Upper 70s to near 80 degrees. We have seen light showers, rain shower c470 near to downtown, Southwestern Colorado and in the southeast, we had rain last night, those showers taken the usual Early Morning lull, they will pick up in intensity as we go through the afternoon. The southwest to northeast flow, once the abundant moisture, its humid over the state, hits the front range, anticipated. We expanded the Flash Flood Watch, goes from Boulder County to colorado springs, in to the four corners, locally, you can see it up along the peak to peak highway, allens park and down through georgetown in to bailey and kenosha pass through the afternoon and evening tonight. For us light showers this morning, temperatures holding in the 70s this afternoon, a round of moderate to heavy rain possible down here on the deck what a way to finish the week. Changes between your morning and afternoon drive as well. This morning, drive easy across the maps. Later today, could need extra time, splash back,
Murdering a 15 year old boy over an ipad. Will stand trial tomorrow. Marcos arenas was run over in 2013 after the men attempted to rob him. Our 8 news now reporter Shakala Alvaranga is standing by with a look at the high profile case. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga sharie, this murder circles around 15 year old marcos arenas. Prosecuters believe two men ran him over and killed him three years ago in a robbery. Gone awry. At the time. And 21 year old michael solid will stand trial monday morning. Prosecuters say both men are responsible for the death of 15 year old marcos arenas. And this is how it allegedly went down. Surveillance video captures the two men at a convenience store, supposedly plotting their next move. Witnesses say dismont jumped out of an suv on charleston boulevard. His ipad. A treasured birthday present from his family. Police say marcos arenas then ran after the suspects. And when dismont got back into his car, arenas held on to the suv. Prosecuters say dismont and sol
Coverage along the river for you. Lets go to kevin. Reporter we are just north of the district on the nature trail. You can see it goes underneath this rail bridge around 9th avenue. It goes down about 34 feet. It is all solid water. You can get a good look at how nasty the water is. This is why you should not go in floodwaters. Look at all of these branches and twigs that were brought from upstream. The water is low right now compared to what it is supposed to get to. Right now it is 14 feet. This is the first while that will stop first wall that will stop the water. As you can imagine, at about 45 feet clear this wall. We will almost certainly see water coming up over this embankment in the next few hours and then it will start heading towards newbo. We will take one last look at this. This is the first piece of real flooding we have seen on the bike trail. It gives you an idea of how high this is just a few feet below where the railway is. This could potentially be very dangerous in
Rider smashed through a window into the suv. Im christine maddela. Im dave hall in for john huck tonight. The crash happened on the west side of the valley at the intersection of hualapai and alta. That where we find fox 5s cyndi lundberg. Shes been talking to police about what happened. Dave christine metro police tell us that dirt bike is illegal to be driving on the streets. Witnesses told investigators the dirt bike rider gunned a red light and actually ended up inside a car. The a rav4. Flying glass and the impact of the crash sent the female driver of that rav4 to umc with non life threatening injuries. The dirt bike rider who was wearing a helmet was pronounced dead at the scene. Metro police say they have a message for everyone on our roadways. Right now what we know is that we have a motorcycle rider that shouldnt even have roadway, he was riding a dirt bike and from what right now what we know is that we have a motorcycle rider that shouldnt even have been on the roadway, he
Checkpoints that we want to make sure people arent going in. The National Guard will serve that purpose. They should be in place by noon tomorrow. Were meeting with the corps of engineers in the morning to discuss the levee system and any issues that there may be with that. We think its in great shape. Were doing all the last minute inspections and work this evening, but theres always that possibility, so we bring in the corps. Their experts its been great 72 hours, a great rally for the city. Now we have to deal this is the dangerous part and so i really please, if you live in that area, get out and if youre not in that area, stay out. You have worked in both the public and private sector. What are you hearing from the Business Community downtown right now as we near this crest . Well, most of the Business Community made their going to come late monday or tuesday, they werent sure. So most of them by friday made plans to relocate this week. So the Business Community is doing that. The