Thrilled with the entire situation. Denise Valdez Brittany Edney is live downtown with more. Hi, brittany Brittany Edney denise and paul, mumford and sons. J cole. Janes addiction. Those are just a few of the acts drawing thousands of people to downtown this week for life is beautiful. But its receiving a mixed review from locals. Brittany Edney life is beautiful brings thousands of people from ac art, food and ideas. It aims to push a platform on which positivity prevails. brianna glantz, las vegas resident this is my second year coming to life is beautiful, my favorite band of all time us mumford and sons im really excited to see them tonight. The vibe is really relaxed hipster, downtown is definitely a new Community Within las vegas. rob derricott, visitor i came here last year, didnt remember it so well so i might as well give it another go. Brittany Edney to forget jeffrey jones, Downtown Resident last night they were running sound checks at 10 at night and ive got to be at work a
House who wasnt supposed to be there. They came here to check it out. It ulimtately led to a shooting leaving the suspect dead. Police say when the man and woman Property Managers arrived they went into the back yard first. They told police they found a black man in his 20s. Thats when a fight broke out between both men. Police say the homeowner got socked in the face several times. And a dog with him at the time did as well. So the male property manager drew a gun and shot the suspect during the fight. The suspect was taken to the hospital where he died. Right now police have the man and woman recreating the scenario. Detectives are also talking with neighbors to see if they heard or saw something. Police are working to see if the suspect was squatting at the house or in the middle of a burglary. But authorities did tell us the suspect had a backpack filled with tools. Mauricio Marin police say the man that shot the suspect permit. Detectives expect to be on scene for the next couple
Meeting this morning. Monday. Since then. Parents have been calling us concerned. Especially those who have children with special needs. Some say theyre disappointed in how the situation has been handled. trudy killman, mother its kind of been sprung on us and when u have children with different abilities, transitioning them into. A new environment is very difficult and challenging and i dont believe they have allowed us enough time to do that. brian loftus a final decision is expected to be made at todays meeting which is being held at 9 am at the grant sawyer building. Sherry Swensk all eyes will be to the sky in pahrump this weekend. For the Balloon Festival this is video from city leaders there. Showing what a balloon glow looks like at night. The pahrump Balloon Festival kicks off at 7 am and runs through sunday. There will be more than 20 balloons taking off. Its free to attend. Tethered balloon rides are just sherry hows the weather today . Sherry swensk calm winds and mild temp
Which he says is significant when you take in consideration the taxes that we dont pay in the state. With more than 320thousand students. District officials admit changes will continually need to be made and Early Education initiatives could be key in helping students in the long run. Reporting live, Brittany Edney, 8 news now brian loftus brittany, what about skorkowskys pledge of achievements six key indicators of success. Where does he stand on that . . Brittany Edney well one of the biggest pushes is to get kids interested and excited about learning at an early age. Basically that will create a Ripple Effect so hopefully by the time they do get to high school. That momentum will build and more students will graduation. Brian, back to you. Brian loftus now lets get a look at your forecast. Hows the weather looking today . Sherry swensk < recess at school. What a wonderful last weekend of february. So warm. We hit the upper 70s and even low 80s on saturday. Yesterday. And we still ha
Underwent surgery. However, investigators still have a lot of unanswered questions. If you have any information youre asked to call crime stoppers. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. And karen, police are also looking at Surveillance Video . Thats right. The shooting happened in front of arizona charlies. Police hope the Surveillance Video from the casino hotel will provide them with some answers. Police are also investigating a deadly shooting at a party in central las vegas. This one happened last night around 8 30. Near owens and j street. Police say two people were shot and taken to umc. Where one of the victims died. Investigators believe the shootings stemmed from an argument between a suspect whos now on the run. Police are asking anyone with any information to call crimestoppers. two major fires in less than two months at the same apartment complex building. The latest fire broke out just before ten this morning. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin and has more on what some resid