Transcripts For KOLO Good Morning Reno 5am 20160202

Our nominee, thanks to what you have done here in this great state. Meanwhile on the democratic side, the vote came in much like the previous polls. A dead heat. Until the Early Morning hours, the race between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders was just too close to call. As i stand here breathing a huge sigh of relief, thank you iowa what iowa has begun tonight is a political revolution. But its the end of the road for at least two candidates. Democrat Martin Omalley is calling it quits after getting just onepercent of the vote. On the republican side, Mike Huckabee bowed out with humor. Its time to officially suspend the campaign, but not because of the votes its because of illness. Its obvious the voters are sick of me and i need to acknowledge that. Now the candidates look ahead to next weeks New Hampshire primary. Back here at home. Back here at home. Both parties are gearing caucuses. The Democratic Caucus 20th at 11 a. M. The Republican Caucus is tuesday, february 23rd at 5 30 p. M. Its important to registered voters of each party can participate. You can go to your partys website and find locations, training sessions, and even register to vote. There are two big differences in the events though when it comes to registering. Adam khan Washoe County gop february 13th is the last day to register. And its really important that you register. Because a lot of people are excited about our republican candidates, but they are not registered to vote. Pam dupre Washoe County Democratic Party. Under the Democratic Party rules, not the republican, but Democratic Party rules you can register as a democrat on caucus day and then proceed into the precinct caucus location and particiapte as a fully registered democrat comfortable registering to vote on line, you can do it at party headquarters, or go to the Washoe County registrar of voters. Lets go to Lindsey Matherly with a look at the forecast. 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 for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and warming temperatures expected into the weekend. Short term. Investigators are trying to figure out what led up to this fatal crash on highway 395. It happened yesterday afternoon, just south of north mccarran. Nhp says the driver apparently lost control and hit a light pole before coming to a stop in a ravine. He was the one only one inside the car at the time. Officials have not yet released his name. Turning now to the state of education in Washoe County. School district superintendent traci davis says better test scores and higher Graduation Rates are at the top of the list when it comes to student success. Nows Catherine Van explains. The district is still facing challenges. Nats the future of Washoe County School District is in all of our hands. Superintendent traci davis is making it her goal to make sure each of the districts 64,000 students leaves school with a name, a face and a diploma. Traci we didnt have one comprehensive school with a Graduation Rate of under 73 percent, which is the first time in history that has happened in Washoe County. 201415 became a benchmark year for the School District. While nevada is once again ranked last in education. This district proves it is outperforming other School Districts in, test scores, attendance and Graduation Rates. Nats by the year 2020, our Graduation Rate with be 90 now. Its being awarded a private grant of 13 Million Dollars that will span 13 years to help close gaps that may impede a students substance abuse, a variety of things and ensuring we provide for those needs and the Matthewson Foundation has come forward and said we value that in our community. But right now. The School District is at a breaking point with overcrowding schools and underfunded infrastructures. Its so bad that if new schools arent built. In the next five years. Double sessions are inevitable. Traci kids are going to the bus stop at 5 in the morning, getting out of school at 12, the next shift at coming in at 1 and get out at 5 or six and how that impacts sports or bands. Its the only way we can safely educate kids. That was Catherine Van reporting. District wide the repairs to existing schools total more than 250 Million Dollars plus hundreds of millions dollars more to build new schools. That is why a 781 Million Dollar bond measure will be on the ballot this november. Paying for the bond would mean possibly raising taxes. Shaun carey, buildourschools. Com, you would need approxmiately tax rate and that equates to about 8 a month for a family of four. 8 a month would provide you greatly improved schools and if you did this on property tax would be about 10 a month. Advocates for the bond say if voters dont pass the measure the School District could start double sessions and impose Year Round School for elementary schools. You can add your input this thursday at 6 pm at the Washoe County commissioner chambers. The fight over solar power in the silver state continues to heat up. At issue is the rate increases approved by regulators in december. Now nv energy is proposing grandfathering some solar customers. Yesterday nv energy proposed seven ways it could work. One would allow the lower rates for existing solar customers if they installed or applied for their system by september 10th, 2015. Another proposal would have the higher rates take effect over the course of 4 years. And another option would let customers keep the old rates for 20 years. Utilities commission will hold a hearing on the moratorium proposal on february 8th. Some Waste Management customers will have to wait a little longer before their trash is collected. Our recent storm caused dangerous Road Conditions for Waste Management crews in the areas listed on your screen. Trash is expected to be collected later this week. Otherwise, Waste Management will take extra bags without excess waste stickers on them next monday. Some young people may be scared to ask for help when it comes to Mental Health issues. How a new program aims to get them the help they need. Weve had a lot of snow. And we could use even more. A look at the latest snowpack survey. Coming up, Lindsey Matherly will have your complete forecast. Thats next on kolo 8 news now. Now good morning reno with dave lawrence, Amanda Sanchez and Lindsey Matherly with your hour by hour forecast an early spring is my forecast. Looks like spring is coming early this year. At least thats according to punxsutawney phil. The little guy didnt see his shadow. 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 into the weekend. Short term. Chilly temperatures being reported across much of western nevada and the sierra with current observations in the teens and Single Digits in colder valleys. Mid level clouds are on the increase this morning however and this should keep temps from through the Early Morning. We will maintain an overall much quieter weather pattern this week with only a few minor disturbances pushing through the area today and bit stronger system by wednesday evening. The first system today will result mostly in increased clouds through the day with light snow showers and flurries possible by late morning and early afternoon across the sierra and far western nevada. Little to no accumulation is expected with this first wave. High temperatures this afternoon will also remain below average with highs only reaching the low to mid 30s across much of the region. This week with cold and 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. Short term. Chilly temperatures bei reported across much of western nevada and the sierra with current observations in the teens and Single Digits in colder valleys. Mid level clouds are on the some good news when it comes to the nevada snowpack. It was measured at 125 percent of normal on mt. Rose. Thats up from 110 percent of normal, which was measured in january. Most of the water came from the weekend storm. Between friday and sunday the Mount Rose Summit picked up 27 inches of snow or 4 this was a great storm for the region and we need about a half dozen more of these to put us in pretty good shaping going into the spring. According to preliminary projections the Truckee River will be flowing normally through august. It doesnt mean were out of the drought just yet. But were doing better. It doesnt look Like Airlines are going to lower prices anytime soon. But they are bringing back some perks. Heres americas money. Hey, there. Good morning. Topping americas money the worlds new most valuable company. Its googles Parent Company called alphabet. When the markets open this morning, it will be worth 544 billion roughly, about 6 billion more than apple, which has been on top since 2011. And free snacks, theyre coming back to american airlines. The nations biggest carrier says those snacks will be available on all its domestic flights by april. The free snacks came just as United Airlines began offering the freebies as well. And the seminole tribe is taking the hard rock chain of restaurants and hotels to a new level. A 35story guitarshaped hotel is in hollywood, florida. The tribe says it could have just built something boxy for the expansion. But they wanted to create something kind of special. Looks like they got it. I dont think the windows open there. Thats americas money. Theres no one id rather. Share with. No one id rather have dinner and a movie with. No one id rather lean on. Being in love is an amazing thing. Being in love with your best friend. Is everything. Introducing the ever us twostone ring. One diamond for your best friend. One for your true love. For the one woman in your life whos both. Ever us. New this valentines day at jared, kay and zales. Thats why our craftsmen season every sausage perfectly. So you can coax out great flavor effortlessly. Hillshire farm. Because its worth doing right. At hillshire farm, theres a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh seconds after carving, we not only seal every slice, we double seal it. The results are something to savor. Hillshire farm. Because its worth doing right. State and local officials are working and young adults who may be suffering with Mental Health issues. As kolo 8 news nows matt vaughan shows us. Theres a new center that aims to tackle this issue head on. Enliven is a new program that aims to help young people either detect or recover from early psychosis. The goal is to provide a safe place where teens and young adults can feel comfortable sorting out their issues. Enliven is a partnership between the state of nevada and the will focus on individuals between the age of 15 and 25. Focusing on this age group is crucial since 75percent of Mental Health conditions are usually diagnosed or developed by age 24. Thats according to the National Alliance on mental illness. There are a number of different ways enliven will be offering help. The program will allow people to meet with a social worker and Mental Health professionals. Including psychologists and psychiatrists. If needed. There will also be staff on hand to help someone find a job. Some young people may be hesitant to admit they have a problem. And thats why the staff at enliven want to be the ones to get the conversation started. Mental illness, theres a lot of stigma around that that there shouldnt come in this building we address all the needs that you have, so that you dont feel like theres such a stigma along with it. Some warning signs to look out for when it or early psychosis are. Trouble thinking clearly or concentrating. Suspiciousness or uneasiness with others. Spending more time alone than usual. And inappropriate feelings at all. If you know someone between the age of 15 and 25 who may be suffering with a Mental Health issue. Dont be afraid to ask for help. Weve posted more information at kolotv. Com. Just click on hot topics. Today at 4 pm enliven will host its grand opening at the center on galetti way in sparks. Both first Lady Kathleen sandoval and governor sandoval will speak at the ceremony. Along with state health officials. 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. Chilly temperatures being reported across much of western nevada and the sierra with current observations in the teens and Single Digits snowy weather is causing a travel nightmare for people flying to and from Denver International airport. More than 500 flights had to be canceled yesterday. The airport says more than 100 flights have already been canceled for today. The airport there expects up to ten inches of snowfall by this afternoon. Please show downed tree on crew wild winds in california turned dangerous when a tree fell onto a news crew while they were reporting on a story. The photographer says he didnt even see it coming. Virginia 10 News Reporter Marie Coronel. It started out a typical morning for 10News Reporter Marie Coronel and Photographer Mike gold marie hit you know virgina since weve been out here i havent seen any car owners their story. In mira mesa bunch of tress had fallen and some cars were crushed nats maries live shot at that time of the morning, at 4 30, there wasnt even really any wind, and all the trees we were looking at had fallen. We over. We were at the base of the two large trees that had fallen and we were getting ready for our live shot. I had my camera pointed towards marie, she was standing there and all of a sudden her eyes go up and she said oh, expletive, and thats the last thing that happened. they went down. I was just covered. We were under branches and leaves. Marie was screaming. Mike stands up to catch his breath. He sees his leg dangling. Nats rescue im screwed up, wheres marie. I didnt see her. I looked down and she was underneath a branch. Hurt bad. She was groggy and coming to and she was terrified. Mike calls 911 for help they couldnt see us because it was dark and we were surrounded by this tree, so i was shouting, were over here, mike never saw the tree coming. How can you plan for that . How can you avoid that . I mean, the tree fell at that very moment, at that very spot and i was that very spot and i was standing at that very spot. As the water crisis in flint michigan continues, clean water donations keep pouring in. Where the latest large donation is coming from. 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