In scottsdale officially opened its doors. Of course, this venue has been called a next generation facility, offering visitors a handson experience with the dolphins. But the facility hasnt been without some controversy. Several protests have been held during the construction of the project. Demonstrators say these mammals should not be held in captivity. And today, two protests were held just blocks from dolphinaris. Fox 10s stefania ok reporter yeah, linda, as you said, a lot of controversy leading up to the opening, the grand opening which was today, of dolphinaris. But even on the day of the grand opening, these protesters did not back down. They are still out here right now, even with dolphinaris being about to close in just about an hour. Now they are holding their signs here. You can see tanks are cruel, cruelty is not entertainment. They are totally against these dolphins being held in captivity, despite what trainers very safe option. These folks say that its absolutely cruel,
Now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. Im standing right in front of an apartment complex where im told four buildings went up in flai flames. Well go ahead and show you some of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. We are told that the fire started just after 7 . Than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. And im told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 2530 people were forced out of their homes. We spoke to the battalion chief just a little while ago. He says that this is really just an unfortunate situation for everyone who lives in this area. Citizens in the area. Its obviously very damaging to them. In downtown, a very vibrant district right here. We have shut down downtown gilbert road for folks in every direction. We have got a lot of guys and gals out there working to isolate this, but so far no report of in
Now are a little bit more calm than what we were about an hour and a halving a. Im standing right in front of an apartment complex where im told four buildings went up in flai flames. Well go ahead and show you some of the viewer video that we got into the fox 10 newsroom. We are told that the fire started just after 7 . Than a hundred firefighters, it took more than a hundred of them to get those flames down. And im told that two buildings were evacuated that are adjacent to the four buildings that caught on fire, so about 2530 people were forced out of their homes. We spoke to the battalion chief just a little while ago. He says that this is really just an unfortunate situation for everyone who lives in this area. Citizens in the area. Its obviously very damaging to them. In downtown, a very vibrant district right here. We have shut down downtown gilbert road for folks in every direction. We have got a lot of guys and gals out there working to isolate this, but so far no report of in
Hour before gradually warming. Mostly sunny by 8 00. A warm day. Upper 80s to low 90s across the valley. I will show you when we will get into the 90s today and weather we have any rain chances insight is week. A Traffic Alert in west phoenix. Troopers are investigating a rollover crash on northbound loop 101 and mcdowell. One car was involved. One person sent to the hospital. Is this going to be a big problem this morning . Everything is back open. Loop 101 at mcdowell, as you are approaching the tennis where the crash was. Everything looks back to normal. The desert drive time is about 10 minutes. Looking at the big picture, no major problems in the east valley, north valley. Pretty light right now. We will have a closer look at that in a couple of minutes. Are assessing damage from a massive for alarm fire in gilbert that ravaged a condo complex that was under construction near guadalupe in gilbert. The construction was part of an existing condo complex. A 2030 people 2030 people we
Just a few minutes. We are exactly three weeks from election day and a lot of you already filling out early ballots. If youre on the fence, get ready for a big push this week. There are several big names heading to our state. We have bernie sanders, chelsea clinton, Michelle Obama. Bernie sanders is going to lead things off. Hell be holding rallies in tucson and flagstaff. Now Michelle Obama says shes coming to rally in phoenix on thursday. The latest polls show clinton basically is neck and neck with donald trump in our state. Donald trump has a 22point lead in rural areas. With three weeks to election ads on tv and probably more fliers in your mailbox. The Clinton Campaign says they will spend 2 million in arizona on political ads. So if you want to see Michelle Obama, you have to sign up for that. They are open to the public but you have to rsvp. We have a link at abc15. Com. Donald trump is not taking a break ahead of rallying in colorado today. Hillary clinton is sitting today out