KPTV (Fox Portland) late news - 2009-05-07

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[0:00] Roger Fiser.

[0:03] >> It's the season finale you will never

[0:05] forget. Dollhouse 98 central Fox

[0:08] tomorrow.

[0:12] >> Tonight, a little Portland history isn't

[0:14] the only thing you'll chew on at this

[0:16] local dance hall. Dirty Dining shows you

[0:18] what health inspectors found in the

[0:19] kitchen of the Crystal Ballroom. A

[0:22] massive explosion caught on camera. See

[0:24] what destroyed this popular shopping

[0:26] mall. A local woman sues her salon for

[0:29] thousands of dollars, saying they ruined

[0:32] her hair.

[0:33] >> Well, you don't prepare for it.

[0:34] >> Find out whether jurors will make the

[0:36] stylists pay up. But first, the local

[0:38] community is on high alert after Fox

[0:41] 12's most wanted pushed their way into

[0:43] an apartment with guns drawn.

[0:45] >> It's scary. I mean, I even get scared.

[0:47] >> Only on 12, what terrified neighbors are

[0:49] saying about the [music] safety of their

[0:50] neighborhood. FIRST ON FOX.

[0:54] >> Good evening. Thanks for joining us. I'm

[0:55] Shauna Parson

[0:56] >> and I'm W Garcia. Tonight, Fox 12 is

[0:57] helping you prepare for the transition

[0:59] to digital television in two ways.

[1:01] >> Later in the newscast, we will shut down

[1:03] our analog signal so you can see if

[1:05] you're ready for the big switch in June.

[1:07] >> And you'll also have a chance to see our

[1:09] special report, understanding the

[1:10] digital transition that follows this

[1:13] newscast. Now, first on Fox tonight, the

[1:15] search is on for Fox 12's most wanted

[1:17] after cops say three people forced their

[1:19] way into an apartment and held the

[1:21] people inside at gunpoint. It happened

[1:23] just before midnight near the

[1:24] intersection of Northeast 162nd and

[1:26] Burnside in Gresham. KPTV's Mark Henryan

[1:29] is live in Gresham tonight with a story

[1:30] you'll see only on 12. Well, Wayne,

[1:33] police say those crooks had their faces

[1:34] covered and were wearing dark clothes

[1:36] like this sweatshirt when they forced

[1:37] their way into that apartment looking

[1:39] for stuff to steal.

[1:43] Tonight, the people in this apartment

[1:44] say they're still too shaken up to talk

[1:46] about what happened less than 24 hours

[1:48] earlier when police say two men and a

[1:50] woman forced their way into their home

[1:52] with a gun.

[1:53] >> I think it's crazy.

[1:54] >> But for people that live in the area

[1:56] like Britney Taylor, it's crimes like

[1:58] this that are becoming all too common.

[2:00] >> I've seen a lot of things that have gone

[2:02] on and I've seen a lot of people like

[2:03] even in my apartment complex that have

[2:05] stolen things out of cars and are

[2:07] running from it. It's just neighborhoods

[2:08] going downhill. And while many of the

[2:10] details are still under wraps tonight,

[2:12] police say the crooks forced the renters

[2:14] into their living room. While they

[2:15] searched the place for stuff to steal

[2:17] and after they had what they were after,

[2:19] they simply took off. No shots were

[2:21] fired, nobody was injured.

[2:23] >> People get hungry, they get desperate,

[2:24] you know, and I wish they wouldn't do

[2:26] that.

[2:26] >> Alfonso Ellis lives nearby and says

[2:28] while he feels sorry for the victims,

[2:30] he's glad to hear the alleged armed

[2:32] robbery wasn't taken a step further.

[2:34] >> I'm glad there's no one hurt, you know.

[2:36] I'm I'm so happy that nobody was hurt

[2:38] because you can't replace a life, but

[2:39] you can get back your goods, but you

[2:41] can't get back at life.

[2:42] >> Still, the home invasion has others on

[2:44] edge.

[2:44] >> Yeah, it's scary. I mean, I even get

[2:46] scared.

[2:47] >> Like this woman named Judy, who asked

[2:49] that we not show her face. She says what

[2:51] happened at this apartment is likely the

[2:53] result of drugs and gangs. Two things

[2:55] she tells us are getting worse.

[2:57] >> I think it's bad and there's a lot of

[3:00] problems going on in this area. a lot

[3:03] of, you know, drug activity and breaking

[3:06] in places.

[3:07] >> Now, police describe the suspect as two

[3:09] black men and a black woman, all between

[3:10] the ages of 18 and 22 years old. The

[3:13] first man is described as being about 5'

[3:15] 10 in tall with a skinny build. He had

[3:17] the tan shirt around his face and

[3:18] possibly had a smaller pistol. The

[3:20] second man is described as about 5'9 in

[3:22] tall with dark skin. He was wearing a

[3:24] bandana over his face. And the woman is

[3:26] said to have a medium build. She was

[3:28] wearing a black hoodie. If you think you

[3:29] might know who those folks are or

[3:31] anything about this case that could

[3:32] help, please contact Gresham police.

[3:34] Reporting live tonight in Gresham, Mark

[3:35] Hendraan, the 10:00 news.

[3:38] >> You saw it first on the 10:00 news last

[3:40] night, Ross sewage flooding into local

[3:42] homes. Well, tonight, Fox 12 has talked

[3:44] to Portland city officials who say

[3:46] they're still trying to figure out who

[3:47] should put the bill. The Portland Water

[3:49] Bureau admits the city sewer line became

[3:52] clogged, forcing the sewage into the

[3:54] homes in North Portland. But while the

[3:56] city admits its role in the matter, the

[3:58] water bureau hasn't said who will have

[3:59] to pay the thousands of dollars in

[4:01] cleanup fees.

[4:02] >> If there's a foreign object that

[4:03] shouldn't be in a sewer that's in the

[4:05] line, then that's a little bit different

[4:06] and it it's sort of a gray area. And

[4:08] that's why we do the investigations to

[4:10] try to find out whose responsibility it

[4:12] is.

[4:12] >> Now, because the blockage was not a root

[4:14] or a crushed pipe, the city has to

[4:17] investigate before making a decision on

[4:18] whether it'll pay for any of the damage

[4:20] to the homes. And that could take

[4:22] months. Crews spent the day cleaning up

[4:24] this mess of tires someone dumped along

[4:26] Northeast Marine Drive. Someone left the

[4:28] more than 200 tires in an illegal dump

[4:30] back on April 29th. Investigators say

[4:33] because of the large number of tires,

[4:35] they think a business might be to blame.

[4:37] So if you have any information, you're

[4:38] asked to call Multma County.

[4:40] >> We have some new information tonight

[4:41] about two men accused of shooting a

[4:43] Vancouver police officer in the chest.

[4:45] Dalenberg and Jeffrey Reid both appeared

[4:47] in Multma County court today. They've

[4:49] been behind bars for unrelated charges

[4:51] in Oregon, but just this week, police

[4:53] named them as the suspects in that

[4:55] Vancouver shooting. Back in April,

[4:57] somebody shot Sergeant J. Alli Berg and

[5:00] Reed haven't said if they will fight

[5:02] extradition to Washington to face the

[5:03] charges in that shooting. Nearly 500

[5:06] officers, family, and friends joined

[5:08] together in Salem at the Oregon Public

[5:10] Safety Academy to honor the brave men

[5:12] and women who lost their lives in the

[5:14] line of duty. They gathered this

[5:16] afternoon, five months after the

[5:18] Woodburn bank bombing that took the life

[5:21] of Captain Tom Tenant of Woodburn Police

[5:23] and senior trooper Bill Hakee of the

[5:26] Oregon State Police. Woodburn Police

[5:28] Chief Scott Russell was seriously hurt

[5:30] in that bombing and today was his first

[5:33] public appearance since the bombing.

[5:36] What should have attracted the attention

[5:39] were Tom's accomplishments as a man, as

[5:42] a husband, as a father, a community

[5:45] member, and as a police officer. We're

[5:47] really lucky, the tenants and myself and

[5:50] Scott Russell's family to have such a

[5:52] great outpouring of support from our um

[5:56] their fellow workers and community here

[5:59] in the state and that this was given to

[6:02] us an opportunity to honor our husband's

[6:05] father's son

[6:07] is pretty spectacular.

[6:09] >> In all four names will join the names of

[6:11] other fallen officers honored on that

[6:14] memorial wall in Salem. A local man says

[6:17] his commute to work has more than

[6:18] doubled since someone took off with his

[6:20] car. The man says he parked his car at

[6:22] the Lloyd Center parking lot on Monday.

[6:24] But when he came out of the mall, it was

[6:26] gone and now he has to bike to work.

[6:28] KPTV Sophie is driving with us in

[6:30] Portland with his story and some tips to

[6:31] keep the same thing from happening to

[6:33] you, Sophie. The victim says he parked

[6:35] his car on the second floor of this

[6:37] covered garage just outside Nordstrom.

[6:39] He says when he realized someone had

[6:41] taken his car, he filed a police report

[6:43] and then had to take the bus home that

[6:45] night.

[6:47] >> How am I going to get to work? How my

[6:48] kids going to get to the grocery store,

[6:51] to the doctors?

[6:52] >> Tonight, Steven Alorn has many

[6:54] questions, but very few answers. He says

[6:56] on Monday afternoon, he came to the

[6:58] Lloyd Center Mall with his family to

[7:00] have lunch. As always, he parked his

[7:02] 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo, like

[7:05] this one, in the covered garage. But

[7:07] when they came out of the mall this

[7:09] time, Steven says his car was gone.

[7:11] >> My first thought was maybe maybe I

[7:14] parked it in the wrong spot. I was

[7:16] hoping and I called security and no

[7:19] truck.

[7:21] >> Steven says mall security circled the

[7:23] parking lot with him looking for his

[7:24] car. When they couldn't find it, they

[7:26] reviewed surveillance video. Steven says

[7:29] security cameras caught the suspect

[7:31] scoping out several cars.

[7:32] >> The next video of him is driving away in

[7:34] my Jeep at 402. My heart dropped.

[7:37] Portland police are advising drivers to

[7:39] park in bright, well-lit places. Don't

[7:41] leave valuables in the car that would

[7:43] entice thieves and get an alarm if you

[7:45] can.

[7:46] >> We're walking everywhere. We It's awful.

[7:50] >> Steven's fianceé says it pains her to

[7:52] see him having to ride his bike an hour

[7:54] and a half to work every day. His

[7:57] commute by car was just 25 minutes. We

[8:00] can't afford to take a taxi. We can't

[8:01] afford all that stuff. I mean, we're not

[8:04] the richest people. We're just barely

[8:06] scraping by. Tonight, Steven has this

[8:09] message for the thief.

[8:10] >> Now, I'm riding my bike to work and I

[8:12] leave 2 hours earlier and it's it's a

[8:15] big part of my life that you took from

[8:17] me.

[8:18] >> Steven says a suspect is a white man

[8:20] about 6 feet tall with a slim build.

[8:22] He's about 20 to 25 years old with long

[8:25] brown hair. He was wearing a black

[8:27] hoodie at the time of the theft and the

[8:29] license plate on his car is 501 DGN.

[8:33] Anyone with information on this case is

[8:35] asked to contact Portland police.

[8:37] Reporting live in Northeast Portland

[8:38] tonight, Sophie Stone, the 10 o'clock

[8:40] news.

[8:41] >> A man wanted on meth charges is in jail

[8:43] tonight after a chase with deputies.

[8:44] Cops say that they spotted Adam Purcell

[8:46] on a four-wheeler today. They say he saw

[8:48] them and tried to drive away. Deputies

[8:51] say he finally made it onto an access

[8:53] road in Primeville and then crashed into

[8:55] a dump truck. Medics took him to a

[8:57] nearby hospital and he now faces several

[9:00] charges.

[9:03] We have some new details tonight about

[9:05] the local woman trampled by a horse.

[9:07] Tonight, her father is talking to Fox 12

[9:09] about the accident. A horse kicked and

[9:11] trampled Amy Ericson near Sherwood

[9:13] yesterday. She called 911, but bad cell

[9:16] service kept dispatchers from hearing

[9:18] her clearly and they didn't know where

[9:19] she was. So, they went to work piecing

[9:22] together her location, eventually

[9:23] targeting a place near Sherwood. And a

[9:25] Clackamus County Sheriff's deputy found

[9:27] her lying on the ground bleeding. But

[9:29] her father tonight tells us her injuries

[9:30] are not as bad as they first seemed.

[9:33] >> She's been injured by horses before

[9:35] where she's had some ribs broken and uh

[9:38] luckily uh this time uh no serious

[9:41] injuries that uh and she get she should

[9:43] get well fast.

[9:45] >> Amy's father says his daughter wants to

[9:47] especially thank the dispatchers and

[9:48] authorities who just didn't give up on

[9:50] her. He also thanks the staff at Legacy

[9:52] Emanuel Hospital.

[9:54] >> Now Portland's first weather at 10. Hey,

[9:57] Mark Nelson here in the first live local

[9:59] weather center for the first time in a

[10:00] week. Not much to look at on the live

[10:02] radar. We don't have any showers showing

[10:03] up. So, let's go out to the beach here.

[10:04] This is our Shinook Winds beach cam and

[10:06] a beautiful evening out there. This is I

[10:08] think from about 5 to 7:00 or so, about

[10:11] an hour before sunset. And you can see

[10:13] calming wind, just a few puffy clouds

[10:15] and that was about it. Looks like uh

[10:16] you'll probably have a pretty nice

[10:17] sunrise out there at the beaches as

[10:19] well. Now, if you've been outside, you

[10:20] know it's getting chilly. A good portion

[10:22] of the metro area dropping into the 40s

[10:24] at this hour. Most of us uh stay in the

[10:26] 40s. Some spots though like Hillsboro,

[10:28] Scapuse could drop into the 30s. Coming

[10:30] up, we've got the weekend forecast

[10:31] looking brighter and we just had a

[10:33] tornado in Oregon yesterday. We'll talk

[10:34] about that.

[10:37] >> The 10:00 news is just getting started.

[10:39] >> A local woman doesn't like her hairstyle

[10:41] and now she's taking her salon to court.

[10:43] >> Her hair was obviously very dry and very

[10:46] brittle.

[10:46] >> Here why some workers say she brought

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[11:01] Portlanders come to gather. But health

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[11:06] growing in the kitchen. See where in

[11:08] tonight's Dirty Dining, the economic

[11:10] crisis hits businesses hard on Northwest

[11:13] 23rd Avenue.

[11:14] >> I noticed there's a lot more uh you

[11:16] know, vacant real estate,

[11:18] >> but they're not giving in. how they're

[11:20] keeping doors open and customers coming

[11:22] back.

[11:23] >> And we do have a chilly night ahead.

[11:24] Some of you getting close to that frost

[11:26] point. We'll talk about that and a big

[11:27] warm-up for the weekend coming up.

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[14:22] Welcome back. Have a traffic alert

[14:24] tonight. A crash is closed I 84

[14:26] westbound in the Troutdale area. These

[14:29] are live pictures you're looking at

[14:30] right now. It's all happening at exit

[14:32] 17. That's near Marine Drive. ODOT says

[14:35] both lanes into town are closed.

[14:37] However, traffic officers are

[14:39] redirecting cars off the freeway before

[14:42] that crash and then back on just about a

[14:44] third of a mile away. So, it's not

[14:45] creating right now a huge backup, but

[14:47] something to be aware of. Crews are

[14:48] working to clear the roadway, but they

[14:49] don't think that they will have it open

[14:51] until about 1:00 a.m. We'll keep you

[14:53] posted if anything changes.

[14:55] >> Well, you don't see cases like this in

[14:56] court very often. A local woman sued her

[14:58] hair salon for thousands of dollars

[15:00] because she said they ruined her hair.

[15:02] It took jurors just a few hours to reach

[15:04] their decision today. KPTV's Brett

[15:06] Weissberg spent the day in court and has

[15:08] the verdict.

[15:10] >> After the three-day trial, the jury's

[15:11] decision means Sarah Ward will not

[15:14] collect the $50,000 she had hoped for.

[15:16] We are overwhelmed at the support um

[15:19] that the community of Lake OSGO has

[15:21] given us.

[15:22] >> Tonight, the owner of Roomie Simone

[15:23] Salon is ready to move on.

[15:25] >> We're just excited to get back to work.

[15:27] >> Diana Rosselu has been in a 19-month

[15:29] battle against a former client, Sarah

[15:32] Ward. For the past three days, Ward and

[15:34] her attorney tried to convince a jury to

[15:36] award her $50,000

[15:39] >> based upon the evidence that Ms. Ward's

[15:41] hair broke as a result of a chemical

[15:44] insult. To collect the damages, Ward

[15:46] needed just nine jurors to rule in her

[15:48] favor. But that didn't happen today.

[15:50] >> Was rum simone andor caps off negligent

[15:54] in one or more of the ways alleged in

[15:55] the plaintiff's complaint? And your

[15:57] answer to that question, the verdict

[15:59] says no.

[16:00] >> Let Gorman says in 2007 her client had

[16:03] her hair bleached three times by Katia

[16:06] Caps off. But soon after those

[16:07] treatments, Ward's hair started falling

[16:09] out, chopped and damaged. Ward told the

[16:11] jurors she was devastated. They want

[16:14] somebody like that to change her look

[16:19] because they screwed up.

[16:21] >> Defense says they tried working with

[16:23] Ward to fix the problem.

[16:24] >> Well, you don't prepare for it. You

[16:26] know, learning experience. Everything's

[16:28] a learning experience and something good

[16:29] comes out of everything.

[16:30] >> As jurors left, they explained why they

[16:32] ruled in favor of the salon.

[16:34] >> There just wasn't enough uh good, solid,

[16:37] hard facts that could not be disputed or

[16:40] argued. Everyone in this case says

[16:42] they're ready to put this behind them.

[16:44] >> It was a bad deal for her for sure. I'm

[16:46] sorry it happened to her and uh but we

[16:50] all need to take responsibility.

[16:51] >> As Sarah left court today, she told us

[16:54] this was never a case about money.

[16:56] Reporting in News Control tonight, Brent

[16:58] Weisberg, the 10:00 news.

[16:59] >> Well, some local students may not get to

[17:01] take part in the Junior Rose Festival

[17:03] Parade. The boosters who help organize

[17:05] the parade say Portland public school

[17:06] district officials [music] will not

[17:08] allow kids to get out of school early

[17:09] for the parade for the first time ever.

[17:12] The June 3rd parade starts at 1:00.

[17:14] School district officials say that they

[17:16] will allow kids to go home early if they

[17:18] have a [music] note from a parent.

[17:19] Parade organizers say if the school

[17:21] district wanted to change the tradition,

[17:23] it should have held a meeting.

[17:25] So what that ultimately means is that

[17:27] the nation's largest and oldest

[17:29] children's parade suddenly gets shrunk

[17:31] by a single action of the Portland

[17:34] public schools. That decision does

[17:36] affect six schools. Portland public

[17:38] school officials say they've received

[17:39] some complaints from some parents who

[17:41] don't want school to end early on parade

[17:44] day.

[17:47] Did a woman out of PDX have the H1N1

[17:50] flu? Tonight, the Multma Health

[17:52] Department is trying to figure that out.

[17:53] Officials at Portland International

[17:54] Airport say an afternoon flight came in

[17:56] carrying a woman who had some flu

[17:57] symptoms. She agreed to go to the

[17:59] hospital for tests. And tonight, the

[18:01] health department is working with DHS on

[18:03] that case. As of today, Oregon public

[18:06] health officials have received

[18:07] confirmation of 48 cases of H1N1 flu.

[18:11] >> Tonight, a decision has been made about

[18:13] whether or not a controversial math

[18:15] curriculum will be taught in the Tiger

[18:16] Tolitin School District. It's called

[18:18] college preparatory math and parents say

[18:20] it just doesn't cover the basics and has

[18:23] even failed in California schools. But

[18:25] the district had been saying it's a

[18:27] balanced curriculum that emphasizes

[18:28] problem solving. Well, tonight the

[18:30] school board voted 3 to2 to bring back

[18:33] traditional math next fall. But they do

[18:35] say there will be a small amount of the

[18:37] college prep math added to the mix.

[18:41] Well, it is known as one of the

[18:42] trendiest places in all of Portland, but

[18:44] it seems even Northwest 23rd isn't

[18:47] immune from the economic crisis. Take a

[18:49] stroll in that area of Portland, known

[18:50] for its unique and quaint shops and

[18:52] restaurants, and you'll see some things

[18:54] are changing. KPTV's Andrew Padulla is

[18:56] live in Northwest Portland with more on

[18:58] the story. Andrew?

[18:59] >> Well, Wayne, if you walk up and down

[19:00] along Northwest 23rd, you've probably

[19:02] seen them signs at many storefronts like

[19:04] this, but some say hope is out there.

[19:08] >> [music]

[19:12] >> Along Northwest 23rd, people are walking

[19:15] to a different beat.

[19:17] >> I am noticing it all over. It's very sad

[19:20] to see because I really feel for these

[19:22] store owners.

[19:25] >> Up and down the street, the signs stick

[19:27] out, places for lease, stores sitting

[19:30] empty.

[19:30] >> Um, it looks like uh a lot of the

[19:33] smaller boutiquey kind of shops are

[19:35] closing. I'm interested to see who the

[19:37] new people are.

[19:38] >> The economy caught up with many store

[19:40] owners.

[19:40] >> In January, February, and March, I

[19:42] reduced my hours for the first time in

[19:45] 23 years.

[19:47] >> Some of those unique boutiques didn't

[19:49] survive. Shoppers stopped spending.

[19:51] >> I've cut way back and I think a lot more

[19:54] before I spend any money.

[19:56] >> Some stores getting ready to close are

[19:58] offering huge sales.

[20:00] >> I just see a lot more sales that don't

[20:02] seem to be working. At Dazzle, owner

[20:05] Fabiana Priola says her store reflects

[20:07] the change. She feels it's on its way.

[20:10] >> You know, I'm seeing more people that

[20:11] live in the neighborhood and and people

[20:13] who come in from different parts of the

[20:15] city, too. I'm just seeing an increase

[20:17] in number of people in the door.

[20:20] >> Just as some of the higherend boutiques

[20:22] are gone, blocks away on Burnside, a

[20:25] different type of store has sprung up. A

[20:27] bargain for your buck.

[20:30] Back on Northwest 23rd. It's a little

[20:32] bit bizarre [music] because there are

[20:34] places that I've walked by, you know,

[20:36] for the years that I've lived here and

[20:38] um they're empty now.

[20:39] >> Everyone on this street is hoping for a

[20:41] new tune to this bad economy.

[20:45] [music]

[20:50] >> And back here live, according to the

[20:52] Portland Business Journal, in the last

[20:53] four months, 22 stores have either

[20:56] closed or in the process of closing in

[20:57] the northwest area of Portland. Nine of

[20:59] the stores are along Northwest 23rd.

[21:02] Reporting live from Northwest Portland,

[21:04] Andrew Padulla, the 10 o'clock news.

[21:06] >> Coming up tonight, a surprise in

[21:08] tonight's Dirty Dining, but it is not a

[21:09] welcome one.

[21:10] >> Yeah, a customer says they found the

[21:12] head of a snake in one chain restaurant.

[21:14] You have to see this one to believe it.

[21:16] >> A car company begs Congress for billions

[21:18] of dollars in bailout money, then turns

[21:20] around and throws a swanky party.

[21:22] Tonight, why executives are defending

[21:24] their actions. And he's supposed to

[21:26] remain celibate, but this priest is in

[21:28] some hot water for these pictures

[21:30] showing him and a woman at the beach.

[21:32] >> And it looks like a cold night coming

[21:34] up. In fact, some places he's going to

[21:35] cascades into the 20s overnight tonight.

[21:37] We'll have a much warmer forecast though

[21:39] coming up for the weekend.

[21:41] >> You're watching the 10:00 news first

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[23:03] where do you see what health inspectors

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[23:06] These stories are much more tonight in

[23:07] the Fox 12 Final Cut.

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[24:48] >> Tonight, Senator Ron Weiden wants the

[24:50] federal government to give people in

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[24:56] provided them after a major storm and

[24:58] flood back in December of 2007, but they

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[25:11] the extension.

[25:14] In news around the Northwest tonight,

[25:15] the Obama administration wants to

[25:16] improve weather forecasting in the

[25:18] Pacific Northwest. President Obama's

[25:20] 2010 budget includes $7 million for an

[25:23] upgraded weather radar system to improve

[25:26] storm forecasting in Washington State.

[25:28] Senator Maria Canwell says the high

[25:30] quality technology could reach more than

[25:32] 100 miles into the Pacific. Canwell says

[25:35] she plans to push for that legislation.

[25:37] >> Seattle's former police chief is

[25:39] officially the nation's next drugs. The

[25:41] Senate overwhelmingly confirmed Gil

[25:43] Kurlicowski today. He will join the

[25:45] Obama administration and says he'll try

[25:48] to address drugrelated violence along

[25:50] the Mexican border. He says he will take

[25:51] a science-based approach to his new job.

[25:59] >> [music]

[26:00] >> Well, today we had just a few light

[26:01] showers out there and just a lot of

[26:03] cloud cover moving through, but by late

[26:04] in the day, boy, the sunshine was

[26:05] breaking through and that is a sign of

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[26:11] around.

[26:12] >> Also ahead, the Crystal Ballroom is

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[26:16] the health department found something in

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[26:21] [music] Dining.

[26:22] >> It's not something anyone expects while

[26:24] shopping. see why this strip mall became

[26:26] the site of a sudden explosion and it

[26:28] was caught on camera.

[26:29] >> And local leaders may have to slash more

[26:31] than 200 jobs. But there is one position

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[28:25] >> Local technology that could

[28:27] revolutionize companies around the world

[28:28] and pump money into our economy. It's

[28:31] coming up on the 10:00 news. First, live

[28:33] local.

[28:35] Lazy Boy Furniture Galleries in Portland

[28:37] and Salem have been selected to

[28:38] liquidate all overstocks from four Lazy

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[29:05] >> Every woman should hear [music] Jod's

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[29:22] >> But Jod's [music] story has a happy

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[30:09] Well, tonight Fox 12 is helping you

[30:10] understand the transition to digital

[30:12] television. Coming up later in the

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[30:36] following this newscast. We invite you

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[30:40] Understanding the Digital Transition.

[30:43] That's tonight, right after the 10:00

[30:44] news.

[30:47] In tonight's Consumer Watch, great news

[30:49] for working moms in Washington State.

[30:51] smartmoney.com ranked the state of

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[31:00] highquality child care, workplace

[31:02] flexibility, and family leave. The state

[31:04] scored well for well- reggulated child

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[31:12] in Washington is still on the expensive

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[31:42] It may sound impossible, but a local

[31:44] team at Xerox has developed a new kind

[31:46] of printing technology that not only

[31:47] helps us live green, it could also give

[31:49] our economy a big boost. Imagine, if you

[31:52] will, a color printer in your office

[31:54] that doesn't need any cartridges and

[31:55] doesn't leave smudges on your copies or

[31:57] ink on your hands. The brand new Xerox

[32:00] color cubes. Environmentally friendly,

[32:02] it uses solid blocks of ink for color

[32:05] printing that are completely waste-free.

[32:07] The best part is that they're made in

[32:09] Wilsonville.

[32:11] The color cube machine generates

[32:12] approximately 90% less waste than uh

[32:15] what a typical color laser would.

[32:17] >> Again, very simple for the customer.

[32:19] Open up the ink loader and uh drop the

[32:22] ink sticks in and that's it.

[32:25] >> You think you could use those ink sticks

[32:27] outside on the driveway? You know how

[32:28] the kids use the chalk?

[32:30] >> Yeah, they would try.

[32:31] >> Well, once you load four color sticks

[32:33] into the machine, engineers say that

[32:34] you're set for 200,000 copies. and they

[32:37] claim that the quality is just as good

[32:39] on recycled paper.

[32:41] >> Well, a field once covered in trash and

[32:43] hypodermic needles is now filled with

[32:44] kids playing baseball. Little leaguers

[32:46] and parents gathered at Fernwood Field

[32:49] in Northeast Portland tonight for a

[32:50] dedication ceremony. The project took

[32:52] more than 2 years to complete. It was

[32:54] fenced off with barbed wire while while

[32:57] safety issues were sorted out a year

[32:58] ago. Parents say it used to be an

[33:00] eyesore covered with dangerous objects.

[33:02] Look at it now. It is something to be

[33:04] proud of.

[33:06] On the weekends, kids are playing

[33:07] kickball or they're playing soccer with

[33:09] their friends. You know, now kids can

[33:11] come here on their own and play

[33:12] basketball where you might have needed a

[33:15] parent to to escort you just to make

[33:17] sure that everything was safe. And it's

[33:19] it's just it's a great place to gather.

[33:21] >> What a great difference that'll make for

[33:23] that community. The renovation cost

[33:24] $125,000. It was funded primarily by

[33:27] grants and the work of local people and

[33:29] organizations there.

[33:31] >> Fox 12 chief meteorologist Mark Nelson

[33:33] joins [music] us now. I understand you

[33:34] were north of the river today visiting

[33:35] our friends up in Vancouver.

[33:37] >> I'm almost finished with my school

[33:38] visits for the year, but today was kind

[33:39] of special because a lot of you may

[33:41] remember and I think you two remember

[33:42] the drinkwords. We followed them around

[33:44] last summer talking about expensive gas

[33:46] on their road trip. Yeah, they run a

[33:47] road trip for about three weeks, right?

[33:49] Remember

[33:51] >> because of all the gas prices where they

[33:52] went

[33:52] >> and gas prices were very high. Hopefully

[33:54] this summer it'll be cheaper. But uh

[33:56] they went to that school. I had my usual

[33:57] school thing here. And what you'll see

[33:59] is uh they gave us all this these great

[34:01] pictures here. There's a picture of the

[34:02] classroom. There were actually four

[34:04] classes in there, 100 kids. But I see

[34:06] Molly Drinkward here did all the art.

[34:09] >> Kind of this great little portfolio here

[34:11] ready to go as I walked out the door.

[34:12] >> Nice.

[34:13] >> Great place. And they also gave us some

[34:14] chips and salsa. That was pretty nice as

[34:16] well.

[34:16] >> Yeah, she makes great salsa.

[34:18] >> Yeah, salsa was good stuff. Thank you

[34:19] very much. But just a few more class

[34:21] visits to go. The school year is

[34:22] wrapping up, which means summer is right

[34:24] around the corner, right? Yeah, should

[34:26] be. Okay, let's take a look outside

[34:27] right now if we could. Look at that.

[34:28] We've got a almost full moon out there.

[34:30] That's a view from our skyline camera.

[34:31] It's going to be a bright night because

[34:33] we have skies clearing out. And with

[34:34] skies clearing out, of course, starting

[34:36] to get kind of chilly out there. Now, we

[34:37] made it to 62 today. It's a little below

[34:39] average for this time of the year. We

[34:41] are 58 at Salem. And east side, some

[34:43] spots, boy, had a tough time getting

[34:45] much above 50. Burns and Baker City, 53

[34:48] degrees at both places. Current

[34:49] temperatures, it's in the 30s there.

[34:51] Most of us west side already down in the

[34:53] 40s. It's kind of chilly for this time

[34:54] of the night and this time of the year.

[34:56] But let's step back one day. Yesterday,

[34:58] if you're watching in our 4:00 show,

[34:59] just a little bit out of our viewing

[35:01] area, but over in Umatillaa County, uh

[35:03] we mentioned that there have been some

[35:04] severe thunderstorms that moved through

[35:06] that area, but one of those did produce

[35:08] an EF1 tornado. I think that's the same

[35:10] strength as what we had in Vancouver uh

[35:12] about 14 months ago. And here are the

[35:14] details on that. It actually did quite a

[35:15] bit of destruction over there over a

[35:17] mainly open area. It was a mile and a

[35:19] half long path. Tore a a metal roof

[35:22] section through to half a mile.

[35:24] 50-gallon drums, those big things,

[35:26] quarter mile distance. They were thrown

[35:28] that far by the tornado and also golf

[35:30] ball size hail. So, we don't see many of

[35:31] that strength of tornado, many of those

[35:34] here in the Pacific Northwest. Now,

[35:36] we've had one in Washington and one in

[35:37] Oregon here within about a year and a

[35:39] half. Well, weather, boy, it's going to

[35:41] be dead the next few days, which means

[35:42] good stuff for you. It looks like some

[35:44] beautiful weather coming up the next

[35:45] three days. No weather systems to the

[35:46] west. The cool air over us, that's going

[35:48] to push off to the east. Warmer air

[35:50] comes in from the west and this will

[35:52] kind of push a jetream up to the north

[35:53] for a few days. Unfortunately, it's

[35:55] going to come right back at us, I think,

[35:56] on Sunday night and Monday. So, enjoy

[35:58] three days of dry weather and then the

[36:00] showers come back for the beginning of

[36:02] next week. Our cloud rain forecast shows

[36:03] maybe some morning clouds tomorrow,

[36:05] especially inland, maybe some morning

[36:07] clouds along the beaches on the Saturday

[36:09] and Sunday mornings, and then some high

[36:11] clouds coming up Sunday afternoon. But

[36:12] otherwise, it's going to be real nice.

[36:14] So, weekend getaway looking good. Let's

[36:15] do that first and then we'll get to

[36:17] tomorrow's forecast. A good outdoor

[36:18] weekend in the valley. Near 70 on

[36:20] Saturday, lower 70s on Sunday. A few

[36:22] high clouds for Mother's Day. Uh in the

[36:24] gorge, not a good wind surfing weekend.

[36:26] I think there'll be light wind both

[36:27] days. Temperatures up in the mid70s,

[36:29] especially at the east end of the gorge

[36:30] on Sunday. And then for eastern Oregon,

[36:32] looks like a dry and warm weekend coming

[36:34] up. Kind of slow to warm up tomorrow and

[36:36] Saturday and then into the 70s, I think,

[36:38] in Eastern Oregon on Sunday. So, pretty

[36:39] much a cloudless weekend anywhere east

[36:42] of the Cascade Crest. So, let's go to

[36:44] tomorrow's forecast and we will go to

[36:45] Eastern Oregon to start with. I can tell

[36:47] you this, it looks like a nice day

[36:48] tomorrow. A little bit warmer, 50s, some

[36:51] 60s, 64 Pendleton, maybe just touching

[36:53] 70 at the Dallas up on Mount Hood.

[36:56] Little bit warmer, by the way. Great

[36:57] climbing weather on the mountain this

[36:59] weekend with no weather systems

[37:00] approaching. We're in the peak of the

[37:01] climbing season. Good firm snow since

[37:03] it's been cold. So, uh, good news up

[37:05] there. And then west of the Cascades for

[37:06] tomorrow, mid to upper 60s here in the

[37:08] valleys. Some brief morning clouds,

[37:10] including here in the metro area. Notice

[37:11] the temperature. Uh it's going to be

[37:13] chilly in the morning. It'll take a

[37:14] while to get up into the upper 60s by

[37:17] 5:00 p.m. So, kind of mid-spring to late

[37:19] spring temperatures as we go through the

[37:21] day. Mother's Day looks real nice. Uh

[37:23] nothing has really changed on here

[37:24] except we bumped up the high

[37:25] temperatures for Mother's Day, maybe

[37:26] around 72, but the showers do come back

[37:29] for the beginning of next week. And

[37:30] don't forget, you can always go online

[37:31] ktv.com and check out our instant

[37:33] desktop weather that comes down on your

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[37:38] In tonight's final cut, smart move or

[37:41] mistake, you decide [music] as we show

[37:43] you why GM is spending a pretty penny

[37:45] throwing a party on the same day it

[37:47] announced billions of [music] dollars in

[37:48] losses. Do you think it's smart to use

[37:51] your tax money in these economic times

[37:52] to hire a county blogger while having to

[37:55] let go of more than 200 other positions?

[37:58] And see if one local landmark made all

[38:00] the right moves in the kitchen to

[38:02] prepare for health inspectors. Tonight's

[38:04] Dirty Dining checks out the Crystal

[38:06] Ballroom. The final cut is next.

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[39:19] >> So, the insurance company and the folks

[39:21] that did this to me have some sort of

[39:23] arrangement. They get more work and the

[39:25] insurance company gets kickbacks.

[39:27] [music]

[39:27] >> I see.

[39:32] >> But,

[39:32] >> who wins here? Not me

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[39:43] >> it's your right to choose who fixes your

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[39:49] >> Drew Peterson finally under arrest, but

[39:52] it has nothing to do with his missing

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[42:11] Now, news across America tonight starts

[42:13] in Georgia where a doctor gets an

[42:14] unusual birthday gift, a big box of pot.

[42:17] UPS delivered a package to the man's

[42:19] house on his birthday, and it was on his

[42:21] front porch when he left for work, but

[42:22] he didn't open it right away. He cut it

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[42:27] it was moss at first. That is until he

[42:30] got the smell of it.

[42:33] >> Chiseled into this block. It was very

[42:35] compact and it realized this was not

[42:36] spagnum moss. Uh cuz the the odor

[42:40] suddenly changed.

[42:41] >> Authorities say the name on the address

[42:44] label was probably made up. The street

[42:46] value of that packaged pot is about

[42:48] $40,000.

[42:50] >> Drew Peterson is behind bars tonight in

[42:52] Illinois. arrested in connection with

[42:53] the murder of his third wife. This is

[42:56] video of uh his children being taken out

[42:58] of his home in a Chicago sub suburb.

[43:00] Police say Kathleen Savio was found dead

[43:03] in a dry bathtub back in 2004. Peterson

[43:05] has also been a suspect in the

[43:07] disappearance of his 23-year-old wife,

[43:09] Stacy Peterson. This next story might

[43:11] make you upset. On the same day General

[43:13] Motors announced it had lost $6 billion

[43:15] in the first quarter, the company hosted

[43:17] a huge party in Arizona. GM flew in 500

[43:20] of its biggest customers, not employees,

[43:22] to a Phoenix resort. The company says it

[43:25] won't give the cost of the event, but

[43:26] says it is significantly less than it

[43:28] was last year. No one from the US

[43:30] government has responded. A Florida

[43:32] priest is in big trouble tonight after

[43:34] pictures show him lying on a beach with

[43:36] a woman. He's now on leave and the

[43:38] church is struggling with how to handle

[43:40] the scandal. Just last week, the priest

[43:42] announced on a radio show that he thinks

[43:44] priests should be allowed to get

[43:46] married.

[43:49] A gas leak causes a huge explosion at a

[43:51] shopping mall in Maryland and it is

[43:52] caught on camera. Take a look at this.

[43:54] Investigators had evacuated the mall

[43:55] just a few minutes before that explosion

[43:57] right there after shoppers started

[44:00] smelling fumes. The blast still injured

[44:02] six people, including a man working on

[44:04] one of the gas lines. The explosion

[44:06] caused thousands of dollars worth of

[44:08] damage to several stores. A full

[44:10] investigation is underway tonight.

[44:14] The File Cut goes local tonight with

[44:16] controversy in Multma County. The county

[44:18] could be forced to cut more than 200

[44:20] positions, but has an opening for a job

[44:22] that requires somebody to use Twitter

[44:24] and Facebook. KPTV's Andrew Doula is

[44:27] live at the Fox 12 mobile newsroom now

[44:28] with this controversy. Andrew, well,

[44:30] Wayne, can you believe this? It's a

[44:32] full-time job that pays 60 to $70,000 a

[44:35] year. And one of the requirements is to

[44:37] update the county's Facebook and Twitter

[44:39] page. Now, Multma County says it created

[44:41] this position because people don't know

[44:42] what their county does for them. Aside

[44:45] from being on Facebook and Twitter, the

[44:46] position requires applicants to be able

[44:48] to write news releases, editorials, and

[44:50] web content on tight deadlines, but some

[44:53] don't think it's worth taxpayer money.

[44:56] >> It looks like um probably a

[44:58] misappropriation of payroll dollar and

[45:01] that they could probably find somebody

[45:02] that would do it very cheaply. I don't

[45:05] think that it's appropriate to pay

[45:06] somebody to play around on the internet

[45:09] all day if they have a county website. I

[45:11] don't see why that's not enough.

[45:12] >> Yeah, I think it's a little tough in

[45:14] today's environment to spend that money

[45:15] there. So, yeah, I don't think it's a

[45:17] good idea.

[45:19] >> And the office chair for public affairs

[45:21] is taking a pay cut. They're also

[45:22] eliminating a couple of positions and

[45:24] rearranging some money to pay for this

[45:26] coordinator position. That posting, that

[45:28] job posting closes May 20th. Reporting

[45:31] live from the Fox 12 mobile newsroom

[45:32] tonight, Andrew Padulla, the 10 o'clock

[45:34] news.

[45:35] >> So, you might have a different opinion

[45:36] and Fox 12 does want to know what you

[45:37] think about this. So, we invite you to

[45:39] take our web poll. Should Multma County

[45:41] hire a full-time social media

[45:43] coordinator? You can vote now online at

[45:45] kptv.com.

[45:51] >> Well, talk about some extreme dirty

[45:53] dining. If you're eating, you might want

[45:54] to pause for this story. A man from the

[45:57] Albany, New York area says he found

[45:59] something peculiar in his food while

[46:00] dining at a TGI Fridays there on Sunday

[46:02] night. Jack Pendleton says he found the

[46:05] snake head in his broccoli and he used a

[46:07] cell phone to take the picture. He

[46:09] describes what happened when he first

[46:11] saw it.

[46:12] >> And when I finally got it turned over

[46:14] all the way, that was when I saw the eye

[46:16] sockets that were all black and sunken

[46:18] in. And there was a a bit of skin that

[46:20] was missing from the top of the

[46:22] forehead. You could see the skull

[46:23] through there.

[46:25] Oh, that is so disgusting. This guy says

[46:27] he is not looking for a payday, though.

[46:29] He says he will not be going back to

[46:30] that Fridays, but he also says he has no

[46:33] plans to sue.

[46:34] >> Well, back here at home, Portland

[46:36] landmarks get health inspections, too.

[46:38] And the results are not always

[46:39] memorable. But tonight, Dirty Dining

[46:40] shows you a historic place with a health

[46:42] score some would rather forget. KPTV's

[46:44] Carrie Tomlinson joins us live now with

[46:46] more on that. Carrie?

[46:47] >> Well, the owners of this place say it is

[46:49] on the National Historic Register. It's

[46:52] a restaurant and several bars all under

[46:54] one roof at the Crystal Ballroom.

[46:59] Bite into a burger here and you bite

[47:01] into Portland history. Nine decades of

[47:04] dance and drink, song, and now supper.

[47:07] The Crystal Ballroom began as a dance

[47:09] hall around World War I and now carries

[47:12] on as a McMinman's music hall with bars

[47:15] and a restaurant. But all this history

[47:17] can't change the score of the Crystal

[47:19] Ballroom's last semianual health

[47:22] inspection. A 62 out of 100, a failing

[47:26] grade. Inspectors wrote up sticky and

[47:29] moldy soda guns and holsters in four

[47:32] bars at the Crystal Ballroom with pink

[47:35] mold built up inside the holsters. They

[47:38] noted that the ice machine in the

[47:40] Crystal Ballroom bar was moldy inside

[47:43] and quite soiled outside. They saw that

[47:47] the tabletop can opener was quite soiled

[47:50] in some parts as well. Inspectors

[47:53] reported that two dishwashers were not

[47:55] sanitizing dishes properly to kill germs

[47:58] on your plates. They also tested burgers

[48:01] coming off the grill and found they were

[48:03] not hot enough, not cooked enough to

[48:06] kill germs that could make you sick.

[48:08] Many of these were repeat violations,

[48:11] problems turning up again on the

[48:13] inspection, even after a warning last

[48:16] time through. Inspectors did give

[48:18] compliments as well, saying they saw

[48:20] good cooling procedures, clean cooking

[48:23] and equipment surfaces, and clean and

[48:25] well supplied restrooms, among other

[48:27] things. But the list of violations was

[48:30] longer and gave the place its F-grade.

[48:33] >> We paid a visit to the Crystal Ballroom.

[48:35] >> We're with Fox 12 News and we do stories

[48:37] on restaurant inspections and we saw

[48:39] that [snorts] the the report for the

[48:42] Crystal Ballroom was a failing

[48:44] inspection. The assistant manager

[48:46] referred us to another person in charge.

[48:48] >> Come back during regular business hours

[48:50] would be better when our property

[48:51] managers around. The property manager

[48:53] later told us they were able to correct

[48:56] some of the violations on the spot and

[48:58] some violations later on. He says it's

[49:01] difficult to stay violation free because

[49:03] they have such a large place, but he

[49:05] adds the scoring system is very

[49:07] important and they're very concerned

[49:10] about health and safety. They've

[49:12] received a perfect score in the past, he

[49:14] says, and 100 is always their goal.

[49:17] Inspectors returned for the mandatory

[49:19] reinspection and bumped the score up to

[49:23] an 89. That means the doors stay open at

[49:26] the Crystal Ballroom. Another night of

[49:28] music, magic, and history in downtown

[49:31] Portland.

[49:34] And now for some highs and lows. Muchas

[49:36] Gracias on Commercial in Salem gets a 75

[49:39] out of 100. Below 70 is failing. Wendy's

[49:41] Happy Garden Buffet in Woodburn gets a

[49:44] 73. and Fudelot in Southeast Portland

[49:47] gets close with a 71. For highs, the

[49:50] Nordstrom Cafe on Southeast 82nd gets

[49:52] two perfect scores. Backyard Beastro in

[49:55] Welches gets three 100s in a row. But

[49:58] how about five top scores for Nuts on

[50:01] Sports Pizza in Boring. And that is

[50:03] Dirty Dining for tonight. Reporting

[50:05] live, Carrie Tomlinson, the 10:00 news.

[50:08] And if you would like to learn more

[50:10] about the most recent health inspection

[50:11] of your favorite restaurant, all you

[50:13] have to do is go to our website,

[50:14] kptv.com.

[50:16] We have links for all the local county's

[50:18] health departments, and you can see who

[50:19] passed and who failed. It's all at

[50:21] kpv.com. [music]

[50:23] >> All right, now in the final cut, it is

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[50:40] that is tonight's final cut.

[50:43] >> Still to come after the break, we are

[50:44] getting ready to turn off our analog

[50:46] signal so you can see if you're ready

[50:48] for that transition to digital TV.

[50:50] >> And a reminder, if you're away from the

[50:52] TV, you can still watch the 10:00 news

[50:54] every night. Fox 12 streams all of our

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[50:59] We'll be right back.

[51:05] You're watching the 10:00 news first

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[52:34] >> You're getting closer to the digital

[52:36] deadline. Your chance to see whether

[52:37] your TV is ready. It's coming up on the

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[53:59] >> The change to digital television is

[54:00] coming this June and Fox 12 wants to

[54:02] help you get ready.

[54:03] >> Right now both KPTV and our sister

[54:05] station KPDX broadcast in both digital

[54:07] and analog but soon it will only be

[54:09] digital. Kevin Cory joins us now live to

[54:11] explain how the test is going to work.

[54:12] Kevin.

[54:12] >> Yeah, that's right. The mandatory

[54:13] switchover is scheduled for June 12th.

[54:16] Now, in just a moment, we're going to

[54:17] turn off our analog broadcast signal for

[54:19] about 15 seconds. That will help you

[54:21] test your TV. If you lose our signal,

[54:23] don't change the channel. You'll be able

[54:25] to see our signal once the test is over.

[54:27] And then we'll tell you what you need to

[54:28] do before the deadline. Okay. So, you

[54:30] ready? All right. We're going to switch

[54:32] our And there we go. Now, if you're

[54:34] seeing our broadcast right now, then you

[54:36] don't need to do anything. Anyone who

[54:38] does not own a digital TV and gets their

[54:40] programming over the air will need to

[54:42] take certain steps in order to view

[54:44] television once the switchover occurs.

[54:46] Again, if you're seeing our signal, the

[54:48] TV you're watching right now is okay.

[54:51] Okay, so now we're going to turn the

[54:52] analog signal back on.

[54:55] And there we go. So, you have just seen

[54:57] a test of what will happen on June 12th

[54:59] when analog broadcast is shut off and

[55:02] the switch to digital is complete. If

[55:04] you lost your signal, saw snow, or just

[55:06] saw a black screen, well, that means

[55:07] your television is not ready for the

[55:09] digital transition. So, you have several

[55:11] options to correct this problem before

[55:13] June 12th. You can purchase a converter

[55:15] box, buy a new digital television, or

[55:17] you can contact a satellite or cable

[55:19] provider and sign up for their service.

[55:21] Now, for more information and a complete

[55:23] breakdown of the switch to digital, just

[55:25] go to kptv.com and click on the

[55:27] countdown to digital TV. Reporting live

[55:30] tonight, Kevin Kawari, the 10:00 news.

[55:32] Thank you, Kevin. And thanks for joining

[55:33] us tonight. If you have more questions

[55:35] about the transition to digital

[55:37] television, don't go anywhere.

[55:38] >> Yeah, because coming right up, our Fox

[55:40] 12 special report, Understanding the

[55:42] Digital Transition. For now, the news

[55:45] does continue online at kptv.com. We

[55:47] hope you have a great night and get

[55:48] ready for that transition, which happens

[55:50] coming up in just about a month.

[55:51] >> Yeah, we'll see you tomorrow.

[55:59] >> [music]

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[59:06] >> This is a Fox 12 special report. [music]

[59:09] Understanding the digital transition.

[59:11] The way you watch television is about to

[59:14] change.

[59:14] >> I'm just kind of wait until the switch

[59:16] comes.

[59:17] >> But you don't have to wait. You can

[59:18] enjoy the benefits of digital TV right

[59:21] now. We'll show you how to tell if you

[59:23] need to take action.

[59:24] >> I heard you don't have to buy a whole

[59:26] new TV set.

[59:27] >> How to get a coupon from the government

[59:29] in case you need some new equipment. Fox

[59:31] 12 wants to help you understand the

[59:34] digital TV transition.

[59:37] >> Well, thank you for joining us. I'm

[59:38] Kevin Kawari and let's start at the

[59:40] beginning. What is digital television?

[59:42] Well, digital television or DTV is an

[59:45] advanced broadcasting technology that

[59:46] offers better picture and sound quality.

[59:49] Now, back in 1996, Congress authorized

[59:51] giving TV stations an additional channel

[59:54] so they could start broadcasting a

[59:55] digital signal while keeping their

[59:57] analog signals up and running. Well,

[59:59] those analog signals are going away on

[60:01] June 12th, which means if you're not set

[60:03] up to receive the digital signal, your

[60:06] TV could go dark. You might remember

[60:08] Congress initially set a deadline of

[60:10] February 17th for the end of analog

[60:12] broadcasting. But when surveys showed

[60:14] millions of Americans weren't ready to

[60:16] make the switch, lawmakers voted to

[60:18] delay that transition. Some TV stations

[60:21] stopped broadcasting analog in February.

[60:23] But Fox 12 and PDX TV listened to our

[60:26] viewers concerns and decided to hold off

[60:29] on making the switch until June 12th. As

[60:31] KPTV's Jim Hyde explains, it's part of

[60:34] our commitment to helping you understand

[60:36] the digital transition.

[60:40] A DTV signal would be nothing but snow

[60:42] on a set that's only receptive to analog

[60:44] broadcast.

[60:47] Operators at a phone bank like this one

[60:49] want to help those who have not

[60:51] installed the converter box become ready

[60:53] for DTV. Most Portland TV stations are

[60:56] joining a single phone bank and DTV help

[60:58] center. Train staff are manning the

[61:00] phones from 8 until 5. That center is

[61:02] located at OPB, but people in all

[61:04] cooperating stations are taking calls in

[61:06] their buildings, too.

[61:07] >> They didn't get their coupons, what kind

[61:09] of box to buy, um how to hook it up, the

[61:12] manual's not making sense. um it's

[61:14] hooked up correctly, but they're not

[61:17] getting any channels or they haven't

[61:19] scanned yet.

[61:19] >> It just plugs directly into the TV.

[61:22] >> Operators at the help center have been

[61:23] trained to walk you through the

[61:25] connecting process over the telephone.

[61:27] You can also come here to KPTV to see

[61:29] the DTV converter box setup.

[61:32] >> Many of them will come with a couple of

[61:34] different kinds of plugs. Right here,

[61:36] you've got an RCA type of plug and we

[61:38] had a

[61:40] different kind of coax cable plug. And

[61:42] so basically, you need to take whatever

[61:43] kind of plug you had in your TV and use

[61:45] that in your converter box.

[61:47] >> Delaying the change over to June 12th

[61:49] should help avoid consumer confusion.

[61:52] >> I'm just looking at it viewer by viewer

[61:54] to help um because they're going to need

[61:55] help before after June 12th.

[61:57] >> Jim Hyde, Fox 12, Oregon.

[61:59] >> Well, the Portland DTV Help Center

[62:01] hotline is 1 800241-8123.

[62:06] Now, we'll bring you that number again

[62:07] in case you don't have a pen and paper

[62:08] nearby. And you can also find out uh

[62:11] more information by going to our website

[62:13] that is kptv.com.

[62:15] So you might be wondering why why is the

[62:18] FCC making this nationwide switch with a

[62:20] conversion to an all digital signal

[62:23] frees up the airwaves which means

[62:24] there's more room for Wi-Fi services and

[62:27] new dedicated communication channels for

[62:29] emergency first responders. And you win

[62:32] too. Digital signals offer a crisper

[62:34] picture when you're watching TV. So mark

[62:37] your calendar. Fox 12 and PDXTV will

[62:40] shut off our analog signals on Friday,

[62:42] June 12th. That happens at 9:00 a.m. And

[62:45] that means we'll only be sending out our

[62:47] digital signal. So, if you're not

[62:48] equipped to see our digital signal, you

[62:50] need to take action. Now, you might be

[62:53] wondering how to tell whether you are

[62:54] ready for the end of analog broadcasts.

[62:56] Well, there are a few different ways to

[62:58] tell. First, if your TV was made after

[63:01] March 1st, 2007, it is equipped with a

[63:04] digital tuner. Those sets must be marked

[63:07] to let you know they contain digital

[63:09] tuners. Look for markings with words

[63:11] like integrated digital tuner or digital

[63:14] tuner builtin. Of course, you can refer

[63:16] to your TV manual for that information

[63:18] as well. One warning for you. If the set

[63:20] is labeled as digital or HDTV monitor or

[63:24] digital ready or HDTV ready, it may not

[63:27] contain a digital tuner. If that's the

[63:30] case, you'll need an overthe-air digital

[63:32] set top box to bring in that digital

[63:34] signal. Another way to know if your TV

[63:36] is ready for the end of analog is to

[63:38] test your set. Now, we've been

[63:39] broadcasting DTV tests for months to

[63:42] show you what happens when that analog

[63:43] signal goes away. And this is what it

[63:46] looks like. What we're going to do right

[63:48] now is we're going to turn off the

[63:49] analog broadcast signal here on PDX TV.

[63:52] See, there it went right there. Now, if

[63:53] you're seeing our broadcast right now,

[63:55] then your TV is all set for the

[63:56] transition. You don't have to do

[63:58] anything different than what you're

[63:59] doing right now for your TV to work

[64:02] during the switch.

[64:04] >> What? It's actually harder than it

[64:05] looks.

[64:05] >> And we'll continue running those tests

[64:07] to see if your TV is ready for the end

[64:08] of analog on both Fox 12 and PDXTV. Go

[64:12] to kptv.com for a complete schedule of

[64:15] the upcoming tests. Now, if your TV goes

[64:17] to snow during those tests, you will

[64:19] need a converter box. That box makes

[64:21] digital programming viewable on older

[64:23] TVs. It also offers features you

[64:25] probably don't have right now, like a

[64:27] remote control with a guide feature that

[64:29] tells you what you're watching and tells

[64:31] you what's coming up next. For a list of

[64:33] stores that sell converter boxes, go to

[64:35] kptv.com and click on the digital

[64:38] countdown box that's on the main page.

[64:41] Also, the government is offering $40

[64:43] coupons to help you buy a converter box.

[64:45] Two coupons are available to any

[64:47] household, but they're only valid for 90

[64:50] days. So, when you get your coupons,

[64:52] look for the expiration date on them and

[64:54] use them right away. And if you already

[64:56] got coupons that expired before you

[64:57] could use them, the government has good

[64:59] news for you. We're also going to be

[65:02] able to use the first class mail system.

[65:04] And we're also going to be able to

[65:06] reissue coupons to consumers whose

[65:09] coupons [music] expired before they were

[65:11] able to use them. And you can order your

[65:13] coupons by calling 1888dtv209.

[65:17] That number right there on your screen,

[65:19] or by going to this website, dtv209.gov.

[65:23] And we have all that information online

[65:25] at our website, kptv.com. And we'll

[65:28] bring it to you again during this show.

[65:30] Well, now that you know what the

[65:31] converter box does, and you should have

[65:33] a good idea as to whether you need one,

[65:35] we want to show you how simple they are

[65:37] to install. We checked in with the

[65:38] electronics experts at Fred Meyer to

[65:40] show us in real time just how easy

[65:43] installation is and how it can only take

[65:45] about 3 minutes.

[65:48] And what I want to show you today is

[65:50] just how easy it is to hook up. It's

[65:52] really simple. So, we'll kind of go

[65:53] through the steps. When you get your uh

[65:56] converter box out of your packaging,

[65:58] just go ahead and plug that in.

[66:00] Actually, leave it unplugged right at

[66:01] first. the antenna that you're using

[66:04] right now to pick up your signals. Uh

[66:07] just a standard VHF UHF antenna. Uh

[66:10] nothing special is needed, the same one

[66:12] you're using right now. You'll take that

[66:14] and unplug it from the back of your set

[66:16] that you had it in. Now, you're going to

[66:18] unplug it into the antenna input on the

[66:21] back of the converter box. And then from

[66:24] there, you're going to need a three-foot

[66:26] cable. And most all the converter boxes

[66:27] come with this three-foot cable. And

[66:29] you're going to plug that into the back

[66:31] of the TV, right into the RF connector.

[66:34] So, screw that into that. And on the

[66:37] other end, you're going to bring it over

[66:39] here

[66:41] and put it into the antenna out. So, let

[66:44] me unplug this one so I can stir this

[66:46] one in here real quick.

[66:48] So, that gets in good and tight.

[66:53] We'll plug this in. Okay, that's all

[66:56] there is to it. Now, from this point, go

[67:00] ahead and turn on your TV, plug this in.

[67:06] You'll want to switch your television to

[67:07] either channel two or excuse me, channel

[67:09] 3 or channel 4. We're going to have it

[67:11] on channel 3, just where it's set right

[67:13] now, cuz you're not going to be using

[67:14] the tuner or anything on your television

[67:16] from this point. When you have the box,

[67:18] it comes with a remote control, and

[67:20] you're going to be using the digital

[67:22] tuner now from this point forward. Okay?

[67:24] So, you just turn the unit on.

[67:27] It'll come up here in a second.

[67:32] And then you want to hit the setup

[67:33] button. Once you hit that, you'll have

[67:36] this screen on here. You're going to go

[67:39] down. You can see right now it's on

[67:40] channel. And we already got the antenna.

[67:43] We want to go over here to uh let's see.

[67:46] Let's hit okay. Down here to autocan. I

[67:50] can get down to it. There we go. And

[67:52] just hit okay at that point. and uh

[67:56] we'll go back.

[68:00] Okay, right now it's scanning through

[68:01] all the signals that are available. And

[68:04] this is with just this little antenna.

[68:07] Takes just a few minutes to go through

[68:09] that.

[68:13] And little light will flash on where it

[68:15] says channel found. And that's picking

[68:17] up all the different channels that are

[68:18] available. Okay, from this point it's

[68:20] all programmed in. It's ready to go. and

[68:22] you can just scan through the different

[68:24] channels that are available. You're

[68:25] going to have a lot more channels with

[68:27] this digital converter box than you did

[68:29] on analog. Um, so there's either two or

[68:33] three or up to four channels like um,

[68:36] you know, on where you used to be just

[68:37] getting one.

[68:39] And of course, we want to go up to our

[68:41] favorite channel up here. There we go.

[68:44] And you're set and ready to roll. It's

[68:46] as simple as that. All right. Well, once

[68:49] you are all hooked up, there is an

[68:50] important final step, and it's a step

[68:52] worth repeating. When you hook up the

[68:54] converter box, you can have it

[68:55] automatically scan for digital channels.

[68:57] In fact, if you're watching us now

[68:59] through a converter box, you probably

[69:00] notice the channel is 12-1 or 49-1. It's

[69:05] important that you rescan both when you

[69:07] hook up your box and after we stop

[69:09] broadcasting in analog on June 12th. If

[69:12] you don't, you might lose some of the

[69:14] stations you're used to getting,

[69:15] including Fox 12 and PDXTV. To rescan,

[69:18] hit the menu button on the remote that

[69:20] comes with your converter box. Choose

[69:22] the automatic or easy scan option and

[69:25] let the box find those digital channels

[69:27] for you. Well, the converter box may not

[69:30] solve every problem. Coming up, why some

[69:32] people may still have a hard time come

[69:33] June, even if they take steps to prevent

[69:36] it now. Plus, a new law will change the

[69:38] way you get rid of your TV and other

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[69:41] upgrade your set. What you need to know

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