And Nevada Department of transportation. Owen so were working with the county state city as well as our county commissioners beyond Education Officers are also out enforcing. Lamar police got to catch them and sometimes police arent out here all the time while officers were speaking to us a man was actually cited for jaywalking. That fine is 195 dollars. Metro Police Officers began today at around 12 and ended just after three. They say there was one ticket actually handed out. And dozens of warnings. Metro says if their efforts today save one life it will be worth it. A woman was handed up to 15 years in prison for hitting a man with her car on the side of a road and killing him while he was pushing his granddaughter in escaped serious injury. Today a sentence of five to fifteen years was announced for galina kilova. During her trial she said she was trying to get away from a raging driver when she drove onto the shoulder. She said the ground was so bumpy that she didnt realize she had hit anyone. The jury found kilova guilty after only 20 minutes of deliberations. Today kilova offered an apology to the family of Michael Grubbs the man she killed. I was very sad for her, very sad. Shes human, she made a mistake, and shes sorry and i felt very bad for her. Both sides were hurt terribly, not just our family, but hers also. The crash took place in november of last year near rainbow and warm springs. Kilova turned herself into authorities about a week after the crash. The woman arrested following a deadly crash on the strip that hit a crowd of people and killed one person has formally been charged. Documents filed today list the charges against child abuse and felony hitand run. She is due in Court Tomorrow and is currently being held without bail in sundays crash in front of the Planet Hollywood and paris resorts. Police say her 3 yearold daughter was in the car but wasnt hurt and is now in county custody. What she did is inexcusable. This was not a lady that ran a red light. This was not a lady that made a wrong turn. This was a lady that turned onto a sidewalk, ran over many people, continued to drive on the sidewalk, went back on the street and then went back into the intersection where there was a crowd of people. The crash killed Jessica Valenzuela of buckeye, arizona. And sent at least 35 people to area hospitals including three in critical condition. Police say holloways actions are believed to be intentional. Bail of one Million Dollars has been set for the man accused of shooting and injuring a Police Officer last week. Morning. He was arrested thursday after a manhunt that lasted more than six hours. Police say officer Gregory Sedminik was confronted by fox while responding to a separate incident at the emerald suites near las vegas boulevard and pebble. Police say fox asked the officer if he was there to kill him and then fired three rounds in his direction hitting him once. Id also like to take a moment and thank the citizen taht went out of his way, came out and rendered aid to the officer immediately. That citizen wants to remain anonymous, not take any credit but in my mind the actions of that citizen a hero. The officer is recovering at home and is expected to make a full recovery. The incident is one of three shootings involving Police Officers. From last week that were addressed today by metro. On monday officers say they were forced to fire weapons in two standoffs within eight hours of each other. Swat team was called out to a report of a suicidal woman at a home near nellis and craig. Police and crisis negotiators tried to talk her out for hours. At one point she even fell asleep and swat broke in her door. But this woke her up leading to another standoff. Eventually she came out. Metro has released some disturbing video of what happened next. At 1 48 p. M. Kimberly exited the residence with a shotgun, placed it under her chin, kimberling attempted to manipulate the trigger and was unable to shoot herself. At 1 49 kimberling took the shotgun away from her chin and pointed it at the direction of swat officers. Police stopped the video here. The moment when the woman was shot and killed. Later that night. Police officers were trying to take two suspects into custody in a robbery and kidnapping case. When a thrid involved. The difficult thing we dont understand in this case is why the father of one of the suspects came out of the house as our officers were attempting to take those two suspects into custody and raised a gun toward r officers. Thats when the man identified as Roberto Sanchez was shot and killed by metro the shooting took place at a home near walnut and gowan. No officers were injured. A family is without a place to live after a fire tears through their apartment. It happened near flamingo and maryland parkway around 10 last night. Clark county fire says the fire started outside the building, and spread to the roof. One person was taken to umc. Two adults and a child were displaced. No word yet on what caused the fire. Customers of Solar Power Companies may see a more expensive bill soon. In a vote today the Public Utilities commission gave nv energy the power to pay solar customers less for the energy they produce. Fox 5s 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 youre 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 hes 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 tuesdays 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 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 nonsolar customers the majority are paying more to make up for what solar customers are not paying. But as terry calculates the new rate structure punishes those turning to renewable energy. Youre goign to be paying at least 127 more. Right. With the Monthly Payments hes making on the panels he estimates were coming back to where we were before we put solar on the roof. Fox 5 tried to talk to nv energy. Nat sound. They shook their heads. The puc commissioners also declined an interview. Effect january 1st it will be implemented over the next 4 years. Had i known this was coming i would not have put solar on the roof. Solar Energy Companies are afraid this vote will ward off new customers. Now 6 thousand workers in the industry say their jobs are up in the air. Coming up at 5 30 i spoke with one whos trying to figure out whats next. Solar company sunrun say it has toss to weather you might have been able to tell that forecasting the exact arrival and departure times of isnt always easy. We were calling for a lot of cloud cover throughout this first full day of winter which would have kept the afternoon high in the mid 50s. But Mother Nature had other ideas, and the clouds cleared out, giving us more sunshine and moving the high past the 60 degree mark. The current forecast still calls for clouds to keep coming and going while temps will stay above normal for a couple more is supposed to get here during the day on christmas eve. That should mean more wind and much cooler temps heading into the holiday and on into the weekend. Well go ahead and mention a slight chance for a quick launches a rocket and lands it back on earth standing upright. How new technology is changing the future of the space industry by making it more efficient. Plus a quick and easy way you can win tickets to one of the most popular shows in las vegas. Youre watching fox5 news at 5. Another advancement in spaceflight from the florida coast. Space x is celebrating a groundbreaking achievement and as phil Keating Reports its one that could make Space Exploration much more affordable. nats liftoff a Spacex Falcon nine rocket shoots into the florida sky. The 23story tall rocket carrying Eleven Communications satellites into orbit. But the real feat coming moments later, when the falcons main booster detached and made its way back down to earth. Landing vertically ten spacex employees welcoming the rocket back with an eruption of elation and cheers, and the landing impressing veteran space coast enthusiasts. Leek says . We all jumped, because it was right above us, it didnt look like it was at the cape, it was right above us. Its a big deal for spacex because the costly booster has the potential to be reused. And that would bring down the price tag for future missions, by about 50 Million Dollars each launch. Space xs last falcon nine launch in june did not end as well. That rocket exploded shortly after liftoff, destroying four thousand pounds of food and supplies meant for the International Space station. The company fixing the problem and upgrading that rocket before mondays mission. Leek says . When it touched down, and the bang, that sonic boom, that was a wakeup call. It was a good day, it was well worth the wait. on cam tag rival private Space Company blue origin, owned by jeff bezos of amazon, successfully landed its own rocket last month at a test in texas, however not have a payload so a lot of people think thats apples to oranges. In miami, phil keating, fox news. Three previous attempts at a vertical landing by spacex failed earlier this year although those boosters were aiming for a floating barge rather than a landing zone on solid ground. Now fox5 weather 24 7 weather you might have been able to tell that forecasting the exact arrival and departure times of the waves of clouds weve been seeing isnt always easy. We were calling for a lot of cloud cover throughout this first full day of winter which would have kept the afternoon high in the mid 50s. But other ideas, and the clouds cleared out, giving us more sunshine and moving the high past the 60 degree mark. The current forecast still calls for clouds to keep coming and going while temps will stay above normal for a couple more days. But the next big system upstream is supposed to get here during the day on christmas eve. That should mean more wind and much cooler temps heading into the holiday and on into mention a slight chance for a quick passing shower as santa makes his big sleigh ride over southern nevada. If that happens, Higher Elevations around the Las Vegas Area could see a snowflake or two dont hold your breath waiting for that to happen . Mainly its going to be windy with high temps dropping into the 40s and lows down to the 20s over the rest of the christmas weekend. Will resume shortly an ultrasound fail. As one familys little girl turned out to be a boy. Why thats not the only surprise for this Wounded Warrior and his family. Well catch up with the fox five surprise squad in the fox5 suprise squad is powered by united nissan. Dollar loan center. And Helix Electric a local military dad who survived an explosive attack while fighting overseas years ago is still hurting. With unstable growing family. The holidays are difficult. So the fox5 surprise squad went on a mission to save christmas but that wasnt before the family got a different surprise of their own closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly and the giving continues watch tomorrow to see how the fox5 surprise squad saved christmas for another las vegas local by helping her stay home for the holidays. Local entertainers penn and teller are at it again. Theyre saving lifes. This marks the asking locals to donate blood. They call it their 13 bloody days of christmas and its held at United Blood Services offices. And to make sure no one questions their sincerity. Penn rolled up his sleeves and gave blood this afternoon. When asked about why the pair give back to the community so much. We got a good comedians answer. Penn jillette entertainer we just go for the fun. Giving blood is a fun thing, free coffees a fun thing. Theres no giving back to the community, we dont care about the community. Were just happy to be here and help people out. And if you donate blood before january second with United Blood Services. You will also get a couple tickets to penn and tellers show at the rio. There are Donation Centers on west charleston, west craig and Whitney Ranch drive in henderson. Theres much more coming up in the second half of fox5 news at 5. A battle continues between nv energy. And the Solar Power Companies. Why the consumer live from las vegas. Thanks for joining us for your only local news at 5 30. Lets get you up to date with the latest local headlines. Customers of Solar Power Companies could a hike in their rates. In a vote today the Public Utilities commission gave nv energy the power to pay energy they