KGW (NBC Portland) late news - 1999-06-07

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[2:15] from KGW, where the news comes first.

[2:18] This is a Northwest News Channel 8

[2:20] special edition.

[2:23] >> Police aren't saying much, but friends

[2:24] of three women found dead in Forest Park

[2:27] say similarities in the deaths have them

[2:29] feeling scared. Thanks for joining us

[2:31] for this special edition of News Channel

[2:32] 8. I'm Joe Don, and we begin with the

[2:34] Forest Park murders. News Channel 8 has

[2:37] learned that members of a Spokane,

[2:38] Washington serial killer task force are

[2:41] in Portland to help local investigators.

[2:43] News Channel 8's Leslie Knob reports.

[2:47] >> Oh man, they're scared to death.

[2:48] >> Angela Davis says it's always difficult

[2:51] living on Portland streets. These days,

[2:53] it's especially scary. She was friends

[2:56] with Stephanie Russell and Llaya Mohler,

[2:58] two women whose bodies were found in

[3:00] Forest Park early May. Last week, police

[3:03] found a third victim, 17-year-old Alex

[3:05] Eisen.

[3:06] >> And I know this sounds cold, but I just

[3:08] was praying to God that I didn't know

[3:09] her, too. And then when I heard it was a

[3:12] 17-year-old girl, I was like, "Oh my

[3:15] god, poor baby." She's so young. So, no

[3:19] one had, you know, no one would expect

[3:20] it to happen just because she's so

[3:22] young. You know,

[3:23] >> Lauren, who lives on the streets last

[3:25] saw her friend Alex 2 weeks ago.

[3:27] Although police don't say it officially,

[3:29] Lauren and Angela think the murderer is

[3:31] a serial killer targeting women on the

[3:33] streets. I'll walk down the street there

[3:36] and if I'm walking alone, literally if I

[3:39] take the time to look, I'll see guys

[3:42] constantly stop and slow down because

[3:43] all they want to do is pick up girls

[3:45] there. At the Rose Haven Women's Shelter

[3:47] in Oldtown, there's concern it's

[3:49] difficult to warn women living on the

[3:51] streets they may be in danger. They

[3:53] don't watch news reports. Many women

[3:55] didn't find out about the murders until

[3:57] they came here. Counselors say there

[3:59] simply are not enough places for women

[4:01] to go to get off the streets. There's

[4:03] also concern this is a segment of our

[4:05] community that's easily ignored.

[4:07] >> For as long as one woman is subject to

[4:10] this kind of violence, I as one woman am

[4:12] not safe.

[4:13] >> It's scary. You know, it's scary. I

[4:16] don't want to look in a newspaper and

[4:17] see one of my friends, another one of my

[4:19] friends dead.

[4:21] >> Portland police won't give any details

[4:23] of their investigation out. They won't

[4:25] say how long the third body was in

[4:27] Forest Park. They do stress that none of

[4:29] the victims were hikers or runners in

[4:31] Forest Park. And the entire park is now

[4:34] open. Leslie Knob, KJW Northwest News

[4:36] Channel 8.

[4:37] >> A serial rapist faces one of his

[4:39] accusers today in court. Michael

[4:41] Gallatin is charged with raping the

[4:42] woman and four others over the past six

[4:44] years. The first victim, whom we're not

[4:47] identifying, said she never saw her

[4:48] attacker because he was wearing a ski

[4:50] mask. She was sexually assaulted twice

[4:53] and her wrists and ankles tied.

[4:55] Gallatin's attorney says Gallatin was at

[4:57] the hospital visiting his wife who had

[4:59] had a baby the day before. Certainly the

[5:02] most famous ship in Oregon these days,

[5:04] but she could soon be shipped out to

[5:06] sea. This week, salvage crews are taking

[5:08] apart what's left of the new Carissa.

[5:10] And News Channel 8's Pat Doris has the

[5:12] story.

[5:14] A helicopter maneuvers over the burned

[5:16] out and now rusting hulk of the new

[5:18] Carissa. This heavy stern section, the

[5:20] back part of the ship, has rested here

[5:22] off Kuz Bay since it ran a ground last

[5:25] winter. Tourists still flock to the

[5:27] area. I was hoping they'd leave it here

[5:29] so we'd have something to look at. But

[5:31] you can't get out here anyway, so let

[5:33] them take it away. But it was a

[5:35] beautiful ship. Sad that it died on the

[5:38] beach.

[5:39] >> Today, welding torches spit sparks as

[5:41] crews cut up the ship's dead skeleton.

[5:44] The plan is to get the new Carissa off

[5:46] this beach over the next 100 days.

[5:48] First, they're going to cut off the

[5:50] superructure. That's why there's men

[5:51] working on the top, and that's why we've

[5:53] seen torches on the right side there.

[5:55] Then they'll bring in a huge chisel and

[5:58] slice off the bow, slicing it a number

[6:00] of times. Then they're going to patch up

[6:02] the engine compartment and try and float

[6:05] it. If it works, the ship will be dumped

[6:07] out at sea. If not, the whole thing will

[6:09] be cut up on the shore. The saga of the

[6:12] new Carissa started last February when

[6:14] the freighter ran a ground off Kous Bay

[6:16] in high winds. Navy demolition crews

[6:18] torched the ship when it became clear it

[6:20] was permanently stuck and in danger of

[6:22] breaking apart and spilling hundreds of

[6:24] thousands of gallons of fuel oil.

[6:26] Despite their efforts, dozens of birds

[6:29] did die. But dozens of others were saved

[6:31] and released back to the wild. The

[6:33] salvage coordinators say if the ship

[6:36] cannot be refloated, it will be cut up

[6:38] and there will be more pollution. If we

[6:42] have to break it piece by piece, there

[6:45] is going to be

[6:48] pollution incidental to that removal. It

[6:51] cannot be prevented. There's no possible

[6:53] way.

[6:54] >> If that happened, there would be great

[6:55] concern here. The beaches around Kuz Bay

[6:58] are nesting grounds for the protected

[7:00] snowy clover and the marbled murlet in

[7:03] Kuz Bay. Pat Doris, KJW Northwest News

[7:05] Channel 8.

[7:06] >> And Colin Cowardd is here now with some

[7:08] sports. Mhm. The WNBA is coming to the

[7:11] Rose City. Portland awarded a new

[7:13] franchise starting next summer. And Ron

[7:15] Pivo has the story.

[7:20] You've seen the fancy promos. Now

[7:22] Portland fans will get to see the WNBA

[7:25] up close. There's almost a collegiate

[7:27] type atmosphere even though it's

[7:29] professional and people are getting

[7:30] paid.

[7:31] >> Brian Wheeler should know before he

[7:32] became the voice of the Blazers, he

[7:34] called games for the WNBA's Sacramento

[7:37] Monarchs. He says, "If you like crisp

[7:39] passing, teamwork, and allout hustle,

[7:41] you'll love the WNBA. It's not a game

[7:44] that's played above the rim. But if you

[7:46] appreciate it for what it is, if you if

[7:48] you go in with the attitude that I'm

[7:50] going to try to look for the same kind

[7:51] of things I see in an NBA game, you're

[7:52] going to walk away disappointed." Katie

[7:54] Sketting knows Portland fans will

[7:56] embrace this new franchise. She played

[7:58] for the Portland Power and says female

[8:00] players are far more fanfriendly than

[8:03] their male counterparts. I think we're a

[8:05] little more approachable than uh the

[8:07] men's league is uh just by virtue of the

[8:10] fact that we're still getting started

[8:11] and you know I I think women in general

[8:14] in that kind of a situation are a little

[8:16] less jaded.

[8:17] >> Stading says the WNBA will work in

[8:20] Portland because the Rose City has

[8:22] always supported women's athletics and

[8:24] she also has a couple pretty good ideas

[8:26] for the team if it wants to hit the

[8:28] ground running. I think if they did some

[8:30] things right like bring back Coach Dunn

[8:32] and uh you know bring back a couple

[8:34] other key players, you know, it' just be

[8:37] great. It would be great and uh uh I

[8:39] think people would really support it.

[8:41] >> Unlike the Portland Power, Portland's

[8:42] new WNBA team will be playing its games

[8:45] in the Rose Garden as opposed to

[8:46] Memorial Coliseum. That means the garden

[8:49] will now be rocking almost all year

[8:51] round at the Rose Garden. Ron Peivo, KGW

[8:54] Northwest News Channel 8. It'll fill a

[8:56] nice summer void for sports here.

[8:58] >> Nice to have that on the calendar.

[8:59] Thanks, Colin. And we'll be back with

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[11:20] >> Matt's here now. We have a lot to look

[11:21] forward to, Matt. We certainly do, Joe.

[11:23] We started out with some very cool

[11:24] weather this week, but that is going to

[11:26] change as we head into the middle part

[11:28] of the week. Here is 3D Doppler. We can

[11:29] zoom in. We have some pretty strong

[11:31] cells right here moving into the

[11:33] Portland area right now. So, we still

[11:35] have some good showers to get through.

[11:36] Portland's right here. You can see they

[11:38] are moving towards us from the west. So,

[11:40] still some showers out there tonight.

[11:41] Let's look at satellite right now and

[11:43] you can see what's going on. We've got a

[11:44] storm system out here in the Pacific

[11:47] that's pushing up some warm air ahead of

[11:48] it. That is going to be our weather as

[11:50] we go Wednesday through Friday. So,

[11:53] things are looking quite a bit nicer for

[11:55] the end of the week. We still have this

[11:56] cool weather though for about one more

[11:58] day. Then that'll be out of here and

[11:59] things will begin to shape up. All

[12:00] righty, time for the forecast. Starting

[12:02] with the coast tomorrow. Mostly cloudy,

[12:04] some scattered showers, west winds 5 to

[12:06] 15. But the winds aren't strong enough

[12:08] in the marine forecast to give us any

[12:10] warnings or advisories. So for that

[12:11] marine forecast, no warnings or

[12:13] advisories. We're just looking at uh

[12:15] some west to northwest winds and

[12:18] westerly swells at about 6 ft. In the

[12:20] valleys of western Oregon, mostly cloudy

[12:22] tomorrow, some showers and suns. West

[12:24] winds 5 to 15. And for the gorge, pretty

[12:26] much the same forecast. Couple of sun

[12:28] breaks east side. West winds 15 to 25. A

[12:31] little bit brisk out that way.

[12:32] Temperatures tomorrow, Hood River,

[12:34] you'll make it up to into the low 60s.

[12:36] 64, 63 at Salem and low 60s on the

[12:39] coast. Up in the Cascades tomorrow,

[12:41] still some rain and snow showers. How

[12:43] low will they go? Let's check out that

[12:45] snow level for tomorrow. It's going to

[12:47] drop. Well, it's down around 3,000 ft

[12:49] right now. It's going to rise to about

[12:51] 5,000 ft by the time we get into

[12:53] tomorrow afternoon. So, we are warming

[12:54] up a bit. Central and eastern Oregon.

[12:56] Now, you're still going to have a couple

[12:58] of showers up in the mountains,

[12:59] otherwise partly cloudy. In fact, it'll

[13:00] be rain and snow showers. And look at

[13:02] these overnight low temperatures. We're

[13:04] going to drop down below freezing in

[13:05] Bend, 60 in Bend tomorrow afternoon, 70

[13:07] in the Dallas, and fairly cool

[13:09] elsewhere, too. All right, in Portland,

[13:11] we're looking at showers ending tonight.

[13:14] Tomorrow, mostly cloudy, a few scattered

[13:16] showers. High temperatures tomorrow

[13:17] around the Portland area will be up

[13:18] around oh, 64 degrees or so. And uh

[13:22] pretty similar in other parts around

[13:24] town. Hit it, Sam. And as we go into the

[13:26] five-day forecast one more time, we've

[13:28] got some good weather coming up

[13:30] Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Got an

[13:33] assist there from our 11 o'clock

[13:34] producer Sam on the weather computer.

[13:36] >> Nice for the parade on Wednesday, the

[13:38] junior parade. And

[13:38] >> looks excellent for that Saturday. We

[13:40] may get it through with the Grand Floral

[13:41] Parade with good weather, too.

[13:42] >> Let's hope, Matt. Thanks a lot. Shovels

[13:44] in hand, city leaders today broke ground

[13:46] on what will become Portland's classical

[13:48] Chinese garden.

[13:54] Dances, music, and speeches all capped

[13:56] off the beginning of The Garden set in

[13:58] the Chinatown part of Northwest

[14:00] Portland. It's a $10 million project,

[14:03] and it'll take what is now a parking lot

[14:05] and turn it into a lush classical

[14:07] garden. More than 60 skilled craftsmen

[14:10] from our Chinese sister city will

[14:12] actually spend the next year creating

[14:15] the ponds and the foot bridges and all

[14:17] the buildings that will make up the

[14:19] garden. Donations from companies and

[14:21] also private individuals helped cover

[14:23] the cost of Portland's new classical

[14:25] Chinese garden and it will be open.

[14:29] >> Now you can keep on top of weather

[14:31] conditions as they happen from

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