A few things you should know to make sure youre in good health. Why you should get your Blood Pressure checked, coming up in a few minutes. Good wednesday morning. It is wednesday, right . It is wednesday. Ash wednesday. He accidentally said monday. I quickly corrected myself. If youre out and about today and you see somebody with black ash on their forehead, thats what thats all about. Catholics going to church today getting their ash for Ash Wednesday. A lot of people starting to look forward to the weekend, sunday. The day of love. I was like what is it . Im catholic, whats she talking about . You get something for shelby . No, but you got me on the right path. No box of chocolates this year or roses. Were going to go outside the box a little bit. You guys are women. Are you sick of getting that . Do you want Something Different . I love the chocolates. I never buy boxes of chocolates for myself but if i get one, especially the ones that have the nuts in them, those are my favorite. I cant eat them right now because im whole 30. A look at some amazing locally made treats you might want to consider. Also amazing, forecast for the next couple of days. Meteorologist Tim Studebaker joins us with a look at that. Good morning to you. Very warm temperatures over the next several days. In fact comparing our forecast highs with the averages for what time of year . April. Were looking more like april over the next several days. The forecast high for today is 65 degrees. Thats the april on saturday at 62 degrees. Your forecast for today, 65. The high in renosparks, mix of sun and high clouds as well. 59 in south lake. 35 in elko. Air quality has improved a little bit. Good air quality out there in the truckee meadows. It hasnt been all that bad even though theres a temperature inversion in place. The smog hasnt changed that much. Your very warm 7day forecast is coming up in a bit. We begin this half hour with a developing story out of stead. Police are investigating involved in a number of recent crimes. Last night they attempted to serve a search warrant. No one was home at mount baldy street. Wolfe took Law Enforcement on a chase. Washoe County School officials but three schools on a code yellow precautionary lockdown due to that chase. Officials say wolfe is considered armed and dangerous. You can check our website for the latest details. Officers with assault rifles were outside one of three stores that were on lockdown. Silver lake elementary, stead elementary and obrian middle school were on a lockdown. Officers responded to shots fired at silver lake though that has not been confirmed. New information has come to light regarding a Convenience Store robbery over the weekend. A woman has admitted to the they say they tracked down cassandra portillo. According to officers they say she admitted to the sunday morning robbery at jacksons Convenience Store. A sheriffs deputy who worked on a Drug Task Force at lake tahoe is facing his own trug charges. 48yearold Mark Zlendick is accused of stealing from a locker. He pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking. He could have faced up to life in prison and a 500,000 fine but he agreed to a plea deal that drops additional charges and caps the prison sentence at 10 to 15 years. Zlendick is scheduled to be sentenced in El Dorado District Court in april. Five years after being wallace was back in court. Hes accused of killing his girlfriends son back in 2010. He was originally charged in 2011 and a jury had been seated. However, the judge declared a mistrial because of incomplete information supplied by the district attorneys office. Another trial is officially both the prosecutor and defense team gave Opening Statements to the jury yesterday. The first witness is expected to take the stand the trial is anticipated to last up to four weeks. Zero fatalities is always the goal when it comes to deaths on nevada roads, but about 300 people are killed each year from car crashes. City of reno is hoping to reduce this number each year. Ryan kern joins us on a new law being discussed today. This is all about the rules of the roads as its called. Its an ordinance being adopted today to cut down on distracted driving and various forms of is the start of an education awareness kind of plan and committee thats happening from the Reno City Council along with the Reno Police Department. We all know about cell phone tickets and violations that currently exist on nevada roads. They also exist in 14 different states as far as using a cell phone while talking, and 46 states have violations for texting and driving. The violations, tickets, fines will be similar to what we see for cell phones for this new distracted driving enforcement. Thats coming up in a little bit. Nevada has had this for four years as far as cell phones, but this is new, the distracted driving. City officials have been talking about adding this law for the last year or rather amending the municipal code since vehicle versus pedestrian crashes and vehicle versus bike crashes have increased. Theres various causes for these types of crashes. One of them absolutely the Biggest Little city, and a 24hour town with a lot of people commuting. Its going to be implemented in july. For the next six months its all about educating everyone that this is going to exist. Well talk to you about specific examples of what distracted driving can be. Well send it back to you. Making legal news on this wednesday morning, a northern nevada couple is suing solar city. They claim the Rooftop Solar Panel company hid the fact that energy rates could go up in an effort to maximize profits. The suit also accuses the company of misleading people about a rate change lawmakers ordered in the spring. Solar panel owners say their systems will now take much longer to pay off than expected. February is heart month and doctors are taking this time to tell patients about heart health. Incorporating more cardio in to your daily routine is the way to say healthy, its not always the case. In 2013 more than 2,000 deaths were caused by Blood Pressure. Providing blood to our heart. This happens at people at increased risk of heart attack. This Blood Pressure provides blood to the kidneys. High Blood Pressure causes very bad things. There are no symptoms that indicate high Blood Pressure but some risk factors are smoking, being overweight, and not getting enough exercise. Some easy ways you can get your levels back under control is to limit the amount of salt you eat, eat a healthy diet and they were recently awarded a grant by the state. Theyre now able to buy athome Blood Pressure monitors and he says they play a key role in keeping patients healthy. In addition to the doctors visit, theyre able to get their Blood Pressure. Nevada Health Centers was able to purchase 250 Blood Pressure monitor cuffs. Coming up in about an hour well take a look at these monitors and how they could play a role in saving your life. Coming up, something unexpected happened at the New Hampshire primary tuesday night. Well give you the results in whats coming up for the president ial race. Also this morning, a record was set last year regarding shark attacks in the u. S. Well welcome back. Your time right now is 7 14. Right now its 31 degrees in reno. The polls proved correct New Hampshires primary, but there was at least one surprise on tuesday night. Whats next for the president ial race . Reporter donald trump and Bernie Sanders are winners here in New Hampshire, both coming off losses in iowa last week. Hillary clinton by the slimmest of margins. He led New Hampshire polls coming in to tuesdays voting and he said his win by a large margin makes a statement. It is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics. The people want real change. Reporter meanwhile, Hillary Clinton in her concession remarks, acknowledging those young voters that really buoyed sanders to his win. I know i have work to do particularly with young people, but ill repeat again what i have said this week. Even if they are not supporting me now, i support them. Reporter in the gop race a contrast between the campaigns of the first and second place finishers. Donald trump turning big poll numbers in to his first kasich beat out the many contenders in the battle for second place after running an upbeat, pover positive campaign. In a time when change is in the air, maybe were turning a page on a dark part of american politics because tonight the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. Were going to make america so great again, maybe greater than ever before. I love you all. Thank you, New Hampshire. Thank you. We are going now to South Carolina. Were going to reporter South Carolina will be the next contest for the republican candidates on february 20th. Clinton and sanders compete in nevada on the same day. President obama proposes a 4. 1 trillion spending plan in some of the highlights, deficit reduction over 10 years from health, tax, and immigration reforms and other proposals. 955 billion in deficit reduction from reducing tax benefits for high income households. Republican controlled congress can advance parts of the budget without approving the entire thing. The number of job openings in the u. S. Is near a record high. There were 5. 6 million unfilled jobs in december. Thats just shy of the all time record. Many skills require Vocational Training like truck drivers, electricians or plumbers. Employers say some demand 2015 set a new record for unprovoked shark attacks in the u. S. And worldwide. 59 such attacks in the u. S. Last year. That beat the previous record set back in 2012 of 53 attacks. The report also found there were 98 unprovoked attacks across the world, beating the 88 number record set back in 2000. Experts say more swimmers, surfers, and divers in the water attribute to the attacks in the west. Many christians around the world began observances of lent today. Ash wednesday launches the 40day lent period that in the Western Church lasts until midnight on eastern sunday. During that time many believers will give up something such as their favorite food or pleasurable activity done in remembrance of jesus fasting in the wilderness. Another custom for christians during lent is taking up acts of charity. The observance of lent dates back to the fourth century. For us today and the entire 7day as well. With a mix of sun and clouds, we have the temperature inversion out there. The haze has not been building up all that much so air quality still moderate. Green burn code still in place but its something well monitor and if it changes well let you know. Very warm conditions going forward. The high today is 15 degrees above average for this time of year in reno and only a few degrees away from the records and by thursday and friday well be even closer to record highs. Well see that on the 7day momentarily. Calm winds and 85 humidity. Starting off in the Single Digits in elko, 11 degrees in ealy. Eastern part of the state will top out in the 40s. Western nevada, going for the 50s and 60s later on today. 65 for the high in renosparks today. Dry on radar. Satellite is showing yesterday afternoon and evening. A few should make their way in the next several hours. Well have a mix of sun and clouds for the day today. Staying dry all across the entire 7day forecast. Highs in the 30s and 40s for northeastern nevada and warm here in western nevada. 50s and 60s for our highs out this way. 70s in bishop today. Down to our south. In to the 50s around tahoe. 53 in tahoe city today. Light winds. A mix of sun and clouds in to the day. In to the 60s. Some of us, still the upper 50s like Silver Springs at 59. Thats going to today. 65 in renosparks for your high. Keep in mind the average for this time of year is 50 degrees. Were 15 degrees above average in renosparks later on today. Were above average across the entire 7day carson city and south lake tahoe. Quiet weather. Dry weather. No precipitation chances really in sight. Check out the 60s across the entire 7day forecast in renosparks. Two degrees away from the record thursday. The record stands at 36 and tying a record possibly on friday with a record standing at 67. High. Still ahead, a photo of a black clothing model wearing a tshirt that says slave across it has landed a popular fashion retailer in hot water. Well discuss it. Why did they do it welcome back. Reno. Trending on twitter this morning, kanye west is stirring up controversy. The rapper tweeted yesterday bill cosby, innocent, followed by several exclamation marks. He didnt elaborate and apparently ignored numerous angry responses to the tweet. Among the actors who slammed him, billy eichner. Trending on social media, red lobster claims beyonces song caused a spike in sales. A day earlier beyonce released her new song formation. A lyric in the song said using red a photo of a black clothing model wearing a tshirt that says slave across it has landed a popular fashion retailer in hot water. The brand responsible for the shirt was wasted heroes, based out of liverpool, england. Some angry shoppers took the social media calling the image racist and many called for a boycott of the company. Wasted heroes did respond to some of the critics on social media. What did they say, why did they do it . They explained the word slave referred to being a slave to fashion, not to being an actual slave. Asking all of you on facebook do you see anything wrong with it . Do you see anything wrong with this shirt . Would it have made a difference if it was on a model that was white or asian . Say. Coming up next, a sweet zero fatalities are always the goal, but now the city of Reno Police Department wants to increase this effort, a new distracted driving law being implemented. The nevada dmv putting changes in the line system. The new license plate and supporting if you put one on your car. Good wednesday morning. 7 30 now, middle of your work week. Hopefully your work week is off to a great start. Weatherwise, amazing out there. Temperatures flirting with record highs moving in to friday as we check in with meteorologist Tim Studebaker in just a bit. But first, of course, bill, very excited about this this morning. Weve been talking about it all day. A million plus. A millionplus people in denver to celebrate the big super bowl. I was trying to figure out the population of denver but i believe its about 2 and a half to 3 Million People. Let me ask siri. Think about that, all the kids out of school. What is the population of denver . Thats denver city limits but if you see the pictures on facebook, absolutely amazing. Just a sea of orange and blue. They had their big parade after their super bowl win. Apparently everyone is forgiven if they skipped out on work or school because obviously you have more than a Million People attending this parade. A lot of people did just that. Like a national holiday. Coming up well take a look at our forecast. Weve got a gorgeous few days ahead of us. Lots of warm temperatures on the 7day forecast. Theyre getting close to some records. The record was 69 degrees. Keep in mind the average high for this time of year is 50. Today were going 15 degrees above that average high and only 5 degrees away from the record and we get closer and closer as we head toward the end of the week. 66 on thursday, would be 2 degrees away from the record. 67 on friday would tie the record for that date. Been on fridays date. Were looking to tie that number. So well see how that plays out. 65 in renosparks. 59 in south lake. 35 out in elko. Cooler on the eastern side of the state. Generally light winds across the area and a mix of sun and clouds. Weve been watching the air quality the last several days because High Pressure in the wintertime means the temperature inversion starts to set up. The temperature inversion is there. The air quality has not been that bad. Right now in the good category with a green, good. Well keep you up to date if that does change. Your forecast with continued warmth on it coming up in a bit. As the number of deadly crashes in nevada hits the hundreds each year, local Law Enforcement is always looking for new ways to keep drivers safe and a new law could be hitting the streets in reno this coming summer. Ryan kern joins us live with more on the change that everyone is going to be affected by. Good morning, melissa, code are coming. Thats going to happen in july. Today officials are going to talk about the Educational Campaigns starting really right now here on mornings on fox 11, going through the next six months to talk about new distracted driving laws. Obviously we know about cell phone laws that exist, not only in nevada but all across the nation. 14 states currently have no cell phone usage laws. Theres more than 40 states where you cant text. We want to show you video of nevada Highway Patrol officers implementing exactly that. Thats one form of distracted driving the Reno Police Department says theyre trying other crackdown on. Coming up, come july its going to be changed. Were going to see tickets and citations and fines given away for any kind of distracted driving which includes eating while driving, putting on makeup, maybe even shaving, having pets in the car on your lap, messing with your gps system, and of course cell phone constant through this. That comes in july. But again, thats going to be presented at the Reno City Council today to talk about and tell everyone hey, this is a 24hour town. Weve seen vehicle versus pedestrian and vehicle versus bike crashes. Number. Well talk about this more coming up in a half hour. Us. Theres a struggle going on renos parks. A new license plate is in the works, its the reno plate. And a third of the proceeds will go directly to all of renos 86 parks. It took about eight years to get this passed. It will need 1,000 purchases in order for it to remain an option. 1,000 plates will only equal roughly 25,000. It will be donated toward the parks and recreation programs. If you have kids or grand kids that play baseball, maybe critical it is to support flat fields, support recreation programs in the city. This allows you to do that. City officials are hoping to sell roughly 10,000 plates to raise 250,000 for the parks. Plates are available at the dmv or online. Head over to mynews4. Com to learn more about how buying one of these plates can help out our parks. The Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles is putting more money in to a virtual line system blamed for lines last summer. Its expanding a fiveyear contract with vendor cueless to more than 800,000. Cueless offers services such as dash pass, to walk to the window only when a technician is ready for them. Remote option for long wait times. People who checked in from home didnt show up and made the line worse. Mine is called clueless. Stand in line by myself over there. Lets talk a little chocolates. Just in time for valentines day. You guys pretty much have something for everyone, whether its milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel. You name it, you guys have it. What makes it so unique . Were a lost art. We still hand dip everything. We also use very finest fresh ingredients as possible. So you will never find any artificial flavors. Youre going to get that true taste in all the chocolates. We hand make our marshmallows. Locally made. You cant beat that. Obviously a very popular valentines day item. The chocolate covered if people want them, should they order now . Absolutely. We use a real chocolate, not a compound chocolate. Any other place you get strawberries, its waxy because of the moisture from the strawberries. So we did literally that morning and we will be offering them saturday and sunday this year because of valentines day on a sunday so we encourage everybody to preorder. And you can call in, online, come in, whatever you want. Do you recommend doing that a couple days ahead of time . Now, last week. [ laughter ] tell us about your special valentines boxes you guys made just for the holiday. We have nice heart boxes for the people who really want to give their sweetheart a nice heart box. We change out the ribbon a little bit for someone who doesnt want that mushy feeling. But we have a onepound heart and a twopound heart with lots created a new piece, our strawberry balsamic. Oh, describe that for us. I kind of stand behind chocolates that you can keep eating them and the strawberry balsamic is a little bit different than that. You can eat a couple and theyre very unique and different. Its a good piece. Youll have to come in and try it. You guys have expanded so much. You have four different locations now. If people want to come in to your stores, where are they located . We make everything in the downtown riverside location and we have it at the sierra and squaw valley and north star. So everywhere. The strawberries will be offered at all four locations and same with the valentines boxes. We just had the address up on riverside. If you want more information, new location at summit, check it out if you want to and shower your sweetheart with chocolate cant go wrong with that. The sweetest lady in town. Speaking of sweet, remember that panda cub from yesterday, did he finally make it up that tree . Well take a look at it welcome back, everyone. 7 43 on your wednesday morning. Currently sitting at 31 degrees in reno. With a little panda perseverance, a cub finally reaches the top. Plus two men decide the best way is to climb right on top of it. The inevitable results. Reporter if you thought your monday was tough, take a look at this. The men were up there inspecting cracks in the awning when the cracks suddenly got much bigger. One of the men had a minor injury. The fire captain said they both, quote, got quite a ride. As they came down, someone else was on their way up. With a little help from momma, bae bae the panda cub finally reached the top of the pine tree at his home at the Smithsonian National zoo in washington. Hes been trying to reach the goal for days and never has abject failure been so precious. As the president ial say i knew i should have taken french in high school. Forget it. As americans say, let the good times roll. Marti gras is officially as usual the folks in new orleans are ending it in style. They kicked it off the only way they know how, with a parade. Whats crazy about new orleans is the party never really stops, even after fat tuesday, they still have parade after parade. Ive never been for the actual fat tuesday celebration but ive been for celebrations before and after. Its a nonstop party. You actually worked in louisiana for a year. I did. Northern louisiana it is Ash Wednesday and a beautiful one. Lets check in with tim. We have sun and clouds in the forecast. High pressure keeping us dry. Weve got the temperature inversion in place but the haze has not been really been building up all that much so air quality has not been too much of an issue. Well still keep an eye on it very warm temperatures, well above average for this time of year. Later today, a high of 65 in renosparks. The average for todays date is 50 degrees. Were 15 degrees above average. Starting off with 31 degrees and calm winds. 80something percent humidity, i think 85 . Single digits at elko. 11 in ealy. Going for the 50s and 60s across our neck of the woods later in to the afternoon hours. Had a few high clouds yesterday mixing in with the sunshine and they broke. For more clear skies overnight, more high clouds are on the way. Well continue to see a mix of sun and clouds for the days today. Very warm temperatures too. 35 in elko. 42 in Battle Mountain for your high. Western nevada topping out in the 50s and 60s today. 60 for lovelock and fallon. 62 in hawthorne. To near 60 degrees. 59 in south lake. 57 in truckee and western nevada once again very warar temperatures. Not only well above average for this time of year but only a few degrees away from some records today. Getting even closer to some of the records by thursday and friday of this week with temperatures rivaling the records on friday at 67 for the high by friday in renosparks. Thats the record for that date. For today, 65. So not far away. The record today though is about 70 degrees. Were still 5 degrees away from the record. Well above average across the 7day forecast. Temperatures in the 50s and 60s for carson city. Also in the 50s and 60s for south lake. Most days are in the 50s up at the lake. And your entire 7day forecast in renosparks is well in to the 60s, mid and upper 60s through about friday. 67 would tie the record on fridays date. Over to you. Lets take a look at whats trending this morning. Model with a tshirt that says slave written across it. Has landed a popular fashion retailer in hot water. The brand responsible for this shirt was called wasted heroes, which is based out of liverpool, england. Some angry shoppers, they took to social media, calling the image racist. And many called for a boycott of the company. The shirt was quickly removed from retailers. The retailers website, wasted heroes, also responded to some of the critics on the very thing they were getting slammed on, social media. They explain the word slave on the shirt related to be a slave to a fashion label, not being an actual slave. Think they should have changed the motto or not so much . That was their message, it didnt matter who was wearing the shirt. Do you agree . Do you think they should have pulled the shirt or not . Starting off with glen, a lot of hubbub. They should have put at the bottom slave to fashion. As far as racist, name to me one race on the planet that at one time or another wasnt held as a slave by another race. No matter who you put it on, it could be considered racist. Just put the subtitle underneath. Kempton, do you see an issue with this shirt and the shirt and the model, putting the two together . What do you think . To me, unless the work is very rude to other people, its the people who are wearing those words, unless its fine with them, let them wear it. I personally wear a word that seems to be derogative to my ethnicity, but other people, slave to fashion, whatever, its fine. Have to say on this one. You can post your comment on our facebook or google plus page. Welcome back, everyone. Still sitting at 31 degrees here in reno. In your health news this morning, february is heart month. To make sure youre in good health, it may be time to visit the doctor. Alex cannito joins us in studio with a look at what a statewide Medical Center is doing to keep your Blood Pressure down. Studies show 7 out of 10 people who have a heart attack are living with high Blood Pressure. These numbers are high but there are steps you can take to getting you back on track. I stopped by nevada Health Centers to see how theyre working to keep you healthy. Improving the Blood Pressure of our patients, we know we can decrease the risks of heart attacks and of stroke which eventually can lead to death. Reporter nevada Health Centers was recently awarded a grant by the state to buy 250 pieces of equipment that could save your life. Were able to provide these Blood Pressure cuffs to our patients to monitor the blood we also have someone to instruct patients how to do that, how to document that, and if theres any questions they can fall back to that place. Reporter high Blood Pressure may not seem like that severe of an issue but when plaque builds up in blood vessels, they narrow and can cause problems. Blood pressure provides blood to the heart and brain, increased risk of heart attack and stroke. High Blood Pressure causes very bad things. Reporter dr. Sheheen says these monitors should not replace your annual visit to the doctor, though they do play a role in making sure you say healthy. Studies show patients who monitor their Blood Pressure at home in addition to it doctor visit, theyre able to get their Blood Pressure more at goal. Being overweight, smoking, some things that lead to high Blood Pressure. For more tips, visit our website, foxreno. Com. A local Community Hospital is offering 3d technology for patients getting a mammogram. The new 3d mammogram unit. The new system produces special images that allow radiologists to better view breast tissue. In addition the hospital is upgrading another machine which enables physicians to view a patients internal structures in realtime images. Still to come here on your wednesday morning, the issue of overcrowded classrooms and needed repairs is being discussed by the washoe County School board. Well tell you how much money were in downtown reno where potential changes to the municipal code are being presented today. Its all about driving. The violations are legal now but forward. Well tell you how this may affect everyone on nevadas roads. A man is on the loose after stealing a car and taking police on a high speed chase instead. What officials want the public to know this morning. Computers are playing a bigger and bigger role these days but could they end up driving our cars for us . It might be closer than you think. Good wednesday morning. Thank you for joining us here on mornings on fox 11. 8 00. Second hour of the show. If youre still looking for sweetie we have the chocolates there. Handmade. Those are wonderful. Chocolate coma. Ready for a nap. I just ran in to the news room and saw what looked like a heart shaped rib eye and a couple lobster tails. If you want to do the romantic dinner at home thing. Theres a guy in town named michael trigash who happens to know a thing or two about great spots in town. Hes going to be with us in just a little bit to talk about what you can get here in our area. You can also get food to go and have an outdoor picnic. It sounds like because the temperatures are going to be absolutely amazing. They are. We have very warm temperatures in the forecast for the next several days. These are forecast highs for feeling more like april than february. The averages for april match our forecast highs over the next several days. Todays forecast high, 65 degrees. Thats the average high on april 19th, 66 on thursday is average for april 22nd. We stay in that april range right through in to most of the 7day forecast. Even when we cool down slightly on saturday to 62. Thats still average for early april. So our high temperatures are very comparable to the average highs in april and well above the average highs for this time of year even for the records by about friday. 65 in town. Light winds. Sun and clouds. 61 in carson city. 59 in south lake and 55 for your high out in to elko. High pressure in the wintertime, weve been talking about the air quality and the temperature inversion. The inversion is there but the air quality hasnt been getting all that bad so far. Moderate air quality and a green burn code. Well let you know if that changes. 7day forecast with those very we begin this hour with a developing story out of stead where sheriffs deputies are investigating a suspect they believe is involved in a number of recent crimes. Last night they attempted to serve a search warrant for the suspect, rylin wolfe. Deputies say no one was at the home at the time. The investigation stems from an incident yesterday afternoon where wolfe took local Law Enforcement on a high speed chase on a stolen vehicle. Washoe County School officials put three schools on a code yellow precautionary lockdown due to that chase. Officials say wolfe is considered to be armed and dangerous. You can check out our website at foxreno. Com for details. Officers with assault rifles were outside one of three schools on lockdown due to the chase. Silver lake elementary, stead elementary and obrian elementary were on a cautionary lockdown. Officers responded to shots has not been confirmed. Students received an alarming email yesterday. The email was sent from principal tammy hart saying, quote, i want to let you know about an incident on campus today. There was a report of a handgun at school which was confiscated by School Police without incident. The email went on to say School Officials encourage all students, staff, and families to be aware and be alert to what is happening around them. Anyone with any information in this case is asked to Contact School secret witness, 3296666. On the crime watch this morning, former sheriffs deputy who worked on a Drug Task Force is facing his own drug charges this morning. 48yearold zlendick is accused of stealing methamphetamine and cocaine from an evidence locker. He pleaded guilty to one count the el dorado sheriffs deputy could have faced up to life in prison and a 500,000 fine. But he agreed to a plea deal that drops additional charges and caps the prison sentence at 10 to 25 years. Zlendick is scheduled to be sentenced in El Dorado District Court in april. Its now 8 05 on your wednesday morning. Zero fatalities is always the goal when it comes to deaths on nevada roads. The city is hoping to reduce the number in 2016. Ryan kern joins us live with more on a new law being discussed today. Good morning. Were talking about distracted driving. For about a year now both city officials and Law Enforcement officials have been talking about changing the laws when it comes to distracted driving. Today during a Reno City Council meeting, the Reno Police Department is going to propose that adds tickets, violations, and fines to various forms of distracted driving. This is video youre seeing of nevada Highway Patrol enforcing cell phone violations on roads. Thats happened for four years here in nevada. But were adding to that. Say youre eating while youre driving, putting on your makeup, theres a pet running around on your lap, fiddling with your gps system, those are all examples of ways distracted driving happens and will be enforced just like cell phone violations come july. So the discussion happening today is being brought before the city council. Its kind of an Educational Campaign to let everyone know this is going to be happening. Obviously weve seen a lot of vehicle versus pedestrian crashes, vehicle versus bike crashes. There are various reasons that distracted driving. You can make changes to the municipal code and thats exactly what theyre hoping to do. Today it is being presented and in place come july. Well keep you updated throughout the rest of your day today. Overcrowded classrooms and needed school repairs are back in focus. City manager sean carey is heading up a committee looking at putting a bond issue on the ballot. The new Oversight Committee was approved by trustees yesterday. It would oversee and make recommendations on how new tax revenue is spent if the bond is approved. This is a different process for school Oversight Committees. This new broadband pam would provide input to trustees before trustees make decision. Input on future decisions so we can get the best of the limited tax dollars that we could receive. Trustees also adopted a process to replace outgoing board member barbara mclowry. Shes announced shes stepping down in march due to health reasons. The interim state superintendent in nevada schools is taking the job on a permanent basis. Steve canavaro later became a deputy state superintendent and took over as chief of the department when the previous superintendent took a job in the Governors Office. Canavero lives in reno with his wife and two daughters. Residents have been issued warnings caught feeding dear this winter. Officials say the presence of deer can draw predators. Of crashes on city roads. People who are intentionally feeding deer issue a warning, then they face a 250 fine for a second offense and up to 500 for the third offense. Weve got some Cool Temperatures out there now. Teens, 20s, and 30s for western nevada and the sierra. But were going for way above average temperatures later this afternoon. Well show you just how far welcome back. 8 13 on your wednesday morning. A few political notes for you this morning. Bernie sanders will be holding a rally this saturday at the unr campus. Admission is free. Carly fiorina will be here next week. She is holding a rally for the republican women of Washoe County next wednesday at the atlantis. The rally starts at 11 45. You must make reservations by this friday at 4 a. M. To do that all you need to do is email the address there at the bottom of your screen. Bernie sanders and Hillary Clinton are taking part in a town hall event in las vegas the two get to face off two days before the state party caucus on february 18th. According to nevada state democrats, msnbc and telemundo have agreed to host the evening. Questions are expected to focus on issues affecting nevada and the latino community. Were talking about everything valentines day. Theres a lot of things you can get your valentines this year but there are people who like something a bit unique. Michael here with some great ideas. Lets start off over this way. Weve got flowers and chocolates. Youve got another local doing some great things. All these flowers on the right side of the bench all coming from the new basement retail space downtown. So this is basement botanicals. The owners name is april. Shes a sweetheart. She put this arrangement this is sugar love chocolates. Her name is krista. And michelle makes these fantastic projects. Weve got after shave, an exfoliating mask and this is sort of the his and hers bath salts if you will. Scented bath stuff. Love it. And i love this one right here. Sometimes for the guys it can be difficult. Ladies too, i dont want to say anything about this. You need a tow hitch cover, this is the one for you. Word is theyre going to have nevada ones soon too. We have this tahoe, nevada love flask. This will keep this hot or cold for almost 16 hours. Love that. So if youre going to do a picnic on valentines day, put your beverage in there, a little cold chardonet. From Cold Press Juice bar. They have this set of dark chocolate almond milk and cherry flavored almond milk and you mix these two together and its the flavor of love. Speaking of love, a little bit of amazing treats when it comes to your protein. Some people want to go out but some people want to stay home so we wanted to give them a great option. This is from butcher boy meats on plum and arlington. This is their butterfly rib eye and lobster tail for two. Its 45 and a perfect way to go, cook it at home. Good price. For those who want to go out, theres a number of restaurants doing prefix options. We have good options from bistro 7. Its easily one of the most beautiful dining rooms in town. We have two options from his prefix menu which is the hearts of Romaine Salad and all kinds 65 for a five course meal. What . Thats an unbelievable price. And you can choose. On friday theyll have this menu. All weekend long theyll also offer the same thing throughout the weekend along with the regular menu and i think another unique feature about bistro 7 is their fantastic wood fire grill. If you havent had anything coming out of that, youre missing out. People would like to get ahold of you, how can they find you . Yelp. Com reno or email me, reno yelp. Com. And for valentines day youre going to give me this sweatshirt, right . [ laughter ] we have a very quiet forecast heading in to the weekend and valentines day as well. A mix of sun and clouds for today with High Pressure in place. Things are going to be staying dry and very warm as well. Also High Pressure in the winter means inversion is out there. Temperature inversion is in place but the haze, good news building up all that much. Probably visible during the day in the valleys but not looking at terrible air quality so thats good news there. Moderate air quality and a green burn code. 34 in town with mostly sunny skies. 3mileperhour winds. 82 humidity. Single digits in places like elko. 30s for pretty much everyone else at the moment. That means in the eastern part of the state youre going to warm up to the 30s to the 40s today while were in the 50s, 60s in western nevada and the sierra. So a very warm day, much above average for this time of year. About 15 degrees above average later today in reno. Average sitting at 50. Were going for 65. High pressure means dry conditions. So mix of sun and clouds. We saw a few high clouds yesterday afternoon and evening. Well see a few more as we go through today as well. 30s and 40s for the northeastern part of the state. Light winds across the area. Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. 50s and 60s for western nevada today. So very warm temperatures across in to the 50s around tahoe. 59 at south lake. 57 your high in truckee. Warming up at the upper elevations to keep the inversion holding on. Well continue to watch the air quality and let you know if it changes but no real big issues so far with that as High Pressure has built in. 63 later in portola. Were going for 65 in renosparks today. Thats 15 degrees above the average for todays date which sits at the 50degree mark and about 5 degrees away from the record for todays date which sits at 70 degrees. Your 7day forecast, above average all the way across. 50s and 60s for carson city and south lake. Sunshine mixed with clouds at times all the way across the 7day and staying dry across the 7day. The entire 7day forecast for renosparks is in the 60s. 65 today is about 5 degrees away from the record. 66 tomorrow is 2 degrees away from the record. For that date. So we have a chance to tie the record. Slightly cooler heading in to the weekend just by a few degrees. Average high this time of year is 50 degrees to put that in perspective for you. Coming up next, the next Star Wars Film is expected to be so big that its causing one of the biggest names in hollywood welcome back, everyone. 8 23 on your wednesday morning. 34 degrees here in reno. A bit of a frozen broadway treat. Star wars versus spielberg and a danielle has it all in todays hollywood minute. Reporter frozen is going to broadway. Disney has confirmed the blockbuster animated musical will hit broadway in the spring of 2018 after an out of town tryout in the summer of 2017. The movies oscar winning song writers are set to write new songs along with the films familiar favorites. How big is star wars . It even made Steven Spielberg blink. Episode 8, the followup to star wars, the force awakens, is scheduled to land in theaters december 15th, 2017. The same date spielberg had staked out for ready player one, based on the best selling sci fi novel. Spielberg and Warner Brothers are moving their date back to after the olympics and before the winter cup. Kelly clarkson is expecting her second child and first the American Idol champ has turned childrens author. She said they began as stories she jotted down about places she traveled with her 19monthold daughter who in an amazing coincidence is also named river rose. Look for the book in october. For hollywood minute, david daniel. Love kelly clarkson. Has she announced whether its a boy or girl yet . I dont think so, i havent heard as of yet. Super cute. And especially moms have to read to their little ones, you know sometimes it can be hard to find a book that really connects. Love that shes writing her own. Lets take a look at whats trending on social media this afternoon. Breastfeeding mothers traveling through Jacksonville International airport now have a spot to feed their babies. The airport has installed nursing pods. There are four pods installed so far at this point. To create spaces for breastfeeding moms to get a little bit closer to the atrium and airline checkins. Last thing you want to have to do is sprint down there with your baby. Take a look at whats trending on social media. Were looking for ways to better our smart phone photography game. This guy has definitely done it. Check out nicholas veguinis shot. He did this with an iphone, tether, and lots of practice. Yes, it is as difficult as it looks. He said it took him two years to perfect the move. The Canadian Company that owns it held a public competition to find a perfect name for this gorgeous lesedi la rona. National language in botswana. Well be right back. If you prefer to have a car that drives itself, that might not be as far off as you think. As usual, buying a super bowl commercial is not cheap but this year in particular, the high price tag may have been worth it. Well explain why coming up in your consumer news. The broncos held their victory parade yesterday. Well give you an inside look courtesy of the former wolf pack players there for the good wednesday morning, everyone. 8 30 on your wednesday. A lot of news this morning, especially out of New Hampshire where the first primary is officially in the book. Bernie sanders on top on the democrat side and donald trump on the gop side. And john kasich, a surprising number too in this. A lot of people say he made more momentum than even donald trump. Donald trump expected to win by a large margin and thats exactly what he did. On that note, if you saw his victory speech, talking about South Carolina and what hes going to do next, we have video of this. Were going to watch. Hes very happy. Hes very excited. We dont have the video . Okay. Anyway, if youve seen it, youll see it throughout the morning on our sister station and on news 4. He gets redder and redder and redder. Someone has one of those number one fingers you see at Football Games and hes almost as red as that. Hes kind of like the color of my sweater. Hes excited. He just won New Hampshire, baby. Breath or his head is going to pop off. Looked a little ketchupy. Were going to talk about who theyre calling the comeback kid, kasich. A lot going on last night. A lot more to go as well. A lot going on in our forecast when it comes to nice temperatures. Meteorologist Tim Studebaker joins us with a look at that. Record temperatures in fact over the next several days here. Yesterday not quite near a record. 60 degrees was the official high at the airport in reno. 69 degrees the record. Thats still in place. By this afternoon were going for the mid 60s. Record is 70. 5 degrees away from the record. We get closer and closer each day after that. Thursday, 66 degrees for the high. 68 is the record. Friday were looking to tie the record at this point for 67 degrees. So well see how that plays out. Keep in mind the average high is 50 degrees. Were feeling more like april than february. 65 in renosparks later today. 61 in carson city. 35 in elko. Light winds across the area too. With High Pressure in the winter weve been talking about the air quality a lot. The temperature inversion is there but the air quality hasnt been getting all that bad. Moderate air quality and a green burning right now. Well keep you up to date if that changes and well see how much the warmth is sticking around in the 7day forecast. Drones have really taken over the spotlight here in nevada. The countrys newest industry is booming in the silver state where its basically legal for just about anyone to own one. But it doesnt end right there. Theres another industry being tested in our backyard that could literally take off on its own. Ryan kern tells us a little bit more about Autonomous Vehicles. Reporter for more than 100 revolved around car and driver. But change is coming. And whats new, nevada is at the forefront of the booming industry. We were very fortunate to actually be the first state to legalize in the legislative session, legalize Autonomous Vehicles in the Testing Program as well as the consumer end. Reporter the autonomous or selfdriving car market is already hitting nevadas roads. Dmv administrator says the first selfdriving car laws were passed and adopted in nevada nearly 4 years ago. We were the first state to build the test program for Autonomous Vehicles and the first state to actually license a company which was google to test drive their vehicles. Reporter google got involved pretty quickly. This is footage of the selfdriving cars in action. Nearly a half dozen automakers have fallen suit. For more growth. The way nevada law is currently written, you cannot test cars they have to be able to be taken over by a human driver at any point. The problem is Industry Leaders want to test everything including cars limited to just passengers. Reporter officials with the department of Public Safety are seeing more positives than negatives. Its all about safety first but at the same time thats very much a pioneering state in technology all around the boards. Reporter colonel Dennis Osborn says about 300 people die on nevada roads each year from crashes almost entirely caused by humans. So from the standpoint, the technology can save lives. Theyre taking a slow cautious approach, evaluating new technology and connecting data and making recommendations. I believe thats the right approach. Reporter the Governors Office agrees as governor sandoval is creating a program to make sure the industry moves at the right speed. His officer of economic the center, helping companies test in nevada. There are still plenty of questions. For chief osborne, one of the biggest concerns is car crashes. Theres going to be some question, did something happen in the Autonomous Vehicle that caused this crash . I need to have my troopers with some sort of training for that Software Download to ensure that the software in the Autonomous Vehicle was operating correctly. The way. Automakers hope to see fully Autonomous Vehicles hit the roads in just a couple years. The question remains though, will states be ready . Were actually going to be doing another first in the nation in regards to testing and were expanding this to where we think its going to have a huge domino effect. Its exciting. That was ryan kern reporting for us this morning. Lawmakers tell fox 11 they going to be presented at next years legislative session but theyre anticipating seeing changes eventually. Making legal news this morning, a northern nevada couple is suing solar city. In their suit, they claim Rooftop Solar Panel company hid the fact that energy rates could actually go up in an effort to maximize profits. The suit also filed on january 29th accuses the company of misleading people about a rate change lawmakers ordered in the spring. Solar panel owners say their system will now take much longer to pay off than expected. Basketball team getting set for a showdown with air force tonight. We asked head coach Eric Musselman what the team is trying to focus on going in to tonights game. I think the biggest thing is being fresh, being aggressive. Job playing at home. Even the games we lost, we give credit to opponents. Boise state is a good team. They played good that night. San diego state is an excellent team, undefeated. Came down to a couple possessions. We played really well. We just want to continue to protect our home court. Tonight also military appreciation night. Falcons 38 in Mountain West play compared to the packs 55 record. Tickets are just 5 for those who present their military i. D. S at the door. Tipoff set for 7 p. M. The broncos are home from winning the super bowl and the city of denver celebrated by throwing the champs a huge parade and the turnout for this one, youve got to see it to believe it. Thousands lined the streets to see the players, coaches, and the lombardi trophy. More fans awaited their arrival at civic center park. Million people were on hand to congratulate the broncs. Three former wolf pack players were there. Linebacker brandon marshall, tight end virgil green and offensive lineman kyle roberts. The video youre watching is a mix of pictures posted by the players. This was captioned with the hashtag nevada boys. Save to say those three have represented the silver and blue very well in their transition to the nfl. Coming up, sears is having to shut down some of their stores. How many stores the retail giant is planning on closing and what downside . Welcome back, everybody. Checking in at 8 42 on a beautiful Ash Wednesday morning. Temperature is now 34 degrees. Romantic week. Weve got valentines day. Anything taking on that theme . Were going to go theater, all theater. Thats kind of romantic. What lady country like the theater . Exactly. The nether is running through february 18th. It is a dark sci fi thriller meets serpentine crime drama. You just lost the whole romantic thing, dude. [ laughter ] its set in the Virtual World and its really a great cast. Eric damon smith, director out of chicago, hes handling those duties. Go out there and support local theater. If youre a fan of comedy, youve heard of the utility most famous group coming out of night live. Weve got our own local bunch here, dont we . These are our own not ready for primetime players. Theyre going to be great. This is a political spoof, a little fun mass debate and it is one of the most side splitting experiences and nights in reno. I was sitting next to a couple from san jose last time i was there watching them and they were literally crying because it was so funny. Look at all the material they have to play with. These guys are having a field day. Last but not least a story, the diary of anne frank. 13yearold girl anne frank and her family were hiding from nazis for two years in the hidden part of their fathers business. They were able to live for two years until they were captured unfortunately. Its one of the Great Stories from world war ii of survival and courage. We all remember reading this story in school. Is this good for the family . 8 and up. Thank you so much for coming in. If you have any questions, want to know whats going on, check out the magazine. You can pick it up at 300 locations all over. Good morning to you. We have a quiet forecast over the next several days here. Mix of sun and clouds for today and pretty much the entire 7day forecast. The inversion is out there. The temperature inversion is there in the valleys but the haze has not really been building up very much. You can probably see it by the daytime but the air quality has not been terrible. Thats something well keep an eye on and let you know if it changes. Moderate air quality and green burn code. Were talking well above average days on the 7day forecast. 34 in town. 3mileperhour winds. 82 humidity. And mostly sunny skies right now. Temperatures across the area, 8 in elko and 12 in ealy. Western nevada were already in the 40s now. Were going for the 50s and 60s as we head toward the afternoon hours. Renosparks topping out at 65 today. Thats 15 degrees above average for this time of year and only 5 degrees for the alltime record for the day. Sunshine out there now, a few clouds starting to stream in to central california. Well start to see increasing cloudiness from the west coming over the mountain and in to western nevada as we head in to the next several hours. Otherwise things are pretty quiet on that 7day forecast. 30s and 40s for the eastern side of the state. Generally light winds across the area. Western nevada, 50s to near 60 degrees. A few spots in to the 60s as well. Near had lake, upper 50s. 55 in kings beach. Western nevada topping out in to the 60s. 62 in genoa. 63 for your high in dayton. 61 in stead and in the truckee meadows, 65 in renosparks. The average high at the airport for todays date is 50 degrees. Were 15 above that average and only 5 away from a record. Were going to get even closer to records thursday and friday before a slight cooldown heading in to the weekend here. Mid 60s to upper 60s. Today is 5 degrees away from the record. Tomorrow 66 is two degrees away from tomorrows record. Friday, 67. That matches the record for that date. We may tie in the record that day and were very close to it the other two days leading up. In to the weekend things cool off ever so slightly. Still in the 60s across the cant stop watching that puppymonkeybaby super bowl commercial. Its hard. According to youtube most people watched the super bowl commercials in the days after the game. Hello, im helen. Reporter if you think people will only see this budweiser super bowl spot once, think again. According to youtube people went on the streaming site during the game to watch the commercials, just to put it in perspective, the amount of views super bowl commercials got on youtube during the game adds up to. Its not just while football is being played that ad watchers tune in. Its after. Youtube said more people watch, rewatch and share the super bowl commercials in the days after the game. Chase from hyundai followed by pokemon and the mini spot rounds out the top three. Google says before and after the game the super bowl commercials have been watched for more than 4 million hours so far. Theres more opportunity for an ad to go viral as more brands release their commercials early which may or may not be a good thing if you cant get a certain scene out of your head. The takata airbag recall is expanding. There are have been issued recalls because of takata airbags that may be defective. Honda, ford, nissan have been forced for recalls. The recall is a precautionary measure. Replacing the airbags will cost the company about 380 million. Company if their vehicle is under that recall. Struggling retail giant sears is moving quickly to close some of its stores. Sears says plans to accelerate the closing of 50 of what it calls its most unprofitable stores. Sears has been struggling in recent years. Retailers and Online Options such as amazon. Kmart shut down dozens of stores over the past five years. Stocks were down tuesday. Huge drop. Sports authority could be days away from a bankruptcy filing. The Sporting Goods store missed a 20 million debt payment a month ago. The company has been in negotiations with lenders but Credit Rating experts expect the store to default on all of its will have to close half of its stores. Supports authority spent money to have its name on the stadium that belongs to the World Champion denver broncos. Its unclear if the naming rights will stay intact. This next story is for all of you starbucks lovers out there, especially those of you who love chocolate. Starbucks is announcing three new chocolate drinks until valentines day. You can get the molten chocolate latte, molten chocolate frappuccino and molten hot chocolate. Dogs and even cats have been known to help people in therapy but what about a critter from down under . Well introduce you to charlie, the red kangaroo, its not uncommon for dogs to be used as therapy animals but as a Veterans Home in salt lake city, they do things a little differently. Meet charlie the red kangaroo. For about a year charlie has served as a therapy animal at a Veterans Home. The kangaroo is only about a year old but it will soon be full grown. Than 5 feet tall and weigh 125 pounds which means he wont be able to stay at the Veterans Home for much longer. So cute. I love that. Im a Firm Believer in therapy of animals. Bringing them in and escaping for a while. Animals at the airport even here locally. Love that. Therapy dogs for people who are uneasy about flying. We have a dog were getting in july and were going to be doing the same thing. Loving this forecast. Its warm and dry all across the 7day forecast. Temperature later of 65. Thats 15 degrees above average for this time of year. Even warmer thursday and friday by a couple of degrees. Fridays forecast of 67, that could tie the record of all time for that day and were only a few degrees away for the next few days as well. Definitely looking very warm out there. Have a great day, everybody