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Welcome to Tuesday, the fourth day of August, 2015. There's plenty of activities today plus Hot August Nights continues in the Reno and Sparks areas. It's National Night Out at Mills Park, which always has a huge turnout. Here's what's happening today:

•*Back to School at Carson Hot Springs (Free 17 and younger admission per paid adult; outdoor pools only; 7am-10pm)
•*One Putt Jr. Academy at Silver Oak Golf Course (7:45am sign in, 8am-10am; $40 per class or $200 for six classes: includes Green Fees, Pull Cart, Golf Clubs, Gatorade; space limited, ages 7-12)
•*Carson City Parks and Recreation Easy Walk: Linear Ditch Trail West– Meet in the first parking lot at Governor's Field on Evalyn Drive off of Roop Street (8am-9am; bring bottled water)

With the theme of violence prevention, Carson City Sheriff’s Office will host 13 years of community partnership with local agencies, groups and nonprofit organizations Tuesday at Mills Park with the 2015 National Night Out.

Returning this year after a last minute cancelation in 2014 because of heavy rain, this three hour annual family event is designed to bring children and their parents to the park for activities, music, information booths, demonstrations, hot dogs and refreshments. Festivities begin at 5 p.m.

A 25-year-old Reno woman was arrested Saturday on two gross misdemeanor charges of child endangerment after she told police she and her boyfriend took Ecstasy and hallucinogenic mushrooms and that he flipped out, punching a mirror inside the bedroom where her two children were sleeping, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

A 49-year-old Dayton man was arrested Friday in 1400 block of Medical Parkway on a felony drug charge and misdemeanor trespassing, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Smokey Bear took time out of his busy schedule Friday morning to tour the Super Scooper, the new Forest Service firefighting aircraft stationed at Lake Tahoe Airport. The scooper has already proven valuable in local firefighting efforts, most notably the recent Kyburz Fire.

The Nevada Division of Forestry encourages owners of unmanned aircraft systems, also known as drones, to keep them on the ground during a fire and let firefighters and aircraft work to stop fires as quickly and safely as possible.

UPDATE: The patient has been flown out of Kings Canyon and will be taken to the trauma ward at Renown Medical Center in Reno.
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Carson City Fire Department and emergency crews were called Thursday afternoon to a vehicle accident about 1 mile up Kings Canyon. A female has been injured and will be flown out by Care Flight, according to dispatch.

Youth Theatre Carson City's production of "Peter Pan," one of the most beloved family stories of all time, is set for the stage with a Sunday afternoon performance at the Carson City Community Center's Bob Boldrick Theatre.

Based on J.M. Barrie’s classic tale, "Peter Pan" is a high-flying Tony Award-winning musical that has been performed around the world and delighted audiences for more than 60 years.

Doing the right thing is not determined because one consistently votes with the majority. One should always vote on the principle of what is right and fair. A vote may be a lone vote, if so, just say and repeat as needed: You can't break me. I don't have a breaking point.

From the Board of Supervisors meeting held on July 16. Agenda item No. 11. This item dealt with directing staff to examine the feasibility of Carson City joining the Nevada League of Cities (NLC). This is somewhat problematic, how could any Board member not consent and give the go-ahead to a feasibility study?

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for the week of July 29, 2015 and beyond. Nevada Department of Wildlife fishing reports for Western Nevada waters are not included as their most current reports are from early June.

A 31-year-old Carson City woman was arrested Saturday at an Airport Road apartment on a gross misdemeanor charge of child neglect and endangerment and a warrant for failure to appear in court, a Carson City sheriff's deputy said.

Compression! Fire and Art 2015 in downtown Reno included the artistic and cultural range of Nevada. There were live Fire Art dances by "Controlled Burn", Art Cars, vendors, fireworks and Burning Man art projects.

Smoke from the Lowell Fire and Willow Fire will continue to impact Northern California and western Nevada through early Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. West winds will transition to northeast winds on Monday afternoon, allowing for areas of dense smoke to push west of the Sierra crest.

11:15AM: Highway 50 is fully opened as more progress is made on the Kyburz Fire. Officials have changed the number of acres burned to 98 acres and the fire is now 80 percent contained. The size change due to more accurate mapping from the infrared flight.
The road is open but motorists need to watch out for firefighting equipment and crews still in the area.
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UPDATE 10AM: CalFire has downgraded the number of acres burned in the Lowell Fire to 1,500 acres. It is 5 percent contained as of Sunday morning. Smoke from the fire has begun move into the Carson City area. Firefighters are also battling the Willow Fire in Madera County south of Bass Lake that also started Saturday. It has grown to more than 1,100 acres as of Sunday morning, closing roads and prompting mandatory evacuations as fire crews worked to protect threatened structures.

Here's the latest from the Kyburz Fire burning in El Dorado County west of South Lake Tahoe: Highway 50 was re-opened Friday for one lane of traffic at 5:30 p.m. with vehicles being escorted through the fire area. The escorted portion is about a mile long due to firefighting equipment on the roadway.

East bound traffic will be metered from Sly Park to Meyers and escorted from Alder Bridge through the fire area. West bound traffic will be escorted from Sand Flat through the Fire area.

Carson City fire and ambulance, sheriff's deputies and the Nevada Highway Patrol were called this afternoon to a vehicle injury accident on Highway 50 near Flint Road.
The single-vehicle accident involving a Dodge Charger was called into NHP at 1:21 p.m. Dispatch reports it is in the westbound lane. One person was injured.
Traffic is being re-directed around the accident scene.

The Kyburz Fire in El Dorado County is 30 percent contained as of Friday morning and has burned around 200 acres. Highway 50 remains in both directions.

Fire officials say opening Highway 50 is a priority and are looking at re-opening at least one lane by late Friday afternoon or evening once safety concerns are mitigated.

The Kyburz Fire is located in the canyon of the South Fork of the American River, west of the community of Kyburz. The fire is currently in the lower half of the canyon east of Whitehall on both sides of the American River.

UPDATE 9AM:: The Kyburz Fire has burned 200 acres as of this morning, but is now 30 percent contained. Highway 50 remains closed in both directions. Caltrans will reevaluate the closure at 10 a.m. this morning.
The fire is burning on both sides of the highway and has jumped across the American river heading east.
There are 350 personnel working this fire.
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There is a wildland fire burning this afternoon near Kyburz on the West Slope of El Dorado County and 22 miles west of South Lake Tahoe. Highway 50 is closed in both directions.
Voluntary evacuations are being done between Kyburz and Strawberry.

Carson City fire and ambulance were called to a two-vehicle accident with injuries at the intersection of Carson Street and College Parkway.

The crash was reported at around 2:40 p.m. Both vehicles had significant damage. Traffic was being re-redirected around the crash site. Airbags deployed in one of the vehicles, according to fire personnel on scene. One person was taken to the hospital, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Sgt. Scott McDaniel.

Getting tuned up in preparation of a summer membership drive, the Brewery Arts Center promises an evening of great music and dancing Friday night with Delta Nove.

This American funk and rock, Caribbean calypso and reggae, and Brazilian samba drumming band mixes music from cultures around the world to come up with a unique sounds all its own. This blend of drums, guitars, horns, and electronic colors calls to mind the grooves of Parliament Funkadelic, the horns of Earth Wind and Fire, the diversity of Manu Chao, and the psychedelic improvisation of the Grateful Dead.

You can look forward to all kinds of serious problems for the rest of this year and well beyond 2015 due to our prolonged drought.

A 39-year-old Carson City man was arrested Tuesday in the 1500 block of Monte Rosa Drive on suspicion of felony child neglect, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.
Carson Now is withholding the name of the suspect, who is the father of the victim, to protect the juvenile. The man was booked at 3:03 p.m. on $40,000 bail.

Four remote mountain peaks in central and northeastern Nevada are home to a new real-time camera fire-detection system that is helping to protect Nevada’s forests and rangelands.

A Bureau of Land Management Nevada grant awarded to the University of Nevada, Reno to develop, install, and maintain a remote camera system, is in the initial phase of a five-year planned comprehensive network to cover vast areas of the state for early fire detection and response.

UPDATE: The drill ended just before 11:30 a.m.
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Carson City dispatch is participating today in an active shooter drill. Staging of the event involves dispatch, the National Guard, Carson City Sheriff's Office and Fire Department and other area agencies. This is a drill and there is not an emergency.
The drill is at the Nevada National Guard headquarters.

Here is the fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada and Northern California. This report is for July 22, 2015 and beyond.

A Bombardier CL415 firefighting aircraft is now at the Lake Tahoe Airport for the summer to aid the U.S. Forest Service and other agencies in fighting fires, officials announced Tuesday.

Nicknamed the “Super Scooper” for its capacity to repeatedly scoop and drop large quantities of water on a fire, the CL415 provides the Forest Service with increased initial attack capability in the Lake Tahoe Basin and surrounding forests.

Carson City fire and rescue were called to a motorcycle crash Tuesday afternoon in the area of Koontz Lane and Center Drive. The crash happened just after 1:30 p.m. with the rider and passenger sustaining minor injuries.
The crash involved an adult rider and a juvenile passenger. Both have declined medical treatment.

UPDATE 7:50AM: Residents around the Dayton area report their power had returned before midnight. No word yet on what the cause of the outage was other than an equipment problem around the Dayton Valley Airpark area.
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UPDATE 8PM: NV Energy reports there are 1,937 customers without power in Lyon County as of 8 p.m.
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More than 2,400 NV Energy customers are without power Thursday night in the Dayton area. The outage began after 5 p.m.

Lyon County dispatch has reported a significant power outage in the Dayton area and law enforcement and fire resources are busy with response to alarm calls and traffic control, said Lyon County Manager Jeff Page.

Hello fellow anglers, there are only two things that make me extremely angry, and I experienced both of them this last week. While fishing last week, I met an angler with a limit of nice rainbow trout.

Later one that same morning I saw him fishing again in the same spot catching more fish. He had taken his first catch home and returned the same day to catch more fish.

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Good cases certainly can be made for (in alphabetic order) Dr. Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, Rick Perry and Marco Rubio. But we think Scott Walker offers the best package of strong executive experience, personal qualifications and reliable, across-the-board limited-government reform politics.