ophelia young has the story...which by the way...has a lotta people scratching their heads. a mega property says "hello" to an expansion and "bye-bye" to a popular show. we have the details on the plan. good morning it's 7: on this , welcome back to fox five news this morning. we'll have the latest on all your top stories... but first let's check in with cassandra at your weather. good morning i'm cassandra jones with fox5. after a gorgeous weekend a slight warming trend begins today with temperatures going back up into the lower 80's with some changes for the middle of the week. wednesday we will increase our high clouds with a with cooler & windy changes for thursday. thursday will be just 72 degrees with wind gusts to 30 mph & friday a high of 71 degrees & gusts to 40 mph possible. we also pick up a slight chance of showers for thursday & friday. with dry & cool conditions through the halloween weekend. here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and al

reporting live ophelia young. presidential candidate bernie sanders has spent the day campaigning at public and private events around the valley.. tonight .. he's holding a rally at canyon springs high school. that's where fox 5's rachel moore is tonight. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly next at five.. why drinking diet soda might actually be bad for your diet! new research shows some surprising results. and get ready for what the chinese government just did that could dramatically increase its population. this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live local news right now you see a lot of interesting things on the job. but i'll never forget the day we tried rescuing a man... ...who was rescuing a kite. we tried everything. then jack came to the rescue. with a chipotle chicken club combo for $4.99. that combo was the real hero that day. a craveable combo to the rescue. china is changing one of its most controve

live in the newsroom ophelia young fox 5 news local las vegas. the review journal is the largest newspaper publication in nevada. 1 hundred and 40 million dollars. presidential candidates from last night's spent another day in las vegas, reaching out to nevada voters. carly fiorina met with supporters becomes president, she would repeal obamacare and fix the immigration system. she also wants to replace the current tax code with a three page plan that would help small businesses. sot fiorina as a chief executive of a 90 billion dollar firm i could handle all that complexity because all i had to do was hire armies of accounts and lawyers and lobbyists to make that complexicty work for me, or the 9 person reality firm... they cant.. nats 12:19 rand paul you want business in america, attract biz to las vegas you have to have tax rates that are compettive. senator rand paul also brought up his tax code plans, during a luncheon at caesars palace. he spoke to the economic club of las vegas, a non- partisan group. tomorrow, ted cruz will hold a rally at

reporting live ophelia young. the suspect has been booked into henderson detention center. a 20-year-old man now faces 12 to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to driving under the influence of drugs in a crash that killed a 6- year-old girl and her grandmother at a las vegas bus stop. leonardo ruesga pleaded guilty today to two counts of dui causing death. the crash happened at the end of march. blood tests showed ruesga had marijuana and methamphetamine in his system. sentencing is set for the middle of february. the nevada department of transportation wants to light your drive better along one of our busiest stretches of interstate. over the next month, n-dot will be replacing all the lights along interstate 15 between downtown las vegas and jean. it is replacing the aging sodium bulbs with brighter l-e-d lamps. n-dot will do the night .. so hopefully it will not affect your drivetime. it's costing the state 1-point-2 million dollars to switch out the bulbs. next .. a recall affecting families across the nation tonight.. find out what's wrong with these popular mar

fox five's ophelia young is live outside the home... near centennial parkway and lamb - where the people who lived there - are nowhere to be found. ophelia? i spoke to neighbors this morning who say they were watchihi all morning and there was no sight of the residents. neighbors did tell me they saw cops here last week. whether that incident was related to the fire - were still trying to find out. "we woke up because we heard exploding sounds" christmas morning 2 am - neighbors on little blue heron avenue jolted out of bed. "we thought somebody was breaking into our house we were scrambling to get clothes on" the house next door to trevor hunt's was engulfed in flames "i looked out the window and i can see the flames shooting out from the garage from the side view of our house." out - there was nobody home when the fire started. but hunt watched nervously for more than an hour while firefighters battled the flames blowing his way in wind speeds over 20 miles per hour. "huge, ive never seen the house on fire like that before." officials

first - ophelia young is in for she joins us with a fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. with a cold front moving east of us - we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 miles clouds will attempt with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. we shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40's until wednesday. we are expected to slowly climb back into the 50's as we near next here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. the stage is set republican presidential primary debate of the year. donald trump is positioned front and center. the republican front-runner will be sandwiched in- ted cruz and ben carson. also on main stage, marco rubio, jeb bush, john kasich, chris ristie, carly fiorina and rand paul. the republican hopefuls will take the podium over at the venetian tomorrow night. it

ophelia young fox vegas pyrotechnicians says flying drones near dangerous. a reminder that already banned within five miles of that includes the toss to weather we stay close to freezing through sunday morning with highs around 50 degrees. north breezes to 20 mph on thursday afternoon are expected to decrease overnight through new year's eve as we ring in 2016. new year's day will feature north breezes to 15 mph in the afternoon. we'll see more clouds on sunday with slight rain chances monday into tuesday then again on wednesday into thursday. highs increase to the low-mid 50s with lows at 40 and above during that we stay close to new information in bill cosby's case... "today bill cosby was charged in montgomery county pennsylvania, with aggrevated indecent assault, a felony. " a booking photo has been taken.... and bail of one million dollars has been posted. now - bill cosby could head to trial - to face accusations of plus - how new york police are using new smartphone technology - to help keep people safe - on new year's eve. and - the war of words hear

ophelia young is in for cassandra jones she joins us now. we're looking at a windy sleigh ride for santa tonight. breezes are expected to kick in early afternoon on christmas eve, increasing to winds about 25-30 miles per hour during the early evening hours. we have a few weak rain clouds pass over us so we could see some overnight hit or miss showers. we expect to wake up to a dry but more sunshine. saturday and high pressure over the southwest breaks apart. here's your fox5 traffic solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. 3 teens involved in an attempted robbery on the west side of the valley. what they didn't homeowner had a gun. police say the home owner shot two of them in self defense, the third teen is now in police custody fox 5's miguel martinez-valle reports. reporter intro one 17 year old died during that

that's where we find fox 5's ophelia young, getting a behind the scenes look at the final preparations. a whole year of planning in 8 minutes and 18 seconds... over 50 pyrotechnicians on 7 roofs all day today and tomorrow. tomorrow night is the moment they've waited all year for. "this is part of the finale its what we call titanium salutes.' the finale - in his hands now - up 2 hundred and 80 feet on midnight new years eve. the day before - henry herman carefully places every one of these firework shells filled with black powder in their rightful tubes and wires them to a panel. "the wires might get tangled in another wire might pull it out of the panel little things like that." precision... to make the 80 thousand casino roof tops nat sound tape over them. "so we dont even the tubes at all we just see if the tape is gone if the tape is went up in the air." henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been planning this years display since the moment las

fox5's ophelia young spoke with the reporter from fortune who broke the story <<"this has been a with the owner not being announced internallyits a news paper but even the structure itself. this llc structure." news plus media capital group llc was the generic name given when asked who bought the review journal. but you plug them into the internet - not much comes up. who are they? "it has to be a little big unsettling who ultimately is signing your paychecks." wednesday - the rj published a story citing sources who confirm - the driving force is sheldon adelson. but even the day before - a cnn money reporter says adelson repeated denied the transaction - saying he had quote "no personal interest." "i think thats being clever and being a little too clever." according to rj - the deal was arranged by adelson's son in law - patrick dumont, an attorney from new york. the rj reporter believes dumont helped create the llc which last week bought the rj and its sister publications. still - nobody understands the furtiveness- which even prompted dina titus to the floor. "why would you want th

first - ophelia young is in for cassandra jones with a check of your windy, monday morning forecast. with a cold front moving east of us - we are waking up to drier conditions but are faced with a gusty day with gusts to 30 miles per hour today. clouds will attempt to clear the valley with forecasted clearer skies for tonight. we shall see residual breezes on tuesday with daytime highs dropping into the upper 40's until wednesday. we are expected to slowly climb back into the 50's as we near next weekend. here's a look at your fox5 traffic solutions let's begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes back to the news desk overnight... woman was shot apparent domestic at a busy shopping the first calls came in just before 10 last night at craig and m-l-k. police say they found a 20-year- old woman suffering from at least one gunshot wound. she was taken to u-m-c trauma where she later died. police are now hoping witnesses will help solve this homicide. "

first up, ophelia young with a check of the forecast... and reports of snow fall in the valley is taht right? strong winds are returning this weekend with speeds up to 30 mph and gusts to 40. they're expected to die down over night into sunday. we'll only make it to the mid 40's for our daytime high, and overnight lows will dip into the freezing range. another system will pass through the area late monday night bringing us chances for rain. after monday we can expect calmer weather with temperatures back into the low 50's. new year's eve: lows overnight into new year's day will dip into the mid 30's with mostly clear skies and some a north las vegas house fire that broke out on christmas day--- is being investigated as arson. "we woke up because we heard exploding sounds" it was 2 am on christmas morning--when neighbors on little blue heron avenue were jolted out of bed. to see the house next door engulfed in flames. luckily, there was no one home at the time. officials say they believe the fire was started by an act of arson. and after fi

newsroom ophelia young fox 5 news local las vegas. the review journal is the largest newspaper publication in nevada. costed 1 hundred dollars. 24/7, with chief pretty night for some as our overnight degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with afternoon southwest gusts to 25 mph saturday, then northwest gusts to 25 mph on average high is 56. another freezing night for some as our overnight low drops to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for the weekend with afternoon southwest gusts to 25 mph saturday, then northwest gusts to 25 mph on sunday. our average high is 56. another freezing night for some as low drops to 32 degrees. partly cloudy skies for thursday with a high of 51. friday we'll start in the upper 30s with an afternoon high of 57. we'll stay close to 60 degrees for th

up first, miss ophelia young with a check of the weather a nice sunny saturday will end with the arrival of a storm bringing chances for rain daytime highs will the rest of the week with partial cloud coverage. we're tracking another storm system in time for christimas--christm as eve will be breezy and cloudy. chances (slight for now) for rain move in on christmas the controversy around the sale of nevada's largest newspaper has a new twist inlcuding a strange assignment given by newspaper management fox5's abby t-dros has the latest another day nats another headline on the secretive sale of nevadas largest news paper. james dehaven [phoner]: its just a very strange story media outlets across the country have commented on how rare and remarkable something like this is to be purchased by mysterious owners when your whole industry is centered on transparency on wednesday - the of the confusion surrounding who owns their paper - publishing a story naming casino mogul sheldon adelson as the new man in charge. but - as rj reporters would soon find out - the story was just getting started. na

we've got a lot of news to get to -- but first we'll check in with ophelia young for a check of the weather temperatures are dropping into the mid 50's to start off another storm - we'll see partly cloudy skies all week with windspeeds picking up on tuesday and wednesday. by christmas friday slight chances for rain settle in with windy conditions. highs dip into the lower 50's. next weekend looks windy and cooler as well. died after being involved in an accident near the strip. it happened saturday night near las vegas boulevard and hamilton. police say the accident involved a vehicle and a moped -- officers say when they arrived on scene they found a 24 year old man witnesses say a vehicle struck him, then took off. officers were with the driver of the vehicle and arrest him. for the valley---especially the holidays are upon us-- slow down be aware of your suurondings so you can get home safely" officers say were factors in the crash--the male ws taken into custody a suspicious downtown -- the suspect, still on the lose. maryland parkway and bonanza police say a man apartment building when

first - ophelia young joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. we'll start off sunday with pleasant fall weather, which will change by afternoon as low pressure arrives. by early be seeing increased wind speeds and heavy gusts to about 40-45 mph. there is a good overnight but we should be waking up to dry conditions on monday. as the cold front passes the valley, an area trail it dropping upper 40's until wednesday. we expect a quick temperatures as we approach next a las vegas man on sex trafficking metro police say -- antwone harris -- 17-year-old in september and october. officers arrested the teen for trespassing and engaging in prostitution -- after she offered sex to a man for 150 dollars. learned harris was splitting the ...and told her how much to charge for sexual acts. they also found an email of his matching an account on 'backpage dot com' -- a website used by pimps and prostitutes. harris faces 'kidnapping', 'sex trafficking', and 'child abuse and endangerment' charges. f-b-i dive teams have now completed a search in a san bernadino

let's begin with ophelia young - live on the strip. her name is lakeisha holloway - 24 years old. it looks like her life took a turn for the worst now facing charges in jail on suicide watch- she wasn't always a suspect. here's a video we found of her recorded three years ago. "i was a scred little girl who knew that there was more to live than crime drug addiction lower income alcoholism being underaeducated all of whch are things i grew up being familiar with. " holloway explains her mother became an alcoholic and holloway eventually became homeless. even then - she managed to finish high school and be the first in her family to attend college. she awarded for being a role model. shows pictures of her pregnant with a three year old daughter. metro says - the same toddler was sitting in the back of holloway's car when she jumped the sidewalk twice - plowing through 35 people. she then left the scene and ended up a mile away at the tuscany. ""she parked at that location exited her vehicle left her toddler within the vehicle and contacted the valet parker and advised that she had r

begin with ophelia young - live at the paris resort - where metro says holloway drove off - after the crash. crime scene markings still here show all four tires of the vehicle were on the sidewalk. here in las vegas - 24 year old lakeisha holloway is believed to be the deadly driver. in oregon where she's from - we learned she was a mother trying to turn her life around. in a video fox 5 found of lakeisha holloway speaking about her life - she explains she grew up with an alcoholic mother - she was kicked out of her home - homeless - she managed to finish high school - go to college. that was three years ago. police are still trying to find out on the strip sunday night - the las strip was quote a place she did not want to be - lakeisha holloway told police - so much so - witnesses says she gassed her 1996 oldsmobile down the sidewalk throwing dozens of bodies in the air - "some jumped on her car and ran up to the window trying to get it to stop but she didn't" holloways three year old daughter was seen in the back of the car. according to statements - holloway hopped on the sidewalk

fox 5's ophelia young joins us from the strip to tell us more about how the show - will be different from years past. 8 minutes and 18 seconds to be exact. it happening on 7 rooftops up and down the strip as we speak. from the stratosphere down south to the mgm - it is the largest firework show not just on new years even but in the nation. i was on the rooftop of treasure island earlier today interviewing pyrotechnicians linking together 80 thousand effects. this year's theme - im on top of the world - song by imagine dragons. and each additional song in the playlist will highlight each of the 7 casinos the fireworks are taking off from. "that particular building in the first few seconds of the song will be a separate color for the rest of the strip so its giving tribute to caesars palace with roman march hollywood for planet hollywood and the theme of the year is on top of the world so the song on top of the world from the stratosphere." on new years eve--grucci will be mile away from the strip at the rio. he'll be monitoring the wind speeds - which he says every year has been a con

fox 5's ophelia young is in the studio after homeowner. solar customers will be getting back less than a fifth of what theyre receiving now - this includes all homeowners and small business owners with panels regardless of whether youve had them for years or you're installing them now. many went home after the vote and took out their calculators. "this cost a little over 27 thousand dollars." terry hickman is making payments on his 31 solar panels but he's been quite happy with his energy bills - "we pay a small fee to nv energy just under 15 a month to be connected" when he heard nv energy approached the public utilities commission with a new rate structure - he decided to speak up among dozens of other homeowners - solar industry workers - and environmentalists at the public comment before tuesday's vote. "the number one thing we have here besides dirt is the sunshine and the sunshine is a renewable energy." nv energy proposed solar customers, and paying customers for their unused energy 80 percent less than what they receive now. there

fox 5's ophelia young is in the newsroom with more. it's a sad day say solar homeowners and employees in the industry. and a backwards move says environmentalists - who argue solar panel owners should not be penalized for turning to renewable energy. but nv energy argues - non solar customers - who are the majority - are having to pay more for what solar customers are not. to level the playing field - nv energy asked the public utilities commission to raise the flat service service fee solar customers pay - and reduce the compensation paid to the customers for unused energy. the puc approved the new rate structure - those working for the solar industry believe the vote - essentially votes out solar energy in nevada- now they say their jobs are in jeopardy. ""it just doesnt make any economic sense the only beneficiary of this decision today is nv energy they have chosen a way to monopolize nevadans they gave us no option but to covernemnt. there are nearly 6 thousand employees in nevada's solar industry. also upset - homeowners showed u

fox 5's ophelia young is live - near centennial parkway and lamb - where the home is considered a total loss. ophelia? neighbors say it took over an hour to put out - and the flames were huge. now everything in the home is burnt or synged. the damages 3 hundred thousand dollars - considered a total loss. fire investigators believe someone deliberately set the home on fire around 2 this morning. at one point they believed it started something theyre still looking into.

now fox weather 24/7 with ophelia young a breezy and cool saturday remains skies and a high of 55. the sunshine won't last long -- we're watching another storm system arriving as soon as sunday late afternoon/early evening. we'll see heavy winds once again sunday night and rain into monday morning. we can expect breezes and temperatures to drop into the high 40's until wednesday. our first freeze in the valley is forecasted for tuesday night into wednesday morning as the overnight low drops to 31. temperatures rebound to 50's as we approach next weekend. google showing students new technology as the company wraps up it's trip to las vegas. on friday, reps from the tech company were at bob miller middle school in henderson. the school was selected for a demontration out of only a few in the world by google employees. the 'google expedition' allows students to take virtual tours to far off places.. and even travel back in time. wayne lawson / computer & learning strategist, bob miller middle school "when they first put on the headset and fire it up, we've taken our students to the co

the fire was called in at 10:30 this morning - fox 5's ophelia young is live at the scene wiht the latest. yesterday and today are the coldest mornings we've seen this season - so homeless department says its possible this is what led to the fire. hope kwon owns this building on 3rd and imperial downtown - "this window was clear before and we blocked it last week. before she blocked the window, she had a clear view of the vacant motel across the street. "the kids go up and down and kids go in and out of the parking lot around the building so i called 911." it wasn't the first time she complained about the homeless in the motel. she wasn't surprised when the shuttered motel caught fire monday morning. "this is second fire since ive been here." nat sound this is video from the first fire a year and a half ago. it was caused by squatters - or homeless people seeking empty building for shelter. they left the motel then - but during a recent inspection - the department found more evidence of squatting. "theres usually trash mattresses shopping carts things of that nature its just a place they

fox 5's ophelia young is at the henderson police department where the investigation continues. this is a mysterious case because the man was reported missing yesterday afternoon - but was found later at the same house. they believe it started with a "it was reported that he had left the home and so at that point our officers were focused on looking outside of the home." the call came in from a family member - 68 year old mbayi ngenza was missing. police arrived at the home on fox moore court near paseo verde parkway to take the report - and then spread out to look for the father. but they were called back to the same home a few hours later. "they had some additional information and when our investigators and officers searched the homes they found the victim who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound." ngenza was dead. after questioning the family - the police found out... "the victim and his son eugene tshiyombo had fought the evening before." eugene mbayi tshiyombo - 21 years old. what would lead a son to kill his own father after christmas - henderson police are trying to lea

fox 5's ophelia young joins us now after speaking to a worried homeowner who's not sure what the future holds. solar customers will be getting back less than a fifth of what theyre receiving now - this includes all homeowners and small business owners with panels regardless of whether youve had them for years or you're installing them now. many went home after the vote and took out their calculators. "this cost a little over 27 thousand dollars." terry hickman is making payments on his 31 solar panels but he's been quite happy with his energy bills - "we pay a small fee to nv energy just under 15 a month to be connected" when he heard nv energy approached the public utilities commission with a new rate structure - he decided to speak up among dozens of other homeowners - solar industry workers - and environmentalists tuesday's vote. "the number one thing we have here besides dirt is the sunshine and the sunshine is a renewable energy." nv energy proposed increasing their flat service fee for solar customers, and paying customers for their unused energy 80 percent less than what they rec

fox5's ophelia young shows us how it takes an entire year, to plan the spectacular eight minute show. "this is part of the finale its what we salutes.' the finale - in his hands now - up 2 hundred and 80 feet on midnight new years eve. the day before - henry herman carefully places every one of these firework shells filled with black powder in their rightful tubes and wires them to a panel. "the wires might get tangled in another wire might pull it out of the panel little things like that." precision precision... to make sure every one of the 80 thousand effects over seven casino roof tops fire. nat sound henry even places tape over them. "so we dont even have to look inside the tubes at all we just see if the tape is gone if the tape is open then the shell went up in the air." henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been planning this years moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highl

this morning - fox 5's ophelia young is live at the scene wiht the latest. yesterday and today are the coldest mornings we've seen this season - so homeless people keeping warm - the fire department says its possible this is what led to the fire. hope kwon owns this building on 3rd and imperial hope kwon owns this building on 3rd and imperial downtown - "this window was clear before and we blocked it last week. before she blocked the window, she had a clear view of the vacant motel across the street. "the kids go up and down and kids go in and out of the parking lot around the building so i called 911." it wasn't the first time she complained about the homeless in the motel. she wasn't surprised when the shuttered motel caught fire monday morning. nat sound this is video from the first fire a year and a half ago. it was caused by squatters - or homeless people seeking empty building for shelter. they left the motel then - but during a recent inspection - the department found more evidence of squatting. "theres usually trash mattresses shopping carts things o

and begin with fox five's ophelia young in fron of paris with details of what happened in this deadly crime scene markings still here show all four tires of the vehicle were on the sidewalk. here in las vegas - 24 year old lakeisha holloway is believed to be the deadly driver. in oregon where she's from - we learned she was a mother trying to turn her life around. in a video fox 5 found of lakeisha holloway speaking about her life - she explains she grew up with an alcoholic mother - she was kicked out of her home - homeless - she managed to finish high school - go to college. that was three years ago. police are still trying to find out how she ended up on the strip sunday night - the las strip was quote a place she did not want to be - lakeisha holloway told police - so much so - witnesses says she gassed her 1996 oldsmobile down the sidewalk "some jumped on her car and ran up to the window trying to get it to stop but she didn't" holloways three year old daughter was seen in the back of the car. according to statements - holloway hopped on the sidewalk not once - but twice before l

fox5's ophelia young spoke with a homeowner who's worried about the solar panels on his home. "this cost a little over 27 thousand dollars." terry hickman is making payments on his 31 solar panels but he's been quite happy with his energy bills - "we pay a small fee to nv energy just under 15 a month to be connected" when he heard nv energy approached the public utilities commission with a new rate structure - he decided to speak up among dozens of other homeowners - solar industry workers - and environmentalists at the public comment before tuesday's vote. "the number one thing we have here besides dirt is the sunshine and the sunshine is a renewable energy." nv energy proposed increasing their flat service fee for solar customers, and paying customers for their unused energy 80 percent less than what they receive now. there was also talk of a controversial demand charge - which the puc ended up dropping. but the other two first changes - "all those in favor say i i motion carries" the commission said in a press release - they agreed with nv energy who argues non-solar paying

fox5's ophelia young shows us how it takes an entire year, to "this is part of the finale its what we call titanium salutes.' the finale - in his hands now - up 2 hundred and 80 feet on midnight new years eve. the day before - henry herman carefully places every one of these firework shells filled with black powder in their rightful tubes and wires them to a panel. "the wires might get tangled in another wire might pull it out of the panel little things like that." precision precision... to make sure every one of the 80 thousand effects over seven casino roof tops fire. nat sound henry even places tape over them. "so we dont even have to look inside the tubes at all we just see if the tape is gone if the tape is open then the shell went up in the air." henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." grucci has been display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casin

first - ophelia young is in for she joins us with a fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. windy sleigh ride for santa tonight. breezes are expected to kick in early afternoon on christmas eve, increasing to winds about 25-30 miles per hour during the early evening hours. we have a few weak rain clouds pass over us so we could see some overnight hit or miss showers. we expect to wake up to a dry but breezy morning on christmas day, with more sunshine. winds return on saturday and continue sunday as high pressure over the southwest breaks apart. here's a look at your fox5 traffic solutions let's begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk the woman accused of people on the las vegas strip made her first court appearance wednesday. the clark county district attorney says the video of the crash involving lakeisha holloway is very clear. " i have viewed many of the videos. the video evidence is quite comp

as we get more information -- for now we'll switch gears -- to get a check of the weather with ophelia young who's standing by with the forecast winds will remain strong in the colorado river area until this afternoon. in the valley, they have already relaxed, but the cold front now leaves us with a cool next few days. sunday's high is 45, monday 47. monday night we are watching another small storm system that will bring some breezes tuesday afternoon and a slight chance for showers. temperatures continue to climb into the 50's. new year's eve's high is 51, new year's day low is 33 with breezy conditions. a hiker dies after falling at red the windy cold weather, making it difficult for rescue crews to do their job, fox five's abby theodros has more on what happened. red rock canyon a day-long investigation after police say a hiker fell at least 80 feet and later died. it happened just before noon near oak creek canyon. the hiker - initially surviving the fall. stand up: "police say the hiker sustained the serious injuries after falling near a canyon like this one but died before metro's sear

fox 5's ophelia young spoke with a homeowner who's worried about what the future holds. "this cost a little over 27 thousand dollars." terry hickman is making payments on his 31 solar panels but he's been quite happy with his energy bills - "we pay a small fee to nv energy just under 15 a month to be connected" when he heard nv energy approached the public utilities commission with a new rate structure - he decided to speak up among dozens of other homeowners - solar industry workers - and at the public comment before tuesday's vote. "the number one thing we have here besides dirt is the sunshine and the sunshine is a renewable energy." nv energy proposed increasing their flat service fee for solar customers, and paying customers for their unused energy 80 percent less than what they receive now. there was also talk of a controversial demand charge - which the puc ended up dropping. but the other two first changes - "all those in favor say i i motion carries" the commission said in a press release - they agreed with nv energy who argues non-solar customers - the majority

fox5's ophelia young shows us what those who own property in the area are asking the city to do. hope kwon owns this building on 3rd and imperial downtown - "this window was clear before and we blocked it last week. before she blocked the window, she had a clear view of the vacant motel across the street. "the kids go up and down and kids go in and out of the parking lot around the building so i called 911." it wasn't the first time she complained about the homeless in the motel. she wasn't surprised when the shuttered motel caught fire monday morning. "this is second fire since ive been here." nat sound this is video from the first fire a year and a half ago. homeless people seeking empty building for shelter. they left the motel then - but during a recent inspection - the department found more evidence of squatting. "theres usually trash mattresses shopping carts things of that nature its just a place they go to hang out and theyre trying to get out of the elements." though the fire which started in the stairwell is still being investigated- symanski suspects squatters may have

fox five's ophelia young has more on the investigation. "it was reported that he had left the home and so at that point our officers were focused on looking outside of the home." the call came in from a family member - 68 year old mbayi ngenza was missing. police arrived at the home on fox moore court near paseo verde parkway to take the report - and then spread out to look for the father. but they were called back to the same home a few hours later. "they had some additional information and when our investigators and officers searched the homes they found the victim who had suffered an apparent gunshot wound." ngenza was dead. after questioning the family - the police found out... "the victim and his son eugene tshiyombo had fought the evening before." eugene mbayi tshiyombo - 21 years old. son to kill his own father after christmas - henderson police are trying to learn more about the sunday night argument that led to this domestic homicide. henderson police arrested and booked tshyombo on an open murder charge tuesday night. this is hen

fox5's ophelia young talked to neighbors, who say the people who live here haven't been seen recently. "we woke up because we heard exploding sounds" christmas morning 2 am - neighbors on little blue heron avenue jolted out of bed. "we thought somebody was breaking into our house we were scrambling to get clothes on" the house next door to trevor hunt's was engulfed in flames "i looked out the window and i can see the flames shooting out from the garage from the house." as neighbors thankfully found out - there was nobody home when the fire started. but hunt watched nervously for more than an hour while firefighters battled the flames blowing his way in wind speeds over 20 miles per hour. "huge, ive never seen the house on fire like that before." officials determined someone deliberately set the home on fire. after firefighters thought they put out the flames they packed up. but at 9 in the morning - "somebody else knocking on our door saying the house was on fire again." another call reported more smoke coming from the top - the fire started up again. as firefighters returned to make

fox5's ophelia young shows us how it takes an entire year, to plan an eight finale its what we call titanium salutes.' the finale - in his hands now - up 2 hundred and 80 feet on midnight new years eve. the day before - henry rman carefully places every one of these firework shells filled with black powder in their rightful tubes and wires them to a panel. "the wires might get tangled in another wire might pull it out of the panel little things like that." precision precision... to make sure every one of the 80 thousand effects over seven casino roof tops fire. nat sound henry even places tape over them. "so we dont even have to look inside the tubes at all we just see if the tape is gone if the tape is open then the shell went up in the air." henry has worked on every one of the last 15 new years eve fireworks shows put on by phil grucci in las vegas. "the clock ticks very slowly on new year's eve for us." display since the moment last year's finished. this year's theme - on top of the world. each song in the sound track will highlight each of the seven casinos the fireworks take off from.

fox five's ophelia young shows us what those who own property in the area are asking the city to do. hope kwon owns this building on 3rd and imperial downtown - "this window was clear before and we before she blocked the window, she had a clear view of the vacant motel across the street. "the kids go up and down and kids go in and out of the parking lot around the building so i called 911." it wasn't the first time she complained about the homeless in the motel. she wasn't surprised when the shuttered motel caught fire monday morning. "this is second fire since ive been here." nat sound this is video from the first fire a year and a half ago. it was caused by squatters - or homeless people seeking empty building for shelter. they left the motel then - but during a recent inspection - the department found more evidence of squatting. "theres usually trash mattresses shopping carts things of that nature its just a place they go to hang out and theyre trying to get out of the elements." though the fire which started in the stairwell is still being investigated- symanski suspects squatter

first - ophelia young is in for cassandra jones. she joins us with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. we're looking at a breezes are expected to kick in early afternoon on christmas eve, increasing to winds about 25-30 miles per hour during the early evening hours. we have a few weak rain clouds pass over us so we could see some overnight hit or miss showers. we expect to wake up to a dry but breezy morning on christmas day, with more sunshine. winds return on saturday and continue sunday as high pressure over the southwest breaks apart. here is a look at your drive accidents to watch out and alternate listed on our maps construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. if you're hitting the roads to get to your destination this morning triple a says that gas prices are holding steady at about 2 bucks a gallon. it's a little bit more out here, about 2-50. but if you plan on flying to get to your destination, give yourself plenty of time. a

fox5's ophelia young spoke with voters about who they think took the night. the first thing we we asked who came out on top - it seemed an overwhelmingly number of people were pleased with marco rubio - 2nd place was a mix. "i think marco rubio continues to show that hes got the best overall message among hispanics among generational voters among young people." "i think jeb bush did an unbelievable job we call him a cat becase we got 9 lives this was his last chance he did and unbelievable job he had some great responses he talked about how serious "rubio no questions...i think rubio made it clear that he should be our next candidate and i think that chisty did a fabulous job" "i came here with an open mind but i was really impressed by marco rubio and his whole stance on everything." "well i think marco rubio did a great job i think jeb was more comfortable this time than hes been in the past he has some really really strong statements to make i think a few others had great responses i think chris christy." when asked about trump - some actually thought he w