Good morning. Its thursday, february 18th. Im Amanda Sanchez and im dave lawrence. Its a first alert day. The winter storm dropping snow down to the valley floor but fortunately. Most of the problems seem to be in the mountains. Kolo 8 news nows rebecca kitchen is live from gold ranch where traffic has been stopped since early this morning. Officials with caltrans say interstate 80 at stateline is closed due to severe weather. All vehicles are being turned around at the gold ranch casino exit on i80. They say semi trucks and four wheel drive vehicles are getting stuck in the snow, causing multiple clusters of cars to block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when i80 will be back open. Stay with kolo 8 news now for any updates. A fastmoving, but intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the t
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Keeton from the koh radio traffic center. Hows traffic looking so far . Traffic running smoothly. No major delays on reno area highways. No major delays on highways in northern california. Back to you in the studio. Thanks very much mike. Four people are out of their home after a duplex fire in stead. It happened around 8 30 last night at a home on stead boulevard near norton drive. One man was hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Officials say two dogs and a cat died in the fire. No word yet on what caused it. Were just days away from the nevada caucuses and president ial hopefuls are battling for support in the silver state. Democratic candidate stop in reno yesterday where she stressed the rights. Hillary clinton democratic president ial candidate we still dont have equal pay. We still dont have paid family of the opportunities for young women to advance the way the white house the first woman president , will really make sure we keep Going Forward not doing a u turn backward. One of
Block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when i80 will be back open. Stay with kolo 8 news now for any updates. A fastmoving, but intense storm system will bring wind, rain, and snow to the area through thursday. Wind will be gusty, especially east of the sierra crest through the evening hours. Rain will develop in the sierra and change over to snow below 7000 after sunset, and around the tahoe basin before midnight. Snow levels will drop to valley floors before sunrise, bringing the possibility of a few slushy inches for the morning commute. Snow levels will rise on thursday and showers will diminish by evening. Dry, mild weather will return friday through early next week. Officials with caltrans say interstate 80 at to severe weather. All vehicles are being turned around at the gold ranch casino exit on i80. They say semi trucks and four wheel drive vehicles are getting stuck in the snow, causing multiple clusters of cars to block sections of the interstate. Its not clear when