Daytime temperatures will begin to soar the next few days as High Pressure vegas. Fridays high of 105 is the coolest temp in the 7 day forecast. By sunday the high climbs to 110 and stays there monday. Next week, a trough slides south along the coast gradually helping to ease the hot temperatures and will try to push into our area. The uv index for friday is 10 or very high. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk three suspects in the gruesome deaths of two people in an East Las Vegas neighborhood. Last november police say the suspects tied up a group of people inside a home. Then set it on fire. Fox fives eric hilt talked to neighbors about the arrests. Its, its great. Its amazing. And im so glad, i really am. Relief in this East Las Vegas neigh
Crosswalk on boulder highway. But didnt make it to the other side in time. Im christine maddela. Im john huck. Fox 5s Cyndi Lundeberg went to the site of the crash today. And recreated the walk. Cyndi what did you find out. In december the Nevada Department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. Those changes are behind schedule. Its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley. Nats last year on boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. Wednesday night. A similiar story. A man walking across the road just after 11. Was hit and killed. I spoke to the nevada Highway Patrol in december about for a number of years thats tony illia with ndot. And he went on to tell me ndot wwould be making changes. Including. Installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. Ndot said the project would take six to eight months to complete. And eight months later its not completed. Nats
And cooperated with police. Police are reminding everyone before crossing. All you have to do is push a button to give you the right of way sgt. Richard strader metro police all a pedestrian needs to do is push the crosswalk button and itll cycle the light eventually and give you the cross signal and as long as you do that now, its not a force field, its not gonna protect you from a car that runs a red light but itll give a red light to the traffic and as long as youre paying attention and you notice that traffic is stopped, it makes it much, much safer than for you to take your life into your own hands brian loftus deadly crash in their jurisdiction this year. Michelle Mortensen a deadly pit bull attack on a 9yearold child. Is raising questions about the breed. Some people claim the breed is dangerous while others say the dogs are getting a bad rap. And that the real problem is irresponsible pet owners. They go as far as calling it bullying the breed. This debate began after 9 year ol
Michelle Mortensen and im Michelle Mortensen in for kirsten. We know more details. About the death of a 9 year old boy who was attacked by a pitbull. brian loftus little Derion Stevenson went to his friends house on wednesday for some candy. When he got to the front door, the pit bull got spooked and attacked the child. Little derions uncle. Aj moore. Said he ran down the street to try and help as soon as he heard what happened aj moore victims nephew when i got to see him he couldnt move. If i told him to move he couldnt move. Its like he couldnt hear anything i said he couldnt talk one eye open the other moore says the dog owner tried to help until paramedics arrived. And he believes it was an accident. The dog has since been euthanized. Metro police are investigating the incident. To determine if the owner will face criminal charges. Michelle Mortensen in southern california. Firefighters are making some headway on the blue cut wildfire. Its now 22 percent contained. Since the fire
The bluecut fire,. You can see it from outer space so far. 37 thousand acres have burned. Along with nearly 100 homes destroyed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. blue cut is one of 21 fires burning in california right now. paul joncich president obama is facing criticism. For not visiting louisiana as the state continues to deal with historic flooding. A baton rouge newspaper published an editorial calling for the president to cut his vacation short. And reminded readers of the president george w. Bush faced in 2005 when he flew over the aftermath of hurricane katrine. But didnt visit new orleans. He ended up touring the region two days later. In the coming weeks. Fema will send teams into shelters and communities to identify the needs of the flood victims so a Long Term Plan can be implemented. Christianne Klein an overnight heist at an gun store has Police Working to track down numerous stolen guns. And the suspect is still on the loose. Near centennial parkway and