Saturday. Expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. Short term. Main changes to the forecast for this morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet issue a winter storm watch for the sierra friday night and saturday, and increase unr student who says she was robbed at gun point. Police at the university are now investigating the robbery. They say it happened yesterday afternoon near Lawlor Events Center and the west Stadium Parking garage. The victim says she was robbed by two white men wearing jeans and masks. Police say the robbers were last seen heading northbound away from campus. A shed explosion in after fire crews say they found it engulfed in flames. It happened yesterday on tomahawk way. Crews from truckee meadows fire say the shed was used as a garage and contained oil and propane tanks. Fortunately, no one was hurt as a result of the explosion. New developments this morning over the fire lawsuit between the Reno City Council and truckee meadows Fire Protection district. The city Council Voted to accept the terms of a settlement regarding fire services. The county will pay the city 447thousand dollars in back workers comp fees and both parties are choosing not to argue over damaged fire engines or missing equipment. The settlement ends a long battle between the two agencies and they hope to start a Good Relationship that could lead to another attempt at fire consolidation in the future. A federal judge has refused to grant a new trial for a nevada Trucking Firm for the deadly amtrak crash that left 6 people dead in 2011. The judge decided to court jury who says the truck driver wasnt paying attention and was to blame for the crash outside fallon. The driver was killed along with five people on the california zephyr. The judge ruled the 2014 verdict was reasonable, and there was no legal basis to revisit the case. John davis trucking was ordered to pay more than 4 anda half Million Dollars in damages to amtrak. A decision has been made in the the trade secrets lawsuit between the peppermill and grand sierra resort. After a two week trial, a jury sided with the peppermill over the 8 Million Dollar trade secrets case yesterday. The grand sierra resort filed a lawsuit in 2013, against peppermills corporate analyst ryan tors, after he was caught using a reset key, to gather information from gsr slot machines. State investigators found he also collected data from at least ten other nevada casinos. Peppermill was fined gsr sought damages, a temporary restraining order, and injunction as well as legal fees. A dui conviction for state assemblyman richard carrillo, has been overturned. According to the nevada appeal, a judge ruled carrillos blood test wasnt admissible evidence based on a Crime Lab Technicians testimony. The technician says she did not control all stages of the blood test, that showed carrillos blood alcohol content was above the legal limit when he was found asleep in the drivers seat of his car last february. All eyes on tonights Republican Debate in the hawkeye state. The republicans look to clash. Without donald trump on the stage. The gop frontrunner. Speaking out. On why hes not attending and what hell be doing instead of participating in the debate. Heres abcs ray raimundi. Script the seventh republican gop debate will happen with swirling controversy. Donald trump says he will be absent. His republican rivals. Seizing the forward for the all important iowa vote. Which is now just four days away. The fox News Donald Trump debate controversy continues this morning . Both sides engaged in a high stakes game of chicken just hours before tonights final debate trump defending his decision to skip out on the Republican Debate on fox news sot 20 02 05 00 i was not treated well by fox. I have zero respect for megyn kelly. And the gop frontrunners republican counterparts pouncing on his decision to be a no show. Particularly senator ted cruz the texas senator also now challenging trump to a one on one. Debate trump tweeting his response saying okaycan we do it in canada . Nats meanwhile the Democratic Candidates are stumping. Intensely focused on their ground game before mondays all important caucuses. Bernie sanders choosing to take on trump good news for People Living in carson city. In the sate of the city address the mayor said nevadas capital is mayor bob crowell took a look at the years highlights yesterday. He says the city is getting ready to break ground on its downtown redevelopment project that will make significant improvements to the heart of the city, like widening the sidewalks to improve Pedestrian Safety in the area. Were doing the right thing, were putting in the right infrastructure and it will keep the Community Spirit up and make sure that it will be something were proud of 20 years from now. The widening project is set to wrap up in october. Over the last year, the city added 11 acres of land for recreational use, and has increased revenue by nearly 13 Million Dollars. Off at rye patch reservoir. Well tell you the of why the fish are ending up dead. And the zika virus is getting talked about more and more. But well take a closer look virus from a local coming up, Lindsey Matherly will have your complete forecast. Thats next on kolo 8 news now. Youre watching kolo 8 news now good morning reno with dave lawrence, Amanda Sanchez and Lindsey Matherly with your hour by hour forecast warm and dry conditions as High Pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region starting friday with i was walking home. Just picked us up two breakfast croissants for four bucks, when this bear attacked. With one swipe, it devoured one of theroissants. Then jack showed up and took care of the beast, so i could escape. And thats what happened to your breakfast croissant. And yours . It survived. Share it with yourself. Freshlycracked egg with ham and bacon,or sausage, conditions as High Pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region starting friday with strong winds, rain, and high elevation snow. A cold front will bring lowering snow levels friday night and saturday. Expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. Short term. Main changes to the morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet issue a winter storm watch for the sierra friday night and saturday, and increase the wind gust potential across western nevada and the eastern sierra friday afternoon. Some light rain will occur today along and north of i80 as a bit of warm air advection crosses the region. The storm remains on track with the jet pushing a warm and deep moisture plume into the northern sierra and northeast california friday morning. The moisture plume and a cold front will slowly track north to south from friday evening to saturday morning. Once the front passes, snow levels of 80009000 feet pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region starting friday with strong winds, rain, and high elevation snow. A cold front will bring lowering snow levels friday night and saturday. Expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. Short term. Main changes to the forecast for this morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet issue a winter five arrests have been made in connection to the california jail break thats sparked a massive manhunt. The Orange County sheriff says the people arrested, had some connection to the inmates who escaped, and more arrests are expected. The three men considered dangerous are still on the run. Some of the people arrested were members convinced that the inmates had outside help in escaping the prison because of the clean cuts made to inchthick steel bars. A mosquitoborne virus good morning. Topping americas money a possible change coming to your cable box. Under a proposal from the fcc, cable and satellite customers could purchase the devices. Right now, nearly everybody must lease the box from their provider. Wendys investigating a possible security breach. The fastfood chain said it has reports of unusual activity on cards that had recently been used at some of its locations. So, customers are asked to check their bank statements. And just for the look of it. Diet coke is hoping to refresh its brand with some splashy new graphics. Computer giant hp to create the its mine program, to to inject colors on cans. No two cans will be alike. Okay, if you say so. Well take your word for it. Pretty cool. Before earning enough cash back from bank of america to help pay for her kids ice time. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time. And 2 back at the grocery store. Even before she got 3 back on gas, all with no hoops to jump through. Katie used her bankamericard cash rewards credit card to stay warm and toasty during the heat of competition. Thats the comfort of rewarding connections. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. When heartburn hits fight back fast tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue and neutralizes stomach acid at the source tum, tum, tum, tum smoothies only from tums ever look at a squirrel and think, pretty sure thats how nuts werediscovered. Larabar. Food made from food. Maybe you want to kick back with a few beers this weekend. Or get hands on with science. You have plenty of back with a few beers this weekend. Or get hands on with science. You have plenty of options. Kolo 8 news nows rebecca kitchen is live with your 8 things to do. Good morning dave well who doesnt want to talk about beer at 5 in the morning. But its all because. Back with a few beers this weekend. Or get hands on with science. You have plenty of options. Kolo 8 news nows rebecca kitchen is live with your 8 things to do. Good morning dave well who doesnt want to talk about beer at 5 in the morning. But its all for a good cause because. Brew haha is brew haha turns 21. The annual fundraiser for sierra arts features more than 100 beers for you to sample. The all you can responsibly drink fundraiser is tomorrow at the nugget casino. Mardi gras may still be two weeks away. But you can celebrate early with mardi crawl. Dress up in fun outfits and collect beads. The bar crawl is saturday night at 8. The reno tahoe senior winter games is back. If youre over 50 you still have time to register to compete in fitness activities like archery. Snowshoeing. Pickleball and much more. The games start saturday and run through february 14th. The reno big horns take on the Santa Cruz Warriors sunday at the off is at 3. Celebrate the joy of the 12th annual evening masquerade ball. The evening features musical performances by the reno Jazz Orchestra and the noteables. Thats saturday night. Proceeds benefit Music Therapy programs in our area. The grownups are taking over the discovery museum. Social science is an adults only night of hands on science demos and projects. Along with drinks and appetizers. The nights theme will play into the current monster fish exhibt. Thats saturday night at 6. The finest hours. The true story of a daring 1952 rescue attempt off the coast of cape cod opens in theaters. You can catch the movie staring chris pine and Casey Affleck in local theaters starting tonight and finally. Donny osmond celebrates 50 years as a performer with his soundtrack of my life tour. He will be at the silver legacy tomorrow night at 8. Those are your 8 things to do and you can always find more ideas by heading to kolo tv dot com and clicking on kolo cares. Dave and amanda warm and dry conditions as High Pressure shifts to the east today. The next storm will impact the region starting friday with high elevation snow. A cold front will bring lowering snow levels friday night and saturday. Expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. Main changes to the forecast for this morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet issue a winter storm watch for the sierra friday night and saturday, and increase the wind gust potential across western nevada and the eastern sierra friday afternoon. Some light rain will occur today along and north of i80 as a bit of warm air advection crosses the region. The storm remains on track with the jet pushing a warm and deep moisture plume into the northern sierra and friday morning. The moisture plume and a cold front will slowly track north to south from birth defects affect around one in every 35 babies each year and are responsible for one in five infant deaths. To raise awareness about birth defect prevention, the cdc has named january as birth defects prevention month. Experts say while many birth defects are genetic and not preventable; there are steps that women can take to help protect their baby during crucial stages of development. Sotvo one of the more common birth defects are neural tube defects that have to do with the developments of the spinal cord and for that we recommend that women take folic acid. Dr. Natalie yeaney is the director of the Fetal Care Center at cleveland clinic, she says consuming four to eighthundred micrograms of folic acid per day during a womans reproductive years can help prevent spina bifida a condition does not develop properly, leading to severe physical disabilities. The mosquitoborne zika virus seems to be making basis. This morning the World Health Organization saying its spreading explosively. Local doctorjames wilson has been appointed to the zika response working group. He says the mosquito which carries the virus here in Washoe County or the rest of nevada. Weather here, and in many other parts of the country, the mosquito cannot survive long enough to replicate and spread the disease. However he says the virus is contagious. It can spread through sexual contact. If you are a man, get infected, you have virus in your blood stream, you go back home within that narrow window of time up to 21 days, you can potentially infect your spouse. And if you are trying to have that same risk zone. Pregnant women exposed to the virus can syndrome called microcephaly, where the brains are highly underdevelopedit is sometimes fatal. For those reasons dr. Women should refrain from visiting countries virus. He predicts the disease will run its course in the next two years. Prices for coffee beans are at their lowest years. A pound of arabica coffee the type starbucks buys and serves to customers has fallen by about a third in just the past year. Officials in brazil forecast that coffee farmers will have a huge harvest season this oversupply of beans, drop in prices. Latte prices to come down. A decent rise in wages, another ingredient in states and cities across the country have been increasing the minimum wage. That affects all Stores Mcdonalds and starbucks of the world. New details on the california jail escape. Police have made five arrests in the case. Why authorities believe the fugitives had outside help. And the oregon standoff seems to be coming to an end. Why ammon bundy has asked his followers to stand down. Youre watching kolo 8 news now. For news while youre on the move, listen to our news partner newstalk 780 koh youre watching kolo 8 news now good morning reno. Im dave lawrence. Amanda is off today
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