Maintain chances for precipitation in the forecast tuesday and wednesday to account for the uncertainty. Thanks, dick. Snow, fog and ice caused some very dangerous conditions on the roads today. Several crashes were reported during todays morning commute. This rollover happened around 8 this morning on robb drive between sharlands and mae anne. Reno police say the s uv slid off the road and rolled into a nearby ravine. The driver was not hurt. And, this rollover crash happened earlier this morning around 6 30. Sparks police say the suv slid on rock boulevard, and rolled down into rock park. It took crews more than an hour to move the vehicle. This driver, was also uninjured. And several crashes held up traffic on i580 near glendale avenue. The first crash happened around 3 30 in the morning. Followed by four more crashes. All within a few minutes. Only minor injuries were reported. President obamas new gun control regulations, are supposed to keep guns, out of the hands of but some people may be finding it easier to buy federally restricted firearms. Current law places restrictions on the purchase of silencers. Short barreled shotguns and fully auto machine guns. You have to get approval of the local sheriff. And pass a special fbi background check to to purchase one of these items. Under the president s new regulations. The local sheriff would be cut out of the process. Some chief Law Enforcement officers who did not want individuals to have those items. Even though there was no legal reason for that, could simply refuse to sign that which would make it harder for the consumer. We have not experienced that problem here in northern nevada. We spoke with the Washoe County Sheriffs Office today. They believe theyll still be notified of a restricted firearm purchase. Even though they wont have a say in the purchase. Reno police have arrested the person they say stabbed a man to death early this morning. It was just after midnight when Police Arrived to the scene of a fight, at the Desert Sunset Motel on east 21yearold michael banquicio, was stabbed and taken to renown medical center. He later died from his injuries. Police later found 40 yearold victoria sweeting at an apartment complex, in south reno. Police say she admitted to stabbing banquicio during the fight. Sweeting is charged with one count of open murder. Detectives are still investigating what started the fight. If you have any information that can help, youre urged to call reno police, or secret witness at 322 4900. A Douglas County man is facing domestic battery charges after he allegedly tried to strangle his wife and fired a shotgun inside the home. It was monday night when deputies arrested 38yearold matthew meinen. His wife told deputies he strangeld her and fired a shotgun inside the home. With seven children there at the time. Deputies say meinen refused to follow their instructions. He was tased and taken into custody. Meinen is facing charges of resisting arrest, domestic battery, child abuse and being an exfelon in possession of a weapon. His bail has been set at over 78thousand dollars. Man who police say is responsible for a 6hour standoff yesterday with officers. Sparks police say Daniel Enriquez barricaded himself, and as many as four hostages into a home near greenbrae and probasco. Enriquez was wanted by reno police for robbing a supermarket, and for a shooting back in december at the gold dust west. Hes charged with robbery and battery with a deadly weapon, plus several weapons, and probation violations. What would you do with 500 Million Dollars . Well you have less than 30 minutes left to figure it out as powerball sales close at 7 pm local time. Kolo 8 news nows paul harris is live at the gold ranchs lottery store. Paul how are the lines . Sarah. There is still a good number of people in line. And the wait time is about . . . Here is video i shot. As people were waiting 30 minutes or more to buy tickets. Many people told me if they won they would take care of friends and family or donate a large the gold ranch has been lucky as well this past week. We had a lucky guest win Twelve Thousand seven hundred, they hit 5 out of 5 on the super lotto but they missed the mega number. And last wednesda somebody hit fantasy five out here and won sixty nine thousand dollars, so its been a great week. However the odds are stacked against you as the amount of numbers you can pick has increased from 59 to 69. Here is a last minute tip if you want to come down to buy a ticket, use the automated machines for quicker service. Now if no jackpot is won, the next draw will be saturday and officials tell me this place will be packed, with possible traffic jams on the freeway. Live at gold ranch, paul you may have seen the image circulating on facebook. Now, some parents are upset, it ended up in their childs classroom. Were taking a look at the image causing the controversy at dayton high school. And, hundreds of nevada employees laid off. The company says its because of a decision made by the state public utility commitee. So what kind of weather can we expect 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. With more showers in the forecast today and again a cold night tonight roads could be an issue for tomorrow mornings commute. Well take a live look outside tomorrow morning on good morning reno starting early at 430 am. Announcer youre watching kolo 8 news now at 6 30, with sarah johns, noah bond, weather with meteorologist jeff thomspon, and sports with josh little. This is Dick Stoddard has your complete forecast. The next winter storm is moving into the region today bringing additional snow as well as travel impacts across the sierra. Another, weaker storm may impact the forecast area on saturday before a ridge of High Pressure returns to the region early next week. Short term. Main change to the forecast was to add freezing fog to many valley locations and to issue a freezing fog advisory. Many locations are reporting lowered visibility as well as very icy roads. Morning commuters are urged to leave plenty of extra time for travel as roads will be extremely icy and hazardous. Dense freezing fog appears to have consolidated in the vicinity of the reno airport early this morning so if you have a flight be sure to check its status before heading out. Several flights were redirected and cancelled overnight due to the dense fog and low visibility. Bulk of the next storm the sierra this morning and then into western nevada by midday. Spillover doesnt look spectacular with this storm, so we anticipate most of the impacts and precipitation will remain in northeastern california and the sierra locations. The system is also still trending a bit farther south than the previous storm, so heaviest precipitation amounts will likely be south of highway 50 as the storm pushes into the area. Looking at satellite early this morning there is quite a bit of lightning with the storm as it moves into the west coast. If convective activity continues then stronger precipitation bands could move across the sierra resulting in localized snow amounts much higher than currently forecast. Winter weather advisories are in effect for the tahoe basin for this morning and for mono county later this afternoon, where the most significant travel impacts will occur. Details are available in the Winter Weather advisory products. Snow showers linger thursday, but appear to remain confined to the sierra. Operational models are picking up on a weak shortwave quickly passing through the region for late thursday into friday, but there are some timing differences so forecaster confidence is relatively low. This shortwave would likely bring additional snowfall to the sierra with some travel implications. Kept chances for showers in the forecast through the end of the work week. Weishahn long term. Saturday through wednesday. Only minor changes were made to the ongoing forecast. A couple of weak systems will impact the region saturday and again tuesday, possibly followed by another storm either wednesday or thursday. Overall, temperatures will remain below normal with the potential for weak inversions developing sunday into monday. Medium range forecast models have come into better Agreement Regarding the shortwave for saturday. The trend has been toward the ec solution, which had been the most consistent the past few nights. The sierra on saturday, which gradually elongates southward toward the subtropical jet. This would likely yield higher snow amounts for the southern sierra, while the trajectory isnt favorable for spillover into western nevada. There should be another dry period sunday into monday as a ridge amplifies over the west in response to a deepening trough in the northeast pacific. With a teacher may face disciplinary action for an image put in a test. Some local parents dont think the controversial image belongs in the classroom. And the School District is apologizing. For news while youre on the go, listen to our newscast partner, we have breaking news from the president ial campaign trail. Another republican candidate is headed to northern nevada. Ohio Governor John Kasich will be at the Washoe County gop headquarters next tuesday, january 12th. The event will start at 145 in the afternoon and end at 230. The meetandgreet does not require tickets, but an rsvp is appreciated. Kolo 8 news now will update the event information when it becomes available. A disturbing image recently appeared on the final exam in a us history course at dayton high school. Its angering some parents, and prompting an apology from school officials. Kolo 8 news nows ed pearce has the story. 00 29 29 34 341 24 the paintingtitled a tale of two hoodieswas created as statement on the issue of racial profiling, an image the artist has said aimed at challenging the viewer and creating public discourse. But with its depiction of a policeman in a Ku Klux Klan Hood pointing a gun at an African American child, it has sometimes instead left anger and racial tension in its wake. Brian nelsons 17 year old son encountered it in an essay question in a final exam here at dayton high school. Nelson what was described to me was that the students were supposed to write about what the artist was trying to portray in the image. Nelson says his son didnt know how to answera difficult question in a Law Enforcement family. Professional Law Enforcement has been suffering from a tarnished image which has been portrayed by the media and its been increasing over the last several years. Theres a number of reason for that, but this was just another attack on their integrity and it has no place in the classroom. Reaction, mostly on facebook, was immediate stirring anger on both sides. Yesterday, Lyon County School superintendent wayne workman issued an immediate apology, reading in part, we of the image and regret that it was used. Workman could not say what consequences the teacher might face, citing personnel privacy issues. He did say the district was taking appropriate administrative action. In dayton, ed pearce kolo 8 news now solarcity says its laid off 550 nevada employees. Thats about a quarter of its workforce. Two weeks ago solarcity announced it will halt the sale and installation of rooftop solar panels in nevada. The move comes after nv energy cut the rate it pays solar customers for extra power. Solarcity says the new rates make solar too expensive. Nv energy argues, solar customers avoided paying some of the utilitys fixed costs in the past. Las vegas data company switch, has begun drawing exclusively from renewable energy, to power its facilities. Switch has entered into an agreement with nv energy, to use the utilitys existing renewable sources, including geothermal, an historic hall of fame vote today in baseball plus. A reno bighorns player has been ranked as the top prospect in a reno bighorns guard has been rated as the top nba prospect in the entire dleague erick green is coveted hes hitting 45 of his 3 pointers this season. Hes also second in the league in scoring, averaging 27 points per game. Green was a second round pick out of Virginia Tech three years ago. The wolf pack is in fresno tonight. The bulldogs are much improved. 10and5 overall, and 8 and2 at home this season. They won at unlv last week, and hung with 13th ranked arizona in tucson. And they lost by just 5 points at 15th ranked oregon. And theyre ranked 25th in offensive rebounds per game. Coleman its going to be a tough game going into fresno state. Theyre a very talented basketball team. The key is, were going ot have to stay toughminded, because theyre going to make runs and stuff like that. So just keep being resilient. Fenner they love crashing the offensive glass. We need to make sure we stay active on the boards. We know the guys that we need to stop. And then we just need to click on offense, altogether. Weve got to share the ball, move the ball. Make our cuts, get back on d. And minutes. The wolf pack is a 7. 5 point underdog at the sports books two former baseball stars have been elected into the hall of fame. Including one by a recordsetting vote. Ken griffey junior was voted in on all but three ballots. A record 99. 3 of the vote. He made 13 allstar teams and won 10 gold glove awards. His 630 home runs rank 6th alltime, and he ranks 13th in runs batted in. He is one of just three players to ever hit over 500 home runs and win at least 10 gold glove awards. Mike piazza joins him, getting 83 of the vote. It was his 4th year of eligibility. He hit the most home runs ever by a catcher, 427 of them. He also batted. 308 during his 16year career, named to the allstar team 12 times. Former wolf pack catcher corky miller has been added to the Coaching Staff of the dayton dragons. Theyre the classa hell work with the teams catchers during home games, then serve as a roaving instructor with their other Minor League Teams while theyre on the road. Miller held a similar role last season, his first as a coach. He played 17 years, including parts of 11 seasons in the big leagues. His number was actually retired at triplea louisville. The next winter storm is moving into the region today bringing additional snow as well as travel impacts across the sierra. Another, weaker storm may impact the forecast area on saturday before a ridge of High Pressure returns to the region early next week. Short term. Main change to the next. Remember, you can find more information on the stories you saw here on this is jeopardy introducing todays contestants a Program Analyst from washington, d. C. A retired registered nurse from braselton, georgia. And our returning champion,
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