karen castro agassi prep is not commenting on the matter, leaving parents wondering why the changes are necessary. janet hill parent we didnt have a chance to really voice our opinions and stop it. karen castro while the schools future remains uncertain. So is the grade School Career of hills son. Along with his peers. janet hill parent weve been told that i you dont like it then pull your child out and thats just a bad way to do any type of business. Karen Castro Karen castro, 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier the governing board is meeting tomorroa followed by a parent town Hall Thursday at the same location starting at 6 in the evening. tedd florendo cooler temps today with mostly clear skies and calmer winds. Breezes earlier have subsided around the region giving way to a nice halloween day and night. Expecting temps and temps are actually 10 degrees cooler than yesterday with the passage of the cold front and now cool north breezes. Heres your evening forecast tonight dropping to the 60s after 70s this afternoon. Winds stay light thankfully after those bigger breezes yesterday and today. Humidity still remains higher than what we typically get in the desert. Low 50s by late tonight. Where the average cost of a one bedroom is 3,000 dollars a month. Here in las vegas, the average one bedroom is 750 a month. paul joncich hendersons rental prices have shot up 12percent this year to 940 a month according to the Zumper National rental report. When it comes to Single Family homes, the market is also quite strong. Its only taking 24 weeks to find rentors for Single Family homes where a couple of years ago they often remained vacant for 48 weeks. Nicklin Property Management tells me many rentors are still working through issues after going through foreclosures and short sales, but if a rental applicant has good credit, it is not a deal breaker. Rental agencies understand a large number of southern nevadans have dealt with those issues. paul joncich approximately 3thousand people a month are moving to the valley. While thats a healthy number, during the boom years, 56thousand people were moving to the valley every is better because its more sustainable. Denise, these are all good signs for our economy. Denise Valdez rent is likely to continue to rise. As more and more people move to the silver state. A new report released today shows over the next 20 years. There could be an extra 426 thousand People Living in nevada. Not everyone is expected to see growth, though. Many rural areas are expected to shrink. The states populatiwa Dave Courvoisier a cornerstone in downtown las vegas history is ringing in a milstone today. Thats right. The El Cortez Hotel and casino opened their doors for the first time back in 1941now el cortez is celebrating seventyfive years katie boer was at the celebration earlier this afternoon and met some of their longstanding employees. Katie Boer Dave and denise 75 years is a long time for a city known for reinventing itself. Continuously Running Hotel and casino in las vegas. El cortez is familyowned. A nd they credit their longevity to the longstanding generations of employees and customers that have called this place home. When the el cortez opened their doors for the first time back in 1941 they had a casino. A show floor, restaurant and just 59 rooms. Seventy five years later. nat pop their ar n nat pop more importantly. laverne 19 43 its good gaming 45 and she would know just like the casino. Laverne too. Is 75. Shes been coming here since she was 21 years old. laverne 00 19 17 many, many years 19 stitch 19 31 my mom and dad were old customers 34 why . . What makes the el cortez so special . Is it because of their vintage charm . Or maybe its their old fashion machine laverne 19 58 well they make you feel good. 59 they make you feel at home 20 01 stitch 20 49 excellent food. 50 wonderful bartenders 51 bartenders like scott. Or scotty if youre a regular. scotty pouring lemon drop 29 32 nicely done scotty laughs 34 scott lui has worked here since 1984. 30 27 they named a drinnk after me 29 because just like the epstiens who run the hotel. It runs in the family. scotty 30 41 my father also worked here for 20 years. 44 so he got me the job 46 his father. O but maybe it was him that taught scotty the hotels secret to sucess. scotty 32 08 we get to know our customers 10 i think the big places. They dont get to know their customers because theres too many. Its too big 15 a place that knows their not too big. To know you by name. laverne 20 22 thats unusual yes. 23 laverne 21 37 its just warm. Friendly 40 katie boer back live. Mayor goodman and the ownersthe epstien family afternoonwhere the mayor issued today El Cortez Hotel and casino day by the way. This place has plenty of memories from the past sevendecades. Weve included a timeline of their unique history on our website. Lasveg asnow. Com. Denise Valdez millions upon millions of dollars. Set aside to help nevada homeowners. Dave Courvoisier but did that money do its job. To help locals out after the Great Recession . The iteams Vanessa Murphy foll t to see where all that money actually went. news music voice over youre watching the valleys news weve learned a lot about how joe heck works. Follow the money. He called nevadas foreclosure crisis a blip and took almost 700,000 from wall street, including some of the same banks who caused the crisis. And then theres money hes taken from payday lenders who charge 521 interest. Heck cosponsored legislation protecting their predatory practices. Add it all up, and joe heck is working and that doesnt work for nevada. Senate majority pac is responsible for the content as you make up your mind, remember congressman heck voted 10 times to defund planned parenthood. He even threatened to shut down the government over it. Heck took all that money from wall street and predatory payday lenders and voted their way. He even wanted to privatize social security, risking it on the stock market. Congressman heck just doesnt care about people like us. This is 8 news now at six. Denise Valdez hundreds of millions of dollars were set aside to help after the housing crash. Here in nevada, that money was divided amongst several programs. Dave Courvoisier but all of that money didnt go where its supposed to. The iteam is taking a closer look at the issue five years after a renowned special report we aired on the topic called desert underwater. Vanessa murphy looked into where the money went and whether anyone will be held accountable. Vanessa Murphy so many promises to help so many homeowners. president barack obama im announcing a 1. 5 billion dollar fund for Housing Finance housing crisis that means here in nevada. Catherine Cortez masto former nv ag there were pieces of the National Settlement all going back to homeowners. Candice Kelley former exec director of hardest hit fund were working hard to make sure homeowners know about this. We will not let these funds go unused. Vanessa Murphy that was in 2012. After nevada received federal dollars as one of the 19 states hit hardest by the housing crisis. And about four years later. Out of 202 Million Dollars the state receiv unused according to the nevada Affordable Housing corporation or nahac a non profit tasked with distributing that money to struggling homeowners. But when it comes to leadership, nahac has been a revolving door. The latest chief operating officer Verise Campbell and just a few months after she took over last jun e Verise Campbell nahac well. It was a hard pill to swallow. Vanessa Murphy this special inpector generals luxuries like employee parties, gift cards even a 500dollar a month Mercedes Benz car allowance for a former ceo. Verise Campbell nahac we dont use federal dollars since ive been here for those types of things. verise whats important to understand is the problems that were indicated actually span mutliple leaders. Vanessa murphy reporter did you fire anyone . Verise there was some attrition but we dont typically discuss you know what happs vanessa was there any indication before you had taken this job that there were some problems . Verise i knew that the organization systematically had difficulty in getting funds to homeowners because of processes, because of lack of program knowledge. Vanessa Murphy the us treasury reports in 2011 it 24thousand homeowners. But this year, that estimate was reduced to just more than 8thousand. By last march just more than 5thousand received help only 37percent who applied were approved. Many who started the process gave up because they waited so long for an answer. nat from bourque Vanessa Murphy mark bourque is attending a workshop to learn how to stop foreclosure on his home. From nahac but hit a dead end. mark bourque attending foreclosure workshop with anything, you want to the money to go where its intended for. Because people that need help, they need it now. Vanessa Murphy campbell says shes already made it easier for homeowners to apply. And on monday. nat from meeting Vanessa Murphy nahacs board of directors unemployed. verise these are real people and we recognize there is a huge number of homeowners here in nevada who are still underwater. Vanessa Murphy but while campbell says nahac is adjusting its programs and improving numbers who should be held accountable for failing to get that funding to struggling homeowners in a timely manner and for any waste of money . The department of business and industry has called for an investigation by the Attorney Generals Office. Became aware of the treasury audit and will review and evaluate the matter. verise some of the things i didnt expect but its an organization that was having difficulty functioning and its just something that has to be cleaned up. vanessa standup campbell says the 85 Million Dollars nahac still has to distribute to struggling homeowners needs to be used by the end of 2019. Shes trying to make sure that happens before that deadline. Denise Valdez the hardest hit fund is one of three programs dedicated to nevadans. The home means Nevada Program which bought mortgages, helped reset some, and rehabalitated homes hit by the housing crisis ends this year. Its estimated it will end up costing the state one to two Million Dollars. Dave Courvoisier and the Attorney Generals Office runs the home again program which offers advice a spokeswoman says there has been 20 thousand inquiries at a call center. The budget 33 Million Dollars settlements. 13 million had been used over the past three years. The money runs out in mid 2017. weather toss today with winds subsiding and cooler 70s for our daytime highs. Clouds mixed with a little sunshine as the passage of the cold front was followed by some north breezes and some high clouds around the region. Winds are now light so far, but could see the return of some overnight breezes. Turning to the radar clouds have stm but we remain dry. We do see another upper level low around Northern California that could increase wind again tomorrow but not expecting a round of strong wind this time around. Mostly sunny skies as the low moves onshore but we still remain dry. Before another closed low comes into the Desert Southwest from northwest mexico showers chances and clouds late week for mainly northern arizona. Looking around the nation. Its going to be a wet and cloudy halloween for the pacific northwest, while record breaking heat hits the Southern Plains and over to the southeast and some areas of the midatlantic states. Temps there could reach int. Tonight expect lows in the mid 50s and chilly by morning and the temps drop overnight and expect mostly clear skies to help aid that. Looks like more sunshine with cooler highs again in the 70s to 60s for some parts of the region. We will see some breezes pick up, but they should not be what we saw on sunday nor will any wind alerts neighborhood by neighborhood temps will climb to only the 70s for tuesday with the mildest temps over to the eastside of town where were lower in elevation. Coolest spots will be near the foothills and Mount Charleston as we set up for cool but comfortable tuesday. Breezes will kick back in overnight giving way to some wind but staying mainly light breezes and not windy. Tended forecast beyond. Ould jp up near 80 again andast seonably mild for this time of year. First week of november stays ol and look for more cloudd win Dave CourvoisierDave Courvoisier with todasrrival, fight Denise Valdez another championship fight in las vegas and both fighters are ready. Chris MaathuisManny Pacquiao was a little surprised at todays reception. Hell tell us why he didnt think there would be many people at todays arrival. Plus. The First College football playoff top 5 is out. Well compare vegas numbers to the College Football playoff numbers. That and more next here on channel 8. With all of the shenanigans danny tarkanians pulled in nevada used to scam nevada seniors, failing to pay thousands in property taxes, losing 17 million in a failed development scheme, then sticking taxpayers with the bill imagine the shenanigans tarkanian would pull in washington. Its why we cant afford tarkanian in congress, ever. The truth is crime actually went down during my time in office. Thats why ive been endorsed by Law Enforcement across nevada. Im proud of my record cracking down on meth, protecting seniors from scams, and Holding Banks accountable for defrauding homeowners. Im Catherine Cortez masto. I approve this message because ive spent my career solving problems. Isnt that what we need more of in washington . Tonight. Mel larson, a cofounder of Las Vegas Motor Speedway and one of the pioneers of the citys rise to international acclaim, died engelstad and bill bennett, along with richie clyne, to spearhead the construction of lvms in the mid1990s. It was his guidance that paved the way for the new speedway to land its first nascar premier series event in 1998. He was 87. Chris Maathuis the two fighters are ready to go. Jessie vargas and Manny Pacquiao meet in a title fight this saturday. Top ranks bob arum came up with the idea of a special fighter arrival day. Its now a big part of the week. Hes glad he did. And keeps the promotion on the front page. And for fans, it officially kicks off fight week in vegas. Fighter arrivals really took a turn back in the day with oscar de la hoya. bob arum promoter;then with oscar because he was such a prominent Mexican American i introduced a mariachi band and oscar thought he was a singer. And we made it really a very festive occasion. Manny pacquiao former champ its cool i didnt think this kind of receptions. Why not. Jessie vargas; champion; its a small taste of what were going to get on saturday. The fans are happy the event is only a few days awway and theyre waiting for a great night of boxing and thats what its going to be. Dewey cooper trainer; its a salutation to all the hard work hes put in since he was a child, were very pleased and were going to make al Freddie Roach trainer; theyre a little bit crazy a little unorganized, fighting through the crowd and its a hustle, whos who and whos not who you get out you stay, its chaotic but its a lot of fun. Chris Maathuis saturdays fight card is unique because youve got two philippinos fighting two las vegans named jessie. Both are title fights. Two las vegans have never won so history could be made this weekend. Meanwhile the lady rebels have a a few days to prepare for their Season Opener on november 11th. This is an experienced team hungry, with something to prove. The days of just having fun are over. Kathy Olivier coach;i want to have fun but i want to bust some tail while having fun, i want to walk away like he he he we got you. Brooke johnson unlv guard; were coming from the the bottom to being considered one of the best so regardless were always going to be pushing for more. Dakota Gonzalez Unlv forward; ts competitive toughness also a lot of heart and passion and i think thats going to be exciting for our fans. Chris Maathuis the first playoff poll of the season was announced this late this afternoon. There isnt a better judge of teams than the las vegas sports books. So we decided to put the two sidebyside. And you can see its very different outside the top team. Vegas likes lousivlle alot more then washington. Of course its early and a lot will happen during the month of november. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now at 6 30 is next. Denise Valdez lets check in with Christianne Klein to see what theyre working on. Christianne Klein a lawsuit filed. Claiming voter intimidation. Which party is playing the blame game in the court of law. Ahead of the elei today. And hitting the road. With a brand new look. We unveil the brand new license plate that will soon be standard issue across the state. And how you can get the redesigned one right now. news music paul joncich its crunch time for shes a slob. She ate like a pig. Id look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers. Donald trump calls women bimbos, dogs, and fat pigs. Kihuen pushed to crack down on employers who pay women less than men. And kihuen will always protect a womans right to choose. Ruben kihuen for nevada. As you make up your mind, remember congressman heck voted 10 times to defund planned parenthood. He even threatened to shut down the government over it. Heck took all that money from wall street o privatize social security, risking it on the stock market. Congressman heck just doesnt care about people like us. Dscc is responsible for the content of this advertising. As election day is just one week away. Why nevada is still very much in play helping to decide the president ial race. And the tactic donald trump is