Its impacting jobs today and will be for the future as well. Its this weeks cover story. Automation nation. Retail stores are closing at records pace as shopping shifts to online and mobile leading the Retail Revolution is amazon with 43 of all online sales last year. Now after disrupting our brick and mortar habits, the giant is doing something surprising, opening its own walkin stores. Six more stores are planned. And amazon is testing a Grocery Store with a twist. No cashiers and no checkoutli. Checkout line. They automatically bill you as you walk out the door. Other retailers are adapting, too. Sams club introduced an app that allows customers to skip the checkout counter. And its not just retail being reinvented. Restaurant chains are rethinking their model. Mcdonalds and wendys and panera bread has selfservice kiosks and apps that let you order in advance. The biggest and rationale that restaurants will automate is because of the growing labor concern. Not only are labor costs g
There is an apartment complex for Senior Citizens nearby, but the Elko Fire Department told fox5 that complex was not affected by the crash. Joining us now live on the phone is Michael Adams in elko. And michael we talked to an hour ago. And you told us you saw teh scene moments after the crash. Were continuing were continuing will keep you updated throughout the night. The Las Vegas Strip has seen a number of violrny crimes over the last few weeks. Im john huck. Im christine maddela. We decided to see how metro monitors the strip. To keep visitors safe. Fox5s miguel martinezvalle is with officers patrolling the strip right now. Closed captioning closed captioning a big freeway shut down that will cause some big headac valley drivers. The 215 beltway has been closed in both directions for the last couple of hours. And that shutdown will go all the way through the weekend fox5s cyndi lundeburg is live at the freeway. With what you need to know before you head out the road. Closed captio
Police say pedestrian was outside of crosswalk. Driver stayed on scene. Closed captioning will resume shortly well bring you investigation. On our website and on fox5 news this morning. Tomorrow is a day when those who died in car crashes are remembered. Its great for the loved ones who have lost someone in a car crash to have a day set aside specifically to remember the people who the loved who are no longer here and most of those for their story to be a cautionary tale unlvs office or transportation says one life lost in a crash. Is too many. There will be a gathering for world day of remembrance tomorrow. It starts at 2 pm. At the palm mortuary in downtown las vegas. People who go. Can make a personalized holiday ornament for their loved one. That will be this will be the first time las vegas has participated in the day. It first started in europe back in 20 05. Police in elko. Are now saying the air ambulance flight that crashed last night had mechanical trouble. Three crewmembers
Good morning im Alyssa Deitsch welcome to fox5 news this morning. First les krifaton joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 247 forecast. A pacific storm is moving into our area for the next lots of clouds with shower chances sunday night and into monday. Daytime temperatures will cool a few degrees monday with the passage of a cold front. By tuesday drier weather returns to the valley and will bring us seasonal temperatures for the remainder of the week including thanksgiving and police in elko. Are now the air ambulance flight that crashed friday night. Killing three crewmembers and a patient. Had mechanical trouble. Guys, a plane just crashed over here. Oh explosion this video shows the aftermath of the plane crash in the parking lot of a Mining Company in northern nevada. Elkos police chief says the victims of medical Staff Members Jake Sheppard of utah. Tiffany urresti of elko. And patient Edward Clohesey of spring creek, nevada. Were told the patient was being flown to t
Good afternoon, im scott mcgrew. We were debating the other day what industry has seen the most disruption. The easy answer is taxicabs because of uber, but the winning answer in my mind is college. Traditional clejts are facing all kinds of disruption, parents and students are balking at high costs and resulting massive student loans. State governments are cutting funding at state cools schools. The president is pushing for free enrollment in Community Colleges and on top of all that the internet is bringing College Courses to millions. No one knows more about the business of college than rick levin, he is an economist, he was the president of the yale for 20 years, the longest tenure in the schools history and now serves as the carl edwards for ceraa for Profit Education company that offers open online College Courses in a dozen languages in partnership with nearly a dozen universities. Lots to talk about, including corwera but i want to start at the beginning and that is the traditi