Out here with @superseankatu. He was here yesterday, too. Small spot fires are popping up, but it looks better than yesterday… for now.
Wheat farmers are out here harvesting what they can of their product. Trying to get it done before any more burns. This farmer has a few thousand acres of wheat. He’s lost about 300 acres of it to the #MillerRoadFire.
The sight right across from that wheat field is devastating. This is the one home that’s burned in the #MillerRoadFire. Fire crews were trying to save it but were unable.
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I’m going to put raw, emotional and, to some, difficult-to-watch video on KATU tonight.
We don’t normally do this, but we feel it’s vitally important we show the gun violence problem for what it is.
We want you to know Katie Guzenko. We want you to know he scar story.
There will be video of blood and of Katie in horror shortly after she was shot while driving.
There will be a "Bull Shit" that runs without a beep in our newscasts.
What we will show is real because you deserve to understand the story as reporters see it on the ground.
Today, Katie took her story to city council.
You can read a bit about what happened to her here:
South Portland renters say someone is, repeatedly, throwing some sort of explosive out their window/porch.
It's erupting on the busy walkway below.
Neighbors say, the latest incident happened on Friday night, when people were out enjoying their weekend.
Neighbors have gone to management/police but say change isn't happening soon enough. They want an immediate eviction.
Police did get the call about the Friday night incident but were busy with a homicide. PPBS says the apartment is dealing with it civilly, i.e. eviction.
The neighbors say this person/these people are throwing M-80s. Those are illegal except in certain circumstances.
PPB says it has no proof they are M80s but b/c no one has been hurt, there isn't really going to be a formal investigation.
JUST IN: We got video of Clack. Co. Elections on 5/19. We submitted a public records request for this Friday, when McLeod-Skinner's team formally complained, saying Rep. Schrader's observer was allowed to be inside an hour before Mc-Leod-Skinner's observer.
Rep. Schrader's team told me Friday that it was Clerk Sherry Hall who opened the door and allowed them inside, but Hall told us ""I don't know how someone got in at 7 [o'clock]."
One key, due to blurry ballots, there was elections work being done at 7am. Observers should've been allowed in.
County Chair Smith told people to observe the process which would go from at 7am-6pm daily.
But when McLeod-Skinner's observer showed up at 8AM, they weren't let in.
As of last night (latest update), Clackamas County says there are nearly 115k ballots. It's not clear if that's a finalized total or just known ballots at this point.
Clerk Sherry Hall previously said about 2/3 of ballots were blurry. If that 115k is number of cast ballots, that would potentially mean about 75k have blurry barcodes.
INDOOR MASKING IN OREGON -- It's likely here to STAY.
Today, @OHAOregon worked with stakeholders (like those in the restaurant industry, business assoc., etc.) to discuss making the current indoor mask mandate permanent.
Yes -- that may sound alarming. Here's what you need to know about it:
-The current rule is temporary. It can't be in place more than 180 days.
-Making the rule permanent allows the state to keep the rule.
-The rule can be repealed.
"The purpose of the RAC meeting is to seek input from committee members on the rules, including the projected burden & fiscal impact of the rules & suggestions for alternative language."
They give feedback on what should(n't) be in the ruling