"the flames were i think 30 forty feet high" as flames ripped through this las vegas warehouse... nichol zomara felt numb. "you work so hard to help so many children around the valley and to come and in one second have it be gone." inside the warehouse -- hundreds of donated backpacks, inside the warehouse -- hundreds of donated backpacks, clothes and school supplies... they were ready to be given to families of autistic children... now its all destroyed. "tablets, gift cards, backpacks, donated is now just ashes." people's autism foundation owned the building and had collected the supplies as part of its annual school supplies drive, what they say is a huge help for families with autistic children. "there's so many different things that the parents need to do anbd its pricey, and they struggle" so today people and groups from all over the valley have reached out -- looking to help... including

right next door that hosts events for other charitys. "we've already started collecting school supplies and things that they lost in this fire and we're obviously going to partner with them immediately to help them get back on their feet" and help them continue their work. "school still starts on monday for these kids. i cant just be like oh well our foundation burned down no backpacks, school still starting so we're going to stay positive...we're going to keep our faith and keep helping as many children as we can, as many families as we can." you can drop of donations here at mondays dark tomorrow during business hours. directors at the people's autism foundation say the best way to directly help them in time for the start of school is with cash donations. you can do that on their website -- and you can find a link there in this story on fox5 vegas dot com.

investigators are still trying to figure out what sparked the fire - but say it started in the back of the building near an office. the son of las vegas mayor pro tem steve ross told police he had been using heroin for seven years for chronic back pain. that's according to an arrest report from january when shane ross was arrested for using drugs in a car outside a local bar and grill. ross was arrested for armed robbery and burglary in the hold ups of at least three local businesses last week. he's being held on 160-thousand dollars bail. the family acknowledged in a statement that ross has struggled with addiction. in his january arrest, he told officers he couldn't get health insurance... and that he uses heroin because it is cheaper than prescription painkillers. he will be in court for his preliminary hearing october fifth. the family of an arizona shooting range instructor who was accidentally killed by a 9-year- old girl with an

lawsuit against the shooting range where it happened. the suit seeks a jury trial to determine damages for charles vacca's widow and three children as well as his ex-wife and mother. it says the owners and operators of the "last stop" shooting range in white hills were negligent in vacca's death two years ago today. the suit says an uzi wasn't a safe or appropriate weapon to entrust to a young girl and caused her to lose control of the weapon. investigators say fired the uzi... the gun's recoil wrenched its barrel upward. a bullet hit 39- year-old vacca in the head - killing him. the location of a proposed stadium in las vegas is now narrowed down to two. an advisory committee heard from the sands corporation today-- which made a multi-million dollar demand- to bring a stadium to our city. fox5's peter dawson tells us how today's talks centered on finances, location, and the benefit to unlv. the tourism infrastructure

topic included public funds in the form of a room tax but also narrowing down proposed stadium locations. robert goldstein pres. & coo, sand corporation "bein on the strip ... russell road works as well." cashman field site is now more or less off the table. a strip presence and access to the airport as well as the lure of secondary businesses to the surrounding areas were the key factors. unlv is a top concern, they too will benefit and the sand corp made that very clear. "the sooner ... face of unlv football for ever." all benefits aside it comes down to funds. sand corp need a commitment of $750 million in form of a room tax hike of .88%. the committee is thinking of a .7% increase. without the full $750 million dollar commitment the adelson family will walk away from this deal. "we can't pretend, sheldon is at 750,

to walk away and say i tried my best." andy abbound sands corporation "it term of the room tax ... paid for by tourist." the sntic doesn't have final say they are only an advisory committee. a decision to proceed with the stadium will be kicked up to carson city where governor sandoval will have to call a special session. robert goldstein stresses urgency. any delay will jeopardize negotiations with the nfl, raiders and the adelsons. robert goldstein pres. & coo, sand corporation "we've come a long way ... time is of the essence." steve sisolak clark county commission chair "ultimately they ... expect an answer." peter dawson fox 5 news local las vegas part of the plan

also includes the more cops initiative... since a 65-thousand person stadium means a need for a larger police presence. the u-s national park service is celebrating 100 years. president woodrow wilson signed the organic act of 1916 on august 25th of that year... creating the national park service. was tasked with managing 14- national parks and 21-monuments. that was then. now - the national parks service oversees 58- national parks and 150-national monuments. today - mayor pro tem steve ross and the city of las vegas presented a centennial proclamation to the national park service... at the tule springs fossil

nevada has the great basin national park... but zion national park in utah is much closer to las vegas. but if you want to stay close to home - there is the lake mean national recreational areas. that's where we find fox five's abby theodros now. 100 years ago today president woodrow wilson signed a law that created the national parks service - fast forward to 2016 and there are hundreds of parks for us to enjoy. and here at lake mead - their gett started early - -if you ask this second grader his thoughts on the national parks services centennial godorov: it was probably around a really long time thats because it is. 100 years in the making and park visitors like ethan godorov celebrated at lake mead today. we asked him to share his favorite part about the lake godorov: hmmm and understandably- it was a thinker ethan godorov, second grade ccsd-

tour abby: what was so special about it? godorov: it was so cool it was my first time going on a boat lake mead joined the ranks of national parks in 1964 ..and if youre wondering how it happened kt; national parks don't get established unless the local citizens are in favor of it and it was citizens that were active and went to their congressional delegation to get a law passed and make a national park here turner says more than 6 million people visit each year. but its not just tourists - local enjoyed the park for more than a decade and now gets to experience it with the next generation diane vanasse - visitor: that's special because she's my only grand daughter and we enjoy being here. but with the highs also come some lows. water levels at the lake are declining steadily thanks to a years long draught - and the park must adjust kt: it's something that we're dealing with the recreational opportunities are still pretty similar - you can still fish

you could do you just have to go a little further down the shoreline to get to where the water is nats (taking park pledge) but theres some hope - little rangers ready to take care of national parks - and hopefully reach another milestone closed captioning will resume shortly so - how do you keep the designations straight? national parks are generally natural places with grand beauty - having a wide variety of attributes - and often significant

and consumptive activities are not authorized. national recreation areas are often centered on large reservoirs and emphasize water- based recreation or are located near major population centers. the combine urban parks with scarce open spaces for larger numbers of people. and - national national monuments... are areas preserved by the national government because they contain objects of historic, prehistoric, or scientific interest. toss to weather still on the hazy side with a few passing clouds over the las vegas valley thursday evening. winds will relax later tonight with overnight low temperatures in the upper 70s. after triple digit

we're going into the weekend with highs in the 90s. some more moisture will be around friday and saturday, so we will have the chance of some afternoon and evening thunderstorms around southern nevada both days. the best chance will be east of the valley and over our local mountains. sunday will stay dry with high temperatures pushing 100 degrees foundation is moving to an appointment only system for people wishing to give up their pets. they say the

goal of finding forever for all homeless animals by 2020. the policy gives staff members the opportunity to council pet owners and offer them resources before they give up their pets for good. it will also help anticipate how many animals will be coming in and prevent over- crowding. the systems starts september first. the ryan lochte saga continues... why the olympian could find himself back in rio de janeiro. and.... new concerns... for i- phone users after a cyber-security "search teams here in italy still racing to recover earthquake survivors...before their efforts turn into recovery operations only. i'm john huddy here in central italy...with more details -- coming up." you're watching fox5 news at 5. local. las vegas

i'm catherine cortez masto and i approve this message. four years ago i was diagnosed with breast cancer but early treatment saved my life. voted ten times to defund planned parenthood which thousands of nevada women depend on for cancer screenings. congressman heck even threatened to shut down the federal government to eliminate funding for planned parenthood. i hope the women of nevada remember that when it's time to vote. brazilian police

report. he will be summoned to give testimony in front of brazil's justice department.... over the exaggerated story - about being robbed at gunpoint. lochte has since apologized for embellishing his version of events. but that didn't stop four sponsors from cutting ties with the six-time gold medal winner earlier this week. he will not be allowed to testify in the u-s and would have to appear in person in court in brazil or be tried in absentia. although there is no penalty for him not appearing in front of the justice departme.. fails to show up... he won't be able to negotiate a plea deal. if charged under brazilian law - the swimmer could face a jail sentence of one to six months. apple is issuing a security update - after powerful espionage software was found targeting an activist's i- phone... in the middle east. computer forensics experts say the spyware takes advantage of three previously undisclosed weaknesses in apple's mobile operating system to take complete control of iphone handsets. a report by

"citizen lab" outlines how the spyware could compromise an i- phone with the tap of a finger. apple said in a statement that it fixed the vulnerability immediately after learning about it. tonight... continuing aftershocks are causing more damage - and fear - in central italy... one day after a powerful six- point-two magnitude earthqake leveled three towns. at least 250 people are confirmed dead - a number still expected to rise. john huddy is in the region - and was still aftershocks - while filing this report. rubble and debris now mark what had been picturesque medieval towns... less than two hours north of rome...in the mountains of central italy. a deadly, 6.2 magnitude earthquake changed everything...just after 3:30 am wednesday. now - for a second full day - search teams are racing... digging through rubble... using dogs... doing all they can to try and locate survivors. helping to keep them going -- many

that one person was found alive seventy-two hours after a previous italian earthquake...back in 2009. but, at morgues in the area there are now lines of people looking for relatives...and making identifications. a catholic priest in one hard-hit town says he has no tears left to cry. d'amelio says: "among the members of my parish who died there are many children, many youngsters, also adults. people of every age...we don't have any tears left to cry." one long-time teacher became too emotional to speak...when she saw what is now left of what had been the local school. unidentified teacher says: "my pupils some i managed to find, and some i haven't. excuse me" meantime, adding to the challenge for rescue crews...continuing aftershocks... including a 4.3 magnitude shock that triggered thick dust clouds and caused even more damgage thursday...causing some buildings cracked in the quake to crumble. (on cam) the powerful aftershock was one

hundred others that have come in the hours after wednesday morning's earthquake. including one that's happening right now... (pauses) and that was just another tremor here in amatrice, italy, john huddy, fox news. now fox5 weather 24/7, with sam argier still on the hazy side with a few passing clouds over the las vegas valley thursday evening. winds will relax later tonight with overnight low temperatures in the upper 70s. after triple digit temperatures the past couple days, we're going into the weekend with highs in the 90s. some more moisture will be around friday and saturday, so we will have the chance of some

evening thunderstorms around southern nevada both days. the best chance will be east of the valley and over our local mountains. sunday will stay dry with high temperatures pushing 100 degrees again. skies will be mostly sunny on the first day of school for ccsd students. the forecast high temperature is 103 degrees. still on the hazy side with a few passing clouds over the las vegas valley thursday evening. winds will relax later tonight with overnight low temperatures in the upper 70s. after triple digit temperatures the past couple days, we're going into the weekend with highs

more moisture will be around friday and saturday, so we will have the chance of some afternoon and evening thunderstorms around southern nevada both days. the best chance will be east of the valley and over our local mountains. sunday will stay dry with high temperatures pushing 100 degrees again. skies will be mostly sunny on the first day of school for ccsd students. the forecast high temperature is 103 degrees. closed captioning will resume shortly

"politically correct"... politically incorrect? it's being called a "micro-agression". coming up... words and phrases that some universities want to do away

c-c-s-d police are out to get the attention of drivers. even if it means dressing up as a giant pencil to do just that. boulder highway

in the valley and this giant pencil can confirm that. during "operation pencil"... n-h-p issued 133 total citations-- many of them for being distracted. officers are asking people to change their bad driving habits now before school starts back up on monday. one of our own here at fox five... helping out ahead of the new school year. we're talking about morning anchor - jason feinberg. he teamed up with "reality one cares".... to deliver supplies to six kindergarten classes at john mendoza elementary school. "celebrity magician" murry sawchuck also got into the act. principal brenton lago says it is an at-risk school that faces a lot of challenges - and these donations mean the world to the teachers. there's much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. harsh words for donald trump - from hillary clinton here in nevada. why she's connecting the republican's campaign to racist

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

local las vegas. thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5:30. let's get you up to date with the latest local headlines. recent polls show hillary clinton leading donald trump nationwide... but nevada remains close - despite being a state that president obama comfortably won twice. maeve reston reports from reno.... on the silver state voting bloc. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning