Simon Gutierrez
Investigative Reporter
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Simon Gutierrez is an award-winning reporter who has more than 15 years of experience in television news.
He has covered everything from the wreck of the New Carissa in Coos Bay to blizzards in New England and hurricanes in South Texas.
Simon is currently a member of the FOX 12 investigative team, covering topics in-depth that affect people in the Pacific Northwest.
Simon is a proud graduate of the University of Oregon, and returned to his home state after working at WTIC-TV in Hartford, CT, ESPN, KSAT-TV in San Antonio, TX, and KTRK-TV in Houston, TX.
He began his career at KEZI-TV in Eugene, OR.
Simon enjoys spending time with his two sons, watching baseball, and, of course, cheering on the Oregon Ducks.
4 shootings in 4 months near Portland schools prompt city, school leaders to meet, discuss solutions
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 5:21 PM PST
|By Simon Gutierrez
After four shootings outside Portland schools in as many months, city and local leaders met Friday with PPS Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero and members of the school board to discuss possible solutions.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 6:39 AM PST
|By Simon Gutierrez
One of the quiet struggles for many Oregonians that can fly under the radar is food insecurity.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 8:33 AM PST
|By Simon Gutierrez
Thousands of property crimes in Portland are going unsolved, with no punishment for the criminals that commit them.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 9:34 AM PST
|By Simon Gutierrez
Despite public refrains about problems recruiting new officers, the Portland Police Bureau’s internal hiring statistics paint a different picture of the bureau’s staffing issues.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 11:45 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
In the six months since expanding services city-wide, Portland Street Response has been a noticeable presence in downtown Portland.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:28 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Persistent staffing issues at the Portland Fire Bureau are eating away at firefighter morale, according to the union that represents them.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 2:48 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell on Wednesday addressed community concerns about police response and violent crime in rare one-on-one interviews with members of the media.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 3:25 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Dozens of people living in a North Portland apartment building are facing massive rent increases.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 7:45 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
A concerted effort by the City of Portland to clean up Old Town Chinatown appears to be bearing fruit, but business owners say there is work left to be done.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 10:28 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez and FOX 12 Staff
Ten Portland residents with disabilities filed a class action lawsuit in federal district court, claiming that the city had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by permitting homeless persons to set up camp on city sidewalks.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 6:42 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Holla School, a public charter school sponsored by the Reynolds School District, serves kids in kindergarten through second grade.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 9:29 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
As students return to the classroom, school districts around Oregon continue to struggle with a shortage of bus drivers to ferry them to and from school.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 12:49 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Heading into the new school year, Oregon school districts are facing a severe shortage of substitute teachers.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 8:48 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Hundreds of families in Multnomah County stand to benefit from free childcare under the county’s new Preschool for All program.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 6:39 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Growing concerns about a controversial herbicide that’s damaging crops around the country has some farmers in Oregon worried about managing their own crops.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 12:44 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Two power companies explain how they're getting ahead of the risk of wildfires.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 5:47 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Investigators are still looking for the cause of a fire that gutted the historic Roseway Theater in Northeast Portland over the weekend.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 7:42 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
“I woke up to what sounded like gunshots at about six this morning,” Darrick Herndon said. A couple minutes later, he heard a loud boom.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 12:56 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
A new report released by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office shows a sharp increase in gun violence.
Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 1:07 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Ballot Measure 110, known as the Drug Treatment and Recovery Act, was supposed to provide more access to drug treatment for Oregonians struggling with addiction by funding treatment and behavioral services.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 4:33 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
A man accused of killing three people in 2015 is being moved from the Oregon State Hospital to a facility in Woodburn, a decision that has caught residents off-guard.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 3:57 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Millions of dollars in funding promised for behavioral health and drug treatment under Ballot Measure 110 have stalled in the pipeline, with treatment providers anxiously waiting for financial help.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2022 at 6:51 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Portland World War II Veteran Milford “Mac” MacDougal celebrated his 100th birthday on the 4th of July.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 5:29 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Thousands of grocery workers in Oregon and SW Washington have not been paid the raises they’re owed under their newly ratified union contract.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 6:54 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
A year after state legislators approved hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for mental health services, the Oregon Health Authority announced how and when that funding would be rolled out.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 6:04 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
With the Memorial Day weekend approaching, the area around Detroit Lake devastated by wildfires is gradually rebuilding and welcoming visitors.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 5:38 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
As elections workers continue to process tens of thousands of uncounted ballots in Clackamas County, Secretary of State Shemia Fagan on Tuesday addressed concerns about the delay in the election.
Updated: May. 23, 2022 at 6:51 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Elections workers in Clackamas County worked over the weekend, still processing tens of thousands of uncounted ballots from the May 17 Primary Election.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 5:28 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Three days after the May 17th primary election, it’s still not clear when all of the ballots in Clackamas County will be counted.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 9:42 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
As mothers around the country struggle to find formula to feed their infants, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden announced he is launching an investigation into the company at the center of the formula shortage.
Updated: May. 18, 2022 at 1:44 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
The rise in gun violence in the Portland area has made us all keenly aware of the human cost of these crimes, but there are other costs we don’t talk about as much, like the incredible cost to treat injuries from gun violence, and the overall cost to the community.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 12:01 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
An organization called People for Portland is proposing a ballot measure that would require 75% of funds from the Metro housing bond passed by voters in 2018 be spent on creating additional shelter space.
Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 5:17 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
More than 1,000 people descended on downtown Portland Saturday in a show of solidarity to rally in support of abortion rights.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 9:37 AM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
The average annual cost of infant care in Oregon is more than the cost of college tuition, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute.
Updated: May. 9, 2022 at 6:23 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
When the Portland City Council voted to cut millions of dollars from the police bureau’s budget, some of that money was earmarked for community-based programs that would serve black Portlanders.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 6:49 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
A neighborhood group in Southwest Portland is withdrawing its support for a so-called “Safe Rest Village” on SW Naito Parkway.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 3:14 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Investigators in Clackamas County are looking into what they describe as a disturbance at a workplace that ended in a man’s death.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 7:03 AM PDT
|By Haley Rush and Simon Gutierrez
A trip to the emergency room can change your life not just medically, but also financially. FOX 12 Investigators looked at how people in Washington and Oregon are impacted by medical debt.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 5:14 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler unveiled his city budget proposal for the 2022-2023 fiscal year on Thursday, seeking to address the city’s growing concerns with livability and public safety.
Updated: May. 2, 2022 at 6:46 AM PDT
|By Haley Rush and Simon Gutierrez
A team of Oregon divers are solving cold cases across the nation. They call themselves Adventures with Purpose.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2022 at 10:42 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
The FBI is sounding the alarm on increased efforts by cybercriminals targeting kids in what they call “sextortion.”
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 5:44 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
While gas prices in Oregon are slowly creeping downward, the decrease is not nearly at the same pace that prices increased in early March.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 6:31 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
With so many questions about inflation, interest rates, and the U.S.’ economic uncertainty, FOX 12′s Simon Gutierrez spoke with Natalie Berning, a financial expert from On-Point Credit Union.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 6:28 PM PDT
|By Haley Rush and Simon Gutierrez
As shootings continue to surge in Portland, a local nonprofit is partnering with OHSU in hopes of breaking the cycle of violence.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 8:32 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Millions of dollars around the world have been invested in virtual real estate in the developing “metaverse,” but there are many questions still about what this emerging world, or worlds, will look like.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 6:49 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Audio recordings of interviews conducted by Pierce County investigators shed light on what happened during a use of force incident at the Clark County Jail that spurred a criminal investigation.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2022 at 6:26 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
Prospective homebuyers looking to get into Portland’s competitive housing market now have the option of offering to buy with cash through a company now doing business in the Portland Market.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2022 at 12:42 PM PDT
|By Marilyn Deutsch and Simon Gutierrez
City leaders announced Monday morning that the Portland Street Response is now a citywide program.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 5:24 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
The Clark County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the use of force by deputies in the Clark County Jail, and has requested an outside agency also conduct a criminal investigation into the matter.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 4:45 PM PDT
|By Simon Gutierrez
With the U.S. Senate this week passing legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent throughout the year, there are questions about the potential impact on Americans’ sleep cycles.
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