The excess electricity they sold back to nv energy. Under the new rates. Customers will be paid slightly less than what nv Energy Charges for electricity for every kilowatt hour generated. In other words. When a solar customer uses electricity from the grid. It costs them more than what they make from nv energy when they sell the same amount of electricity back from their solar panels. That gap will widen until 2028. When the final approved rate is fully phased in. Customers testified today. Saying it will take nearly three times as long to pay off their rooftop solar systems. Than what they had been promised when they installed them. Richard Schecter solar customer why is the puc punishing the very people who followed everything being Patrick Walker customers had hoped commissioners would adopt nv energys proposal. Which would have grandfathered existing solar customers into the old rate system for 20 years. Patrick Walker so whats next . Solar industry folks tell me they will fight to put net they can also have the legislature try to step in next year. But remember. Last year. Lawmakers passed a bill which pushed the responsibility on rates. Squarely on the puc. Reporting live. Patrick walker. 8 news now. paul joncich a police dog is being treated and cared for after being stabbed this morning. The incident happened during a 12hour long barricade situation near desert inn and maryland. Denise Valdez 8 news now reporter karen castro is live at the scene with the latest on the k9s condition. Karen. karen castro the k9 named nicky underwent surgery this morning after being stabbed multiple times in the head by a suspect. Last word from police, nicky received serious injuries but is in stable condition. Metro tweeted out this picture handler, Sergeant Eric kerns. Nicky was stabbed this morning but this ordeal began at 9 last night. Metro got a call about a disturbance at the Maryland Park apartments near desert inn and Maryland Parkway. Neighbors heard a man screaming out for help and dialed 911. When officers arrived, they found a broken window at the Apartment Unit in question. Metro attempted to communicate with the man inside but failed. Thats when swat was called in. After almost 12 hours of negotiating, a k9 unit was called in. jesse roybal metro pd as that k9 dog was deployed, the suspect was bit numerous times and the k9 dog was stabbed by the suspect numerous times about the head, the suspect was taken into custody. karen castro the suspect is being treated for bite wounds. Police believe the man was the only person inside the apartment. Its unclear if other weapons were found inside, besides the object used in the stabbing. No other officers were injured during the standoff. Not released the name of the suspect or prior criminal history. karen castro it was a long night for folks who live in this block. During the 12 hour long standoff, residents were forced out of their homes. Many of them left their pets behind, others had to call out of work. Well hear from them coming up at 5. Reporting live, karen castro, 8 news now. Denise Valdez karen, have police said if the suspect will face charges for stabbing the k9 . karen Castro Police said there are charges associated with injuring a police dog. While they are not specifying the charges in this case. K9s are sworn officers. Denise Valdez an emotional mother took the stand in court today accusing a former Clark County School district bus driver of sexual acts with her daughter Ramiro Garcia is facing numerous charges of Sexual Assault and lewdness with a vulnerable minor at the preliminary hearing today. The victims mother testified her 10year old daughter has autism. Garcia is now facing a kidnapping charge after new evidence came to light during testimony. Hes due back in court next week. paul joncich holding together. The iteams george knapp sits down with bob meyers a year after his wife tammy was shot and killed in a notorious murder. Denise Valdez the race for president. The group of voters republicans are fighting for in South Carolina. Did we reach our record high today. That is the big question. One things for sure, we have had a great ride of temps in the 70s. But could they through next week . Your valentines day forecast coming up. < watching 8 news now at 4 with Denise Valdez and paul joncich. The news of Southern Nevada is now. Denise Valdez one year ago tonight, a quiet las vegas neighborhood exploded with the sounds of gunshots. When the shooting stopped 44 year old tammy meyers was mortally wounded after being struck in the head with a bullet he was surrounded by police a few days later and admitted it had been a case of mistaken identity. The Meyers Family has had a rough year, not only because of the many conspiracy theories that have been widely reported, but also the psychological scars of losing a wife and mother in such a violent crime. Tammys husband bob sat down with george knapp of the iteam to talk about how the Meyers Family has managed to hold it together. george knapp you had told me before that tammy was the glue that held the family together. Bob meyers she was the rock she was the matriarch of the meyers, you know. Everything we did is how she set it up, you know. And it was all organized and the business, the home, everything, you know. She made things easy thats what she liked to do, you know george knapp so, whats it been like without her . A year without her . Bob meyers its hard. It hasnt changed. Its like, everybody says well, its so long ago. im like well it doesnt seem that long, you know, to me , doesnt seem like a year. Seems like im still in the nightmare, im gonna wake up. We will have more portions from this interview at 5 and 6, then tonight at 11, george knapp will reveal why the meyers were forced to move out of their home. The suspect, erich nowsch, is scheduled for trial next month. On our website, bob meyers talks about whether the Death Penalty is warranted in this case. paul joncich with a little over a week to go until the primaries, gop president ial hopefuls are making their pitches to South Carolina voters. John kasich sampled the goods at dukes barbque in orangeburg, South Carolina. The Ohio Governor is hoping to capitalize on his second place finish in New Hampshire ted cruz is following the same game plan he used to win the Iowa Caucuses by implementing a large get out the vote effort sen. Ted cruz r tx president ial candidate courtes y cbn news, the brody file the men and women in this room have the ability to change the outcome of the South Carolina primary. paul joncich cruzs rivals are also pushing for the evangelical vote. Jeb bush spoke at the faith and family forum at bob jones the candidates will make their pitch to palmetto state voters in a cbs news debate saturday night. Denise ValdezRepublican Voters go to the polls a week from saturday and then its on to nevada which holds a caucus three days later. And on the other side of the aisle democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton will campaign this weekend in nevada. Shell host a series of get out the caucus events starting with a canvass kick off tomorrow in henderson. paul joncich remember. We are your local election headquarters throughout the season. On air and online. And dont forget to our special edition of politics now saturday at 8 oclock after the republican debate. It will reair sunday at 530. Denise Valdez hoping for a safe recovery. The reason Barry Manilow was rushed to the hospital. And what is on hold while he recuperates. Way to a 6 day stay to mexico. At the airport in havana, he sat down with the head of the Russian Orthodox church. The historic discussion comes as both churches respond to extremist attacks on christians. While in mexico the pope will try to tackle challenges, including drugs, violence and poverty. His popemobiles are waiting for were blessed by a priest. Meanwhile workers have been busy putting the finishing touches on the alter which can be seen from the texas border. Francis will be the first pope to visit the border. Bishop Oscar Cantu it was on his insistence to come right close to the border. Another place was offered to him that would have accommodated more people paul joncich tomorrow, hell tour mexico city during his full day in the country. According to the pew research center, roughly 85 percent of mexicans identify themselves as catholics. Denise ValdezBarry Manilow is putting a couple of shows of his final tour on hold after complications from dental surgery. The 72 year old had an emergency procedure on monday and was rushed from memphis to la to receive treatment. Manilows publicist says otherwise the singer is perfectly healthy. So hes rescheduled two shows in tennessee but its still unclear if hell be able to attend the grammys on monday. < tedd florendo another warm day in the 70s and coming very close to record highs this afternoon. Winds remained light however, but expected to pick up again late weekend. Dry too as we dont anticipate any rain for a while and changes next week. Afternoon temps in the 70s around the valley with cooler 60s for kyle canyon. Many neighborhoods over to the east will be warmer due to the lower elevation levels. Which also includes henderson. Regional temp salso in the 70s at this hour with colder temps in the central great basin. Warmer for laughlin and death valley with 70s this afternoon also for beatty late day. Valentines forecast looks warmer with highs in the mid 70s under we could see the winds pick up a little for that day so could be breezy at times as well. Warmer in the southwest. Mild in dallas and the deep south. But look at this arctic intrusion of cold air coming in from canada where temps in the teens, this will stretch all the way down to the deep south over the weekend into early next week. Some high clouds over the state and rain in the Pacific Northwest with High Pressure still in charge and keeping us warm and dry. It will also bring some breezes week. We see it break down more next bring wind and shower chances. Heres what to expect. Were staying warm in the 70s for a several more days. Which could put us at a possible 12 days in the 70s before we start to drop back to the 60s late week changes with more winds and cooler temps. Could also see another chance for showers. Tonight expect a low of 47 overnight with cool and clear conditions. Winds stay light and above average overnight but warmer tomorrow. Expect a high of 75 still nice with high clouds. Probably not reaching the record but staying warm. Recreation forecast showing highs around 60 with cool and nice condtions and winds up to 15, even higher in the canyons. Warmer at lake mead with warm and sunny conditions. Even warmer for laughlin with 79 for the foecasted high. Extended forecast shows more 70s into next week. Breezes kick in by midweek and then we start to see the low 70s and 60s by friday. Slight shower chances for thursday but dont look too impressive as of now. The rtc is changing the way you get to work. Demetria obilor has the new route North Las Vegas boulevard commuters will have to take in todays whats driving you crazy. Demetria Obilor the rtc plans to improve bus service with several transit changes going into effect sunday, february 21. If you frequently travel las vegas boulevard north, say goodbye to the metropolitan area express max and hello to route 113. The rtc is cutting the max to add more service to the 113, which also Service Las Vegas boulevard north. The rtc says route 113 will run every 15 minutes during daytime hours, seven days a week. Evening and overnight service will also be increased. The rtc Customer Service line. Well have that number posted on our website, lasvegasnow. Co m hey whats driving you crazy . Send your traffic question to traffic eight at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez putting brains to the test. How one local school is getting much needed positive attention. After reviving a quiz club from denise vatheir brain to the test through a competitive quiz game. paul joncich brian loftus has the story in todays whats cool at school. brian loftus varsity quiz is a competitive threeround knowledge match, played between high schools. The newcomers at Western High School are making quite an impact. brian loftus round after round, hands at the ready, western players must ring in to answer within seconds of the question Samantha Spangler senior its kind of like jeopardy, but more high school style and its just a fun way of being together, being smart. brian loftus varsity quiz has been in the district for nearly 50 years, but at western, the team fizzled out in the 1970s. Their teacher, matt albert, is overjoyed to see the team back matt albert english instructional lead, vq head coach the support of from the school has been amazing. Really just out of this world. brian loftus western has recently been a turnaround school. These 16 students in the western varsity quiz club are proud to bring welldeserved positive attention to their school stasi harper senior being on this team at western. It means a lot because i had no idea this existed. Matt albert english instructional lead, vq head coach if your student who attends a school that faces some societal inequity that, as we schools that are title 1, like this one, you can still overcome these obstacles. It takes committment. brian loftus and students are committed, prepping like crazy for competition. Anthony juarez senior i personally mainly read different kinds of magazines and books. brian loftus questions come at these students across a wide range of fields stasi harper senior im pretty good at science, my favorite is science and pop culture. Matt albert english instructional lead, vq head coach its a great way to get an early gauge on what makes you tick, and what you might want to do as a career. brian loftus sometimes, students are racking their brain for the answer, other times, its right there anthony juarez senior the first two words he asked was. This female, and i buzzed in and said marie curie and i got it right me how did you do that . Anthony i dont know brian loftus from recent success at invitationals, to the high hopes of winning the championships in dallas, these underdogs love Samantha Spangler senior competititon is kind of nerve wracking, especially when you get to the championships, like we did. Stasi harper senior with the win ive never really accomplished something as big as this, so it really means a lot to me and im pretty sure it means a lot to everyone else matt albert english instructional lead, vq head coach im immensely proud of them. Immensely proud. brian loftus and thats whats cool at school end pckg paul joncich to vote for this program or if to vote for this program or if you know something thats cool at school. Go las vegas now dot com. Cool at school will be under the community tab. Or send us an email. Cool at school at las vegas now dot com. Denise Valdez an dijon i have really changed since i been in here. I can honestly say that. paul joncich the remarkable transformation s a local jail is seeing by helping Prisoners Center themselves with yoga. Announcer now, nevadas first Denise Valdez there are new warnings today about the rapidly spreading zika virus. paul joncich Health Experts say there is growing evidence of a link between the virus and neurological disorders. Denise Valdez this comes as more cases of zika virus have been confirmed here in the us. Mark albert has the latest from washington. news conference, then baby video Health Experts from around the world gathered in washington dc friday to answer concerns about the zika virus. They say the link between zika and a serious birth defect called microcephaly is more and more probable. chris dye World Health Organization weve gotten to the point now that we have to say zika is guilty until proven innocent. In the us, there are now nearly 80 cases in 21 states. Nearly every case involves people who travelled to affected countries. At least one case was sexually transmitted. Health authorities addressed reports that the zika virus was found in the semen of a british man two months after he was infected. mark fauci dr. Institutes of health q mark albert do we know precisely how long someone remains infected . A Anthony Fauci the answer is no. And some of the research were funding will be to determine that. Two weeks. we dont know how long. No vaccine currently exists for zika, although doctor Anthony Fauci says testing for a potential vaccine could begin as early as this summer. dr. Anthony Fauci National institutes of health when that vaccine will be proven safe and effective is something