Some residents are refusing to leave the Mountain Town of wrightwood. The area of wrightwood is right in the middle of that smoke. sheriff john mcmahon, San Bernardino county we would hate for the fire to overun your neighborhood and you be stuck inside and not have a way out. Several other large fires are burning across the state. The governor has declared a state of emergency. Chris martinez, cbs news, phelan. California. Chris martinez fire Officials Say the blue cut fire has zero containment. paul joncich as the wildfire rages on forcing tens of thousands of evacuations in california. Its having a residual affect here in Southern Nevada. Here in Southern Nevada. Interstate15 is closed in victorville. With motorists having to find katie boer has been talking to impacted drivers. Shes east of barstow. Katie . Katie Boer Paul we spoke to california Highway Patrol today. Theyre rerouting drivers away from the massive blue cut fire as a precaution. But as a result its added lengthy comm
And woman. Inside the store. With the man harrassing the woman. Police tell us the woman did not know the man. Then when she came outside to the parking lot he robbed her at gunpoint. Witnesses called 911. And a nevada Highway Patrol trooper was nearby and quickly took that man into custody. But police say there was confusion. Some witnesses thought there was a second person inside the store. Possibly armed. With shoppers and employees still inside. And thats why lieutenant Jack Clements says there was such a huge response by law en lt. Jack clements metro police we didnt know if there was a second person in the store and people were pouring out, so if we think theres someone in there with a gun our team will handle it and its the safest way to put somebody into custody without anyone getting hurt. Vanessa Murphy so again no injuries reported. One man taken into custody for robbery with a deadly weapon. Reporting live, Vanessa Murphy, 8 news now. safe and sound. Christianne Klein victi
Here across the street, thats when i noticed all the cops and emergency vehicles on the block. It sucks what happened. Sad. Sad it happened to a little kid like that. Shakala Alvaranga our sources tell us the child who died was also 9. Police say they are still investigating but it is a heartbreaking story to bring to you tonight. All around. Back to you. paul joncich shakala, thank you. Do you do with the dog . Shakala Alvaranga paul, we are told that animal control has taken custody of the dog. However, they are not releasing any more information other than that. Back to you. paul joncich allnew details tonight at 11. Police and Health Officials are on alert for hazardous, Nuclear Material stolen from a northwest home. Christianne Klein gauges stolen from his house thursday morning. That still havent been found. Hes speaking exclusively to 8 news now reporter nia wong. Shes here with the story. Nia . nia wong this is a common tool used to measure soil density. The danger here are the
sot they said man you got 2 minutes to get out of here. I got into the truck grabbed the dogs, grabbed her saw the fire jumping our road the flames moved so fast in some areas, there was little crews could do to slow the pace. s u bridge at this point the flames continue to ferociously spread and Fire Fighters say they dont even know how many homes and buildings have burned down one fire chief just in this spot along 138 near wrightwood were destroyed. Complicating matters crews had no major water source. Their engines can only carry 500 gallons of water. sot i live on 138 where the fire is right this minute mary gress home is in this area. She believes its possible she lost almost everything. sot i know that were safe and our dogs are safe thats what i know not far from the this horrific scene in wrightwood people they streamed out of town. Its not worht risking your life so were out of here. Christianne Klein tom wait reporting, thank you. The fire is having widespread effects. Even
Brittany Edney thats right dave and christianne. In just a few hours. Its going to be part two of the riviera implosion. Part one was quite a spectacle with the demolition of the monaco tower in june. 60 years of history went down in less than 15 seconds in that controlled implosion. But tonights event wont have quite the hype of the first one. No fireworks or dignitaries this time around. The riv has a lot of backdrop for some big hollywood hits. It was featured in the rat pack original oceans 11 in 1960. The James Bond Film diamonds are forever and casino in 1995. And lets not forget about all the huge headliners who performed there over the years. From liberace to dean martin. But the music stopped in may of last year after a 60year run. The site of the old riviera will become home to the new Convention Center expansion. That las vegas boulevard and parts of Convention Center will both close. There will also be some restriction on circus circus. Those traffic changes will start arou