school is safe and they are happy their kid is back in school. but some say they still have a lot of unanswered questions about this whole incident. nats -- school? nats -- school? school is back in session at johnson jr. high... "im glad to be back learning stuff and back with my friends" but it's hardly back to normal. "i'm certainly

school" parents dropped off their kids for the first time since quarter of a cup of mercury was found on the campus -- and some say six days later -- they still have questions "i want some clarity on the amount?" "why did it take so long for them to communicate what was going on?" "there's plenty of questions, but im glad they took the precautions they did to make sure the kids are safe" we got a look at some of those precautions taken insi the gym -- where ccsd says the mercury was found and the area the epa said had the highest levels of contamination -- 10 to 15 times higher than the levels considered safe for kids. during the clean-up, workers took out a chunk of the gym floor. "crews also ripped up the carpeting that was right here at the entrance of the gym, saying that students may have tracked the mercury onto it as well" "many of those areas were removed for procautionary measures to make sure that we removed any material that

be contaminated" as for what all that clean up work will cost? -- ccsd says it doesn't have a pricetag just yet. "we're working with our insurance and risk management department to see how much that will cost and what is potentially covered " last wednesday students had to turn over their shoes, socks and backpacks for testing before they went home. 100 parents brought additional items for testing... out of all of that, by the epa and will be destroyed -- ccsd says parents can file a claim with the district to get refunded. it definitely paid

to have triple digit temps this summer. to have triple digit temps this summer. fox5 teamed up with ford country, to raise money for the "grant a gift" autism foundation. fox five chief meteorologist ted pretty - joins us live with more - from the valley auto mall in henderson. a beautiful wednesday with very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95

the upper 90s to start next week on monday and

a henderson teenager has been missing for nearly a year. and police are hoping someone recognizes her, so they can bring her home. you are looking at 17-year-old "ellen perna"... she may go by the nickname "ellie". investigators believe she may be somewhere in las vegas. if you have seen her... call police immediately. it's a federal program meant to help homeo who are about to lose their homes... the troubled asset relief program... or tarp ... gave money to homeowners in the 19 states hardest hit by the recession... including nevada... but fox5 uncovered a recent audit by the special inspector generals office found the money was instead used for big parties, car allowances, and gifts... fox5's miguel martinez valle dove in to the 50 page audit to tell us what he found. in this audit we found out a little

actually went to homeowners, but the company expensed more than 660 thousand. so where did that extra 168 thousand dollars go? take a look. the audit shows the company instead spent the money on an employee winter social, a holiday luncheon, gift cards... among other things. the company is called nevada affordable housing assistance corporation. the state hired the corporation to distribute tarp funding to need. the audit deemed 8.2 million dollars in wasteful spending. i'm still going through the complicated findings. the company also drastically cut the number of homeowners receiving funds. i'll have that part of the story coming up on fox5 news at five.

their first loss of the season this past weekend...unlv football is all smiles today. and they have 10 million reasons to do so. today unlv received a $10 million gift

of the art football facility. fox5s vince sapienza was at today's announcement and shows what the new complex will look like i'm standing on one of the practice fields here at rebel park..right now it's just green grass and a pair of uprights... but in about 18 months time just imagine what you're looking at will be a 73 thousand square foot two story football utopia if you're having a tough picturing take a look at this video like any brand new las vegas building this thing will have all the trimmings....includi ng an academic center... locker rooms... offices..meeting rooms..nutrition bar... weight room...and even a players lounge the complex will overlook the current practice

what coaches and staff believe to be the ultimate recruiting tool " closed captioning will resume" the 10 million the 10 million the 10 million the 10 million

dollar gift was given by the fertitta family...hence the name fertitta football complex. unlv also received a 2 million dollar donation back in may...and with community donations have raised 16 million for what is expected to be a 24-26 million dollar project from rebel park i'm vince sapienza

expected to break ground next spring... and open to student athletes and staff 10 months later 20 years ago today, the world lost a music icon. and tupac's death, is still very much a " nats of tupac" we'll look back on the shooting that stunned fans... and what they are doing now to honor the rapper. get all of your local headlines on the go with our fox5 app. it's free in mobile

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lcv victory fund is respr the content... california knows of this advertising. how to party it is the 20th anniversary of tupac shakur's death in las vegas. the shooting has been shrouded in mystery for two decades. to this day... no one has been charged with killing the rapper. september 7th 1996, tupac and suge knight got in a fight with orlando anderson... a southside crip from los angeles. tupac and his entourage were

shortly after. when they were stopped at koval and flamingo, a white cadillac pulled up beside them, and someone started firing. shakur was hit several times. earlier this year i did a special piece on tupac's death, and spoke to retired metro officer chris caroll. he was the first on the scene. caroll- i tried to get a dying declaration from him im asking who shot you i could see him getting his breath together i thought he was going to get a name and he looked at me and said eff you days later at u-m- c. he was 25 years old. back in april, fox5 was there as a biopic about tupac's life got underway. it is called "all eyez on me," and "demetrius shipp, jr" stars as tupac. n-v energy and solar city reached a deal that could give some of its customers better solar rates. the company says monday they reached a settlement of a longstanding rate dispute... but it's still up to the public utilities commission to approve the deal. solar rates were raised at the end of last year, to subsidize

without panels. n-v energy announced in july that it supported grandfathering solar customers back into their old rates. the fall winds might make some people miss the triple digit temperatures... so let's celebrate them while we can! let's go live now to ted pretty, who joins us live from the valley automall. a beautiful wednesday with very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursy, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and

very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and tuesday. a beautiful wednesday with very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and tuesday. closed captioning

nail biting is a nasty habit... and for some, it's a neccesity! hear why nibbling on your nails may have some health benefits. "closed captioning will resume "

and critical cancer screenings. but congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood and was willing to shut down the government over it. heck opposed roe v. wade and voted to criminalize abortion. congressman heck is what's wrong with washington.

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one of the worst monday night football games... ever... it was atrocious... in fact... the most exciting part of the game was some idiot running onto the field. he runs to the 50. he runs to the 40. the guy is drunk. but there he goes... they're chasing him... they're not gonna get him.. bare chested... somebody stop that man." that's kevin harlan with the play by play on westwood one radio... awesome work out of you kevin... 49ers won the game... kevin harlan won our hearts. now to a real world example of the food chain in action... we have man... little shark... and big shark... let's see who wins. (shark eats shark)

you can hear people on this pier freaking out... a guy was fishing down in florida... catches a little shark... as he's reeling it in... notices a very large shadow approaching... so lunch for man... turns into lunch for big shark. let's end this with some high fashion... as in... you'd need to be high to wear this thing. ladies and gents... i give you the taco bell gown... it's one part beauty and the beast... one part sour cream and cheese... the dress is made up of actual taco bell wrappers... tissue papers... we're getting into homecoming season... you'd be the belle of the ball wearing this... if any of you young ladies out there go with the taco bell gown... please let me know... i want pictures. it looks like a prop for a haunted house. but police say a heart in a ziploc bag, is definitely real.

dept.) "this is pretty unusual. we have no idea where it came from." " why this unusual discovery, isn't neccessarily sinister. florida officials are struggling to get zika under control... but they aren't getting a lot of help from the government. the battle over how much our country should pay to fight the

i'm hall of famer jerry west and my life is basketball. but that doesn't stop my afib from leaving me at a higher risk of stroke. that'd be devastating. i took warfarin for over 15 years until i learned more about once-daily xarelto... a latest generation blood thinner. then i made the switch. xarelto? significantly lowers the risk of stroke in people art valve problem. it has similar effectiveness to warfarin. warfarin interferes with vitamin k and at least six blood clotting factors. xarelto? is selective targeting one critical factor of your body's natural clotting function. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. like all blood thinners, don't stop taking xarelto without talking to your doctor,

and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. xarelto may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. xarelto can cause serious, and in rare cases fatal bleeding. get help right away for unexpected bleeding, if you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. do not take xarelto if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleeding. tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. before starting xarelto tell your doctor about any conditions, to help protect yourself from a stroke, ask your doctor about xarelto. there's more to know.

live from las vegas. with emmy award winner john huck. cyndi lundeberg. and weather 24/7 with chief meteoroligist ted pretty. this is fox5 news at 4. local las vegas. welcome back to

national stories we're following for you right now.... presidential nominee hillary clinton says she is feeling much better... after suffering from pneumonia. she will be back on the road thursday. for now... clinton is taking time to recover, and canceling appearances like one she had planned for las vegas. president obama, president bill clinton, and senator tim kaine are all taking clinton's place on the campaign trail this week. bill clinton will share hillary's message on the economy at the north las vegas cheyenne campus tomorrow. a young man who survived the horrific mass night club... died this weekend at a birthday party. earlier this year, chris brodman spoke about how he narrowly escaped the shooting. "(chris brodman, nightclub shooting survivor) "i said run. just run, run, run. and we all just ran out the bar." " brodman's friends say he died early sunday morning, while at a birthday party in tampa. he was found unconcious, and investigators say there is no sign of foul play. survivors of the shooting say they are heartbroken they will once again grieve the loss of a friend. "(orlando torres, nightclub shooting

the saying goes, when your number is up, god only knows when it's your number. it wasn't our number up at pulse that night and you know, we can't prevent it. it's going to happen, it's going to happen." " brodman was to appear in a documentary about the shooting. he recently got a tattoo to honor his friends he lost in the tragedy. ex- n-s-a employee edward snowden hopes president obama will give him a pardon. snowden has been charged in the u-s with violations of the espionage act for revealing classified information. he said the leaks were moral and ethical, because they revealed the scope of n-s-a surveillance. he is currently living in russia. the white house says snowden needs to return to the u-s and face the charges against him. it also says the way snowden released the information harmed national security and put citizens in danger. florida is still having trouble getting the funding it needs, to fight zika. and president obama is urging lawmakers to make this a priority. "(president obama) "number one to make sure that the government stays open. number two to make sure that we're able to adequately fund

zika outbreaks but also to come up with diagnostic tools and vaccines that will solve the problem for good." " florida health officials say there are eight new zika cases in the state... bringing the number of patients up to 64. but democrats and republicans are at an impasse on funding the fight. republicans proposed a one point one billion dollar bill, and got it through the house. democrats blocked it, on planned parenthood funding. wells fargo bankers won't have to worry about making sales goals now... since the bank is getting rid of that program after a huge scandal. the move is meant to earn back customers' trust. last week wells fargo agreed to pay a 185 million dollar fine and refund five million dollars in fees wrongly charged to customers. it also fired 53- hundred employees who opened false accounts to meet sales goals. employees said they were under pressure to meet "unrealistic" goals

said sales goals will be dropped at the beginning of the year. ohio police are investigating a bizarre case... a heart was discovered in a ziplock bag... and investigators say it is likely human. the heart was found in the middle of a field, and tossed in a dumpster. but the person who tossed it told police about it, and they found it in the trash. police say the heart is in good condition, and it had just started to decompose. investigators say there's no sign the heart was part of a violent crime.... and it may have been frozen before it was found. "(sgt. jim fulton/ norwalk police dept.) "we don't have a body that we're missing a heart from. so i guess it's an unusual occurrence, is what you would say. and i think that's what's our report listed under at this point. we hope to be able to classify it as something else and close this out." " a coroner is testing to see if there are any preservatives in the heart. police say it may come from a funeral home or an autopsy. and a veterinarian is trying to rule out the possibility it comes from an animal. apple lovers... if

already pre- ordered the i- phone 7... prepare for some long lines! according to t- mobile and spring, pre-order sales are up nearly four times from the previous two models. apple hasn't responded. last week... the company said it would not release its first weekend sales figures this year for the first time in its iphone history. car crashes and cute slide shows shouldn't go together. but that's what one man says he found... when he logged on his computer. who he says is to blame... for this showing a crash that nearly killed him. and there is a reason people visiting this subway station will be greeted by hundreds of cats. why there is a feline in every advertisment frame. you're watching fox5 news at 4. local. las vegas

we are one nation under god. that black and white, we are one nation indivisible. thi'd like to punch him in thewe are alface.ricans. in a stretcher, folks. i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. priorities usa action is responsible

over 20,000 nevadans rely on planned parenthood and critical cancer screenings. but congressman heck voted to defund planned parenthood and was willing to shut down the government over it. congressman heck is what's wrong with washington.

makes a slide show out of them. it's cute if the pictures show something like a new baby or an outing with friends. but not so much when the album is of a car crash. "car crash chipper video " utah father "josh gibson" says

this slide show from pictures he posted of the crash.... complete with chipper music and graphics. no one was seriously hurt, but gibson says several cars were involved and one flipped. the next time you want to stop someone from biting their nails... maybe you should let them do their thing! according to a study out of new zealand... reseachers found children who bit their nails were less likely to develop allergies. these kids also had stronger immune systems. it goes back to the idea that is good for kids... eating whatever is under their nails can make them stronger. it's a feline invasion at the london subway station! check out these pictures. this is part of a crowd-funded campaign to replace all ads with pictures of cats. the campaign began monday, and has since raised more than 26- thousand-dollars to make 68 ads at the clapham common tube station disappear. in their place are photos of stray

the group behind the campaign, says photos of stray cats from two rescue groups. the group behind the campaign, says the goal is to make people think about what's really valuable in their life, and it's likely something you can't buy. a touching picture of an older gentleman pushing an ice cream cart was shared around the world. and people were happy to open their wallets and hearts to help. "well, maybe we get him a week off,' and we got him retired. it's pretty awesome." see this man's after learning strangers are taking care of his retirement. your fox5 weather 24/7 forecast is

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fox5 news coming up at 5 o'clock. christine maddela joins us from the newsroom with what to look out for. yesterday - a casino restaurant was shut down.... after reports of bugs. today - that restaurant is back open. we'll have reaction from the health department - on the investigation. and punishment handed out... for a man guilty of stealing a truck - and running over his girlfriend. plus - we're learning more about how a pilot helped prevent a diaster - before his plane crashed near nellis air force base. an 89-year-old ice cream man can retire with peace of mind... after a touching photograph of him was spread around the world. marcella raymond shows us how a simple crowd funding page... raised more than 250 thousand dollars! it's the photograph

year-old fidencio sanchez struggling to push his paletas cart through little village. we found mr. sanchez and his cart on 26th street selling his ice cream and popsicles. it's a job he's been doing for 20 years but only in the summer and on nice winter days. he leaves paleteria poncho every morning, pushing the 50-pound cart for as long as he can. some days making only $8, other days $80. ( paleteria poncho ) "everybody in little village has a lot of respect for him, because he's a hard worker. now that everything became so big and everybody's actually giving the respect, it's just amazing." he was finally slowing down, but then his daughter, who helped support him and his wife, died in june. so when this picture was taken and the go-fund-me account started, it was with the hope of helping mr. sanchez take a day off here and there. but what happened warmed the hearts of everyone

started the gofundme account ) "on the optimistic side, i was thinking he might get $2,000. i mean, like, 'well, maybe we get him a week off,' and we got him retired. it's pretty awesome." he didn't ask for the help and was determined to work until he died. but now the kindness of friends and strangers has changed mr. sanchez's world dramatically. now, he says, he can finally rest. ( reporter ) "what will you say to all the people that gave you money?" ( fidencio sanchez / paletero ) "muchos gracias." sanchez says he'll al present, but he says he won't take her dancing. he doesn't like dancing. here in the valley... a local organization is about to get a major boost, thanks to triple digit temperatures! fox5 teamed up with ford country, to raise money for the "grant a gift" autism foundation.

pretty joins us now live from the valley automall... where the autisim foundation is about to receive their donation. a beautiful wednesday with very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to start next week on monday and tuesday. a beautiful wednesday with very light breezes and a high of 86 degrees. we'll warm back up to the low 90s on thursday, then 93 on friday. the great weather continues for the weekend with 95 saturday and 97 sunday. we'll stay in the upper 90s to

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one orangutan has a favorite type of visitor... expecting moms. and he isn't shy about how he feels. see how this new mom has a friend for life... after coming face to face with the gentle giant. i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. i want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable.

danny tarkanian's carrying a lot of baggage. for failing to pay thousands in property taxes. tarkanian was ordered by a judge to repay $17 million in a failed development scheme. tarkanian refused to pay the money back, forcing taxpayers to bail him out, leaving us holding the bag. danny tarkanian's out for himself, not us.

this video shows primates are more like us than we think. an orangutan in an england zoo seems to recognize a visitor is pregnant... and gets very excited about the baby! "it's adorable, isn't it. he's trying to listen. awww he just kissed it! oh wow. " this is "rajang"... and you can see he was thrilled to meet mom "kayley". she has since had her baby, and took the little girl to meet rajang. this wasn't a one- time moment of sweetness for the orangutan. zookeepers say he has a soft spot for pregnant visitors. thanks for joining

twenty five thousand jobs. that's how many jobs nevada's created in clean energy. that's how many nevada jobs joe heck puts at risk... when he votes big oil's way. joe heck's taken hundreds of thousands in big oil money... and voted their way... protecting billions in tax breaks for oil companies. and threatening nevada's solar economy. twenty five thousand nevada jobs at risk. lcv victory fund is respr the content...

live from las vegas, its time for fox5 news at 5. first a school... and now a house. how fears about a mercury contamination has forced the e-p-a to pick apart a family home. plus.... controversy continues over reports of bugs... at a casino. now - the health district is weighing in... after

was closed... re- opens. and.... relief for 30-thousand solar power customers... who say they got the short end of the stick. when nevada revised its rates. this is fox5 news at 5. local. las vegas class is back in session - after a mercury scare at johnson junior high. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela. the investigation is far from over. in fact - it's actually expanding. fox five's eric hilt is live outside a family home - that is now shut down by the e-p-a. right now crews are going through this house, ripping up carpet, finding things that are contaminated with mercury and then throwing them in this red bin you see there -- everything that is contaminated will be destroyed. this is the only home where the epa found high levels of mercury. those levels are similar to what

times higher than what's considered safe. epa officials told me they think the contamination came from johnson middle school "we believe that mercury got on some of the child's clothing, backpack and it got transferred to the home tha this is what it looks like now... there is a big chunk of the floor missing out of the basketball court. crews also ripped up the carpet at each of the gym's entrances saying kids may have tracked the mercury onto that. ccsd says it doesn't know how much that clean- up or how much the whole incident will end up costing the