Pocket and receiving less from the state. I think a big focus of the state should be on education. Reporter but education officials i spoke to say thats already happening. Were not where we need to be, but we have the right focus. Reporter the board of regents chairman says the governor sandoval increased taxes and invested 800 million in k. Through 12 education last year. He says the governor also allotted about 135 million for Higher Education. We are investing, and we are continuing to invest and improve Higher Education. Reporter and the chairman says were moving in the right direction to boost nevadas ratings. Were aware of our weaknesses, and those are the things that were focusing on to improve education and improve the state of nevada. I love that i have been in nevada my whole life and i would want to give back to nevada. I would want everyone to feel that way about the state. I want the students to feel that we want to do for them. Reporter now, i also talked superintendent of Public Schools today. He says even though ranking last is disappointing, it does not come as a surprise. He also told me, quote, weve made progress. Other states have made progress faster than we have. And he also says the report shouldnt be interpreted as an indication of where were going, but rathje tore look at thome like you would look in the Rearview Mirror and he says to focus on the changes ahead to learn more about why nevada got such poor ratings, head to our web site, well post the reports and this story on mynews4. Com. Thank you. Time for our web poll question. We want to know tonight what grade would you give nevadas Higher Education system . Here are the results so far. 7 say youd give it an a. 7 say a b. 15 say a c. , and 71 of you say a d. Or lower. Unfortunately. There is still plenty of time this youll find the web poll on mynews4. Com. The Nevada Attorney has filed a motion to kiss miss dismiss a lawsuit over the States Education savings account. The suit was filed last month by the lieutenant governor, and the lawsuit filed in clark county asked the court to expedite a ruling on whether the program authorized by the legislature this spring, passes constitutional muster. The e. S. A. Program allows the parents to claim a majority of their childs per pupil state school funds and apply that money towards tuition or other education expenses. Hereby is a quick peek outside. It looks calm out there now. Madison corney joins bus a quick look at the forecast. How long can we expect this break to stick around before the next storm moves in . Reporter we have a break tonight and the rest of your friday, so a nice way to wrap up the work week, but we do have more on the way coming saturday. Hooker is a look at the Current Conditions in reno. 36 degrees with cloudy skies of the north at about six Miles Per Hour. Taking a look across the region, northern nevada, pretty cool already and Eastern Nevada already down into the 20s. Las vegas still sitting at 49 degrees. On live doppler radar, we are still seeing isolated snow showers out there tonight. Were expecting those to diminish as this low pressure system moves out of the region tonight, but we do still have the possibility of freezing fog across far western nevada tonight and then early tomorrow morning. Any fog that we do see would make its way after the 10 00 hour. Tomorrow were looking at a nice mix of sunshine and clouds. We do have a system making its way in on saturday. Ill continue to track that and tell you just how much snow we can expect in your full forecast. Shelby . Thank you, mardz. Meteorologist kathy wilson joins us live now from highway 395 near plum lane with an update on the past few days snow totals. We have seen it coming in pretty heavy. Reporter yes, we definitely but we are going to be clear for these next 24 hours like madison just said with another storm system hitting on your weekend, but the storm was impressive. We have seen some impressive snow totals since monday taking a look at those, sugar bowl got 28 inches. Squall valley, 23. Look at that, alpine meadows, 25 inches. And then Mount Rose Ski received 21 inches. This is all from monday through thursday morning. And then mammoth, that is the big winner, 30 inches of snow down there. But we also saw 4. 5 inches of snow in reno itself. And with all of that snow, it definitely impacted the driving conditions around town. The Nevada Department of transportation uses a mixture of salt, sand and salt water to prevent poor winter Road Conditions and it essentially abouts as an antibonding agent and watches Winter Weather very procedures for the procedures and the storms that produce only know events. They use sensors on the roads that give them realtime weather data as well as temperature sensors on the snow plows themselves. The plows track road temperatures as well as current air temperatures. Public access to realtime Road Conditions can always be found at nevadad. O. T. Com. And it is like a bond breaker. You put it there prior to the snow pack developing, and what ends up happening is at the end of the storm, ndot can drop the snow plow and peel off the snow pack much quicker giving a safer condition to the public. Reporter now, we may see some more freezing fog impacting the morning commute tomorrow, but for the most part your friday should be clear with a break from storms in the sierra. Im meteorologist kathy wilson, back to you. Thank you for spelling it automatic out there. We appreciate that. Hundreds of solar jobs in the reno area and across the this follow as controversial decision we the november unf Public Utilities commission. And terri hendry joins us with more on this on your side report. It is actually now reconsidering that decision. Youre right, joe, but unfortunately it is coming too late for hundreds of employees at solar city that is the company that installs solar panels on rooftops. Employees are closing shop in reno and across nevada. Solar city is leaving the silver state following a rate hike decision that increases bills for solar us customers. The company and employees say that decision makes solar energy no longer affordable in nevada that rate hike went into effect january 1. The decision was made back in december, and then the commission argued that the new rate structure is necessary, so customers without solar are not unfairly subsidizing those with solar. The Solar Industry and the states Consumer Protection advocate are asking them to its employees believe the handwriting on the wall. Some say relocation is not on option. What are you going to do . What are your plan . That is good question. As of tomorrow, it is going to be my last day so im going to be out of work. Ive got three kids, a fiancee, truck payment, house payment, and theres i cant do i cant move. The kids are in school here. My fiancee works here. Reporter you really do feel for those guys. We reached out to the commission but no one would talk with us because that reconsideration process is still in progress. The full commission will hear arguments next week. In addition to solar city, we also know that sun run, another solar rooftop company, also announced it, too, is leaving nevada affecting hundreds of more jobs. Gentlemen and shelby . Thank you. Sad to see. Thank you. A man is behind bars tonight after driving into a 7 Eleven Convenience store on east Second Street today. Was arrested for second offense driving under the influence, reckless driving, driving on a suspended license and two felony charges of child endangerment. After an investigation, reno police say that dawson was released from the Washoe County jail just last night. Sheer a look at the scene today. Authorities confirm there had were two juveniles in the car. Luckily no one in the store or the vehicle were seriously injured. The Reno Police Traffic division got a new hightech gadget today and theyre the first in the state to put it to use. The machine and the equipment has a rotating mirror that shoots out lasers at 360 degrees. The lasers, they collect color and use data points to create an immersive 3d image of the scene around it. It is very advanced technology and r. P. D. s Major Accident Investigation Team will use the system to diagnose crash scenes faster and more accurately. From the state office of traffic safety. Still ahead on news 4 nightly tonight, more than a year after a robbery at a reno drugstore, will any citizen be recognized for stepping up and getting involved, including one man who was shot . Ill tell you what i found out coming up in my ask joe segment. Madison . And a mix of sunshine and clouds are expected to wrap up the work week with more snow by im tra welcome back. A followup to a question we addressed recently about a robbery and an officerinvolved shooting in reno a little while back. One of our viewers wrote in asking why the city or the Reno Police Department has not recognized some of the citizen whose played a role in that case when it happened. This robbery happened back in august of 2014, to refresh your memory. The suspect held up the cvs at Shoppers Square and then led police ohen a chase. He was eventually shot and killed by the Police Outside the pepper mill. In the process, the suspect reportedly shot a bystander as he was fleeing the cvs store. I checked back with the reno police today, and they tell me they and the Washoe CountySheriffs Office are still reviewing it. But since we brought this up a couple of months ago, the reno police tell me the chief has received the information about several citizen whose did assist in the case and the department does, in fact, plan our viewer who wrote in. He was shot in the case and originally wrote in asking why no one had been recognized. The officer says there will be a ceremony in the not too distant future but theyre still working out the details. In any case, it has not been forgotten about. But when you have an officer involved shooting, these investigations do not move quickly. We will have a date for the ceremony so those who did step up that day do get the recognition they deserve. Thanks to our viewer for sending in that question and the Reno Police Department for filling us in on the process and how it all works. Remember, if you have any questions youd like to ask, send me an email. Just put ask joe in the subject line and ill do my best to track down the answers you are looking for. Shelby . Thank you, joe. Tonight kicks off the eighth annual reno latin Dance Festival and dancers from all over the country are in town to perform at the silver legacy. The professional dancers gave expect at the festival and some of their moves. Reporter this weekend calls for a fee sees fa with the reno dance fest in town. Up to 80 Dance Companies from around the u. S. , canada and mexico are gathering together to put on a show for the Biggest Little city. For me, it has been amazing. I have seen the festival grow more and more each yore and the quality of teams they have here, the professional level, it is just absolutely amazing. Reporter for their eighth year, they will be giving the audience dance workships during the day, show off a little in the evening and then have a dance party thought the night. Most latin Dance Festivals are at an Airport Hotel where things shut down early so when the people from the United States come here, they get a little crazy because the people here in reno know how to do the 24hour party. Reporter the dancers will include a variety of dances. They make it look so easy, but it is actually really hard with all of this footwork yeah this is a great way to kind of test the waters. You dont have to be a dancer to enjoy the night. Reporter and the guests arent the only ones who will be enjoying the night. So will the dancers. The parties are amazing here. Just reno people know how to party. They like partying. It is amazing. Reporter news 4. Well, if you are interested in purchasing a ticket for this weekend, head over to mynews4. Com for all of the details on that. A little break in the weather, but another storm is heading our way. Madison corney joins us with a complete look at your forecast. Did you catch any moves there . Ill try this weekend. Maybe ill check it out. Right now in reno, were sitting at 36 degrees with light winds out of the north at six Miles Per Hour. Relative humidity at 70 right now, and taking a look at the almanac, our day time high finally reaching the 40s for the first time in 14 days so the renotahoe airport recorded day time high today. Still slightly below average, but definitely different than the 30degree temperatures that we have been experiencing over the last couple of weeks. Outside right now, we are already back to the freezing mark for carson city at 32 degrees and down into the 20s around the lake tonight. On live doppler radar, were in Eastern Nevada. That is going to diminish tonight as this low pressure system makes its way out of the region tonight and then we make way for sunshine, some clouds system on saturday. As i put your future cast in motion, youre going to see some cloud cover across northern nevada on quare friday, but really pretty clear tonight and then tomorrow afternoon were going to see more cloud cover making its way in. Late friday night, early saturday morning, and this is 3 00 a. M. Saturday, were going start to see the snow hit the sierra and spil over into far western nevada. With this next system, we could see a few inches in the sierra to one inch on the valley floors. Tonight in reno and sparks, were looking to get down to 21 looking at the possibility of patchy freezing fog after the 10 00 hour. So that could cause problems for late night commuters or Early Morning commuters. And then tomorrow, were looking to top out at 38 degrees with, again, that mix of sunshine and clouds expected on your friday. So a nice little break and then more snow. We are still expecting maybe a few spill over scattered showers across Eastern Nevada tomorrow, in up ther 20s and the lower 30s for those day time highs. As we head west tonight, down to 20 degrees. Cooler at 15 degrees tonight and Single Digits for bridgeport at six degrees. The day time highs warming up into the upper 30s a tnd lower 40s for that err dwra. Winds tomorrow through carson city out of the southwest at five Miles Per Hour. The day time high looking to reach 36 degrees. And a lot of the region down into the teens tonight and the lower 20s. So a little cooler than what we have seen over the last few nights. Day time highs or even above the freezing mark for glenbrook topping out at 36 degrees. The teens and 20s for the overnight lows up north toward susanville where there is more chance for freezing fog overnight tonight into tomorrow. The valley floor tomorrow is looking to reach the 30s across the board. Galena cooler at the freezing mark and then looking to hit the upper 30s for the Virginia Foothills and reno and sparks. Here is a look at your extended forecast. This shows that break in the storm, a storm system on saturday with a 90 chance around the lake level for that snow. 50 chance on the valley floors. And then another break on sunday. And then by early next week, were going to see a slight warming trend in the day time highs into the lower 40s with a weak storm is how were going to describe that system next week, and then were looking at a break on sunday as well so saturday is when were going to see this chance for snow. Again, a few inches in the sierra and then up to an inch on the valley floors. It is nice to get a break on a friday. It is a nice way to wrap up the wok week. [ thank you so much, madison. Theres a controversial debate brewing between the Top Republican candidates. May be shouldnt be able to run welcome back. It is the birther battle between the top two republican candidates, donald trump tried to keep the focus on whether ted cruz, who was born in canada to a mother born in the u. S. , is eligible to be president. Yes. It is heating up this debate. Steve handlesman has the latest from washington. Reporter Donald Trumps latest headline grab is giving away thousands of tickets for his rally tonight, and at a vermont venue that holds just 1,400, but trumps attack on ted cruz is a bigger headline. Ted, free legal advice on how to preempt the citizen issue. Declaratory judgment. You will win. Trump raced the issue. It is a problem for him. Reporter and whether cruz born in canada is eligible to be born in president. But a democratic congressman of florida is saying he will sue if cruz wins the nomination, that cruz mother may have given up her u. S. Citizenship. Democrats love to see controversy among republicans, so theyre just pouring gasoline on the fire hoping that the entire house burns down. Reporter cruz in iowa today where he is polling ahead of trump talked about his cuban born father. And he and my mom went on to start a Small Business together. So i grew up in texas. Reporter but cruz was born in canada, where his u. S. Born mom lived so long she qualified for canadian citizenship. He says she a natural born u. S. Citizen eligible to be president. People will continue to make political noise about it, but as a legal matter, it is quite straight forward. Reporter but a law professor disagrees. It is not clear. Qualified, but