Updated 11:05pm Fire officials have revised the earlier estimate of number of acres burned in the Kyburz Fire. It is 160 acres. A music camp in the area has been evacuated. The nearly 100 people left on their own and not to a shelter. Updated 9pm: The Kyburz Fire has consumed 600 acres as it […]
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A Sparks man has died from the injuries he sustained while walking to see the fireworks at Donner Lake on July 4. Leonard Richard Whitlow, 46, was reportedly hit by bicycle rider Petra Bakker-Borhani, 24, of Truckee on Donner Pass Road along Donner Lake. Whitlow died at Renown Medical Center in Reno, Truckee police announced […]
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Updated 8:41pm: An 87-year-old Pleasant Hill man told officials he didn’t hear the lights and sirens. A U.S. Forest Service captain was making a left on Highway 50 from Pioneer Trail in Meyers on a red light to get to the fire in Kyburz, but the RV didn’t yield and the two vehicles collided when […]
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Updated 8:42pm: The Bison Fire is at 21,337 acres and 25 percent containment. Authorities say the threat to the 20 buildings is diminishing. Douglas County commissioners declared a state of emergency. This allows the county to request additional state resources and assistance, as well as federal assistance, should the governor deem a state of emergency. […]
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Of those stopped by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office during the June “Joining Forces” event, two drivers were arrested on DUI charge, four on felony drug charges, and four on fugitive charges. Other citations issued by deputies included: 99 speeding citations 38 cell phone/other distracted driving citations 21 citations for driver’s license related violations 26 […]
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Sharon Resnikoff sent these photos to Lake Tahoe News of the Bison Fire that is burning in the Pine Nut area of Douglas County. Some were taken from Highway 395 and others along Kingsbury Grade. The fire started July 4 after lightning struck the area. Non-residential buildings have been consumed in the inferno. More than […]
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By Corey G. Johnson, Center for Investigative Reporting Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. The women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years – and […]
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Late afternoon winds on Sunday are playing havoc with efforts to fight the Bison Fire. The fire is making a run to the northeast and is burning through the Slater Mine Area. Commercial structures have been lost, but the number of structures is unknown at this time. Containment of the nearly 9,300-acre fire has dropped […]
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Updated 5:40pm: A 26-year-old woman was knocked unconscious when she fell at Lover’s Leap on Sunday. Nour Mardini was on the Lower Buttress area of the rock structure when she dislodged a boulder the size of a picnic table and then fell about 30 feet. When the rope went tight she swung into the granite […]
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By Jeff Maher, News 10 Researchers have found that when the weather gets hot, so does one’s temper. On hot days individuals are more likely to encounter road rage, or have someone cut them off. Drivers may also be seen speeding more than usual. So why the link between temperature and one’s mood behind the […]
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