Our website las vegas now dot com Kirsten Joyce governor sandoval is asking an Energy Task Force to work on the controversial rooftop solar policy rate changes. The chief Strategy Officer Just Announced plans to reconvene the new Energy Industry task force for the next year. This comes after the Nevada Public Utilities Commission increased rates. Which then sparked protests. Companies said the hike forced them to lay off hundreds of workers. A proposal has since been submitted to grandfather in the lower rates for thousands of customers customers. sherry hows the weather today . Mother nature has been working overtime with solar power this week. Finally a nice springlike break after some long stretches of colder winter days. So i havent heard too many compaints. Mostly clear skies and mild degrees again this morning. After hitting those extra warm 70s on tuesday. Your most accurate weather now forecast looking for another beautiful spring day in las vegas and Southern Nevada. The air i
She says it all went down in front of her neighbors house. No word yet on the identity of the suspect. Or the victim. Denise Valdez and a bank robbery led to a crash that shut down part of the 215 today. Police say the robbery happened at the us bank on russell road near i15. Metro followed the suspects car from a helicopter. As the vehicle sped down the highway. Until it crashed on 215 between buffalo and durango. The suspect was taken into custody. But was first taken to the hospital for minor injuries. Dave Courvoisier new tonight at six. A former Charter School teacher is in trouble with the law. Facing lewdness charges. North Las Vegas Police say 49 year old William Crawford had inappropriate contact with two 12 year old girls. This happened while he was a teacher at Somerset Academy in 2012. It wasnt reported to the police until 2014. Crawford was arrested yesterday on two counts of lewdness with a minor under 14. Dave Courvoisier also new at six. Two people are facing felony acc
A former Oklahoma City Police Officer is now facing life in prison after being convicted of Sexual Assault including rape and welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im in for del walters and daniel preyed on a dozen of women using his badge to victimize them while on patrol. And we have the story. Reporter on his 29th birthday daniel found out he will spend the rest of his birthday behind bars. Guilty of the crime of Sexual Battery and sets punishment at eight years. Reporter ex oklahoma guilty of rape and 14 other counts and facing 36 criminal counts in total. Defendant guilty of the crime of oral sodomy and punishment is set at 20 years. Reporter they said he used his position of authority to sexually abuse 13 African American women while on du duty. In our neighborhood and warning no one to look at them, i believe justice was served. Reporter all accusers were African American women from the lowincome neighborhoods he patrolled and a former star College Football player
To the San Bernardino shootings. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. A former Oklahoma City Police Officer is now facing life in prison after convict of sexual assault, including rape. He cried as the jury read the guilty verdict on thursday. Prosecutors say he preyed on more than a dozen women, using his uniform and badge to victimize them while on patrol. We have the story. On his 29th birthday, he found he would likely spend the rest of his birthdays behind bars. The defendant is guilty of the crime of Sexual Battery and set punishment at eight years. A jury found the exoklahoma Police Officer guilty on four counts of first degree rape, as well as 14 other counts, he had been facing 36 criminal counts in total. The defendant is guilty of the crime of forcible oral sodomy and punishment set at 20 years. He is accused of using his position of authority to sexually abuse 13 africanamerican women while on duty. All of his accusers were africanamerican wom
The that deaths of unarmed black men. Next on American History tvs reel america series, the people and the police, oakland, a 1974 documentary. Almost from the day it was founded in 1948, the folks across the bay in San Francisco have been making jokes about oakland. There is no there there. While the jokes may live on, oakland is no longer that faceless other city across the bay. Today, californias fourth largest city is a booming center of art, industry, and culture. But oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. They dont use the coliseum or airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Hey you funky old oakland town your taiown aint got no shame and most of all no pity most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here from the south during wo