for possible slight build up in clouds but a chance for rain or snow will hold to the northern sierra nevada. short waves moving through southern nevada. mainly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be common throughout the rest of the work week and into the weekend. high temperatures today are still featured in the upper 40s and lower 50s but a gradual increase in temperatures to slightly above normal is on track for the weekend. friday, saturday and sunday will be very pleasant with highs starting in the upper 50s, moving to the low 60s and then to the mid and upper 60s this will allow for possible breezy conditions and perhaps a slight build up in clouds but a now to an update on a story we first brought you as it was breaking... we're getting new video into the newsroom... of a house explosion in upstate this all happened when the homeowner drove into his garage and accidentally hit a gas line. he managed to get to safety with his wife only minutes before the home exploded. neighbors say they not only heard... but felt the blast the house is completely destroyed and the homeowners say... the

we're learning more about a car chase that ended at the grand sierra resort. the nevada highway patrol says they found stolen sporting goods and alcohol inside the abandoned car used by the suspects. 23-year-old dominic gonzalez is behind bars for a felony charge, for possession of stolen property. he's also charged with reckless driving and failing to stop at the scene of an accident among other charges. n-h-p says this all started around 5 o'clock monday afternoon in carson city, when gonzalez--- and another man allegedly stole alcohol from a liquor store. an off duty officer noticed gonzalez speeding on i-580. that's when they hit another car near meadowood mall. they ended up at g-s-r where the two suspects took off running. gonzalez was quickly arrested. the other man was seen getting into a maroon car, with silver rims. he was last seen wearing a black shirt, or zipper pullover, and blue jeans. ### n-dot is making progress on removing a large boulder on u-s 50 in the glenbrook area of lake tahoe. here's video of crews with a hydraulic hammer, breaking the boulder i

and perhaps a slight build up in clouds but a chance for rain or snow will hold to the northern sierra nevada. short waves moving through southern nevada. mainly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be common throughout the rest of the work week and into the weekend. high temperatures today are still featured in the upper 40s and lower 50s but a gradual increase in temperatures to slightly above normal is on track for the weekend. friday, saturday and sunday will be very pleasant with highs starting in the upper 50s, moving to the low 60s and this will allow for possible nevada. breaking right now...the first congressional hearing is over the flint water crisis. the u.s. house oversight and government reform committee is running this hearing. representatives from flint...and the e-p-a are there to testify. reverend al sharpton is there too....he's been involved in trying to get this problem resolved. no rest on the campaign trail this morning... iowa is history and it's onto new hampshire. the primary is less than a week away... all the candidates are hoping to drum up support. especially clinto

and sierra nevada college also on 1 hour delay. we will tell you about any more delays as we learn about them. developing this morning... a shooting at a mobile home park in reno, left one man dead last night. just after 7 p-m... reno police were called out on a report of a shooting, at the 27-hundred block of kietzke lane. that's the ponderosa trailer park near yori park. when officers got there... they found a man in the parking lot with a gunshot wound. lt. scott shaw, rpd: "reno fire department as well as remsa worked on the victim for quite a while, but were unable to revive him. so at this time we are working on a homicide investigation." police are looking for the shooter... but they don't have a description right now. the person who was killed has not been identified. the gang unit was also on scene...and police are still investigating whether it was a gang-related incident. if you know anything about it, call secret witness at 3-2-2 49-hundred. and we have some new information on that murder at a lakeside motel last month.

nevada. however, the lower levels started dry and the forcing moved through quickly sierra and western nevada, bringing dry conditions through the work week. above average temperatures today will ease down to near average tuesday, then jump to well above average for wednesday through friday. the next precipitation will be saturday. a fast-moving upper disturbance is moving off into the eastern half of nevada and taking most of the mid and high clouds with it. the infrared satellite presentation is/was decent forcing- wise with the disturbance with a 120+ kt jet nose working into southeast if you're trying to lose weight, the bathroom scale can sometimes feel like your enemy. but research is saying that maybe we shouldn't fear the scale so much after all. but a recent study published by researchers at cornell university suggests that frequent weighing in, can help weight-loss efforts for overweight adults. weight can fluctuate by as much as five to six pounds per day, based on fluid retention or even the time of day they step on the scale. experts recommend weighing in once or twice per week,

we have 60 in the offing in the sierra nevada.t you know what's ahead coming up. >> also next, klay thompson and the warriors rebound from friday night's rare loss with a big win over the clippers. we have the highlights and post-game reaction >> in sports, the dubs beat the clippers in a game you could only see on abc7. the warriors improve to 19-0 in nationally televised games this season. rick quan has the highlights in this morning's sports report. >> good morning. after suffering their worst loss in the steve kerr era in portland, the warriors were looking to bounce back in l.a. at the staples center where even the clippers' andre jordan wanted to be like steph. early it looked like golden state would blow out the clips, but he gets it back to klay thompson for the basket. going with the small lineup, the warriors were making it look easy. draymond green to steph for the hoop there. and thompson for the tray. golden state led by 13 after one. spieth got in on the act. curry finds him for the big dunk. warriors led by 10 at th

this will keep dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada with generally light winds and valley inversions. a conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada with generally light winds and valley inversions. a steady warming trend is expected with daytime temperatures next week. despite the continued melting of snow yesterday followed by cooling after sunset, we have not seen much fog develop overnight, except at the more typical locations such as truckee airport and the bogard web camera in western lassen county. while we cant fully rule out the possibility for fog developing in west central nv this morning, the coverage is more likely to be isolated and short lived. temperatures in most western nv valleys rose between wednesday and thursday, with renos high jumping by 10 degrees. as a result of yesterdays warming exceeding expectations despite light winds and widespread snow cover, we will keep a slow warming trend going for today. max and alternate 95 from fernley-fallon southward should still lag behind the reno- carson region and even the conditions over the ea

an incoming low pressure system will provide chances for light northern sierra and northwest nevada by late afternoon. a few inches of snowfall is possible with the best potential mainly north of interstate 80. high pressure will then overseas -- a scare in the air. an emergency landing takeoff after an explosion made a hole in the side of the plane. saying there's no evidence of a criminal act. abc's david kerley reports. script: these are they terrifying moments... after passengers reported a loud bang... and smoke...shortly after takeoff... the cabin of the airbus a-321 depressurized.... oxygen masks deployed.. some of the 74 passengers moving to the back of the jetliner... as the plane descends to make an emergency landing.... and on the ground... those passengers get to see.. the floor to ceiling hole... in the fuselage. from the outside... signs of what appear to the markings of an explosion.. the peeled back metal... streaks of soot... sot: col. stephen ganyard / former fighter pilot and dep. asst. secy. of state which would suggest quite definitively that this was a bomb of som

sierra nevada, tonight into tomorrow. that's when the coldest air arrives. until then, we have a ways to go. if you need to travel, watch out for wind, but not for snow. this pretty dynamic system, sweeping in here, late tonight, tomorrow, okay until about the noon hour. and this is very light. but it should start to pick up then. and then the line begins to form, early afternoon, and here comes the front. so about 5:00 as you start to move in, until about 6:00 of course, for the evening commute. we will sweep it out of here by around 8:00. and here comes the colder unstable air overnight, tonight, into tomorrow. and there could be some isolated thundershowers in the mix here and we will take it through most of thursday and the colder air will arrive and we will notice the bigger change. and then hit and miss all the way into thursday night and even friday. the next system friday looks like it wants to go north but it is a big change compared to what we had monday, tuesday. cloud why, wind which in the morning. and cooler high temperatures, often they are st

an incoming low pressure system will provide chances for light northern sierra and northwest nevada by late afternoon. a few inches with the best potential mainly north of interstate 80. high pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier police believe alcohol may be to blame for a rollover crash last night that sent a woman to the hospital. it happened on kietzke near victorian just after 10. police say the woman hit a concrete overpass before flipping her s-u- v. she was taken to the hospital with minor carson city sheriff's deputies have made an arrest in a deadly hit and run. 37-year-old juan pablo rios is charged with failing to stop at the scene of a crash involving injury or death, which is a felony. detectives say rios hit gustova garcia-valdes at the intersection of highway 50 and brown street last wednesday. rios told a friend what happened, which police say led to his arrest. garcia valdes died at renown last friday. rios' bail is set at 50- thousand dollars. ### a warning this morning to be on high alert when you answer your phone. the washoe county sher

the great basin through the middle of next week, keeping dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada. below normal temperatures through friday will be followed by a steady warming trend into next week. the weak shortwave which brought light snow roughly north of susanville-lovelock keeton" from the "koh radio" traffic center. how's 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. lanes are back open along i-580 by galena overnight. it happened just after midnight near the mt. rose exit. were involved. one person was care flighted to the hospital with serious injuries. no word yet on what caused the crash. we're getting a look at the two men who police believe were involved in a deadly shooting in south lake tahoe. police released these sketches. 40-year-old dennis wright junior was shot saturday night in the parking lot of the beverly lodge. police say wright and trying to sell a hundred pounds of marijuana to these two men, who then robbed wri

almost everyone is in the 20s for western nevada and the sierra nevada. 25 in min den and garnerville. matching that in fernly at 25 degrees. a couple of snow showers have been out there for the far western portion of nevada as well as up into the sierra. they are isolated. there are a lot of dry spots out there. we'll continue that trend into the afternoon today. tomorrow better chances for some more scattered snow shower activity. perhaps even some light accumulations of snow in the mountains again, and again -- coverage in nevada as we go into tomorrow. that's another chance to pick up more moisture. we'll keep an eye out for that. things go dry thursday and beyond. around the 30-degree mark in tahoe. mid-30s in the lower elevations of nevada. . again, a better chance for more scattered activity tomorrow, perhaps light accumulations in the mountains. then thursday and beyond, ear dry, partly cloudy skies. temperatures a little milder. even starting tomorrow, back to the low 40s for reno's parks. then the low 0s for the weekend. >> thank you, tim. >>> coming up, police in the nether

this will keep dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada with and

an incoming low provide chances for light northern sierra and northwest nevada by afternoon. a few inches of snowfall is possible with the best potential mainly north pressure will then build for the remainder of the week with drier conditions and milder temperatures for the weekend and early next week. &&.short term... increasing clouds are filtering their way across northern california this morning ahead of a quick moving shortwave trough. this trough will provide some potential for snow showers and a few inches of snowfall especially from the northern sierra into lassen county. across western nevada, and pershing counties north of interstate 80 have the potential to see an inch or two of snowfall by this evening. could see snow showers as early as mid-afternoon as the with most snow showers quickly exiting to the morning. although only a few inches of snow is still create traffic slow downs, icy roads, and possible chain controls across passes including donner summit, yuba pass, pass, and portions of interstate 80 through pershing county. milder conditions will prevail int

high pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada bringing dry conditions through the work week. temperatures will remain a few degrees above seasonal averages on tuesday before increasing well above average into the start of the weekend. the next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. dry conditions with unseasonably mild it's gop caucus day here in the silver state. republican presidential frontrunner donald trump has 2 big wins under his belt and he's hoping for a third just one week before super tuesday. abc's kenneth moton reports. script: it's caucus time in nevada. 11:40:33 we're going to make america great again! and we're going to keep winning,winning, winning! overnight gop frontrunner donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire is banking on a hot streak that will carry him through super tuesday and to the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals. sot donald trump this guy cuz lies more than any other human being the fight getting nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director for we will conduct this camp

time it appears rather weak with little in the way of precipitation potential, except r maybe t sierra nevada. st to southwest wis could ck up a bit, but right n thein feature seems to be an crease in cloud cover for turday. -------------------------- here's yr weather now - yourmost acca recast powered by 8 news now.ernh stly clear, with a w arod 50.st northwest wind 5 to mph.sunday: sunny, with a high near .lmi coming norrtheast 5 to 7 mph in theternoon.sunday night: most cle, withlow around 51. light north northeast wind coming north 5 to 10 mph afterdnht.nday: sunn th a high near.north wind 9 to 13 mph.nday night: mostla low arues: hrtuesdy c wi ar5wednesday: sunny, with a high ar 72. wednesday night: mostly clear,th a low around 50. ((jon tritsch)) >on a day where the world turns to nevada for politics..it only seems right vegas and reno slug it out on the court in a matchup labeled the governor's series the wolfpack won the first showdown in january in what was almost too close to call..65- 63..nevada and unlv will be back at it boxing each other out like bernie and hillary tonight.. th

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the great basin through the middle of next week, keeping dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada. below normal temperatures through friday will be followed by a steady warming trend into next week. &&.short term... the weak shortwave which brought light snow roughly north of susanville-lovelock yesterday evening has exited into eastern nv. we have removed all mention of precip for this morning. low amplitude ridge off the lanes are back open along i-580 by galena bridge after a serious rollover crash overnight. it happened just after midnight near the mt. rose exit. n-h-p tells us two cars were involved. one person was care flighted to the hospital with serious injuries. caused the crash. we're getting a look at the two men who police believe were involved in a deadly shooting in south lake tahoe. police released these sketches. 40-year-old dennis wright junior was shot saturday night in the parking lot of the beverly lodge. police say wright and his girlfriend were trying to sell a hundred pounds of marijuana to these two men, who then robbed wright. he was shot several times. p

additionally, electronic readings from 102 dwr stations scattered throughout the sierra nevada indicatede water content in the mountains is 20.4 inches, 114 percent of normal for today's date. in normal years, the snowpack supplies about 30 percent of the state's water needs as it melts in the spring and early summer, according to dwr officials. >> brittany: is alive look outside. i noticed like rain and to you are heading home from work. that is the system that we are watching creek with the breezy conditions and it will be cold. if you locations inland will drop down and the 30 degree temperatures. it will be dry creek with a cloudy conditions and a cool start for your morning. >> brittany: all of the rain will move through it this morning and a relatively dry afternoon and evening. it will swing through and to thursday afternoon. we will brett it the temperature is down hour by hour. >> brittany: closer to noon, just north of santa rosa a system will come through with widespread rain showers. all the way down to san jose. at least through 8:00 p.m. and then we'll have more clearing a

the 10-year-old girl fell into a in the sierra nevadas over the weekend. as her dad was on the phone with dispatchers trying to get help.... a search and rescue team stumbled upon them. they quickly pulled the girl up with a rope - and she's ok! the girl says she wants to get back out there - but she'll stick to the trail next time. waves crashing over the side of a road are a rare sight in hawaii. they carried lava rocks up from the ocean onto the road - so workers were on hand to quickly scoop them up. the ocean came all the way up the beach - to the parking lots - in some areas. locals say these were the biggest waves they'd seen in about a decade. still - some of them got out on jet skis and surf boards to hang 10. proving to be the biggest obstacle for the avs stadium series game. the ice crew rolled out the n-h-l stadium series logo fabric at center ice... then sprayed it with water to freeze it to the ice. they originally planned to do it last night... but they did it in the morning before the snow rolled in... because now they'll be focused on gett

and sierra nevada college also on 1 hour delay. and zephyr cove elementary and george whittel high school are closed today. we will tell you about any more delays as we learn about them. we'll be back with another for her "experience, leadership, tenacity," the las vegas sun endorses hillary clinton. just like planned parenthood action fund endorses clinton for her fortitude keeping government out of women's personal healthcare decisions. and the league of conservation voters action fund... for her bold plan to attack climate change. or the human rights campaign... because hillary believes not just a progressive. a progressive who gets results. i'm hillary clinton, >>> the republicans got together for a debate and the last debate, the intros were messed up a and this year they figured out a fool-proof way so nobody could get confused on how to come on. >> we hope so shed light on the voters tonight so help the candidates come out on top. so, gentlemen, please join us on stage. >> i love it! how about major and john on "ellen"? so g

we have snow shower activity across parts of western nevada into the sierra now. we also have a batch of snow in eastern nevada. those will eventually start to taper off, snow showers taste, will start to taper off as we head toward the afternoon hours. high of 47 in reno sparks. improving roads later on for the afternoon commute p. morning's commute is certainly pretty tough out there. breezy conditions, too. southwest winds 20 to 25, gusting to 45 miles per hour at times. two different batches of snow. one to the eastern side of the state, one here in western nevada in the sierra. the one on the eastern side of the state, that's the main push of moisture from last night. if you were up about 10, 11:00 last night and saw that heavy rain down on the valley floor, that's this batch. that's snow toward the elko area. state, we have snow falling through reno sparks, heading up toward pyramid lick as well, down through washoe county, carson city, beyond, men den, gardnerville. into truckee, we have snow falling. in the southern sierra, we' starting to see a few more sn

otherwise, mostly clear skies expected through sierra and western nevada bringing dry conditions through the work week. temperatures will remain a few degrees above seasonal averages on tuesday before average into the start of the weekend. the next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. dry conditions with unseasonably mild temperatures will prevail this week as a ridge of high pressure remains in control of the large scale pattern. breezy conditions may develop this evening along the ridge tops as an upper level jet shifts east while the ridge begins to build overhead. the ridge will amplify through thursday which will result in high temperatures warming 10-15 degrees above seasonal averages into the start of the weekend. high temperatures tuesday will remain in the low to mid 50s across much of the region. temperatures will then steadily climb in the mid by thursday with lower 60s for sierra valleys. the amplifying high say goodbye to your password. there's a new way to approve your next online purchase. mary maloney shows us how mastercard is using selfies to crack down on f

nevada. high pressure off the west coast will build inland by this weekend and remain centered over the great basin through the middle of next week, keeping dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada. below normal temperatures through friday will be followed by a steady warming trend into next week. the weak shortwave which brought light snow roughly north of susanville-lovelock yesterday evening has exited into eastern nv. mention of precip for this morning. low amplitude ridge off the west coast then moving inland will keep the region dry through friday, but areas of cirrus will spread across most areas. with plenty of snow cover in place over western nv and light winds expected, we will keep max temps a few degrees cooler than mos guidance. the cooling effects of this snow cover inland by this weekend and remain centered over the great basin through the middle of next week, keeping dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada. below normal temperatures through friday will be followed by a steady warming trend into next week. the weak shortwave which brought light yesterday evening has exited into eastern nv. we have removed all mention of precip

this will keep dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada with generally light winds and valley inversions. a steady warming trend is expected with daytime temperatures well above normal by next week. despite the continued melting of snow yesterday followed by cooling after sunset, we have not seen much fog develop overnight, except at the more typical locations such as truckee airport and the bogard web camera in western lassen county. while we cant fully rule out developing in west central nv this morning, the coverage is more likely to be in today's tech bytes... major update for android devices. subscribers to the >>> hey, there. in today's "techbytes" -- update for android devices. music service will now be able catalogs to an sd card for offline listening. >>> twitter has started testing a new dedicated gif button for android devices. >> it gives users a series of popular reaction gifs to choose there's no word on when we could feature. massive survey of american singles by the online dating ordering sushi on the first date second date. >> and get this. cocktails ar

this will keep dry conditions over the eastern sierra and western nevada with generally light winds and valley inversions. a steady warming trend is expected with daytime temperatures well above normal by next week. &&.short term... despite the continued melting of snow yesterday followed by cooling after sunset, we have not seen much a high speed chase that led to a fatal crash left a large stretch of college parkway closed for hours. carson city deputies, say the incident began with reports of a hit and run on brown street east carson city, just before 8 o'clock last night. deputies say the vehicle involved in the hit and run was spotted at a gas station on college parkway, near research way. when officers approached the suspect vehicle, described as a ford pickup - the man reportedly rammed the police s-u-v and fled eastbound on college parkway -- leading deputies on a high speed chase. the man reportedly lost control of the pickup and crashed at the carson city airport. deputies say the man died after the pickup thrown from the vehicle. washoe county district attorney, chris hicks,

. /// ((sherry swensk)) > there were at least three avalanches in the sierra nevada mountains... right after the rain and winds rolled into the valley. one avalanche buried cars in the alpine meadows area of northern california. three people had to be pulled from their cars by emergency responders. fortunately, no one was hurt.... neither of the other two avalanches caused serious damage. drivers in the area had to throw the chains on their tires to make it through the mountains. /// at today's weather. sherry swensk clouds have cleared out and the winds have calmed down. morning, too. ............ but this storm has passed on now and it's back to spring weather today and for the weekend. ........ right now temps are in the low valley. ................ we will dry out quickly after some brief showers yesterday and a little snow in the mountains. ........ more sunshine today and highs in the low 70s. < > /// > ((brian loftus)) > rancher to nevada... to face federal charges. bundy waived an identity hearing in oregon... and requested a preliminary hearing for today. the government

strengthen over the sierra and western nevada bringing dry conditions through the work week. temperatures will remain a few degrees above seasonal averages on tuesday before increasing well above average into the start of the weekend. the next chance for light precipitation will be saturday. dry conditions with unseasonably mild temperatures will prevail this week as a ridge of high pressure remains in control of the large scale pattern. breezy conditions may develop this evening along the ridge tops as an upper level jet shifts east while the ridge begins to build overhead. the ridge will amplify through thursday which will result in high temperatures warming seasonal averages into the start of the weekend. high temperatures tuesday will remain in the low to mid 50s across much of the region. temperatures will then steadily climb in the mid and upper 60s across western nevada by thursday with lower 60s for sierra valleys. the amplifying high pressure ridge will also promote strengthening valley inversions this week. limited mixing in the lower atmosphere may result in some r

winter storm system moving into the region with snow likely in the sierra and a mix of rain/snow for the lower valleys of western nevada and northeastern california. there are still some differences and uncertainties with the timing of the storm, but overall confidence is medium that we will see increasing winds, sierra snow, and cooler temperatures for the last half of next week. congress is talking about the zika virus as it continues to spread. the hearing reviewed president obama's request for additional funding to stop the virus. congress is considering president obama's 1.8- billion dollar request for emergency funds to fight the disease. the heads of 'the centers for disease control and prevention' and 'the national infectious diseases' were there to testify. "sen. thad cochran, mississippi is this enough? thomas r. frieden, m.d., director, centers for disease control and prevention: we think that will cover the next one to two years but there's a lot that we don't know." the c-d-c says it's working on a vaccine that could go into phase one of its trial this summer. growing up you were told to eat your fruit and

the sierra and western nevada bringing dry conditions through the work week. temperatures will remain a few degrees above seasonal averages on tuesday before increasing well above average into the start of the weekend. the next chance for light saturday. dry conditions with unseasonably mild temperatures will prevail this week as a ridge of high pressure remains in control of the large scale pattern. breezy conditions may develop this evening along the ridge tops as an upper level jet shifts east while the ridge begins to build overhead. the ridge will amplify through thursday which will result in high temperatures warming 10-15 degrees above the start of the weekend. high tuesday will remain in the low to mid 50s across much of the region. temperatures will then steadily climb in the mid and upper 60s across western nevada by thursday with lower 60s for sierra valleys. pressure ridge will also promote strengthening valley inversions this the lower atmosphere reduced air quality in valley locations particularly tuesday with some deeper mixing lumber liquidator

temperatures will then and upper 60s across western nevada 60s for sierra valleys. the amplifying high pressure ridge will also valley inversions this week. limited mixing in may result in some reduced air quality in particularly tuesday with some deeper mixing otherwise, mostly clear skies expected through tuesday with increasing high clouds moving in along the periphery of the ridge by wednesday. water supply in flint may have you wondering how safe the water is from your own faucet at home? seth kovar has some tips for how you can safeguard you and your family. --reporter pkg-as follows-- the water crisis in flint, michigan may have you wondering -- are there dangerous levels of lead in my water at home? experts say there are things you can do to empower yourself: start by calling your local water supplier and asking for their latest consumer confidence report -- if you get your water from a private well look for information on the e-p-a's website. billion -- call the supplier and demand action. if you want to test your water yourself -- your supplier may come ou

for possible slight build up in clouds but a chance foforain or snow will hold to the northern sierra nevada. tosses to traffic the occasional breeze due to a few short waves moving through southern nevada. mainly sunny to partly cloudy skies will be common throughout the rest of the work week and into the weekend. high temperatures today are still featured in the upper 40s and lower 50s but a gradual increase in temperatures to slightly above normal is on track for the weekend. then to the mid and upper 60s thursday/ friday and monday have weak short waves attached to them. this will allow for possible breezy conditions and perhaps a slight build up in clouds but a people living in the midwest and south... their homes... tornadoes.. and blizzards are putting people in danger. take a look at this twister that hit in alabama. it ripped down trees and power poles, and damaged homes. two people were trapped because of the tornado. they are no reports of major injuries. that same storm is bringing blizzards to nebraska. take a look at the white out conditions there. sot: the snow is piling up an

. /// ((sherry swensk)) > there were at least three avalanches in the sierra nevada mountains... right after the rain and winds rolled into the valley. one avalanche buried cars in the alpine meadows area of northern california. three people had to be pulled from their cars by emergency responders. fortunately, no one was hurt.... neither of the other two avalanches caused serious damage. drivers in the area had to throw the chains on their tires to make it through the mountains. ///

southwest winds will be gusty and could be fairly strong across the sierra nevada from late wednesday afternoon through thursday morning. your 8 news now team will keep an eye on the forecast strength and the potential for some downsloping into valley. there is still some model disagreement with the system as it moves inland. --------------- ----------------------- ------------- one model remains weaker with the trough than the european, which has implications on the timing as well as coverage of precipitation. another system shows a little slower and a little more generous with the rain than previous one, yet both models agree the precip should be quickly ending if not already dry by thursday night. --------- ----------------------------- ------------- even with the timing and precip differences, the overall picture still indicates that the greatest precip chances should be confined to areas north and west through thursday. with the trough moving through rather fast and not being too deep, expect temperatures to drop only a few degrees thursday and perhaps friday, yet remaining above

from coast to coast we go, it possible throughout the cascades of the sierra, nevada today. one to two feet could accumulate. a little bit t of rain, scattered activity around the middle atlantic states. we are watching a tail of clouds hanging over us. 29 in chicago, 38 in new york. so look for a nice an me isn't a day across the area with a great deal of sunshine. we will get a little reenforcing push of cool air tonight to help us wake up in the 50s for the most part going into thursday morning. and on thursday, it will be turning breezy, especiallyy along the coast with the breeze picking up out of the northeast. overall on friday, we will have the same setup in place. weon't have any beach or boating advisories today. seas building two to five feet, biscayne bay moderate chop. coastal waters of the florida keys with no advisories. 4:26 this afternoon in dade and broward with forecast highs p upper 70s with mostly sunny skies and clear skies tonight. lows will dip down in the upper 50s possibly 60s along the coast. your extended outlook is calling for a beautifulul week

the ridge not expected to peak until about tuesday in the sierra nevada.ll gain another 5 to 10 degrees in the mountain for some snowmelt. unfortunately mother nature not helping out in that did the. but the snow machines will be working. 69 monterey. we take a look from the east bay hills camera. it's nice and clear. i want to give an indication how warm it will be tomorrow tuesday and even wednesday when the cooling gets going. in san francisco, wouldn't be surprise today see some 70s and the on shore push allowing for the cool down on wednesday. in the south bay, upper 70s. and really all over the bay it's going to be very spring-like. some of the cooler numbers in our inland east bay but very enjoyable out there. if you are headed to super bowl city, it looks very mild with low 60s 11:00, upper 60s at 2:00. and even by the evening hours legal 60s at sun setting and after 5:00 and 10:00 we are in the 50s. down in santa clara it should be just as warm as it be for the next couple of days. today with the low 70s. 70 oakland and concord and fremont. so loo

. >>> the wind has been blowing inland into the sierra nevada and causing problems there. from sacramento through nevada, placer, and el dorado counties, folks are reporting downed trees. a huge pine tree in truckee came tumbling down. our free weather app for the latest on the storm. you'll be able to see live radar and an extended forecast. our weather team was posting updates on the conditions on facebook, twitter, and instagram. >>> two sexual assaults of women in less than a week, and both happened near a park blocks from the berkeley campus. crist ina is in the nooisz room and she taked with police and a student. >> that's right. she says she heard screams but had no idea what exactly was happening. right now police are not saying if the violent crimes are connected. because these incidents happened two blocks from each other, it is enough to concern students. students walk the streets near people's park not thinking of potential dangers around them. two women in their 20s were sexually assaulted in the area in separate cases. >> we live in the units and pass by all

fr eshlyshare ke sd auegsag gewi,th ham and 3 lots of snow in northern california's sierra nevada mountains... truck drivers prepared themselves for the slick road conditions by securing chains to their tires. other drivers said they plan to take it easy on the roads. 3 (mos) no, i've driven four wheel drives and everything in the world so i just pay attention and make sure i don't drive too fast.(caltrans employee) sometimes when the snow blows out people get a little over confident, they speed up and sometimes that causes spin outs. an avalanche buried cars in the alpine meadows area thursday morning...three people were pulled from their cars by north tahoe fire crews. no one was hurt. two other avalanches caused serious damage. 3 3 3 3 3 here is a look at what you can expect for the next three days. 3 3 3 the time is now 5:xx. how some local veterans took home the gold. the local event that brought out their creativity. 3 >> i'm alex trebek. if you're age 50 to 85, please listen carefully. the lock i want to talk to you about isn't the one on your door. it's a rate lock for your life ins

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i'm hillary clinton, the sierra nevada mountains after this past week's weather front blew through. one avalanche buried cars in the alpine meadows area of northern california . three people had to be pulled from their cars by emergency responders. fortunately, no one was hurt. neither of the other two known avalanches caused serious damage.//// sierra really scored with big snow from yesterday's storm... about two feet of snow reported at heavenly ski resort. we got a couple inches up at lee canyon. .............. now, getting ready for a really nice relaxing weekend... weather wise there will be a steady rise in temps right back to well above normal... and even near records next week. ............ the air dried out quickly... and those winds almost stopped just as the wind advisory and high wind warning ended yesterday afternoon at 4 p.m. we've got nice mid 60s around about where our highs stopped yesterday... so a little warmer today and definitely into the next seven. .............. outside the valley laughlin is already into the 70s... and all areas of southern nevada will warm

high clouds will continue to stream across the sierra and western nevada through the week. although high pressure will flatten this weekend it will reestablish along the west coast and keep the storm track deflected into the pacific northwest. temperatures will continue to remain above normal, but the amount of cloud we're getting a look at the man who police say robbed a gas station in stead, then led them on a chase earlier this week... prompting the lockdown of three schools. 39-year-old wesley ford is facing several charges including robbery and grand larceny. it all started with an armed robbery on monday at the maverick gas station on stead boulevard. police say the next day, ford stole a truck then led them on a chase. stead and silver lake elementary schools, as well as o'brien middle school were all put on lockdown. initially-- detectives suspect... but police cleared him after talking with witnesses. ### this all a reno man has been sentenced to 15-years in prison for driving under the influence. according to the washoe county district attorney's office--59- year-

snow showers over the sierra nevada. it is very light accumulations. high surf advisory remains up until 7:00 a.m. even though the system has passed. the swells will continue to build. right now five to seven-foot waves. there is a possibility of rip currents and large breakers. if you are from out of town be careful. especially with the milder weather ahead. temperatures ahead are 40s, 50s and not too chilly and a lovely view. we will show you the view as we look toward the embarcadero. this camera is at pier15. sunny and warmer this weekend with possible records next week. we will look at what's ahead. overnight you will see the clouds around. fog for your morning commute. and i wouldn't be surprised if it it was a little misty in spots. you have to wait until the afternoon, and you will see plenty of sun mixing in with the cloud cover. speaking of sun, you will see it as super bowl city. we'll start out with the clouds. 53 degrees. then the sun breaks through. temperatures in the midto upper 50s. it does get cool by 9:00 p.m. i would just pack an ex

, oregon, even in parts of utah and nevada, and in the cascades, pretty heavy snow, and in the sierra nevada range. this will come down here and look like this. i was hoping we would finally get out of this winter tight pattern, but unfortunately, we there is a dip in the jets. -- jet. 56 degrees in oklahoma city. so as we go through the night, this was a storm system that brought us our snow in the mountains, the wet snow and the rain, moving out to the. it was a week system w --eak weak system. unseasonably warm, and this is going to pass through but not before we get into the weekend. still, pretty nice weather. if forecast tonight, merely clear skies and cold, the loan you the freezing mark, the mountains probably cloudy skies with a cool breeze. tomorrow, in the spartanburg area, plenty of sunshine, the temperature 56 degrees, and we will start off at 40 at 9:00 a.m., upper 40's by around noon time. asheville, for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, not as cold, lighter winds, and that is the warming up to 45 degrees at lunchtime, 50 the high at 3:00 in the afternoon. so it will be nice, mild

southwest winds will be gusty and could be fairly strong across the sierra nevada from late wednesday afternoon through thursday morning. your 8 news now team will keep an eye on the forecast strength and the potential for some downsloping into valley. there is still some model disagreement with the system as it moves inland. -------------------------------- ------------------- one model remains weaker with the trough than the ecmwf, which has implications on the timing as well as coverage of precipitation. another system shows a little slower and a little more generous with the precip than previous one, yet both models ree the precip should be ickly ending ifoaeadydry by thursday night. --------------------------------------------- even withthe timing and precip fferences, the overalpicture ill indicates that theeatest precip chanc should confined to areas north ast of las vegas wednesyght through thursday. with the trough moving through rather fast and noteing toodeep, expectperatures to op only a few deges thursdayd perhaps friday, yetmaining above normal. -------------- here's you

sierra nevada looks good. they'll have precipitation moving in later.s system will weaken because the front is moving away from the parent low and the energy source. it will not have the oomph that the last system had. some of the rain will start in the north bay maybe around 9:00. the front starts to march through by noon and starts to move into marin and napa. and by 2:00 it's over the bay area. it's really begins to fall apart as we head to 4:00 or 6:00. north bay will get heavier amounts. clearing out by saturday and sunday and we look good to go for sunshine and warmer temps. increasing clouds, afternoon rain and sooner up to the north. the heaviest rain will be northward. 50s and 60s on the temps, they've come way down from the beginning of the week. after this system clears, we'll see mostly sunny skies on saturday and then warmer weather sunday, monday and tuesday. >> just in time for the chinese new year parade which is lovely. >> thank you, steve. >>> it's 4:20 right now. and twin sisters from san ramon are sharing their luck and $6 million. s

and makayla long will stay close, headed to sierra nevada college up in incline. we'll be right back. another check of your forecast. tonight: scattered snow showers, mainly before 11 pm. mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. southwest wind 5 to here tonight at kolo- tv-dot-com. we'll be back right

sierra nevada dealing with snow and that will be winding down in a couple of hours. temperatures are now in the 20s which is good. they were in the 50s the last couple of days. the breeze will be a big deal but not from the south. it will be more from the west. and we have a possibility of more thundershower activity. 60s for highs. and some of these could be brief heavy rain. instead of 70s or near 80 we've come way down. one more system will swing by and then okay for the weekend. >> thank you so much. we'll continue car talk later on. >> car talk. >>> it's a spectacular sight. up next, the reason so many photographers are rushing. >> and it's unbelievable. >> we'll talk more about it when we come back. >>> welcome back to mornings on 2. a 12-year-old boy suffered a broken arm and scrapes and bruises after he was hit by a car and dragged 50 feet. he was riding a bike outside dublin high school yesterday morning and was hit by a car pulling out of the parking lot. the boy was dragged about 50 feet. they had to use the jaws of life to lift the car and get him out. th

that, and it's been a bit of a wild sunday. >> we have a winter weathered a advisory up for the sierra nevada, if you're going to travel through southern california, same storm dropping snow all across the grapevine area, as southern california is actually seeing the more significant impact of the storm. we have seen snow around the bay area earlier today, and this afternoon, the hills around livermore, look at that, white cap peaks south of livermore this afternoon. still snow happening out towards the east of san jose, out towards mt. hamilton. pretty good line of showers moving through morgan hill and snow just out to the east. the snow level is about 2,000 feat. as you wake up tomorrow morning, you'll likely see quite a bit of snow sticking around into monday morning. we're going to have temperatures tomorrow morning in the 40s, but wind speeds also could be in the 40s. you can see these gusts on the coast and the thill tops from nw until the early morning. the wind speeds start to back off early in the afternoon. we'll go from a very windy start, with partly cloudy in the afternoon, less

high pressure will strengthen over the sierra and western nevada, bringing dry conditions temperatures through monday will ease down to near average for the lower valleys tuesday, then jump to 8 to 14 degrees above average on wednesday. the next chance for precipitation will be next weekend. && .short term... any changes to the inherited short term forecast were minimal at best. most of the area will remain dry for the next three days...but a weak wave tonight. she began treatment for a malignant brain tumor a year ago. she was was first elected to the state 2012. politicians from across the state have expressed sadness today over her passing... including governor brian sandoval who ordered flags on all state buildings to be lowered to half staff in her honor. smith is survived by her husband greg and three children. she was 60-years-old. around 3:45 saturday morning a 51-year-old inmate died at the regional medical facility at northern nevada correctional center. according to the department of corrections, ronnie hall was committed from clark county in july, 2014. he was serving four

west where the storm system is gaining more steam, pushing in snowfall to the cascades across the sierra nevada and eventually making its way into our back yard. that's going to provide more moisture for the mountains mainly. by tomorrow morning you will notice the clouds building into the western slope, a little bit of light snow for or northern by 4:00, might have a few high level clouds building in, clouds with stronger gusts but as far as seeing any snow it looks minimal. one to 4 inches up in the mountains and the foothills could pick up an additional inch. today 69 degrees, just shy of hitting our record. we will have plenty of sunshine later on and the numbers in the mid to upper 60s in northern colorado, the eastern plains, even warmer toward the arkansas river valley and mild up in the mountains too with temps in the 40s. about 38 overnight, mainly clear skies, the winds picking up late tonight, continuing throughout all of tomorrow, comes at a cost, 71 degrees but it will be gusty. we cool off ever so slightly friday, keep the stronger winds in place through the weekend and then final