WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Low clouds may break Mostly cloudy, a little icy mix 25° 22° 32° 28° THURSDAY FRIDAY Cloudy, a bit of snow; chilly Overcast with fl urries PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 48° 38° 44° 28° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 31° 26° 27° 22° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 21° 16° 39° 25° 61° (1980) -16° (1924) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.49" 0.93" 1.27" 16.19" 13.35" 12.74" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 25° 39° 62° (1971) 0.27" 0.53" 1.20" 9.29" 9.13" 9.67" SUN AND MOON Jan 1 Bend 35/28 7:35 a.m. 4:17 p.m. 12:19 p.m. none Last New Jan 8 Caldwell 31/24 Burns 30/18 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 42 29 35 52 30 30 39 26 27 34 40 30 28 46 46 52 32 27 25 37 32 39 21 30 38 25 29 Lo 33 20 28 44 18 23 33 22 22 29 22 25 23 33 40 45 25 21 22 32 23 33 18 26 33 20 19 W r c c c pc c c c c c pc c c c c c pc c c r c r pc c r c c NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. Hi 47 34 44 53 39 36 49 35 31 40 43 37 34 48 51 54 33 30 32 42 44 48 25 35 42 32 31 Lo 42 21 25 42 16 29 34 30 26 29 19 30 30 29 43 40 23 24 28 40 22 41 21 29 39 27 24 W r c c c c sn c c c c c sn sn c r c sf c sn r c r sf sf r sn c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 36 70 59 46 72 41 45 59 28 74 54 Lo 18 62 44 36 45 34 40 49 12 70 34 W s pc s r pc sn c sh s pc s Wed. Hi 39 69 60 40 72 36 42 58 27 78 47 Lo 19 63 47 31 44 32 32 46 20 68 36 W s pc pc sn pc c r r s pc s WINDS Medford 46/33 PRECIPITATION Dec 26 John Day 34/29 Ontario 32/25 19° 27° 0° (1983) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Albany 37/33 Eugene 39/33 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 45° 28° Spokane Wenatchee 21/18 20/15 Tacoma Moses 36/28 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 25/18 24/17 39/32 37/28 29/19 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 37/32 25/20 Lewiston 27/22 Astoria 27/21 42/33 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 37/32 Pendleton 30/23 The Dalles 27/22 25/22 32/25 La Grande Salem 30/25 39/33 Corvallis 38/32 HIGH 44° 36° Seattle 38/30 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 37° 34° Today SATURDAY A little snow in the morning 39° 36° Tuesday, December 26, 2017 Klamath Falls 40/22 (in mph) Today Wednesday Boardman Pendleton NE 4-8 N 4-8 NE 4-8 W 3-6 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today with a stray shower in the afternoon. Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy today, but increasing cloudiness in the south and upper Treasure Valley. Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today; a little afternoon rain across the south. Jan 16 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Northern California: Periods of sun today. Mostly cloudy tonight, except mainly clear in central parts. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — www.eastoregonian.com Eastern Washington: Intervals of clouds and sunshine today, except cloudy toward the Cascades. Cascades: Cloudy most of the time today. Cloudy tonight with a snow shower. 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NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 57 50 36 35 2 50 29 26 54 32 12 17 43 23 16 68 2 -6 81 53 17 68 16 64 45 68 Lo 31 34 23 22 -3 30 21 13 39 14 0 7 32 8 2 41 -11 -19 65 42 1 50 -1 44 23 50 W pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc pc c c sf r s pc pc pc s r r c pc c pc pc pc Wed. 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Hi 26 35 83 10 5 34 51 27 35 12 29 75 16 24 47 20 54 61 20 44 68 58 42 78 33 27 Lo 13 23 70 4 1 20 43 15 24 8 17 47 -4 7 19 5 26 35 11 29 49 44 40 43 18 21 W pc c pc s s c r pc c pc s s s s c c s s pc pc s s r pc pc c Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice. 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Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email editor@eastoregonian.com. • To submit sports or outdoors information or tips: 541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com Rare white Christmas causes car crashes Suspect in Oregon PORTLAND (AP) — It’s a good thing Santa travels by air. Much of the rainy Pacific Northwest got a rare white Christmas that left roadways treacherous. Dozens of crashes were reported Sunday in and around Portland and Seattle, and slippery roadways led to some closures. The snow wasn’t particularly deep, only an inch or two, but it created havoc — especially on hills — when mixed with freezing rain. The weather gradually warmed Monday, but the National Weather Service said roads remained slick. The agency said it’s only the sixth time since 1884 that downtown Portland has had measurable snow on the ground on Dec. 25. “Grab a cup of hot cocoa or coffee this morning, sit back and enjoy the rare sight ... a white Christmas across Portland!” it said in a tweet. A white Christmas is also unusual for Seattle, and drivers struggled with the conditions. Michael Stevenson cringed as he watched cars inch or slide their way down a hill in Kenmore, a suburb deputy’s 2007 death arrested in Mexico Steve Bloom/The Olympian via AP Motorists drive near Yelm, Wash., Sunday. Snow, sleet and freezing rain is making holiday travel challenging in Washington state, Oregon and Idaho. north of Seattle, KOMO-TV reported. Stevenson grabbed a shovel while other neigh- bors threw cat litter in the road to help with traction. “We were coming home from QFC just up the street here,” Stevenson said Sunday, referring to the supermarket chain. “And we got behind a bunch of these cars. I saw it and I said, ‘We better get home and get my shovels out here and start helping some people. “You can see the anger that comes from all of this. It’s just ... it’s no fun,” he said. The Washington State Patrol said a 36-year-old woman died Sunday when her car veered off a road near the city of Roy and hit a tree. Authorities believe the snow caused it. A Northwest city more accustomed to snow — Boise, Idaho — got about 9 inches from a pair of weekend storms. The Idaho Statesman reported that there were dozens of crashes and slide-offs around the region, but no fatalities. Killer says marijuana use might have played role MEDFORD (AP) — A man found guilty by reason of insanity in the stabbing death of Ashland partygoer now says marijuana use might have contributed to psychotic delusions. Pedro Sabalsa-Mendez made the suggestion during a hearing last week before the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board. The Mail Tribune obtained an audio recording. Sabalsa-Mendez killed 20-year-old Avi Feldman at party on Nov. 6, 2016. A witness said Sabalsa-Mendez had been acting strangely at the party. He then stabbed Feldman while yelling “Suicide!” Sabalsa-Mendez, diag- nosed with schizophrenia, was committed to the care and custody of the review board. He is being held at an Oregon State Hospital psychiatric facility in Junction City. Sabalsa-Mendez, however, is starting to question the role drugs may have played in the murder, according to testimony at the hearing. “Very recently, as in the last week and a half, Mr. Sabalsa has expressed a lot of concern that his symptoms could be substance-induced,” Dr. Matie Trewe told the board. Sabalsa-Mendez said he was using more marijuana at the time than he previously disclosed, according to a recent evaluation report. But Trewe said Sabal- sa-Mendez — before the murder — was seen at least twice at a hospital because of psychotic symptoms. 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A grand jury had indicted him on charges of criminally negligent homicide more than a decade ago after a head-on collision that killed his 19-year-old passenger and Marion County Deputy Kelly Fredinburg. De Jesus-Ascencio was critically injured but out of the hospital by the time a judge issued a warrant for his arrest. He fled to Mexico and wasn’t caught until January 2017. He was mistakenly let go a month later due to an administrative error at the prison in Baja California. Oregon State Police said de Jesus-Ascencio was arrested Thursday in Michoacan, a western Mexican state. Oregon prosecutors in 2010 sought to have Mexican authorities prosecute him in their country because it was unlikely he would be extradited to the U.S. Fredinburg, 33, was heading to an emergency call June 16, 2007, when his patrol car was struck by a Ford Crown Victoria that was traveling in the opposite direction and crossed the center line. The patrol car caught fire, and Fredinburg became the first Marion County deputy to die in the line of duty. De Jesus-Ascencio’s passenger died from his injuries at a hospital. Oregon State Police and the Marion County District Attorney’s Office worked jointly to find de Jesus-Ascencio with the FBI, U.S. Embassy, Interpol and the Mexican Attorney General’s Office. Corrections The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818.