tomorrow. thursday.>> red carpet chatter was about excitement. brie larson won best actress. >> she is like my best friend.>> reporter: once the

fury road dominated technical categories, winning six oscars including best makeup and hair styling, production design, custom-designed, film editing, and sound editing. two other best picture nominees scored. spotlight one best original screenplay. and a first-time nominee became the first time winter. elysha decanter, best supporting actress for the danish girl. oscars diversity controversy was top of mind. chris rock labeled the evening the white people's choice awards. >> gina kim, nbc news, hollywood. some of the other big awards of the night, leonardo dicaprio won best actor for the revenant. that film also won best director.

best picture went to spotlight. and local news county community of sparks and many people across the state are mourning the loss of sen. debbie smith she died this month after battling brain cancer. the community came together to celebrate her life. melissa matheny reports. it was an emotional memorial today. many tears and heart wrenching moments as friends and family spoke of her life and how she touched the lives of so many people.>> her life cut short too mac soon.>> reporter: the gym at sparks high school was packed. friends, family, and colleague spoke of her brentwood a call -- brilliant political career. in toto, eight people took to the podium to speak of sen. smith's life and career. that included lauren denison, a family friend and an of rihanna denison.

championed brianna smith zockoll which requires dna samples for those arrested for felony crimes. the sound of sadness audible as two of smith street children took to the podium to speak of their mother.>> i can't talk about my mom without talking about my dad. they were two halves of the same hole. and when my mom died, my dad died, too. >> sen. -- >> reporter: sen. smith continued her work after the guys not -- diagnosis. smith was first elected to the assembly in 2000 and won's seat in the senate in 2012. she leaves behind her husband, three children, and two grandchildren. debbie smith was 60 years old. an update on a story we

truckee police crews and found the body of a second man whose canoe capsized on donner lake friday night. officials found lucas johnson's body in about 60 feet of water this afternoon at the northeast quarter of the lake near where they believe the canoe capsized. he was from auburn. a rescue team found the body of a second man yesterday in 15 feet of water. he has been identified as joshua patterns and. -- batterson. officials do not believe they were wearing like that's. the water in the lake was 37 degrees this weekend. hard to believe we only have one day left of february. it looks like beautiful weather tomorrow. our meteorologist cassie wilson is in the weather center.>> it was a beautiful weekend and it will continue to stay that way as we enter march but not for long. take a look at this viewer photo.

dinner break and caught this gorgeous sunset. just beautiful. all that yellow and gold. you don't really see that that much. it's usually the reds and the oranges. right now in reno, we are still pretty warm and we reached a high of 66 today. well above average for this time of year. nowhere near that record of 75 setback in 1986. right now in reno, still warm, 49 degrees, partly cloudy conditions tonight. westerly winds blowing around 7 miles an hour. taking a look at your next 24 hours, a warm and clear start to the week. we will start the morning in the 38 degrees range, warming up to 48 degrees by 9 am. then sunshine and 66 by midday. this trend is not going to continue for much longer. my full forecast is coming up and a little bit. nevada's atty. gen. is joining the fight against president obama's plan to cut

ag adam lacks all filed document saying he endorses the legal fight in several states against the clean power play. you believe states have the right to decide the mission standards for themselves. acclimate advocacy representative says they are choosing out-of-state interests over residents. the university of nevada riemann no is aiming to add 400 faculty members by the year 2020. university officials say their goal is to bring the student faculty ratio down to 18-1 -- 18:1. the university's record enrollment of 21,000 students this year is generating resources that will send 300 of those new academic faculty positions. officials will discuss asking the registered lacher to find 100 jobs in march during a

of higher education. coming up in sports, the nevada men's basketball team face-off against colorado state for a showdown at lawlor events center. highghts and more in a few

people should learn how to be kind or to the environment this morning. and educational meeting was held to show people how to properly recycle.>> representatives from people about how different trash items are biodegradable at different rates.>> there are so many recycling options. probably a lot more than people know about. check the website or give us a call if you have sped -- specific questions.>> the program also taught people about food waste in ways to reduce their carbon footprint. africa's winter park -- biggest win park is being built in kenya.>> reporter: it was not easy to convince kenyan officials it was possible to produce energy

middle of nowhere.>> the locals were skeptical, too. they live in huts without electricity. the concept is sort of difficult for them to comprehend. a village representative says the change has brought jobs and industry to the area. >> the numbers true -- proof that when power is exceptional. >> 360 days of the years we have constant winds throughout the day at 11.5 m/s, wish for a wind farm is quite a lot.>> the plan is the win park will produce electricity next year. >> the first wind turbine will be built in march and will be 150 feet tall. there will be 365 wind turbines by the conclusion of the project. definitely a great way to use the natural resources there to create power.>> one-a-day, 365, that's a good number.>> it was calmer today. we did see some clouds.

those are my favorite. last night, that wind smooth them out. they looked like ufos. we didn't see too much wind. our sky has been fairly clear. we take a look at doppler radar, we are not going to pick up too much tonight except for the storm in the northeastern portion of the state. it is been hanging around and is transitioning to snowy conditions. not too much to worry about. we are watching high-pressure as a begins to fade away and this huge low will keep pumping systems into the pacific northwest and into our skies for the beginning of march. we have a big change on the way in our weather pattern. right now, 49 degrees, westerly winds at 7 miles an hour. relative humidity at 36. quite warm in the central portion of the state. 50 degrees in fearnley, 41 in carson city, dropping below freezing in truckee at 30.

no clouds in the picture. as we roll into the rest of the day, heading into tuesday, we will see a few clouds hanging around, but bigger changes are on the way, bringing rain and snow to the sierra as well as potentially some spillover in the valley. tonight, clear skies, a mild night, 35 degrees for your overnight low. warming up to 66 degrees for your day tomorrow. don't forget it is late day, so when you're writing all your dates down for your monday morning, it is still february. it always gets me every year. every four years, because we don't get it every year. looking at your forecast tomorrow, highs reaching into the 50s for the most part, 60 degrees for battle mountain, down onto the central portion of the state, 60s as well, 67 in love lot, mostly cloudy conditions out of the north. carson city daytime high 64

down to 33 tonight. it will be mid-30s for the most part tonight. please -- clear skies, a little cooler, but we will warm-up tomorrow. if you degrees around the late tomorrow, 54 in incline village. with the winds dying down, calm wins starting off into the west. winds are out of the northeast, five, shifting to south easterly wins which will -- winds which will boost temperatures. all 60 degrees on the northern map here. down onto the valley floor, little warmer. 66 in reno sparks, 62 and mobile as well is a bird i and into the cold springs. mostly sunny skies with winds shifting to the east around 5 miles an hour. looking at our seven-day numbers, this is where we will see that changeup. look at the big warm-up by the middle of the week. thursday, we will see that cold front drop temperatures down 10 degrees. then we're tracking another

gusty conditions in reno by thursday. then we will still rebound back into the 60s. temperatures, we will see a bigger decrease as we're tracking atmospheric river setups. that will bring us one, two, possibly three back to back strong storms. stay tuned to the forecast is that develops into next weekend and next week.>> beautiful weather for the days ahead. what's going on in sports? >> days ahead for the pack are bright. the university of nevada men's basketball team will looking for payback for colorado state at home. a blackout at lawlor events -- lawlor events saturday -- center. the first half, a freshman replacing coleman. lindsay drew for three. nevada leads this one by four. than the turnover, lindsay drew on the run. a freshman with a nasty dunk.

memories of the sweet 16 season against gonzaga. the invisible ladder play. snyder and pick me all over again. 21-17 nevada. here is a good site to see. the wolfpack, wrong one there. criswell gets the bucket. the pack end up going into overtime. the final seconds of regulation. cooper fouls at the wrong time with 0.4 seconds. colorado knocks down two free them into overtime. guess what we the pack came back in overtime and won 87-80. after the game, the coach said this is a special nevada team.>> this has been the best season i have ever had so far. it's their effort and energy every day. even when we are shorthanded in practice, i give them a great deal of credit for how they mentally come ready.

in all of basketball.>> such a special thing for him to say about the team. the nevada baseball teams that the weekend on the road at uc irvine. alex margulies was on the radio with the team and has this report from southern california.>> the year for the wolfpack comes to a disappointing finish. they started off of the lost friday and saturday's game, very disappointing for the wolfpack. they walk 11 batters, hit five, had a 7-2 lead but could not close out the game. here on sunday, nevada's offense could not get going. they managed only four scattered singles in a 6-0 shutout. the back also three and five on the season.>> they learned a lot this weekend. it's about bouncing back. i told them they really need to go ahead and check in with

and make sure the biggest thing is all they can control is the preparation and how they're going about their work. like i told the team, that's our job as a staff also. i do take heart, but like i told them, we need to check in as a team and make sure that we are going about everything the right way.>> there were some bright spots on the roads trip -- road trip. a split a series with northwestern, playing really well tuesday. a beat down of arizona state. we will see if they can regroup and come back out tuesday for their home opener get back on track. i am alex margulies. right now, it looks like there is no stopping the wolfpack softball team. the ladies are off to their best start in program history. sunday, they continued strong play at the santa clara university invitational against the hoax. redington allowed only two hits

innings in her first start of the season as the nevada softball team tops santa clara 10-one. it's the 11th win in a row. the packs for a stunning 13-2 overall. the daytona 500 may be the official open of the sprint series cup, but many refer to sunday's race as the start of the real season. it was a beautiful day for racing in hampton. jimmie johnson came in as a four-time winner. the race went into overtime with johnson is the leader on the back stretch. he was in front of kyle busch going into the term. -- turn. it would be a drag race to the line. six time, champ jimmie johnson would hold off bush to win the quick trip 500. it's johnson's fifth win out of atlanta. he ties dale earnhardt senior with 76 career wins. sunday began at the honda

under with scott and sergio garcia. on 16, adam scott leaving at 10 under has this shot for our. it falls short and he falls to nine under and is back to sharing the lead with garcia. it would be garcia's turn to implode as well. he misses on 17. garcia settles on 18 two strokes back of scott at seven under. he birdies 18 and comes back to eight under.

one shot before we go, it was pretty much the biggest day of the year for the entertainment

we are talking about the oscars. there were some surprises at tonight's event. of course, leo dicaprio was a shoo-in for best actor for the revenant. no surprises there.>> he has been issue and for years and has never gotten it. that's the big deal.>> the internet has gone crazy. it has been a long-awaited win for him.>> there was a video of him with a superimposed oscar

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