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KLAS 8 News Now At 4 PM August 11, 2016

Retirement, sick leave and vacation. Sharie Johnson ccsd issued a response saying quote, we understand the concerns and needs of our support staff members. We plan to meet with them to further bargain. You also have time to make it out to tonights board meeting. It started a couple minutes ago. Revisions to the plan to reorganize ccsd. Reporting live, Sharie Johnson, 8news now. paul joncich hundreds of millions of dollars in unclaimed property is waiting to be claimed. The Treasurers Office released its annual ad in the paper with thousands of names of people who are due money. Everyone who may have real or personal property reported to the Unclaimed Property Division weve had people submit claims for a penny. And weve had people submit claims for over 500 thousand dollars. So really you never know whats out there. paul joncich the Treasurers Office says the unclaimed property ranges from old paychecks. Stocks and mutual funds. Expired cashiers checks really all sorts of stuff. All you have to do is go to the treasurers website. And search your name. To see if you have money coming to you. paul joncich we posted the story to our Facebook Page and many of relatives who have money to claim. But not everyone is happy with the results. Tash says. 2. 83 i dont know how ill spend it all. Man, ive never been this lucky in my whole life. Eric writes. Good luck claiming it. I have money on there and its next to impossible to get nadine posted. It took about 8 weeks in total, but i found my name with an old address but that wasnt an issue. I filled out the form and recovered 800 from an old bank account the address was a place i havent lived for several years. They wanted some sort of proof i was associated with that address. They start the clock running when you first file a claim, and when i couldnt provide the info by the deadline, it just disappeared. It no longer shows as being owed to me. Lastly, michael said. Sounds like a sweep for outstanding warrants Christianne Klein today is going down as the coolest day of the week despite hitting the ct explains just how long we could expect these relatively cooler temperatures. Katie . tedd florendo another nice but cooler day across the valley. We did briefly climb to 102 but that was very brief with most of our afternoon spent in the upper 90s. Lots of blue sky but we do have cells south of boulder city and searchlight instability stemming off some of the sporadic storms weve seen in nearby mohave county. But those storms have pretty much winded down here this early evening. Looking at the next few hours. Your evening planner shows temps in the mid 90s through 7pm. Clear and warm around 93 by 9pm. By 11pm look for temps in the upper 80s with low 80s expected by early tomorrow morning. Generally the rest of the evening looks dry and fairly quiet. With monsoonal moisture winding down around mohave county. The Mccullough Range and mohave county a slight concern for some gusty outflow winds from thunderstorms through the ni dry weather expected areawide tomorrow through monday and into first half of next week, with temperatures rising above normal for mid august. Explosion and fire at an Apartment Building in maryland. Several dozen others were hurt. And as many as seven people are still missing. Adam may reports from silver spring, maryland. The explosion at a four story apartment complex in silver spring, maryland was massive. Shaking the surrounding area and scattering debris a heard like a big boom, like a big loud noise, and my aunt went outside and checked and she saw a lot of fire outside hundreds of firefighters rushed to the chaotic scene just before midnight. division chief David Steckel Montgomery County fire dept. firefighters responded and were met with heavy fire conditions and multiple rescues to be made. They went to work and did in fact make multiple rescues and transported 31 people to the hospital. adam may silver springs, maryland investigators havent determined what caused the all have been released from the hospital. People trapped on second and third floor several people remain missing as relatives wait for answers. This is my aunt Melba Quezadas aunt and uncle live in the building and have not been located. Melba Quezada niece of missing couple its terrible because my grandma is waiting for news. Shes very old. Shes very sick. And its very hard for us to tell her your son may be dead. Teams are working to secure the building which is in danger of collapsing. paul joncich fire Officials Say there are natural gas furnaces and stoves in each of the Apartment Buildings units. paul joncich meanwhile in louisiana firefighters are working to determine whether or not lightning caused an explosion at a gas plant earlier today. It happeneda at a motiva oil refinery in convent which is about 60 miles west of new orleans. The plants switchboard followed by a fire in the hoil unit. But fortunately no injuries were reported. Christianne Klein speaking of oil and gas. The bureau of Land Management has been hit with a lawsuit from an oil and natural gas trade association. Western Energy Alliance filed the lawsuit which claims the blm failed to hold Quarterly Oil and natural gas lease sales for public lands. Reports show blm manages nearly 700 million acres of minerals on public lands across the the agency is required to hold Quarterly Oil and natural gas lease sales in states where both industry interest and lands appropriate for Energy Development exist. The Association Says for the past two years, blm has not done so. Actuality kathleen sgamma, Vice President of government and Public Affairs the keepitintheground movement is trying to coerce blm into violating the law. Yet without doing anything, activists could achieve the same goal just by leaving blm to its own devices. Who needs loud protests when bureaucrats are doing the same thing by not doing their jobs . Last year, oil and Natural Gas Companies returned 171 Million Dollars to taxpayers for leases sold by blm. That figure could be substantially higher had the agency held lease sales regularly. We reached out to blm and they sent us this statement which reads the department is aware of the lawsuit filed today. We do not comment on pending legislation. paul joncich donald trump and Hillary Clinton are both trying to get their messages out. Christianne Klein and that message today is the economy. Their diverging plans to boost the economy and create jobs. paul joncich taxes, jobs and the economy top the agenda for Hillary Clinton and donald trump today. Christianne Klein the two candidates are drawing contrasts between their plans. Craig boswell is at the white house with the latest from campaign 2016. Hillary clinton toured a manufacturing plant that she says epitomizes her vision of the us economy. sec. Hillary clinton d president ial nomine build it and we have to get back to doing that. Clinton called for billions in new investments in manufacturing and infrastructure for investing in people. sec. Hillary clinton d president ial nominee 25 billion in seed funding could unlock more than 200 billion and really get our country moving. Craig Boswell cbs news the white house clinton and trump have differing philosophies when it comes to taxes. Clinton wants to raise taxes on billionaires while trump wants an acrosstheboard Home Builders that clintons plan will stifle economic growth. donald trump r president ial nominee now she is planning a job killing a1point 3 trillion dollar tax increase. And hes lowered the tax burden he says businesses should pay. donald trump r president ial nominee i have cut mine down to 15 percent for business trump and clinton both chose michigan for their economic speeches because its the kind of bluecollar state that could decide this election. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. cri that Hillary Clinton plans to release her 2015 tax returns in the coming days. Trump has refused to release his returns saying they are under audit from the irs. Christianne Klein 8 news now is your local election headquarters. You can stay up to date on all the local and National Races right here on channel 8. And online at las vegas now dot com. paul joncich new york police have now identified the man who attempted to scale trump towers yesterday. After he reached the 21st floor. They tried for nearly three hours to get him. Rogata was taken to a hospital for a psychological evaluation. The nypd has charged him with Reckless Endangerment and criminal trespassing. Rogata posted a Youtube Video before the climb saying he was an independent researcher. And wanted to have a personal meeting with trump. The republican president ial candidate was not in the building at the time. Christianne Klein theres going to be an amazing show visible all over e not the olympics. paul joncich when you can see the peak of the perseids meteor shower. announcer youre a monsoon hit the phoenix area wednesday night. The downpours of rain and intense wind led to flooding and power outages. In north phoenix, residents said lightning sparked a tree fire. There were no reports of injuries. toss to weather tedd florendo briefly climb to 102 but that was very brief with most of our afternoon spent in the upper 90s. Lots of blue sky but we do have a few clouds this afternoon we did see a few briefly intense cells south of boulder city and searchlight instability stemming off some of the sporadic storms weve seen in nearby mohave county. But those storms have pretty much winded down here this early evening. Looking at the next few hours. Your evening planner through 7pm. Clear and warm around 93 by 9pm. By 11pm look for temps in the upper 80s with low 80s expected by early tomorrow morning. Generally the rest of the evening looks dry and fairly quiet. With monsoonal moisture winding down around mohave county. The Mccullough Range and mohave county a slight concern for some gusty outflow winds from thunderstorms through the evening. Dry weather expected areawide tomorrow temperatures rising above normal for mid august. No monsoon threat. For now. Chance of moisture returning to the area late next week. Today we briefly climbed to 102 a little cooler now. Tonight lows drop down to 81 degrees. By friday were lookign at high temperatures up to 104. Climbing up to 110 by sunday. Your extended forecast shows temps. On the rise into the weekend. Highs peak by sunday. Up to 109. Saturday wednesday temps. Will be above 105degrees Christianne Klein and you just want to know why Demetria Obilor answers your traffic questions, in whats driving you crazy . Demetria Obilor iris asks what is going on at the intersection of flamingo rd. And Jimmy Durante blvd. . Flamingo at Jimmy Durante, which is just east of boulder highway, is part of the rtcs flamingo corridor improvements project. This week, there will be lane closures for bus shelter worker. Electrical work takes place overnight and through the daytime hours. Expect intermittent restrictions from Jimmy Durante, west to mcleod. Youll also see crews working between eastern and sandhill, as well as rainbow and arville all along flamingo. This project should finish up some time this october. Hey whats driving you crazy . Dot com. Christianne Klein its been 16 months since a group of gymnasts lost their gym after the devasting 2015 tornado. paul joncich a look inside their new facility and the surprises on thr announcement. announcer youre there you have it folks. Its the greatest doubleplay ever. T two medium twotopping zzas for 6. 99 each. Add any four, twentyounce pepsicola products for just 5. Papa johns. Its hard to forget the gymnastics studio. Almost a hundred young gymnasts were inside and survived without a scratch. Christianne Klein since, its been a rough 16 months working out of small. Temporary locations for the girls and boys. paul joncich but as tess maune mawnee shows us, the gymnasts have Something Big to celebrate today. Tess maune reporting aim high academy loves surprises, so all of these gymnasts are on a trolley and they think theyre going to celebrate the 40th anniversary of another gymnastic studio, they have no idea the news theyreab high academy i wish we could all be together under one roof. Its what aim high academy gymnasts have been praying for since a tornado flipped their world upside down 16 months ago. Jamarie wilson aim high academy it would be nice to have a new gym. And on wednesday afternoon, their prayers were answered with a poem printed on cardboard. That ultimately welcomed them to their new home. Sheridan ramsey aim high academy its all i could have ever ask for. Aim high academy is taking over tulsa world of world of gymnastic owner it was gods plan for this to come together. Owner Linda Bradshaw selling the gym after 40 years. She felt no one better to pass the torch to than aim high founder jennifer patterson. Jennifer patterson aim High Academy Founder tears of joy, laughter. These kids are so happy and i couldnt be happier, that makes me happy. A 1million dollar donation from businessman tom naugle made it possible. Patterson says this is just the beginning for her faithbased nonprofit. We want gymnastics to be available for all kids. She plans to open satellite campuses in north options. But for now,. The gymnasts are grateful for to be together under one roof again. Jamarie wilson aim high academy i feel at home. I see the olympic sign and the american flag. And she sees a future in gymnastics, where the skys the limit. Sheridan ramsey; aim high academy i just gotta thank god and everybody whos helped us get this gym. paul joncich its something youll tree trimmer in las vegas. Christianne Klein a new report by triplea reveals the growing dangers of debrisrelated crashes. What experts say you can do to keep yourself and other drivers safe. announcer now, a landscaper is lucky to be alive. After getting trapped while trimming a palm tree. paul joncich several fire crews helped in the rescue near rancho and oakey around 11 this morning. Firefighters tell us the worker was strapped to the tree when a heavy set of fronds collapsed on him. Luckily the tree trimmer was okay. But when you hear just how heavy those leaves are. Youll understand why this is such a dangerous job vigil, las vegas fire rescue because theyre attached to the tree with a harness their upper torso gets bent backwards and theyre unable to breathe they cant move and were talking a lot of weight probably in this gentlemans case it was 500 1,000 pounds of frond leaves down on his chest. paul joncich in the past two years. Two other local Tree Trimmers died in similar accidents. Las vegas fire and rescue says they respond to about half a paul joncich two people were hit and killed on valley roadways in a matter of hours overnight. The second happened around five30 this morning near sahara and eastern on burham avenue. A construction worker arriving on the scene found the man dead and called police. The driver who hit him eventually returned to the scene an hour later. And told police he left because he was scared. Metro says the driver was not impaired. The driver will be charged with felony hit and run. triplea is warning of the risks from debris that flies off other vehicles on roads. Christianne Klein there have been hundreds of thousands of dangerous, and sometimes deadly accidents. Kris van cleave explains how researchers believe many tragedies could be prevented. Driver beware. Dangerous debris in the road. Or from an unsecured load falling off other vehicles has been blamed. Roads between 2011 and 2014. A triplea Foundation Study found 39,000 injuries and more than 500 deaths during that time. Watch this video from june. An suv hauling a boat, a pad comes loose. And the motorcycle cant get out of the way in time. tamra johnson, aaa the really troublesome thing about all this is a majority of these crashes are preventable, if drivers would just take the time to secure their load or maintain their vehicle properly. Its a tragedy heidi coffee and her 5 children have been heidi coffee i just couldnt believe it. I thought there had to be some mistake. Coffee was 7 months pregnant when her husband gavin was killed. This metal shelving was not properly secured and flew out of the back of this pickup. Gavin tried to avoid it and was hit by another car on a seattle area freeway. heidi coffee i miss being a wife gets emotional , um, because that was my favorite thing was to be his wife and best thing, and thats what i miss the most nods head, looks straight on camera, eyes tear up . 37 of those killed in crashing while swerving to avoid debris. Its most likely to happen on a freeway in the middle of the day. Drivers responsible for creating road debris can face fines in all 50 states. Because of a 2004 lost load accident that blinded

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