The bluecut fire,. You can see it from outer space so far. 37 thousand acres have burned. Along with nearly 100 homes destroyed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. blue cut is one of 21 fires burning in california right now. paul joncich president obama is facing criticism. For not visiting louisiana as the state continues to deal with historic flooding. A baton rouge newspaper published an editorial calling for the president to cut his vacation short. And reminded readers of the president george w. Bush faced in 2005 when he flew over the aftermath of hurricane katrine. But didnt visit new orleans. He ended up touring the region two days later. In the coming weeks. Fema will send teams into shelters and communities to identify the needs of the flood victims so a Long Term Plan can be implemented. Christianne Klein an overnight heist at an gun store has Police Working to track down numerous stolen guns. And the suspect is still on the loose. Near centennial parkway and north 5th street in North Las Vegas with how the thief managed to get into the store that has heavy security in place. Mauricio Marin it appears the burglar broke through this window. Theres shattered glass outside this empty retail space right next door to the gun store. And the suspect somehow made his way through the wall bypassing motion detectors and security gates. The owner of the new robbery happened at around four this morning. He says they saw one suspect on surveillance camera. That video has been turned over to North Las Vegas police. Detectives have been on scene looking for clues to track down the suspect. At this time though. No description has been released. Nearby Small Business owners say its unsettling that someone would be so daring to steal so many guns that could end potentially end up in the wrong hands in the valley. Giselle GonzalezBusiness Owner it is a little scary to know, well i think we would feel safe next to a gun store, since its just me is a scary feeling. Mauricio Marin weve learned numerous guns were taken during the burglary. But exactly how many is unknown at this time. North Las Vegas Police say theyre taking this case very seriously. And could be teaming up with atf agents with this investigation. Againat this time police have not released a suspect description. But are working leads at the moment. Mauricio Marin detectives are asking anyone with information about this case to call North Las Vegas police or crimestoppers. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Christianne Klein a pittsburgh man is accused of fondling a woman on a flight from las vegas. 58 year old weiming shi , is charged with one count of unlawful sexual contact on an aircraft during flight. According to the fbi. The woman says she woke up during the Southwest Airlines flight on had his hands under her dress. She told a flight attendant. And police were at the gate when the plane landed in pittsburgh. Christianne Klein 9 days until the start of the new school year for Clark County School district students. paul joncich and tens of thousands of those students have yet to register. Sharie johnson tells us how many and how its hurting schools. Sharie Johnson were talking about 90,000 kids still not enrolled. But this does not come as a surrise. 100,000 kids had not registered this time last year. Past, returning students did not have to reregister. But now this is the second year online registration, through ccsds infinite campus, is required. That means everyone must register every year. We stopped by clark high school. 1,000 students have yet to register. And the principal says not having enrollment numbers really hurts planning ccsd clark hs principal Jill Pendleton in terms of registration for our students, it assists us in building our everything really revolves around the number of students that are in our building and the age of the students, the courses that they need its just information thats critical for all of the planning that goes into a high school right now 230thousand students are enrolled. But ccsd expects to have another record breaking year over than 320thousand students. So if you havent enrolled just go to the disticts website, and look for infinite campus. If you dont have internet or a pc, stop by any school or library. Sharie Johnson by the way. Middle and high with enrollment numbers. Tonight at five. How much money ccsd could stand to lose by not having accurate numbers the first day of school. paul joncich up next on the valleys news leader. Two pedestrians killed within hours of each other. Christianne Klein what North Las Vegas police are doing in hopes of curbing the deadly trend. paul joncich and heres your chance to help out people in need. Were teaming up with the Las Vegas Rescue Mission for our food drive. You can drop off non perishable items at findlay acura. Donate. police say they they finally caught up with the man responsible for a recent robbery spree. And police tell us hes the son of las vegas mayor pro tem steve ross. Police arrested shane ross just before 8 this morning inside the Jackpot Joanies near flamingo and rainbow. Were told there have been at have been responsible for. A full list of charges are expected in the coming days. paul joncich officials up at Nellis Air Force base. Are investigating two crashes that happened in the same day. Last night a helicopter went down during a local training mission. Four crew members were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. And yesterday morning. A pilot ejected safely. Before his plane crashed on public land just off base. The pilot was okay. Investigations are underway to find out what led to both crashes. dead after being hit by cars overnight. In two separate crashes. One of those happened just before midnight. When a man was hit and killed near flamingo and eastern. Witnesses say the man was crossing against a do not walk light. Police dont believe the driver was impaired. Christianne Klein just a few hours earlier. A 69yearold woman was hit near Horizon Ridge and eastern. She was taken to the hospital where she passed away. Police say she was not in a crosswalk when she was hit. The driver stayed on scene and cooperated with police. Christianne Klein today. Officers were out in full force trying to get the message across about the importance of obeying all laws around crosswalks sgt. Sean walker, North Las VegasPolice Safety around the roadway is the responsibility of everyone whether youre a driver or a pedestrian Everyone Needs to be aware of what the people around them are doing and take the precautions necessary to avoid a collision. Christianne Klein today. A North Las Vegas officer with a chicken hat on walked through crosswalks. And people were cited if they didnt stop for him. Officers will be out over the next week leading up to the start of the school year to hopefully remind drivers to go slow when students are around. paul joncich ryan lochte. Finally apologizes. Christianne Klein but is it too little too late . The reason he gave for waiting so long to address the concerns over his robbery story. announcer youre ryan lochte officially apologized today. For telling media he was robbed at gunpoint in Rio De Janeiro. This embarassing incident has been quite the black eye for the us olympic swim team. paul joncich on the investigation. And lochtes apology. Olympic Gold Medalist ryan lochte says hes learned some valuable lessons from the incident at a rio gas station. In a statement on instragram he says gfx i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend for not being more careful and candid in how i described the events of that early morning. He goes on to say. Its traumatic to be out late with your friends, in a foreign country with a language barrier at you and demand money. Several security cameras captured what happened early sunday morning. Lochte and his teammates disappeared down this walkway leading to the bathrooms. Theyre seen lingering behind a wall. And pulling down a poster. When they attempted to leave, security guards blocked their taxi. natpop Police Police say the swimmers were drunk and belligerent. Vandalized this bathroom. And left 50 to pay for the damage. sot nancy armour usa today sports columnist no font, to usa today sports columnist nancy armour said lochtes subsequent actions only made things worse. sot nancy armour usa today sports columnist 591 05 you pay the damages, you apologize for being an ugly american, you let the usoc know what you did, everybody moves on. Lochte originally claimed they were returning from a night of partying when they were robbed at gunpoint. sot lochte no font, text on tape he cocked it, put it to my forehead and said get down, and i was like, i put my hands up. I was like, whatever. Police said the gas stations security guards were armed. But called their actions appropriate. nats olympics swimming lochte, returned to North Carolina before rio police could requestion him. On thursday, after speaking with police for a second day, gunner bentz and jack conger flew back to the us. standup close ben tracy, cbs news, Rio De Janeiro 1 371 50 as for jimmy feigen, he isthe only swimmer still here in rio. His lawyer says he will pay a tenthousand dollar fine and leave brazil today. Ben tracy, cbs news, Rio De Janeiro paul joncich lochte says he waited to until the legal matter was handled and he was sure his teammates would get home safely. toss to weather tedd florendo looking outside it looks like seattle with the cloud shield. Wind also stay light and the smoke plume from the blue cut fire has drifted way more west and away from the area. Dewpoint remain high enough for the risk of more tstorms maybe this evening, but should be isolated in nature. Temps around the valley in the the warmest temps typically over to the east side of the valley and southeast sections. Not as warm for the foothills and the northwest part of the region. Were below normal for temps but helped keep a lid on any daytime warming from the sun. Regional temps also stayed warm but still hot over in death valley where they had more sunshine. Warm down the Colorado River valley from mesquite all the way down to laughlin. More great basin with those areas inthe 80s to low 90s. Radar shows very little convective tstorm occurring. A shield of clouds helped keep a tight lid on any Storm Development this morning and afternoon. Now with clearing and us getting to the hottest part of the day, there is still slight chances for tstorms mainly east of i15 and better chances for southern clark county. Futurecast shows we get a better break from those storms chances tomorrow but its sunday we see the return of showers and storms chances due to an area of low pressure that will drift in some rain from the south. Shower and Storm Chances also return for monday through tuesday as well before we see a drying trend by wednesday and more sunshine. So the forecast is calling for temps in the 80s by morning with clouds and some clearing. Expect muggy condtions this evening with slight hit and miss shower chances as well. Tomorrow expecting temps near 100 and partly to mostly sunny through the day. Very slim chances for showers but the possibility is out there more points east of the valley. Extended forecast calls for temps to drop even more by late weekend and early week with high in the 90s still. Showers chances return by sunday and through early week with sunday and monday being our best shot for some rain. Drier mid to late week next week as temps climb back to near average Christianne Klein what youll need to do if you want to apply to work at fright dome come this fall. announcer youre ads for joe heck are attacking my time as attorney general. The thing they left out is the truth. The truth is crime actually went down during my time in office. Thats why ive been endorsed by Law Enforcement across nevada. Protecting seniors from scams, and Holding Banks accountable for defrauding homeowners. Im Catherine Cortez masto. I approve this message because ive spent my career solving problems. Implied crosswalks, you have to stop at both. But many drrs pedestrians crazy. Demetria obilor is here to walk you through the problem. Demetria Obilor when at a stop light, and you see the pedestrian signal come on, you know that pedestrians have the right of way. But pedestrian rightofway isnt always so obvious, especially when you consider unmarked crosswalks. According to nevada law, a crosswalk exists at every intersection the crosswalk can be marked or unmarked. If theres no Traffic Control device present, drivers yield to intersection, sunset road and arville street. There are four crosswalks at this intersection, but only two are marked. The state says pedestrians and drivers have a shared responsibility on the roads. Metro agrees. Pedestrians swivel, and drivers need to be constantly scanning the roads anticipating anything. To traffic eight at las vegas now paul joncich the people behind fright dome are already looking forward to scaring the heck out of folks. They need to fill more than 400 positions before they open in the fall. Jobs like guides. Actors. And stage performers. This is the 14th year for the attraction inside the circus circus adventuredome. And its creators want this to be the most terrifying cast ever. If you want to apply. Here is a schedule of all the hiring events. Organizers ask that you not but bring photos and a resume to showcase past work. paul joncich up next on the valleys news leader. A local boy killed in a pit bull attack. Christianne Klein is the breed t or the owner . We look at the Common Misconceptions people have when it comes to pit bulls. announcer now, live. This is 8 news now at earlier this week. A 9 year old boy was killed when he was attacked by a dog. P been put down. And the attack is raising questions about the breed. Plenty of people commented online. Angry that the dogs breed is getting a bad rap. They even started a hashtag dont bully our breed. Christianne Klein 8 news now reporter Shakala Alvaranga clears the air on the myths, lies, and misconceptions about pit bulls. 9 year old Derion Stevenson was attacked and killed by a dog wednesday afternoon. The tragedy putting a dark cloud pit bulls. Ive heard horrendous stories as you can imagine in rescue as to what people have done to animals. Far more stories about humans hurting animals than animals every hurting humans. Theres no question what happened this week was awful. Even if he saw you 20 times in the same day, he would tell you he loved you. 20 times a day he didnt get tired of it. But benson wants people to keep something in mind. Yes, it should raise concern about that particular dog, not all that breeds dogs. According to the aspca, some 1. 2 million dogs are euthanized year. 40 of those. Are pit bulls. Theyre amazing, amazing dogs so its hearbtreaking to me that they get this stigma because heres what ends up happening Homeowners Association dont allow them, Insurance Companies discriminate against them, landlords will say that you cant have them. We ran into stella on her way home tonight. Shes 7 months old. We had her since she everybody thinks pit bulls are just so terrible, theyre all so mean, and theyre not. Bensons team has rescued almost 200 pit bulls in the valley. She hopes others will do their research on the dog. Shes just like every other dog, shes no different, just because shes a pit bull. Christianne Klein according to dog bite dot org, 34 people died from dog attacks last year. 82 percent of those were by i pit bulls only make up 6percent of the dog population. By the way, its still unclear if the owner of the dog in the local attack will face criminal charges. paul joncich tedd its looking pretty cloudy outside this afternoon. tedd florendo skies clouded up yesterday and theyve been that way since. Convection and therefore storms have been nonexistent. We had a few passing sprinkles earlier and it could take some time for the storms to develop. Dewpoints remaining high. Theres plenty of moisture in the atmosphere but no sunshine to fire it up. Expect temps to stay warm and sticky tonight. Well be in the 90s through the evening and warm late night. Since the skies are opening up a little we could see slight stray shower Storm Chances later, but they should be isolated for now. Well keep our eyes on the next week and late weekend where showers chances they return. Thats coming up day in louisiana. Building up some good will. And helping take attention off the major staff change in his campaign. Weijia jiang has