Southwestly flow and the winds. We started to feel them crank yesterday afternoon to more than 30 mph. Temps are manageable at noon mostly still in the 90s but a couple of neighborhoods around 100 degrees. The dry gusty winds will continue today and they have been up over 50 mph at lake mead. 100s for most areas. Meetings about the potential reorganization of ccsd will be held tonight. It begins at 6 pm inside the Clark County Government Center commission chambers. It will be hosted by commissioner lawrence weekly. The meetings are required under Assembly Bill 294. The plan is decentralize the district and give principals more power. The last meeting will be tomorrow and a finalized plan is expected monday. to help students get ready for the first day of class. 8 news now teamed up with smiths and Silver State Schools Credit Union to hold a School Supply drive for atrisk schools in clark county. The drive runs through august 12th. For a list of locations where you can drop off supplies
Want to be here. That cant. We cant afford to be here. brian loftus the Advisory Committee says the plan is not about eliminating jobs. Another topic discussed was questions regarding diversity initiatives. Tonights final meeting will be at sixpm. At the winchester cultural center. Once everything is done, the committee will finalize plans by next week. Before it heads to the state board for approval. brian loftus Big Questions this getting loose on a plane. Kirsten Joyce initial reports say a passenger smuggled the animal on the flight to mccarran and at some point it escaped. 8 news now reporter Michael Stevens is in studio this morning. To clear everything up. Good morning michael . Michael Stevens brian, kirsten. Its not a story you hear everyday. But its getting a lot of attention on social media. And from passengers who learned about what happened shortly after the plane landed Melissa Mcclaran passenger i dont know. We saw a monkey, and it may have gotten loose on the plane. hap
Eastbound sahara is blocked off at burnham avenue, which is just before the eastern intersection. Use desert inn and charleston to get around this one. While were talking about sahara, use caution around sahara and valley view where nv energy is reporting an outage. 2,0 customers are without power in the area. Theres a crash just off the westbound 25 exit to south decatur. Its blocking the right shoulder. Hours after a man was killed on the east side of the valley. brian loftus it happened around 11last night at boulder highway and nellis. Police say a man was crossing the street againt the signal. And was hit by a car. Police say the driver did not seem to be impaired and speed was not a factor. sgt. Richard strader metro police historically, over the past few years, these next few months are when our numbers start increasing. We dont want to see that happen. Letse but the only people who can make that change are you and me who are out here driving around, walking around, being parts