Carson City Fire Department knock down small, smoldering brush fire near Mountain Street trailhead

With December arriving we are counting the days until Christmas. So deck the halls, get some jingle bells and wassail away this holiday season. Here's what's happening now through Christmas around Carson City, Carson Valley, Dayton and Virginia City areas.

Almost everyone reading these words grew up safe and secure within the comfortable care of at least one dependable parent. For those of us so blessed, it is hard to imagine anything but a childhood defined by consistency, more than anything else. Some children, however, exist in a different world altogether.

The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team will continue prescribed fire operations over the next several weeks, weather permitting. Lake Valley, North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service will conduct prescribed fire operations in multiple areas around Lake Tahoe.

We have leaves, lots of leaves. I used to pile all the leaves on my shrub and flower beds. I wanted them to decompose and feed the soil, but with the extreme winds here in Washoe Valley, they continually blew back against the door. We ended up raking and moving the same leaves over and over again. Well, that’s not happening anymore!

Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Saturday night to a vehicle rollover in the southbound lane of I-580 between Arrowhead and College Parkway.

Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Daniel Gonzales sits down with It's Your City host Cortney Bloomer to talk about the annual Holiday with a Hero project and Saturday night's Holiday Crawl.

Breezy to gusty winds are expected Saturday afternoon followed by unsettled and stormy conditions that may move into the Carson City region overnight bringing a chance of snow by Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

The Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights tree lighting celebration was a cheerful spectacle. In a flash the lights came on and the capitol grounds bursted with color and sound.
Scroll the photos and watch the video below to see and hear a very special carol performed by Carson City area fifth grade choir students.

For the sixth year, Carson City residents lined up Friday night to feast on delicious, savory soup served in handmade clay pottery created by local artisans as part of the Empty Bowls Project to raise money for local families and individuals who often go without daily hot, nutritious cooked meals.

The Mile High Jazz Band will be joined by Rita Geil and other award-winning poets and readers for an evening of big-band jazz and poetry on Tuesday, December 12, 2017, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., at Comma Coffee. General admission is $5 at the door, and free for age 18 and under.

The Northern Nevada Honor Guard's shuttle bus requires essential repairs and we are seeking the public's help. The members of this unit are all veterans and part of the American Legion High Desert Post 56, Carson City. The unit provides, on average, 50-plus funerals and memorial services each year, is non-profit and all services are provided at no cost.

CARSON CITY — Next week is National Computer Science week, and all schools in the nation are being urged to do an "Hour of Code." To help with the effort, State Superintendent Dr. Steve Canavero, Nevada Department of Education, joined students in Ms. Sherri Kelley's AP Computer Science class at Carson High School on Friday morning, Dec. 1.

Hello fellow anglers, it is hard to believe December is here and soon will come ice fishing and the opener of the Topaz Lake 2018 fishing season. The ice fishing may have to wait a little longer.

Christmas tree permits in the Lake Tahoe Basin are sold out as of Nov. 24, 2017. On Nov. 13, 2,250 permits were issued on a first-come, first-served basis. No additional permits will be authorized at Tahoe this season, however permits are available in the Carson Ranger District.