rachael says if there's anyone who knew what was coming - it was the solar provider sunrun - because in the letter they sent today - they say they've been fighting this for months. "if this has been going on for months, you know, they could have provided documentation as to what was going on then let me make the decision instead of signing a 20 year lease." sunrun promises customers who signed a lease before january first will maintain their original energy rates. but rachael wants to sell her home in the near future - and is worried that no one will want a home with solar panels. in this case - the enemy is time. when rachel closed on the home - there simply wasn't enough concrete information for her to make the best decision. live in henderson - michael burton - channel 13 action news. we learned about this issue from a viewer.. like us to check out.. send an e-mail to 13investigates@ktnv.com.. and please be sure to include.... your phone number. a contact 13 warning tonight.... from the i-r-s. how scammers are trying to take advantage of you.... during tax season. plus.. a snowboa

closed captioning will resume shortly larry cohen, branch manager for sunrun larry cohen, branch manager for sunrun in las vegas "now for sure there will be loss of economic revenue for each municipality because just one company alone has put in millions of dollars and my other competitors im sure have matched the same amount of money." closed captioning closed captioning will resume shortly nevadans are crossing the to cash in on a record powerball jackpot. a drawing for one-point-five billion dollars... takes place tonight. let's check in with miguel martinez- valle... in white hills arizona. keep in mind... the odds of winning powerball.... are one in 292 million. we'll have those winning numbers for you... tonight on fox five news at ten. does winning the lottery.... come with a curse? coming up.... we'll take a look at some instant multi- millionaires... who ended up broke. plus.... dogs around the country are coming down with the flu this season. the symptom pet owners should look out for. 24/7 forecast is coming up next this is fox5 news at 5:30, your only choice for live local ne

the rooftop solar company 'sunrun' has announced it's employees. this is after the rate changes. sunrun also says it will no longer sell or install solar panels in nevada... ....and they are not the only ones. 'solarcity' made a similar announcement earlier this week. we are going to continue following this story for you. we are expecting a final decision from the public utilities commission on new rates next week. ...one of our viewers tells us home since around thanksgiving. she actually sent us this picture of her thermostat monday night... it is at 51 degrees. she says she tried going to her apartment complex... ....but when nothing was done - she turned to action news for help.... ....and when you ask.. we investigate. contact 13 investigative reporter stephanie zepelin got results. do not recue anything from the friday 5 and 6pm shows. we had an issue with the videos/sots/packages used and caused precis to completely crash....anything from those shows needs to be recut and issue with the reattached... it. open the clean file in edius, attach clean file to rundown. alex dunc

larry cohen, branch manager for sunrun in las vegas: now for sure there will be loss of economic revenue for each municipality because just one company alone has put in millions of dollars and my other competitors im sure have matched the same amount of money larry cohen said he just laid off dozens of people and sunrun will stop iperations in the state march 6z. by contrast the commissioner presiding over the case says solar companies should be concerned with other forces business including stable retail electric rates and historically low natural gas prices. a couple of groups opposed to the restructuring filed a petition to reconsider the changes all together. the commission has 40 days to grant or deny it. tasc tells me they'll take it to court. it turns out a metro police officer accused of choking his girlfriend was arrested in 2011 for a separate, but similar that's according to an arrest burt. department since 2005 but in 2011, an incident with similar circumstances led to his arrest. in this latest incident, his girlfriend of five months told police he wouldn't let her leave the

(from 6pm pkg) rachael mckinnon angry homeowner we spoke with sunrun.. and they promise customers who signed a lease before january 1st will maintain their original energy rates. still to come... an encore performance for one restaurant.... here in our valley... :35 darcy: remember me? we're back. you guys are on dirty dining again. find out... what landed this restaurant.... on the health district's naughty list... for the second time.... and... had them.... just one demerit from being shut down. plus.. actor jamie foxx receives a heartfelt 'thank you' for saving a man's life. when i get here the truck is flames, i had to do something tonight.. for the first time.. we're hearing the frantic 911 call. bryan. nats - 911 call he was inside on fire. we pulled out?you need to send we're now hearing.... the 9-1- 1 call just moments after.... hollywood star... jamie foxx rescued a man.... from this violent fiery crash.... outside his home. i pull him out and 5 seconds later the truck goes up. (butted to) if he didn't help my son would have burnt up tonight...

sunrun will stop nevada operations on march 6th. a couple groups opposed to the restructuring filed a petition to reconsider the changes. the commission has 40 days to grant or deny it. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief we have a series of disturbances moving off of the pacific through the southern nevada area. most of these just throw us some clouds, but now models are picking up on a very slight chance of showers for saturday and sunday, then again with a separate system on tuesday. we'll stay around 60 degrees for highs through the 7-day forecast after thursday where we expect 55. overnight lows get above the 40 degree mark into the weekend and beyond. we will see another round of freezing lows into thursday with a start at 34. we have a series of disturbances moving off of the pacific through the southern nevada area. most of these clouds, but now models are picking up on a very slight chance of showers for saturday and sunday, then again with a separate system on tuesday. we'll stay around 60 degrees for highs through the 7-day

sunrun says it's laying off hundreds of nevada employees and will stop sales and installation of solar panels in our state they say it's in response to the move by the p- u-c to increase nv energy bills for rooftop solar customers. a sunrun spokesman could not provide an exact number of employees losing jobs -- but estimates it will be hundreds of people. competitor solarcity has also laid off workers and is stopping sales in nevada./// ((paul joncich)) > this week some valley students got to experience live classical music. the smith center held a youth concert series all this week. more than 10 thousand students got to see the las vegas philharmonic in action the goal is to further advance music education in the clark county district. and to also hopefully inspire some students to pick up an instrument. ((jeri crawford president of las vegas phil harmonic "this group of students that we graders and when they approach 6th grade they are given the choice of either going intto the chorus or picking u p an instrument and going into band so of course we'd like to have some influence on th

until she got a letter from her solar provider, sunrun. "if this has been going on for months, you know, they could have provided documentation as to what was going on then let me make the decision instead of signing a 20-year lease." (from 6pm pkg) rachael mckinnon angry homeowner we spoke to sunrun.... who says customers who signed a lease before january first will maintain their original energy rates. years of death and crashes... finally we're seeing some change. it's an intersection we've reported on a lot. action news reporter parker collins is there now at lake mead and sloan. just a few hours ago... this started working. they turned on a brand new traffic light. this is a very busy place with a bad history. we've reported on bad wrecks right here... in 2012 someone put out a petition for change here. we even did a little investigative work on why nothing was being done... turns out talks between the county and n dot weren't doing anything. people here say the change is long overdue. donovan matthews, pedestrian 8:40:50-8:40:56 "the

national companies sunrun said they laid off more than 650 employees paycheck coming up, experts are calling it a "pandemic in the making." how the seek a virus is affecting children in south america. >> and now amazon is offering full recap -- refunds for customers who bought hoverboards, how the fires have affected online retail sales. for now but we are . >> public health officials in south america are advising them and to put off pregnancies passing on competition from those mosquito borne zeke a health officials recommend women who are already pregnant sick of it out those the risk of mosquito bites. there are nearly 100 cases of woman contracting the virus in that country. other countries are seeing cases of zikca like brazil heave seen a spike of spikes of michael fairly a rib defect in babies. they have smaller than normal heads and their brains not fully developed . the cdc has warned that pregnant omen in the u.s. countries in south america as a >> more than one third of americans are prediabetic and most are unaware. there are no symptoms necessarily for prediabetes but so

lesley marin sits down with a former "sunrun energy employee"..... whose company just pulled out of town. clark county teachers can finally celebrate. after a unanimous vote late last night by the board of trustees.. the teachers have a new 2-year contract. action news reporter elizabeth gadley is here now to go through what's in the new deal. elizabeth. been fighting for and protesting over for months... so as you can imagine everyone involved is thrilled to have a new contract in place. dan barber, durango high school teacher 17:35:51:00 it's elation right, this has been long struggle for teachers. what teachers and union members are most excited about... the 135 million dollar contract includes pay raises for the vikki courtney ccea president 17:20:16:00 it's a good opportunity, there's going to be an investment in us, in education. angry teachers staged protest after protest and rally after rally following wage freeze... finally they were heard.... getting the raises they fought so hard for. dan barber, durango high school teacher 17:37:13;00 for

solarcity and sunrun both cited that decision when they halted sales in nevada, laying off more than 650 employees. unlv has finalized a expand its campus the -42- acres of vacant land is located..... on tropicana.... just east of koval lane. plans for the property include.... future u-n-l-v campus expansion. the land would also provide an future u-n-l-v campus expansion. the land would also provide an allow them to play their homegames.... on campus. an action news update the film academy has announced reforms to adress its problems with diversity. the film academy is pledging to double the number of female and minority members by 2020, and will immediately diversify its leadership by adding three new seats to its board of governors. academy president cheryl boone isaacs announced the changes following a weeklong storm of criticism and calls for an oscar boycott after academy members nominated an all-white slate of actors for the second year in a row. las vegas strip headliner celine dion said her finaly goodbye to her husband rene angelil. montreal's notre dame basilica. thousands

solarcity and sunrun both say the decision is the reason they halted sales in nevada.. and laid-off more than 650 employees. a north valley neighborhood is finally free of the squatters that neighbors say have been ruining the area for the past year. it's an update to a story you asked us to investigate. contact 13 investigative reporter stephanie zepelin tell us what happened. emails about squatters in the valley. metro says the ones in bank-owned homes are the hardest for them to solve. but this time, they got some resolution for people in the area."""""""""" the situation with squatters on meadowrock avenue started a year ago. by november, neighbors were tired of constant visits from police and fire with no of constant visits from police and fire with no results....so they called us. they described the crazy situation. 00.46 pretty much where we're standing people are sitting here smoking crack, from my house you can clearly see them smoking crack pipes 53 jonathan serfass says the squatter even shot his car after he called police. metro told us they were struggling

national solar companies solarcity and sunrun says that decision is the reason they both stopped sales in nevada... laying off more than 650 employees. the nevada public utilities commission may the new rates to solar customers... who bought their systems in years past. it's largely regarded as a problem that no americans... but the flint water crisis has drawn the nation's attention to the danger of lead poisoning. of lead exposure. the body. it can cause damage to the brain, slowed growth, behavioral problems, and speech and hearing problems. incidents of lead poisoning are uncommon in northern nevada - but not unheard of. "we've had a few children in our patient population here that have come back with slightly elevated led levels, nothing that required treatment." doctor stage says for younger children - still exploring the world by putting things in their mouth - checking lead levels in the blood is routine. if lead is detected, parents are advised to check the home for possible sources of lead. in addition there are community resources available to help. typical sources include l

solarcity and sunrun... both say the decision is the reason they halted sales in our state.. and laid-off more than 650 employees. the nevada economic development board.. has given the final approval... that will bring electric carmaker "faraday future" to our state. the board's decision was the final step needed to formalize the deal. faraday reps say... the company hopes to break ground... factory in north las vegas by the end of this month. car production is expected to begin with-in the next couple of years. the first lego league robotics/// state championship was held today at the west career and technical academy. 32 teams competed in a series of challenges... all designed to test their critical thinking and engineering skills. students spent the past 12 weeks designing robots out of legos to get ready for today's championship. when all was said and done, the championship went to joe mackay academy. congratulations to their team and all the other participants. karla has another look at your forecast. you're watching channel thirteen action news, where you ask. and we in

. >>> bay area company sunrun secured more than $100 million for solar insulation. they put solar panels on your house for no money down and pay month to month for the lease. to do that, the company has to have money to pay for the panels and sunrun just got millions more. >>> a big move by the government over hoverboards including a hint they may face a ban in the future. if you're selling these at a booth in the mall, sell them now. if you're buying them, stick around. tell you the one thing the government says you need to ride a hoverboard and that one thing is not a helmet. they say that is a really good idea. >> need like full-body gear after a while. thank you, scott. >> they look like fun, i have to admit. >>> happening today, a festival for watching internet cat videos is returning to san francisco. the popular festival will screen more than 100 videos today and this weekend at the center for the art. i am a black cat. >> the headliner. >> that black cat right there named oreo. organizers say they hope this will encourage the pub to actually adopt real cats.

"thank you again for your contribution to sunrun's mission to create a planet run by the sun" that's the letter jose pena and his co worker read after being laid off from solar company-- sun run. interview 1 12:36:34-12:36:42 "it was kind of a shock to a lot of people but we were staying pretty optimistic until we got out no work order" pena-- who left the airforce to come to work as a site technician-- expected financial security and promotions. but instead was left without a job--- once the p-u-c voted with n-v energy to raise net metering rates for solar costumers. "since we stopped selling --now there was no work for the guys" but today-- two home owners have stepped up to face off against n-v energy. in this 17 page class action law suit-- the homeowners on utilities commission...on those net metering rates. the law suit was filed by john bamforth and stanley schone-- although we reached out to the plantiff's lawyers we did not the suit does accuse n-v energy of everything from consumer fraud and negligence

national solar companies, solar city and sunrun cited the same reason in their decision to leave when they halted sales in nevada laying off more than 650 employees. >>> the investigation continues following a stabbing earlier today. the incident occurred near 4th street and lake street and police and fire were on the street. the nature of the injuries are not immediately known. we have been trying to get some information from reno police about this today. we will continue to keep you updated on air and online at mynews4.com as soon as we are able to get more information about what happened. >>> sparks police are looking for three suspects after a home invasion left two people hospitalized on wednesday. officials tell us the men broke into a home on the 2200 block of 18th street before 8:00 that night. and that's when they were armed with handguns and they ordered the man and woman inside to lay on the floor. police say the male victim was hit in the head by one of the suspects and woman who is pregnant was being treated for pregnancy-related stress resulting from the incident. now, p

jose pena, former sunrun employee. 2> 12:39:15- 12:39:21 i mean i always have my options it's just difficult not knowing what's going to happen in the next couple months> n-v energy says it does not comment on pending litigation. still ahead.. the holiday season is over.. but that's not the case with some great deals. contact 13 is digging deeper to save you money... why january is the best time to find a bargain... and... where you can find some great right now. business owners say a vacant store has become a homeless hideout. what those living inside had to say and what is doing to try and help. some unbelievable video out of mexico tonight of an explosion looked more like a scene out of a hollywood blockbuster. the powerful blast happened at a restaurant in mexico city.. and hurled large pieces of treet. nearly a dozen people were also injured. investigators believe it was caused by a gas build-up inside the restaurant that somehow ignited. managers in a commercial center say... a recent remodel has opene