live from las vegas. your only choice for live local news right now. with emmy award winner john huck. christine maddela. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 5:30. local las vegas. the blue cut fire destroyed an unknown number of buildings, among them the historic summit inn... you may have seen the landmark while driving to or from la... fox5s miguel martinez valle joins us live to show us what's left the historic summit inn stood right here off yhe 15, in what was once route 66 since 1952... now im standing on all thats left of it... ashes, broken glass, and some

the inn served as a restaurant and a convenience store it was right next to a gas station placed between victorville and san bernardino. some know it as a place for elvis presley or as some kind of landmark showing you where you are along the desert highway because of its giant red sign but the blue cut fire completely destroyed the building and the home connected right next-door to it. that home belonged to the general manager of the inn she's worked there for 24 years and had to evacuate the customers.

customers in the restaurant at the time and when the chp came by told us we had to evacuate i went back to the restaurant oft all the customers and employees out, came back grabbed a few things and i left myself." now keeney says her whole home and everything she's worked for and owned is gone. the former owner of the inn, cecile stevens stopped by today to see the ruins of one of his favorite places he says he's completely devastated. the manager did new owners are planning on rebuilding the in but that can reconstruction is going to take quite a while since it's completely the destroyed as of right now

southern california to contain the blue cut wildifire. let's continue our team coverage with abby theodros - outside the town of wrightwood>

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closed captioning will resume shortly evacuation centers are set up all around in san bernardino county. they're not only keeping people safe... but also animals. "(pig squeals) oh there's that voice" the san bernardino county fairgrounds in victorville is providing shelter to more than 500 animals... from pigs and sheep - to cows and chickens and almost anything else you can think of. part of the process is not only keep animals safe... but also hydrated with electralyte- enhanced water. feeding the horses alone - requires some

"we came up with an idea of putting clipboards on all the stalls and it has all the information of the owner, what the horse can and cannot have. no treats, yes it can have treats, grain or pellets, hay no hay, we have all that information." 40 to 60 volunteers a day are helping with the effort to look after the animals. the community has been active - by donating stalls - feed - hay - and other items. some other animals.... are on the clock. these photos from "san bernardino the "search dog team" from the sheriff's department. they are working with the fire department's damage assessment team... conducting operations together... as they go through neighborhoods hit hard by the wildfire. another year... and another problem with student testing in nevada. coming up... why the is complaining about a "breach of

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for the second year - nevada is having issues with the online standardized tests taken by public school students. last year - data recognition corporation accepted a contract worth more than 51- million dollars to develop, administer, score and report the tests used in nevada. but now... 200- thousand students are without their individual scores. the nevada attorney general's office is accusing the company of breaching its contract. the president of "data recognition" says she disagrees with the complaints. powerful images... from overseas in syria. how one boy has become a symbol... for violence that shows no sign of gong away... anytime soon. and - a popular online gossip

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video of an injured five-year- old boy in syria is drawing new global attention to the ongoing syrian civil war. the united nations is now calling for a new 48-hour pause in fighting in syria... to get humanitarian aid to civilians stuck in war zones. rich edson has the latest from washington. video of a stunned five-year-old boy in

pulled from a destroyed building and sitting in an ambulance is now making global headlines... going viral on social media. the images were reportedly recorded wednesday... after the child was pulled from rubble in aleppo...following air strikes. meanwhile, for the third straight day russian warplanes flew from iran to strike targets in syria. russia says the fighter jets hit isis targets including fuel, command and ammunition facilities. and the united nations is now calling for a new cease fire in syria...to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries. de mistura says: "no humanitarian aid is reaching anywhere syria at the moment." the u-n says no aid convoys have reached syrian war zones since before august. u.s. officials announced thursday secretary of state john kerry will meet next week with russia's top diplomat... to discuss the fighting in syria. kirby says: "we really believe it's important to get beyond temporary and localized ceasefires." kirby says: "we're in a set of serious discussions right now with russian

aleppo specifically but also about trying to get these proposals in place for a nationwide cessation of hostilities that can actually be enforced." also thursday, britain's sky news broadcast images from inside iran... showing graves of iranians reportedly killed while fighting isis in syria. (on cam) analysts say sky's access to the graves in an iranian national cemetery show a new willingness by iran to discuss their involvement in syria...and support bashar assad. in washington, rich edson, fox news. the u-n says right now two million people in the syrian city of aleppo lack access to clean water ... creating a risk of disease. the justice department is saying no to private prisons. it says a recent audit found private facilities have more safety and security problems than ones run by the government. as of december - more than 22- thousand federal inmates - or about 12 percent of the

they became more common in the late 1990s due to overcrowding. the justice department says the decline in the prison population over the past three years contributed to the decision. a federal judge told former nfl star darren sharper that courts can't ignore the damage he inflicted on women - and on society at large. the words came in new orleans as the judge sentenced sharper to 18 years and four months in prison. she had earlier rejected a nine- year sentence under a plea deal - saying it was o sharper pleaded guilty in federal court to drugging three women so he could rape them. he has also pleaded guilty or no contest in four states - including nevada - where he's accused of drugging and raping as many as 16 women. the "gawker" website will shut down next week. just yesterday - univision agreed to buy gawker in a bankruptcy auction for one hundred thirty five million dollars. "gawker media" fell under financial fire after a one hundred forty

judgement from a lawsuit filed by hulk hogan. staffers were informed of the shut down by c-e-o nick denton this afternoon. gawker media filed for bankruptcy protection in june. the site was in operation for fourteen years. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty we'll pick up at least slight chances of showers and thunderstorms through tuesday of next week. friday's high of 102 will also have slight chances of showers. those chances stay in the slight category for saturday with a high of 100. better chances of showers and thunderstorms are with us on

the slight category on tuesday. highs will be in the mid to upper 90s sunday through tuesday. we'll pick up at least slight chances of showers and thunderstorms through tuesday of next week. friday's high of 102 will also have slight chances of showers. those chances stay in the slight category for saturday with a high of 100. better chances of showers

sunday and monday with a return to the slight category on tuesday. highs will be in the mid to upper 90s sunday through tuesday. we'll pick up at least slight chances of showers and thunderstorms through tuesday of next week. friday's high of 102 will also have slight chances of showers. those chances stay in the slight category for saturday with a high of 100. better chances of showers and thunderstorms are with us on sunday and monday with a return to the slight category on tuesday. highs will be in the mid to upper 90s sunday

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here's a look at some of the 'all new' stories we are working for fox5 news at six. three men shot in a car outside a convenience store... and one is killed. now -- police have made two arrests. plus... the next time you hop into an uber... you might not have a driver! where uber is going to start offering self- driving cars. there's a new animated "batman and robin" movie coming out. it's based on the campy t-v show from the sixties... and features the voices of its stars.. adam west and burt ward. "it's starting to heat up batman, but we do smell delicious. the smell of death i'm afraid. guess this is our last meal, batman"... "this is one time i would advocate starting with dessert" i suppose it doesn't matter if we ruin our appetites now." no robin, dessert is a new batman film. holy

starring us? correct robin. we're back this fall in a feature length animated movie." this trailer was released on entertainment weekly-dot-com for "batman - return of the caped crusaders". it also features the voice of julie newmar as "catwoman". it comes out on october 11-th for digital h-d... and november 1-st on blu-ray. thanks for joining us.. fox5 news at 6 o'clock is straight

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live from las vegas fox5 news at 6 starts now. closed captioning will resume shortly a nostalgic place to eat and meet along the i-15 is gone forever. the memories ripped away by the fury of the blue a nine-year-old boy is killed by a neighbor's dog -- while visiting a friend. what neighbors say the same dog did just weeks ago... and we hear from the victim's family. this is fox5 news at 6. local. las vegas rain was pouring down in parts of the valley this afternoon. some areas even saw hail! here's video sent from a viewer of the rain hitting hard in