THIS
THIS IS
THIS IS KGW NEWS AT SUNRISE.
WE NOW KNOW THE NAMES OF THE
TWO PEOPLE WHO TRAGICALLY LOST
THEIR LIVES IN THE APARTMENT
FIRE IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS. I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO
LIVE THERE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS. NEXT ON SUNRISE AS NEIGHBORS
AND FAMILIES MOURN THE
INVESTIGATORS HERE TO FINALLY
TAKE THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE
SCENE MINORITY RESTAURANTS
TRYING TO REBOUND FROM THE
PANDEMIC SAY THEY WERE
BLINDSIDED AFTER THEIR RELIEF
MONEY WAS PULLED.
A JUDGE RULED THE FEDERAL
PROGRAM DISCRIMINATE AGAINST
WHITE OWNED BUSINESSES.
COMING UP THIS MORNING WE'LL
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CASE.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES
WHERE THEY USED TO MAKE THE
ACTUAL RHEAUME MACHINE.
FROM THAT POINT FORWARD, THEIR
GOAL WAS HOW CAN WE START AN
AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY THAT'S
MAKING THOSE RHEAUME FABRIC
MACHINES ARE BECOMING ONE
OF THE BIGGEST CAR BRANDS IN
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. OUR JOURNEY TO TOKYO CONTINUES
AT THE TOYOTA HISTORY MUSEUM.
>> VERY COOL.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU ON THIS
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY.
THURSDAY. ROD IS FEELING BETTER TODAY.
YES, BACK WITH US.
>> HEAD COLD FOR A COUPLE
OF DAYS.
OF DAYS.
OF DAYS. NO GOOD.
NO GOOD.
NO GOOD. YOU KNOW DIPLACED ANYBODY CAN
BE SOMETHING THAT PART OF IT
WAS ACTUALLY QUITE WONDERFUL
SCULTURE TO THE TO THE WEATHER
MAP AND BOY, WHAT A GREAT
COMFORTABLE MORNING LOOK AT ALL
THE 50S INCLUDING FIFTY ONE
AND HAPPY VALLEY FIFTY THREE
DEGREES OUT IN BEAVERTON WE'RE
JUST NOW STARTING TO GET SOME
LOW MARINE CLOUDS COMING IN 60
IN SALEM IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE
TODAY'S MARINE PUSH WILL BE
ANYTHING CLOSE TO YESTERDAY
MEANING IF YOU ARE WAKING UP TO
CLOUD COVER I THINK YOU HAVE
THE SUNSHINE BEFORE NOON TODAY
SO FIFTY NINE OUT OF THE
AIRPORT RIGHT NOW WHERE IT HAS
JUST RECENTLY CLOUDED OVER
SIXTY EIGHT DEGREES AT NOON
AND HIGH TEMPS TODAY COULD HIT
80 YESTERDAY 70 SIX WAS THE
HIGH.
HIGH.
HIGH. >>
HIGH. >> NOT BAD.
ALL RIGHT , ROB, THANK YOU.
WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU SOON.
TOPPING YOUR NEWS AT 5:00 THIS
MORNING WHAT SPARKED THE DEADLY
FIRE IN NORTHEAST PORTLAND ON
THE FOURTH OF JULY?
WE MAY SOON KNOW AS
INVESTIGATORS ARE STARTING TO
GET THEIR FIRST UP CLOSE LOOK
INSIDE THAT SCENE.
WE ALSO LEARNED THE NAMES
OF THE TWO MEN KILLED IN THE
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. >>
FIRE. >> MIKE BENNER HAS AN UPDATE
FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I AM SUCH A FEELER.
I JUST WANT TO CONTRIBUTE IN
ANY WAY THAT I CAN DIRECTLY
ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE
SCENE OF A DEADLY APARTMENT
FIRE BECCA OLSON KILLING BEGINS
TO BUILD A MEMORIAL IN HONOR
OF THE TWO MEN WHO DIED.
>> IT'S BEEN VERY OVERWHELMING
AND I JUST LIVE ACROSS THE
STREET AND SO I WAS HERE I
WITNESSED A LOT OF THINGS.
>> THE FIRE BECKMEAN WITNESSED
KILLED THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD SETH
THOMPSON AND 31 YEAR OLD
RICHARD GREMILLION IDENTIFIED
BY AUTHORITIES WEDNESDAY BUT
DID NOT KNOW SETH PERSONALLY.
BUT SHE CERTAINLY KNEW OF HIM.
>> THERE WAS LIKE A LITTLE
CLEARING THROUGH THE TREES.
I COULD SEE THAT HE WOULD SET
UP THERE AND SO YEAH, I NEVER
OFFICIALLY MET HIM BUT JUST
KNOWING THAT HE WAS THERE.
YEAH, IT'S IT'S BEEN REALLY
HEARTBREAKING TO TO KNOW THAT
HE WENT THROUGH THIS.
>> THERE WAS 12 PEOPLE TILISHA
BROWN LIVED AT THE HEIDI MANER
APARTMENTS AND LOST EVERYTHING
IN THE JULY 4TH FIRE.
SHE'S BEYOND GRATEFUL TO HAVE
ESCAPED WITH HER LIFE BUT SHE
GRIEVES FOR THE MEN WHO PASSED
AND THE 25 YEAR OLD WOMAN
CRITICALLY INJURED.
CRITICALLY INJURED. >> I LOVE EVERYONE HERE SO I'M
VERY SAD IN THIS LIFE AND WITH
THE OTHER
REALLY
REALLY BRING EVERY OTHER GUY MY NEIGHBOR
DOWNSTAIRS WHO LOST HIS THEY
WERE SO KNOW THAT.
>> SO THAT'S MY HEART GOES OUT
TO I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A
LONG TIME UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE
SEEN LARGE FIRES LIKE THIS ANY
TIME THERE'S A LOSS OF LIFE
IT'S TRAGIC.
IT'S TRAGIC. FIRE INVESTIGATOR ROB GARRISON
SAYS WEDNESDAY MORNING WAS THE
FIRST TIME INVESTIGATORS WERE
ABLE TO GET BEYOND THE TAPE
AND INTO THE SCENE.
HE SAYS THE SCENE IS SO LARGE
AND THE COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE
SO TEDIOUS THE ATF IS
ASSISTING.
ASSISTING. >> THEY'RE LOOKING FOR CLUES.
ANYTHING THAT'S OUT OF THE
ORDINARY, ANY IGNITION SOURCE
IF THEY FIND AN IGNITION
SOURCE, THEY HAVE TO RULE THAT
OUT OR THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A
POSSIBLE CAUSE.
POSSIBLE CAUSE. GARRISON SAYS FIREWORKS COULD
BE TO BLAME AS THERE WERE
PLENTY OF REPORTS OF THEM IN
THE HOURS LEADING UP TO THE
BLAZE.
BLAZE.
BLAZE. HE
BLAZE. HE SAYS SMOKING OR SHODDY
ELECTRICAL WORK COULD BE
FACTORS AS WELL.
>> REGARDLESS, I WOULD LOVE TO
HAVE SOME ANSWERS.
I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY FOLKS WHO
LIVE THERE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS.
ANSWERS. >> IN THE MEANTIME, NEIGHBORS
ARE THINKING ABOUT THE MEN WHO
DIED, THE WOMAN INJURED AND THE
OTHERS LEFT WITHOUT A HOME.
>> MY HEART IS WITH THEM.
I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY IS SO
AMAZING AND WILL HELP THEM
RECOVER.
RECOVER.
RECOVER. DETECTIVES ARE CONFIDENT THERE
ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE
CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED HERE ON THE MORNING
OF JULY 4TH.
IF THAT IS YOU YOUR URGE TO
CONTACT THE PORTLAND POLICE
BUREAU THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME
REWARD MONEY AVAILABLE THROUGH
CRIMESTOPPERS REPORTING IN
NORTHEAST PORTLAND, I'M MIKE
BENNER FOR KGW NEWS.
>> THERE ARE SEVERAL FUND
RAISING EFFORTS TO HELP THE
TENANTS AFFECTED BY THIS FIRE
CHECK OUT OUR STORY ON KGW
DOTCOM TO FIND OUT MORE WORLS
GET TO THREE THINGS TO KNOW
ABOUT CORONAVIRUS THIS MORNING.
NUMBER ONE, DATA FROM JOHNS
HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SHOWS THAT
COVID HAS NOW KILLED MORE THAN
FOUR MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
IT'S ABOUT THE POPULATION SIZE
OF LOS ANGELES EVEN WITH THE
MASSIVE NUMBER IT'S WIDELY
BELIEVED TO BE AN UNDERCOUNT
BECAUSE OF OVERLOOKED CASES OR
DELIBERATE CONCEALMENT.
DELIBERATE CONCEALMENT. NUMBER TWO, THE CDC REPORTS THE
DELTA VARIANT NOW THE DOMINANT
STRAIN IN THE US THAT VERY IT
MAKES UP 51 PERCENT OF NEW
COVID INFECTIONS IN THE MOST
RECENT TWO WEEK PERIOD.
DATA SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CASES
SPIKED 30 PERCENT SINCE THE
LATEST NUMBERS.
LATEST NUMBERS. THE DELTA STRAIN HAS BEEN FOUND
IN EVERY STATE AND REMAINS A
SERIOUS RISK FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNVACCINATED.
UNVACCINATED. AND NUMBER THREE, JAPAN HAS PUT
TOKYO UNDER A STATE
OF EMERGENCY AS ANOTHER WAVE
OF COVID THERE IS SPREADING.
IT GOES UNTIL AUGUST 20 SECONDS
WELL PAST THE OLYMPICS WORKERS
WILL BE ASKED TO STAY HOME.
BARS AND RESTAURANTS HAVE TO
SUSPEND ALCOHOL SALES SO PEOPLE
DON'T GATHER AND FORGET TO
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE. ORGANIZERS TODAY WILL ALSO
DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE
ANY JAPANESE FANS AT THE
OLYMPIC EVENTS.
OLYMPIC EVENTS. VENUES WERE SET TO HOST UP TO
TEN THOUSAND FANS OR 50
PERCENT.
PERCENT.
PERCENT. THE OLYMPICS START JULY THIRD
AND CLOSE AUG. EIGHT.
AND THOSE ARE YOUR THREE THINGS
TO KNOW ABOUT COVID BUSINESSES
IN OREGON ARE CONTINUING TO
RECOVER FROM THE HUGE FINANCIAL
HIT THEY TOOK DURING THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. NOW PROMISED GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
IS GONE.
IS GONE.
IS GONE. THERE WASN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO
COVER EVERYONE WHO APPLIED FOR
THE FEDERAL RESTAURANT RELIEF
GRANT SO THE SMALL BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIZED
ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIZED BUSINESSES RUN BY WOMEN,
MINORITIES AND VETERANS.
DAN YATES IS THE PRESIDENT
OF THE PORTLAND SPIRIT.
THE SIGHTSEEING AND DINNER
CRUISE WAS SET TO GET FORUP
MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE GRANT
WHERE A VETERAN OWNED COMPANY.
SO WE WERE PRETTY COMFORTABLE
KNOWING THAT WE WERE IN THE
FIRST GROUP TO GET FUNDED BUT I
WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT THE
ENTIRE PROGRAM WOULD BE IN
JEOPARDY BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER ON
FEDERAL FUNDING BASED UPON RACE
.
.
. TURNS
. TURNS OUT THE PROGRAM WAS IN
JEOPARDY.
JEOPARDY.
JEOPARDY. SOME WHITE BUSINESS OWNERS SUED
SAYING THE FUND WAS
DISCRIMINATOR AND THE COURT
RULED IN THEIR FAVOR.
THE MINORITY BUSINESSED HAD
FUNDING PULLED AND THE FUND
OVERALL RAN OUT OF MONEY.
NOW RESTAURANT OWNERS HAVE TO
HOPE THAT CONGRESS WILL GO BACK
AND VOTE ON A NEW FUNDING
SOURCE TO COVER EVERYBODY WHO
APPLIED FOR HELP.
BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE
THAN A YEAR, A CRUCIAL SHIP
LEFT SEATTLE LAST NIGHT HEADED
FOR ALASKA.
FOR ALASKA. THERE'S NO PAYING CUSTOMERS ON
BOARD.
BOARD.
BOARD. INSTEAD, ROYAL CARIBBEAN
EMPLOYEES ARE POSING AS GUESTS.
THERE ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE
CDC ON BOARD.
THIS IS THE SECOND TEST AFTER
THE FIRST ONE OUT OF MIAMI
WHILE ON BOARD THE CRUISE WILL
SIMULATE HAVING A SICK GUEST ON
THE SHIP.
THE SHIP.
THE SHIP. >> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
MAKING SURE OUR GUESTS FEEL
SAFE BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS
GOING TO GIVE THEM THIS
COMFORT LEVEL TO RELAX AND HAVE
A GREAT VACATION LIKE THEY
REALLY WANT TO DO.
THE FIRST REAL CRUISE LEAVE
SEATTLE JULY 19TH.
PASSENGERS MAY NOT NOTICE MOST
OF THE CHANGES LIKE EXPANDED
MEDICAL FACILITIES ON BOARD
COVID TESTING AND BETTER
VENTILATION.
VENTILATION. BUT THE CRUISE SHIP TESTS ARE A
SIGN THAT LIFE IS STARTING TO
MOVE AROUND A LOT MORE AND THAT
INCLUDES CARS AND WILDLIFE.
YEAH, PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING
AGAIN AS COVID RESTRICTIONS
EASE AT THE SAME TIME WILDLIFE
IS ON THE MOVE PUSHED OUT
OF THEIR HABITAT BY WILDFIRES.
THE OREGONWILDLIFE FOUNDATION
HAS STARTED A WATCH FOR
WILDLIFE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
MONEY TO CREATE MORE WILDLIFE
PASSAGES.
PASSAGES.
PASSAGES. THEIR TUNNELS BUILT UNDERNEATH
HIGHWAYS THAT FUNNEL ANIMLS
THROUGH SAFELY VERSUS RUNNING
ACROSS THE ROAD.
THERE'S A NOTABLE ONE SOUTH
OF BEND IN CENTRAL OREGON
THAT'S REDUCE CAR CRASHES WITH
WILDIFE BY EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT
SINCE IT WAS BUILT IN TWENTY
TWELVE.
TWELVE.
TWELVE. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION FARTHER SOUTH ON
HIGHWAY NINETY SEVEN AS WELL.
THE FOUNDATION IS SELLING
NEW OREGON LICENSE PLATES TO
PAY FOR MORE OF THEM.
>> WE INSTALLED UNDERPASS THAT
PROVIDES IN A LITERALLY THE
STATISTICS SHOW US THAT WE'RE
WE'RE REDUCING WILDIFE VEHICLE
COLLISSIONS BY OVER 80 PERCENT
WELL OVER 80 PERCENT
APPROACHING NINE PERCENT
RIGHT NOW YOU CAN BUY A VOUCHER
FOR THE LICENSE PLATE BUT ONCE
THE FEDERATION GETS A COUPLE
HUNDRED MORE PEOPLE TO BUY INTO
THIS, THE PLATES WILL GO INTO
PRODUCTION.
PRODUCTION. >> ALL RIGHT .
NOT TOO LONG TO GO ROD.
OUR HEAT WAVE WAS MAKING
NATIONAL NEWS BUT THIS MORNING
ELSA IS TAKING THE HEADLINES.
>> YEAH, THEN THE NEWS ISN'T
HORRIBLE AT THIS TROPICAL
STORM.
STORM.
STORM. IT'S STILL PRODUCING SUSTAINED
WINDS THE FORTY PLUS MILE PER
HOUR ZONE WHICH MEANS THERE
COULD BE SOME 50 MILE PER HOUR
GUYS.
GUYS.
GUYS. BUT
GUYS. BUT BASICALLY JUST MOVING
TOWARD RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
IT'S ALMOST BECOME A CLUSTER
OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ONE TO
THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE
FORECAST FOR THEM.
AND IF YOU DO JUMP ON YOUR
WEATHER MAP AND YOU WANT TO
LOOK AT THE IMAGERY IBOSHI
YOU'LL PROBABLY NOTICE WHAT'S
GOING ON DOWN IN TEXAS.
IT'S NOT A TROPICAL SYSTEM.
IT'S JUST A LOW PRESSURE CENTER
BUT IT'S PRODUCING SOME PRETTY
HEFTY RAINS ALONG THE TEXAS
GULF COAST AND THEN WE'RE
MOVING TO OUR AREA WHERE
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS GOING.
WE DO HAVE A WEAK MARINE PUSH
STARTING TO TAKE HOLD THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. I DON'T THINK THE MARINE CLOUDS
WOULD BE SOLID ALL AREAS AND IF
YOU ARE WAKING UP TO CLOUD
COVER , I THINK YOU HAVE
SUNSHINE BEFORE NOON TODAY.
SO NOT LIKE YESTERDAY WHEN WE
HAD ALL THAT DRIZZLE IN MANY
LOCATIONS AS WELL.
>> I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE
WATCH WARNING MAP NO FIRE
WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
SO THAT'S GREAT NEWS TODAY THIS
DEEP RED AMBACHER CITY OF BURNS
THAT'S AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
THAT'S BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS
WEEKEND SATURDAY, SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY.
MONDAY.
MONDAY. SO IN THIS AREA MAINLY
SOUTHEASTERN INTVW, FAR EASTERN
OREGON, HIGH TEMPS COULD GET
BACK UP TO ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
AND FOUR DEGREES.
>> THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE, PLEASE.
SERVICE, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT .
WE SEE INCREASING CLOUDS OVER
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND.
DOWNTOWN PORTLAND. WE'RE FIFTY NINE DEGREES
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. IT'S A NICE START TO YOUR DAY.
I THINK WE'LL GET THE SUN
DEVELOPING THIS MORNING.
EIGHTY AND THEN WE'RE BACK UP
TO ABOUT NINETY TOMORROW ON
SATURDAY AND THEN STILL WARM
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.
EIGHTY SEVEN DEGREES BY THE
WAY, IF YOU'RE WONDERING THE
FORECAST MODELS ALMOST GO
THROUGH THE END OF JULY
AND THEY DON'T SHOW ANY
RAINFALL BACK TO YOU.
>> OH BOY.
WE COULD USE SOME ROB BANKS
COMING UP THIS MORNING.
NO INSTRUCTIONS, NO REPLACEMENT
PARTS BUT PLENTY OF KNOW-HOW
AND A DREAM A TELESCOPE MORE
THAN A CENTURY OLD GETS
NEW LIFE AT A LOCAL UNIVERSITY
AND OUR VERIFIED TEAM IS
LOOKING INTO THE TROUBLED
TWENTY TWENTY CENSUS.
WAS IT EVER FINISHED?
WE HAVE THE ANSWERS AFTER THE
BREAK.
BREAK.
BREAK. >>
BREAK. >> AND IT IS SUMMER BUT IT'S
NOT TOO EARLY TO START OUR WORK
ON THE KGW SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE.
WE WANT TO HELP KIDS GO BACK TO
THE CLASSROOM WITH EVERYTHING
THEY NEED AND YOU CAN HELP GO
AKG DOTCOMS SCHOOL TO SIGN UP
YOUR BUSINESS AND WE'LL SEND
YOU OFFICIAL KIT TO HELP US
COLLECT SUPPLIES.
COLLECT SUPPLIES. JOIN US AND MAKE SURE THOUSANDS
OF FAMILIES, KIDS AND TEACHERS
HAVE