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Another report was filed by a second mom in october. Depiazza testified he didnt know both reports were not investigated by the dean. The administrator went on to say the incident happened five years ago and he doesnt remember every detail. former Greenspun Middle School assistant principal is testifying about handling bullying reports. karen castro the defense once again said this is not a bullying case because the lawsuit accuses ccsd of sexual discrimination and negligence. Attorney Daniel Polsenberg even asked for a mistrial after the judge allowed attorneys to question the assistant principal about the harassment. The judge denied the motion. But polsenberg tells 8 news now the assistant principal did not play a significant role in testimony resumes tomorrow. The judge will eventually decide the outcome of the case. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier the wind moved into the valley today. And theyre definitely winds of change. Denise Valdez tedd. Were about to see true november temperatures right . tedd florendo another warm and tranquil november day with temps near 80 in some locales this afternoon. Winds remaiined light, but we did see an increasi the west. No sign of precip yet as we should remain dry as the system pushes through. Winds stay light for now, but expect big gusts to return tomorrow. Hour by hour tonight showing mild weather with temps in the 60s and partly cloudy skies through the night. Mid 60s also by 8 a. M. Tomorrow for your commute weather. More clouds tomorrow with winds on the increase especially by locally higher in the mountains. Now. Take a good look at your screen. This is 16 year old isabella gonzalez. She was last seen a year ago today. And were told she may still be in the local area. If you happen to know where she is or if you see her. Call police. Dave Courvoisier the nye county sheriff says a student brought a gun to a pahrump school. It happened yesterday at Rosemary Clark middle school. School officials had already taken the firearm away and secured it before they got there. The Sheriffs Office says no ammunition was discovered. The student was taken into custody and turned over to juvenile parole and probation. Denise Valdez the Henderson Police department is rolling out an open data crime portal. Providing the public with access to searchable Crime Statistics. The system is part of the police data initiatives. And henderon says its Law Enforcement agency is the first in nevada to fully participate. The hope, according to police chief patrick moers, is to add transparency for the public about department activities. The database. Which is found at offers Crime Statistics collected by the fbi. Plus information on instances involving an officers use of force. Denise Valdez youll want to avoid the 215 near the airport during the overnight hours this weekend. Check out this map. Showing where all lanes of the 215 will be shut down between the hours of nine pm and five am from friday night through monday morning. The solid red line is where the 215 will be completely blocked off. Between paradise and gillespie. Youll still be able to get to the just be sure to account for likely delays. This is all for the new flyover ramp which is rerouting the roads around the airport connector. Dave Courvoisier spending some major cash to get into the holiday spirit. Denise Valdez coming up on the valleys news leader. Find out how you stack up against your fellow americans. When it comes to budgeting for christmas spending. Dave Courvoisier and its almost time for your chance to win 600 dollars go ahead and save the number on your screen into your phones contacts. Because in just a few minutes you must be 18 years old and be able to show youre a valid nevada resident to win. Again. Wait for the cue to call because the phone lines are not open just yet news music voice over youre watching the valleys news leader with Dave Courvoisier, this is 8 news now at six. Dave Courvoisier Faraday Future halted construction work on its billiondollar manufacturing facility in North Las Vegas. Denise Valdez the company is rumored to have money problems. Which has state treasurer dan schwarz questioning the incentive deal that brought the company to nevada. Patrick walker is live at apex industrial park. Outside faradays construction site with more. Patrick . Patrick Walker schwartz has been critical of the project since the beginning. Doesnt have any money. With the work stoppage. His criticism continues. But North Las Vegas Officials Say schwartz is wrong. Patrick Walker state treasurer dan schwartz doesnt mince words when talking about the deal worked out last december to bring Faraday Future to nevada. dan schwartz r state treasurer these are our top political officials, and theyve all been bamboozled. Patrick Walker schwartz is talking about the governor. Economic director steve hill. And legislative leaders. Infrastructure package worth 335Million Dollars. Its dependent on Faraday Future investing the full billion dollar construction price tag for its 3million square foot facility. But work here has stopped. dan schwartz r state treasurer my conclusion is pretty much the same as before, they dont have the money. Patrick Walker North Las Vegas assistant city manager ryann juden says that simply isnt true. He says Faraday Future received a financial boost on tuesday. After the Company Announced it was halting construction until after the consumer electronic show in january. ryann juden north a 600 million injection of capital, 300 million of that will be here stateside in just a few weeks. Patrick Walker the project is backed by billionaire jia yueting. One of his companies had trading in its stock suspended for several months on the chinese stock market. Amid a period of rapid growth in the company. That prompted further concern from schwartz. But juden says faraday has already invested tens of millions of dollars in southern nevada. And rumors that the company is stiffing its contractor are unfounded. ryann juden north addressed it themselves, and said that everything is fine, theyre continuing progress and working together. Patrick Walker Faraday Future has not responded to my request for comment. As for the 175 million in inftrastructure improvement bonds the state treasurer will issue as part of the incentive package. Thats contingent on a 75 Million Dollar deposit. That hasnt happened yet. But the bonds arent expected to be ready for almost another year. And city Officials Say theres now. If it wont be needed until september at the earliest. Reporting live. Patrick walker. 8 news now. weather toss west side in the foothills from Centennial Hills through summerlin as we cooled off there. Colder up in the kyle canyon with a morning start in the high 30s again. Regional temps also staying warm from laughlin to death valley especially. Even saw near 80 degree temps down the Colorado River valley from mesquite through boulder city as well. Colder temps in the central great basin and mild over the changes in the forecast for late week however where jackets will be needed. Still above average temps remian for the souther portions of the u. S with highs in the 80s in dallas and of course in new orleans. Staying cool for new york in the 60s even boston getting in on some of that warmth as a strong ridge of High Pressure over the lower 48 states keeping things mild for november. Satellite and radar shows dry conditions and High Pressure still righ on top of us. But were keeping our eye on a strong area of low pressure and its trailing cold front that will bring in colder air by thursday. Not before brining wind midweek. Well see some of the coldest air of the season so far and see temps we havent seen in march and may. Overnight lows will get downright chilly by thursday and. Tonight expect lows to drop down to the mid 50s under clear skies for the supermoon. Winds stay light and tranquil overnight as well. Tomorrow expect highs around 79 and if we reach 80 well beat the record for most 80s for the month of november. Winds still remain light for tuesday. Extended forecast calls for mild days through wednesday and southwest winds kick in and for wednesday. Still breezy by thursday but colder with highs only in the low 60s and turning unseasonably cooler. Chilly morning lows will stick around for a several days with friday being our coldest in the high 30s only. Were told a lot of the job growth is in construction. Which is up almost 10 since october 2015. Denise Valdez there are only 38 days left until christmas. And that means plenty of people are already getting their Holiday Shopping done. But how much will people be spending . According to wallet hub. Americans are expected to spend an average of 935 dollars this christmas. Thats the second highest in the surveys 13 year history here in las vegas. Locals are expected to shell out about hendersons is even higher at 720 dollars a person. Thats nothing compared to people in palo alto. Theyre shelling out more than any other city. With a whopping 28 hundred dollars per person. Dave Courvoisier one of the all time great runnin rebels will be honored tonight at unlvs home game. Denise Valdez a member of the hardway eight is going to have his number retired, right chris Chris Maathuis thats right eddie owens, who played on unlvs first final he still holds records today. Plus. Everybody has a punchers chance in boxing. Two of the best square off in vegas this week. More next here on channel 8. Dave Courvoisier alright grab your phone Denise Valdez the number to call for your chance to win 600 dollars is right there on your screen. 7027928801 the 8th person to call wins a 600 dollar gift card in our great days of giving contest well be doing this again tomorrow at 5 and 6pm. In order to win, you must be 18yearsold be able to show youre a valid nevada resident. Well announce the winner on air in just a couple minutes good luck tomorrow is the press conference between Sergey Kovalev and andre ward. The fighters arrived and theyre ready for saturdays war. If styles make fights. This is one you dont want to miss. Two guys who should provide fans with plenty of excitment. At least thats the plan. andre ward fighter you know i think boxing has gotten somewhat of a bad rap for some of the fights that have gone on. Personally i like pacquiao and mayweather. It wasnt the fight of the century but it was a very good fight, a very competitive fight. wasnt it five years too late Chris Maathuis channel 8 wasnt it five years too late though . andre ward fighter its tough to say that when these guys made twice the money, so we can argue that. Im just happy to do my part. kathy duva main events promotion theyre actually in the top 4 pound for pound and thats what trinidad and de la hoya were undefeated and in the top 5 pound for pound when they fought each other. That is one of the reasons why this fight is so significant. Its also showing a move from the tradition when the best fighters are typically in the welterweight division. Theres been so many years where theyve dominated. Now were heavyweights. tickets are Still Available for saturdays showdown at the tmobile arena. Unlv kicks off with its toughest opponent when they face nationally ranked boise state on friday night. The rebels will certainly be shorthanded with all the injuries. But theyre willing and ready to take a ride with the broncos. tony sanchez coach huge anytime you play a friday night game, national tv, there will be a lot of eyes on us. Were coming off a big win so were going to have a little bit more interest from there. Lot of possibilities. So, its a big game. Were going to coach it the same. You have to be evenkeeled about all these things. One game cant be more important than the other because they are all tough ones. For us right now, you have to treat every opponent the same way, you have to prepare for them the same way, you have to respect them the same way. But it is exciting. We are excited to get out there. Chris Maathuis slugger and las vegan kris bryant wins the nl most valuable player award. Hes the odds on favorite to beat out nationals Daniel Murphy and dodgers corey seager. Of those three finalists, bryant has a pretty good chance to bring the nl mvp award to las vegas for the 2nd time in two years. Remember last year las vegan bryce harper won the award. Itll be announced at 3 pm tomorrow. Bryant was last years nl rookie of the year. Denise Valdez winner of our 8 news now great days of giving contest Judith Ferguson just won a 600 dollar gift card congratulations and remember we will be giving away 500 and 600 gift cards in the 5 so if you didnt win today. There are more chances this week. Just tune in to the 5 and 6pm newscasts. Dave Courvoisier 8 news now at 6 30 starts in about three minutes. Denise Valdez lets check in with paul joncich to see what theyre working on. paul joncich the Las Vegas Strip is filled with Convention Areas and other meeting spaces. But the rest of the valley is lacking. One new venue is changing that. We take you inside to see how they hope to lure business away from infighting. Ahead of Donald Trumps inauguration. Why the president elect says those reports are not true. Well have the latest as he builds his administration. news music paul joncich donald trump promised to dismantle. Obamacare. We look into the latest numbers to see if that threat. Has stopped people from signing up for coverage. Christianne Klein americans are preparing to spend billions and billions of dollars this holiday season. Years past. And what that says about the strength of our economy. tedd florendo wind advisories in effect as strong gusts blow through the region. Wait until you see the temps theyre bringing with them. Your weathernow forecast coming on 8 newsnow