West Coast Wrap, Thursday 10/29/2026

Helicopters collide in midair in Oregon with emergency crews rushing to that scene. Good evening, everyone. Welcome to West Coast Wrap. I'm Alex Savage. Authorities at this point have not released the conditions of the people on board those choppers. Authorities do say they crashed into each other near McMinnville Municipal Airport just south of Portland. They went down just outside the airport's perimeter. Authorities have not said how many people were on board those helicopters or who owns them. A witness did tell Fox 12 in Portland that he saw the choppers collide. Highway 233 is shut down in this area as this investigation unfolds. There's no estimate on when it could reopen. We will, of course, bring you more information on this breaking story as we learn it. Now we turn to the growing political controversy in Alaska's Senate race with just a few days to go before the midterms. It's that reported plan by the Democratic candidate to try to confuse voters, and it has prompted the Justice Department to issue new subpoenas. The DOJ Escalating its criminal investigation into whether Mary Peltola's campaign recruited someone to enter the race with the same name as the incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. Fox's Sarah Allegra spoke with voters in Alaska and has their reaction to the controversy. And now the governor's ordering a state investigation as Fox reports the federal probe here is intensifying with several grand jury subpoenas expected in the coming days. Now at the center of all of this, we have Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. He's seeking another term and independent Dan Sullivan also running for that seat. Democrat Mary Peltola is the senator's main challenger, though. The New York Times reports Peltola's campaign in the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee were involved in the recruitment effort of the Other Dan Sullivan and that Peltola knew about it. Yesterday at a campaign rally, she denied this. Listen. This is all stuff to sell newspapers. This is all stuff to get subscriptions. Um, nobody at the New York Times cares about affordability in Alaska. Now, here's how the two Sullivans appear on the ballot. They're among four candidates because Alaska advances its top four primary finishers, regardless of party. Republicans argue the second Sullivan's candidacy was all to confuse people about who they're supporting. But Senator Sullivan telling Fox's Sean Hannity, Alaskans aren't stupid. The candidate I'm running against had a scheme for over a year to try to trick Alaskans. That shows total contempt for the people of the state of Alaska. As the Times report draws scrutiny, voters we spoke with offer different views of of Peltola's character and politics. I think she's honest. And to me, that is one of the most important things about this campaign. We all knew there was something going on. And then when they found evidence, it just reconfirmed what we already believed. The state's investigation is looking into whether or not any kind of laws were broken. This is President Trump is calling for Peltola's name to be removed from the ballot and that she face prosecution. In Anchorage, Alaska, Sarah Allegra for West Coast Wrap. All right. Let's talk more about the implications of this controversy in that race. And let's bring in our political analyst, Brian Sobel. Brian, appreciate the time. Good to have you on tonight. So how much do you think this is going to matter at voters in a lot for voters in Alaska at this stage of the race when you have a lot of people who've already cast their ballots? Well, it's a good point. But for those that have not cast their ballot, they may take a second look at who's running in this race. The New York Times broke this story. And I will say. That shenanigans in elections are not new. They went out and recruited a guy with the same name as the Republican incumbent. And we'll see whether that has a net effect by how many votes the other Dan Sullivan gets. Yeah, certainly this idea of sort of stacking the ballots or sort of recruiting these so-called spoiler candidates is something that both parties have done. Is this sort of the most extreme example, though, that you've heard of? It's one of them. I mean, you know, Setting aside Democrats, Republicans, or whatever, it's pretty clever to try to go after a person with the very same name and the challenger, who's actually an independent, lives where you can't even drive to. You get there by the, you know, but he's living in a very obscure place. And so he was obviously put up to this. It's one of the. The most interesting tactics that I've seen in a lot of years of covering politics, I can tell you that, Alex. Yeah. I mean, you know, polls in this Alaska Senate race, they show that there are really very few voters who are still undecided at this point, just a few days away from the election. How difficult is it to get someone to change the candidate that they have decided to support at this sort of a late stage? Very difficult. Great question. That's the problem is the Republicans are now hammering Alaska voters with what they're calling voter fraud or, you know, malfeasance and other things that they're trying to get people to absorb before they go to the polls. But to your point, if people are really have their minds made up. They're going to look at this and say, well, this is typical political shenanigans. I'm voting for my favorite person, whether that's one side or the other. Yeah, I mean, people might just sort of look at it and go, yeah, this is sort of the way politics kind of unfolds in this country. Every side sort of uses whatever sort of, you know, strategies they can to try to win votes. Well, and one other thing, whether this is illegal, and I know the DOJ is looking at it and grand jurors and all that, I'm going to be really, really surprised if they can find a reason other than whether somebody lied. Officially, on paperwork or whatever, that they can somehow declare this an illegal opportunity by a candidate who was recruited to run who happened to have the same name. So it's certainly not going to upset the election before Election Day, I can tell you that. All right. Well, we appreciate the perspective here. Brian Sobel, political analyst. Always good to have you on. Take care. Thank you very much. See you soon. All right. Yeah, you too. The U.S. Justice Department has subpoenaed California officials amid increased scrutiny of local elections. Sources tell the Associated Press that the subpoenas were issued by all four U.S. attorneys in California. This move comes as a federal judge appointed a special master. To evaluate claims by the Trump administration that California has roughly 20,000 likely non-citizens on its voter rolls, the judge did not specify exactly what the special master will do, but said that he will be tasked with finding the facts. Now, at the same time, the DOJ also claims about 400 non-citizens voted in the state of Washington, and they're asking for those ballots to be set aside as well. Today, the Washington Secretary of State and King County election officials held a news conference to address election security. They have denied the DOJ's request, saying the voter list is, quote, deeply flawed and contains the names of U.S. citizens. Secretary of State Steve Hobbs accuses the Justice Department of serving them a, quote, dumpster fire disguised as a legal document. State officials say the DOJ should have raised their objections months ago. This data that we have, we also share information with other states, which allows us to catch when someone has voted more than one election. We know when people pass away. And when a suspected vote fraud happens, the state, county, election workers, law enforcement, prosecutors all work together to make sure these allegations are fully investigated And that a process is done. The DOJ says it does plan to send election observers to King County. Multiple independent organizations, including the Pew Research Center, have found the cases of non-citizens voting are extremely rare. Well, a Bay Area bishop, he's facing a backlash tonight after appearing in a White House video that shows him praying with President Trump and other Catholic bishops just weeks before the elections. Let's bring in KTVU's Janet Katayama, who spoke with some Bay Area Catholics who are really upset by the Oakland bishop's appearance in this video and the visit to the White House. They held a protest today. They did, right outside the diocese office. And just to be clear, They're saying that they don't object to the bishop going and meeting with the president. Having an open dialogue, what they objected to was the use of this video, which they say politicized the matter just a couple weeks out before elections. And they feel that the bishop is not really listening to the parishioners and doesn't seem to care that it was hurtful to some of them. Outside the Oakland Diocese office of Bishop Michael Barber, about a dozen Catholics from East Bay parishes protested. After church on Sunday. Everybody was talking about how dismayed they were to see the photo op and that our own bishop was involved in that. Their outrage comes from Bishop Barber's appearance in a video posted by the White House on October 22nd. Barber and 11 other Catholic leaders met with President Trump in the Oval Office. I feel our bishop was manipulated by the Trump administration to imply. Don't fly. that the administration is supported by the Catholic Church. Bishop Barber is our leader and I think in a lot of ways we want to make sure that the bishop is speaking for all of us here in the diocese and going to the White House just looked like a political kind of gimmick. Two attendees posted public apologies. The Archbishop of Milwaukee said he was told it would be a private discussion with Trump and he regrets attending. Another bishop of Cedar Rapids also posted an apology. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers responded to the apologies, telling Fox News Digital, quote, there has never been a greater president for Catholic Americans than President Trump, and his strong record proves it. Oakland's Bishop Barber declined to talk and instead sent a link to a statement that says in part, quote, After meeting with President of Spain, Pope Leo XIV stressed the need to foster constructive dialogue between the local church and public authorities based on mutual respect and aimed at promoting the common good. That is why I went to Washington. He continues, I was grateful to be invited to the White House and meet the President of the United States. I hope the opportunity to share our faith and values will contribute to the betterment of our country and society. The protesters say the timing just weeks before the midterm election felt wrong. He has posted as of October 27th on the diocesan website. He doesn't get it, and that's why he's wrong. He just doesn't get what he did. We did also reach out this evening to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, but Alex, we are still waiting for any kind of reply from them. Yeah, obviously still a lot of unanswered questions here, but people might be wondering, do we know how this bishop from Oakland wound up being invited to the White House in the first place? We do not. Apparently, some of them received an invitation from this Heritage Foundation, but I asked the Archdiocese that, and he did not reply. All right. So, again, still waiting for some more answers on this particular case. Jana, we appreciate it. Thank you. Much more to come here on West Coast Wrap tonight. Customers at a bank in Arizona step in to help a food cart vendor during a dangerous hailstorm. What the vendor is saying tonight about that incredible response. And here's our live camera right now in Seattle. Mostly cloudy skies. The current temperature of 52 degrees. Rain chances will be definitely going up in the Friday morning forecast. We will update the West Coast rapid weather update after the break. New storms crossing Hawaii are flooding roads and knocking down trees. These are images posted online that show some of the heavy rain that hit Maui County early this morning. The threat of flash flooding prompted some schools on the islands of Maui and Oahu to close today. So far, though, no reports of any injuries or widespread damage as a result of those storms. We are also seeing a fourth straight day of coastal flooding in California. Higher tides push the water level up onto streets north of San Francisco. Some drivers in Marin County had to pull over so they would avoid stalling out in that high water. Flooding because of the higher tides also creating obstacles from the Bay Area down to Southern California. In San Diego County, water is being pushed through some drainage systems and then onto streets. It is a very much of a concern for us because we want to make sure that the areas that we are stewards of is safe to be able to transit through and as well as that we're coordinating with our emergency management departments in order to see that we are coordinating with them making sure monitoring the area situational awareness and making sure that we're keeping this area safe for the San Diegans. Crews are working to build up sand berms in San Diego County, trying to help protect those waterfront homes and businesses. We have seen similar scenes all across the California coastline all throughout this week. For more, let's bring in KTVU Chief Meteorologist Mark Tamayo. Mark, how much longer should we expect the coastal flooding threat will continue? All the way into the weekend? Into the weekend. It is trending down slowly, but to be honest, this is even surprising some of the National Weather Service forecasters because it's not Not going down as how it's extended itself. So we're kind of in a new world. And just keep in mind, these are not extreme tides just yet. We're not talking about storm surge or high surf. And when you add all that into the equation, that's what's going to be really challenging out there. So the coastal flood advisory in place for portions of Southern California is closer to San Diego and Oceanside to indicate minor coastal flooding. This was a coastal flood warning, but it's an advisory now. And that's until 2 p.m. Friday. Closer to Long Beach and Santa Monica, we do have minor to moderate coastal flooding here until 2 p.m. Friday. There is the timing of the Friday high tide during the lunchtime hour. And then up in the San Francisco Bay Area, what's interesting, they keep extending. When I say they, it's the National Weather Service. And this is in place until 6 p.m. on Sunday. So when you think about it, this coastal flood advisory will be in place for over a week. That is a long, long time, that Friday high tide. For the Golden Gate Bridge is during the 2 o'clock hour. Now we're talking about rainfall likely showing up on this map here as we head into the weekend, especially out towards Southern California, especially out toward a place like Phoenix. Look at that number really going up. They have flood watches, in fact, a couple for tomorrow. And then once again, as we do head into Saturday night and into a Sunday. In fact, here's that. That's a flood watch in place for Saturday, Sunday, and into Monday morning. All these areas, as you can see here, so they're going to get a significant rainfall with this system coming on board. In fact, here's a look at that forecast model once again with these numbers really going up, just to stress that to get ready for significant rain across portions of the West Coast. Showing you this, Seattle today, 56 degrees, all the cloud cover in this camera shot. And then they have some pretty cold temperatures to talk about. About a freeze watch goes into place Saturday morning. Overnight temperatures could be back down into the mid to upper 20s. And the San Francisco Bay Area is kind of a sun-cloud mixed day. A high today in San Francisco of 69. And then some more neighborhoods down in Southern California picking up on the cloud cover as well. 74 degrees in Los Angeles. Plan on a wet, soggy Halloween for as we head into Saturday evening. And then in Phoenix, a high today of 85 degrees, showing you the clouds moving into that portion of the West Coast. Here's a look at the satellite and the radar right now. You can see the activity up in the Pacific Northwest, and rain chances will be going up. In fact, already some action showing up on the radar in Seattle tomorrow morning. In the Bay Area, a lot of cloud cover out there. Back of the map is out towards Southern California and out toward Phoenix. The clouds moving into the region. Current numbers, it is 80 in Phoenix, Yuma in the upper 70s, Medford, Oregon, 57, and Portland, 51 degrees. Here's a plan tomorrow, rainfall, especially for the morning hours up in Seattle. There's that flood watch for Phoenix and some clouds for Yuma. Chance of some rain down in Southern California. And here is the updated forecast model. This is tomorrow morning and then into the afternoon hours. Look at all this coverage here. And then as we continue to put this into motion, you can still see this is. This is Saturday, 4 o'clock, of course. This is Halloween, and look at this rainfall, really focused in central and southern California, moving into portions of Arizona, out toward Utah, out toward the parts of Nevada. And this is Sunday, so it looks like an active weather pattern setting up. Take a look at the forecast over the next three days. A cooler pattern for Seattle. Temperature is only near 50 degrees. We bump up the rain chances, especially by Saturday night, for a place for Los Angeles. And multiple flood watches in place for Phoenix as we head into Friday and then once again into the weekend as well. So it's getting busy, Alex, over parts of the West. Yeah, certainly looks like it. Okay, Mark, thank you. A group of employees at a bank in Arizona jumped into action to help a local vendor during a During a dangerous hailstorm in Phoenix, Fox 10's Jacob Luthi spoke with the vendor who says he's incredibly grateful for his longtime customers saving the day. This bank is on one of Hilario's regular routes. He tells me that the employees here have been customers for years. So when the storm hit, he knew he could go to them for help. Caught in the storm. Video posted to social media by someone inside this PNC bank in Phoenix shows an employee springing into action, helping Hilario Cruz Cruz and his customized food cart get out of the hail. With one hand, I held the door against the strong wind blowing it, and with my other hand, I pulled the cart inside. The young man was doing the same on his side. If I had been anywhere else, maybe they wouldn't have been able to help me like that. A week after the storm, we caught up with Hilario on Peoria Avenue, just off I-17. He covers about 20 miles on his route, making stops to sell elotes and fresh fruit. All prepped by hand, starting around 1 in the morning. The people who came to his rescue. They weren't strangers. The bank employees had been his customers for years, so when the storm hit, he knew he could count on them. They said, he's not going anywhere else. He stays here, and we're bringing the cart inside. I said, it won't fit. But the manager said, I know it will. Even after the storm passed, Hilario's trek wasn't over. He says his clothes were soaked, his feet were cold, and he had to navigate down trees and branches to get home. But the next day, it was back to work. And he says he's grateful to be back among the familiar faces who helped him when he needed it most. I appreciate it a lot. I deeply appreciate my long term customers. That's why they didn't leave me outside. I am profoundly grateful to the bank manager and employees because thanks to them nothing bad happened to me. Now the video has over a million views on TikTok and hundreds of thousands of likes since it was posted. Hilario tells me that business has been booming. Reporting in Phoenix, Jacob Luthi, Fox 10 News. Singer Mary J. Blige calls out a fan who was booing her during a show in Las Vegas. What we're learning about this confrontation. Turning now to our NFC West report, and the Seattle Seahawks have designated first-round rookie running back Jadarian Price to return from the injured reserve list. Price suffered a chest injury during the Seahawks' Week 2 matchup against the Arizona Cardinals. He later re-aggravated it during practice after their Week 3 matchup against the Washington Commanders. Price must be activated to the 53-man roster within the next 21 days, or else he will end up on the season-ending injured reserve. Legendary actor Sir Patrick Stewart has died and tributes continue to come in tonight. He began his acting career back in 1959 and was knighted in 2010 by Queen Elizabeth. His spokesman says Stewart died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles following a, quote, brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. He was best known for his portrayal of Captain Jean-Luc Picard in the Star Trek franchise and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films. He was 86 years old. Singer Mary J. Blige did not mince words with a fan at last night's concert in Las Vegas. The artist, known as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, called out someone who was booing in the crowd. I spoke earlier with TMZ's Devin Rall about the confrontation. So it's unclear why they were booing or what was going on. I mean, it's Vegas. A lot of crazy things happen in Vegas, so that could maybe be. The culprit, but we don't know why the person was booing yet, no. We're being told by witnesses that she essentially apologized for her outburst. She had, you know, some special guests there, so she wasn't, you know, it still was a great show, and she moved on. At the time, she was like, if you see the person who's booing, I want the, you know, hopefully you'll remove them. So I don't know if she was speaking to security or whatnot, but overall, besides the outburst, it seemed like a pretty good show. And I mean, you expect these things from divas, kind of. It's unclear whether anyone was removed from the audience at that show. And here is a live look at Las Vegas. You're watching West Coast Rap. In Arizona, a flesh-eating parasite has been discovered in a dog. New World screwworm was detected in Cochise County. Usually, it's found in cattle that come from Mexico. Fox 10's Megan Spector explains the impact for animal owners and the advice from health experts. That confirmed case may be over 200 miles away in southeastern Arizona, but livestock owners across the state are now on high alert. Here at Roper Nation in Wickenburg, ranchers aren't taking any chances. The first step in that is treating them with an injectable that is called Dectomax CA1. Also, we use a topical pour-on that has ivermectin in it. That's going to help with fly control. Thank you, Carol. Also, we do have fly bags that are hanging in the pastures. Keeping the pest out starts with constant inspections. Making sure our cattle don't have any wounds, you know, and if they do have a wound, going ahead and inspecting that wound. That's critical because screwworm flies target open wounds, laying eggs that hatch into flesh-eating maggots capable of killing an animal if left untreated. The U.S. wiped out the pest back in the 1960s, but after decades away, there's now one confirmed case in Arizona, in a rural part of Cochise County. In these infested zones, there is a requirement for This fly can affect all warm-blooded species, so state officials say vigilance is key. And while Roper Nation is hundreds of miles from the confirmed case, and the owner says there are no signs of the pest here, eyes are still on every animal. We have competitions here. Six days a week and we'll bring in different sets of cattle about at least two times a week. So we're going to be able to go through these steers at least twice a week to look at them. And that's at a bare minimum. And plus, we go out in the pasture and we feed them, you know, each and every day. So with three or four people handling the feeding chores around here, we'll be able to get another good inspection on there too. Reporting in Wickenburg, Megan Spector, Fox 10 News. All right, let's talk about our weather here in the west because we have a system headed our way. Now, we don't see a whole lot of snow in the Sierra right now, but that could change in just a matter of days. This is a live look here at Lake Tahoe here as the sun has just set. And there is a winter weather advisory in this area that takes effect on Saturday and across the Sierra. Let's bring in KTVU Chief Meteorologist Mark DeMaio to talk about what we can expect with this incoming system. How much snow are we talking about here? Well, maybe the higher elevations could be approaching a foot. So we're not just talking about a little bit of a dusting out there. And we were saying, you know, talking off camera, that this is a great opportunity for the resorts to start kind of building that base. You know, our resident ski expert, Coop, in the Tahoe area. Sure, of course. He was giving me some information. So they could use about 700,000 gallons of water in a day to build, to start to make that snow. And they could get one inch deep on a quarter mile run in a day. So these snowmaking systems are kind of, you know, they're improving, right? Yeah, they are. They're getting better and better. But there's nothing like the real thing. So when you get a system like this, especially this early in the season, right? Yeah, exactly. Yeah. So take a look at the maps right now. So we've been talking about the chance of some rain, especially down in Southern California. It looks like a likely event. As we do head into a Saturday evening, and that will also be a snow producer in the Sierra. This is a cold pattern, so winter weather advisory is in place this weekend. Snow levels are at 6,000 to 7,000 feet, and the higher elevations, as we said, maybe 8 to 12 inches. This is one particular forecast model you could see, and these numbers will probably change around a bit, but these projections continue to blossom. So it's not the mega snowstorm, Alex, that's going to change things, but it's definitely a start. And when you could start building that base. and add some more snowmaking to that. Real stuff, as you mentioned, it's just a great start to the season. Yeah, I'm sure all the resorts are pretty excited about this system. Okay, Mark, I know you always have your eye on the proverbial storm door here. So as we head into November next week, are we looking at more systems like this headed toward the California coast? Yeah, it's hard to get in the details just yet, but I will say as we do head into November, especially maybe... 8th or 9th or 10th or something like that. There could be a significant storm favoring Northern California, possibly an atmospheric river. And so that could add to that as well. So just know that it could be an active weather pattern setting up in November that could produce more Sierra snowfall. And a lot more rain in the state. And you were wondering about the El Nino. We always want to bring the El Nino factor into all this. How does El Nino play into sort of how much snow we can expect during the winter months? Yes, you can see some of this during the very strong El Nino events. And just keep in mind the one we have right now developing. It's going to be much stronger than the strongest on record. But you can see, look at that 1983, 671 inches. This is the Central Sierra Snow Lab near Soda Springs. The average snow for Donner Summit is 376 inches. 1992, you know, something happened there that was not... Not a crazy year, but you can see 2016, right spot on average. There you go. But the 1992 figure right there just gives you this sense that just because you have El Nino conditions, it doesn't mean you're going to have an overwhelming snowpack that year. Yeah, and I will say, too, a lot of this is a temperature profile because with the El Nino patterns, somewhere you're going to have cold air, somewhere you're going to have warm air, and then you'll have a boundary between the two. Where does that cold air set up? Because a lot of these storms can be pretty warm. up above 8,000, up above 9,000 feet, and that could just be a rain event for portions of the Sierra. So it's the small details, as we say, could have a huge impact on the snow production. I'll be watching out for that closely. But just know that we have had, you know, there has been a link somewhat in the past with some very strong El Ninos and a lot of Sierra snow. That 1983 number is just amazing. That is incredible there. All right, Mark, we appreciate it. Okay. All right. Thank you. Well, in Washington State, the big four ice caves are starting to melt now. This is causing severe weather troubles. FOX 13's Lauren Donovan has a closer look and shows us how this could threaten ice caves and glacial structures worldwide. This trail report caught our attention. The big four ice caves have completely collapsed. Someone writing it's going to take several winters and colder temperatures to bring that back. Another commenting, I don't think the Super El Nino is going to help. So we set out to see for ourselves. One mile in, and this is what we found. Nothing that remotely resembles a cave, just a pile of collapsed snow still dripping. And above these peaks, high up over at Mount Rainier, this week a climber spotted this. Oh my gosh, I've never seen it like this. Darren Cromey regularly hikes the Muir snow field in the fall. The way that the snow has melted this year is unbelievable, especially in September and October. It was just a shock. There were holes in the snow, there were holes in the ice. On his way back down to paradise... You can hear the water roaring underneath your feet. There are long-term consequences that can add up in some places. Washington State climatologist Guillaume Mauger says several dry summers can take a toll. So having several years in a row like this can sort of add up to where you really see a big difference. And now with a super El Nino forecasted. We know that the odds are in favor of warmer than normal conditions. The outlook offers little relief. With climate models pointing to a drier November and December. Reporting on the Mountain Loop Highway, Lauren Donovan, Fox 13 News. Still to come here on West Coast Wrap tonight, lawmakers visit a detention facility, an ICE facility in Washington, where five men were held after they were detained. We'll tell you what they saw during that visit. The man who firebombed demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado last year now is facing an additional life sentence. Mohammed Salomon pleaded guilty today to federal hate crime and other charges for a deadly attack. He's already serving life in prison after pleading guilty to state charges last spring. Salomon threw Molotov cocktails into a crowd of demonstrators who were showing support for Israeli hostages in Gaza. One person was killed and dozens of others were injured. Federal prosecutors are seeking a life term plus 50 years in prison. He bought the materials to build more than a dozen Molotov cocktails and he'd assembled them. He had bought himself a weed sprayer and filled it with gasoline with the intent to use it as a makeshift flamethrower. And he came to this peaceful, quiet gathering in downtown Boulder, targeting them because he believed they were Jewish or Israeli. The federal judge says he will review sentencing guidelines before making a decision. Sentencing is set for January 7th. The man who's accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Canby, Oregon, was arraigned today. We told you about this case last night. The circuit judge granted prosecutors' request to hold that suspect, identified as 35-year-old Vince Edgar Chavez, without bail at the Clackamas County Jail. He is also accused of beating the girl's 12-year-old sister with a hammer during the alleged Wednesday morning apartment break-in. Chavez is scheduled to be arraigned on an indictment. Coming up November 5th, two college students in Colorado have been found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains last weekend. The bodies of 19-year-old Caden Matsuda and 20-year-old Jackson Donlan were reported missing. They were reported missing Monday by college staff, friends and family described both as experienced hikers and climbers. The sheriff's office said the cause of their deaths were under investigation, but foul play is not suspected. Two members of Congress from Washington inspected the private prison in Tacoma where five men who were arrested by ICE during a family camping trip were detained. As Fox 13's Alejandro Guzman tells us, the representatives say they met with detainees who say they're being held despite having no criminal record other than being undocumented. The five men detained while camping at the Mount Baker Snoqualmie National Forest described the conditions inside the Tacoma detention facility as inhumane. Today, lawmakers described hearing similar concerns, but they say getting straight answers from the people who run the facility is a big challenge. Tanto la comida como la atención sí está bastante mal. Hay mucho sufriendo. Recently released, Faustino and Alvaro tell me the food and medical care inside the Tacoma Detention Center were very poor. Alvaro says he even got an infection while he was detained for six weeks. Did you specifically find any problems with the food, the cleanliness, the medical attention that needs attention today? We have consistently found that GEO across the country does not meet basic standards. During their announced visit to the detention center, Congresswoman Jayapal and Randall met with two detainees, one of them who claims they waited four days for their blood pressure medication. Lawmakers said they've even heard from attorneys being denied access to confidential conversations. But when meeting with GEO Group, the facility leadership, Jayapal says they denied those claims. A repeat offense, according to Jayapal. You know, we hear one thing from detainees and then we hear something completely different from the people who manage the facilities. It's difficult to ever get to the truth of it. The private company that runs the facility was just awarded a 10-year contract worth about $140 million a year. In a statement, GEO's founder said, quote, We are proud of our 40-year public-private partnership with ICE, and we stand ready to continue to assist the federal government in meeting its immigration enforcement priorities, end quote. How are you planning to hold the GEO Group accountable, seeing the conditions, hearing what the detainees are going through? I have been in touch directly with ICE headquarters, and so we're waiting for information from them about this contract. Washingtonians. We don't want for-profit prisons in our state and we need to continue fighting for the will of the people of Washington to ensure that no one is profiting over Locking up human beings, the congresswomen say that they will continue oversight and to push for answers from federal officials. Meanwhile, there are still a lot of questions regarding the new contract and whether any of the concerns raised by detainees, if that will lead to any change inside the facility in Tacoma, Alejandra Osman, Fox 13 News. Still to come here on West Coast Wrap, the Golden State Valkyries could not close out the WNBA finals today. We will show you what's at stake in a winner take all game seven this weekend. The Golden State Valkyries will get one more chance to win their first WNBA title after falling to the Atlanta Dream 80-69 in Game 6 of this series. Today, Game 7, set for Saturday night at Chase Center in San Francisco. And fans we talked to say they are optimistic the Valkyries can pull this one off despite the results of today's game. We're home. We're home. Our fans are going to be in house. Halloween, it don't matter. We're going to take it in seven. Vegas had it. We got it. I will have tickets. I will be in the building. I will have all my people with me in the building. We are going to be here for game seven. It's going to be a good one. Now the fans are ready for it. For more on today's game and what we can expect this weekend, let's bring in KTVU sports reporter Joe Fonzi. Joe, this has been a hard-fought series since the beginning. Kind of makes sense we're going to Game 7. I agree. This is the way it's supposed to be. You've got to do best teams. It's not going to be easy. Bring it to a Game 7. Golden State Valkyries trying to do what's never been done in modern sports, win a title in just their second year of existence. There's nothing more exciting in sports than the seventh and deciding game of a Postseason series, and that's exactly what the Bay Area will get on Saturday night when the Valkyries host the Atlanta Dream for the WNBA title. The 12.30 East Coast starting time didn't keep the fans away, including some who made the trip across the country for Game 6 in Atlanta. And the Valkyries put the first points on the board, Veronica Burton with a quick hoop, but that would be Golden State's only lead. Atlanta went on a three-point shooting barrage. We'll be right back. Three of her 23 points as the Dream put the Valkyries in a hole in the first quarter. At one point, the Dream was 8 of 12 from three-point range, and that is not a formula for a win no matter who you are. Angel Reese with three there. It was a 46-26 game at the half. The Valkyries, though, did get it to a single-digit deficit in the second half. They forced a turnover here. Gabby Williams goes in for two of her 26 points. She was by far Golden State's leading scorer. But the deficit was too much to overcome, yet another three-pointer to ice it for Atlanta. Gray again doing the honors. The Valkyries outscored the Dream in the second half, but it was too little too late in this one. 80-69 the final score. All knotted up at three games each. The Valkyries can take some heart in the fact that they did battle back and will be the host for that seventh and deciding game. We knew they were going to play. They were going to play desperate. They were going to play like their life depends on it. And for us not to match that is disappointing and frustrating. And so, yeah, I need to make sure my team is prepared. They scored 32 points in the first quarter. Like, that's unacceptable on our end. We just got to play better defense. Obviously, they were hitting good shots and getting good looks. I think we were spread out a little bit. But we cleaned it up in the other quarters defensively. But can't let that happen. Right out the gate. There needs to be a sense of urgency. It's the WNBA Finals. Golden State fans no doubt disappointed that the Valkyries didn't get it done today. But the consolation is they get one more game in that arena that has provided to be such an incredible home court advantage. From the first game ever played there, and it has been sold out every single game played there. We can expect that Saturday will be exactly the same. It's going to be rocking on Saturday night for this Game 7. How much of a difference do you think that incredible home court makes for the Valkyries in this decisive Game 7? You know, it's so hard to point to an edge. There have been blowouts on both sides in this series. Blowouts at home, blowouts on the road. But I think if you're going to look at maybe that one little thing that could swing it, it could be the fact that they're at home. And the players have talked about this. They get a sense of adrenaline, no question about it, from the uplifting of those fans. And they will certainly be at full throttle on Halloween night on Saturday night. Yeah, it is going to be quite the scene at Chase Center in San Francisco. Okay, Joe, we appreciate it. Thank you. You bet. Much more to come here on West Coast Rap tonight. A scary scene in Washington after a bear attacks a woman while she's out for a walk. What she's now saying after that close encounter. Thanks for watching Fox Local Los Angeles. We now join Live Now, already in progress.