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He insulted ben carson by doing what he did to ben carson that was a disgrace. Cruz apologized to carson sot ted cruz it was a mistake for our team not to forward your subsequent statement things starting to simmer on the democratic side too Bernie Sanders calling into question whether Hillary Clinton is really a progressive sot Bernie Sanders some days, yes, except when she announces that she is a proud moderate. Clinton calling it a lowblow, and saying she can overcome sanders doubledigit lead in the New Hampshire polls. Sot Hillary Clinton if its about our records, hey im gonna win by a landslide on tuesday. Clinton and sanders will face off in a debate tomorrow night. Then the republicans will debate here in New Hampshire saturday night right here on abc. Mg abc news manchester, nh man. Its cold outside. The temps hovering around freezings. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson joins us from the weatehr center. Jeff i have a lot of snow in my yard. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Jeff, thanks. A new hitandrun law is handing down stricter penalties for drivers, who leave the scene of the crime. The law changes a hit and run with injuries, from a misdemeanor to a felony prior to october, hit andrun drivers who left the scene, could only face a misdemeanor. Right now reno police are searching for a hit andrun driver. The driver of a new light colored pickup a carson city street at fourth and spokane early saturday morning. 37year old Juan Pablo Rios is facing a felony, for leaving the scene of an crash that killed a person. It is not worth your livelihood and your freedom if you leave the scene of an accident. Own up. It gives closure to families when we can identify all the people involved in the accident, and get their side of the story as well if a person is arrested for a hitandrun that happened before october of last year they would only face misdemeanor charge. Because the law didnt take effect until after that time. How much you drink before driving could change again. And this time, it could land you in jail. The National Transportation safety board is asking states to lower the legal blood alcohol content from pointzeroeight to pointzerofive to reduce highway deaths. In the last 15years, onethird of all highway deaths involved alcohol. According to Washoe County Sheriffs Office. Lowering the limit isnt usually 1 percent are at a. 05 or around that range is typically at a higher range where we see fatal accidents so i think a. 08 is a good range to look at for duis. Blowing a point zero five is about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds. And two drinks for a 160pound man. If states adopt it. It could mean more funding for freeways. The Carson City Sheriffs Office is asking for your help to identify two burglars. Detectives say a man and a female stole large quantities of fo and alcohol from the empire ranch golf course. The burglary happened on january 22nd at 130 in the morning. Anyone with information should call the Sheriffs Office at 7758872013. If you plan on filing your taxes electronically tonight. You might want to wait a little longer. Electronically filed tax returns because of a hardware failure. The agency expects some of the systems to remain out of service until at least tomorrow. You can send electronic returns to companies that serve as a middleman between you and the irs. Those companies will have to hold the return until the system is up and running again. . Could the ninth Us Circuit Court of appeals be broken up . Nevada is one of several states part of that court. Arizonas governor and several other arizona law makers introduced a bill that would move nevada and several other states, to the newly established 12th circuit. They believe the Current Court is oversized and overworked. This isnt a new idea. Its been around for decades, but failed in congress. A proposed ballot measure is trying to bring more electricity providers to nevada. Today a group called nevadans for affordable, Clean Energy Choices filed a petition, with the nevada secretary of states the measure would change the state constitution to end the monopoly on electric services. This would also make it easier for other providers to come to the state and in theory, lower your electric bill. More than 55thousand signatures are needed to get the measure on the ballot. A homeless man could get a big reward because he helped police get two fugitives. Matthew haychapman is the man who saw the infamous stolen white van. He said he noticed two men sleeping inside. When suddenly hosain nighairee Hossein Nayeri took off running. Thats when he flagged down a police car nearby. And i point and he sees me. Hes across the street. Directly across the street. And im going cause im right handed holding my cane like this. Body language. Boom thats the guy police told haychapman that he may qualify for a 140thousanddollar reward. If he gets it, he says hell use the money to rebuild his life. . Do you have any theyre starting to appear. Now you can make a difference. Reno is asking for your help to get those holes filled. Plus, the cdc is offering new guidelines for the zika virus. The new instruction for women. So what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week . We will have a closer look at our forecast. And what you can expect in the days to come. Right after the break. 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. Ready. Set. Go news now at 11 00. I was on my way home after a long day of nannying when my car went kaput dead as a doornail right in front of someones driveway. So i thought id look for help and wouldnt you believe it the guy answers like a shinningbeacon of light. Oh sorry, i manage a les schwab here in town, id be happy to take a look. Within ten minutes a had a newbattery cable and was whistlingon my way home he wouldnt take any money but ithink ill bake him somecookies. Im hilary ploch and thats my les schwab story. Today runners took part of the annual Empire State Building run up. These men and women ran up 86 flights of stairs to reach the top of the tower. The fastest runners are able to do this in about ten minutes. Itll take under a minute. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson has your complete weather now forecast. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system after midnight, leaving a clearing sky will build over the west coast dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the toll on our roads. Youve probably seen your fair share of potholes, around town. Kolo 8 news nows Chris Buckley spoke to reno fix the problem. And how you can help. Chris . Noah reno public works has two crews working every day to help make our roads safer. That includes fixing potholes. And theyre asking residents for help finding them. Winter weather wreaks havoc on city streets. Youre starting to see water in the cracks of the roadway, you get the expansion and contraction during the road starting to heave ad break apart and they develop potholes and then the haering of the vehicles turn small holes into larger holes in to potholes. Especially on older streets the asphalt is aging its oxidized ad it begins to deteriorate. The city of reno has two public works crews working to repair roads. And theres no shortage of work. Were trying to catch up as soon as we get to teh point where were making some headway we get a storm come into town, were losing more of the roadway surfaces to potholes. The city is asking drivers that see to call them in. Call reno direct ad theyll issue a work request and well repair it within five working days. They do this kind of work. Year round. For more information on how to take advantage of reno direct. Head to kolo tv dot com. Noah . Starting today, the bellvue road bridge in Washoe Valley is temporarily closed. The overpass and ramps will be closed for about 3months for earthquake0 retrofitting. This is part of Nevada Department of transportations project to seismically upgrade older bridges, along i 580. If you take the bridge to work, youll detour to Bowers Mansion road. Interstate traffic can still travel along i580. Well soon see billboards across the state designed by a Wooster High School student. Allyssa corpus, won a statewide contest by the Nevada Department of Public Safety drawing this picture. High School Students throughout the state were asked to design an original billboard for a teen fatalities. Are you sitting down right now . . . Maybe you should get up for a second. Why new Research Says sitting could be bad for your health. But first, tonights winning California Lottery numbers. Good luck oooh, i think i saw dessert but you just had a big lunch it wasnt that big. Steven, stay strong whwhats that . You. You want me to eat you . Honey, he didnt say that he did very quietly. Yyou cant hear from back there dont fight your instincts with each for 150 calories or less, try our chocolatey brownies, tangy lemon bars and creamy cheescakes control and prevention is updating its guideline for the zika virus. This comes just one day after a zika case was discovered in texas. The cdc is now advising pregnant women to protect themselves, if their male Sexual Partner has traveled to infected areas. The guideline now says to either avoid sex or use a protection. Zika has been linked to a birth disorder in newborns that results in babs born with abnormally small heads. Developmental issues and sometimes death. Chances are youre probably sitting on the couch right now. But new Research Says being still could be hazardous to your health. Heres dr. Timothy johnson. With tonights medical minute. Sedentary jobs . Millions of americans have them. And when we come home we sit there, too. Like it or not, youve all heard that sitting around has consequences for your health. Now a new study . Suggesting that the desk chair . And the recliner . May be tied to a higher risk of diabetes or its cousin, metabolic syndrome. Researchers in the netherlands tracked the activity levels of nearly 25 hundred subjects using accelerometers similar to a fitbit. They wore these devices 24 7 for eight days straight. Researchers also tested these participants for diabetes. What they found . Those who spent an extra hour per day being sedentary were 22 percent more likely to already be diabetic. Higher likelihood that a subject had metabolic syndrome with each additional hour they were inactive. Thats a diabetes precursor with increased abdominal fat, bad cholesterol and blood pressure. A reminder . That if we want to cut our risk of diabetes . We can all stand up for our health. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Josh little is here now, with a preview of sports. National signing day. We have stuff from a bunch of different high schools. And the wolf pack plus. Another day in the sports now with josh little. The wolf pack announced their recruiting class today. 23 players. A very balanced group. 11 on offense, 12 on defense polian i think this class is really solid, from top to bottom. Class, where its like oh boy, is this guy going to pan out. We feel like weve got a pretty good idea. Theres nobody you look at and say oh my gosh, how did they get him. but i think its a rock solid group. They loaded up on lineman. Four each on offense and defense. And five defensive backs. And a running back from penn state you can see the entire list at kolo tv dot com one of those recruits. Nick gregg from reed high school. Hes a 6foot, 300 pound defensive tackle he was named the northern defensive player of the year the last two seasons. Sot gregg it feels great. Its kind of a dream come true. Ive always admired the way the wolf pack had their Program Going and im glad i can be a part of it. It was automatic for me once i got that offer, i jumped on it the next three days. Its always what ive wanted to do. Parker houston will play football at san diego state. First team allnorth and the northern lineman of the year last season at reed sot houston it was a dream and this morning it all became a reality when i signed my nli. The excitement is insane. Texts from family members, texts from friends its awesome to have this wellsupporting of a community, so im very excited. seven other reed athletes signed today. Our stud of the year . Matt denn will play football at the u. S. Coast guard academy. Four raiders signed in softball. Mackenzi goins will play here at nevada. Alexis gonzalez is headed to coppin state. Rya grant will play at the academy of arts. Alysha imperato is going to southwest oregon junior college. So is alonda perez to play soccer. And isabel vega will play soccer at peninsula college. Over to reno high school. Where Lukas Mckenzie has signed to play football at fresno state. He initially committed to play at nevada, but opted for fresno instead sot mckenzie its a dream come true and today is the final chapter of it. Once i opened up my recruiting process and took all my visits, i would know when i felt the right fit for me i would know when. Our main thing here is outwork and coach a also preached to us, if you work for something, youre going to get it. So just finally hard work pays off, and thank you to the reno high coaches for getting me here. Two of his teammates also signed today. Ian cartledge will play football at dixie state. And Cameron Dougherty will play football at Southern Oregon university fernleys tyler roemer has signed to play football at san diego state. Hes a 6foo7, 280 pound offensive lineman. He also made history. Hes the first fernley player to ever sign a Division One Football scholarship sot roemer it really was a dream come true. Still not there yet, but i cant wait till i leave in july. The chemistry with the team is amazing. You cant go wrong with san diego either. The climate is beautiful out there. The Coaching Staff is outcue love all of them trt 0 15 out to spanish springs. Where two soccer players signed their letters of intent. Regan henry will play at bellevue college. And makayla long will stay close, headed to Bernie Sanders<\/a> calling into question whether Hillary Clinton<\/a> is really a progressive sot Bernie Sanders<\/a> some days, yes, except when she announces that she is a proud moderate. Clinton calling it a lowblow, and saying she can overcome sanders doubledigit lead in the New Hampshire<\/a> polls. Sot Hillary Clinton<\/a> if its about our records, hey im gonna win by a landslide on tuesday. Clinton and sanders will face off in a debate tomorrow night. Then the republicans will debate here in New Hampshire<\/a> saturday night right here on abc. Mg abc news manchester, nh man. Its cold outside. The temps hovering around freezings. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson<\/a> joins us from the weatehr center. Jeff i have a lot of snow in my yard. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Jeff, thanks. A new hitandrun law is handing down stricter penalties for drivers, who leave the scene of the crime. The law changes a hit and run with injuries, from a misdemeanor to a felony prior to october, hit andrun drivers who left the scene, could only face a misdemeanor. Right now reno police are searching for a hit andrun driver. The driver of a new light colored pickup a carson city street at fourth and spokane early saturday morning. 37year old Juan Pablo Rios<\/a> is facing a felony, for leaving the scene of an crash that killed a person. It is not worth your livelihood and your freedom if you leave the scene of an accident. Own up. It gives closure to families when we can identify all the people involved in the accident, and get their side of the story as well if a person is arrested for a hitandrun that happened before october of last year they would only face misdemeanor charge. Because the law didnt take effect until after that time. How much you drink before driving could change again. And this time, it could land you in jail. The National Transportation<\/a> safety board is asking states to lower the legal blood alcohol content from pointzeroeight to pointzerofive to reduce highway deaths. In the last 15years, onethird of all highway deaths involved alcohol. According to Washoe County<\/a> Sheriffs Office<\/a>. Lowering the limit isnt usually 1 percent are at a. 05 or around that range is typically at a higher range where we see fatal accidents so i think a. 08 is a good range to look at for duis. Blowing a point zero five is about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120 pounds. And two drinks for a 160pound man. If states adopt it. It could mean more funding for freeways. The Carson City Sheriffs Office<\/a> is asking for your help to identify two burglars. Detectives say a man and a female stole large quantities of fo and alcohol from the empire ranch golf course. The burglary happened on january 22nd at 130 in the morning. Anyone with information should call the Sheriffs Office<\/a> at 7758872013. If you plan on filing your taxes electronically tonight. You might want to wait a little longer. Electronically filed tax returns because of a hardware failure. The agency expects some of the systems to remain out of service until at least tomorrow. You can send electronic returns to companies that serve as a middleman between you and the irs. Those companies will have to hold the return until the system is up and running again. . Could the ninth Us Circuit Court<\/a> of appeals be broken up . Nevada is one of several states part of that court. Arizonas governor and several other arizona law makers introduced a bill that would move nevada and several other states, to the newly established 12th circuit. They believe the Current Court<\/a> is oversized and overworked. This isnt a new idea. Its been around for decades, but failed in congress. A proposed ballot measure is trying to bring more electricity providers to nevada. Today a group called nevadans for affordable, Clean Energy Choices<\/a> filed a petition, with the nevada secretary of states the measure would change the state constitution to end the monopoly on electric services. This would also make it easier for other providers to come to the state and in theory, lower your electric bill. More than 55thousand signatures are needed to get the measure on the ballot. A homeless man could get a big reward because he helped police get two fugitives. Matthew haychapman is the man who saw the infamous stolen white van. He said he noticed two men sleeping inside. When suddenly hosain nighairee Hossein Nayeri<\/a> took off running. Thats when he flagged down a police car nearby. And i point and he sees me. Hes across the street. Directly across the street. And im going cause im right handed holding my cane like this. Body language. Boom thats the guy police told haychapman that he may qualify for a 140thousanddollar reward. If he gets it, he says hell use the money to rebuild his life. . Do you have any theyre starting to appear. Now you can make a difference. Reno is asking for your help to get those holes filled. Plus, the cdc is offering new guidelines for the zika virus. The new instruction for women. So what kind of weather can we expect tomorrow, and into the rest of the week . We will have a closer look at our forecast. And what you can expect in the days to come. Right after the break. Announcer youre watching kolo 8 news now at 11 00, with noah bond, weather with meteorologist Jeff Thompson<\/a>, and sports with josh little. This is kolo 8 news now at 11 00. Ready. Set. Go news now at 11 00. I was on my way home after a long day of nannying when my car went kaput dead as a doornail right in front of someones driveway. So i thought id look for help and wouldnt you believe it the guy answers like a shinningbeacon of light. Oh sorry, i manage a les schwab here in town, id be happy to take a look. Within ten minutes a had a newbattery cable and was whistlingon my way home he wouldnt take any money but ithink ill bake him somecookies. Im hilary ploch and thats my les schwab story. Today runners took part of the annual Empire State Building<\/a> run up. These men and women ran up 86 flights of stairs to reach the top of the tower. The fastest runners are able to do this in about ten minutes. Itll take under a minute. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson<\/a> has your complete weather now forecast. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, heavier showers could produce slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system will quickly exit the region after midnight, leaving a clearing sky for thursday. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. Expect dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning. Thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Light snow is expected this evening in the sierra, and mainly north of highway 50 in the valleys, with a fastmoving system. While little accumulation is expected, slippery conditions on roads overnight and for the thursday morning commute. This system after midnight, leaving a clearing sky will build over the west coast dry weather, with temperatures warming back into the 50s. Jeff thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the toll on our roads. Youve probably seen your fair share of potholes, around town. Kolo 8 news nows Chris Buckley<\/a> spoke to reno fix the problem. And how you can help. Chris . Noah reno public works has two crews working every day to help make our roads safer. That includes fixing potholes. And theyre asking residents for help finding them. Winter weather wreaks havoc on city streets. Youre starting to see water in the cracks of the roadway, you get the expansion and contraction during the road starting to heave ad break apart and they develop potholes and then the haering of the vehicles turn small holes into larger holes in to potholes. Especially on older streets the asphalt is aging its oxidized ad it begins to deteriorate. The city of reno has two public works crews working to repair roads. And theres no shortage of work. Were trying to catch up as soon as we get to teh point where were making some headway we get a storm come into town, were losing more of the roadway surfaces to potholes. The city is asking drivers that see to call them in. Call reno direct ad theyll issue a work request and well repair it within five working days. They do this kind of work. Year round. For more information on how to take advantage of reno direct. Head to kolo tv dot com. Noah . Starting today, the bellvue road bridge in Washoe Valley<\/a> is temporarily closed. The overpass and ramps will be closed for about 3months for earthquake0 retrofitting. This is part of Nevada Department<\/a> of transportations project to seismically upgrade older bridges, along i 580. If you take the bridge to work, youll detour to Bowers Mansion<\/a> road. Interstate traffic can still travel along i580. Well soon see billboards across the state designed by a Wooster High School<\/a> student. Allyssa corpus, won a statewide contest by the Nevada Department<\/a> of Public Safety<\/a> drawing this picture. High School Students<\/a> throughout the state were asked to design an original billboard for a teen fatalities. Are you sitting down right now . . . Maybe you should get up for a second. Why new Research Says<\/a> sitting could be bad for your health. But first, tonights winning California Lottery<\/a> numbers. Good luck oooh, i think i saw dessert but you just had a big lunch it wasnt that big. Steven, stay strong whwhats that . You. You want me to eat you . Honey, he didnt say that he did very quietly. Yyou cant hear from back there dont fight your instincts with each for 150 calories or less, try our chocolatey brownies, tangy lemon bars and creamy cheescakes control and prevention is updating its guideline for the zika virus. This comes just one day after a zika case was discovered in texas. The cdc is now advising pregnant women to protect themselves, if their male Sexual Partner<\/a> has traveled to infected areas. The guideline now says to either avoid sex or use a protection. Zika has been linked to a birth disorder in newborns that results in babs born with abnormally small heads. Developmental issues and sometimes death. Chances are youre probably sitting on the couch right now. But new Research Says<\/a> being still could be hazardous to your health. Heres dr. Timothy johnson. With tonights medical minute. Sedentary jobs . Millions of americans have them. And when we come home we sit there, too. Like it or not, youve all heard that sitting around has consequences for your health. Now a new study . Suggesting that the desk chair . And the recliner . May be tied to a higher risk of diabetes or its cousin, metabolic syndrome. Researchers in the netherlands tracked the activity levels of nearly 25 hundred subjects using accelerometers similar to a fitbit. They wore these devices 24 7 for eight days straight. Researchers also tested these participants for diabetes. What they found . Those who spent an extra hour per day being sedentary were 22 percent more likely to already be diabetic. Higher likelihood that a subject had metabolic syndrome with each additional hour they were inactive. Thats a diabetes precursor with increased abdominal fat, bad cholesterol and blood pressure. A reminder . That if we want to cut our risk of diabetes . We can all stand up for our health. With this medical minute, im dr. Timothy johnson. Josh little is here now, with a preview of sports. National signing day. We have stuff from a bunch of different high schools. And the wolf pack plus. Another day in the sports now with josh little. The wolf pack announced their recruiting class today. 23 players. A very balanced group. 11 on offense, 12 on defense polian i think this class is really solid, from top to bottom. Class, where its like oh boy, is this guy going to pan out. We feel like weve got a pretty good idea. Theres nobody you look at and say oh my gosh, how did they get him. but i think its a rock solid group. They loaded up on lineman. Four each on offense and defense. And five defensive backs. And a running back from penn state you can see the entire list at kolo tv dot com one of those recruits. Nick gregg from reed high school. Hes a 6foot, 300 pound defensive tackle he was named the northern defensive player of the year the last two seasons. Sot gregg it feels great. Its kind of a dream come true. Ive always admired the way the wolf pack had their Program Going<\/a> and im glad i can be a part of it. It was automatic for me once i got that offer, i jumped on it the next three days. Its always what ive wanted to do. Parker houston will play football at san diego state. First team allnorth and the northern lineman of the year last season at reed sot houston it was a dream and this morning it all became a reality when i signed my nli. The excitement is insane. Texts from family members, texts from friends its awesome to have this wellsupporting of a community, so im very excited. seven other reed athletes signed today. Our stud of the year . Matt denn will play football at the u. S. Coast guard academy. Four raiders signed in softball. Mackenzi goins will play here at nevada. Alexis gonzalez is headed to coppin state. Rya grant will play at the academy of arts. Alysha imperato is going to southwest oregon junior college. So is alonda perez to play soccer. And isabel vega will play soccer at peninsula college. Over to reno high school. Where Lukas Mckenzie<\/a> has signed to play football at fresno state. He initially committed to play at nevada, but opted for fresno instead sot mckenzie its a dream come true and today is the final chapter of it. Once i opened up my recruiting process and took all my visits, i would know when i felt the right fit for me i would know when. Our main thing here is outwork and coach a also preached to us, if you work for something, youre going to get it. So just finally hard work pays off, and thank you to the reno high coaches for getting me here. Two of his teammates also signed today. Ian cartledge will play football at dixie state. And Cameron Dougherty<\/a> will play football at Southern Oregon<\/a> university fernleys tyler roemer has signed to play football at san diego state. Hes a 6foo7, 280 pound offensive lineman. He also made history. Hes the first fernley player to ever sign a Division One Football<\/a> scholarship sot roemer it really was a dream come true. Still not there yet, but i cant wait till i leave in july. The chemistry with the team is amazing. You cant go wrong with san diego either. The climate is beautiful out there. The Coaching Staff<\/a> is outcue love all of them trt 0 15 out to spanish springs. Where two soccer players signed their letters of intent. Regan henry will play at bellevue college. And makayla long will stay close, headed to Sierra Nevada<\/a> college up in incline. Three more for you. Two over at damonte ranch. Jordan gipson will play football at division 3 la verne university. And tera moshrefnoory will play soccer at d2 fresno pacific. Plus fallon quarterback Connor Richardson<\/a> will play football at the college of Southern Idaho<\/a> the nightcap comes from the nba. Stephen curry has done it again . He erupted for 36 points. In the first half . He tied a careerhigh with 11 3pointers. Warriors dump the wizards 134121 thanks, josh. For news while youre newscast partne singing i just cant wait to meet you, sweet child youre on the way, im filled with expectation, and youre growing everyday. instrumental jeff is back with your wakeup forecast. Thursday partly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind around 5 mph becoming north in the thursday night partly cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening. Friday mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind around 5 mph. Friday night mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Saturday mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Saturday night partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Sunday sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday night clear, with a low around 28. Monday sunny, with a high near 54. Monday night mostly clear, with a low around 30. Tuesday sunny, with a high near 58. Thanks for watching kolo8 news now","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia801300.us.archive.org\/14\/items\/KOLO_20160204_070000_KOLO_8_News_Now__11PM\/KOLO_20160204_070000_KOLO_8_News_Now__11PM.thumbs\/KOLO_20160204_070000_KOLO_8_News_Now__11PM_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240623T12:35:10+00:00"}