Las Vegas home plagued by squatters for over a year
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A home for sale in the southwest Las Vegas valley has been dealing with squatters for over a year. The property administrators told 8 News Now that they filed for eviction in July; however, the squatters are refusing to leave. In the response letter obtained by 8 News Now, someone by […]
Las Vegas residents demand action as homeless encampment grows
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Residents at a Las Vegas apartment complex told 8 News Now the unhoused population is growing and is invading their neighborhood. The Casa Bonita Apartments are located on North 23rd Street near Eastern and Owens avenues. Concerned residents described the scene right outside their doors as chaotic....
Latest Bureau of Reclamation report makes grim predictions about future levels at Lake Mead
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) —A July report from the US Bureau of Reclamation makes some stark predictions about Lake Mead in the coming years. Those predictions include water levels not seen since workers filled the lake back in the 1930s, but that doesn’t mean the Las Vegas Valley needs to worry about our water supply – plans...
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for...
Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as a way to fight aging and chronic disease.
‘It’s a little bit surreal’: Middle school prepares to open inside Las Vegas mall
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Instead of a traditional school campus, in one week, hundreds of middle schoolers will be dropped off at The Boulevard Mall for their first day of class. FOX5 has been following the school’s construction closely, as a 46,000 square foot department store was converted into Wylees Middle School...
Police-involved shooting with multiple injuries reported at Reno casino with a suspect in custody
Restaurant Taste Budz was destroyed in the strip mall fire in Las Vegas near UNLV. Police investigating crash involving pedestrian in Henderson. Henderson Police are investigating a crash that hospitalized a pedestrian at Silverado Ranch and Eastern. What we know: Las Vegas man ID’d in New York shooting that left...
Las Vegas area residents allege contractor scam, seek to warn others
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Several residents in the Las Vegas area spoke out against a man they allege scammed them out of thousands of dollars for home renovations that were never completed. Recon Salazar and another victim, Roxy, who wished to remain anonymous, allege they hired John Pereyda for...
Homicide under investigation northwest of Las Vegas, no arrests made
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Authorities are investigating a homicide in a rural area about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas. The discovery of the body was reported in Amargoasa Valley around 2 p.m. Monday, July 28, according to the Nye County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded and believed the scene...
Las Vegas shopping center destroyed by fire lacked sprinkler system
LAS VEGAS — The cause of a large building fire which razed several businesses Friday morning may never be determined, according to a Clark County spokesperson. The Clark County fire department is still investigating the cause of the inferno, which burned through the two-story portion of the University Gardens...
Las Vegas man identified as gunman in Manhattan skyscraper shooting that left 5 dead,...
A gunman from Las Vegas shot five people, killing four, including an off-duty New York City police officer, inside a Manhattan skyscraper, before fatally shooting himself, officials confirmed Monday.