Thanks to tips from Washoe County Juvenile Probation, and concerned citizens, the female suspect in a convenience store hold-up in stead was identified as 18 year old Kassandra Portillo of Reno. Detectives with the Regional Crime Suppression Unit located Portillo and her silver 4 door passenger car in Stead where she was arrested without incident.…… MORE
Bernie Sanders Coming to Reno
Fresh off his New Hampshire Primary win, Bernie Sanders is coming to Reno Saturday to be part of the “Real Solutions for Real People” summit at the University of Nevada. The Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada is hosting. The idea is to build support for a comprehensive economic, racial, and environmental justice agenda for Nevada.…… MORE
Check Out The New City of Reno License Plate
The new City of Reno charitable license plate, which provides funding for Parks and Recreation, is now available through the Nevada DMV. For the plate to succeed, the City must have at least 1,000 registrations in 2016, the minimum number required for a specialty plate. Assuming a minimum of 1,000 registrations for the first year,…… MORE
Solar Decision Expected This Week
Hundreds of rooftop solar workers showed up to the Nevada Public Utilities Commission meeting, bringing mountains of cards signed by rooftop solar supporters. The PUC has been hearing arguments on whether existing rooftop solar customers should be “grandfathered” into lower rates, instead of being forced to pay the higher ones approved late last year. That…… MORE
Handgun Found at Spanish Springs High School
A handgun was confiscated at Spanish Springs High School Tuesday, but the Washoe County School district says no shots were fired, and there was no act of violence associated with the weapon. It’s not clear why the gun was at school, one unnamed juvenile has been arrested.… MORE
Gov Names Superintendent of Public Instruction
Governor Brian Sandoval named Steve Canavero as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, effective immediately. Sandoval made this decision after interviews with each of the three candidates who were recommended by the State Board of Education. Prior to this appointment, Canavero was named Interim-Superintendent after then Superintendent Dale Erquiaga joined Governor Sandoval’s staff as Chief…… MORE
Former Deputy Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking
A former El Dorado County sheriff’s drug task force member at Lake Tahoe, has pleaded guilty to one count of drug trafficking. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies arrested 48 year old Mark Zlendick at his home southwest of Gardnerville last spring, after he was accused of stealing drugs from an evidence locker in South Lake Tahoe.…… MORE
NHP ID’s Fatal Crash Victim
A man is dead after he was hit by a car on I-580 near Bowers Mansion in Washoe Valley. The man was standing or walking in the northbound lanes of the highway, when he was struck by a Honda Civic around 1:07 Monday morning. NHP has identified the man hit by the car as 18…… MORE
Lake Tahoe is Rising
The Nevada Natural Resource Conservation Service says 28 billion gallons of water have flowed into Lake Tahoe since December 9th. That 28 billion gallons was enough to raise Lake Tahoe by 8″. 28 billion gallons would be enough water to serve about 85,000 households for one year. Despite all the new water, Lake Tahoe is…… MORE
Missing Fisherman Found in Pyramid Lake
The body of a second fisherman who went missing in Pyramid Lake was recovered Sunday, the first was recovered Saturday. The bodies were found just off Warrior Point in water about 130 feet deep. They say the not-for-profit group “Bruce’s Legacy” was instrumental in recovering those remains. The Bay Area men disappeared during a fishing…… MORE
