Dollars for the las vegas community. The event has a reputation for drug use and abuse. And on average one person a year dies while attending. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg joins us now to break down the economic impact. And some of the problems the electric Daisy Carnival faces. The electric Daisy Carnival isnt the most popular Music Festival in the world. But edc fans spend more per day than any other event. About 288 dollars per person per day. And when you consider nearly half a Million People come in town just for this event it adds up. One point three billion dollars. Thats how much money one Music Festival has pumped into the city of las vegas. Pasquel rottella ceo and founder of insomniac events who puts on the electric Daisy Carnival. Says it feels great to put money back into his city. And i never imagined it to be as big of a number as 1. 3 at least in five years the three Night Dance Party held at the motor speedway draws more than 300 thousand people to sin city every year. Festi
Looking like the nicest weather weekend so far this year. Light breezes will be with us 1015 mph during the weekend afternoons. Monday well see southwest gusts to 2530 mph with a high of 77, then north gusts 2530 mph on tuesday with a high of 72 before going back up to 75 by next wednesday. Heres your fox5 Traffic Solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. A woman is dead after being hit by a vehicle on boulder highway. Police say the driver took off. Lagrange joins us live from that intersection with the latest on the investigation. Nick . Dave and maria police say that woman was crossing here late last night when she was struck and killed by a v
Victim was of a marked crosswalk, wearing dark clothing. When she was hit by a silver mercedesbenz c lk. Police say that vehicle has been reported stolen. Police searched for that vehicle for a few hours this morning, before spotting nearby. However, the vehicles driver was nowhere to be found. The victim was pronounced dead, here at the scene. We dont have identification on the victim. We also dont have identification or a description of the suspect, other than that police say it is a male suspect they are looking for. Of course if you see that vehicle, or have any information that can help this investigation, please call police immediately. Dave and maria . Now lets check in jones with a quick look at the traffic and weather. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps weather. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 T
You that with fox 8 news batman coming up. It was a frigid weekend northeast ohio is there a chance for a warmup . This is a look from the roofcam, now to the Weather Center for the first look at our weather. The temperatures are on the rise , we have to watch for a system from the south and west currently anywhere from the mid 20s including ashtabula 25, the overcast today this area of low pressure moisture from the r south, the center will be to our east, i think that it will be one third of the french will affect us after midnight. Vice above freezing the system to the south will g be tricky to forecast with t with Winter Weather visor he posted for for the parallel to thee ohio pennsylvania areas. Overnight tonight, eventually some rain mix some heavy snowfall just east of between cleveland akroncanton and to the east with about 6 inches in can tuscarawas and Trumbull County the farther west the less likely you will be affected by the systeml. Chelsea clinton is in cleveland today
Me is the legal prescription of opioids. Ive two minor Health Things in my life in the last two years that i had earlier in my life. Both times the medical professionals were willing to give opiates like, i believe a months worth of opiates for something that had no business, under any circumstances, prescribing opiates and they wouldnt have five years ago. I guess ill start with mr. Botticelli but anybody else can chime in here. What can we do to stop in these basic things, id say what they were but i dont want to embarrass the medical professionals. They were par for the course. I mean one of the things say were not going to reimburse for medicaid, were not going to reimburse for medicare, were not going to reimburse if youre, you know, anything else the federal government is kicking in, for these sort of problems, no matter how much pain you claim you had, because people never used to have them. Or we could perhaps say even for cms say were not just not going to reimburse across the