Leading up to her First Court Appearance weve been looking into the 24year olds past. Back in 2012, holloway who was previously homeless turned her life around. She graduated high school and got a job with the Forest Service in portland oregon. Thanks to portland opportunity industrializatio n center. The president of that agency says he was shocked to hear the news of what happened in las vegas sound of joe mcferrin president , ceo poic our experience with her was just remarkable on how she turned it around both academically sense of her hope and success in Work Training program. lakeisha was a role model for many youth we served our community. to my knowledge no aggressive or violent behavior its really sad set of circumstances. Michael Stevens joe mcferrin went on to say the after she got pregnant and left town. Then. Fast forward to 2015. We found Court Records saying she formally changed her name. To paris paradise morton. Then. Earlier this month she arrived in las vegas. And was living in her car with her 3 year old daughter. Police say the toddler was in the car. When holloway crashed into the groups of people walking on the strips sidewalk. Holloway is facing numerous charges including murder, felony hit and run, plus child abuse charges. Again. She will appear before a judge at 8this morning. Kirsten Joyce michael. As you mentioned. We know her daughter was in the car during the incident. Whats the latest on her status . Michael Stevens right now, the little girl is in protective services. But with family now in town its possible they may try to take custody. Police are also trying to get in touch with the girls father in Patrick Walker the man who police say stepped into traffic while on his cell phone and was hit by a car. Has died. It happened monday night on desert inn near astern. Witnesses told police the man was on his cell phone. And accidentally stepped into the road while checking out a fender bender. Camry hit him. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital where he later died. This is the 121 st traffic related fatality in metros jurisdiction in 2015. Patrick Walker a construction worker is recovering this morning. After falling into a 25 foot deep trench at a work site. It happened near bermuda and robindale yesterday afternoon. Fire Officials Say the man was walking near the edge of the trench when he lost his balance and fell inside. The rescue operation took 90 minutes toperform and the worker was airlifted to the hospital. Work will continue at the site. Workers have since covered the trench. Kirsten Joyce a Strange Object in the sky last night had many people searching for answers. Fire was seen streaking over las vegas around six yesterday evening. Kirsten Joyce well, we now know. Military Officials Say it was from debris from a Russian Rocket re entering the atmosphere. Us Strategic Command says the fireball was an sl four rocket body booster from russia. That was launched on monday. Sherry Swensk the blaze could be seen not only over us. But also over arizona and california. This video was sent to us from gina. We received lots of video and pictures from viewers last night thanks for sending it Kirsten Joyce here is one more look at it, in another video. Sent to us from michael. hows the weather looking today . Sherry swensk < skies have all but cleared out overnight and temps are cooling off. There is higher humidity as yesterdays system moved through. Right now were down to the 40s and even chilly upper 30s in some neighborhoods. And we will see some more clouds again through the day, but overall it should be a nice Christmas Eve eve. High temps should make it into the mid to upper 50s. There is a chance of rain for look in your full forecast coming up. back to you. Patrick Walker solar customers electric bills could be going up. Yesterday, the Nevada Public Utilities Commission made a big decision about solar net metering rates. Getting credit on the electric bills. For selling back energy they generate. The puc voted unanimously to reduce the amount that nv energy will pay for net metering. Dropping the amount of credit customers will get. They also agreed to change the flat service rate for customers with solar panels. That will be a little more. Many solar customers at the meeting were upset with the decision. Daniel Abbott solar customer the people with solar are not hurting people without solar. They are not being charged anything for it we are actually helping them out. My neighbors get power from my house. But i dont get the money forit. Nevada power does and now i am penalized because i feel i have done the right thing Patrick WalkerSolar Companies are also upset with the decision. These changes wont happen overnight. But over 5 years. But they do start soon on january first. We dont know the new rates yet. They should be released in about a week. Kirsten Joyce now lets turn it over to demetia. Patrick Walker how are the roads looking this morning. Accident near the Convention Center at the desert inn and paradise intersection. Metro working diligently to clear the scene. Expect delays around this intersection until everything is gone. Accident on decatur and post, north of sunset and the south beltway. Accident reported on Lone Mountain near us 95. < back to you. Patrick Walker a bumpy after a bear sneaks into a garbage truck. im thinking its the road. Not knowing. I have a bear in my compactor. Kirsten Joyce how the bear was able to get on and hitch a ride. And travel dozens of miles. Patrick Walker plus. Controlling a drone. Through social media. The challenge users could face. With twitters new idea. Kirsten Joyce the sun sets, and the problems start at this intersection. Why it could take some time before its all fixed. Demetria got you answers in whats music my kcup filter is back. Now you can make anything, even a piece of home. The single servemakeallyourfavorites exactlyhowyoulikeit machine. A record numbers of travellers are expected to hit the road and skies today for one of the busiest travel days of the season. Kirsten Joyce and many flights could be delayed by severe thunderstorms. Natsbeep, beep from the roads. Natsplane. To the friendly skies. People across the us are making their way home for the holidays no name given its always levels of craziness no name given there was a long line on the gate as i was pulling up. I was like oh no how long is this going to take for the first time triplea predicts the number of people making a journey 50 miles or more between christmas and new years will top 100 million. Marking it the seventh Consecutive Year of growth. robin beach traveler we thought wed go today instead of tomorrow because i know tomorrow would be a nightmare standup don champion cbs news new york, ny the holiday rush comes as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes threaten parts of the south and the midwest. eric fisher meteorologist weve got cold dry air coming down across the plains and very unusually warm moist air thats being lifted up out of the gulf of mexico so were really watching this area in particular shows area on map storms grounded several flights at San FranciscoInternational Airport tuesday. Cristina durana and her kids were on their way to disneyland Cristina Durana traveler its their Christmas Gift from their aunt in San Francisco and its to be together for christmas. Rounds of heavy rain are expected across the eastern half of the country ahead of springlike weather Christmas Day. Don champion cbs news new york. Patrick Walker travel experts say this travel season could be so busy. In part because of low gas prices. And more confidence in our economy. Patrick WalkerMccarran Airport had a busy november. Airport had a busy november. There were over 10 percent more passengers than in november of last year. At 3point7 Million People. Were also having a better overall year than 2014. Weve seen nearly 42 Million People at mccarran this year. Which is an increase of 5 point6 percent. Sherry Swensk an airport in south carolina. Turned a little wild the other day. A coyote found its way into the myrtle beach International Airport running through the baggage terminal. Airport Officials Say they dont know how it got in. But its possible it just walked in through one of the airport doors like anyone else. Animal control was called in. And they were able to catch it in about 45 minutes. Sherry Swensk and a bear is resting up this morning. After he made a long commute on a garbage truck in california the bear is named cinnamon. And yesterday. The 80 pound animal hitched a ride for 75 miles he was accidentally loaded into the truck while he was rummaging through the dumpster. k. C. driver about halfway down the mountains my truck is going from side to side and im thinking its the road. Not knowing. I have a bear in my compactor. When i dumped the container i saw all of the employees running. About ten feet and i saw cinnamon running across the parking lot, the bear is doing alright doing alright officials had to sedate him to move him. Cinnamon was taken back to the woods. adlib weather chat Sherry Swensk < temps are cooler this morning without the clouds. With 40s and even some upper 30s around town. Weve got a nice day ahead and then some wet and cooler changes rolling in for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The weekend is going to be back to chilly. The west stays unsettled with cold air and snow showers while those possible torndaoes will keep thousands of people on edge in the south today. Thats the clash of warm and and cold moving through the Southern Plains. Our air stays fairly mild with clouds and sunshine today. A slight chance of showers Christmas Eve night and then much colder for Christmas Day and the weekend with breezy winds. Overnight lows will drop to freezing and below for several nights. Kirsten Joyce thanks to everyone in the community who has nominated someone for our acts of kindness series. Where we profile people in our community making a difference, and on behalf of channel 8. Give them an 800 dollar check. To keep doing their good deeds. We will pick our series back up in the new year. We do want to let you know if you are home on Christmas Day well be airing our acts of kindness Christmas Special at 4 30 pm friday, Christmas Day. A half hour special highlighting some of the many wonderful people in our community who do so much to make Southern Nevada a fabulous place to live. To nominate someone. Head to our website, las vegas now dot com. Or send us an email at acts of kindness. At las vegas now dot com. Patrick Walker lets get a check of your commute. Kirsten joyce demetria. How are things looking . < Demetria Obilor couple of crashes that happened buffalo smoke ranch and jones rochelle. They should be clearing soon, but dont be surprised if you happen to see metro out and about. Lets talk about project neon real quick. Today crews will set up Traffic Control to test and drill into the soil on oakey, east of i15. The westbound left lane and median will shut down between seven am and five pm. Crews get are scheduled to take a break from drilling Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Work will continue through january 15. Back to you. Kirsten Joyce calming your flight anxiety, with a furry how one airline wants to help you de stress. When you travel. Kirsten Joyce controlling those cravings this Holiday Season. Charged with hacking into celebrities accounts. And trying to sell the material. Kirsten Joyce and twitter users could virtually be hitting the skies. Hena daniels joins us live from wall street. Good morning hena. One airline is trying to make traveling this Holiday Season a little more adorable. Tell us about that . Gains by Energy Companies led a broad rally on wall street. The Dow Jones Industrials gained 165 points. And the nasdaq composite closed 32 points higher. Theres been another hollywood hacking. Alonzo knowles is charged with hacking into celebrities e mail accounts and stealing unreleased movie and tv scripts. And private sex videos. Hes being held without bail. He tried to sell the material to an undercover agent claiming he had material from 130 executives. twitter filed a patent for a drone that would be controlled by tweets. The messaging enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicle could record and transmit videos. But heres the catch the Patent Application says Drone Control may be determined through democratic means. That means a bunch of people trying to control the same drone. q one airline is trying to make traveling this Holiday Season a little more adorable. Tell us about that . A the airports are going to the dogs. Litterally but all with good intentions United Airlines is bringing out a force of 200 dogs across the nation to interact with travellers. The idea is to help stressed out holiday travelers. People can pet, scratch and hang now lets turn it over to demetria for whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor alex asks, are there any plans to light up the crosswalk at jones blvd. And carmen blvd. . Its a busy crosswalk and its hard to see people trying to cross ay night. The jones boulevard carmen boulevard intersection sits between vegas drive and washington avenue. Its also near culley elementary. Ndot says the jones carmen intersection has been evaluated for future Pedestrian Safety improvements. At this time, however, there is no cost estimate or proposed whats driving you crazy . Remember, you can write me at. Traffic 8 at las vegas now dot com. Back to you. Patrick Walker when the holidays are over. Dont turn your treasured tree into trash. Kirsten Joyce how you can make sure your chirstmas tree lives on. Michael StevensMichael Stevens is live with latest on the crash suspect in court. Patrick Walker making sure pedestrians are safe on the strip. What city leaders are doing. In light of this weeks deadly crash. Kirsten Joyce have your cake and eat it too. In moderation easy ways you can make sure you stick to your diet this holiday. < welcome to a brighter morning, this is 8 newsnow with Kirsten Joyce, Sherry Swensk, Demetria Obilor and brian loftus Kirsten Joyce good morning and thanks for joining us. Im Kirsten Joyce. Patrick Walker and im Patrick Walker, in for brian. Its 530. Lakeisha holloway. The woman accused of killing one. And injuring dozens of others on the Las Vegas Strip will appear before a judge this morning. Kirsten joyce 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is live outside the