as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... there's a special event that's just for the boys. grand sierra resort and casino hosts the biggest little smoke featuring premium bourbons selection, payne mason cigars and creative food stations from charlie palmer steak. the exclusive event takes place on saturday, feb. 20 begin at 6:30 p.m. at the sports bar. there will be raffle prizes throughout the evening including a bottle of jim beam distiller's masterpiece. tickets are $90 per person and include a payne mason cigar gift bag. this premier event invites amateur smokers and aficionados alike to revel in the finest cigars, delectable dishes for a sophisticated evening inside the largest sports book in the region. the event is open to the public and reservations can be made by calling stacy dunster at 775-789-1630. for more information on all events happening at gsr, visit www.grandsierraresort.com or call 1-800-501-2651. grand sierra resort and casino hosts the biggest little smoke featuring premium bourbons from the jim beam signature selection, payne mason cigars and creative

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. about a hundred families learned about preparing their kids for college... and beyond at the washoe county school district teamed up with u-n-r for the event. experts say the process starts as early as pre-k. they say home learning and community resources are big components. one community resource is at the washoe county library. they offer a children's learning program called 'tumblebooks' -- it reads books to children while simultaneously pointing to the words. thousands of local ladies lined up for the annual diva's day out event at the grand sierra resort over the weekend. more than 100 local businesses offered everything from clothes and jewelry... to health and wellness products. the first thousand ladies in the door received free feather boas and were among the first in line to meet chad duell and bryan craig from abc's "general hospital". "we've never been here before we were reallys surprised opened the windown here in the hotel and saw the snow in the mountains we don't see

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. starting this week.. mcdonald's will test out two new low-calorie breakfast bowls in los one contains egg whites, turkey sausage, spinach and kale... and clocks-in at only 250- calories. another has scrambled egg and chorizo sausage with hashbrowns, salsa and pico de gallo and has 460 calories. mcdonald's will also begin using lower- calorie chobani greek yogurt in its parfaits and smoothies. firefighters from new york and florida were in las vegas yesterday.. they were there for intense training...using the city's high roller ferris wheel for the wheel has a zip line pulley system enabling rescuers to reach the rim.. hundreds of feet up in the air. there is a similar ferris wheel in orlando, and plans for one in new york. training is expected to resume today. we have all noticed it at our favorite grocey store... the cost of food going up. we have advice form the experts on how to save money at the market. uber is testing a new service in thailand only this time it's on two wheels instead of four. that a

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. anytime the pilot has to get on the loud speaker and say something about an "emergency landing" details of some scary moments for passengers on an american airlines plane headed for charlotte. and we've told you about dumb criminals before... wait until you see this kid criminal in action. through much of next conditions over the eastern sierra and 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 ots some scary moments for passengers flying from orlando to charlotte. the pilot had to make an emergency landing in florida because of an electrical odor coming from the cockpit. sot mcdonald -"you're a little nervous. you are hoping you land soon because it's kind of scary and you're hoping nothing blow

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us in this week's keeping it local ... they're sharing the roles of both teacher and student. ed ferencik and his father ... ed senior ... each bring their own set of skills to the table with their new restaurant. and when i met with this dynamic duo ... what i discovered is that this business venture has making. ... one's a master of meats craftsman. and together ... they're putting a creative spin on barbeque with some non-conventional creations along with the familiar favorites. whether you like your on a wood fire rotisserie ... or on a char pit grill ... they do it all. "i think we're putting out, not of creativity." more than 30 years of experience in the meat industry. his son developed his culinary skills at u-n-l-v. while the younger ferencik was working at fine dining restaurants in las vegas ... his dad was creating a line of meat tenderizers under the name butcher's kitchen ... which would eventually roll over to their joint business venture. "i'm learning something, and he's learning something, and together it

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. high sierra animal rescue is here with winston , a cute young black lab mix. and if you like vintage cars, you can help winston and his buddies at high sierra by going to the automobile museum. more information after the break. and here's a look at today's pump patrol. according to gasbuddy.com you will pay .....2.15 at wolf fast stop. we have a link to the cheapest prices in your neighborhood on our kolo 8 app or at kolotv.com. remember... winston will be c again! again! again! again! again! again! again! no artificial flavors. no artificial colors. why? so you can love our cereal. on friday. a couple of his pictures are attached and his short bio is below. " my name is winston and i'm a young lab mix. i'm a high energy type of guy who loves to run and play; tug-o-war, ball, you name it and i'll play it! i'm good with other dogs and bigger kids; am a bit much for the smaller kiddos. i'm just a big puppy needing attention and activity. come down to high sierra animal rescue for a play

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. a weak, fast moving will bring an increased chance of rain and snow to areas this afternoon and be breezy this afternoon. snow at the higher passes could cause a few travel headaches early this evening. a ridge of high pressure will begin to develop over the weekend and become more pronounced early next week. && .short term... only modest changes were made to the previous forecast mainly concerning winds this afternoon. a shortwave will tighten the pressure gradient across northwestern nevada and northeastern california. as a result, winds will increase this gusts up to 45 mph. there will be localized gusts up to 55 mph north a susanville to gerlach line to the oregon border. added areas of blowing dust northeast of honey lake including northern washoe county from the smoke creek desert to the oregon border and through the black rock desert into portions of northern pershing county. lake wind advisories are in effect for pyramid lake and lake tahoe late this morning into the evening.

that was matt vaughan reporting. the stick will be open monday through friday starting at 11 each day ... and on the weekends they'll start the day off their grand opening is one week from today. it's a whole foods event that's won a guinnes world record... called the "crack heard round the world." "ready? across the country.... cheese professionals hand-cracked 80-pound wheels of parmseano reggiano... and served fresh samples to customers - it's whole foods' top selling cheese and all the wheels come from italy. certain brands of shredded parmesean cheese have caused some controversy recently... because they wood pulp. that's not the case here. "you're not going to find that get this is the best top of the line parm reg we crack it right here in house every day and we grate it all by hand, no wood." the chese professional set this piece of parmesean on fire... to make a cheesy pasta sauce for customers. up next on this edition of kolo 8 news now... they're rolling out the red carpet for the academy awards. we're hea

i'm matt vaughan in for dave lawrence. we begin with breaking news regarding nevada and the u-s supreme court... a rumored nominee to replace justice antonin scalia was nevada governor brian sandoval, who was even being vetted by the white house. today, sandoval said he does not want to be considered at this time for the nomination. he says he's very humbled to be considered and is incredibly grateful to have been mentioned. this comes after republicans on the senate judiciary committee wrote a letter.. vowing to forgo any hearings on the white house's selection. mcconnell said president obama.. should leave the next supreme court selection.. to the next president. "presidents have a right to nominate, just as the senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent. in this case, the senate will "i think it will be very difficult for mr. mcconnell to explain how if the public concludes that this person is very well qualified that the senate should stand in the way simply for political reasons." senate minori

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. 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 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, at the same time of the day, on the same days of the week. cg: leslie heinberg, phd/cleveland clinic "if you're trying to lose weight without gathering some of this information, it's a little bit like driving your car in a new town without the gps - you might stumble onto your destination, but having all that information, by having a roadmap, you're going to get there much more quickly and efficiently." :18 dr. leslie heinberg from the cleveland clinic says the number on the scale is just one piece of data. thin

i'm matt vaughan.. dave lawrence is off. two female students are dead following a shooting at a high school in a phoenix suburb this morning.. glendale police say both victims were 15- year-old girls and were shot once. authorities say they are not searching for any suspects and a weapon was found near the bodies. the relationship between the girls is not known. police say they received a call about the shooting just before 8 this morning. an arraignment is scheduled for today for the four people who surrendered yesterday at a national wildlife refuge in oregon, ending a more than month-long standoff with federal authorities. abc's marci gonzalez has the latest. occupiers of this this national wildlife refuge in oregon preparing to face a judge- on felony charges after yesterday's tense showdown- script: nats -- "you're gonna come out with your hands up!" "no we're not!" the men- finally surrendered peacefully...ending a more than 40-day standoff sot -- "coming out!" the tense - negotiations with federal agents- played out o

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us in this week's keeping it local ... they're sharing the roles of both teacher and student. ed ferencik and his set of skills to the table with their new restaurant. and when i met with this dynamic duo ... what i discovered is that this business venture has been a long time in the making. ... one's a master of meats ... the other is a culinary craftsman. and together ... they're putting a creative spin on barbeque with some non-conventional creations along with the familiar favorites. whether you like your meat smoked ... cooked on a wood fire rotisserie ... or on a char pit grill ... they do it all. "i think we're putting out, not only some great food, but a lot of creativity." ed ferencik senior has more than 30 years of experience in the meat industry. his son developed his culinary skills at u-n-l-v. while the younger ferencik was working at fine dining restaurants in las vegas ... his dad was creating a line of meat tenderizers under the name butcher's kitchen ... which would eventually roll over to their joint bus

matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. laughs... music... and even domw dodgeball... that's all coming up in your 8 things to do for news while you're on the move, listen to our news partner news-talk 780 koh maybe you're looking just want to spend some quality time with your kids.... kolo 8 news now's rebecca kitchen is here with your 8 things to do... good morning amanda... we have a lot of big names coming to the area this weekend... so it could be a great time for a date night... ... first up it''s a day for dads to spend time with their daughters n dance features a full day of lunch, treats and of course a dance at piper's opera house. get your tickets now.. the event is this saturday i the annual jack t. reveal-i-o reviglio cioppino feed will help raise money for kids in our community... the feed and auction is saturday at the boys & girls club of the truckee meadows 9th street location. if you an dodge a ball.. you can help raise money for charity. the 5th annual dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge for lila will help raise money for three loal girls with cerebral

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on how the biggest little city is benefitting from the donation. the yelp foundation was set up to help organizations that educate the community or support economic development and technology. a donation of 10- thousand dollars was split among three different groups ... each of which provide a valuable service to people in northern nevada. ... tragash "as an employee of yelp, it's really exciting to see them putting forth this kind of effort to support our local community. these organizations that the yelp foundation has selected to worthy organizations doing very noble things here in reno." n-c-e-t ... assistance league of reno-sparks ... and the northern nevada literacy council were all selected to receive grants from the yelp foundation. and each organization helps the community in its own way. n-c-e-t helps people understand how different forms of technology work. the group hosts nearly 50 events every year to show adults the various ways technology is used ... and now they're hoping to open the program up to kids and teens. archer "with this

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... the proceeds will be used to help a worthy cause. here at the potentialist workshop ... artists come together to create all different forms of art ... whether it's painting, sculpting or performing. and for one of the artists featured in this month's exhibit ... creating art allows him to make a difference in his home country. ... "i do this to help, i do this to make my living, i do this to help my country." pacifique niyonsenga spent much of his childhood living in poverty on the streets of rwanda. "me and my friends from the neighborhood decided to go to the streets to beg for food." but thanks to the generosity of a man named bruno ... pacifique as an artist. now he helps other kids living on the streets by introducing them to the arts. "i started niyo cultural centre just to give them a chance to know what i know, to learn what i have learned: dance, music, art." pacifique says one of his goals has always been to share african art with other parts of the world. and collaborating

matt vaughan will have more on 'flocchini family provisions' -- the new

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan joins us in studio with more. it can be scary getting in a car with a total stranger. you don't what kind of emotional state the driver might be in when they pick you up ... and this person is responsible for getting you to your destination safely. ... uber's chief security officer recently stated that the suspected shooter in kalamazoo ... jason brian dalton ... passed a background check. police also said dalton did not have a criminal record. which makes you wonder ... how deep do companies like uber dig when doing background checks on their drivers? well according to uber's website ... it involves a search through criminal records at the county, state, and federal levels. the company uses a background screening agency called checkr ... which will search for a driver's name and addresses in a series of databases. some of the ways a person can be disqualified from driving for uber is if that person has been convicted in the last seven years for any number of crimes ... that includes d-u-i ... reckless driving ...

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan show us in this week's keeping it local ... the new owners are no stranger to the meat industry. box live what was once known as the sausage factory is now flocchini family provisions. the flocchinis have been in the meat business for three generations ... and have owned sierra meat and seafood company for 30 years. and now ... they're expanding their operation. ... pkg the flocchini family has been selling its products to businesses in the food service industry both in northern nevada and all over the country for the better part of 3 decades. and they've done so under the label of sierra meat and seafood. but now they're changing all that with the start of their latest business venture ... flocchini family provisions. "we've always worked under the name of our company, but putting our name on something, there's definitely more accountability. it's more personal." the flocchinis recently purchased the sausage factory in carson city. and although the name has changed ... the product has not. they still plan to make sausages and

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on why our state will have a big impact for presidential candidates. some of you may be wondering why so many candidates have made stops here in our area. and what it boils down to is ... the upcoming caucuses in nevada have the potential to make or ... don't be surprised to see candidates from both parties fighting hard for votes in the silver state. many of them will have to tailor their campaigns to western values since this is the first caucus on this side of the country. bernie sanders, hillary clinton, donald trump and ted cruz all have a "w" on their scorecard ... but it's still early in the game, meaning nevada could really build momentum for some candidates. fred lokken ... a political science professor at tmcc ... says that the silver state has an important role to play in this election. "studies have indicated that those states that are primaries and caucuses the first 6 or 7 states have four times more influence in helping choosing who the nominee will be." the key groups that can have a major impact on voting here are latinos ... women ..

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... her story is helping raise awareness for organ donation. live i first found out about kerry kozlowski's situation through social media. and despite being new to reno ... she's already receiving a lot of support. although her goal is to find a matching donor ... kerry says she also wants the community to be educated about organ donation. ... "my real joy is helping people, and if i can lend my voice with others to this cause, i know that other people will be touched." kerry kozlowski was leading what most would consider a mother of two boys. but in december of 2014 ... kerry got some unexpected news when she found out that she had kidney disease. "my life changed dramatically. i didn't have any symptoms, so when i was diagnosed it was a complete surprise." since her diagnosis ... kerry has had to quit her job and make several lifestyle changes. she now has to watch what she eats and has stamina. "i used to be able to do a lot more than i do now." many people who need a kidney transplan

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... it will be a busy weekend for the county clerk's office and chapels around town. the county clerks office and wedding chapels are expecting big crowds over the next few days ... especially sunday. and because of the 3 day weekend due to could be a record- breaking year. ... what could be more romantic than getting married on a day centered around love? and in reno ... it's the most popular time of year to get married. "absolutely valentine's day is our busiest of the year. traditionally, we do 3 to 4 times the number of marriage licenses." and when valentine's day falls on a weekend it can create an even bigger boost in business ... especially if it's a holiday weekend. "i'm thinking we're going to have a really busy weekend on sunday. we've got extra staff coming in. i know one of the chapels told me they're booked solid. so i'm hoping for numbers, 100-150 would be great." "i think we're upping to do probably about 50 or 60 over this weekend." at wedding chapels like arch of reno ...

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan reports ... workers were overwhelmed by school. volunteers were simply not prepared for the number of voters that showed up last night ... record turnout. but before getting to that ... let's take another quick look at ... to hang on to a commanding lead ... snatching up almost half of the votes here in the silver state. this is trump's third victory in the race for the white house. the precincts finished reporting just after 2 o'clock this morning ... again with trump the clear leader. it was a tight race for second ... with marco rubio edging out ted cruz. rubio has yet to score an outright win in a nominating contest. as for voter turnout ... there was a line that wrapped around reed high school last night. people started lining up hours before doors even opened. the volume became too much for the six volunteers to handle ... which left a lot of people outside braving indoors. reed high school is the location in washoe county. the site coordinators about 600 voters ... but we're told more than it didn't take long before they wer

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on what they'll be focusing on at the meeting and how you can get involved in the conversation. at tonight's meeting ... this committee will be looking at different options for raising the money needed to repair older schools and build new ones to relieve overcrowding. at this week's state of education address ... superintendent traci davis made it clear that a solution needs to be found. otherwise ... it's going to have a major impact "we understand that if we don't build schools, double sessions is going to happen in the next 5 years." as you heard davis mention ... if the funding isn't there ... some schools will have to push two rounds of students through each day. that would mean earlier start times in order to double a school's capacity. and some campuses could be put on year- round scheduling. the public schools overcrowding and repair needs committee will be meeting tonight to try and find a way to avoid these scenarios. the two options they'll be looking at are either sales tax only, or a combination of sales tax and property tax. in an

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on how they're preparing for the next big sporting event. how does march madness compare to other major sporting events when it comes the business you see at the sports book? it is one of the busiest times of year for sports betting. there will be people all throughout the tournament watching games and placing bets. is the flow of people through here pretty steady during the tournament, or is there a particular time that it gets really busy? it's pretty busy throughout ... but there march madness brings in more revenue for sports betting ... with roughly 9-billion dollars ... compared to about 4 billion for the super bowl. but keep in mind that there are nearly 2 weeks of games for people to bet on in the n-c-a-a tournament ... whereas the super bowl is just one day. and despite the fact that it only happens 15th. reporting live from atlantis race and sports book, matt turning now to the fight over solar power. the nevada public utilities commission will hold a hearing today on a proposal from n-v energy to "grandfather" some rooftop solar c

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... there's a new center that aims to tackle this issue head on. enliven is a new program that aims to help young people either detect or recover from early psychosis. the goal is to provide a safe place where teens and young adults can feel comfortable sorting out their issues. ... enliven is a partnership between the state of nevada and the will focus on individuals between the age of 15 and 25. focusing on this age group is crucial since 75-percent of mental health conditions are usually diagnosed or developed by age 24 ... that's according to the national alliance on mental illness. there are a number of different ways enliven will be offering help. the program will allow people to meet with a social worker and mental health professionals ... including psychologists and psychiatrists. if needed ... there will also be staff on hand to help someone find a job. some young people may be hesitant to admit they have a problem ... and that's why the staff at enliven want to be the ones to ge

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan joins us with a live look at the roads this morning ... as well as how it's affecting local schools. the ice on the roads is going to be the main concern as people make their morning commute today. the freezing temperatures overnight have created extremely slick conditions in most areas. ... take a look at just how bad it was yesterday. i-80 backed up in both directions ... on the westbound side near wadsworth for whiteout conditions and two big rigs that had jack-knifed. and also near the state line. heading eastbound ... emergency crews dealt with a 25 car pileup near farad. while you may not see the blinding snowfall that we had yesterday ... it is still going to be dangerous out there. depsite n-dot crews working around the clock to clear the roads ... ice will be a major problem. "the driving conditions for everyone involved, including our own drivers, is going to be slow. people need to plan ahead. leave a little bit early." and the hazardous road conditions are causing several school delays this morning. here are the ones we've been

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... the tech giant is now caught between respecting user privacy and national security. syed farook, had an i- phone, which is now locked. the f-b-i says it's likely that farook's phone has vital information about isis ... and that's why they want apple's help unlocking it. and the company's c-e-o tim cook had a pretty strong response to the court order. ... the feds want apple to create and upload code to disable the lock feature on farook's phone. but cook argues that complying with the order would entail building a backdoor to the i-phone ... which could potentially render tens of millions of devices vulnerable. in a letter written by cook ... he suggests that creating a special software to bypass security features would be dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands because it would allow someone to unlock any i-phone. it goes on to say that while the company believes the f-b-i has good intentions ... it is not willing to undermine decades of security advancements that protect its custo

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan joins us in studio with the latest on this developing story. this incident spread across two counties and ended with a shootout between law enforcement and one of the suspects. according to lyon mcneil... a deputy was shot in the hand... the threatening. according to lyon county sheriff al mcneil... one of those injured was a lyon county deputy... he was shot in the hand... the injury is non life threatening. the sheriff tells us the incident started as a report of a stolen vehicle in sparks around 9:30 last night. a short time later around 10 p.m.... the sheriff says a lyon county deputy spotted the stolen vehicle.. a red chevy cruze.. in the parking lot of the silver springs nugget. as the officer approached the vehicle ... someone in the car shot at him ... at which time the officer returned fire. sheriff mcneil says that suspect was killed. a second person in the vehicle was also shot. mcneil says everyone involved is accounted for and there is currently not threat to public safety. sheriff al mcneil/lyon county sheriff's office " at this p

it's i'm matt vaughan news from southwest reno.. reno police say the street lights are out at the intersection of plumb and arlington because a mini-van reportedly hit the electrical box. northbound arlington from plumb is also closed. no word when the lights will be turned back on. the crash is still under investigation but police believe the driver may have fallen a sleep. stay with kolo 8 news now for any updates. let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. temperatures across northeast california and western nevada will be well above average today before easing down slightly over the weekend. it will be breezy this afternoon and evening, with a chance for showers mainly north of interstate 80 tonight and early saturday. another weak system is possible sunday night, with one person is dead and two others injured after an officer

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... there's a new center that aims to tackle this enliven is a new program that aims to help young people either detect or recover from early psychosis. the goal is to provide a and young adults can sorting out their issues. ... enliven is a partnership between the state of nevada and the children's cabinet and will focus on individuals and 25. focusing on this age 75-percent of mental health conditions are developed by age 24 ... that's according to the national alliance on mental illness. there are a number of different ways enliven will be offering help. the program will allow people to meet with a social worker and mental health professionals ... including psychologists and psychiatrists. if needed ... there will also be staff on hand to help someone find a job. the staff at enliven say their goal is to not only help young people ... but to make sure they're surrounded by loved ones who can support them along the way. "one of the big things that we want to focus on is not just the per

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan joins us in studio with the latest this incident spread across two counties and ended with a shootout between law enforcement and one of the suspects. according to lyon county sheriff al mcneil... a deputy was shot in the hand... the injury is non life threatening. ... this all started with a report of a stolen vehicle in sparks around 9:30 last night. a short time later around 10 p.m.... the sheriff says a lyon county deputy spotted the stolen vehicle.. a red chevy cruze.. in the parking lot of the silver springs nugget. as the officer approached the vehicle ... someone in the car shot at him ... at which time the officer returned fire. sheriff mcneil says that suspect was killed. a second person in the vehicle was also shot. mcneil says everyone involved is accounted for and there is currently no threat to public safety. sheriff al mcneil/lyon county sheriff's office " at this point we have all the subjects accounted for...one of the subjects did admit it was just the four of them in the vehicle. the second person who was shot was flown to the hospital. the

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... the proceeds will be used to help a worthy cause. here at the potentialist workshop ... artists come together to create all different forms of art ... whether or performing. and for one of the artists featured in this month's exhibit ... creating art allows him to make a difference in his home country. ... "i do this to help, i do this to make my living, i do this to help my country." pacifique niyonsenga spent much of his childhood living in poverty on the streets of rwanda. "me and my friends from the neighborhood decided to go to the streets to beg for food." but thanks to the generosity of a man named bruno ... pacifique was able to get an education and find work as an artist. now he helps other kids living on the streets by introducing them to the arts. "i started niyo cultural centre just to give them a chance to know what i know, to learn what i have learned: dance, music, art." pacifique says one of his goals has always been to share african art with other parts of the world.

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan joins us with a live look at the roads this morning ... as well as how it's affecting local schools. the ice on the roads is going to be the main concern as people make their morning commute today. the freezing temperatures overnight have created extremely slick conditions in most areas. ... take a look at just how directions ... on the westbound side near wadsworth for whiteout conditions and two big rigs that had and also near the state line. heading eastbound ... several hours while emergency crews dealt farad. while you may not see the blinding snowfall it is still going to be dangerous out there. working around the roads ... ice will be a major problem. "the driving conditions for everyone involved, including our own drivers, is going to be people need to plan ahead. leave a little bit early." conditions are causing several school delays this morning. here are the ones we've ace high school will start at 9 a-m. all churchill county schools will be on a two hour delay. and the same goes for the goddard school in sparks ... our lady of

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan show us in this week's keeping it local ... the new owners are no stranger to the meat industry. box live what was once known as the sausage factory is now flocchini family provisions. the flocchinis have been in the meat business for three generations ... and have owned sierra meat and seafood company for 30 years. and now ... they're expanding their operation. ... pkg the flocchini family has been selling its products to businesses in the food service over the country for the better part of 3 decades. and they've done so under the label of sierra meat and seafood. but now they're changing all that with the start of their latest business venture ... flocchini family provisions. "we've always worked under the name of our company, but putting our name on something, there's definitely more accountability. it's more personal." the flocchinis recently purchased the sausage factory in carson city. and although the name has changed ... the product has not. they still plan to make sausages and deli meats with the hope of expanding int

reporting live from atlantis race and sports book, matt vaughan, kolo 8 news now. anim turning now to the fight over solar power. the nevada public utilities commission will hold a hearing today on a proposal from n-v energy to "grandfather" some rooftop solar customers. it's in response to the rate increases approved by regulators in december. the proposal includes allowing the lower rates for existing solar customers if they installed or applied for their system by september 10th, 2015. another option would have the higher rates governor sandoval has signed an emergency regulation to address the teacher shortage in nevada. right now there are 40 vacant teaching positions in washoe county and 7-hundred in clark county. the governor's "statement of emergency" signed on friday allows out of state teachers to get temporary teaching licenses. after that--- they'll have a year to finish meeting all the requirements. this is the second emergency regulation the governor has signed. police are looking for two men who broke into total wine on vriginia and stole a large amo

and reno is one of 75 communities to kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on how the biggest little city is benefitting from the donation. the yelp foundation was set up to help organizations that educate the community or support economic development and technology. a donation of 10- thousand dollars was split among three different groups ... each of which provide a valuable service to people in northern nevada. ... tragash "as an employee of yelp, it's really exciting to see them putting forth this kind of effort to support our local community. these organizations that the yelp foundation has selected to receive these funds, are very worthy organizations doing very noble things here in reno." n-c-e-t ... assistance league of reno-sparks ... and the northern nevada literacy council were all selected to receive grants from the yelp foundation. and each organization helps the community in its own way. n-c-e-t helps people understand how technology work. the group hosts nearly 50 events every year to show adults the various ways technology is used ... and now they're hoping to open the

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... the democratic candidates seem to be facing an uphill battle when trying to contact voters in the silver state. part of the problem that's plauging both sanders and clinton's campaigns is that a lot of the critical voter data that they need is out of date. and that's mainly due to the fact that nevada was one of the hardest hit states during the recession ... leading to lots of foreclosed homes. ... in a recent article published by reuters ... they mention that sanders and clinton have both had their volunteers put in extra work tracking down personal information on voters here in the silver state. those files are crucial for candidates when it comes to campaign strategy. for example ... it can help identify weak areas where candidates need to build more support. but that's hard to do when a home has changed hands multiple times ... either from homeowner to homeowner or back and nevada's foreclosure rate is higher than the national average ... according to realtytrac. and at one time

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... the tech giant is now caught between respecting user privacy and national security. one of the shooters, syed farook, had an i- phone, which is now locked. the f-b-i says it's likely that farook's phone has vital information about isis ... and that's why they want apple's help unlocking it. and the company's c-e-o tim cook had a pretty strong response to the court order. ... the feds want apple to create and upload code to disable the lock feature on farook's phone. but cook argues that complying with the order would entail building a backdoor to the i-phone ... which could potentially render tens of millions of devices vulnerable. in a letter written by cook ... he suggests software to bypass security features would be dangerous if it fell into the wrong hands because it would allow someone to unlock any i-phone. it goes on to say that while the company believes the f-b-i has good intentions ... it is not willing to undermine decades of security advancements that protect its customer

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan reports ... workers were overwhelmed by the turnout at reed high school. volunteers were simply not prepared for the number of voters that showed up last night ... in what seemed like a record turnout. but before getting to that ... let's take another quick look at the results from yesterday's caucus. ... donald trump was able to hang on to a commanding lead ... snatching up almost half of the votes here in the silver state. this is trump's third victory in the race for the white house. the precincts finished reporting just after 2 o'clock this morning ... again with trump the clear leader. it was a tight race for second ... with marco rubio edging out ted cruz. rubio has yet to score as for voter turnout ... there was a line that wrapped around reed high school last night. people started lining up hours before doors even opened. the volume became too much for the six volunteers to handle ... which left a lot of people outside braving the cold waiting to get indoors. reed high school is the large

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan joins us in studio with more. it can be scary getting stranger. you don't what kind of emotional state the driver might be in when they pick you up ... and this person is responsible for getting you to your destination safely. ... uber's chief security officer recently stated that the suspected shooter in kalamazoo ... jason brian dalton ... passed a background check. police also said dalton did not have a criminal record. which makes you wonder ... how deep do companies like uber dig when doing background checks on their drivers? well according to uber's website ... it involves a search through criminal records at the county, state, and federal levels. the company uses a background screening agency called checkr ... which will search for a driver's name and addresses in a series of databases. some of the ways a person can be disqualified from driving for uber is if that person has been convicted in the last seven years for any number of crimes ... that includes d-u-i ... reckless driving ... hit and run ... violent crimes ... sexual offenses and

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on what they'll be focusing on at the meeting and how you can get involved in the conversation. at tonight's meeting ... this committee will be looking at different options for raising the money needed to repair older schools and build new ones to relieve overcrowding. at this week's state of education address ... superintendent traci davis made it clear that a solution needs to be found. otherwise ... it's going to have a major impact on students. ... "we understand that if we don't build schools, double sessions is going to happen in the next 5 years." as you heard davis mention ... if the funding isn't there ... some schools will have to students through each day. that would mean earlier start times in order to double a school's capacity. and some campuses could be put on year- round scheduling. the public schools overcrowding and repair needs committee will be meeting tonight to try and find a way to avoid these scenarios. the two options they'll be looking at are either sales tax only, or a combination of sales tax and property tax. in an e

kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan has more on why our state will have a big impact for presidential candidates. some of you may be wondering why so many candidates have made stops here in our area. and what it boils down to is ... the upcoming caucuses in nevada have the potential to make or break their campaigns in the election. ... don't be surprised to see candidates from both parties fighting hard for votes in the silver state. many of them will have to tailor their campaigns to western values since this is the first caucus on this side of the country. bernie sanders, hillary clinton, donald trump and ted cruz all have a "w" on their scorecard ... but it's still early in the game, meaning nevada could really build momentum for some candidates. fred lokken ... a political science says that the silver state has an important role to play in this election. "we are a different animal, we have a different dna in politics so it will be interesting to see how the candidates deal with that. that's one of the beauties of being a frontloaded caucus." the key groups that can have a major impact on vot

i'm matt vaughan.. in for dave lawrence let's go to lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. high pressure will bring well above average temperatures through friday for northeast california and western nevada. temperatures will ease down, but remaining above average, for the weekend. donald trump is celebrating his biggest win yet in the republican race... a 22 point victory in the nevada caucuses last night.. that saw record turnout. marco rubio and ted cruz remain locked in a tight race for second place... both hoping to get republicans to unite around them as the alternative to trump. abc's bazi kanani has the latest on the race for the white house. the winner by a large margin-- donald trump celebrates hours before the runners-up in nevada were even declared. i grab and grab and i get greedy i want money money. now we're going to get greedy for the united states and grab and grab and grab. we're going to bring in so much money and so much everything. for the second time in a row-- marco rubio just barely edges out ted cruz for second place. we feel good about our showing.

and as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... her story is helping raise awareness for organ donation. live i first found out about kerry kozlowski's and despite being new to reno ... she's already receiving a lot of support. although her goal is to find a matching donor ... kerry says she also wants the community to be educated about organ donation. ... "my real joy is helping people, and if i can lend my voice with others to this cause, i know that other people will be touched." kerry kozlowski was leading what most would consider a normal life as a wife and mother of two boys. but in december of 2014 ... kerry got some unexpected news when she found out that she had kidney disease. "my life changed dramatically. i didn't have any symptoms, so when i was diagnosed it was a complete surprise." since her diagnosis ... kerry has had to quit her job and make several lifestyle changes. she now has to watch what she eats and has lost a lot of her stamina. "i used to be able to do a lot more than i do now." many people who need a kidn

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan explains ... it will be a busy weekend for the county clerk's office and chapels around town. the county clerks office and wedding chapels are expecting big crowds over the next few days ... and because of the 3 day weekend due to president's day ... it ... what could be more romantic than getting married on a day centered around love? and in reno ... it's the most popular time of year to get married. "absolutely valentine's day is our busiest of the year. traditionally, we do 3 to 4 times the number of marriage licenses." and when valentine's day falls on a weekend it can create an even bigger boost in business ... especially if it's a holiday weekend. "i'm thinking we're going to have a really busy weekend on sunday. we've got extra staff coming in. i know one of the chapels told me they're booked numbers, 100-150 would be great." "i think we're upping to do probably about 50 or 60 over this weekend." at wedding chapels like arch of reno ... they get couples making appointments well before the h

as kolo 8 news now's matt vaughan shows us ... there's a special event that's just for the boys.