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home and confronted someone about an ongoing dispute.. leading to the gunfire. new information tonight in a robbery that led to a crash putting six people in the hospital. action news reporter david schuman is live at the home near rainbow and craig with how this all started. david. i met the family who lives here right when they got back from identifying thousands of dollars worth of their destroyed electronics. they say they weren't home and it was neighbor kids out of school early who saw four men carrying televisions out of this house. those four men went on to crash their car not far from here, injuring 3 people including a child as well as 3 of themselves. those four men went on to crash their car not far from here, injuring 3 people including a child as well as 3 of themselves. police weren't chasing them but they were getting away from police. officers had spotted the car near the robbed home and the suspects wouldn't pull over. there were televisions, video
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other electronics -- all of it destroyed in the crash the family says they saw the one uninjured suspect taken into custody. the six people taken to the hospital are all expected to be okay. reporting live david schuman ch 13 action news a furious manhunt has a happy ending. officers say.... a man broke into a mc-donald's around four this morning. the police chopper circled the area.... for more than an hour. they had the canine unit going down streets... and... even into homes. he took off in a car... but ditched that near torrey pines and vegas drive.... and started running. they eventually caught the man... and... loaded him... into an ambulance. we've been reporting on a string of night owl break-ins.... hitting restaurants across the valley. police can't say... this is part of those... but... they are investigating that possible connection. a seismic change is coming to the las vegas strip. in a matter of months.. you'll have to pay to park at all mgm-resorts properties on las vegas boulevard. that's a total of 11 hotels.
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burton is here to explain the reason for the new policy. "that is really messed up." "it's going to turn people away." "it just leaves a different kind of flavor." it all starts in april. to park for a few hours - it'll it all starts in april. to park for a few hours - it'll cost just a few bucks. to park overnight - it'll cost a little more - but no more than 10 dollars for that day. valet services will cost even more than that. at this time - mgm doesn't know how much they'll charge. "people are going to go where they can park for free." but the pickings will be slim - because mgm owns eleven hotels and casinos on the las vegas strip. "it's going to be a huge inconvenience." the revenue from the fees will support a multi-million dollar project to
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lots and build a brand new one that will give people very easy access to mgm's new t-mobile arena. "we've made these decisions to make a 90 million dollar investment in enhancing our parking program and that includes the implementation of a new fee parking program." but some say the fee will deter so many people from parking, the program won't generate the revenue it needs. "if people don't come, then they're going to raise prices because they have to make their money somehow." the upside is you can gain free the upside is you can gain free parking by do to stop them, that'd be awesome." locals will get a grace period for a short time after the fees take effect - and buying an overnight pass will give you access to all of the mgm parking lots on the strip for that day. live from the strip - michael
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and... people around the valley have on twitter. catarina pupillo tweets... "with m-g-m charging for parking... i will not be hitting the strip or at least their properties. 10 dollars is not worth it. i am there to shop and eat. i think the greed is from justina montoya... "pay for parking and resort fee. no thank you." and... finally from joe ferran... the beginning of the end!" only a day after the death of her husband.. we've gotten word that celine dying. the family says he has brain.. tongue and throat cancer.. and they don't think he'll survive another week. tonight.. caesars palace will honor rene angelil.. with a special tribute on their marquee tonight. celine dion has canceled her shows at caesars for the weekend. the fight for solar continues. tonight... two home owners hitting n-v energy.... with a class action law suit. action news reporter..... lesley marin spent the day examing the court documents... and... talked with one man left in the
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after those rate changes. "thank you again for your contribution to sunrun's mission to create a planet run by the sun" that's the letter jose pena and his co worker read after being laid off from solar company-- sun run. interview 1 12:36:34-12:36:42 "it was kind of a shock to a lot of people but we were staying pretty optimistic until we got out no work order" pena-- who left the airforce to come to work as a site technician-- expected financial security and promotions. but instead was left without a job--- once the p-u-c voted with n-v energy to raise net metering rates for solar costumers. "since we stopped selling --now there was no work for the guys" but today-- two home owners have stepped up to face off against n-v energy. in this 17 page class action law suit-- the homeowners on utilities commission...on those net metering rates. the law suit was filed by john bamforth and stanley schone-- although we reached out to the plantiff's lawyers we did not
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the suit does accuse n-v energy of everything from consumer fraud and negligence. in the end demanding the energy company provide relief for customers effected by the metering rate changes. despite the claims-- n-v energy costumers we could have sold to..it's a huge industry...or potential huge industry for 12:39:15- 12:39:21 i mean i always have my options it's just difficult for months.. ccsd teachers have been battling for a new contract. tonight.. they finally have something to sign. we'll tell you what's in the new agreement.. which just got a green- light late last night from the school board. and... dramatic moments... caught on camera.
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the board of trustees unanimously approved a new 2-year contract for the teachers late last night. but it's not cheap... action news reporter elizabeth gadley explains where the money is coming from to pay for the new deal. it's been a long hard fought battle but clark county teachers finally have the contract they've been rallying for. dan barber, durango high school teacher 17:35:53:00 we've worked hard, trying to convince not only our state legislature but our school board to respect teachers and i think with this make cuts in other areas in order to pay for this
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michelle booth ccsd communications dir. 17:47:22:00 we are going to have to make a lot sacrifices to make this work, be very resourceful we're going to have to make a lot of cuts to maintinance, unless it's safety also expected to see cuts as are various programs but no layoffs are expected michelle booth ccsd communications dir. 17:47:41:00 we're just going to be pinching our pennies but we definately think this is worth it because we need to recruit our teachers, that's what our students need and that's a priority. the 135 million dollar contract includes pay raises for the more than 18,000 teachers. that includes four salary increases over the next nine months that will be based on education and experience....capping off at 90-thousand a year. dan barber, durango high school teacher 17:36:50:00 people are excited that it's finally done, it's been a long struggle, we were frozen over the summertime, we were surprized about that, frankly that we couldn't get a new contract earlier. so we're sort of relieved it's finally over with. tag there's also a new start date for the 2017-2018 school year. teachers will start august 9th and the first day for students will be august 17th.
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i'm elizabeth gadley channel 13 action news. now... for a story.... that's "positively las vegas". -20- thousand glow sticks lit up the basketball courts..... at brookman elementary school... tonight. each of these glow sticks represent..... a book that was read by the students at the school.... this semester. the ghost actually paid for.... by comedy magician... adam london. his wife actually created.... "the reading makes us bright program"... at the school. adam & alana london the students actually connected all of those glow sticks..... in about an hour and a half.... tonight. the group plans to submit video the students actually connected all of those glow sticks..... in about an hour and a half.... tonight. the group plans to submit video of the event.... in hopes of breaking the current world record... which is about -98- hundred glow sticks. it's been a frightening start
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gas inside the restaurant.. and a spark. people at one apartment complex say about a hundred of them spent more than a week without hot water. now they want answers from management they say they're not getting. but when you ask, we investigate. contact 13 investigative reporter stephanie zepelin found out what their rights are...and what they can do about the situation. """""""""we got numerous emails from people living here at canyon pointe apartments, all saying they had no hot water and got no explanation.""""""""" "" on january fifth, residents in a handful of the buildings here noticed they had no hot water. john hamilton says the next day they got a note on their doors. 17.05.30 we got a letter posted to our door 34 saying that the hot water would be back on the next day on the seventh 38 the hot water never came back on 41 john says he and his room mates tried to get an explanation from the office. 17.05.44 and every time we tried contacting them we got the run-around 48 'the water
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dont know what's going on with it' 52 'the inspection team has to come out' 55 southwest gas told action news a construction crew in the area hit a gas line on the fifth. the gas line wasn't fixed until the 13th, thats eight days, when they were able to turn the gas back on. john says the note was the first and last thing he heard from the management since the sixth. 17.07.08 the most upsetting fact is that they really didnt keep us informed 12 we tried to get answers from management ((nat of me in the building)), but they asked us to leave. a manager from canyon pointe called us, but said they would not comment. so we called the management company, but after trying seven extensions no one answered. no one from the management company or the leasing office ever gave an explanation as to what took so long to get hot water back on. """""""""according to nevada law, hot water is an essential service....which means if it goes out, the landlord has 48 hours to fix it or "use best spent without hot water. at harmon and boulder highway, soc"""""""""
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you'd like us to check out.. send an email to 13investigates@ktnv.c om.. and be sure to include your phone number. hurricane alex has been downgraded to a tropical storm.. but not before getting a lot of attention after forming so early in the year. this nasa satellite photo was taken around the time alex first reached hurricane strength. the national hurricane center says it will continue to track north as it weakens. this was only the fourth hurricane to form in january.. since they started keeping records in 1851. a series of storm systems will continue to pound the west coast which means that clouds will thicken over las vegas tonight keeping temperatures mild. expect lows in the upper 30s and low 40s overnight with the clouds hanging around through saturday as well with highs in
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temperatures sunday will warm further as sunshine breaks out after saturday's clouds and many areas will break into the low 60s for the first time since before christmas. rain isn't likely as these lows despite decent low level moisture in california since they aren't very strong and will track through northern nevada into central utah. the high sierra in california will squeeze the vast majority of the moisture out of the clouds before they make it into nevada leaving relatively dry air in place at low levels with thick cloud cover at mid and higher levels. a slightly stronger system will push in for tuesday which could see a light sprinkle or two fall in the valley but
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best with poor model agreement across the board. the bigger story will be a moderate warm up coming next week with highs expected to push into the low and mid 60s by thursday and friday with a good mixture of sun and clouds. we're following some big developments on wall street.. which had another rough day. the dow was down 390 points. nasdaq and sp500 also took big hits.
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the opening bell. financial experts say it's tied to ongoing concerns about the and falling oil prices. rick newman yahoo finance " are we likely to see something that you would call a crash in china or is it just a slowing economy over there. those are questions we can't answer and the inability to answer those in the lack of transparency is turning worry into panic for some traders." oil prices slipped below $30 dollars a barrell today. but with all the uncertainty.. experts say you should not touch your 401k. they say you're better off to be patient.. ride it out and wait for the markets to recover. and.... in a sign of an improving economy.... here in the valley... a groundbreaking ceremony was held for a new.... resort-style apartment complex.... in the southwest part of the . it's called... "the mercer". the original plan was to start but then... the recession hit... setting back their project.
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construction marks a big turnaround in the economy.... here in las vegas. wayne laska // developer storybook homes 10:59:58 - 11:00:14 "just like las vegas was in the dullrooms? back in 08 and 09, and everybody thought las vegas was never going to come back, we're being the mercer back just like las has come back. we feel very confident about with some townhouses and penthouses. renting is set to start... next year. and... the walmart near you.... might be closing. we'll tell you how many stores are shutting their doors worldwide.. and if it includes any around the valley. you're watching channel 13 action news.. where you ask, and we investigate.
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nllis and east craig.. which wll close its dos this sunday. shoppers there are in disbelief sh. they closed our food for less, and now this one." if you shop at the walmart at craig and nellis.. the closest store is about 5 miles away at losee and east tropical parkway. there's some traffic issues..... you should know about... if you're going to downtown las vegas this weekend. n-dot is doing some drilling.... related to "project neon". it's happening along both sides of i-15.... between sahara and the 95... at m-l-k. they'll be drilling sunday night.... starting at about 9 p.m. so... look for lane closureaction news is giving you a chance to win two tickets to see shen yun at the smith shen yun at the smith center is a proud sponsor of action news
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