Several people hostage in a sparks standoff today. Pause for nats pop. Pause. Pop, pop. Washoe county sheriffs swat team assisted sparks with the standoff at greenbrae and probasco for the better part of the morning. The incident began at seven this morning, with Daniel Enriquez surrendering six hours later. Sparks detective ken gallop says as many as four people were being held inside the residence agaisnt their will. President obama has promise unveiling his plan to cut gun violence. That plan calls for more agents to enforce current laws and to have a federal reporter Kenneth Moton has the details from the white house. In a defining moment during his last year in office, president shed on his promise to act on gun control. President obama every time i me mad. The 20 first graders of the sandy hook massacre. Their families and others impacted by gun violence sat in the audience and stood behind the president as he made another emotional plea. His executive actions expand background c
This is a chance for us as a community here in las vegas, to make a huge significant change in how our driving habits are affecting everybody on the roadways. Its everybodys responsibility to take that extra minute to think about something before you push that accelerator, take that extra time to look left and right and make sure you dont pull out in front of anybody. Metro says it will take some time to reconstruct this accident, so charges wont be filed right away. More than 300 thousand people are heading to las vegas to ring in the new year. And with that comes a lot of people wondering how theyre going to get around fox fives Cyndi Lundeberg is live from las vegas boulevard and harmon with more on your transportation. And which areas youll want to avoid. Elizabeth. Ndot metro and nevada Highway Patrol are all going to be out in full force. To make sure roads that are shut down stay closed. Everyone has a safe and happy new year. We also talked to uber. Who gave us an idea how much
Reports of very low visibility. Driving home offer anywhere tonight early tomorrow morning is definitely going to be tricky and low visibility is not the only issue. Black ice this entire area on this map here is seeing problems with black ice tonight. We also have a winter storm warning thats taking Effect Tomorrow morning in that pink shaded area 55 to 10 inches of snow possible above 4,000 feet that is going to spill over into far western nevada tomorrow as well. Quite a bit of weather still making its way in tonight and tomorrow. Live Doppler Radar things are quiet elko seeing snow showers tonight local viewing area last hour weve seen some isolated storms to the east of fallon. Were expecting that to be clear for the night but we do have more moving in early tomorrow morning. Heres a quick look at that freezing mark right now in reno. No win to speak of relative humidity at 92 . That freezing fog sticking look at your full forecast coming up in a few moments. A tour bus slid off a
Wednesday until 1 pm thursday. Additional snow totals of 48 are possible around the lake, with road controls. Expect Winter Driving and travel delays. After a brief break, another storm will push through the area on wednesday. This system will drop south quickly, limiting overall snowfall potential, although slightly colder temperatures will allow more of the snow that falls to stick. Intermittent snow in the sierra will continue, and road controls should be anticipated through thursday morning. The thursday, with a quieter weather pattern setting up for the weekend and early next week. Aside from a slight chance of saturday snow showers, dry weather can be cam 3 wx mic the high sierra. Expect travel delays. Winter weather advisory for the sierra front, including until 7 pm. Snow showers will continue through evening, with slippery spots likely after sunset and overnight as temperatures drop. Winter weather advisory for the tahoe basin from 6 am wednesday until 1 pm thursday. Additiona
Snow flurries to some valley locations. We have a Winter Weather advisories for the mountains for snow levels dropping down to 4000ft by thursday morning with 36 inches possible above 5000ft higher amounts in higher terrain. Highs are expected to stay in the low50s through the week. Good morning. Heres a look at lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk we begin with international news. World leaders are nervous this morning after north korea says it successfully tested a nuclear weapon. The blast was so powerful. Seismic activity was detected in that region. Leaders are calling the test a first for the regime and say its a significant advancement for its military ambitions. North korea has previously conducted three underground Nuclear Tests the un security emergency today to discuss how to move forward. Address to the ame