Us on 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader. Im brian loftus. Kirsten Joyce im Kirsten Joyce. Sherry Swensk and im Sherry Swensk. The skies are looking a little hazy this morning a haboob blew through arizona and is now making its way to the valley. Sherry, hows the weather . Sherry Swensk a little on the bumpy side this gusty southwest winds again. The lake also has gusty winds again like yesterday at this hour. Some haze pushed into the valley thanks to a big dust storm way down in arizona yesterday. There was a dust advisory through the afternoon in central with thundestorms firing off from. Well check the flash flood watches in effect close to our area. But first a look at temps in the valley right now. Plenty of 80s out there after hitting highs up to 106 around town yesterday. Sticking to the upper 90s for us today and tomorrow for a nice change. Back to you to discus potentially reorganizing the Clark County School district. Kirsten Joyce it starts at 6 pm at the winchest
House is outstandingand police want to talk with him. They arent calling him a suspect at this time. Neighbors say a father and his adult son live at the house along with another relative. This case has friends of cynthia Wendy Fernandez worried. They say they just got word that she is the victim in this case. lizeth cuevas looking for Cynthia Wendy Perez her mom called me at five in the morning asking if i knew anything. Ever since then ive been calling and calling and calling trying to figure out where she is at. im praying to god its not here but i just need to make sure its Mauricio Marin when we spoke with cuevas. She was on her way to talk with authorities. Since then she said they have identified the vctim as perez. However at this timethe Coroners Office has not officially released the name of the female victim to us. Mauricio Marin we tried multiple times talking with folks inside the house but they refused. Police say if you have any information about this case call them or c
And now, were learning who this victim is and what happened to her. We sent fox5s Miguel Martinez valle to hunt for answers. Hes live in the newsroom with what we know now. Within the last 30 minutes friends of the woman who was found have identified her to me as wendy rodriguez, a person they describe as a wonderufl friend and Family Member whos life was taken too soon. They say they last heard from her last night when she went to the bank, they were searching for her until moments ago. We now know wendy was the victim of this horrible crime. Police say the homeowner called to report her body after midnight. When officers went in to investigate they found rodriguez on the ground. Officers tell me she was only wearing a bra and it looked like someone partially covered her with a blanket. They say it was clear there was a struggle there was lots of blood, and she had some kind head trauma. Night. And some of her friends were searching for her this morning. This morning i got up and go m
Hold of the Southern Nevada area today and clear into next will range between 102 to 107 degree with central las vegas coming in around 104 by 3pm this afternoon. By the weekend, the valley will be back to the summer sizzle high will range 5 to 10 degrees above normal coming in between 106 to 112 degrees winds will be mild through today and the new overnight a Water Treatment plant in henderson goes up in flames viewers are telling us they heard an explosion Marissa Kynaston was first to this scene near heritage park. Marissa are firefighters telling you . Marissa adlibs this is the entrance of the Water Treatment facility but it appears the fire is a little bit further back you can see some smoke towards facility. Marissa adlibs the call came into fire as an explosion so fire crews immediately went into a post blast response meaning they had to get a lot of crews out here just in case the fire was large and there were a lot of injuries. We did hear over scanner traffic that fire crews
To will range between 102 to 107 degree with central las vegas coming in around 104 by 3pm this afternoon. By the weekend, the valley will be back to the summer sizzle weekend; between 5 and 15 mph so the heat will linger. Remember to prep yourselves for the heat and never leave pets or people in cars. And more breaking news at 4 30. Henderson. Were hearing this happened at or near River Mountain Water Treatment facility. Right now. Police are keeping us away from the area. We have Marissa Kynaston out there. As soon as she learns something new, well pass that on to you. Its been a rou our roads. A third person has been killed. After being hit by a car. Police say around 9 oclock the woman was in a crosswalk on eastern near sahara when she was struck. The driver stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police. No word yet who might be at fault. Our crews were first on scene when a man was killed in a hit and run in the same area yesterday morning. Police say about an hour after the