Jeff thompson is here with a check of your forecast. Jeff. Temperatures will cool a bit over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late february. A couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowing at times. The next best chance at widespread, measurable precipitation, does not materialize until the latter half of next week. Jeff saturday partly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 5 mph. Saturday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Sunday partly sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Sunday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Monday mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Monday night partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Tuesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Wednesday mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy. The Campaign Continues today in south carolina, between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. For saturdays democratic primary. But, there was a surprise announcement on the republican side affecting front runner donald trump. Marci gonzalez has the update. From going headtohead to standing side by side. Today donald trump getting a surprise endorsement from a former opponent in the gop race new jersey governor Chris Christie. Gov. Chris christie, rnew jersey theres no question that this is the person who will go to washington dc and be able to absolutely turn the place more washington insiders. Trump today defending his decision not to release his tax returns and brushing off attacks from marco rubio who went after the republican front runner during last nights debate. Sen. Marco rubio, r president ial candidate i dont know anything about bankrupting four companies. I dont know anything about starting a university, a fake university. And continued on the trail today. Sen. Marco rubio, r president ial candidate what we are dealing with here, my friends, is a con artist. He is a con artist. But some political analysts speculate its likely too little, too late. Matthew dowd i think the only thing that could hurt donald trump is if in the aftermath some of the allegations that they made and attacks they made stick over the next three days. Just days out from super tuesday but on the democrats side the focus is on south carolina. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders busy campaigning here ahead of tomorrows democratic primary. Clinton is heavily favored to win here. Polling ahead by nearly 30 points. Marci columbia, sc. Tmwa estimates its saving 1point3 billion gallons of water by recharging ground wells, across the region. This time of year. More water flowing down the river than tmwa can use. So it pulls some of the water out. Treats it. And pumps it underground. The wells are essentially working in reverse to recharge the aquifer. At the wells the we recharge, it tends to stay pooled up around those wells and it is like having a big tank that you can draw from. You are keeping that thank full, then when you want to that well on in the summer time, it is full tmwa is doing this at 21 different wells across the truckee meadows. When it comes to summer. The process will be reversed and water will be pumped out. And delivered to your faucet. If tmwa did not do this. The water would flow downstream to pyramid lake. An unusual project class this morning. Its a human powered, student designed and built interpretation of nasas space rover. It took students in rick shranks schranks shop class months to build. Its light weight, pedal powered, and has full independent suspension. Today, it was rolling around the schools parking lot. But, in april itll be the schools entry in nasas Human Exploration Rover Challenge up against high schools and colleges from around the world. Rick schrank, teacher when you have a kid whos using tools to build a car from scratch and then go compete with it against other kids from around the world. It just doesnt get better than that. The competition is held at nasas space camp in huntsville, alabama. This will be virginia citys 5th time in the annual competition. Theyre the smallest high school entered, but have done well in the past, usually placing around the top 10. A lot of work goes into putting on the academy awards. Were getting a look at the final preparations for the oscars. And . Do you have your golden statue . Were sitting down with a university of nevada film professor, to get his picks for hollywoods big night. Youre watching kolo 8 news now at 4 30 with sarah johns and weather with meteorologist Jeff Thompson welcome back. As you probably know the oscars are this sunday. And, theres a lot of buzz about who the winners could be. So with me here is university of nevada professor howard rosenberg. He teaches film studies in the art department. Just a reminder. You can watch the oscars right here on kolo tv sunday evening at 530. Now that youve heard these oscar predictions. Were going to take a look at what it takes to put on an Award Winning show. And, a puppy is desperately in need of a lifesaving surgery. And you can help. So what kind of tomorrow, and into the rest of the week . We will have a closer look at our forecast. And what you can expect in the days to come. Right after the break. For news while youre on the go, listen to our temperatures will cool a bit over the weekend, but will still be well above average for late february. A couple of weak systems pushing by to our north will keep some clouds in the sky, with a healthy breeze blowing at times. The next best not materialize until the latter half of next week. Jeff saturday partly sunny, with a high near 64. West wind around 5 mph. Saturday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Sunday partly sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Sunday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Monday mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Monday night partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Tuesday mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Tuesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Wednesday mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Thursday a slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy. Temperatures will cool a bit underway to oscar sunday. There are eight films up for best picture. And what host chris rock will say. Especially about the oscars diversity controversy. Brandi hitt, has the latest from hollywood. The red carpet is out. And final preparations underway. For hollywoods biggest night. The 88th annual academy awards. Rachel mcadams, best supporting actress nominee yeah. I. I feel so lucky. This year. Eight films are nominated for best picture. The revenant leads the pack with 12 oscar nods. Including Leonardo Dicaprio with his fifth acting nomination. Leonardo dicaprio, best actor nominee im just a fan of film. For best actress Cate Blanchett is competing against brie larson. Jennifer lawrence. Charlotte rampling. And saoirse ronan. Many anticipating what hollywoods leading ladies will be wearing. Brie larson, best actress nominee its a great way for me to express whats happening on the inside. Inside the governors ball. Celebrity chef wolfgang pucks team is preparing more than 50 dishes for 16hundred guests. Including a new donut recipe. Wolfgang puck, celebrity chef a little bit of raspberry here. And then we flame them poof while backstage. Final rehearsals are underway for twotime host chris rock. Lesley messer, abc news Digital Entertainment editor i think hes going to do a great job. Hes done it before. Its anybodys guess what hell say. I imagine hell discuss the diversity controversy. For a second year in a row. All 20 of the acting nominees. Are white. The spotlight this year shining bright on who will be. And wont be. Walking the oscar red carpet. When it comes to oscars fashion. You can expect some wow red carpet moments from many of the presenters including charlize theron. Kerry washington. Lady gaga. And sofia vergara. Brandi hitt abc news hollywood. Tomorrow, at the exhibit hall next to the livestock events center, the 65th annual physician spouses rummage sale, gets underway. This annual event is a local favorite, from the avid collector to the college student, needing items to furnish an apartment. Volunteers collect items all year long, and take a week to set up the exhibit hall. Departments include, clothing, housewares, sportng goods, linens, childrens, and books. One of the most popular sections is treasures. Lainey lieberstein, awcms we have a lot of collectables. We have donations from members who have traveled the world in the 30s 40s 50s and 60s. So we have a very unique set of donations that we get, which ususally ends up here in the treasures department. The doors open at 8 oclock tomorrow morning. It will cost you 3 dollars to get in. The money raised goes to nursing scholarships, and local nonprofit organizations. The goal is to raise dollars. A new arrival at the Nevada Humane Society saving surgery. Two month old donner has a birth defect that restricts his ability to swallow food. It can be fixed, but hell have to go all the way to uc davis to see a specialist. Now the Nevada Humane Society is looking for specialist. Now the Nevada Humane Society is looking for specialist. Now the nevada humane two month old donner has a birth defect that restricts his ability to swallow food. It can be fixed, but hell have to go all the way to uc davis to see a specialist. Now the Nevada Humane Society is looking for specialist. Now the Nevada Humane Society is looking for people in our community who can help cover the cost of that procedure. Society is looking for people in our community who can help cover the cost of that procedure. We know that his quality of life will be good. We know that he deserves that Second Chance and so were willing to go above and beyond to save his life, and thats why we ask for the community to help out with those donations so we can do just that. If you would like to donate to help donner, you can do it in person, online or over the phone. Just make sure you make a notation that you would like that money to go to donner. Youll find more information about how you can help on kolo tvdotcom, under hot topics. You may be wondering if donner is up for adoption. Kimberly wade says hell be looking for a good home after he has had a chance to recover from the surgery which should be in the next here with a look at whats coming up in our next hour. Were working on several new and updated stories coming up on kolo 8 news now at 5. We all know that eating well is good for your physical health. But its good for your mental as well. Well tell you what foods can help boost your brainpower. And a local spa has earned a prestigious fourstar rating from forbes magazine. And they didnt even know they were under the microscope. Plus, the oscars are just a few days away. The company that has made the golden statuettes for more than three decades is showing us what goes. Forecasttonight on kolo 8 news now. Warm weather in recent weeks is already taking a toll on our snow pack. How that water is being captured downstream and saved for later. A lyon man accused of killing a toddler is acquitted by a jury, on two out of three charges. Plus. Donald trump is someone who keeps his word and that means america will keep its word again. Donald trump gets a big endorsement. With Chris Christie announcing his backing. Thanks for joining us. Im kendra kostelecky. In for sarah johns. And im noah bond. Breaking tonight. Weve learned new details in the last 20 minutes about an officerinvolved shooting in Silver Springs. The Lyon County Sheriffs Office has identified the man man shot by a deputy as 19 yearold Tristan Conti mcneil tells us. A deputy as shot in the hand in the incident. The sheriff says a vehicle was reported stolen in sparks around 930 last night. Less than an hour later, that suv was spotted by a lyon county deputy in the parking lot of the Silver Springs nugget. As the deputy approached the vehicle. Someone in the car shot at him, and the deputy returned fire. Killing conti. A juvenile in the vehicle was also shot and flown to the hospital with uknown injuries. Two other juveniles ran from scene, but were later arrested. The names of the suspects, and deputy have not been released. The search for two suspects in a South Lake Tahoe murder has led investigators to solano county. Investigators from the El Dorado County das office were in vallejo looking for 24yearold Domenic Seanlee Randolph and 26year old dion jermaine vaccaro. They believe those two men were involved in the murder of Dennis Wright at the Beverly Lodge in january. Last week. 18yearold tristan batten and 20 yearold harvest