The crash remains under investigation. As soon as we learn more about what happened and the victim, we will let you know. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Sharie Johnson mandatory evacuations have been lifted for all communities affected by the blue cut fire. That means people near the San Bernardino National Forest are now returning to their homes. The fire has charred more than 37 thousand acres. Its now 83 percent contained. The blaze destroyed more other structures. More than 80 thousand people were forced to leave their homes. Eric Johnston returning home its really nice to come home and know that eveything is standing and all of our friends homes and that theyre safe and their homes are Still Standing thank you firefighters absolutley Sharie Johnson while people are returning home they are urged to use caution as firefighters are still patrolling hot spots in the area. Sharie Johnson katie boer gives us a look at what this could mean for our chances for rain. katie bo
With jane king coming up in a little bit. Kim there are new developments with a couple of other swimmers down in rio. Dana we want to get you caught up with the blue cut fire. This is about three hours dr. Las vegas. Good news for us here is that interstate 15 is now open in both directions. This is more than 35,000 acres burned so far. Fire Officials Say it is they have this thing 22 contained. Kim tens of thousands remain under mandatory evacuation. The fire scorching more than 50 square miles on the steep west side. The air quality in that area terrible. Multiple School Districts that just started up closed today as a result. Christy is reporting live from the scene this morning. Were going to check in with her traffic and weather every 10 minutes on news 3 today. Tom is over in the traffic center. First our forecast with kelly curran. Kelly we had active weather across the area yesterday afternoon. If you were at home watching tv you probably noticed severe thunderstorm warnings an
Area by Tuesday Morning and slightly warmer temps in the low 100s are in store for wednesday and thursday. Another system will start to push in and bring breezy winds to the area thursday and. The system will bring some milder air in with it, dropping high temps back to around 100 for friday and next saturday. Breaking overnight one pers after this crash. It happened just before 130 this morning at the intersection of silverado ranch and gillespie. Light tboning a sedan. Right now local police and firefighters have a lot on their hands. Two house fires. One set by squatters. And police are investigating two homicides. The first one near tropicana and maryland. Detectives say a person is dead after getting into some type of altercation just after 2 yesterday afternoon the victim was rushed to Desert Springs hospital where they later died. No word on any suspects. Just hours earlier a woma apartment complex near cheyenne and pecos. Police say about six people heard multiple gunshots a li
Todays scrimmage. There is still no clear cut starter at quarterback. Both Kurt Palendech and Johnny Staton had their moments. But also made critical mistakes at important times. You could sense their frustration. Average is no longer acceptable at unlv. Johnny Stanton quarterback we didnt have any wow factors today. Had some strong drive and didnt finish. I had a pick in the end zone, had a strong drive, but those first two werent good. Kurt palandech qb we had a couple of screwups and i take responsibility for that when im in there. Weve got to make the most of our opportunities. Mcaleenan linebacker; i think everybody is more familiar with everything. Which means were getting more consistant. Tony sanchez coach; one side does good, the other side struggles then the opposite, offense had a long drive and a touchdown. You want give and take not one side dominating more then the other. Thats why scrimmage are kind of a funny thing especially for a head coach because you want to see the
Reporter Shakala Alvaranga has details of the evidence against shane ross tonight. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga paul and christianne, its a shocking revelation in this entire ordeal. Police believe shane ross is the man behind six other robberies in the area. Were told he was arrested without incident this morning. An elected officials son. The man accused of robbing several businesses on Spring Mountain and rainbow. Surprise. Even to shane ross own family. Police say he hit the krispy kreme and burger king restaurant today. They werent letting anyone in the parking lot at all. Police surrounded Jackpot Joanies near flamingo and durango. And arrested ross about an hour later. A couple of cop cars, they were just everywhere, they were all over. Ive never seen that many cops. Metro says ross would park his motorycle outside a store. And rob its employees at gunpoint. August 16th, all in the area of Spring Mountain, jones, rainbow area. We reached out to mayor pro tem steve ross today. In