Man sentenced for stabbing victim in face, neck, and arms and leaving him to...
SPARKS, Nev. (TCN) -- A 56-year-old man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for stabbing another man and leaving him to die in a park. The Washoe County District Attorney's Office announced Aug. 28 that a judge sentenced David Abara to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Randal...
Rodent droppings, too-warm sushi among violations in early August
Two food service locations were temporarily closed and another five were written up for health code violations in the first week of August, with infractions including too-warm sushi, employees touching clean plates after dirty ones, and rodent droppings in food storage areas. Northern Nevada Public Health issues four...
Delivery driver arrested in Spanish Springs for alleged peering incident
WASHOE COUNTY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A delivery driver was arrested in Spanish Springs and charged with peering through a window with a camera. Washoe County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence on Garden Pond Way in Spanish Springs regarding a reported peering incident around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 27.
Severe storms bring flash flooding, hail, and mudslides across Western Nevada and Eastern California
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through 10 p.m. Wednesday for much of western Nevada and parts of northeast California, as slow-moving thunderstorms bring widespread heavy rain, hail, lightning, and flash flooding. The National Weather Service in Reno has issued the watch for the Greater Reno–Carson City–Minden...
Old Reno hotel sees new life as arcade restaurant with 40-foot pinball bartop
Nearly eight decades since it opened, the site of an old Reno hotel is reinventing itself once more, this time as an arcade restaurant with a unique bartop that mixes pisco with pinball. The former Santa Fe hotel in downtown Reno reopened this summer as the new location for Playfield Sports and Games. The business,...
After a harrowing 20-foot fall last year, she’s better and back for her 9th...
Rachael Gingery is back at Burning Man, even after a devastating fall in 2024 had her leaving the playa by ambulance. The San Francisco resident fell 20 feet off a ship art piece, "Naga & the Captainess.” “I remember laying on the ground, feeling shocks of pain course through my body and being unable to move as I was...
Fire crews mop up lightening strike in Mount Rose Wilderness
MOUNT ROSE WILDERNESS, Nev. – Fire crews are hiking off an incident in the Mount Rose Wilderness after responding to and mopping up a lighting strike of two trees, according to an announcement on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 27. The U.S. Forest Service and the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection...
Snapshot: End of an era—so long, Melting Pot
On Saturday, Aug. 16, at the Reno Public Market, Mayor Hillary Schieve presented a proclamation to Eric and Monique Baron, honoring their innovative business, The Melting Pot World Emporium, and their promotion and support of Burning Man. The shop opened in Midtown in 1996. It quickly became a counterculture hub,...
Officials give update on state cyberattack: part 1
While some agencies are back online, others are still being restored.
New FEMA maps show revised flood risks in Washoe County
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has released preliminary flood maps for Washoe County, including the cities of Reno and Sparks, the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, and the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. The maps identify updated flood hazards along 64 streams throughout the county. FEMA officials say the revisions aim...
