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WEATHER East Oregonian Page 2A REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SATURDAY TODAY Freezing rain at times Mostly cloudy 34° 31° 45° 31° SUNDAY MONDAY Mostly cloudy Cloudy PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 43° 34° 43° 37° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 46° 31° 34° 32° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 30° 40° 69° (2012) 27° 26° -9° (2004) 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 Trace Trace 0.24" Trace 0.11" 0.24" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday LOW 33° 40° 64° (1989) Trace Trace 0.16" Trace 0.10" 0.16" SUN AND MOON Jan 16 Bend 48/31 Burns 43/26 7:36 a.m. 4:26 p.m. 9:14 p.m. 10:13 a.m. First Full Jan 24 Jan 31 Caldwell 36/28 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 Klamath Falls 50/28 Lo 43 26 31 43 26 33 39 34 32 35 28 35 34 37 42 43 30 30 31 42 28 41 32 32 43 33 33 W r i sh r c r r c i c c sh sh r r r c r i r c r r c r i i Hi 48 41 43 52 41 40 48 45 46 42 44 42 40 49 50 53 39 43 45 48 43 50 35 40 48 43 44 Lo 41 20 27 41 19 27 35 32 31 29 20 28 27 31 40 40 25 31 31 37 23 37 30 26 37 33 32 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c c sn c c c c c c c c c c WORLD CITIES Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Hi 38 71 48 47 72 33 51 62 34 82 43 Lo 16 64 45 38 43 31 41 49 19 68 36 W s c sh c pc sn sh s s s c Sat. Hi 37 67 52 44 69 37 46 61 35 87 48 Lo 21 65 41 36 40 33 41 51 20 74 40 W pc sh sh c pc sn r pc s s s (in mph) Today Saturday Boardman Pendleton NE 4-8 N 4-8 SW 7-14 WSW 7-14 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Periods of rain today. A shower tonight. A shower in places tomor- row. Sunday: rain. Eastern and Central Oregon: Rather cloudy today. A bit of ice, then rain across the north; a shower or two near the Cascades. Western Washington: Occasional rain today and tonight. Mostly cloudy tomorrow with a shower in places. — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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WINDS Medford 54/37 PRECIPITATION Jan 8 John Day 46/35 Ontario 35/30 27° 27° -4° (1942) 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 Last New Albany 53/39 Eugene 54/39 TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normals Records 41° 35° Spokane Wenatchee 35/32 32/29 Tacoma Moses 50/42 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 36/32 38/33 52/42 50/40 37/33 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 49/42 35/33 Lewiston 35/32 Astoria 38/35 52/43 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 49/42 Pendleton 41/33 The Dalles 34/32 34/31 38/35 La Grande Salem 41/35 55/41 Corvallis 52/37 HIGH 42° 33° Seattle 51/44 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 41° 31° Today TUESDAY Times of clouds and sun 42° 32° Friday, January 5, 2018 Eastern Washington: A bit of ice in the north and toward the Cascades today; a little rain across the south. Cascades: Periods of rain today. Periods of rain, then snow tonight. 0 0 1 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: Mostly cloudy today; periods of rain, except dry in the interior mountains. 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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 80° in Thermal, Calif. Low -44° in Embarrass, Minn. 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 56 38 20 19 39 40 38 15 40 18 11 4 59 52 8 62 10 0 82 55 9 47 21 66 46 71 Lo 31 21 9 4 31 19 29 1 20 4 -4 -1 36 28 -4 36 3 -11 71 39 -7 27 7 47 22 56 W s s s s c s c pc s pc s sf s pc pc s s s pc s s s c pc s pc Sat. 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The company called the lawsuit baseless. The lawsuit seeks $100 million to use to mitigate pollution, particularly along a 10-mile stretch of the Willamette River in Portland that will be the target of a $1 billion cleanup announced by federal authorities in 2016. Oregon’s lawsuit cites internal memos and corre- spondence indicating that Monsanto knew early on about the toxic effects of PCBs. A 1937 internal company memo said that exposure to vapors at high temperatures or ingestion of the substances by animals produced “systemic toxic effects” and prolonged skin contact could lead to an acne-like rash, the lawsuit alleged. Monsanto said in an emailed statement that the litigation undermined decontamination efforts in the Portland Harbor overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agency declared the area a “superfund site” in AP Photo/Don Ryan, File In this Aug. 1, 2012 file photo, the downtown skyline is shown on the west bank of the Willamette River in Portland. 2000. “Monsanto voluntarily stopped producing PCBs more than 40 years ago and didn’t use or dispose of any PCBs in the state of Oregon. Cleanup efforts are underway in Oregon with the full group of responsible parties under supervision of the EPA, and it’s most important that everyone stay focused on that work,” said Scott S. Partridge, Monsanto’s vice president of global strategy. In Oregon, more than two dozen rivers and streams have tested positive for PCB contamination and fish and wildlife in more than 40 watersheds have also shown signs of pollution, according to court documents. A variety of fish species in Oregon are vulnerable because the PCBs accumu- late in their fatty tissues. When seals, eagles, osprey, orca whales and humans eat those fish, that contamination is passed on, the lawsuit alleged. In some cases, dead orca whales that washed up on shore have been treated as hazardous waste, the lawsuit said. “PCBs cause a wide range of systemic toxic effects in humans and animals and can seriously impair the endo- crine, neurologic, and repro- ductive systems,” according to the lawsuit. Portland’s harbor suffered the most pollution because it was lined for a century with businesses that relied heavily on PCBs for manufacturing, metal recycling, fuel storage, railways and other industrial uses. PCBs, or polychlorinated biphenyls, were used in many industrial and commer- cial applications — including paint, coolants, sealants and hydraulic fluids. Monsanto, based in Missouri, produced them from 1935 until Congress banned them in 1979. According to the EPA, PCBs have been shown to cause a variety of health problems, including cancer in animals as well as effects on the immune, nervous and reproductive systems. Several cities — including Portland and the California cities of Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, Long Beach and San Diego —have also sued Monsanto over PCB pollu- tion. Washington became the first state to sue Monsanto over PCBs in 2016. The new lawsuit said that a study included in a 1955 Monsanto internal report that said “the toxicity of these compounds has been repeat- edly demonstrated” and that prolonged skin exposure could cause a “serious and disfiguring dermatitis.” A 1968 study of a waterway near a Monsanto plant characterized the creek as a “potential source of future legal problems,” the lawsuit said. Yet Monsanto told officials around the country the contrary, the lawsuit alleged. In a letter to New Jersey’s Department of Conservation that year, Monsanto wrote, “Based on available data, manufac- turing and use experience, we do not believe PCBs to be seriously toxic.” cleared in $17.6M isolation booth trial By ZACH HALE (Longview) Daily News A jury Wednesday found in favor of the Longview School District in a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by five former Mint Valley Elementary School students who claimed they were illegally placed inside an isolation booth between 2009 and 2012. The plaintiffs had accused Stein of violating the students’ right to freedom from unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment by placing the children inside a 4-by-4- foot windowless isolation booth for non-emergency reasons. The district denied all of the plaintiffs’ allegations but did admit one of the students was legally placed inside the booth on a single occasion for emergency reasons. The district’s defense attorneys also argued that the children suffered from pre-existing mental disabilities that persisted throughout childhood, and that it was impossible to confirm whether their alleged experiences inside the booth aggravated their conditions. During closing argu- ments, plaintiffs’ lawyers asked the jury for $17.6 million in damages to compensate for the value of lost wages and medical costs. “I think the verdict speaks for itself,” Francis Floyd, one of the district’s defense attorneys, told The Daily News. “I hope the district can now get back to doing what it does best.” In a prepared statement, Longview School District Superintendent Dan Zorn echoed Floyd’s comments. “This decision to deny the claims validates the district’s tradition of commitment to its students, families, and the staff members who work hard to help students learn and grow. The district will continue to work to best serve each of our students,” he said. Pendleton Superinten- dent Chris Fritsch was the assistant superintendent in the Longview School District from 2011-2017 and testified in the trial. He told the East Oregonian this week he felt district staff had acted appropriately. Corrections SAIF hack exposes personal employee data By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau A cyber-security breach at Oregon’s State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. may have exposed confidential information of more than 1,750 people. The information, including the individuals’ names and Social Security numbers, was compromised on Nov. 3 when a hacker gained access to a SAIF auditor’s email account. That account contained emails which included personal information on employees for six companies that get their workers’ compensa- tion insurance through the quasi-public agency. Among those affected are some substitute teachers and school classified workers in the Portland metropolitan area. As of late Jan. 3, there had been no reports of identity theft as a result of the attack, said Lauren Casier, a SAIF spokeswoman. “SAIF is diligent about protecting the confidential information that is shared with us,” Bruce Hoffman, the company’s vice president of underwriting, wrote in a letter to affected employees. “We deeply regret that this incident has occurred. We are reviewing what needs to be done to avoid any recurrence.” Employees were notified in late December that their confidential information may have been exposed. The seven-week delay resulted from the time needed to manually review email folders and attachments to identify what personal information was contained and to compose a letter to employees, Casier said. The affected employees work at six companies that buy insurance from SAIF, including EMS SubDesk, a Beaverton company that provides substitute teachers and classified workers to several charter schools in Multnomah and Washington counties. Katey Thomas, EMS SubDesk’s registered agent, did not return a tele- phone call from the Pamplin/ EO Capital Bureau seeking comment on the data breach. A call and email to the compa- ny’s general mailboxes also were not returned. On Wednesday, Casier declined to release names of companies affected by the breach, citing a state public records disclosure exemption. The Capital Bureau independently obtained a letter about the cyber-security failure that identified EMS SubDesk. ——— The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. 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.