Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 11 PM 20161117 : vimarsan

Transcripts For KLAS 8 News Now At 11 PM 20161117

Days. Tedd . tedd florendo nice day today with temps still above average in the 70s again and unseasonably mild coming off a warm weekend. Still no 80s this time around to bring us to tie the record of 80 degree temps set back in 1950. But we will remain warm to mild for at least a few more days before it begins to get colder. Neighborhood by neighborhood temps shot up to the high 70s for the east part of the valley where were typically warmer since were lower in elevation. Cooler mid to low 70s for the 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 ty as well. Lder temps in the central great basin and mild over the hump in pahrump again today. Anges in theoctoleweek however needed. Ill above arage temps remian r the souther rtions of the s with highs in the 80s in dallas and of course in new lea. Aying coof new york in the 60s evenoon getting in on some of that warmth as a strong dge of High Pressure over the. Nditions and High Pressure ill righ on top of us. But were keeping oueye on astr. Welsee some of the coldest r oh d may. Overnight ws will get wnrd especially friday morning. Night expect lows ies for the supermoon. Nds stay light and tranql ernig. Mr expect highs around 79 d if d ys through wednesday duthwest w 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. District is now over. Pointed questions for administrators after two families claim they didnt do enough to stop bullying at a henderson middle school. Shakala alvaranga is following Regional Justice Center with a look at what went down in the courtroom. Shakala . Shakala Alvaranga denise, the familys attorney and the assistant principal at the time went back and forth for about two hours this afternoon. About how School Administrators handled this case. While the district says they didnt know the scope of this report. The family believes otherwise. Shakala Alvaranga for the first time in the bryan and hairr vs. Ccsd trial, School Administrators took the stand. My clie administrators, they really care about all of the students and our hearts go out to them. Shakala Alvaranga after a heartfelt testimony tuesday by her son. Mary bryan spoke. Upset with the lack of communication between her and school officials. The situation got so out of hand, that her son almost killed himself. They didnt do anything, they didnt take it seriously when and they ignored it. Shakala Alvaranga family attorneys questioned former assistant principal leonard depiazza about inconsistencies with his involvement in handling the reports. Depiazza said he didnt know the dean hadnt investigated the report and testified the incident han detail. As this trial goes on, more School District people will testify and theyll fill in the big picture as to what happened, what the School District did. Shakala Alvaranga still, bryan and hairr want accountability. The attitude that boys will be boys. No big deal. Is not going to be maintained. Shakala Alvaranga Court Proceedings will continue tomorrow at 12 30. Reporting live shakala in texas a case of cyberbullying has changed the laws in texarkana. Davids law went into effect this week. Its named after 16yearold david molak who took his own life after being bullied online. The bill will allow Law Enforcement to unmask Anonymous Online bullies and give School Districts the power to investigate offcampus bullying. According to cyberbullying dot org. An august 2016 study showed about 33 percent of students are online. Dave Courvoisier a man is behind bars tonight after metro police say he lured kids with candy into his house then committed lewd sexual acts with them. Police are now worried there could be more victims out there. 8 news nows Mauricio Marin is here with more on the investigation. Mauricio Marin metro police say kids knew jose azucena simply as david. He would promise them candyget them into his apartment and then commit sexual acts. We talked with neighbors tonight who didnt want to show us they are sickened to hear about the alleged lewdness with minors. j. R. neighbor i cant imagine somebody here doing that. I mean if i saw him he really would have been in trouble. Because we dont handle and stand for stuff like that. We try to make our kids straighten out and well behaved. Mauricio Marin metro police say they first became aware of the allegations last month involving several young kids. Parents say the suspect was a neighbor of the victims who would lure them with the promise of candy into his apartment over the last year near ch and nellis boulevard. The 63year old suspect had reportedly been living in the complex for several years. Police were able to track down azucena and arrest him this week. And authorities are asking parents to give them a call if they think their child may have been a victim. One family counselor we talked with recommends parents ease into the discussion. Ronald Lawrence Community Counseling center of so. Nv parents can ask their kids if theyve recently been talking with anyone they dont know real well or have you ever had contact with adults around where we live. So asking those important questions is paramount in Mauricio Marin Ronald Lawrence with the Community Counseling center of Southern Nevada urges parents know where their kids are at all times. And when it comes to the talk about strangershe says talk about boundaries with kids and whats appropriate touchingand whats not okay. Mauricio Marin azucena currently faces a number of charges including kidnapping, Sexual Assault against a child and several lewdness with a minor charges. Againif you think your child may have been a victimget a denise . Denise Valdez Southern Nevada is getting close to 1million dollars in added funding to help fight sex trafficking in our state. The grants from the department of justices. And Us Department of health and human services. The Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth will receive 825thousand dollars over the next three years. The money will help increase the hours of the organizations various facilities which you see here as well as add a mentoring program to both boys and girls. Who are at risk of falling into Denise Valdez a house party only for adults. The iteams Vanessa Murphy looked into a Facebook Group which has a growing following for swingers here in the valley. He says hes open about it because hes directed and starred in porn. This newcomer the only visitor comfortable staying while we were there for what was supposed to be a weekday afternoon pool party. And the secret may be out for burkes live in girlfriend now too. christine i gotta let my momma know anyways. Vanessa Murphy they say they met at one of burkes parties. Where the majority of partygoers are couples. Who believe sex doesnt have to be monogamous. burke im there right next to her sometimes when shes doing it. Vanessa Murphy he says safe sex is an option and protection is used most of the time. On social media and his website byob or bring your own beer a note of a 420 friendly house referring to marijuana and donations are encouraged. burke its just a bunch of people getting together having fun. Vanessa do you view it as running a business . Burke no, because i dont really make any money off of it. vanessa do you think its legal . Burke yeah, i know it is. I checked it out. contacting clark county. And couldnt get a clear answer. However, a spokesman said an investigation would be complaint based. Meaning the county wouldnt look into it unless someone complained. vanessa do you think neighbors know whats going on here . Burke they know that i have parties but a lot of my neighbors have parties, too. I dont think theyre lifestyle parties judging from the people i see going in and out. Children and so forth. Vanessa Murphy turns out there are several locations throughout the valley ofri burke says when a couple of groups found out he talked with us he was no longer welcome. Many swingers wanting to keep their lifestyle a secret. burke i know theres a lot of people that are hidden away. Vanessa Murphy Vanessa Murphy, 8 news now. Dave Courvoisier the fate of the shuttered badlands golf course remains in limbo. After the Las Vegas City Council spent hours discussing the issue with attorneys of the homeowners who live at the course. And developers who are eyeing the 250 acres near rampart and goodman city of las vegas you can Work Together as the responsible twosome that understands were trying to make this work. We want to see it work. We want to homeowners satisfied, we want to developers satisfied. Dave Courvoisier tonight. The city voted 43 to approve the developers request to move forward with their application. Without prejudice. Which would make it easier for developers to come back with a different proposal. If they decide not to turn the the city council wants both parties to work towards an agreement. One of which could involve preserving part of the course. Theyll check back in with the city in about 6 months. Dave Courvoisier earlier in the day. The City Council Unanimously passed the toys for tickets program. That means that if you get a parking ticket from tomorrow through the 30th. You can reduce your fine by donating a toy. Only minor violations like an expired meter are eligible. To take advantage. Just bring a toy and receipt to the Parking Enforcement office at city hall. And theyll take the price of given to those at the local nonprofit the shade tree. Dave Courvoisier speaking of giving back for the holidays. A 12yearold is continuing a tradition he started when he was just five years old blaze trumble collecting blankets for the homeless its been really cool to see when people find out about it they just want to help out and every year it gets bigger and bigger and people just want to help out even more Dave Courvoisier thats blaze trumble. He stopped by the 8 news now studios earlier today. Weve met up with him several times over the jackets for the homeless. Hes distributed thousands of blankets at the las vegas missions thanksgiving dinner. Dave Courvoisier thats all the time we have for news and weather tonight at 11. Denise Valdez 8 news now sports director Chris Maathuis is standing by for a wednesday sports special. Hi, chris. Chris Maathuis good evening and welcome to this special sports wednesday. Its packed, weve got lots to talk about. Coming up. The runnin rebels looking for their first win of the season. Well roll through some former rebel also. The city of oakland is trying hard to keep the team in oakland. Some details coming up here on on this special sports wednesday. Chris Maathuis years. The highlanders are in the big west conference. That the league unlv once dominated. And theyve always dominated riverside having won 12 in a row. Last year unlv beat this team by 11 points. Keep that in mind as the team gets final instructions from coach menzies. One of the bright spots among all the new guys is Christian Jones. The two, he scored rebel fans happy to see Dwayne Morgan back in the lineup. Makes his presence known immediately knocking down two. He had six points in the first half. Gotta play defense. And Cheickna Dembele also in his debut playing defense. Riverside has some talented guards. Heres one of em. Johnson raises for two. Riverside actually led by five early. Kris clyburn answers on the other end. Mooring to Dwayne Morgan for the dunk. Unlv led 3726 at the half. And there was a special person honored by unlv at half time. , eddie owens. More on that recognition in a moment. Second half, owens watched unlv closely as riverside cuts unlvs lead to one. But Christian Jones played well and theyll need this guy. Hes strong finished with 13 points, two blocks and a steal. The biggest shot of the game coming froim Jaylen Poyser, hes double diget lead and the rebels get their first win of the season beating 7462. Poyser led the rebels with 20. Last year unlv beat this team by 11, this year unlv beat this team by 12. Christian jones center its a game of runs and we just made runs. They hit we hit and we get the stop that we need to win. Marvin menzies coach there is still a lot to work on its good to get firs win and go Jaylen Poyser guard the coaches always tell us keep the ball hot, we got to dictate what the team does keep the ball moving and were successful with it. Marvin menzies coach happy for them it was more a little relief not celebration, which is ok because we know we didnt play great basketball. Chris Maathuis for the moment and prepare for saturdays home game with cal state fullerton. 7 p. M. Tip at the mack. One of the brightest moments of the game came at halftime. Unlv honoring this former rebel. Eddie owens is one of the all time greats. Hes still unlvs all time leading scorer. Played on unlvs first final four team in 1977. He was a first team all american. That was a Terrific Team with theus, gondo, robert smith and owens. Great team and so tonight he was recognized. During halftime of tonights game eddie owens was honor with the school retiring his number 11. The 9th banner to hang in the building. He had some former teammates with him and even his high school coach. Nice honor for one of unlvs great players on that 1977 final four team. Eddie owens former great my goal was to win a National Championship for this school, we fell a little short, but theres now losers at the fin championship and as many games at we could. What did jerry mean to you . He was a greta coach, my hat goes off to a hall of fame coach and probably the top five coaches in the history of the game without a doubt. Chris Maathuis still ahead on sports wednesday. Title fight. Its power vs. Finesse this weekend. The winner walks away with three belts. More on the fight. Plus. Could it be for las vegas. The odds of back to back to back mvps for a pair of local kids. Bryants the latest in the mix. Sports wednesday is coming back between Sergey Kovalev and andre ward. 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 excitement. 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 though . Its tough to say that because Chris Maathuis channel 8 wasnt it five years too late though . andre ward fighter its tough to say that when these guys made 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 seeing a new golden age in light heavyweights. tickets are Still Available for saturdays showdown at the tmobile arena. Chris Maathuis coming off that win over wyoming. They leave for idaho tomorrow. 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

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