Here across the street, thats when i noticed all the cops and emergency vehicles on the block. It sucks what happened. Sad. Sad it happened to a little kid like that. Shakala Alvaranga our sources tell us the child who died was also 9. Police say they are still investigating but it is a heartbreaking story to bring to you tonight. All around. Back to you. paul joncich shakala, thank you. Do you do with the dog . Shakala Alvaranga paul, we are told that animal control has taken custody of the dog. However, they are not releasing any more information other than that. Back to you. paul joncich allnew details tonight at 11. Police and Health Officials are on alert for hazardous, Nuclear Material stolen from a northwest home. Christianne Klein gauges stolen from his house thursday morning. That still havent been found. Hes speaking exclusively to 8 news now reporter nia wong. Shes here with the story. Nia . nia wong this is a common tool used to measure soil density. The danger here are the radioactive isotopes within these gauges. The good news . They were in storage cases. With several security mechanisms in place when they were stolen. The bad news . The possibility they could be in the wrong hands. They say love what you do. For geotechnical engineer ive always loved to build construction. so much so that he does his work out of a laboratory built in his garage. Inside. He tests concrete. Gathe Ring Research to make sure casinos, homes and other buildings dont topple over on soil. But his research requires the right tools. this is a nononsense situation, this is Hazardous Material guertin says he went inside his home for only a few minutes. Point. The gauges are gone. two Nuclear Density gauges containing radioactive isotopes are now missing. radioactive materials. Notice to employees, the public an example shown here shows how theyre used in the field to measure soil density. Guertins gauges were stored in cases the size of an icebox. And arent dangerous inside of them. But if opened. it affects your health , it can cause cancer guertin doesnt b a random burglary. i suspect it was somebody who knew what they were, thinks theyre valuable, and wanted them. for the safety of the community hes offering a 500 dollar reward for its return. it shouldnt be out there unsecured. Its hazardous to Peoples Health if its not stored and handled properly. nia wong if these devices are found. They can be dropped off where these cases are should call metro or the radiation control program. Christianne Klein nia, how much are these devices worth . And what are they worth to someone who may know how to use these . nia wong these gauges run between 5 to 25thousand dollars. But these thieves wont have much luck making that much off of them. Each are licensed and heavily monitored by the radiation control program. So lets say this thief tries to sell it to another geotechnical engineer . This engineer would not legally be able to purchase or use the gauge. Theyd Christianne Klein the bluecut fire raging in Southern California is only fourpercent contained tonight. And is nearly 26thousand acres in size. paul joncich the fastburning fire in the cajon pass area west of i15 started around 10 30 am yesterday. More than 13hundred fire personnel are doing their best to contain the fire. But red flag conditions remain in effect. More than 82thousand people businesses have burned angela adams wrightwood its a scary thing weve had to do this this is the first time weve actually had to leave weve been on stand by a few times, so its scary trying to get everything out of your house. paul joncich conditions arent expected to assist firefighters. The hot, dry and breezy weather continues tomorrow. With ridge winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. Christianne Klein we have a big update for you happening right now. Angeles should reopen momentarily. The 215 15 northbound connector reopened at 10 15. And Officials Say the i15 northbound will be fully open through the cajon pass any time now. They have not said if southbound lanes are ready to open. Travelers who need to get to la need to take 15 southbound to barstow. Then deviate to 58 west. Before heading south on california state road 14. From there, you can get to interstate 5 and on your way to la. havent been called to assist with the bluecut fire. But resources are being used at the strawberry fire in Great Basin National park near ely. And at the box canyon fire in utah. The Us Forest Service stands at the ready in this dangerous drought season ray johnson, u. S. Forest service, Fire Prevention officer in the finer fuels, which is grass and bushes, the fires burn very very quickly, they move very very quickly. So when were responding to those were certainly aware of that and we try to stay out of the way. paul joncich were still in the middle ir need to take caution and pay respect to fire restrictions, like no wood or charcoal fires on Mount Charleston except in exempted recreation areas. Christianne Klein well, we saw more smoke rolling over the mountains today from the bluecut fire. This is time lapse video from the valley today. Aternoon winds helped thin the smoke out. But an air quality advisory remains in efect through friday. Tedds here with a first check of your weather at 11. tedd florendo 111 for the high and we may be on track to getting close to the 111 record high today. Temps certainly above average for this time of year as well. Conditions remain dry with single digit humidity readings, but we did see the increase of wind as forecasted. Gusts have been up to 30 in many neighborhoods today. Evening forecast shows temps in tripledigits even through the evening and hot at 11 oclock. Well start off the morning extra warm again under clear skies. Winds expecting to decrease a little and then return to some breezes again tomorrow again. paul joncich theres a bizarre brazil involving members of the us mens swimming team. Us bound plane late this evening. And they will not be allowed to leave the country until they testify about an alleged robbery. Swimmers jack conger and gunnar bentz were detained earlier in connection to the investigation centering around the men and teammates ryan lochte and jimmy feigen. They claim they were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi on sunday. But police say theres little evidence to support their accounts and they were unable to provide key details in police interviews. A judge orde seized. But lochte is already back in the us. Feigens whereabouts are not known, but he told the san Antonio Expressnews he is still in brazil. Christianne Klein all new tonight. Metro police have released pictures of a man suspected in a series of armed robberies. They say the man carried out the business robberies last night in the area of rainbow and spring mountain. He would park his motorcycle then rob employees at gunpoint. The suspect wore a black halfhelmet. About six feet tall and 200 pounds. If you have any information, call crime stoppers. Christianne Klein and were getting a first look at the suspect in yesterdays robbery at a tj maxx. That created nervous moments as many believed that a hostage situation may have been taking place. 34yearold jason mote is charged with robbery with a Deadly Weapon and burglary while possessing a gun. Hes being held on 60thousand dollars bail. No one was hurt during the robbery. paul joncich veterans Training Fund is in desperate need of help after a bicycle accident. Jacqueline carrizosa was training for her 640mile las vegas to reno ironman motorcycle race to raise funds for veterans when she was in an accident. She broke her back in two places and may lose a kidney. Now, her friends are rallying around her to raise funds to help with bills and her rehabilitation Genghis Cohen veterans Training Fund so, were just really asking people to go out and support this person because its quite ironic that we had a veteran who veterans and got injured in the process of doing it. And now, were now in the process of raising money for her. paul joncich a gofundme page with a goal of raising 50thousand dollars has raised nearly sixthousand dollars. Weve posted that information on las vegas now dot com. Just click on links weve mentioned. Christianne Klein what a wild day for the ufc. Its press conference for saturdays fight fell apart. If ever there was a perfect pot Chris Maathuis will have more in sports. paul joncich and an extreme case of animal cruelty. Wild mustangs suffering agonizing deaths because of someones actions. The iteams george knapp has exclusive details. Plus, the massive reward for information. Next. a reward of 100thousand dollars is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for a disturbing act of animal cruelty. paul joncich a dozen or more wild county died of thirst after someone disabled all of their water sources. The mustangs had been rescued by businesswoman Madeleine Pickens. Now, dozens of them are missing. Christianne Klein we do want to alert you. Some of the images youre about to see are very disturbing. George knapp of the iteam has the exclusive details. voice of Madeleine Pickens they got little scarlet. She wasnt a pony just a small horse. She was so sweet. When she arrived at her elko one of the first dead horses Madeleine Pickens saw was a mustang she had named scarlet. The withered remains of eleven more mustangs were found in and around the water sources that had been installed for the horses. Every one of the water sources had been sabotaged, disabled, dried up, which meant the 60 or so horses living in that sector had no water in the summer heat. Pickens founder of mustang monument the horses know where all they could do is die of thirst, and its not a pretty death. Its horrible to see them laying there. Its not the first time her property has been vandalized. Shes spent 7 years and 25 Million Dollars turning a barren, overgrazed cattle ranch into the 600,000acre mustang monument, an ecoresort and sanctuary for 700 or more wild horses who were ransomed and rescued by pickens sent to a slaughterhouse. Because of continued opposition by the blm and elko county officials, the ecoresort is closed. Pickens and her staff still operate the monument as a self sustaining foundation, and when shes on the property. She helps feed the mustangs,. The sabotage occurred in the Northeast Corner of the property, more than an hours ranch hands check every week on the herd living out there and found the carnage over the weekend. It was more than random vandalism though. Every gate was opened, every fence was cut and then laid down. A few horses were still alive when found but were too weak to stand. Pickens i feel so guilty because i rescued these horses from the killerbuyers from going to slaughterhouses. Th eyre in a 12,000 acre private piece of land, all fenced in with wells and springs and they and some hoodlums, some outlaws come in and kill them. Pickens staff contacted the elko Sheriffs Office but theyre not confident there will be much of an investigation, so wednesday afternoon, she told the iteam she is offering a arrest and conviction of the persons responsible. Pickens im in shock. Its so disturbing when you drive by and see these beautiful bodies lying on the ground. George knapp 8 news now. Christianne Klein the iteam recently visited mustang monument as part of a planned news series. We have Additional Information about the project, and the reward, on our website, lasvegasnow. Com. paul joncich lake mead is expected to next june which means a water shortage could be declared within the next couple of years. This is according to a new study from the bureau of reclamation. A shortage would mean cutbacks to water deliveries to arizona, california. And even us here in nevada. If cutbacks were to take place, the effect on us would be minimal because we already use less water than were allotted. temperatures soar near record numbers again. The monsoon stay way north and east of the region for now as we remain dry and hot. Winds have picked up as storms have been passing due north. Expecting to stay hot before we see a downward trend in our temperates. U. S. Temps have been hot all over. What an august it has been with heat from the west coast all the way to the east coast. Oppressive heat continues from the midwest all the way to the midatlantic where feels like temps this afternoon have been in the hundreds with the humidity. Radar showing the showers and a few storms to the central part of the state and some shower activitty to the east in the grand canyon and flagstaff again. Thats where theyre staying for now. Keeping our eye on the storms that continue through louisiana. We have numerous flood watches in effec still through lafayette and baton rouge still with the rain continuing. That have seen up to 2 feet of totall rain in just the past few days and there are numerous rivers exceeding their banks. Heres the forecast. Tonight dropping to the 80s again by morning under clear and breezy winds at times. Staying warm through the evening and overnight. Tomorrow expect a hig still in the 80s and above average again. Were typically around 102 this time of year and well also come close to record warm lows again. Looking ahead at the next 7 days we see a downward trend in temperatures with around numbers getting close to normal late week. Slight chances of the monsoon returning but this time staying mainly north and east of the area. Breezy winds early week with winds relaxing more late week. Todays press conference. Christianne Klein one fighter walked out without saying a thing, it was a crazy 30 minutes. Chris Maathuis i dont even know if it lasted 30 minutes. If you believe in conspiracies this is something that will get but if you were ever on the fence. This is the one. Plus. Great to have gorman grad and slugger joey gallo in vegas. Round rock visiting the 51s. More coing up next here on channel 8. Chris Maathuis im Catherine Cortez masto and i approve this message. Four years ago i was diagnosed with Breast Cancer so im really outraged that joe heck voted ten times to defund planned parenthood which thousands of nevada women depend on for cancer screenings. Congressman heck even threatened to shut down the federal government to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. Is only ufc loss. Nate diaz beat him last spring. Fast forward to august and the time has arrived. Usually leading up to a Mcgregor Fight is filled with emotion and excitement. But something was missing. Yb the c word. A few questions later and inexplicably diaz and his team begin to file out. Cursing, cussing. And then throwing bottles at conors posse with dana white shouting at mcgregor, not to throw anything, he does anyway. Dana and conor talk, white then waves off the press conference. White sorry guys see ya saturday. Dont know who subscribes to conspiracies but if ever there was a perfect plot, this might be it. Conor Mcgregor Fighter i see it as handbags they walk out talkin what was it. Were ready to fight, ready for war to lets bring it im not here to talk and do these stupid press conferences they keep they im here to fight saturday night i will get my wish. Chris Maathuis the las vegas 51s snapped a long losing streak last night, now would be a great time to go on a long winning streak. Round rock express in las vegas tonight. Second of four games. More home stand. Not too many more chances to see the club this year. And tonight it was a chance to see former gorman grad and round rock slugger joey gallo and he doesnt disappoint. He sends one deep into the night and the express beats las vegas 108. As for joey, hes not sneaking up on anybody anymore. Joey gallo gorman grad going up the plate and they say whos this kid and lets see what hes got and you hit one 500 feet and theyre like ok he can swing it. Now most people know and thats how it is. And you have to adjust and learn that it what you want as a little kid. Chris Maathuis todays game in denver between the nats and rockies. In that thin air, bryce harper belts on into the 2nd deck that travels 461 feet. Its a two run blast. That wasnt enough overcome the rockies scoring 7 runs in the 1st, colorado clubs the nats 1210 Chris Maathuis after three close games, the u. S. Mens Basketball Team woke up. They turned a slow start into a blowout win over argentina. U. S. A. Went on a 272 first half with 27 points in a 10578 win. Now they meet spain on friday in a rematch of the last two gold medal games. Spain beat france 9267 earlier today. Chris Maathuis last night andy johnson announcing hes leaving findlay prep and joining todd simon at southern utah. That means findlay will be looking for its 5th coach in 6 years. Johnson will be reunited with simon. They worked together when todd was head coach of the pilots. paul joncich wednesday right after this. paul joncich a strange and tragic story out of wisconsin. A farmer dies while working in a huge manure holding tank on his family farm. A heavy layer of warm air prevented toxic gases from escaping. The farmer died within seconds. 16 cattle also died. Christianne Klein a casket was found on the side of the road. It washed up on this busy street in baton rouge, louisiana. Which is dealing with historic flooding right now. Apparently. The casket has been sitting there for a while. No idea how it g t Chris Maathuis and finally tonight. Lots of crazy contests here at the iowa state fair. Including this annual tradition the cow chip throwing contest. The things people will do for a blue ribbon, flinging a little petrified poo. Thats right. People are actually throwing cow dung to win a prize. And its been a tradition for decades. Wash your hands after that one. paul joncich thats all for us live at eleven. Kevin hart. Well see you back here tomorrow to prove how authentic my new brewhouse bacon burger is im going undercover, at an actual brewhouse. Its awesome. Amazing what if i told you, you are eating a jacks brewhouse bacon burger from jack in the box. Not this one. Absolutely lying. And what if i told you. That im jack. Whaaaat . no way no didnt see that coming, did you . Porter ale cheese sauce, grilled onions, and bacon on a artisan potato bun. Stephen all right, time for another show. Senator sanders wait a second. You were my guest on last nights show. The struggle for justice continues. I still have a path to being on tonights show. Stephen sir, im like im sorry. Thats that is just not going to happen. Too late. Here i am. laughter tonight, stephen welcomes kevin hart. Taylor schilling. And rupaul charles. Featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now its time for the late