and what's happening. this is extremely odd. when we've been beating the drum about a strong el nino year, that doesn't usually mean northern california, pacific northwest gets all the rain. it means southern california and southern nevada gets the rain. that's not what we're seeing. here's what's happening. high pressure has been blocking this to the north. watch the timeframe. watch one storm after another, the one coming through this weekend will stay to the north, give us a glancing blow. another one to the north for the end of the weekend. even another and another. just a whole train following the jet stream. but the jet stream is pitched so far to the north, we'll get cloud cover. we could get sprinkles. we're not talking about a major rain event, not like in the pacific northwest. phenomenal to see that in a year we're calling strong el nino. it doesn't usually happen that way. high pressure is keeping it out tonight, you'll remember these numbers. they were similar to last night's but not the same, two to three degrees warmer. tomorrow the same for the afternoon highs, two to three degrees warmer, if you want to call it warm. right around 60 degrees. we'll see that a couple of times before christmas eve. it's on

forecast, the weather goes even more active as a series of 3 increasingly aim at southern california and southern nevada. models have intensified one system to the point of some substantial rain for the las vegas valley on wednesday next week, so we'll continue to monitor as things develop. action new is continuing to follow breaking news police have confirmed that a suspect has been shot and d by police near desert inn and cimmaron. action news reporter michael burtong is live from the scene with the latest. michael. now to the beauty queen in trouble. accused of faking cancer and scamming hundreds out of money. abc's mara schiavocampo has more. , a former beauty queen goes from holding court...to appearing in one. 23-year old miss pennsylvania us international brandi weaver gates formally arraigned wednesday for allegedly faking cancer to benefit from fundraisers. stacy parks miller/centre county district attorney i think it hits a new low even for people who engage in fraud. grfx according to prosecutors, gates raised almost 30-thousand dollars from more than 160 people during several charity events,

southern nevada... arizona, and southern california asking questions tonight. thanks for joining us, i'm denise valdez. ((paul joncich)) and i'm paul joncich. it happened right around 6:00 this evening... the unidentified flying object was heading southwest over mount charleston when it began to break apart in the sky. ((denise valdez)) we've reached out to our sources with multiple agencies... and tonight... we think we have an answer. rob lambert, the president of the las vegas astronomical society says it appears to be an sl-4 rocket that re-entered the earth's atmosphere. there was a launch of a russian spacecraft yesterday... as well as that spacex rocket we showed you. it's possible that it could have come from one of those launches... we do know that this was not an airplane./// ((paul joncich)) tedd florendo was out doing a live shot for us and saw it unfold live... check out his reaction from our 6:00 newscast: (( tedd florendo: "before we get to the house behind me, we want to talk about a -- we had an impressive light display in the sky that looked l

southern california blaze... and how soon they expect to have it under control. you're watching 8 news now weekend edition with patranya bhoolsuwan. the news of southern nevada is now." ((patranya bhoolsuwan)) > good morning... i'm patranya bhoolsuwan. two people are dead following an overnight crash. midnight... near charleston and decatur. metro police say a sedan was traveling west on charleston when the driver lost control... both the driver and passenger

and snow today. the weather service says the wind in central california could the sierra nevada could see up to two feet of snow. in southern california several bernardino mountains saturday. the southern california coast is through today. waves could top 10 feet. christmas but it doesn' t look or feel like it. but it' s going to get even warmer for the start of your work week. meteorologist hayley lapoint has your forecast. hayley: it has been amazing how warm it has been. in a lot of spots, we cracked 50 degrees. clouds are invading. we will have rain moving in even overnight, but only for the northern areas of the state. you can see showers over the adirondacks heading toward the champlain valley. those move across northern vermont and into cholos down to there could be freezing rain by early tomorrow morning in the pink areas into northern maine. the freezing rain advisory for coos county goes until noon on monday. be very careful in the northern areas tonight. there could be slick areas driving into work. 47 in concord. 49 in manchester. for the rest of the evening, temperatures fall into the 30' s with showers north. for the rest of us, it is cloudy. there will be heavier rain mo