News this morning. Lets start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist Jeff Martinez. Mostly cloudy and very windy today with gusts in the 5060mph range possible, secure Everything Outdoors a winter difficult. The valleys will see a few afternoon showers with snow levels dropping down to 5,000ft by thursday morning. Thanks jeff. Turning to crime beat. Sparks police have a man in custody, charged with firing shots inside a home early yesterday morning. Police were called out to the 3thousand block of keogh drive around 245 am on a report of gunfire. Where two teenage girls and a woman were inside. A fourth woman was able to escape through the backyard. Officers surrounded the home and negotiated with the man, who eventually surrendered. The women were not hurt. 45yearold Gordon Mellinger is neglect and one count of discharging a firearm into a structure. And reno police have arrested a man for murder. Accused of stabbing a man to death in an apartment near midtown. 32 year o
Eliminate that cap. Nv energy has claimed that doing so would end up passing costs on to Traditional Energy users. It also claims that the current structure is forcing nonsolar users to subsidize solar customers. Now enter the Public Utilities commission. Which was tasked with coming up with a revised plan. In december the threeperson commission. Decided to cut the credits that solar customers get for their extra power. And charge them an increased service fee. On a graduated scale over the next four years. While proponents of this decision say it is fair for all involved. It has resulted in most Solar Companies. Large and small. Closing up shop in nevada. I want to stress when planning for this episode. I reached out to the Public Utilities commission. And nv energy. To try to get their perspectives on the decision. And find out more about their process and the Research Behind it. Both entities declined the invitation to come on the show. But the invitation stands. If and when they wa
For two decades ndot has had a Warning System in place when winds are too dangerous for drivers. But this year, theyve enhanced the safety protocol by adding additional signs that include flashing lights to warn drivers there used to be nine of these kind of warning signs. But now there are 34. Ndot hopes this will make it easier for drivers to recognize the Wind Restrictions and plan their travels accordingly. Meg ragonese ndot pioeither delay their travel or they can reroute themselves, we actually have positioned these signs so that they are well in advance of particular exits so if drivers need to take a certain exit prior to going through the valley, they can do that and ndot say this system is just another way they are enhancing safety for everyone traveling between reno and carson city. In crime beat. Sparks police have a man in custody who they say fired shots from within a home early this morning. Police responded to the three thousand block of keogh drive on a report of shots
Users to subsidize solar customers. Now enter the Public Utilities commission. Which was tasked with coming up with a revised plan. In december the threeperson commission. Decided to cut the credits that solar customers get for their extra power. And charge them an increased service fee. On a four years. While proponents of this decision say it is fair for all involved. It has resulted in most Solar Companies. Large and small. Closing up shop in nevada. I want to stress when planning for this episode. I reached out to the Public Utilities commission. And nv energy. To try to get their perspectives on the decision. And find out more about their process and the Research Behind it. Both entities declined the invitation to come on the show. But the invitation stands. If and when they want to weigh in. Coming up on face the state. Ill sit down with the owner of a local solar company. To find out how this change in policy is affecting his business. Thats Arianna Bennett welcome back to face
The recent solar debate here in nevada. And a first hand look at what medical students go through during their time at unr. How the university hopes, to keep the school of medicine well funded. These stories top your news right now at 5 00 am. Today is wednesday, february 17, 2016. Good morning, im john potter. And im andi guevara. Thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. Lets start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist Jeff Martinez. Mostly cloudy and very windy today with gusts in the 5060mph range possible, secure Everything Outdoors a winter storm will move into the sierra this afternoon and evening with heavy snow possible in the Higher Elevations through thursday morning, making travel difficult. The valleys will see a few afternoon showers with snow levels dropping down to 5,000ft by thursday morning. Turning to crime beat. Sparks police have a man in custody, charged with firing yesterday morning. Police were called out to the 3thousand bloc