matherly with a look at the forecast. a ridge of high pressure will bring dry conditions through much of the week. air quality will worsen through mid week before the next system moves into the region bringing chances for rain and snow by the end of the week into the weekend. a weak slider-type system continues to push through the sierra. associated moisture has been mostly confined west of the sierra crest in central california. there were a few showers in the sierra and around reno earlier in the night, but largely only trace amounts of snow fell. webcams did show some snow covered roads in lassen county and there could be some slick conditions

meet later this morning to decide whether to apply its new rates to current solar customers. kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on what today's decision could mean for the solar community going forward. this has been a controversial topic for some time now ... but depending which direction commissioners decide to go today ... it could mean a bit of relief for people who bought their solar panels in years past. ... commissioner david noble submitted a draft order last wednesday calling for reconsideration of the so-called "grandfathering" issue. meaning the commission could vote to apply the new, higher rates to only new customers ... and allow existing solar customers to pay the more favorable rates they'd been paying prior to the rate hike. the commission voted in december that solar customers need to pay more per month, to support the electrical grid. they also voted customers should be paid less for the power they put back into the power grid. at a meeting two weeks ago ... commissioners decided to uphold the rate hike. that decision has forced several solar companies to stop sales in nevada. premier solar solutions recently announced that it closed its office in henderson. company officials say they had to lay off 66 employees ... and will be moving to a state with "more favorable

companies-- solarcity and sun-run layed off more than 650 employees as a result of the new rates. today's meeting will be held jointly at the public utilities commission offices in both carson city and las vegas starting at 9:30. also happening today in carson city ... solarcity is expected to make a big announcement at eight a-m. they haven't released any details as to what they'll be announcing ... so we'll just have to wait and see. you can of course check our website kolotv.com or download the kolo 8 app for the latest developments. now to the 20-16 presidential race. the countdown to the iowa caucuses is on. democrats are kicking off their big iowa push with a town hall tonight in des moines... as

campaign trail hard in the final sprint before the hawkeye state's big day. this, after a weekend of endorsements, tough talk, and maybe even another contender. reid binion reports. with the iowa caucuses fast approaching... ...the presidential primary campaign is seeing key endorsements and confident rhetoric on both sides. the des moines register saturday endorsed hillary clinton for the democrats... ...and marco rubio on the republican side. presidential candidate "well we're pleased obviously, anytime we can get people to ratify what our campaign is about." a day later clinton picked up another endorsement from the boston globe. conservative voice glenn beck endorsed ted cruz. meanwhile, donald trump raised eyebrows with this comment about the loyalty of his supporters. presidential candidate "did you ever see that? where i could stand in the middle of 5th avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters okay? it's like incredible." the billionaire businessman gave a far

to news that former new york mayor michael bloomberg is considering an independent white house bid. i'd love to have him come in cause i love the competition frankly, i mean it would be great if bloomberg - i'd love bloomberg to come in." clinton, brushing off any notion that she would feel threatened by a bloomberg run. "the way i read what he said is, if i didn't get the nomination, he might consider it. well, i'm going to relieve him of that and get the nomination so he doesn't have to." ....and bernie sanders, using it to further his populist message. "if donald trump became the republican candidate who's a multibillionaire and michael bloomberg became the independent candidate who's a multibillionaire and it will tell for a long time is that this country is moving away from democracy to oligarchy." i'm reid binion, reporting. new this morning. isis has released a propaganda video claiming to show 9 of the men behind the november terror this is a still frame from the video. the gruesome tape shows the attackers' messages" and some of the militants beheading hostages. the identities of the victims are not known. the paris attacks left 130 people dead. footage from the video also shows britain's

a terrorism analyst says it suggests the united kingdom could be the next target. thai investigators are trying to figure out if a piece of debris may be linked to malaysia airlines flight 3-70. the metal part was found near a coastal village in southern thailand. malaysia's transport minister says it's too early to speculate if the debris is from the missing plane. president obama will reportedly tackle one legacy of the c-i-a's so- called "secret war" during the vietnam era. he's expected to announce a major initiative to clear leftover vietnam-era bombs. from 1964 to 1973-- u.s. warplanes dropped more than 2-million tons of bombs in laos. but an estimated 30- percent of the ordinance didn't explode on impact. and to this day-- it continues to kill people in laos when it's set off. obama will reportedly make his initiative official during his landmark trip to laos

a manhunt is underway for three inmates who officials say broke out of a maximum security jail in santa ana, california. they escaped friday.... and managed to cut through steel bars in their cells and sneak through plumbing tunnels to the roof. after that, they reportedly used sheets to repel four stories to the ground. the escapees include a suspected murderer and two inmates charged with attempted murder and kidnapping. the three are considered dangerous. a 50-thousand dollar reward is being offered for information leading to their capture. more trouble for takata. a tenth death has been linked the company's faulty airbags. as a result, u-s regulators added five million more cars to the 19-million vehicles already under recall. the company released a statement offering condolences to the victim's family. takata has struggled for years since its inflators were discovered to be defective. the bags can explode when activated, firing out shards of metal and glass. takata faces multiple private legal actions,

fines and a u-s justice department investigation. a recall is in effect for various brands of packaged salad -- that could be linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. the c-d-c says twelve people were hospitalized in six states. one patient died from the listeria infection. officials say all the patients ate packaged salads that came from a dole processing plant in springfield, ohio. the salads were sold under the brand names.... dole, fresh selections, simple truth, marketside, the little salad bar, and president's choice. the water contamination crisis in flint, michigan has sparked an outpouring of support. so much so.... one canadian hockey team is putting the competition on hold, donating thousands of water bottles to it's rival city of flint. costa papista, president, flint

windsor community and the windsor spitfire fans to step up and help flint in a time of need, really says a lot about the organization." the windsor spitfires collected more than 65-thousand water bottles over just a few days. the water crisis has gained national attention. today, michigan's attorney general is expected to give an update on the investigation and whether any laws were violated in the process that left the city's drinking water contaminated with lead. sure... you can use a coupon and save a dollar maybe... coming up though we'll tell you about some apps that could actually make you some money. "i'm just happy to be alive. so, you know, it was scary. " why an american airlines flight from miami made an emergency landing. "you're watching kolo 8 news now good morning reno with dave lawrence, amanda sanchez and lindsey matherly with your hour by hour forecast"

was forced to make an emergency landing in canada after severe turbulence. it hit like a big dip and that's, uh, some flight attendants were without seatbelts and then they hurt themselves, and then the other people, like, i guess people passed out, because, you know, it was bad, scary. seven passengers were hospitalized with injuries. the american airlines flight landed at saint john's international airport in canada last night. the flight was headed from miami to milan, italy. three flight attendants and four passengers were among those hospitalized.

conditions through much of the week. air quality will worsen through mid week before the next system moves into the region bringing chances for rain and snow by the end of the week into the weekend. a weak slider-type system continues to push through the sierra. associated moisture has been mostly confined west of the sierra crest in central california. there were a few showers in the sierra and around reno earlier in the night, but largely only trace amounts of snow fell. webcams did show some snow covered roads in lassen county and there could be some slick conditions mainly from truckee northward. however, the vorticity lobe

is shearing out, and snow showers are dissipating. there will be some lingering cloud cover today from this system, but very little chance of further precipitation. otherwise, there could be some patchy freezing fog along typical sierra locations like the martis and sierra valleys this morning. a ridge of high pressure will settle over the region from this afternoon through wednesday night. the only real weather concern will be valley inversions resulting in poorer air quality each morning with poor mixing conditions as well. even with the inversions, temperatures will warm above seasonal averages into the low/mid 50s for western nevada and

valleys. high cloud cover begins to increase later wednesday as the next system conditions through much of the week. air quality will worsen through mid week before the next system moves into the region bringing chances for rain and snow by the end of the week into the weekend. a weak slider-type system continues to push through the sierra. associated moisture has been mostly confined west of the we have some easy ways for you to save and make money, just by downloading certain apps to your smart phone. according to money saving mom dot com, you can download an app called 'shopkick' and recieve mobile coupons plus rewards for walking into stores. another app that can earn you money is called jing-it. it pays you to watch online ads. you can also earn money for downloading

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most of all that snow from the weekend. in washington d-c, they took advantage of the record snowfall and went sledding along the national mall. and several groups organized snowball fights in the area. one group channeled star wars... naming their fight "snow wars- the

people aren't the only ones enjoying the fresh snow. warning-- get ready to hear amanda squeal. giant panda tian tian at washington dc's smithsonian national zoo can't get enough of the snow! he frolicked in it as more continued to fall. tian tian is the father of

giant pandas who also live at the national zoo. it was a soldout show at the pioneer theater over the weekend. and it wasn't a broadway play, it was about ideas worth spreading a look at reno's annual ted x speakers event. and shaq made a surprise visit in a small florida town. a look at the video that's gone viral. you're watching kolo 8 news now. a ridge of high pressure

mua ridge of high pressure will bring dry conditions through much of the week. air quality will worsen through mid week before the next system moves into the region bringing chances for rain and snow by the end of the week into the weekend. a weak slider-type system continues to push through the sierra. associated moisture has been mostly confined west of the sierra crest in central california. there were a few showers in the sierra and around reno

largely only trace amounts of snow some snow covered roads in lassen county and there could be some slick conditions mainly from truckee northward. however, the vorticity lobe supporting this system is shearing out, and snow showers are dissipating. there will be some lingering cloud cover today from this system, but very further precipitation. otherwise, there could be some patchy freezing hey, there. in today's "techbytes" -- a smaller and cheaper iphone. >> online reports claim that the iphone 5se will feature a four-inch screen and an eight-megapixel rear camera. as well as touch i.d. >> the new device is expected to be unveiled in march and hit stores in april. samsung is expanding its focus on virtual rault. >> they announced they'll be

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thousands of people are waking up to piles of snow this morning after that historic blizzard slammed the east coast. this morning. and the silver springs area is growing and the community is excited about it. what's fueling the areas growth. and more than a thousand students are headed back to school today after damage from a broken water pipe extended pine middle school's winter break. thanks for joining us here on good morning reno... it's time ... i'm amanda sanchez