Snoop Dogg and guest star Martha Stewart will appear at the Sun Wine & Food Fest at Mohegan Sun in January. 

The legendary rapper will perform at the Avalon on Saturday, January 27 for an hour-long "hype" performance as DJ Snoopadelic. 

The next day, Snoop Dogg will join Martha Stewart for brunch at the Uncas Ballroom. 

Tickets for the brunch on  January 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. are $90 per person.

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg co-host the TV show "Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party" that is now in its second season. The show received an Emmy nomination for "Best Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program."

We have issued a First Alert for some light snow to impact Connecticut this weekend. A fast moving clipper system will swing by to our south during the day on Saturday.

We are expecting snow to develop during the midday hours on Saturday, and last into the evening before ending close to midnight. The snow will fall at a light, to at times moderate rate on Saturday.

With air temperatures being in the upper teens to lower 20s, this will be a very light and fluffy snowfall, of which will accumulate very easily. Shown below is one of our computer model projections for Saturday at 5 p.m., showing snow falling across the state.

We anticipate a general 1-3" of accumulation state-wide by the end of the day Saturday. If you have any travel plans, keep in mind there will be some slick spots on the roadways during the second half of the day.

In the wake of this minor snowfall, another shot of arctic air moves in for Sunday and Monday, with temperatures within a few degrees of 0 to ring in 2018.

Stay with NBC Connecticut's team of meteorologists on air and online for further updates.

An 18-year-old is accused setting a Bloomfield apartment on fire with multiple occupants, including two children, living inside. 

Bloomfield officers were dispatched to Woodland Avenue around 8:23 a.m. on Thursday and saw one of the apartments engulfed in flames. 

Firefighters were able to get all of the occupants out of the apartment but the two children were sent as a precaution to the Connecticut Children's Hospital for smoke inhalation. 

The apartment has been condemned but the surrounding apartments were deemed safe for occupancy despite some smoke damage. 

An investigation found that the same apartment had a minor fire on Dec. 24, but the fire department determined the cause was possibly from a cigarette, however, an electrical cause had not been ruled out. 

Police also discovered that some family members staying at the Woodland Avenue apartment were displaced from a fire at their apartment in New Britain on Dec. 20. 

As a result of the investigation, 18-year-old Isaiah Hellanbrand was arrested and charged with arson and two counts of risk of injury to a minor for Thursday's fire. 

Further charges are expected. 

The number of officers killed on duty in firearms-related incidents in 2017 declined 33 percent from last year, according to new data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.

Experts remain concerned about ambush attacks as a broader debate wages around policing in America. Eight of this year’s officer killings were from ambush attacks, also marking a decline from 2016, when the country saw a surge of ambush killings targeting officers, with 21 officers killed in those attacks and 66 total officers killed by gunfire.

Meanwhile, debates about policing and civil rights continue across the country. Just this month, the president incorrectly claimed violent assaults against police are increasing. But in the police community, family members and advocates tell NBC News the aggregate data only tells a small part of the story.

“It’s devastating because it exposes just how dangerous the profession is,” said Marq Claxton, a retired NYPD Detective & Director of the Black Law Enforcement Alliance, “how vulnerable you all are individually.”

Police are looking for a wanted and possibly armed suspect in North Haven.

There is a heavy police presence in the Upper State Street area near Hartford Turnpike while officers try to track down a wanted suspect who might be armed. 

People are asked to avoid the area.

Anyone who may see something suspicious is asked to call 911.

No athlete from a Latin American country has ever managed to win an Olympic medal in winter, but plenty of hopefuls are undeterred, with some training in the United States as they look to qualify for the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang.

Costa Rica has been absent from the Winter Olympics for over a decade and its only hope for breaking that streak at the upcoming Olympics is Andre Hamm, a 22-year-old slopestyle skier who is the only athlete the Costa Rican Olympic Committee has backed in qualifications, which will finish this January.

Hamm was 11 years old when Costa Rica last sent a "tico," as the country's residents are affectionately known, to the Winter Olympics.

"I feel very proud to be the only Costa Rican athlete interested in qualifying for the Winter Olympics," Hamm said. "It's a great opportunity to show the world that the ticos are capable of reaching a worldwide level in whichever sport."

Like most Latin American countries, Costa Rica is hot, dry and tropical. Snow is rare, so it stands to reason that there are few athletes who end up contending for medals at the Winter Games. The ones who do often train in the U.S., Hamm included.

He likes to document it on his Instagram, posting from places like Mt. Hood, Oregon, and Winter Park, Colorado, where he flips through the air and grinds rails.

Slopestyle skiers race down courses full of obstacles, pulling off jumps and tricks that get judged based on height, number of turns, technique and difficulty.

This March, Hamm came in 49th place with 15.80 points at the World Ski Championships in Spain. Last year at the South American Cup in Argentina, Hamm came first with a score of 50.00 points.

If Hamm attends the Olympics, he'll face stiff competition. There will be up to 282 freestyle skiers competing this year, including 30 men in slopestyle.

Hamm, who is Costa Rican and American, started skiing when he was about 4 years old and has done slopestyle for more than eight years. Hamm practices with a club called Team Park City United in Park City, Utah, where American coaches train him — there aren't many Costa Ricans experienced in skiing.

"In my opinion, the reason there aren't a lot of Latinos in the Winter Olympics is because we have no access to these sports in Latin America," Hamm said. "For the most part, to participate in the Winter Olympics you need to be located near cold temperatures and near mountains, a combination that is not common in Latin America."

The Costa Rican Olympic Committee does not offer a development program for freestyle skiing since the country has no federation that focuses on the sport. In fact, it has no development programs for any winter sport, the committee said.

If an athlete shows interest in winter sports, the committee pays and signs a license that allows the athlete to compete nationally and internationally as a Costa Rican. Once they reach a high competitive level, the committee provides the athlete with a scholarship that allows him or her to train in the U.S.

"Slopestyle is very expensive to participate in and it would have been very difficult to get where I am at the moment without their help," said Hamm, who added that the scholarship covers expenses for training, trips and ski equipment.

Hamm is, of course, not the only Latin American athlete to show interest in the Winter Games, dreaming of being their country's first Winter Olympic medalist.

Yanet Lucumi, a former professional runner who is now an instructor at the Colombian Olympic Committee, said her country sends its athletes to prepare for the Olympics in the U.S., too.

"We want to make sure we have athletes wanting to participate in the Winter Olympics by trying our best to motivate them," Lucumi said.

The last time Colombia attended the Winter Olympics was in 2010 at the Vancouver Games, when Cynthia Denzler competed for the country in Alpine skiing. For the 2018 Games, the Colombian Olympic Committee is anticipating that its athletes will qualify in several sports.

Bolivia will return to the Winter Olympics for the first time since 1992 at Albertville, France. The nation has never had an Olympic medalist, in winter or summer.

"It's very important for us to have an athlete representing Bolivia at the international level at the Winter Olympics," said Dr. Marco Antonio Arze Mendoza, president of the Bolivian Olympic Committee.

The committee said that Alpine skier Simon Breitfuss Kammerlander will represent Bolivia at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Mendoza added that the Bolivian Olympic Committee would continue to support more Bolivian athletes' who would like to participate in the Winter Olympics.

Argentina has had more success in the Winter Games, with six women and one man representing the nation at Sochi in 2014. The country will have nine men and six women competing to qualify for Pyeongchang in sports like skiing, snowboarding and luge, said Mariano Rodriguez Giesso, president of the Commission of Winter Sports for the Argentine Olympic Committee.

As for Costa Rica, its Olympic committee noted Hamm's interest in going to the Olympics and will be working on creating a program in the next two years that will encourage more Costa Rican athletes to participate, said Marc Farcai, coordinator of Olympic Solidarity for Costa Rica.

"We are very happy with Andre because he is a very mature athlete for his age," Farcai said.

Hamm lost the opportunity to participate in this year's World Cup, losing many days of practice on top of that, due to a concussion he received this June while training on Mt. Hood, but that won't stop him from attending qualifications for Pyeongchang.

"There is a chance that this can affect me in the qualifications," Hamm said. "But this has been my dream for many years and I will do everything I can to represent Costa Rica in future World Cups and in the 2018 Winter Olympics."

We have issued a First Alert for some light snow to impact Connecticut this weekend. A fast moving clipper system will swing by to our south during the day on Saturday.

We are expecting snow to develop during the midday hours on Saturday, and last into the evening before ending close to midnight. The snow will fall at a light, to at times moderate rate on Saturday.

With air temperatures being in the upper teens to lower 20s, this will be a very light and fluffy snowfall, of which will accumulate very easily.

We anticapte a general 1-3" of accumulation statewide by the end of the day Saturday. If you have any travel plans, keep in mind there will be some slick spots on the roadways during the second half of the day.

In the wake of this minor snowfall, another shot of arctic air moves in for Sunday and Monday, with temperatures within a few degrees of 0 to ring in 2018.

Stay with NBC Connecticut's team of meteorologists on air and online for further updates.

Some people in New Haven got out of the bone-chilling cold Thursday by warming up at a downtown public library that is doubling as a warming center.

"It’s a nice warm place," Joe S. said. "It’s a comfortable place cause I’m a reader, too."

He arrived when the doors opened at 10 a.m.

"I really wish they had opened up a little earlier," Joe told NBC Connecticut.

Across from the library on the New Haven Green, downtown safety ambassador Jeffrey Lee is bundled up.

"I’ve got some sweatpants on, a hoodie, couple jackets, two pairs of gloves," Lee said.

He said the clothing is never enough when it's so cold outside. 

Lee’s day began before the sunrise when the wind chill was well below zero along the shoreline.

"When I’m walking, I just got to turn around so it doesn't hit me," Lee said.

Lee’s main task in the biting cold is to direct the homeless to the city’s warming centers.

"If we see signs of hyperthermia or frostbite, we want to make the proper places known so we call either 911 or the non-emergency number to make sure that they’re getting help they need today," Lee said.

For people traveling by bus or train, the key is to minimize the wait time outside in the cold.

At the bus stop at the corner of Church and Chapel Streets, Anjanette Gilliam from New Haven pointed out someone spilled hot chocolate that froze on the bench.

At the West Haven train station in the early afternoon, the platform was empty as passengers waited indoors for their trains to arrive.

Todd Dery of Tolland said he made the mistake of forgetting to wear a hat while in New York City.

"I definitely didn’t dress warm enough to walk around in the city," Dery said. "Luckily we took a cab."

Dressed in her long coat and high boots, Amy Gallagher from Madison caught a train from West Haven to Grand Central to see a Broadway show.

"We plan to walk, we’re going to walk to our hotel then we’re going to walk to dinner and then to the show," Gallagher said, adding she thinks she has enough layers on.

Back at the New Haven library, Joe said he will have a bed tonight inside a shelter run by the Columbus House.

"Unfortunately, I’ve slept out in this stuff, you know, without any shelter, so I’m kind of used to the cold," he said. "Most of the shelters are full and I wish to be honest with you some of the churches would open up like a warming center for the night."

The son of a couple killed in a Griswold house fire last week has been identified as a person of interest. 

Police said they are seeking the whereabouts of Matthew Lindquist. 

The victims of the fire were identified as Janet Lindquist, 61, and Kenneth Lindquist, 56, who both lived in the home. The cause and manner of their death have not been determined.

Officials were investigating a house fire on Dec. 21 said the fire was connected to a car fire 40 miles away in Glastonbury.

Firefighters responded to 70 Kenwood Estates in Griswold around 5:15 a.m. Wednesday after a neighbor called 911 to report a fire and crews found two bodies in the charred remains of the home.  

Griswold Volunteer Fire Chief Tom Holowaty said three adults lived in the house.

Police said there was a link between the house fire and the abandoned car found in flames at the Glastonbury Luxury Apartments in Glastonbury Wednesday morning. State police said the car’s VIN number was connected to the Griswold home, but did not provide any details of how they were linked.

Heating system companies are scrambling to take care of customers across Connecticut.

Mike LeBeau of Bristol owns two multi-family homes, renting out all the floors, except one floor that he lives on. He said when it’s this cold, his heat has to work.

"I want the heat back on and the problems fixed for my tenants," LeBeau said. 

The company that services LeBeau’s boilers just fixed one of them and did annual maintenance on another. With this kind of cold, the heating repair business is only getting busier.

"It has been crazy, this whole week has been eight o’clock or after. working night time. The phone just keeps ringing and ringing with other calls," Matt Ryan with R&E Heating & Air Conditioning said. 

Ryan has seen everything from burst pipes to boilers that shut down. In a prolonged deep freeze like this, there’s usually just one culprit. He explains the wear-and-tear from a boiler overworking puts a strain on it that it can not always handle.

Ryan said to be on the safe side, besides getting annual maintenance, homeowners should go down to their basement and make sure the boiler appears to be working properly and it’s not making any strange sounds or leaking water. Also, it’s not a bad idea to check what pipes can see for any leaks.

With the bitter cold temps dominating these last few days, people in need can connect with help at United Way’s 211 Connecticut system.

The system offers online or telephone assistance for people trying to find a warm place to stay, food and needs help with energy programs.

United Way 211 Connecticut is free, confidential and offered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 

This week specialists have taken 182 weather-related calls and they’ve had more than 2,5000 hits on its website. 

When someone dials 211 for assistance, they're sure to get a calm, collected voice on the other end providing round the clock assistance.

"It's been a really busy week with the cold weather," 211 Senior Vice President Tanya Barrett told NBC Connecticut.

One specialist, Mary, said they've seen an increase in shelter calls this week during the bitter cold temperatures. 

The 211 center in Rocky Hill is filled with contact center specialists like Mary helping mostly with cold weather calls.

"Definitely shelter to get out of the cold. That’s what we’ve been getting a lot of, where the local warming centers are, emergency shelter placement. Sometimes we do get calls people run out of oil, things of that nature, things of that nature. Mostly people who are literally homeless outside," Mary reiterated.

Sometimes those calls can get stressful, but that’s where training kicks in.

"We get someone who is upset on the phone based on their situations, we do have to try to get them focused on what they need so we can help them the best we can," Mary said. 

After earning their four-year degrees, specialists go through four to six weeks of on-site training before they’re even allowed on the phones. They learn about various topics and how to work with callers so they get the assistance they need.

"We get calls 24-7, people are at their wit's end and they don’t know what to do next. They don’t know what exists and they don’t know what to ask for," Barrett added.

It’s a tough job that Mary says pays off in the end.

"It makes me feel good that I can get someone connected with assistance," Mary said. 

The NYPD is heightening security in key spots across the city days ahead of the annual New Year’s Eve celebration that will see some two million people pack pens in Times Square to watch the famed ball drop.

At a press conference Thursday, NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said the amount of security this year is unprecedented and comes in the wake of recent attacks.

“You’ll see a stronger police presence out there then we’ve seen even in recent years. And that’s prudent, given the terror events we’ve seen and studied around the world, as well as the three incidents here in New York over the past 15 months,” O’Neill said, referring to the failed bombing of a Times Square subway tunnel earlier this month, as well as the truck rampage that killed eight people on Halloween, and the Chelsea bombing that injured dozens in September 2016.

Officials said there were no credible threats to the city or its New Year’s Eve celebration, but that additional resources are in place as the city rings in 2018.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said the fact the city can pull off such a security feat should be a point of pride.

“New York City is one of the few places in the world that could host an event like this and provide this level of security,” de Blasio said.

Getting in to see the famous ball won't be easy. There will be 12 access points with multiple layers of security. At each entrance will be special “vapor wake” bomb-sniffing dogs and heavy-weapons teams. Revelers will be scanned by magnetometers and will have their bags inspected; no large bags or coolers will be permitted.

The NYPD will have teams available to handle a sniper shooting like the one in Las Vegas that killed dozens of people in October. Uniformed officers will be stationed at hotels and information will be sent out on police smart phones, showing officers how to deal with someone wearing a suicide vest.

Police have also been trained on how to spot would-be bombers, how to stop them with lethal force and how to treat the wounded in the event of an explosion.

“I think they’ve got it under control. The NYPD, they know what they’re doing,” said Meredith Begley, of Astoria.

Lots of people said they planned to avoid the event -- not out of fear of terrorism, but out of fear of the bitter forecast. Temperatures on New Year’s Eve are expected to be in the teens, with wind chills below 0.

The Justice Department has charged two Romanians for allegedly hacking into over 100 cameras used by Washington D.C. police for surveillance earlier this year as part of a ransomware scheme, NBC News reported.

The suspects Mihai Isvanca and Eveline Cismaru were arrested in Bucharest on Dec. 15 as they attempted to leave the country, the DOJ and European law enforcement officials said.

The Secret Service became aware that computers connected to surveillance cameras had been compromised on Jan. 12, only eight days before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, according to a complaint unsealed in federal court on Thursday.

The suspects “participated in an intrusion into and taking control of approximately 123 internet-connected computers used by the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia to operate surveillance cameras in public, outdoor areas in the District of Columbia,” the complaint said.

Frigid temperatures only made jobs on the southeastern shoreline more difficult on Thursday.

Crews were fighting the winds, the water and the freezing cold.

At Cross Sound Ferry, many had masks covering their faces as they prepared to dock in New London or lined up travelers to drive aboard.

"It kind of takes it out of you," Captain Gary Duplessis said.

Duplessis said the challenges for his crew involve the bitter cold getting through their layers when they're required to be outside.

They also worry about getting wet, either by the Long Island Sound or from sweating during work that requires a lot of physical labor because the moisture makes it difficult to warm up.

"The crews are the ones that go through the worst of it. They’re outdoors all the time. They’re parking cars, the guys out in the yard. When you’re out on the water, you’re really exposed out there. There’s nowhere to hide," Duplessis said.

On Thursday, New London Seafood Distributors owner Gary Yerman and some staff were doing maintenance on the inside of a boat, so they could go fishing at 3 a.m. on  Friday.

"It’s rough. We don’t get out many times during the winter when it’s this cold. We’re afraid of making ice, dangerous conditions rough seas," Yerman said.

Yerman knows first-hand that severe icing makes the job even more dangerous.

"[In] 1994, we had one of our fishing vessels that rolled over right here at our dock in New London. Two fellas got killed as a result of severe icing," Yerman said.

According to Yerman, he and his crews try to only spend 15 to 20 minutes outside at a time to avoid the taxing elements of the bitter cold outdoors.

A 19-year-old was shot during a possible robbery attempt in New Haven on Thursday night. 

Police said they were dispatched to Poplar and Clay streets at 7:19 p.m. for a person shot. 

The victim was shot twice during a possible robbery attempt on the 300-block of Poplar Street. 

He was rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he is in serious but stable condition. 

There was no description of the suspect available. 

Anyone with information is asked to call New Haven police at (203) 946-6304.

A late August layover in Houston was the one thing that stood between Nevien Nematalla and her family’s trek back home from a relaxing, much-needed trip to Cancun.

The flight happened to coincide as Hurricane Harvey, a catastrophic storm that caused 82 deaths and $200 billion worth of damage to the area, made landfall.

Even with an eye on the forecast, the family arrived in the worst part of the storm without their suitcases including Nematalla’s daily medicine.

"I really had never felt so close to death," Nematalla said.

Her medication, packed in her checked-in bag, made it back to New England without her.

"I know it’s my error to not travel with medication," Nematalla said. "But this had never happened."

She said it wouldn’t have happened had United Airlines canceled or rerouted their flight when they called two days prior.

"They always say these things are an act of god and they’re not responsible, and I understand that," Nematalla said. "But they could have prevented all of these hundreds or thousands of people from landing in Houston. Everybody knew about this storm."

A United spokesperson told NBC Connecticut the airline only flies when it’s safe to do so and wanted to give Houstonians the option to get home safely.

United also initiated a waiver the same day the Nematallas called, giving passengers the chance to reschedule their flight for free.

Nevien said the United representatives she spoke with never informed her of the waiver in place, leaving her to think they had no choice.

The family found a Houston hotel on August 25 and hoped for the best. The next day, the city was underwater and Nevien was out of medicine.

"There were no pharmacies open, no doctors open, there were no cars, buses, trains- nothing," Nematalla said. "So I had to call an ambulance."

The hospital wasn’t filling prescriptions. She called everyone she knew and eventually, a friend connected her to a local physician who got her enough medication to get by.

"It was all a complete miracle how dark it got, how scared and terrified I was, and then suddenly I was able to get the medicine from strangers who didn’t know me," Nematalla said.

The family made it out of Texas through Austin on September 1. They immediately called United again to ask—given the lapse in communication—if the carrier would reimburse hotel and food expenses.

United initially offered $100 credits for each family member as a good faith gesture since they had a waiver in place. That wasn’t good enough for the Nematallas.

"I didn’t want to go back on United and I didn’t need any vouchers," Nematalla said. "I just wanted my money back."

Two days after NBC Connecticut Responds contacted United, Nevien got a call.

"They said they appreciate that we’re mileage plus customers and that they wanted [to make things right] for good will, and just to be generous and kind," Nematalla said. "I was just so relieved that we made it out alive."

United still honored its $400 credit and the Nematallas received an additional $1,200 which they’ll use to help pay for the ambulance and hospital expenses.

Crews had to battle the single-digit temperatures while they worked to put out a fire at an abandoned building in Middlefield on Thursday night. 

Neighbors on Kickapoo Road said the fire at the empty home began around 8 p.m. and while it is abandoned, sometimes it is occupied by stray cats. 

Frigid temperatures made fighting the fire difficult, according to Middlefield Fire Chief Pete Tyc.

"Everything freezes on contact. As you can see the water in the road is freezing up. We are working with the assistance of the public works to try to keep sand and salt on the scene. Hopefully that will take care of it. Slips, trips, and falls are always a big issue. And we're trying to operate safely as we can," said Tyc.

Tyc says there are no injures. He did not call the fire suspicious, but the fire is under investigation.

The Hartford Whalers might be gone, but they are far from forgotten and you will soon be able to order commemorative Hartford Whaler license plates. 

The plates will cost residents $60 and a portion of those funds will go to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center.

The legislation that made the plates possible says they will be issued on or after Jan. 1. 

Hebron Avenue, or Route 94, in Glastonbury, will be closed until this evening as crews replace a utility pole after a car hit it. 

The crash happened around 8:09 a.m.

Police said Route 94 is closed between Wickham Road and Strickland Street and will be closed until sometime between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. 

Eversource and Frontier have responded.