the time. but again, going way too fast in this neighborhood.... there is a speed limit sign posted on this road of 15 miles per hour. metro says no one else was injured and that there was significant damage done to the home. witnesses tell us that they just heard the loud sound of the bike and couldn't believe what happened next. ((tiffany harris, witness "hearing it, you're like, when is it going to stop and it went by and was just a blur, right in that area and then heard the impact into the garage. then me and my brother and a few other people went down there to try and help and he was los ((brittany edney)) this is the 84th fatality in metro's jurisdiction this year... and as for motorcyclist deaths-- it's the 21st for 2016. brittany edney, 8 news now./// ((sharie johnson)) investigators say the rider died at the scene. metro police says as we head into into the fall months it's not uncommon to see more motorcycles on the road and are urging drivers to use extra there's now a new option for shoppers in the valley that has alot of people excited. curacao opened it's 100-thousand square foot store today in las vegas. the electronic and home appliance market is the first in nevada and is calling meadows mall home. that's where we find 8 news now's mauricio marin live. how's it going out there? ((mauricio marin)) >> it's a store opening like i've never seen before. curacao to celebrate the grand opening. and are even bringing out celebrities like mario lopez who should be taking the stage any minute now to keep the party going along with music artists. we spent the day checking out what all the buzz is about with curacao. ((mauricio marin)) the dash is on for a good deal. ((margo adams/shopper: 'a grand opening so there's going to be a wait on grand opening." )) ((mauricio marin)) margo adams is one of about 25-thousand estimated shoppers checking out curacao for the casillas/curacao district manager: "oh it's everything we expected. we were hoping for a large turnout but it is behind our wildest dreams." )) ((mauricio marin)) store managers say all day saturday---they worked hard to show customers what they have to offer. ((richard casillas/curacao district manager: "oh my gosh everything. tv's mattresses, alot of apllianceas computers we're selling everything today and have a lot of great sales going on today." )) ((mauricio marin)) and some shoppers took full advantage of the new place to shop. ((margo adams/shopper: "a blender, some glasses, and a drainer for spaghetti." )) ((mauricio marin)) packing their carts full of merchandise. gomez/shopping with mom:"we picked up a printer. we picked up a blender, and we picked a waffle maker." )) ((mauricio marin)) meadows mall leaders say they're always working to attract new stores like curacao to help offer the most to customers from all across the valley. ((katie boogher (booker)/meadows mall, marketing director: "we're always looking to bring in what we feel is going to benefit our shoppers and this is a prime example of that." )) ((mauricio marin)) curacao hired about 150 workers to help get the store up and running. ((richard casillas/curacao district bilingual people so we're near the community where we operate in and support the community in a lot of other different ways as well." )) ((mauricio marin)) saying they plan to stay in the las vegas community for the long run. ((margo adams/shopper: "yeah i'll be back." )) ((mauricio marin)) which already has some shoppers excited for their next shopping spree. ((mauricio marin)) >> curacao took over where dillards used to be inside meadows mall. and the celebrations for it's grand opening go on until 9 tonight. even giving away free 32-inch tv's to every 50th customer at the register. reporting live...mauricio marin. ((sharie johnson)) and it's a great time to be out and about today-- but with winds picking up, it may not be as comfortable for the rest of the weekend. sherry swensk is in for katie boer tonight. ((sherry swensk)) it's been a breezy first day of october, but a beautiful one. temps made it to the low 90s - and the sun is just setting in the west so we are losing our light quickly. ...... just a few clouds out there and those gusty southwest winds have been increasing through the afternoon... with steady winds between 15 and 20 mph in many neighborhoods. ........... gusts have made it up to 35 mph at red rock... 40 at hoover dam. the air is dry and will dry out low pressure drops into the area and brings a cold front late tomorrow night. ............. through the evening winds will stay steady. ((sharie johnson)) this weekend several eastside of the valley shine a little brighter. nearly one hundred volunteers came out for the community clean-up block party... picking up trash and and clearing up grafitti. the event strated from the online facbook group called "easiders take action". they were looking for a way to show community pride by sprucing up th eastside area inside walnut and hollywood blvd.. the caught the attention of one clark county commissioner: (( chris giunchl community it's getting neighbors to know neighbors most folks here are from the church and las vegas high school so i'm proud of that but we also have middle school kids here today as well and so teachers try to incorporate community service to try and learn how to give back")) ((sharie johnson)) >> volunteers also painted fire hydrants and touched up street labels that were starting to fade. republic services also provided dumpsters along the northeast area from now until monday. residents are urged to utilize home./// ((sharie johnson)) if you're downtown this weekend... you might want to check out a cool new way to get around. the official launch of the r-t-c's bike sharing program is now underway. there are a total of 21 stations scattered throughout downtown. the idea is to reduce congestion on our streets. it costs four dollars for 30 minutes... eight dollars for a day... and 20 bucks for a month. the bikes home... you can only rent them for 30 minutes at a time... after that you need to go to the nearest station to re-check the bike./// ((sharie johnson)) crews are still working to piece together clues to determine what led to the fatal train crash in new jersey... why the search for answers has now been extended from seven-to ten days... to at least a year.//// you're watching the valley's news leader...with sharie johnson, katie boer & jon i think my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament. i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. i would bomb the [bleep] out of 'em. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay? and you can tell them to go [bleep] themselves. get him out of here! get him out of here! get the hell out of here! priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. [cell phone vibrating] when the billionaire koch brothers call, congressman joe heck has been answering. voting with the koch brothers' agenda 85% of the time. giving tax breaks to big oil companies and the super rich, but ending medicare as we know it and forcing cuts to social security. taking care of the koch brothers may be a good call for joe heck, but it doesn't work for nevada's working families. senate majority pac is responsible ((sharie johnson)) continues into why a commuter train crashed through a station barrier in new jersey thursday morning. the data recorder is recovered from the new jersey train crash. but it could be another day or two before the n-t-s-b can access the crucial 2nd recorder and video camera from the front cab. meaning the search for answers could take up to a year. investigators say there are signs that the brakes on at least one car were applied, but it's unclear when that happened. believe human error is likely a factor. ((mccown) "it is possible the brakes malfunctioned but typically, that's very rare on a train these days to have the brakes malfunction. and that would mean that the brakes malfunctioned on the locomotive itself, and that's highly out of the ordinary." )) >> the engineer... 48-year-old thomas gallagher... is cooperating with authorities and has provided a blood sample that will be screened for drugs anal interviewed as he recovers from his injuries. ./// ((sharie johnson)) new tests are suggesting some mosquitos in miami beach may still be infected with zika virus. officials say preliminary tests show that a new sample of mosquitos from the area has tested positive for the disease. the tests still need to be confirmed by the c-d-c. if confirmed, it would be the sixth mosquito sample from miami beach with a positive test. the sample was taken on september 20-th, in an area transmission zone. at least 35 people in miami beach have contracted zika locally. officials have been spraying the area, hoping to get rid of infected mosquitos./// ((sharie johnson)) a powerful hurricane is churning in the atlantic this weekend. coming up on the valley's news leader the historic winds spitting out of hurricane matthiew and how far it could reach into the u-s in the coming days./// i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. as a doctor, i see how decisions in washington impact my patients here in nevada. to defund planned parenthood, which thousands of women depend on for cancer screenings. and heck opposes a woman's right to choose even when her health is at risk. for me and my patients, ((sherry swensk)) last night hurricane matthiew weakened to a category 4 storm with winds up 155 wiles per hour. check out this birdseye view of strengthened to a category 5 storm on friday - making it the strongest hurricane in the atlantic ocean since felix in 2007. the national hurricane center, says it's expected to move closer to jamaica, haiti and eastern cuba by late sunday or monday. and next week it's expected to reach as far as florida. ((sharie johnson)) we'll check the radar and see what matthew looks like in the nice day, but the breezy winds may be bothering some people with allergies. ............ dust is going to be a big problem by tomorrow as these winds increase to 40 or 50 mph and even stronger in the higherph and elevations. ............. temps right now are in the upper 80s and low 90s... with humidity in the teens. ................ mountains with the asends turning colors and the mule deer feeding. ................ i want to warn you that winds for sunday are going to be dangerous in some areas - especially the mountains. through the day later in the morning until early monday morning. ................ all the wind coming ahead of a cold front that will really cool us down to temps we haven't felt since spring. ............... showers will stay mainly to the north of us... but we will get the wind and the cooler air. .............. fire weather danger is very real with a red falg warning before noon and lasting until ........ and a wind advisory for the mountains and the valley where blowing dust, trash, and strong crosswinds will be problems all day and night. the roughest winds by far, and the cooler tmeps first. ........ then valley highs drop to cooler 70s by monday and overnight lows in the 50s next week. ((sharie johnson)) it's the most exciting see why kickers are celebrating.. and grown men are crying in disbelief and joy coming up in sports conference play is here and game conference play is here and game one for unlv and fresno state is one for unlv and fresno state is horner: i was proud to stand for our country. i will not stand for congressman hardy and donald trump insulting seniors and veterans. are a draw on government and the disabled are a drain on society. and then there's donald trump. they're just not for us. [cell phone vibrating] when the billionaire koch brothers call, congressman joe heck has been answering. voting with the koch brothers' agenda 85% of the time. giving tax breaks to big oil companies and the super rich, but ending medicare as we know it and forcing cuts to social security. taking care of the koch brothers may be a good call for joe heck, but it doesn't work for nevada's working families. senate majority pac is responsible to be decent..the ramifications are real for both programs..tonig ht's matchup is about victory..and viability history suggests this will be a competitive game..unlv won in overtime at sam boyd stadium 2 years ago..and last year blew a 2 score lead at fresno to lose 31-28.. erase the memories of their imperfect season with a perfect start in mountain west play (tony sanchez/unlv: "the last three years they've been crazy game. the year before i got here i believe it was an overtime win for us. last year we blew a 14 point lead that we ended up blowing in the 4th quarter and we had an incredible rain storm for about 30 seconds. now here we are coming back and we are both reeling a little bit. but i think their message has got to be the same: we are 0-0 and although we both haven't gotten out to the start that we wanted, you can't sit around and feel sorry for today in college football was not merely interesting..or just entertaining.. it was throw your arms in the air and scream "did you just see that!" spectacular sec shootout.. georgia down but not done.. freshman jacob eason with with a laser to riley ridley.. believe it or not.. the dawgs take the 31-28 lead with 11 seconds left.. tennessee needs a miracle.. or a greaa can throw the ball into the endzone. .hail mary full of six.. volunteers are victorious..34-31 at the buzzer wisconsin and michigan top 10 showdown.. badgers..alex hornibrooke to dar-e ogunbowale.. game tied at 7.. but michigan with a rare display of offense.. wilton speight..deep ball to amara darboh.. 14-7 last chance for wisconsin.. but check out the game sealing interception by jordan lewis.. state down 6.. under 30 seconds left but freshman deondre francois escapes disaster to give the seminoles the lead... tar heels give their kicker nick weiler a chance.. and legatron..drills it.. 54 yard game winner at the buzzer.. he celebrates hysterically last night in our fan's choice game of the week #3 arbor view shined over shadow ridge from the very first whistle.. andrew wagner and the aggies ran mustangs 45-6 #1 in the nation gorman welcomed st. thomas aquinas out of florida and a whole lot of drama..triple overtime..tate martell to jaylen nailor.. gorman answers..but decides to go for 2 and the win.. biaggio ali-walsh..ballg ame..25-24.. gaels win their 45th straight game.. 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