TONIGHT
TONIGHT ON CGY NEWS WHEN WILL LIVE MUSIC
AND THEATER RETURN TO OREGON?
THIS IS AN INDUSTRY THAT IS ON
THE OPERATING TABLE RIGHT NOW
AND IT IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION
AT COVID VACCINE APPOINTMENTS
GO FROM TOUGH TO GET TO WIDE
OPEN AT SITES ALL AROUND THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. PLUS I WATCHED EVERY DAY AS MY
KIDS WENT FURTHER AND FURTHER
DOWN THE UNNECESSARY ROAD
OF INSTABILITY.
OF INSTABILITY. SOME OREGON LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE
A BILL TO FORCE SCHOOLS TO GET
BACK TO NORMAL NEXT YEAR.
THEN FROM CLEANING UP THE CITY
TO DEFUNDING POLICE.
A CLOSER LOOK AT WHAT'S INSIDE
THE PORTLAND BUDGET PROPOSAL.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. AND WE START WITH A TRIP BACK
TO THE THEATER.
SEVERAL BROADWAY SHOWS ARE NOW
SCHEDULED TO RETURN TO PORTLAND
THIS FALL.
THIS FALL. BUT AS CATHERINE COOK REPORTS,
THERE'S STILL NO NEW GUIDANCE
FROM THE STATE ON REOPENING
PERFORMING ARTS VENUES.
>> WHOEVER SAID THE SHOW MUST
GO ON NEVER COULD HAVE
PREDICTED THIS PANDEMIC FOR
MORE THAN A YEAR THEATERS FROM
COAST TO COAST HAVE STOOD
EMPTY.
EMPTY.
EMPTY. THAT INCLUDES PORTLAND FIVE
CENTERS FOR THE ARTS WITH THE
ARLENE SCHNITZER CONCERT HALL
AND KELLER AUDITORIUM S FROZEN
WAS THE LAST PRODUCTION TO
SHINE HERE BEFORE ITS RUN WAS
CUT SHORT IN MARCH 2020.
EVERYTHING ELSE FOLLOWED
AND JUST SORT OF WENT AWAY ONE
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>
DAY. >> CORY BRUNISH IS A BRAODEWAY
PRODUCER AND SPLITS HIS TIME
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND PORTLAND,
ACCORDING TO NEW YORK GOV.
ANDREW CUOMO.
ANDREW CUOMO. THE SHOW WILL GO ON STARTING
SEPTEMBER 14TH.
SEPTEMBER 14TH. THAT'S WHEN HE SAID BROADWAY
WOULD REOPEN TO FULL CAPACITY.
BRUNISH SAYS CAST CREW
AND QUITE POSSIBLY AUDIENCE
MEMBERS WILL ALL NEED TO BE
VACCINATED KEEPING SAFETY THEIR
FIRST PRIORITY.
FIRST PRIORITY. WE SHOULD BE FAIRLY FAR ALONG
IN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY ONE DAYS
WITH VACCINATIONS AND AN OREGON
TO AS LONG AS THE NUMBERS ARE
UP ON THE VACCINATIONS I FEEL
AS THOUGH THEATER CAN INDEED
COME BACK.
COME BACK. >> WE ARE JUST REALLY HOPEFUL
BECAUSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING SO
MUCH FASTER THAN WE DREAMED.
>> ROBIN WILLIAMS IS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR PORTLAND FIVE
CENTERS FOR THE ARTS.
SHE'S EXCITED TO WELCOME BACK
THE BRAODEWAY ACROSS AMERICA
TOURING SEASON THIS FALL.
RIGHT NOW THE SEASON OPENS
SEPTEMBER TWENTY EIGHTH WITH
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR FOLLOWED
BY MEAN GIRLS IN NOVEMBER
AND WHILE THE SCHEDULE IS
POSTED THEY CAN'T TALK ABOUT
WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE
INSIDE THE THEATER IF THEY
INDEED OPEN BECAUSE FRANKLY
THEY DON'T KNOW YET IN THE MEAN
TIME, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEEP
HOPING FOR SOME GUIDELINES FOR
OURSELVES SO THAT WE CAN PLAN.
>> INDUSTRY LEADERS SAY THAT
NOT KNOWING HAS HAD A MASSIVE
IMPACT ON THE STATE'S
PERFORMING ARTS ECONOMY.
>> IT'S A VERY FRAGILE
ECOSYSTEM THE TOURING WORLD.
JIM BRUNBERG OWNS MISSISSIPI
STUDIOS, HIS CONCERT SCHEDULE
INCLUDES PERFORMERS WHO'VE HAD
TO RESCHEDULE THREE TO FOUR
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. HE
TIMES. HE HOPES THE FALL DATES IN
PLACE NOW WILL HOLD BRUNBERG
ALSO STARTED THE INDEPENDENT
VENUE COALITION.
VENUE COALITION. HE SAYS FOR MANY OTHER OREGON
CONCERT VENUES AND FESTIVALS
IT'S TOO LATE TO BOOK TALENT.
OREGON HAS KIND OF FALLEN OFF
THE MAP.
THE MAP.
THE MAP. PEOPLE ARE AVOIDING IT LIKE THE
PLAGUE NO PUN INTENDED.
IT'S REALLY HARD FOR MUSICIANS
TO PLAN A TOUR THROUGH OREGON
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY
GUIDANCE RIGHT NOW FOR COREY
BRUNISH BRINGING BACK LIVE
PERFORMANCES IS DEEPLY
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL. >> THEY SAY THAT WE DON'T LOVE
MUSIC BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT
SOUNDS BUT BECAUSE THE WAY IT
MAKES US FEEL IT'S WHY FOR HIM
AND SO MANY OTHERS THE SHOW
REALLY MUST GO ON.
CATHERINE COOKE, KGW NEWS.
>> IN OUR AREAS BECOMING A LOT
EASIER TO GET A COVID VACCINE
APPOINTMENT RIGHT NOW COMPARED
TO JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO.
BUT WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO GET
SOME NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR
RISE RISING CASE NUMBERS.
>> PAT DOORIS LOOKS AT THE
CONTEXT BEHIND IT ALL AT
OREGON'S BUSIEST VACCINATION
CENTER, THE OREGON CONVENTION,
THAT DEMAND HAS SUDDENLY
DROPPED BY AS MUCH AS 20
PERCENT.
PERCENT.
PERCENT. >> AT ITS PEAK, THE CENTER
VACCINATED AN INCREDIBLE EIGHT
THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY WEDNESDAY
IT WAS ONLY SIXTY FOUR HUNDRED
AND FOUR ONE, SAYS KAISER
PERMANENTE CEO WENDY JOHNSON.
>> THE REASON IS NOT A SHORTAGE
OF VACCINE.
OF VACCINE. IT'S A SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE.
>> SO NOW IS THE TIME WE'VE GOT
THE EASY SCHEDULING LINK ON ALL
FOUR OREGON WEBSITE AND NOW
WE'RE ALLOWING WALK INS
STARTING TOMORROW ARE YOU
SURPRISED AT HOW FAST IT'S
DROPPED OFF?
DROPPED OFF? >> IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH
WHAT WE'RE HEARING ACROSS THE
STATE SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE
STARTING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT
OF A SOFTENING OF DEMAND.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THE
SCHEDULING SITES.
SCHEDULING SITES. YOU'LL SEE THAT IS TRUE.
IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO THAT
PEOPLE CRASHED THESE SITES
BECAUSE SO MANY COMPETED FOR SO
FEW APPOINTMENT SLOTS.
NOW YOU CAN GET ONE WITH LITTLE
DELAY BESIDES THE CONVENTION
CENTER, THE MASS VACCINATION
SITE RUN BY OREGON HEALTH
AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY AT THE
PORTLAND AIRPORT IS ALLOWING
ANYONE TO SHOW UP THIS WEEKEND
APPOINTMENT OR NOT AND ANOTHER
EVENT HELD BY WASHINGTON COUNTY
AT THE NIKE CAMPUS THIS WEEKEND
WILL ALLOW DRIVE UPS AS WELL AS
APPOINTMENTS FOR AT SEVENTEEN
PFIZER DOSES.
PFIZER DOSES. AT THE SAME TIME THE DEMAND IS
DROPPING.
DROPPING.
DROPPING. OREGON'S RECENT SURGE IN CASES
HAS CAPTURED THE ATTENTION
OF NATIONAL NEWS OUTLETS.
>> OREGON, PERHAPS THE NATION'S
MOST DANGEROUS HOTSPOT.
SO WHAT'S GOING ON?
CASE NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY
HIGH ACCORDING TO THE NEW YORK
TIMES COVID TRACKING PROJECT,
THE AVERAGE CHANGE IN THE
NUMBER OF CASES NATIONWIDE OVER
14 DAYS IS ACTUALLY A NEGATIVE
NUMBER GOING DOWN TWENTY SIX
PERCENT.
PERCENT.
PERCENT. BUT OREGON COMES IN AT A GROWTH
OF 12 PERCENT PUTTING IT AT THE
FOURTH HIGHEST ON THE LIST
OF US STATES.
WASHINGTON STATE IS NUMBER
ELEVEN WITH A FOUR PERCENT
GROWTH AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
COUNTIES IN AMERICA, UMATILLA,
OREGON IS NUMBER ONE FOR THE
PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS WITH A
WHOPPING SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY
SIX PERCENT OVER THE LAST TWO
WEEKS WHICH SOUNDS AWFUL UNTIL
YOU SEE THERE ARE TEN PEOPLE
HOSPITALIZED IN THE TINY COUNTY
.
.
. >>
. >> ALI
. >> ALI MOCKDAD IS AN EXPERT IN
PUBLIC HEALTH METRICS
AND TRENDS WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON.
OF WASHINGTON. >> HE SAID OREGON
AND WASHINGTON HAVE DONE AN
EXCELLENT JOB OF PROTECTING THE
POPULATION FROM THE VIRUS WHICH
MEANS MORE PEOPLE ARE NOW
VULNERABLE AS WE ALL START TO
RELAX.
RELAX.
RELAX. HE
RELAX. HE POINTED TO TEXAS WHICH HAS
SEEN TWO POINT NINE MILLION
CASES AS OPPOSED TO OREGON'S
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT
THOUSAND BUT THE NUMBER
OF CASES PER HUNDRED THOUSAND
IN TEXAS IS NOW DROPPING 15
PERCENT OVER TWO WEEKS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE CASES RISING
HERE AND FALLING IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE COUNTRY.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT AND ABOUT
AND WE CAN'T AFFORD IT AND OUR
STATE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAVE
MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO COVID19 AND YORTH CHRISTLLE
CASES, THEY HAVE LESS PEOPLE
SUSCEPTIBLE FOR COVID-19
THEY'RE SEEING CASES COMING
DOWN PAT DOORIS TKACH NEWS YOU
CAN ADD CLACKAMAS TOWN CENTER
TO THE LIST OF PLACES WHERE
IT'S NOW EASIER TO GET THE
COVID VACCINE.
COVID VACCINE. IT'S RUNNING A CLINIC TOMORROW.
NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY
VACCINATIONS ARE FREE.
THIS IS FOR CLACKAMAS COUNTY
RESIDENTS ONLY THE CLINIC IS IN
THE PARKING GARAGE AT THE WEST
END OF THE MALL BUT YOU CAN
WALK UP IF YOU'RE NOT DRIVING
PFIZER'S COVID VACCINE THIERING
FDA APPROVAL IS GOOD NEWS FOR
FAMILIES IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF THE PANDEMIC KIDS WEREN'T
REALLY GETTING THAT SICK.
BUT AS THE OLDER POPULATION HAS
GOTTEN THEIR SHOTS, YOUNG
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TRANSMISSION
.
.
. DR.
. DR. BRAD OLSEN IS THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR OF THE RANDALL
CHILDREN'S CLINIC.
CHILDREN'S CLINIC. HE SAYS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE
PANDEMIC IS TO GET MORE SHOTS
IN MORE ARMS, INCLUDING
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. >> SO WE'RE AWAY FROM HERD
IMMUNITY AND REALLY THE ONLY
WAY THAT WE GET THERE IS BY
HAVING VACCINES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO THE ENTIRE
POPULATION.
POPULATION. I CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE VACCINES
TO CHILDREN TO AND ABOVE.
I'VE GOT THREE KIDS ALL THREE
OF MY KIDS HAVE BEEN IMMUNIZED.
>> DR. OLSEN SAYS HE HOPES TO
SEE VACCINES APPROVED FOR EVEN
YOUNGER CHILDREN BY THE FALL.
SOME OREGON LAWMAKERS TOOK TO
THE STEPS OF THE CAPITOL TODAY
TO ANNOUNCE A NEW BILL THAT
WOULD REQUIRE ALL SCHOOLS TO
OPEN FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING IN
THE FALL.
THE FALL.
THE FALL. IT MANDATES WHAT MOST DISTRICTS
ARE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO NEXT
YEAR, WHICH IS TO RETURN TO
FULL TIME LEARNING IN THE
CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM. REPUBLICAN SPONSORS OF THE BILL
SAY THE GOVERNOR AND DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION HAVE CHANGED THE
RULES TOO MANY TIMES AND THAT
MEANS THAT OUR SCHOOLS MIGHT
WANT TO REOPEN.
BUT IF THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION COMES IN AGAIN
AND CHANGES THE RULES, IT COULD
AFFECT THAT WE NEED TO GIVE
THEM CERTAINTY AND THIS BILL
DOES THAT SPOMNSORS CALL THE
BILL BIPARTISAN BUT THERE WERE
NO DEMOCRATS AT A NEWS
CONFERENCE TODAY BY THE
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL.
CAPITOL. HOUSE REPUBLICANS SAY SENATOR
BETSY JOHNSON, A DEMOCRAT FROM
SCAPPOOSE, HAS SIGNED ON AS A
CO-SPONSOR.
CO-SPONSOR. THERE IS A BUDGET BATTLE IN
PORTLAND OVER THE CITY'S
NEW STREET RESPONSE TEAM.
INSTEAD OF POLICE, THE CITY NOW
SENDS TEAMS OF CRISIS
COUNSELORS AND PARAMEDICS TO
SOME CALLS INVOLVING MENTAL
HEALTH AND ADDICTION.
PROBLEM IS ITS ONLY OPERATING
IN SOUTHEAST PORTLAND LENTS
NEIGHBORHOOD SO FAR IN HIS
NEW BUDGET PROPOSAL, MAYOR
WHEELER WANTS TO SIGN OFF ON
MONEY TO KEEP IT GOING THERE.
BUT WAY TO SPEND MONEY TO
EXPAND.
EXPAND.
EXPAND. THE MAYOR WANTS TO REVIEW DATA
ON THE PROGRAM FIRST
COMMISSIONER JOANNE HARDESTY,
HOWEVER, IS PUSHING FOR THE
EXPANSION.
EXPANSION. SHE WANTS THE TEAM TO GO
CITYWIDE BY NEXT SPRING.
>> THE COMMUNITY IS JUST
THIRSTING FOR A STREET RESPONSE
NOT ONLY TO ROLLOUT'S CITY WIDE
BUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE'RE HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY
TO COLLECTIVELY MAKE SURE THAT
THE BUDGET REFLECTS OUR VALUES
BECAUSE IT IS A MORAL DOCUMENT.
>> THE COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY
SET ASIDE ALMOST FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS FOR A CITY WIDE
EXPANSION BUT MOST OF THE MONEY
HASN'T BEEN SPENT YET.
THE ISSUE IS WHEN TO ACTUALLY
PUT THAT PLAN IN MOTION TO
EXPAND AND FOR NOW THE MAYOR IS
SAYING TO HOLD OFF BEYOND THE
STREET RESPONSE DEBATE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER
THINGS TO DIG THROUGH IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET.
MAYOR'S BUDGET. >> DAN HAGGERTY HAS A CLOSER
LOOK.
LOOK.
LOOK. THE
LOOK. THE MAYOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
DEDICATES MILLIONS TO CLEANING
UP TRASH AND GRAFFITI IN THE
NEXT YEAR AND TO TRY AND TACKLE
HOMELESSNESS.
HOMELESSNESS. LET'S
LOOK
LOOK THE
LOOK THE MAYOR HAS PLANS TO SPEND FIVE POINT SEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS TO CLEAN UP
TRASH AND PARKS
AND NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE
CITY.
CITY.
CITY. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND OF THAT
WOULD GO TOWARD PAYING HOMELESS
PEOPLE 20 DOLLARS AN HOUR TO
CLEAN UP TRASH.
ANOTHER ONE POINT TWO MILLION
WOULD BE SET ASIDE TO CLEAN UP
CAMPS.
CAMPS.
CAMPS. HE
CAMPS. HE ALSO WANTS TO ALLOCATE
MILLIONS TO HELPING WITH
HOMELESSNESS INCLUDING TWO
MILLION DOLLARS GOING TOWARD
BUILDING NEW SHELTERS, ANOTHER
TWO MILLION FOR HYGIENE
STATIONS AROUND THE CITY
AND TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND SPECIFICALLY SET ASIDE
FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLE WHO ARE
HOMELESS.
HOMELESS.
HOMELESS. >> THERE'S ALSO THREE POINT
FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN THE
MAYOR'S BUDGET FOR CLEANING UP
THE GRAFFITI THAT'S ALL OVER
THE PLACE AND HALF A MILLION
FOR BUSINESSES THAT HAVE HAD
VANDALISM AND DAMAGE OVER THE
PAST YEAR.
PAST YEAR. >> THE PORTLAND POLICE WELL,
THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE SEEING
AN INCREASE IN MONEY.
>> IN FACT, IF THE MAYOR'S
PROPOSAL IS APPROVED, THEY'LL
BE LOSING A WHOLE LOT OF IT
OVERALL KPCB WOULD LOSE ABOUT
NINE MILLION DOLLARS.
WHEELER DOES WANT TO GIVE PIBOR
ONE TIME INFLUX OF FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS IN ORDER TO QUICKLY
HIRE 30 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY
A SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS IN THE
BUREAU SAYS THEY'RE GOING TO
LOSE EVEN MORE OF THEM OVER THE
NEXT FEW YEARS AND THE MAYOR
WANTS TO ADD 20 TO UNARM
COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICERS.
THEY WOULD RESPOND TO
NON-EMERGENCY CALLS DURING THE
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. THE
DAY. THE MAYOR SAYS THE CITY HAS
LOST MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST
YEAR BUT THAT WE'RE GETTING
FEDERAL MONEY TO HELP US OUT.
COMMISSIONERS ARE NOW GOING TO
REVIEW THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL
AND ARE SET TO VOTE ON IT NEXT
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. >>
MONTH. >> WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. TIGER AND POLICE SAY THEY'RE
EXPANDING THEIR BODY CAMERA
PROGRAM SO THAT ALL OFFICERS
WILL HAVE THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AN
EXPANSION FOR YEARS AND JUST
GOT CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO
MOVE FORWARD.
MOVE FORWARD. >> IT ADDS CORROBORATING
EVIDENCE FOR US SO IT HELPS
SHED LIGHT ON THE OCCURRENCES.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT PEOPLE
ARE TELLING US, HOW HOW
EVERYBODY IS INTERACTING
AND BEING ABLE TO SHOW FROM OUR
POINT OF VIEW HOW QUICKLY THESE
THINGS HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES WE
DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ACHIEVE THE ENDS THAT WE ALL
WANT TO SEE.
WE HAVE TO REACT TO WHAT'S
OCCURRING AND WE HAVE TO SAVE
LIVES.
LIVES.
LIVES. >>
LIVES. >> THE CAMERAS AUTOMATICALLY
ACTIVATE DURING SPECIFIC EVENTS
LIKE AN OFFICER DRAWING THEIR
GUN OR TURNING ON THE POLICE
LIGHTS IN THEIR CAR IN ADDITION
TO