Wednesday. High pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and warming temperatures expected into the weekend. Short term. The center of the surface low which brought heavy snowfall across much of western nevada continues to shift southeastward with only a few light snow showers remaining across the region. As a result, have turning now to a deadly hit and run over the weekend. It happened saturday morning just before 6. Police say a 55 year old man was crossing 4th street near spokane, when he was hit by a pickup truck. Were told the driver was speeding and their headlights were off. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Colored. Anyone with information is asked to Call Reno Police or secret witness at 322 4900. A 2thousand dollar reward is being offered. Third Police Believe a deadly shooting in south lake stemmed from a drug deal. It happened saturday night at the beverly lodge. Police found 40 year old Dennis Wright junior outside one of the rooms with a gunshot wound to his chest. He was taken to a local hospital where he died. According to police. Wright and a woman drove to south lake to deliver a hundred pounds of marijuana. A fight broke out and shots were fired. The woman suffered a head injury. Police are asking anyone with information about this shooting to call South Lake Tahoe police at 5305426100. The wait is over. It is decision day in iowa. The 2016 president ial nomination process. Kicking off today. The candidates, spending the night crisscrossing the state, hoping to win the first inthenation caucuses. Abcs lana zak is tracking it all in des it sounds like you want to make political revolution. Clinton nats clinton sot i am a better candidate, and thanks to you, i will be a better president , and i want you to know that. Gfx time is up for the three democrats and the eleven republicans running for president rob sand will be administering a caucus in western des moines i think a lot of people are going to make that decision when theyre listening to their neighbors. In fact, on both the republican and the democratic side, the last iowa poll found 5 points or less separating 1st and 2nd place . And with about a third of voters still waivering in their support, campaigns can influence the results up to the last second. In their final day on the trail, ted cruz attended for you if you promise to run this country like a god fearing christian. Cruz you have my word he said he prayed for donald trump and marco rubio, who made this appeal rubio im asking you to caucus for me tomorrow night because if im president of the united states, when im president of the united states, we will confront the challenges of our time. Rubio fighting hard for an upset second place finish. Or better trump get out of bed and caucus and donald trump, long the man in the lead, gave his wife melania the mic to close the deal in iowa. Melania sot. He will be unbelievable. Tag on the republican side, we will expect results to start coming in soon after 7 central, for the democrats though, the results often take longer since those caucuses are like a game of red rover, with campaigns trying to sway voters from the noncompetitive candidates over to their side. Lana zak abc news, des moines, iowa you can bet things will be busy behind the scenes at the iowa caucuses. Our Washington Bureau correspondent, jacqueline policastro, gives us a sneak peek at the media center, plus tells us about the new technology being used to tally up all those votes. Good morning from des moines iowa. This is the media center where reporters from across the globe results roll in. Let me give you a look around. You can see down here on the ground floor the area where journalists will be monitoring the caucus results. And then as we pan up, the space where television reporters will deliver the results. This year, theres some new technology, some new cell phone apps that will allow both parties to deliver caucus results directly to the head of the party. Right now, donald trump leads ted cruz by 5 points, and Hillary Clinton leads Bernie Sanders by 3 points. The caucus starts at 7pm. Reporting in des moines, ia, im jacqueline policastro. Back here at home. Well learn more about the successes and challenges facing our schools during the superintendents 2016 state of education address. Tonights address starts at 6 oclock. Its going on at the Damonte Ranch High School theater. Superintendent traci davis and the Washoe CountySchool District board of trustees will discuss the districts progress toward goals outlined in 2015 and will update the community on current programs designed to help well i often make the joke. That amanda is often on another planet. And it could become a reality. Oh im so excited. A look at the latest thing elon musk has up his sleeve. And were keeping an eye on the roads this morning. The snow and ice making for some slick conditions out there. 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 winter storm all morning long. All the snow and ice means a slick commute this morning. Kolo 8 news nows matt vaughan joins us with a live look at the roads this morning. As well as how its affecting local schools. The ice on the roads is going to be the main concern as people make their morning commute today. The freezing temperatures overnight have created extremely slick conditions in most areas. Take a look at just how bad it was yesterday. I80 backed up in both directions. On the westbound side near wadsworth for whiteout conditions and two big rigs that had jackknifed. And also near the state line. Heading eastbound. Emergency crews dealt with a 25 car pileup near farad. While you may not see the blinding snowfall that we had yesterday. It is still going to be dangerous out there. Depsite ndot crews working around the clock to clear the roads. Ice will be a major problem. The driving conditions for everyone involved, including our own drivers, is going to be slow. People need to plan ahead. Leave a little bit early. And the hazardous Road Conditions are causing several School Delays this morning. Here are the ones weve been notified of so far. Ace high school will start at 9 am. All Churchill County schools will be on a two hour delay. And the same goes for the snows. And pyramid lake junior senior high school. Well keep you updated on any closures or delays as they change throughout the morning. We say it every time theres a big storm. But just a reminder to drive slow. Chains or snow tires are required in a lot of the usual areas. Geiger grade. Interstate 80 on the california side. Mount rose highway and highway 50. A quieter weather pattern will be in store this week with cold and below average temperatures through midweek. A few brushby disturbances may provide snow showers on tuesday and more so by wednesday. High pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and warming temperatures expected into the weekend. The center of the surface low which brought heavy snowfall across much of western nevada continues to a few light snow showers remaining across the region. As a result, have discontinued all remaining Winter Weather products. Skies are also beginning to clear across northeast california and northwest nevada which is producing current temperatures in the teens and 20s across much of the area. Road surface temperatures remain below freezing and expect snow ice covered roadways to create travel impacts and slow downs for this mornings commute. Motorists and pedestrians should allow extra time this morning to reach your destination. Brisk northerly winds this morning will also make for some bitter feeling wind chills with much of the region. Areas of blowing snow may also limit visibility at times especially across portions of mono and Mineral County where wind gusts up to 45 mph are possible through the afternoon. This week with cold and below average temperatures through midweek. A few brushby disturbances may provide snow showers on tuesday and more so by wednesday. High pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and warming temperatures expected into the weekend. The center of the surface low which brought heavy snowfall across much of western with only a few light snow showers remaining across the region. As a result, have discontinued all remaining Winter Weather products. Skies are also beginning to clear across northeast california and northwest nevada which is producing current temperatures are you ready for a trip to mars . The ceo of tesla elon musk is one of the visionaries of private space expeditions. While some see colonizing other planets as a pipe dream. The billionaire entrepreneur has a very different outlook, on why Space Exploration is so important. If something were to happen to earth, does life as we know it end . Or if its on another planet it probably wouldnt end. Multi planet cicivlization is likely to planet civilization. Musk went on to say that he expects spacex to take people to mars by 2025. Hes also expected to unveil a new rocket model in october during the International Astronautical congress. Another step forward for musks hyperloop. student engineers at m it won a competition to transform musks idea of high speed travel into an actual design. Labased Hyperloop Technologies is building a track in north las vegas. The idea is to transport pods of up to 30 people through a tube at speeds of 700 miles per hour. This weekends competition involved more than a thousand college students. The top teams will now build pods to be tested in vegas. Theres a new fat laden option coming to burger king. Top of t good morning. Topping americas money could wall street predict the president ial election . The dow fell 5. 5 in january. That slow start could be big for the republicans. Since the 1960s, every Election Year with a negative january and no incumbent running, the white house has changed parties. Americans chose to lighten things up at the movies this weekend. Kung fu panda 3 brought in more than three times as much in its Opening Weekend as the revenant. 41 million compared to just 12 million. Star wars was in third. And burger king is upping the ante in the burger wars. Today, its rolling out the extra long buttery cheese burger. It has all the standards but its extra long and drenched in buttery garlic sauce. Butter does make ev hey, youre going to do great. Hi. If you misplace your discover card, you can use freeze it to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds. And once you find it, you can switch it right on again. Youre back freeze it, only from discover. Get it at discover. Com. Adventures from 599, plus up to 300 to spend at sea. Come seek the royal caribbean. Book now, offer ends soon. Sold at several stores, recall. The i play food storage cubes can break. 23 injuries have been reported. They were sold at whole foods. Amazon dotcom. And target dotcom between june and december of last year. If you have one contact i play for a replacement product. You can find more information about the recall, at kolo tv dot com. Just click on hot topics. Now to the investigation into the ecoli outbreak linked to chipotle. The wall street journal is reporting the outbreak could be declared over as soon as today. Dozens of people across 9 states were affected by the outbreak since october of last year. Despite an investigation, the cdc hasnt been able to pinpoint an exact source of the contamination. The business has been trying to reassure customers their food is safe to eat since the outbreak. Looking to buy a gun on facebook . Think again. The social media giant announced it is banning users from coordinating private gun sales on its social networking site. The ban is also in effect on its mobile app and instagram. The ban does not apply for purchases completed off facebook. The move brings firearms in line with facebooks ban on the private sale of marijuana, pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs. Were not the only ones getting hit with a wild winter. Some clogged ice in california causing some big flooding problems. And the wild weather even killing a driver in Southern California. When a tree falls on their car. Some people are sure some p a big storm knocked out power all over the northwest and it was up to me to help restore it. But when i started having problems with my brakes, suddenly i needed some help of my own. They got right on it and removeda rock in the caliper at nocharge. By helping me so quickly, they helped us turn the whole towns lights back on. Well done. Im bob timmons and thats my les schwab story. Snow. Check out these snowmen these photos were sent in from kolo 8 news now viewers from reno, sparks, and wadsworth. And take a look at this photo out of virginia city. Diamond jim says the snow makes their paper stand look like a monkey or a poodle a quieter weather pattern will be in store this week with cold and below average temperatures through midweek. A few brushby disturbances may provide snow showers on tuesday and more so by wednesday. High for the remainder of the in california. Crews used heavy equipment to remove an ice dam that caused major flooding and cut off a community yesterday. An excavator was called into to unclog ice from the south fork of the yuba river. Officials say heavy rains on friday played a role in the flooding. At least two feet of water wiped out this road in soda springs. The high waters even forced royal gorge ski resort to shut down for the day. The winter storm turned deadly in Southern California after a large tree fell onto a car. Killing the driver inside. Brandon lewis has more on the tragic accident. We were seconds, literally seconds away from being underneath that tree ourselves. Chris travis just turned the corner after this 8 foot wide tree came crashing down on a small silver honda we ran over to see if we could help out or assist in any way could, try to see if anyone could respond an we couldnt even see a body. Firefighters say the person inside the car was killed instantly. Three other cars were also damaged by the tree, but were parked and unoccupied. Our heart goes out to the person its a terrible terrible situation. Once the person inside was pronounced, firefighters adjusted their tactic and called for additional manpower, but other crews were tied up at the many other downed trees throughout the city. Weve been busy all day with high wind related incidents. Threes no reason to believe this was also caused by wind, but we wont know until the experts get here to determine that. Crews are expected to spend several hours clearing debris before they can access the body, but travis says itll take longer than that for him to recover from knowing he came close to also ending up under the tree. Life is so precious and that could have been us. It seriously could have been us. I cried earlier and since that happened could have been us. It seriously could have been us. I cried earlier and since that happened weve still been emotional because its not something you can ever prepare yourself for. It sounds like a nail biting movie plot. How authorities were able to capture three dangerous inmates who broke out of a Southern California jail. A missing 13 Year Old Girl found dead in virginia. Who police say is responsible for the gruesome crime. For news while youre on the move, listen to our news partner now good morning reno