We will bring you more details as the story develops. More than 300 thousand people are headed to las vegas to ring in the new year. And with that comes a lot of people wondering how theyre going to get around fox fives Cyndi Lundeberg is live from las vegas boulevard and harmon with more on your transportation. And which areas youll want to avoid. Elizabeth. Ndot metro and nevada Highway Patrol are all going to be out in full force. To make sure roads that are shut down stay closed. And make sure everyone has a safe and happy new year. We also talked to uber. Who gave us an idea how much prices are going to cost riders. More than 300 thousand people vegas. Many are coming for the Biggest Party which takes place right on the strip. Tony illia the strip turns into one giant Big Block Party new years partiers have multiple ways to get around and to the strip. But it will cost you. Cab prices are expected to sky rocket. And ride sharing app lyft says theyre capping their surge pricing at 200 percent. That means a 20 dollar cab ride could cost you as much as 80. New to las vegas. Uber is also expecting surge prices. And huge crowds. Uber we encourage people to look at their app it will them know if surge pricing is happening they can set an alert to let them know when surge pricing is down the strip will also be shut down to ring in 2016. Ndot says roads leading to las vegas blvd. And on and off ramps on intertate fifteen will be closed. Tony its going to shut down at 5 oclock and will reopne in stages from roughly 3am to 6am the next morning tony if you are strip be prepared more than 13 hundred metro officers will be along the strip to ring in 2016. And are asking people to leave certain items at home. Rodriguez we are requesting people not bring back packs strollers rodrgiguez leave those things at our hotel at home dont bring them to the srip metro says ones are also not allowed on the strip to usher in 2016. You could face fines and criminal charges if youre caught with one. Youre also going to have to leave any metal and Glass Containers at home. Rodriguez we know all eyes ar eon vegas for this event this is a world class ciy and we have people from all over the world coming metro says beginning at four they will start shutting down boulevard. By about five theyll start on the freeway on ramps and offramps. Anyone coming to the strip and abt by 6. Coming up tonight at 11. If youre a teenager. Or a Parent Planning to bring a teen to the strip. Well tell you what you need to know. Cyndi lundeberg fox 5 news local las vegas. Metro police also want to remind everyone not to shoot off guns to ring in the new year. They say it is dangerous and illegal. Anyone found discharing weapons will be arrested. You can also find a full list of our road closures on our website. Visit our website fox fivevegas dot com. And there are plenty of options for those who drink too much new years eve. Rtc will offer free rides from six pm to nine in the morning near years day to and from the strip and downtown. This year a motorcycle towing company is offering to take you and your hog home for free. The evening new years eve. To six in the morning new years day. Call 7025860536 for a free ride for you and your bike. The new year is expected to bring with it many new openings in the las vegas valley. Fox5s Miguel Martinezvalle is live from the new las vegas arena near tropicana and las vegas boulevard with what we have to look forward to in 2016. From venues to restaurants and everything in between lots of red ribbon cuttings should be seen around town during the 2016 year, but officials are saying more than just new places to eat and things to do. These new businesses mean new jobs. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Im pretty glad that chicfil a is coming. Cracker barrel, you dont have to drive 100 miles to kingman to go get it, im excited for chic fil a arena is going to set a new stage for las vegas. 2016 is promising some new additions to the valley. The las vegas arena is set to open its doors in april, and they Just Announced one of their new tenats, an 18,000 square foot nightclub. Hyde lounge. Its going to create a lot of jobs a lot of new excitement in las vegas, a lot of new events here. And then youve got ikea opening up sometime next year, youve got speed vegas opening up, youve got Cracker Barrel coming, youve got chic fila coming. A lot of new things coming to the town. Speed vegas, an 100 acre Motorsports Complex is set to open in the spring, ikea will welcome customers in the summer, and restaurants like wahlburgers, chicfila, and Cracker Barrel should be serving before the end of the year. But more important than when theyre opening, is what new business means for vegas locals. Thousands of potential new jobs. These are people who have families, who support their families, through these types of businesses. So its a lot bigger than just the number on a piece of paper so it an exciting time for us, and its going to give a lot of county opportunity to go back to work that theyve been looking at for a long time. So from venues to restaurants and everything in between, 2016 is looking to be a bubu year, bringing with it some much anticipated grand openings in the valley. We asked you what you were most excited to see come to las vegas in the new year, and as of right nowmost people are looking forward to see opening its doors. Live, Miguel Martinez valle, fox5 news local las vegas. The web poll will be up for the rest of the night so you can let us know what new 2016 development youre most excited for on fox five vegas dot com. A 21yearold man accused of killing his father. Police say the father was yesterday. But was later found shot to death at the same house. Fox fives Ophelia Young has more on the investigation. It was reported that he had left the home and so at that point our officers were focused on looking outside of the home. The call came in from a Family Member 68 year old mbayi ngenza was missing. Police arrived at the home on Fox Moore Court near paseo verde parkway to take the report and then spread out to look for the father. But they were called back to the same home a few hours later. They had some Additional Information and when our investigators and officers searched the homes they found the victim who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound. Ngenza was dead. After questioning the family the police found out. The victim and his son eugene tshiyombo had fought the evening before. Eugene mbayi tshiyombo 21 years old. Son to kill his own father after Christmas Henderson police are trying to learn more about the sunday night argument that led to this domestic homicide. Henderson Police Arrested and booked tshyombo on an open murder charge tuesday night. This is hendersons fourth murder this year french says no murder is good but People Living in henderson can take comfort that they have all been domestic and not random. Its one of those things where we do have the four homicides that we have this year but they are domestic related and thats a good thing and that henderson residents do take their safety seriously. Oy f5n llv police have not said which Family Member made the initial missing person call. Or where the body was exactly found inside the home. Family and friends mourn a tourist killed in a deadly crash on the Las Vegas Strip last week. A funeral took place for 32 yearold Jessica Valenzuela from buckeye, arizona. Three was with her husband on the strip last sunday. When a driver plowed through pedestrians on the sidewalk outside Planet Hollywood and paris. They were on the strip celebrating their 10year anniversary and the next thing they they know there were people getting hit and scrambling. People getting hit and scrambling. Valenzuela died at the scene. And more than thirty others were injured. Hundreds raised enough money her body back to buckeye for a funeral. The familys Attorney Says their thankful for the communitys support. She was just a loving mother, and they were starting out their family and just bought their new home together and were excited about that. Theyre all having a rough time, there is no good time for tragedies, but they are all having a rough time. The driver is 24 yearold lakeisha holloway. Her threeyear old daughter was the time of the crash. Police believe the act was intentional. Holloway faces murder charges. A man accused of shooting and killing a woman earlier this month has been arrested. Police in Southern California took Vernon Newson junior into custody on a warrant. He faces murder charges with a deadly weapon. And an exfelon in possession of a firearm. Police say newson shot the 28year old woman several times on december 13th near i15 and lamb. She died at sunrise hospital. Newson awaits extradition back to north las vegas. A man is shot and killed inside his car outside a gym parking lot. At least one gunshot was heard outside the 24hour fitness around 130 this morning near rainbow and alta. An employee dialed 911. Officers found a man dead inside a white car with california license plates. Police say Surveillance Video shows another car pull up with at least two people inside. A person from the passenger window fired the gun at the man. Then the car drove off. Police have not anyone with information about this shooting can call police or crimestoppers 7 023855555. The woman accused of killing her husband in a downtown las on Christmas Eve for the first time. Escalante shot her husband to death in front of a at the plaza hotel and casino. She was not asked to enter a plea deal for murder and child abuse charges. Was opening Christmas Gifts killed david cordova. The child was not hurt. Escalante is being held without bail. Her court date is set for january 7th. The 20yearold man accused of driving high in a deadly bus stop crash pleads guilty. Leonardo ruesga could face twelve to forty year in prison. After pleading guilty to two counts of dui causing death. Police say he jumped the curb and slammed into a bus stop back in march. The crash killed a sixyearold and her grandma. Blood tests methamphetamine in his system. Sentencing scheduled for february 16th coming up a possible hate crime caught on camera. A mosques door handles covered in bacon strips. How the local Muslim Community responded to the situation. Las vegas headliner Britney Spears gives safety advice. How she teamed up with the Rape Crisis Center for a campaign. Ahead of the new years eve celebrations. Your fox5 weather 24 7 forecast is the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of americas best mayors. In congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Sanders im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. Door handles on a mosque were covered with strips of bacon. And it was all caught on camera. Fox fives Abby Theodros shows us the Surveillance Video of what metro police say may be a possible hate crime. A man brazenly walks up to a Spring Valley mosque and wraps strips of bacon on the door handles. This is the aftermath. Fayyaz raja, mosque goer he knew there was a camera there. He even looked at us. I was really surprised at why a person would go and do such a thing. It happened sunday morning. Just a few short hours after the vandal left the building mosque goers found the pork on the entranceceandle putting their plans to pray to a halt. Raja the Muslim Community theyre concerened about this kind of a situation but i think we are very peace, loving people and i dont see any Concern Police on the other hand are investigating the possibility of a hate crime. Pork is forbidden in islam making it off limits to eat or even touch. Danny amster coowns the genral Contracting Company that shares a parking lot with the mosque. He says he too found bacon on his companys doors and windows and says its awful that someone would resort to such a hateful act. Danny amster any way you slice it its a stupid and hateful act. I mean what purpose does it serve . The whole thing i mean its just ridiculous. The situation comes amid religious tensions surrounding the Muslim Community following attaks like the one in san bernardino. Leaders like fayaaz raja say his mosque is open to all. Raja i would love to talk to him. I would love to sit down. Bring him to our congregation and meet him. See why he did that. At f5n llv metro police say the investigation is still open. And they have not identified the vandal yet. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty another freezing night as well drop down to 31 degrees in las vegas with outlying areas seeing mid20s overnight. Only 49 degrees with sunny skies on wednesday and thats where we stay for new years overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. We should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10 15 mph breezes. Another freezing night as well drop down to 31 degrees in las vegas with outlying areas seeing mid20s overnight. Only 49 degrees with sunny skies on wednesday and thats where we eve through sunday afternoon. Overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. We should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10 15 mph breezes. Closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning las vegas headliner Britney Spears sends a message to those partying for new years eve. How she says you can party smart during all the festivities. Rants continue to pour in about nv energy and the p ucs decision. Who one caller says you should call about it. Thats been quiet Planet Hollywood headliner Britney Spears has a serious message for those partying this near years eve. When im with friends we make this promise to each other. Arrive together. Stick together. And leave together. But remember have fun play it safe, and party smart. Who doesnt love to have a good time vegas . The singer was featured in a psa by the Rape Crisis Center. Its for the party smart campaign. The organization wants to remind everyone of tips that apply to partying any day of the year. Get your own drinks and never leave them unattended. Make sure your phone is charged and check in with friends. Dont let a friend leave with someone they just met. Know your surroundings. Were three days away from a new year. And thats when new years resolutions kick in. Most commit to working out more. Some people are jumpstarting their resolutions early. Gyms have been packed for the last few days. While some places have seen memberships go up. Those working out at orange theory fitness say the trainers are helpful when it comes to their goals. Im a former athlete from high school, i just graduated and i was getting out of shape. I was worried. But basically getting back into shape with good workouts, at your own pace and they help you through it. If youre lost, they let you know health Club Officials estimate more than 54 million americans members. Coming up another terror plot thwarted. How many were accused in plotting a new years eve attack in belgium. And what their background is. The socalled affluenza teen sentenced in a deadly dui crash in 2013 has been caught. How his mother played a part in his escape. Plus its been a strong season for the Arizona Cardinals. With plenty of passionate fans showing their support. We meet a 100 yearold woman who claims shes the most this is fox5 news at 10. Local. Las vegas. A terror plot foiled. Belgian Police Arrest two people accused in a new years plan to attack high profile sites in belgium. Security has been heightened in brussels amid those arrests linked to terrorism. Counter terrorism Officials Say the men are members of a muslim biker gang. And suspected of discussing attacking brussels grand place square and others places like police and military facilities. The plot appears to have been directed by the isis terror group. Belgium has been at the heart of the investigations into the paris attacks that left 130 people dead. Back in the states the affluenza teen sentenced to ten years of deadly drunk driving crash in captured. Us and mexican authorities worked together yearold. The latest on the case. When ethan couch was captured on the vallarta, mexico with dark hair and dark goatee. Texas Authorities Say the 18yearold had the look of someone on the run, trying to change his appearance. Earlier this month the teen was seen with blond hair in a video that appeared to show him at a party with alcohol a violation of his probation. Authorities say ethan and his mother tanya couch had what was essentially a goingaway party the night before, driving from fort worth to the mexican resort town on the pacific ocean. A mexican immigration official says the pair crossed into mexico through tijuana. Sheriff dee anderson says tanya couch will be hindering the apprehension of a fugitive, and faces up to 10 years in prison. dee anderson Tarrant County sheriff her entire focus has been on making sure he didnt see any justice done, making sure he was not accountable. So, for her to assist him i felt like was just a natural next occurrence. Im not surprised that she helped him. Not surprising to those who have seen the couch family up close since the teen was only sentenced to probation for a drunk driving crash that killed 4 people in 2013. His attorneys argued he suffered from affluenza saying he lived a privileged and wealthy lifestyle where there were no consequences for bad behavior. The victims families filed civil lawsuits against the couch family. Abc news obtained these deposition tapes from that case. In those tapes ethan couch openly talked about his drug use. ethan couch ive taken valium, hydrocodone, marijuana, cocaine, xanax, vyvanse. I think i tried ecstasy once. And his mother talked about how she let her son drive illegally. Couch mother lawyer you understood that any time he was under 16, he was never to be driving by himself . tonya couch mother yes. Lawyer nevertheless, you allowed that behavior to happen, correct . tonya couch mother yes. lawyer whens the last time you recall disciplining ethan for anything . tonya couch mother i dont remember. Mexican Officials Say ethan couch and his mother are being voluntarily deported back to the united states, but its not clear when they will arrive back in texas. Prosecutors are fighting to get couchs case moved out of the juvenile system and into adult courts. For now, prosecutors say couch isnt likely to face significant jail time for violating the terms of his probation. Sharen Wilson Tarrant County District Attorney if he stays in the juvenile court, the maximum sentence he could incarceration in a juvenile facility until he turns 19, which is april the 11th of 2016. That is not enough. Ed lavandera, cnn forth worth texas. Us Officials Say they expect the ethan couch to return to the us tomorrow. Glee star mark saling has been arrested on child porn charges. The la internet crimes against Children Task force obtained a warrant to search his home this morning. They say they found evidence of child porn. Tmz reports his exgirlfiend tipped off police. Salling faces felony charges for possessing child porn. Hes being held on 20thousand dollar bail. Severe weather blamed for dozens of deaths across the country now moves north. Nearly a dozen states are under a winter storm warning. The weather system that caused tornadoes in texas moves north. Bringing snow and ice to the country from the midwest to massachusetts. Families found their homes and belongings completely destroyed. While some are maggart says its horrible. Its just. Its not our house, its our home, i mean, i raised all my kids there. Nixon says we got a lot more water comin. We try to stay out in front of this as best we can. Today is tuesday, as i said before were lookin at thursday night or friday morning for that crest. Highways have been a mess in the midwest. South. And northeast. More than a thousand flights have been canceled from texas to maine. Fema will be on the ground in the coming days to go through damage. And see if those living in the area qualify for federal aid. Practice makes perfect. In three days millions will pack the blocks around times square in new york city to celebrate the new year. Confetti was dropped as a test before the big night. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 lots of confetti organizers say the annual test went off without a hitch. And expect the day to go just as well. There will be thousands of wishes mixed with the three thousand pounds of confetti. Million pieces will be tossed by hand from several rooftops. With new years eve comes new years resolutions. Many are starting to think of goals or changes they want to make. Foxs anna kooiman shows us why its beneficial to make resolutions at each stage of your life. Instead of making typical new Year Resolutions this yearstart making goals that benefit you at each stage of your life. Psychiatrist and lifereimagined expert dr. Janet taylor says setting ageappropriate goals will help you to stick to them and make two thousand sixteen your best year yet. In your 30s. Take a break from your phone and engage in more face to face time. Taylor says as humans were born with attachment and it helps us as we think about our own feelings and resolve them and it also helps us to be able to understand other peoples feelings 1 in 10 adults say they dont do anything to manage stress make a promise to find three healthy stress management activities. Taylor says focus on how your body feels when its stressed and then find healthy coping mechanisms for example. Go for a breathing, read a book, knit, drum anything that is repetitive in your 40s. Vow to improve your communication skills and do a relationship checkup. Taylor says let me tell you something that you do that makes me happy, you tell me, how can we make that better and really focus on Understanding Research shows people who live in cluttered spaces are more prone to depression and anxiety start the new year fresh and organize your home or office space. Taylor says take one drawer, whatever you havent used, whatever doesnt bring you joy, throw it away and use that as a metaphor for the rest of the year dr. Taylor says your 50s are all about fearlessness decide to say yes to one thing every day for a month. Taylor says it may be more time at the gym more time to eating patterns this year and change one thing to make your meals more nutritious. Taylor says start by keeping a log of what you eat every day for a week and then look at how you can change that, maybe its the fact that you can bring a lunch in or Pay Attention to calories decide to cut back on salt or cut back on sugar in your 60s and beyond dont lose sight of what you still want to do make a bucket list and dont hold back taylor says your bucket list is yours alone, you can range as high as you want, as daring as you want, but the key is no to make it so big that you dont do anything aging does increase the risk for Certain Health problems like Heart Disease and arthritis in this decade dont skimp on health screenings. Taylor says whether its a breast exam, pap smears, colonoscopies, talk to your doctors about health screens and then dont just learn about them actually do them and many will be hitting the gym as part of their new years resolution. A new study shows coffee improves endurance during exercise especially in cycling and running. Researchers at the university of georgia found significant improvements in endurance performance in five of nine studies. The group focused on previous studies on caffeine. Coffee. And sports. Half of the studies show coffee reduced perceived exertion. A 100yearold woman claims shes the most passionate Arizona Cardinals fan around. What the team gifted to her on her birthday. And why shes not intimidated by the Carolina Panthers. Plus one baby cannot resist bacon. His reaction to trying the salty goodness for the first time. Your fox5 weather 24 7 forecast is a veteran got a letter in the mail from the va and now hes warning every other veteran to check their mailbox. Thats up next in the Arizona Cardinals are having a good season. Fans are proud and passionate about the team. But few are as passionate as this 100yearold. Foxs steve krafft shows us what the team gave to her for her birthday. There are casual fans, and then theres delma graham. A fierce cardinals fan since the team came to arizona. So devoted the team gave her a jersey for her 100th birthday. Graham says now i see you are jersey number 100 so you are on the cardinals roster right . i guess so. what position do you play . i would be the quarterback that is the most important. While delma wouldnt mind suiting up for the cards, and is ready to play if needed. Shes happy to have the firststringer. In fact, shes downright optimistic about the teams chances. And not intimidated by the 14 and 1 Carolina Panthers. Graham says so you dont think the Carolina Panthers are that great . I want you to talk some trash. i dont think they are. I saw them. Cardinals can beat them. The cardinals are fast they really are. I think they can beat the panthers. I really do. And now. Hang on. The big prediction. Delmas got the cards going all the way. Graham says win the super bowl . win the super bowl yes. you guarantee that . as much as i can guarantee that i guarantee that. And thats a stone cold lock. Delma has sixteen grandchildren. She plans to pass from generation to generation. Now fox5 weather 24 7, with chief meterologist ted pretty another freezing night as well drop down to 31 degrees in las vegas with outlying areas seeing mid20s overnight. Only 49 degrees with sunny skies on wednesday and thats where we stay for new years eve through sunday afternoon. Overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. We should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10 another freezing night as well drop down to 31 degrees in las vegas with outlying areas seeing mid20s overnight. Only 49 degrees with sunny skies on wednesday and thats where we stay for new years eve through sunday afternoon. Overnight lows will stay around freezing through sunday morning also. We should see a temperature of 34 degrees when we ring in the new year on thursday night around midnight with some light 10 15 mph breezes. The rants continue to pour in on the solar energy issue in nevada. After the puc voted to phase out subsidies and raise prices over the a war veteran is upset with whats happening with his va benefits. And a scam seniors should be aware of. Followed by a thank you. Rants to the rant 8285 heres a look at whats coming up. On fox five news at eleven. Las vegas is getting ready for its Biggest Party of the year. What the youngest revelers need to know if theyre headed to the strip. New developments in a case out of reno Getting National attention. Over the fight to keep a College Student alive. What a judge is granting. To help determine if theres any hope of the young woman waking up. And seaworld is suing. For the right to keep breeding its whales. The end of a bargain Officials Say the Amusement Park is not holding up. Hoverboards have been a hot ticket item for christmas. Literally. The device was still wrapped inside its box when it exploded in a mall in texas. Heres a look at video of it on fire. The mall was evacuated as firefighters put out the flames. No one was hurt. The Consumer Product Safety Commission put out a statement saying they are investigating the cause. More than twenty reported in seventeen states. And the boxing champ mike tyson. I dont want you to fall. sound of fall tyson was riding his daughters pink hoverboard when he took a fall. His daughters pink he took a fall. No word on if he really injured theres been seventy reports of emergency room visits because of hoverboards over the holiday thats according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Many have also been posted on social media. With the hashtag hoverboard fail. Mmm. Mmm. Bacon. How this baby reacted to tasting bacon for the theres a lot of firsts t remember in a childs life. And one baby tries bacon for the first time. Is that good . Pauses he laughs and closes eyes . Bacon bacon laughs stuffs bacon in mouth oooooooh. Easton slowly nibbles on the crispy bacon. Then closes his eyes because its oh so good. Fox5 news at 11, station here for you at both 10 and live from las vegas its time for fox5 news at 11. The countdown to 2016 and Americas Party is on. Well tell you the closures youll about, and your
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