Neighbors have to make a trek through just to ge their mail. And its not just any kind of mud. Its clay. So its sticky. Soft. And really difficult to get through by foot or by car. Barbie this is the worst its been since weve lived in this area. Jason you can see that thats not a great thing to drive on. For the past couple of weeks. Chocolate drive has become almost every neighbors nightmare. Barbie its bad. Its really bad. On the other end of fourth, its just as bad when it rains jason our mailboxes are right there. We dont have mailboxes at our house. These roads are just atrocious. Even the simplest task nats becomes a messy chore. Barbie when she was having to walk to the bus stop, her poor shoes having to replace shoes constantly because theyre so mudlogged is unreal. Its been so bad. Neighbors say its become too dangerous for garbage trucks to barbie theres a lot of time we dont get service because of the roads. They cant get to us. Standup Waste Management wants neighbors to bring their garbage out to chocolate drive, but for the elderly who live on roads like quid lane, they have to walk through all this mud just to get here. But theres not much the county can do. According to its roads department. The majority of chocolate the county. Maintains about 870 feet of the street and 950 feet north of sixth street. The rest is up to the homeowners. Barbie id like to drive down the road and not possibly getting stuck. And when it comes to emergencies. Neighbors are worried they wont get the Proper Services theyll need in time. Jason a Washoe County sheriffs vehicle, slid into a ditch, had to get towed out. If a 4wd cant pass these roads, its unfortunate. A spokesperson or the Washoe County Sheriffs Department says almost all their cars are suvs or fourwheeldrive since most of their dirt roads. Most of the neighbors say the y didnt know the roads were privately owned when they moved in. All they can really do at this point. Is get together and come up with resources to get the roads maintained. Unfortunately. It will be costly. Live on chocolate drive. Cvk8nn. Thanks cat. What a muddy mess where cats standing right now. That comes from a lot of the recent rain and snow we received and more is on the way. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson Jeff Thompson joins us from the weather center. Jeff, were getting a nice break from the rain and snow for now, . When is this break going to end . A benign weather week will continue through thursday, with chilly mornings, mild afternoons, light winds, and occasional clouds. The next storm series will start to move onshore friday, with valley rain and wind and high sierra snow by friday night. The weekend will be stormy, with falling snow levels by sunday morning. While details are still hazy, expect from friday afternoon through monday morning, and wetwindy. Jeff wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Friday a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am, then rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Investigation into an officer involved shooting in reno continues, just more than 24hours aftger police shot and killed a 38yearold man. The nevada highway reaction crash ledup to the shooting. The man who died hit a car from behind and hit then hit another car. Police arrived and found the man holding a knife to his throat. Next, officers tased him because he did not listen to commands. Det. Ken gallop, Sparks Police dept. the taser had little to no effect on that individual. That individual armed with a knife turned on both the officers and advanced toward them in close proximity. The officers on scene fired on the suspect. 38yearold sergio alvaradomorales was taken to a local hospital where he was pronouced dead. Investigators dont know what prompted his erratic behavior, but are asking witnesses and people who know alvaradomorales to call the Sparks Police department, or secret witness. Sparks is handling the shooting investigation. Firefighters put out a blaze at the sundance West Apartments today. It started in an abandoned unit. And traveled between walls. The fire forced people out of at least one apartment. Tonight, investigators are trying to learn more about exactly the Salvation Army and local businesses fed the homeless and needy in downtown reno and the events center. The event is called, feed the hungry feast and was held tonight from 5 to 7. Several Community Sponsors helped with the event, including the Reno Sparks Convention and visitors authority, the eldorado hotel, harrahs reno. And many many others. At least 150 volunteers helped. Earlier tonight, we talked with one of the organizers about what this event says about our community. Everybody thinks about needy people around christmas, but the cool thing about this event really is that its a reminder that the catch phrase is need knows no season and so the need of people goes on year round not just around christmas time. Model dairy, ponderosa meat company, us foods and the Washoe County Sheriffs Office also helped with this event tonight. Donald trump found a stage he doesnt want to stand on. The gop frontrunner has been teasing this weeks republican his decision is coming just days ahead of the first votes in iowa. And tonight, one of his rivals is throwing down the gauntlet. Abcs brandi hitt has the latest. Nats . Trump rally . A bombshell from donald trump. Just days before the iowa caucuses. Sot donald trump president ial candidate lets see how much money fox is going to make on the debate without me, okay . Trumps campaign now confirming he is bailing out of thursdays Republican Debate in iowa. Moderator megan kelly. Who sparred with trump back in august. Natsot megyn kelly debate moderator your twitter account has several disparaging comments about womens looks . Trumps rival senator ted cruz saying the frontrunner dropping out of the debate shows a lack of respect for voters . And he issued this challenge sot sen. Ted cruz president ial candidate if he is unwilling to stand on the debate stage, then i would like to invite donald right now to engage in a one on one debate with me any time between now and the iowa caucuses. Still the republican frontrunner continues endorsements including arizonas famous toughtalking sheriff joe arpaio. Even as his opponents attack. Sot jeb bush president ial candidate question you dont think hes a christian . Jeb bush no, i dont know what he is. trump views all this not from a position of his faith; he views it all as politics. Nats . Sanders rally . On the democratic side. Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clintons campaigns are energized. Nats . Clinton rally . And also concerned about voter turnout next monday. Sot sen. Bernie sanders president ial candidate we will win here in iowa if the voter turnout is high. Sot Hillary Clinton president ial candidate if you go to the caucus on monday night and stand up for me there, i will work my heart out for you as your president. Brandi hitt abc news los angeles. Only hours ago, donald statement about fox news and his decision to thursday. Very stupid, highly incompetent people running our country into the ground, mr. Trump knows when to walk away. Roger alies and fox news think they can toy with him, but mr. Trump doesnt play games. Instead will host an event in iowa to raise money for the veterans and wounded warriors, who have been treated so horribly by our all talk, no action politicians. Like running for office as an extremely successful person, this takes guts and it is the kind of mentality our country needs in order to make America Great again. A fox news commentator is calling trumps move unprecidented. He said, he suposes trump could change his mind and come to the debate. Meygyn kelly addressed the matter on her news program by saying, ill be there. The debate will go on with or without mr. Trump. A new warning for pregnant women. A spreading virus could hurt unborn child. In tonights medical minute well tell you everything we know so far. The happiest place on earth is getting some complaints. Im talking about Walt Disney World. So what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week . We will have a closer forecast. And what you can expect in the days break. Heres a kolo 8 sports break. Erick green has signed a 10day contract with the utah jazz. He was averaging nearly 27 points, 4. 5 rebounds this season. He played parts of the nba with the denver nuggets. Announcer youre watching kolo 8 news now at 11 00, with noah bond, weather with meteorologist Jeff Thompson, and sports with josh little. This is kolo 8 news now at 11 00. California has more snow than the state has i was getting into mycar one morning, when i heard. Neither could my husband. And neither could the fire department. We couldnt lure it out. So we decided to drive very slowly to les schwab. The team took my car apart. Oh, here he is . And rescued the kitten today hes alive and well, and spoiled rotten im andrea duvall, and thats my les schwab story. Seen, in 5years. Today the department of Water Resources reported the water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack, is at 115 percent of its historic average. Thats the highest since 2011. When it reached 129 percent. The Sierra Snowpack contributes nearly onethird of californias water. The last four years have been the states but Officials Say reservoirs remain far below historical levels, despite the wet winter. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson has your complete weather now forecast. A benign weather week will continue through thursday, with chilly mornings, mild afternoons, light winds, and occasional clouds. The next storm series will start to move onshore friday, with valley rain and wind and high sierra snow by friday night. The weekend will be stormy, with falling snow levels by sunday morning. While details are still hazy, expect Winter Driving in the sierra from friday afternoon through monday morning, and wetwindy conditions through the weekend. Jeff wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am, then rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Saturday night rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Sunday a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Sunday night a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday a slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. A benign weather week will continue through thursday, with chilly mornings, mild afternoons, light winds, and occasional clouds. The next storm series will start to move onshore friday, with valley rain and wind and high sierra snow by friday night. The weekend will be stormy, with falling snow levels by sunday morning. While details are still hazy, expect Winter Driving in the sierra from friday afternoon through conditions through the weekend. Jeff wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Friday a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am, then rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Saturday night rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Sunday a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Sunday night a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Monday a slight chance of with a high near 36. A benign weather week will continue through thursday, with afternoons, light winds, and occasional clouds. The next storm series will start to move onshore wind and high sierra snow by friday night. The weekend will be by sunday morning. While details are still hazy, expect from friday afternoon through monday morning, and wetwindy conditions through the weekend. Jeff wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly classaction lawsuits against the entertainment giant. They claim they were illegally replaced by foreign workers. Leo perrero and dena moore worked in it jobs at Walt Disney World in orlando. They were laid off last year. The lawsuit contends disney illegally replaced us workers with foreigners, on highskilled worker visas. The two say they were given 90days to train their replacements. The two allege if they didnt train their replacements. They would not have received bonuses or severance. Some 300 other workers also lost their jobs. Pregnant women have one more thing to worry about. In tonights medical minute were revealing a virus that can cause serious harm to unborn chidlren. Heres a kolo 8 sports break. Has been named the week for the 4th time she won the 3meter springboard with 381 points, nearly 60 points higher than anyone else . Career that shes earned this honor. Here in vineland, new jersey where progresso light soups are made, well never give up our cheddar, our cream, and especially our bacon. So we figured out a way to add rich ingredients like this into 22 light soups, all with 100 calories or less per serving. So if you want to eat light and not give up rich flavor, measures to stop the spread of the mosquitoborne virus. In el salvador, women are urged to avoid getting pregnant for two years. And today. The cdc just issued interim guidelines, for evaluating and testing infants in the us. Elizabeth hur has tonights medical minute. A new warning from the world health organization. The zika virus. Linked to birth defects in babies and paralysis in adults. Could spread to almost all countries in the americas. Margaret chan, Director Organization the explosive spread of zika virus to new geographical areas, with little population immunity, is another cause for concern. Dr besser now, take a look at this map. That mosquito is found in every country in the western hemisphere except for canada and chile. With more than a Million People infected, brazil has been hit especially hard. In an effort to show how theyre aggressively responding, the brazilian government posted this video on youtube showing workers spraying and fighting mosquitos according tohe cdc. So far. Only a handful of cases have been identified in the us. Dr besser they say were going to see small outbreaks due to people coming back from countries who are infected. The virus isnt known to spread from person to person. And the symptoms for most people. Fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes. Are mild and pass without incident. But the virus could cause lifethreatening brain damage in unborn babies . So us officials are urging expecting moms to stay away from countries where there are infections. Dr besser if youre pregnant the cdc says dont go. For other people if you go, use repellant to reduce the chances youll get bit. There is no vaccine or drugs to prevent or treat the infection. So if you think you have any of the symptoms, for now, all you can do is ask your doctor to be tested. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. The deadline to sign up for Health Insurance is this sunday, january 31st. Tax time if you dont carry Health Insurance. What may surprise you. You could qualify for federally subsidized insurance. During this sign up period Insurance Brokers here in nevada, can sign people up for obamacare, or private insurance. One broker we talked with, says many of his clients qualify for subsidized insurance. Others he says, come in to change what they had last year. Those who wait, most of the time, just dont want to spend the money. Alex sampson Health Benefits associates a lot of people they just held out. I mean they really dont, there is no fine january and february. There is no fine for not having coverage for those 2 months. They dont have any medical expenses, they want to get the least amount of coverage, get something that is compliant and get out the door. Sampson says under estimating your annual income, or not having insurance at all, will cost you at tax time. He says the office is working longer hours over the weekend to help people sign up. Healthlink is having a Community Event at the mckinley arts center, on doors open at 10 San Diego State invaded Lawlor Events Center tonight. The aztecs in first place, and off to their best start in Mountain West history sdsu came in a perfect 70 in conference play. A good night for marqueze coleman. He scored 14 points in the first half alone. A quite night for tyron criswell. Held to just seven points. But that shot gave the pack an early 103 lead. Pack playing good defense. Coleman again. Picks it off and takes it coast to coast. Should been andon, but no foul call. Then back outside for dj fenner. Its the only shot he made tonight. The half. After the aztecs tied it up. Its coleman again. He scored a gamehigh 21 points to go along with 7 rebounds. Pack back on top. Cameron oliver, in foul trouble for most of the first half. Back with a vengence . He had 9 points, seven boards and four blocked shots. The pack would extend the lead back to 7. But then theyre held scoreless for five minutes. Coleman breaks that run with under a minute to go. Pack now down just one. Under 10 seconds to go. Tyron criswell goes inside. His shot is blocked. Nevada falls shot. They lose 5754 sot musselman i hate losing. Hopefully every person in that dont care if we play the nba champions. You come into the win. And thats the competitive nature that you have to have. Am i proud of the effort and the energy and how far weve come . No doubt. Sot oliver its tough. Its a really hard pill to swallow now because nobody likes losing like that, especially a close game. Sot fenner yeah absolutely, we let it slip away. We had control of the game the whole game until the end, and gave it away. Outcue gave it away trt 0 30 the pack now hits the road for a game at utah state this saturday night. Some Big High School games tonight. Mcqueen, ranked 5th. At 3rdranked reno. Huskies go right to this big man. David kyle with the stop and pop. The lancers have a pretty good big man too. Octavion corley scored a gamehigh 19 points. But reno pulls away. Alex tsaniff led the huskies with 15 points. Reno wins 5748 two more scores called in. Galena beats damonte ranch by 45. And North Valleys holds off hug 7063 a battle of ranked teams in girls hoops. Number 4 mcqueen at secondranked reno. Kendra mcaninch with the nifty little reverse. The lancers came into the game 16and3 overall. But renos one of the 3pointers. She finished with 13 points. Then a great feed inside to mallory mcgwire. She had a triple double . 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 blocks. Reno rolls 7032 a few other scores called in. Reed holds off spanish springs. Morgan waller scores 30 as damonte beats galena. North valleys beats hug. And fallon is 200 . They knock off south tahoe the nightcap comes from college hoops. Wake forest looking to upset 11th ranked virginia. He banks in the three at the buzzer . Virginia survives by one point thanks, josh. For news while youre jeff is back with your wakeup forecast. Wednesday partly sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind. Wednesday night partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph after midnight. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 59. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Thursday night a 20 percent chance of rain after 10 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Friday a 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10 am. Cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy. Friday night rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy. Saturday rain before 10 am,
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