They wrapped up cleaning efforts yesterday afternoon. Mainly in the gym where they say most of the mercury was. This after the district says a quarter of a cup of mercury was recovered last wednesday. Leading to that 14 hour lockdown which lasted well into thursday morning. Thousands of students, their bags and shoes were screened for mercury. This investigation continued out of the classrooms as well. At last count. 7 buses were tested and cleared. More than 75 homes were investigated at least one of them had mercury levels so high, elsewhere at least temporarily. Though school is scheduled to start at 830. Many families are skeptical to send their kids back. martzi kallao, grandparent i said im telling you right now i dont want them back. If theres mercury on them, can you guarantee me that theyre going to be fine if they put it back on . nia wong the district says students will have to make up three missed days of school. No official dates have been put aside. But they are looking a
At the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. We are setting up for a very nice fall like day, 8 days before the season arrives. Sunshine, much lighter winds and well below seasonal temperatures will be the what we can 9 degrees below the normal temperature. As we head into the rest of the weekend, dry and sunny weather will prevail and daytime temperatures will rebound. By monday our highs will be hovering around for wednesday is 7 or high. Bill clinton is taking over duties in the silver state today. The former president will be discussing the economy at the c sn campus in north las vegas. The event starts at 11. Doors open at ten. Clinton is resting today to recover from pneumonia. Tomorrow, the democratic nominee will return to the campaign trail. President obama campaigned for clinton in philadelphia on tuesday. Donald trump will appear on the doctor oz show tomorrow. Fox news says doctor oz plans to analyze the results of trumps physical medical exam that he took last week onair. But. Docto
School parents dropped off their kids for the First Time Since quarter of a cup of mercury was found on the campus and some say six days later they still have questions i want some clarity on the amount . Why did it take so long for them to communicate what was going on . Theres plenty of questions, but im glad they took the precautions they did to make sure the kids are safe we got a look at some of those precautions taken insi the gym where ccsd says the mercury was found and the area the epa said had the highest levels of contamination 10 to 15 times higher than the levels considered safe for kids. During the cleanup, workers took out a chunk of the gym floor. Crews also ripped up the carpeting that was right here at the entrance of the gym, saying that students may have tracked the mercury onto it as well many of those areas were removed for procautionary measures to make sure that we removed any material that be contaminated as for what all that clean up work will cost . Ccsd says
Of your first alert forecast with dan bronis. Good morning dan adlib warming temps, light winds and lots of sunshine will be the theme for the weekend. Expect highs in the mid 90s on saturday and upper 90s on sunday. However, changes seem to be coming for the start to the workweek as moisture pushes in from the south and starts to bring more cloud cover on monday and chances for rain starting late in the day. Monday will also be breezy with highs in the mid 90s. By tuesday the co thicken and chances for rain will remain in the forecast. Also, high temps will cool to more changes arrive thursday as a large storm system approaches from the pacific northwest. Conditions the area on thursday the upper 80s on friday as the system drags cooler air into the region. Breaking overnight an armed man. Who barricaded himself inside an amtrak train. Was taken into custody. This happened just outside los angeles. Police were in a standoff with the suspect. Police say the suspect was allegedly threat
Wednesday with a bit less cloud cover and highs around 90. More changes arrive thursday as a large storm system approaches from the pacific northwest. Most of the Energy Associated and breezy winds friday as it system drags cooler air into the region. Breaking overnight tropicana avenue is back open after a the crash involved five cars in total one person died and metro says it was a Chain Reaction crash started by a bmw. That bmw ran a red light on tropicana the driver of the bmw died instantly. New this morning one person town overnight,. It happened just after two near cheynne and hollywood. Metro says the victim is expected to be ok. Also new overnight an armed man. Who barricaded himself inside an amtrak train. Was taken into custody. This happened just outside los angeles. The train was evacuated while police were in a standoff with the suspect. Police say the suspect was allegedly threatening passengers. Luckily everyone is okay. Police officers and two civilians are recovering