This is KGW news at sunrise.
Thanks for joining us new this morning.
Portland police shot and
killed a suspect overnight.
It happened just after midnight
when officers responded to reports
of a man and woman fighting in the
area of SE 148th Ave and Clinton St
when they tried to arrest the man.
Police say he shot at them and one
of the officers returned fire.
The suspect, who has not been identified,
died at the scene.
This is an ongoing investigation.
Anyone with further information is
asked to contact Portland police.
And if you're just getting up,
you likely did not feel a
couple of earthquakes overnight,
just after 1:30 a magnitude 2.9
quake hit centered in Aloha.
One of our coworkers felt it telling
us it only lasted a few seconds.
About 40 minutes later, a magnitude
4.0 quake hit off the Oregon coast.
Don't worry, there was no threat
of a tsunami from this one.
I'm Tim Gordon, alongside Christel Kuwait.
Good to be with you this morning.
Mother Nature is about to hit us with
a heat wave and it starts today.
Let's check in with. McGinnis with
a quick look at the forecast.
Yeah guys, you're right.
Seven days of 90 degree or better.
Yes, it's possible.
We hit 100 at some point this week.
I'll show you the seven day in a
second but basically 7 or 8 days
of 90 degree heat starts today.
This morning we are waking
up to some cloud cover here.
As you can see in our Wells Fargo Sky camera,
but that said, we're already poking
some holes in that cloud cover, right.
Friday was a really cloudy
day until early afternoon.
Saturday was a cloudy day
until about midday today.
The clouds will burn off much,
much sooner.
VR 60 degrees of PDX that's
56 in King City and the Big
perspective across the state.
Baker City big warm up from last
hour now into the upper 50s you
will be on your way to the highs
near 90 this afternoon and here
in the West side of the state.
Once the cloud cover burns off,
we're going to warm quickly.
I've got us up to near 80 degrees
by lunchtime and in the lower
90s this afternoon and it gets
hotter from there guys.
We'll check out the seven day
forecast in just a few minutes.
OK, thanks a lot, Chris.
See you then.
Well, with temperatures rising
across the Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Power is prepared for more
strain on the grid from both warmer
temperatures and increased customer needs.
People could take steps to manage
their energy use this summer and avoid
a surprise on the next bill as well.
Here are a few easy tips for you.
You know you can keep your curtains
and blinds closed during the day.
That really helps the house stay cooler.
Open windows during cooler evening
hours and also operate the closed,
dryer and dishwasher just at night.
That also helps and if you have air
conditioning experts say to set it at 78.
Three or higher when you're away from home.
Some food cart owners are doing what
they can to keep their employees and
customers safe from warmer temperatures.
Some are already announcing plans to
temporarily close up shop next week.
Being in a food cart, we are kind of open to
the elements whether it be cold or heat.
As we expect temperatures to
hit triple digits come Monday.
Rico Loverde is planning
ahead and anything over
95 we're gonna be closed.
He's the chef and owner of Monster
Smashburgers food cart on southeast Stark.
Anything over 95 at least.
Our particular cart can't
really handle it. It's one.
The fridges can't keep up and then
the food becomes unsafe to serve.
The heat is also dangerous for the. Yeah,
it's about 20 to 30 degrees hotter
inside there and it's just not safe.
You know it's too hard on the crew.
The business is usually open six
days a week, but Rico says they'll
likely be closed most of next week.
Wasn't expecting this to happen,
so it's going to be a bit of a hit
financially, but we got to be safe.
Other food carts, including MF.
Tasty on North Williams.
Also plan to close.
There have been times in the past where
we were less established and we're
like I cannot miss this sales like I
have to at least try and I will come
in and like my spice jars were melted
and my brain just turned to jello.
Eric get Innstein, runs the food
cart with his wife. He says closing
a business unexpectedly like this
can hurt the bottom
line because you still have
to pay your employees.
You're not making any sales food.
Business is a business that has
like really thin margins. So like.
Any kind of error can definitely
affect like what you take home or
whether you're able to pay your
bills at the end of the month.
That's why many of these food carts
hope people will stop by before
the heat forces them to shut down.
There's a business that you've
been wanting to try and maybe,
like you just haven't found the
motivation to show up like this,
is the weekend to
show up, like I promise you,
those owners and employees will thank you
so much more for helping them make the
money while they can before
they're forced to be closed. But
as temperatures rise,
they're all about. Safety,
whether it's being safe for serving
food to the public and having
it at the right temperatures,
or my guys safety and well-being.
While some food cart owners plan
to temporarily close next week,
others will change their hours of operation.
The owner at JoJo PDX on SE Powell
Blvd says they are likely only be
serving lunch for a few days next week.
While people who live and work in
Portland's Hillsdale neighborhood are
concerned about an upcoming PBOT project,
in part they say they fear
it will negatively impact the
area's traffic patterns and
ultimately hurt local businesses.
As Blair best explains,
some of these folks are now
asking for a three-year delay.
Less people will
come in and our
foot traffic goes down. More
along Southwest Capitol Highway
is the Hillsdale business district
home to more than 90 businesses.
The majority of them locally owned.
This is a step backward, not a
step forward for small businesses.
Jason Crump opened Portland camera
service at the start of the pandemic.
He's one of the several
business owners on this strip,
asking P bot to delay the Rose Lane
project for another three years.
Let everyone get their
feet firmly underneath.
And and then try some shenanigans
like this out front and a lot
of the businesses in this area
are struggling still based on
COVID and we're all in reserves
at Paloma clothing market.
Sales have only returned to
about 70% of what they were
during pre pandemic years.
We don't need anymore anything
else disrupting our businesses
around here. I'm adamantly against
it. Sally Greer lives in
Hillsdale Park Hill neighborhood.
She and others fear the bus
lanes will divert traffic into
surrounding neighborhoods.
They will divert onto these.
And then go around Hillsdale and
avoiding the business district entirely.
It's very frustrating, but
we don't have any anticipation of any
negative impact to businesses whatsoever.
In 2018, Portland City Council approved
a set of PBOT projects called Rose
Lanes to get buses and streetcars out
of traffic and into their own lanes,
resulting in faster public transit
travel times along with meeting
the city's climate goals. In order
for us to get people to move to more
climate friendly transportation,
we gotta make that climate
friendly transportation.
It's appealing as possible,
Hannah Schaefer at PBOT says these
projects focus on highly trafficked
areas like the intersection of Southwest
sunset and Capital Highway in Hillsdale,
and it's kind of a gateway for a lot of the
buses coming through Southwest Portland
during the evening commute.
This project is expected to save between
one and two minutes per bus trip.
For those who ride the bus twice a day,
five days a week, that can add up
to saving about 20 minutes per week.
Over the course of a year
that can add up really quick.
And this isn't the.
First Rose Lane project in the
city over on southeast Hawthorne
and 38th Ave a bus only lane
was added about a year ago
and I don't really think it's
affected us too much.
The lane is right in front of
Peppino's fresh Mexican Grill.
I don't think the
bus lanes has that affect their
our business like by us losing
customers because of the bus lane.
As for businesses and Hillsdale,
P Bot promises to fix any
issues that may come up.
Until then, they're green
lighting the project so we will
not be postponing this project.
We are set to move forward.
With installation.
All right, that installation will
start later this summer and we
also reached out to Commissioner
Hardesty about this.
And she says that she is committed
to making sure that local businesses
aren't hurt by those traffic changes.
Well in just two minutes a Portland
woman is swimming several miles of
the river Willamette River for a
greater good why she hopes this swim
will encourage more people to join.