But wind, rain and possibly thunderstorms could impact your plans for the fourth. We hate to tell you but we want to make sure youre prepared. Welcome back to nbc10 news. Im rosemary connors. Im katy zachry. Happy july 4th from both of us. Lets start with meteorologist erika martin. She has the neighborhood weather forecast. Very important today, right, erika . Oh, yes. So many people are looking to the radar. Its all about that radar right now. You bring up a great point because were tracking those showers as theyre continuing to work their way from west to east. A massive low developed yesterday in kansas. It continues to work towards the east. Thats bringing us unsettled weather, unfortunately, for today but really for the second half. Day. You can see the clouds pretty thick. For the most part, notice this cloud deck. Notice how low they are right now and dark. This is telling you theres lots of moisture and that those rain showers are due here soon enough. Southerly winds as well.
Happened. Michael . Michael Stevens brian, michelle. Theres a lot more questions than awnsers at this point. All we know right now is a child was at a friends house. When the familys pitbull. Ran outside and started attacking the child. Police tell us the child was taken to Sunrise Hospital with life threatening injuries but later died. Neighbors in the area say they didnt even know the family had a pitbull cesar moreno neighbor ive never even seen a pitbull around here. Never even heard. Im from new york. I hear all those types of dogs and stuff you know, so i would nothing. Michael Stevens were told a woman and her 9yearold son lived with the pitbull. Our sources also say the child who died was around the same age. Police say the dog has been turned over to animal control. Brian, michelle . Michelle Mortensen michael, do we know how the dog got out . Michael Stevens michelle, it seems like thats Something Police will be looking into. Michelle Mortensen and in Southern California. The
Plane he was on had no clue he was there tonight his owner jason ellis tells us it was all a misunderstanding. Heres a look at the monkey that caused quite the stir on a frontier flight jason ellis it kinda turned into sometthing big. It actually went worldwide. Owner jason ellis and gizmo made headlines this week when they made it on board a frontier flight with out the airline knowing. je and theres the monkey inside. gizmo boarded the plane in this duffle bag. Je he was never smuggled onto the plane. He was in a concealed bag it looks likea hand bag. Hes never actually hurt anyone. Instead gizmos been helping ellis the last four years. Hes an emotional support animal that helps the 30 year old cope with his anxiety. Je hes helped me in more ways than i can imagine. Just by interaction with other people and helping me out. But really he helps me out because i have a lot of anxiety issues. Ellis showed fox5 the certificate ticketing clerk saw. He says the entire ordeal was just a misu
Robberies. brian loftus and. We could be off to a wet start this week. Sherry is watching the radar. To see if thunderstorms will rock your neighborhood. Michelle Mortensen 8 news now good day, the valleys news leader, starts right now. now, live. This is 8 news now good day. brian loftus thanks for waking up with us on 8 news now good day, the marcos arenas. Michelle. For the family of marcos arenas. And we learned more information overnight about another high profile case. 27 year old shane ross is due in court wednesday. Accused of a string of armed robberies. Metro says ross would park his motorcycle outside a store. And rob its employees at gunpoint. 8 news now was the first to break the news. That he is the son of las vegas mayor pro tem steve ross. The family says shane has struggled with addiction, and are urging him to cooperate with police. Ask the sheriff questions from the viewers in our morning cup of joe segment in the 6am hour. To submit a question. Just go to las vegas
The crash remains under investigation. As soon as we learn more about what happened and the victim, we will let you know. Reporting live Shakala Alvaranga 8 news now. Sharie Johnson mandatory evacuations have been lifted for all communities affected by the blue cut fire. That means people near the San Bernardino National Forest are now returning to their homes. The fire has charred more than 37 thousand acres. Its now 83 percent contained. The blaze destroyed more other structures. More than 80 thousand people were forced to leave their homes. Eric Johnston returning home its really nice to come home and know that eveything is standing and all of our friends homes and that theyre safe and their homes are Still Standing thank you firefighters absolutley Sharie Johnson while people are returning home they are urged to use caution as firefighters are still patrolling hot spots in the area. Sharie Johnson katie boer gives us a look at what this could mean for our chances for rain. katie bo