigation to confirm these were
all related to heat may take months.
And this morning we're following up
on explosions and a shootout between
police and a man in Mcminnville,
police responded Saturday
morning to southwest,
Mount Mazama St the call was originally
for possible domestic violence.
They eventually heard loud explosions
and gunshots as they approached the home.
Witnesses later said a man was
throwing large mortar style fireworks.
Law enforcement sent out a
reverse 911 call for neighbors
to shelter in place around noon,
officers reported shots being
fired toward them.
So they shot back.
There was a point in time where
two Mcminnville police officers
did exchange gunfire with the
individual inside the residence.
Based on the size of the scene,
there are multiple multiple neighboring
residences that do have bullet holes.
There were a number of rounds fired.
I don't have anywhere close
to an estimation of number of
rounds fired at this point.
Now the suspect eventually
surrendered and was taken to
the hospital as a precaution,
but he did not seem hurt.
Police said no one else was home,
and it appears the man was
emotionally disturbed. Right now.
We don't know if that man
was been charged or not.
We asked police if this case was
connected to two possible homemade
explosion cases in Mcminnville,
but they do not have evidence of that.
We have now an update on Portland's
ongoing gun violence issue.
One person is dead from
a shooting in Old Town.
Two others are recovering as police
look for the gunman and ask once
again for the public for help.
I spoke with neighbors who say sadly,
by now they're used to all of this.
This was the scene Friday night on
Northwest 5th and kooch officers
responded to a shots fired call just
after 9:30 and say three people were hit.
One was taken to the hospital but later died.
Another had life threatening injuries
and a third was treated at the scene.
Town yeah, on Saturday morning.
I can't say I'm entirely surprised news
of the shooting.
I'm a keeper. Real.
I'm not really surprised anymore.
Felt like part of the norm for
people living and working nearby.
It's it's a different element
these days down here.
Josh Drennan is a stylist at Bridgetown
Barber Society on Northwest 5th.
He remembers another shooting
just a few days ago.
You can still see there's a bullet
hole over there going into the
storefront, which seems to be.
Kind of like commonplace these days,
I think three or four weeks ago there was
a shooting in the parking lot. Jordan
Cardenas works at Deadstock
Coffee on northwest
Kooch, but there was a whole bunch
of stray bullets and two of them
broke our window on the right side
and one hit like both of them hit
our fridge and one hit the top.
And like the side of the fridge.
And that was like pretty tough.
I'm not gonna lie because where
they shot was like where we like,
where our heads at, usually
Portland's Old Town neighborhood
has seen several shootings
and fights in recent months.
Portland police say Friday's
deadly shooting marks the city's
47th shooting homicide this year.
Some got a change. I'm sick
of seeing, like shootings
like Jordan hopes. This
neighborhood makes a comeback,
but a lot of the businesses
in the area are really dope.
So I feel like Chinatown as a
whole has a lot of potential
and we're slowly getting there.
But neighbors recognize
with all its potential.
All town also comes with
challenges of shootings,
break INS and drugs. I love
Portland. Don't get me wrong,
but it's definitely it's taking
a hit last couple of years.
He had no surprise.
Portland has seen an increase in 911
calls because of our hot weather.
Major events like this heat wave
add to the already busy call load
a challenge they're trying to
meet by hiring more dispatchers.
Catherine Cook shows us what it takes
to do the job and how you can apply.
911 What's the location of your emergency
in Portland? 911 dispatchers are
the gateway to police, fire,
medical and now Portland Street response.
Some people call us the
first first responders
a critical role. The city says
it needs more people to fill.
We are seeing a huge increase of
calls that we never had before.
Chelsea Labar spent seven
years as a 911 dispatcher.
Now she trains them for Portland
Bureau of Emergency Communications
that starts with a 12 week.
In House Academy, then working with
a coach while taking live calls.
Do you feel excited?
You feel a sense of responsibility.
You feel a sense of importance.
There's you know it's kind of scary.
Every call is different.
Right now, Boek has 104 dispatchers.
They're aiming for at least
131 in the last two years.
They've lost 43.
Six of them two promotions.
Add to that employees
who need to call in sick
911 centers all over the nation.
Her experiencing the same staffing
shortages we have growing
communities and we're just not
hiring enough to meet those needs.
Last summer a KGW investigation found
Boek wasn't answering 911 calls fast
enough and often failed to meet the
national standard of answering 90%
of all 911 calls within 15 seconds.
In August, the average 911 caller
in Portland waited nearly a minute.
How is this acceptable?
It's not absolutely not.
Even now, callers often face
hours long wait times for the
city's non-emergency line.
It's a problem they hope
to address with more hires.
They're doing amazing work here.
Candidates need either a high school degree
or GED and be at least 18 years old.
They must be able to type 40 words
per minute with 90% accuracy and pass
a background and psych assessment.
And of course, they need to apply.
This is extremely fulfilling job.
You're serving your community.
And the city will take
applications through August 14,
and they're also offering two
informational sessions later this month.
We have information on that,
including an application link
in our story at kgw.com. Well,
that's good to know. Alright still
to come Portland's naked bike
ride is back even during the heat.
The message behind this humorous ride.