The recent solar debate here in nevada. And a first hand look at what medical students go through during their time at unr. How the university hopes, to keep the school of medicine well funded. These stories top your news right now at 5 00 am. Today is wednesday, february 17, 2016. Good morning, im john potter. And im andi guevara. Thanks for starting your day with channel 2 news this morning. Lets start with a quick look at the forecast with meteorologist Jeff Martinez. Mostly cloudy and very windy today with gusts in the 5060mph range possible, secure Everything Outdoors a winter storm will move into the sierra this afternoon and evening with heavy snow possible in the Higher Elevations through thursday morning, making travel difficult. The valleys will see a few afternoon showers with snow levels dropping down to 5,000ft by thursday morning. Turning to crime beat. Sparks police have a man in custody, charged with firing yesterday morning. Police were called out to the 3thousand bloc
you re watching cbs5 eyewitness news. like a parents worst night mare, right. absolutely. absolutely. a violent crash claims the life of one teenager, injuries for others, alcohol ama have played a factor. a race against time in san brown oh. the toxic threat lurking in that disaster zone and why it needs to be cleaned up and quickly. after a string of rapes one apartment complex police thought they had their man but, now, another attack. and it s not something muni wants you to know about, a glitch that allows people to ride for free. what the transit agency is doing to stop it. good evening, i m ken bass teed a. dana has the night off. one teenager dead, four others injured after a crash in marin county, tonight authorities confirm all of those students are from novato high school, their car collided with a big rig on know vat oh boulevard near sutro avenue. don knapp shows us what the investigators found at the scene. reporter: the chp says speed and maybe