gina lazara is live in primm right now.. where a lot of locals are waiting in long lines.... for a chance at a fortune. gina. el nino is wreaking havoc on southern california.. mudslides. that combination was enough to force cal- trans to shut down the 5-freeway in sun valley.. outside los angeles. the resulting traffic backups were nothing short of a nightmare for commuters. and.. to add insult to injury.. on top of all the rain over the past few days.. southern california was also rattled this morning by a 4.5 we are tracking our next incoming system that will once again bring showers to the valley, along with high elevation snow. a winter weather advisory is in effect for the spring mountains and sheep range from 4pm this afternoon through 4pm tomorrow afternoon. expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with showers developing by morning. breezy winds will also linger over the area with this system through tomorrow. high temps will remain pretty consistent around 50 degrees through saturday. the winds will be lighter on friday and chances for rain will be slight as this system mo

lets get out to action news reporter gina lazara.. gina--- high clouds of increasing high clouds of increasing thickness will continue to push over southern nevada through the day ahead of our next weather system. temperatures overnight will benefit and will remain similar to last night - right around 40 but our afternoon highs tomorrow will suffer and remain cooler. highs will peak in the upper 50s under mostly cloudy, but dry, skies on friday. winds will increase out of the southwest on saturday as a dying cold front heads our give the temperatures the kick they need to get back above 60 but the front will also bring a chance for showers later in the day. rain chances are spotty as of right now, and look to be better to the north and east, but they'll come during prime weekend celebration time - between 7pm saturday night and about 4am sunday morning. skies clear out sunday with dry things out with another potentially stronger wind producer following on monday and tuesday. wednesday the skies finally still ahead on action news live a

gina lazara met with the owner and his lone tortoise tonight... and... has the details... on what might have happened! bubba is lost without his (closeup vid of him crawling) you can see here (pic from desk

action news reporter gina lazara is live in primm right now.. where a lot of locals are waiting in long lines for a chance at a fortune. gina. action news is wondering how many locals might be buying powerball tickets for tonight's drawing.. so to vote in our twitter poll.. go to @stevewolford13. (and feel free to follow me while you're there) we'll have the results later in this finding the fire..... when a storage facility started smoking.... overnight. it started in a unit.... near lamb and sahara..... after midnight. firefighters busted down nearly two dozen doors... trying to find.... the flames. each time... they had no idea what was waiting for them.... on the other side! amazingly... they got it under control.... in about half an hour. part. it's the contents inside that's the hazardous part. one of the units here has tanks, and other hazards like that that we're unaware of." most of the units in the building got damaged.... in some way. there wasn't a sprinkler system in the facility. a suspect has been arrested in connection to a homici

gina lazara joins us in the studio.... with what he had to say... gina? tricia -- applegate's m.o. tonight was deny. deny. deny. despite deputies saying the suspect confessed to trying to gun his neighbors down.... applegate says that's not the case....and that he was on drugs for that confession. "i was high on crack and i was high on meth. i did not do the shooting at all. all i know is i'm an innocent man being in jail." during our exclusive interview with the suspect -- applegate says time and time again.... that he never went to his neighbor's home... he never shot at their house.... he never reloaded his gun.... he never hid in the bushes while doing it... and he was not trying to kill his neighbors. this strong denial comes after the nye county sheriff's office tells us ---applegate confessed to all of that this week!! one of the victims. "i don't got no problem with the guy. if the guy is watching this as we speak...i don't know you. i got no problem with you. i have no quarrel with you. i did not shoot your house up." earlier today....we spoke with applegate's mom. she tol

reporting on fremont street gina lazara channel 13 action news. thieves are caught on camera ramming a stolen truck into the front of a store. coming up.. find out why police are very concerned about what they got away with. and... your cell phone bill could be going up!!! in tonight's consumer alert... what you need to know.... before opening... your next bill! a ridge of high pressure will bring pretty quiet weather through the first part of wednesday with high clouds, dry conditions and highs in the mid us breezy winds and a slight chance for showers and mountain snow a brazen burglary in clark the video shows the crooks using a stolen truck to back through the front of a gun store.. then one man jumps out and before stealing 17 handguns. he quickly jumps back in and the truck speeds away. a 15 thousand dollar cash reward is now posted tonight for information leading to an arrest. if anyone in your family still has unlimited data.... on their cell plan... those days may be numbered. tonight... contact -13- has more on a big rate hike.... affect

action news reporter gina lazara is here with more on the video. gina. steve - the man who recorded the video and flipped off police told me he was just exercising his first amendement right. but the cop who wrote the ticket says he broke the law by waving his hand outside the window. luce: "you have no right to pull me over for freedom of speech. just like im gonna say f the police. f you you're a piece of s cop. you're fd up no that's fing stupid dude." tensions were high after the man behind the camera was pulled over by the cop you see here...for flipping off two officers who he says caused him cop you see here...for flipping off two officers who he says caused him to almost crash. luce: "what is the charge? for flipping you off or giving you the middle finger like this? cop: "i don't know why you would wanna do that" luce: your two bikers. you slammed on your brakes. kris luce ---clearly angered by what just happened - admits he stuck up his middle finger. the question is - did luce keep truck....or give the gesture outside his window? the law says

gina lazara... who's been out in the elements all day. gina... widespread rain is expected this afternoon and evening and system pushes through the area. up to about a foot of mountain snow is expected above 8000 feet and a winter storm warning remains in effect through tomorrow at 4am. fog is again a possibility for tomorrow morning. this system makes an exit tomorrow morning and another follows closely behind. breezy winds will be in place on wednesday and thursday as this system passes through. chances for rain continue tomorrow through thursday morning, then will start to taper down by the afternoon. by friday and the weekend, chances for rain will only be slight. as far as temperatures are in the low to mid 50s tomorrow and thursday and will drop a bit to around 50 for friday and tuesday and highs in the low to mid 50s still ahead... on action news... live at 11--- find out if several floors of a high rise on the strip... in the dark. plus.. the battle over solar power in las vegas heats up. see why one company is dismantling one of its trai

gina lazara was at the city council meeting tonight... where the topic wasn't even addressed.. gina?? a meeting with 15 agenda items -- and the police chief's resignation -- wasn't one of them. no one from the public had any questions about the case.....like who might lead their police department now. the city spokesman told me....it could be months before a new chief is appointed. the city manager to pick an interim chief. after the city council meeting tonight -- i had a chance to ask mayor rod woodbury a few questions. i asked -- if in fact -- former police chief bill conger had knowledge of what was reportedly happening to these animals....does he think conger should be held criminally liable. 9 seconds mayor rod woodbury, boulder city "that's why we have an ongoing investigation with the d-a's office..if in fact there is some liability there...then that's gonna come out i assume in the investigation" i also asked the mayor if he had any words for the hundreds of families in bouler city who potentially lost their pets to unlawful euthanization allegedly at the hands of mary

reporting live gina lazara channel 13 action news an update now.... on a story we first brought you.... as it was breaking! take a close look... at this man!!! north las vegas and committed lewed acts in a gym.... near craig and clayton. police say... it happened last month.... when he exposed himself to the victim... inside a sauna. the woman left to get away from him.... walking over.... to the showers. police say... he followed her and watched her shower. new information tonight.... on a valley homicide!!! take a good look.... at this surveillance video. it shows.... a drive-by shooting... in action... for killing.... a -23- year old dad. arthur colwell... better known as... "a-j"... was shot to death... early saturday morning.... while riding his bike.... near owens and mary jane. tonight... colwell's girlfriend is speaking out to action news. the two... had a young son together... jennifer shoptaw says... seeing the love of her life i miss him, i miss him so much and its not fair, its not fair that he had to go out this way shoptaw says... she ha

action news reporter ...gina lazara... was there as hundreds applied for jobs. this medical marijuana shop should be complete in a couple march first. it will be called "blum". the c-e-o of the company is excited to bring three new shops to the valley. "we're really not that much different than a traditional retailer whether it's a restaurant or a nightclub or a clothing store....just a more interesting product." the three new dispensaries will all be named "blum". they will bring 125 new jobs to the valley. a job fair took place this evening.....where hundreds and hundreds stopped by to apply.terested though -- you can still apply online. there's seven different jobs being offered.... everything from a "bud tender" -- the ones handling the marijuand.... to delivery drivers. many who applied today are very supportive and excited about the medical marijuana industry. "it should be plentiful. it should be right on the shelves with the cereals. you know all the vegetables! it should be right in the produce aisle whateva! im serious that's how i feel about it." if y

gina lazara is standing by... but first... lets get right over... incoming system that will once again bring showers to the valley, along with high elevation snow. a winter weather advisory is in effect for the spring mountains and sheep range from 4pm this afternoon through 4pm tomorrow afternoon. expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with showers developing around 3-4pm. the chances for rain will linger into the late-night hours, then start to taper down by morning. breezy winds will also linger over the area with this system through tomorrow. high temps will remain pretty consistent around 50 degrees moves out of the area. however, yet another system follows behind it and brings back chances for rain by saturday afternoon, although not as great as what we've seen 50s on sunday and monday, then warm slightly to the mid 50s next tuesday and wednesday. now.. the storm was supposed to bring.... quite a bit of rain to the valley... so we've been out.... looking for it.. action news reporter.... gina lazara is out in our live drive.... trying to find the

gina lazara channel 13 action news." new information tonight on the woman accused of intentionally plowing her car into a crowd of people last month on the las vegas strip. lakeisha holloway was in court this morning for a hearing that took less than five minutes. holloway now faces a total of 71 charges. they include attempted murder for each of the surviving 34 victims.. along with murder charges in the death of 32-year old jessica valenzuela.. plus child abuse and neglect. 3 of the injured are still in the hospital.. and one man is still on a ventilator to help him breathe. holloway's attorneys talked today about her mental state. joseph abood, defense 2:09:28-2:09:35 "she's doing somewhat better. she's still in a difficult state of mind. i'm not sure there's much more we can add to that." holloway will be back in court in two weeks. another woman is facing murder her 11-year old son. investigators say shavon aguilar shot her son.. israel.. in the head. according to police.. she was laying next to the fifth grader and

reporting live gina lazara channel 13 action news. new tonight.. a daycare worker in pasco county, florida is facing charges for throwing water into the face of a 3-year old autistic boy. police say tiffany littlepage dumped water on the child's head.. then threw water in his face because he was playing with her water bottle. witnesses say it's not the first time she's targeted a child with special needs. i believe in my heart that she's a bad apple. butt to if someone did that to my little guy, i would probably be right on that the daycare says it's unaware of prior incidents with littlepage. she's now charged with child abuse.. and behind bars on 5-thousand dollars bond. now to a story you asked us to investigate. one of our viewers had repeated problems with her apartment.. so she called us for help. first.. she says the unit wasn't painted. then.. broken. the new dryer was never installed but still sits in the living room. then.. things went from bad to worse early last month when the heat went out.. and she and her 6 children went 2-weeks with

action news reporter gina lazara talked to the family... she's is live in the studio now...gina? yasmeen -- steve and jamielynn ritchie walked outside to bring their daughter to a volleyball game -- when they realized -- the truck they would normally take -- was missing from their driveway! (((slim ritchie))) "where's my truck? sometimes i park in the street, so we looked in the street, and it was not there and i was like great. somebody stole my truck." stolen right from the ritchie's driveway near east windmill lane and the 215. you hear stories like this pretty frequently --- but what you don't hear --- is how quickly someone gets their stolen property back! (((jamielynn))) "just before 2 - i had a picture that was messaged to me that said hey is the picture and i was like oh my goodness this is it! this is our truck! where are you at!?" all thanks to this facebook post.....(nats))) "every comment and every like....even if they don't share it....help." something the couple didn't really agree on! (((slim ritchie))) "i didn't even think about facebook." (((jamielynn))) "he actu

gina lazara joins us.... from the breaking news center.... with what he had to say. gina... cliven bundy says ammon called his wife from the back of a cop car.... and told her he had been arrested and that his brother ryan had been shot in the arm. c-n-n confirms tonight the man who was killed was the man you see here--- lavoy finicum. law enforcement officials say the men refused to get out of the car during tonight's traffic stop. according to cliven bundy....finicum had his arms in the air and no weapons when he was shot.. "he was a wonderful man. he has a wonderful wife and family. he was a student of the constitution. he was interested in freedom and i think he gave his life i think where he felt like it was best." bundy and his group came to oregon to protest the sentencing of father-and-son ranchers convicted of arson on federal lands. we have just gotten an interview with finicum's daughter into our newsroom. i'll work on getting that to for now, that's the latest from the breaking news center. action news will continue following the very latest out of oregon through

reporting near desert inn and the 215 gina lazara channel 13 action n ews. president obama is tackling gun control on his own... vowing to use executive action.... to close the so- called... "gun show loophole". under his plan... background checks would be required for guns purchased from dealers.... or at a gunshow. the white house says... the f-b-i will hire -2- hundred - 30- more examiners to process background checks.... to speed up the process.. obama is expected to take executive action.... on his plan... tomorrow. a wild new year's eve party leaves a house in shambles. the only problem is.. the people throwing the party didn't live there. up next.. see who the homeowners are blaming. you've probably clicked..... "the like button"... on facebook... a time or two.. but... could that click of the mouse..... actually be giving out.... your personal information? what you need to know.... in tonight's consumer alert.. stay with us. an oakland couple who put their house on "air-b-n-b" are still cleaning up a mess.. after their home was trashed by dozens of u

action news reporter gina lazara spoke with the now homeless family about what to do next. "it's a lot to deal with....crying..." a fire set to the casa vegas condos....two weeks ago....has robin luff and her family in tears.....and homeless. "until you've lost your home and have no where to go and you're using up every dime you got" security at the complex believes squatters were living in the vacant units.... causing the fire. and creating this mess. "we're in dire need. you know its cold. it's like can you imagine being in that stinkin place trying to pack." stinkin place is no joke. the fire burned the electricity meters.... which means robin's unit has no power --- no appliances --- no nothing. so the food inside her fridge has gone bad....and stunk up her home. "the utilities are burn out completely. there's nothing. the unit!! there's no water. nothing." red cross has helped robin and her family. but they can only do so much. "i mean this is crazy!!" their last night at the hotel is tonight.... then it's to the streets. "it's been one thing after another. and now we'

action news reporter gina lazara is feeling first hand ,,,what these drivers are dealing with. shes sitting in the traffic on i-15 south right now. gina? jacqui. its bad. look at this. we are actually crawling. started when we were eight miles out from the california border. before that - we were cruising at about 70 miles per hour. celebration in las vegas and headed home. although - as my photographer pointed out - one of the cars had an ontario license plate. were currently headed to the gas station at the california border to talk to some of these drivers. we will have an update on the roads for you later! reporting live from i-15 gina lazara channel 13 action news. an action news update police have arrested two people in connection with the fatal shooting of a california man outside a 24-hour fitness center. authorities say 27-year-old...

action news reporter gina lazara talked to the family. she is live in the studio with this crazy story. gina?! yasmeen --- steve and jamielynn ritchie were trying to bring game..... but there was one issue. "where's my truck? sometimes i park in the street so we looked in the street and it was not there. and i was like great - somebody stole my truck." the couple was upset but knew they made a mistake by keeping their keys inside their truck so they took the problem to facebook --- hoping for the best but expecting the worst. and within just three hours -- a friend of a friend spotted the truck inside the red rock parking garage. "part of me is just like it's just a truck. it's not like anyone got hurt or whatever. but it's nice to have it back. it's just kind of one of those - hey the good guys win in the end!" while the friend of the friend was waiting for police to come -- they watched four teens come out of the casino and hop into the truck. this led to a chase that ended in an arrest at gunpoint with metro officers. coming up on actio

action news reporter gina lazara is in live drive... evening commute looks like... gina ad libs the situation is heating up in oregon.. where members of a militia.. including the son of nevada rancher cliven bundy.. over a building at a federal wildlife refuge. as abc's elizabeth hur has the calling themselves.. citizens for constitutional freedom.. the group is remaining defiant.. and refusing to back down.. ((sot)) "??" several dozen ranchers.. some openly armed.. are holding their ground at this federal wildlife refuge. they took over saturday.. while no one was there.. first protesting the conviction of these fellow ranchers.. who surrendered and have since distanced themselves from the standoff.. the group then went onto claim their fight is over the thousands of miles of federal land.. which should be returned to america's ranchers. ((sot)) sheriff david ward / harney county (or): "it's timefor you to leavour community. go home to your families and end this peacefully." the sheriff is urging the group to go home and the fbi.. location.. is a sign of a double st

gina lazara joins us live.... from stateline... with more on the powerball frenzy! gina.. firefighters had some tough going overnight while battling storage facility on the east some motorcycles and mechanical equipment were reportedly at the heart of the fire. but as action news reporter parker collins found out.. the toughest part of the firefight was finding the fire. a mattress, shelves, a ladder-- all of this was inside this building... but firefighters didn't know that... setting them up for some tough choices. eric henderson, clark county fire dept. 00:34:52-00:35:01 "with all the roll up doors we can't get in to put the fire out. that being said, we also can't tell where the fire is located you can see what's left out here... like this bike... or over here what looks like a propane tank-- could've been 00:35:30-00:35:41 "the cutting into doors isn't the hazardous part. it's the contents inside that's the hazardous part. one of the units here has propane tanks, oxyactelyene tanks, and other hazards like that that we're unaware of." elizabeth martinez, witness 4:01:4

action news reporter gina lazara felt the bumper to bumper blues...she joins us now live on the highway and gina...thank gooodness the worst is over. jacqui - the road looks ok right now..but it was a much different story earlier. take pkg: bumper to bumper traffic. easily described as madness.... their way through this headache...and out of las but the new year has been great" le oudorn and his five friends definitely had a good time this past weekend... tyrone: "we enjoyed ourselves you know, just gamble, win a lot of money, we hit big. ancient chinese secret. winner winner chicken dinner. but now....they are just itching to get out of the car. le: "we just wanna go home. that's all we wanna do." a common theme among these drivers. some too anxious and in a hurry to use the proper roadway!....taking to the shoulder and some even off- roading to get ahead. sergio: "i was on my phone and then my dad looked at me and he's like....look at this. and then i fell asleep and after a while i was like wow we're still not even at whiskey pete's i was like omg this is horrible" sergio torres - hi

our reporter gina lazara tweeted at the school district... after none of them showed up to last night's town hall meeting on school redistricting. they replied saying they were all at the meeting to ratify the teacher's contract. however, city officials told us they were absent because they disagree with re-organizing the district. meanwhile, for those who did attend the townhall meeting they were left with more questions than answers! right now a committee is studying the pros and cons of turning the 5th largest school district in the country.. into 5 or more smaller precincts. leaders say they are in the very beginning stages, of figuring out how all of this would work, but parents, teachers and students all have very different opinions. parent and teacher: "i think that it is a good idea because our district is so large, inefficiencies that i am not certain that those by a district wide reorganization" officials told us splitting ccsd up.... could potentially cost up to 50 million dollars. an argument ends in gun fire... now a man is dead,

gina lazara spoke with him today.... she joins us in the studio.... with what he had to say... gina... he opened up about this whole thing late this afternoon. and he has a lot to say about this. more than anything, luce is tonight.... he says he has no regrets after flipping off police officers. after our story aired -- many of you weighed in on facebook -- some agreeing that luce's middle finger gesture is protected by the first amendment. others calling him rude and childish. "you know what. it might have been childish but childish is not against the law. it's not against the law to express your anger. i didn't threaten him. i just expressed that to me he was a d---bag." that's just a small preview of what he told me during the interview. he admits he lost his temper, but there's one thing he told me that he says could be the key to getting the whole case thrown out. police are also weighing in on this. that interview is just getting back into our newsroom, so we'll hear their side at 11. new developments in the battle over solar power. late today - solarcity released a blunt

reporting live from i-15 gina lazara channel 13 action news. action news is following the latest developments out of oregon a group of armed protesters have taken over a building ,,,,in a federal wildlife refuge,,, in oregon. the group is being led by members of the bundy family. they are accusing officials of unfairly punishing ranchers who refused to sell their land. the protesters have occupied part of the "mal-heur national wildlife refuge".... near burns... after a march and rally supporting dwight and steven hammond. the hammonds are ranchers who were convicted of arson after a controlled burn torched 127 acres. prosecutors say the hammonds poaching. they were sentenced to five years in prison and begin their sentences tomorrow. ammond bundy, the son of cliven bundy, a rancher from here in nevada who you may remember... was engaged in a standoff last year with the blm...describes the grpi[ as armed, however wouldn't go so far as to say it is a militia. (ammon bundy, spokesman for protesters) we have no intention on using force or being ag

reporting live gina lazara channel 13 action news. a developing story tonight. a motorcycle rider has died after crashing into the back of a semi truck on the i-15 near the valley of fire. a total of 3 vehicles were involved in the fatal crash. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. no word yet on what caused this crash. help identifying a suspect.. who they say... pointed a gun at a crowd in front of the bellagio on friday night. metro released this picture of the man officers fired at least two shots at....at this time, he is in custody, but with little information. he's still being referred to as john doe. talk around the strip is he was a regular street performer in front of the bellagio fountains. police are asking anyone with knowledge about him to give them a call. an action news update tonight on a deadly shooting here in the valley the coroner has identified the victim as 23-year-old "arthur earl colwell". colwell was killed yesterday after being shot in northeast las vegas. officers were called out yesterday morning to an apartment complex

action news reporter gina lazara is at city hall for a ccsd town hall.. discussing funding for our schools. you can watch the meeting... from home. we are livestreaming it on- line. you'll find the link.... on our website... k-t-n-v dot com some people call us with problems in their apartments..... but... one valley woman had problem after problem.... after problem. so... when "you ask... we investigate". contact 13.... stephanie zepelin talked to her and the apartment complex.... to get a resolution. """""""""""""precious curtis says the problems started as soon as she moved in here at liberty village."""""""""" first, the unit wasn't painted. then the washer and dryer were broken. the new dryer was never installed and is still sitting in the living room. but things went from bad to worse in early december when the heat went out...and curtis and her six kids were without heat for two weeks. 15.00.52 it was really bad to hear my children late 1.00 but i can't give my children the heat they need to keep them warm 03 for those two weeks i was without heat 0

reporting live gina lazara channel 13 action news breaking news on a massive fire in downtown new orleans. have made an arrest. they say the man started the fire to stay warm. the blaze quickly grew to a six alarm inferno. thankfully, no one was hurt. that's the latest from the breaking news center. the suspect arrested in that officer- involved shooting outside the bellagio last friday night was sheeled into court this morning for a hearing. nat moaning 2:01:21 the moaning lasted the entire hearing. a judge set bail for khaleal black at two million dollars. that's more than double what prosecutors were requesting. during the appearance.. black was in restrains.. gagged and barefoot. his brothers.. who were at the hearing.. say he's mentally ill and usually medicated. dymond black, brother of khaleal black 11:26:09-11:26:17 "he's sick in his brain right now so i just don't want him to-- people to look at him as a criminal cause he's not a bad guy. he's a really nice guy he just had a mental break down." to see he's not well.. and hope he can get some help. developing now.. following the s

reporting live in the studio gina lazara channel 13 action news. breaking news out of pakistan... gunman have stormed a universtiy. at least seven are dead..including a professor and a student. 20 others injured. we're getting video from the scene of the attack. this is an ongoing attack in the northwest region. you can see... dozens of officers rushing down the street... with their guns and combat gear. here's another video that appears to show students and faculty being lead out. just chaos with abulances outside. we know the attack began shortly after the university opened. explosions and gunshots have been heard inside. police officials are exchaning gunfire with the attackers. there's reportedly hundreds of people inside. the concern right now for hostages. new developments on a blast of winter rain we're tracking as nevada earlier today. before it finally cleared out.. we saw a lot of wet streets and rain-related accidents around the valley. the question tonight: is it over? let's go to chief meteorologist bryan scofield in the weather center for the answer. bryan. a band of

reporting live gina lazara an update now to a story we first reported as breaking news. a valley high school teacher is on leave tonight after being arrested on allegations of sexual misconduct with a student earlier this month. details are limited on jillian lafave.. but we do have calls out to the clark county school district for more information. new tonight at 11: the frantic 9-1-1 calls... after a home break-in..... in mountain's edge! "is somebody coming or not? i mean what do i got to do (expletive) (okay) (expletive!) our action news camera's were the only one's there... when detectives arrived at the man's house.... two and a half hours later. action news reporter.... mahsa saeidi... has listened to the 9-1- 1 calls... and talked to the victim and police. she's live outside metro headquarters.... to explain the delay... mahsa? tricia...so many break-ins in the valley! scary videos like this... are not uncommon! many victims to get to their house. tonight .. we got clarity from police. "they could take the (expletive) house by now." "dispatch: i'll let them know

reporting from kyle canyon gina lazara channel 13 action news. coming up from contact 13. .. a call to 9-1-1.. interrupted.. by lunch. let me have one slice of cheese pizza. the first thing you need know when your emergency is ignored. plus.. a murder mystery. an american journalist.. killed in belize. the one wrong move that may heckler: no i'm not stewart: i think you are nascar superstar tony stewart storming into the stands for a heated clash with a heckler. this just adds to a list of outbursts from stewart. among other things.. he's facing a wrongful death lawsuit.. accused of losing his temper and driving recklessly before striking and killing fellow driver... 20-year old kevin ward jr. stewart has yet to comment on this new incident, but the fan involved an off- duty law enforcement official...and is being investigated by his department to determine if he acted inappropriately. new tonight from contact 13.. the 9-1-1 dispatch system.. we rely on those operators in times of emergency. when every second counts.. the last thing you want is to be on hold while your operat

our reporter gina lazara tweeted at the school district... after none of them showed up to last night's town hall meeting on school redistricting. they replied saying they were all at the meeting to ratify the teacher's contract. however, city officials told us they were absent because they disagree with re-organizing the district. attend the townhall meeting they were left with more questions than answers! right now a committee is studying the pros and cons of turning the 5th largest school district in the country.. into 5 or more smaller precincts. leaders say they are in the very beginning stages, of figuring out how all of this would work, but parents, teachers and students all have very different opinions. parent and teacher: "i think that it is a good idea because our district is so large, however, if it's done correctly you know making sure everyone has the same opportunity." "i do agree that there are inefficiencies that i am not certain that those inefficiencies can be resolve by a district wide reorganization" "i feel like they are

action news reporter gina lazara is live outside one of the shops that's under construction right now -- gina? jacqui -- the first blum will be ready to open up shop by march 1st. you can see-- it's still under construction the other two -- each a mile from the strip --- will be open by may. hundreds of people sat around at the palms this afternoon -- texting..... eating.... doing anything to kill some interview for a job to work at one of three new medical pot shops opening soon in the valley. jimmy maffessanti, applicant "i i know how it affects me health wise. and i can give that information to other people if they need it!" another applicant -- lisa spearman --- says she wants the job badly because of how passionate she is about the medical marijuana industry. lisa spearman, applicant "it can help strengthen people who are sick and who can't get up and have a regular life. so it can help in so many ways." lisa says -- after her daughter was diagnosed with a-d-h-d....and prescription pills didn't work.... she turned to medical cannibas. lisa spearman, applicant "and when she smoked

action news reporter gina lazara talked to the family. (((slim ritchie))) "where's my street, so we looked in the street, and it was not there and i was like great. somebody stole my truck." pretty frequently --- but what you don't hear --- is how quickly someone gets their stolen property back! (((jamielynn))) "just before 2 - i had a picture that was messaged to me that said hey is this your truck and i looked at the picture and i was like oh my goodness this is it! this is our truck! where are you at!?" all thanks to this facebook post..... (((nats))) "every comment and every like....even if they don't share it....help." something the couple didn't really agree on! (((slim ritchie))) "i didn't even think about facebook." (((jamielynn))) "he actually kind of made fun of me. he's like hunny come on there's no chance we're getting it and when she arrived -- she couldn't belive her eyes (pic of truck in garage) there it was. the same truck she saw on facebook seconds earlier --- was parked right in front of her. nats four kids hopped in th

action news reporter gina lazara talked to the family. (((slim ritchie))) "where's my truck? sometimes i park in the street, so we looked in the street, and it was not there and i was like great. somebody stole my truck." you don't hear --- is how quickly someone gets their stolen property back! (((jamielynn))) "just before 2 - i had a picture that was messaged to me that said hey is this your truck and i looked at the picture and i was like oh my goodness this is it! this is our truck! where are you at!?" all thanks to this facebook post..... (((nats))) "every comment and every like....even if they don't share it....help." something the couple didn't really agree on! (((slim ritchie))) "i didn't even think about facebook." (((jamielynn))) "he actually kind of made fun of me. he's like hunny come on there's casino. when she arrived -- she couldn't belive her eyes (pic of truck in garage) there it was. the same truck she saw on facebook seconds earlier --- was parked right in front of her. nats four kids hopped in the truck and tried to get away -- metro followed them 25 miles

action news reporter gina lazara talked to the family. (((slim ritchie))) "where's my truck? sometimes i park in the street, so we looked in the street, and it was not there and i was like great. somebody stole my truck." pretty frequently --- but what you don't hear --- is how quickly someone gets their stolen property back! - i had a picture that was messaged to me that said hey is this your truck and i looked at the picture and i was like oh my goodness this is it! this is our truck! where are you at!?" all thanks to this facebook post..... (((nats))) "every comment and every like....even if they don't share it....help." something the couple didn't really agree on! (((slim ritchie))) "i didn't even think about facebook." (((jamielyn)) "he actually kind of made fun of me. he's like hunny come on there's no chance we're getting it and when she arrived -- she couldn't belive her eyes (pic of truck in garage) there it was. the same truck she saw on facebook seconds earlier --- was parked right in front of her. nats four kids hopped in the truck and tried to get away -- metro f

action news reporter gina lazara was there when it unfolded! nicole: "you better roll. your dog killed my dog. what do you have to say?? what do you have to say about it?!?!" pit owner: "im sorry god" nicole: "you're sorry go away!!!" pit owner: "i tried to get my dogs ok??" this heated confrontation took place just hours after little bella owner: "your dog was not on a leash either!" nicole: "you need to roll!" nicole gracia says she was outside with her two pups this morning.... when three pit bulls came running towards them.....and attacked. me: "are you reliviing this moment in your head right now? can you even put it into words how terrible it was?" nicole cries and doesn't answer. bawling. speechless.....nicole continues to sob....thinking about the plans she had with her now dead chihuahua. nicole: "we just had the snow in mount charleston and i was off work today and i had her little sweaters and i was gonna take her up to the snow today." nicole talking to dog: "where's your girlfriend?!" dog: whimpers and howls nicole talking to dog: "where's bella? where's be

reporting live gina lazara channel 13 action news. right now, police need your help identifying a suspect who they say was pointing a gun at a crowd in front of the bellagio on friday night. metro released this picture of the man officer fired at least two shots at... after he allegedly started waving a gun at people in front of the bellagio. at this time, he is in custody, but with little information... he's still being referred to as john doe. talk around the strip is he was a regular street performer in front of the bellagio fountains. police are asking anyone with them a call. a motorcycle rider has died after crashing into the back of a semi truck on the i-15 near the valley of fire. a total of 3 vehicles were involved in the fatal crash. the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. no word yet on what caused this crash. new at -6-.. police in flagstaff are now reporting.... mulitple fake calls... to 9-1-1. in two calls.. someone said... their car had been shot at.... by a passing vehicle. one resulted in a felony traffic s

lazara is live at the scene of the crash with more. gina? this empty space on the sidewalk looked a lot different yesterday.... before an r-t-c bus jumped the curb and took the bus shelter down with it. "i thought maybe a car had hit us or something....because the glass had shattered." but boy was christopher castilow wrong. (((cover with picture he sent us))) "when i got off, something was in the window and it was hanging to the side." what just happened to castilow and a handful of other passengers....was this. "it was very gruesome." investigators say the bus driver ran up on the curb....taking the bus shelter with him.... and much worse..... taking a woman down too. "after we were walking off the bus - he said - did i hit that lady? and i said there was someone standing there??" castilow was by the bus driver's side during the shocking discovery. a mangled body.... "it was just off the curb." (referring to body) ...laying lifeless next to the road. "when he saw the body, it just cause we didn't think it was gonna be that bad." castilow q