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The MLB Trade Deadline has come and gone. For baseball fanatics it is Christmas in August. The baseball world goes into a frenzy with contending clubs trying to out do their closest competitor(s) for a stretch run into the playoffs and what all hope to be eventually a winning combination to the World Series.

For the Bay Area teams it was much of the same as it as been in recent seasons. San Francisco buys, and Oakland sells.
Although, some may say the Giants sold a little bit of their future today to win now and keep with the "even year" theme.

On July 29, Nicholas Basalyga, co-founder of the non-profit In The Saddle, will get on his bike in San Francisco, CA. Two months later, he will arrive in Philadelphia. He is biking across the country to generate support for In The Saddle and raise awareness about the epidemic of addiction that America is currently facing.

Hunter Pence continued his AAA assault last night in Reno by hitting his second home run in as many nights at once again a Giants' friendly Greater Nevada Field.

I think he loves the thin air and elevation.

Pence came into the game batting a modest .500 (8 for 16) and added 2 more RBI to his total since being on his rehab assignment giving him 6 in 6 games. It was his third home run since being with Sacramento.

Pence played a full nine innings for a second straight night which have a lot of people believing his return to San Francisco is extremely close.

Carson Tahoe Health Foundation is thrilled to announce the headlining entertainment for our annual free cancer benefit, HopeFest 6, the high-spirited, unpredictable, Bay Area born band, The Waybacks.

Susan Crowell, wife of Mayor Bob Crowell of Carson City, is a mixture of strength, forthrightness, and intrigue. Susan is an attractive, well-spoken, well educated, and independent thinking female — both as a wife, mother, and citizen of Carson City. The definition of who she really is lies in her upbringing, her education, her marriage, her children, and in her personal interests. All these components interact to make for a thoughtful woman with a definite mind of her own, yet one who wants the best for others involved in all of these relationships.

The second suspect in an armed robbery Monday night of an O’Reilly auto parts store on North Carson Street was arrested Friday in Reno, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Jermaine Jordan, 31, turned himself into Washoe County Sheriff’s Office on a robbery with use of deadly weapon warrant issued out of Carson City Justice Court alleging his involvement in the auto parts store robbery.

During the Comstock Lode stamp mills dotted the landscape along the Carson River east of Carson City. Ore from nearby mines were brought to the stamp mills to be processed and have the gold and silver removed from the rock before it was sent off to San Francisco.

Summer is right around the corner and now is a good time to start thinking about your pets when you are running errands around town. As the temperatures rise — with the mid-90s to near 100 possible this weekend — the risk of your pet dying from heat exhaustion for being left in a vehicle is high.

Performing the best of Cole Porter to Stevie Wonder, the Reno Jazz Orchestra’s 17-piece jazz band will present “Music of the Masters” - a live performance of blues, swing, and soul with award winning vocalists Jamie Davis and Clairdee on Friday, September 2 at the Robert Z Hawkins Amphitheatre in Reno, NV, and Saturday, September 3rd, at Sand Harbor State Park on the edge of Lake Tahoe’s north shore.

Tickets for Music of the Masters can be purchased on line at RenoJazzOrchestra.org. These family-friendly two-hour concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] announces its exhibition, New Crop 2016, by five artists from Sierra Nevada College and the University of Nevada Reno at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. CCAI will host a reception for the artists on Friday, June 3, 5-7pm and the artists will give brief talks about their work at 5:30pm. The show will be open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am -5pm from June 3 – September 29, 2016. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The reception and the exhibition are free.

Feb 03, 1956 - Apr 10, 2016On Sunday, April 10, 2016, the San Francisco Giants and 49ers, UNR Wolf ...

The Capital City Arts Initiative’s [CCAI] exhibition, For Detail View, by artist Jeff Hantman continues at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery through May 25. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The reception and the exhibition are free and the public is cordially invited. The gallery is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.

Bringing the Legacy of a Nation to Life
An unforgettable evening to support CITY OF WHITE GOLD, the quintessential documentary film on how Comstock silver built San Francisco and the Far West in the 19th century Bonanza Era.

FALLON, Nev. – Care Flight is expanding its hours of service of the emergency medical helicopter based at Banner Churchill Community Hospital to 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Since April 2015, the helicopter has been available at the hospital 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

The project called The Vintage At Kings Canyon was presented by the managers in an open meeting at the Fritsch School on April 7th to a crowd estimated at 250-400 people.

On April 25 it was again the topic of another public meeting at the school. This time the meeting was called by the neighbors, and drew over 200 highly interested people, along with the mayor, two candidates for mayor, a supervisor, a candidate for supervisor, a reporter, a retired reporter, and other retired reporter also a candidate for supervisor.

Funeral services will be held May 6 in Carson City for Ruth Aberasturi, a lifelong advocate for children with disabilities who served as director of special education with the Carson City School District for more than 30 years. She died April 20, 2016. Aberasturi was 85.

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] announces its exhibition, "For Detail View" by artist Jeff Hantman at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery from February 5 – May 25. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The exhibition is free and the public is cordially invited. The gallery is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.

The San Francisco Giants have come to Carson City. A new youth community baseball program with the backing of a Major League Baseball club opened for sign-ups earlier this month in the Nevada state capital.

The Junior Giants community league, run by the Carson City Parks and Recreation Department, is sponsored by the San Francisco Giants Community Fund, a charitable outreach of the professional sports franchise.

When the Flocchini family, owners of Sierra Meat and Seafood Company in Reno, purchased The Sausage Factory last May from long-time owner Joe Tonino, they sought to build upon an already good product.

The only thing that changed at the time was the name. And, as it turns out, not much else has changed since.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency defended its landmark 2012 Regional Plan to restore Lake Tahoe’s environment in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Tuesday during oral arguments against a lawsuit by the Sierra Club and the Friends of the West Shore organization.

Carson City’s most impassioned TEDx enthusiasts will come together on Friday for a day of information, inspiration, networking and dialogue around the theme Creating the community you want to live in.

The event will take place at Brewery Arts Center’s Black Box Theater and will feature an incredible line-up of speakers on topics ranging from innovations and ideas to health to technology and the arts. Attendees will also have an opportunity to network at an on-site lunch event.

Monday, April 4, 2016, the greatest sportscaster ever begins his 67th and final season.

Don’t take the word of two life-long Dodger fans that 88-year-old Vin Scully, the Voice of Da Bums since 1950, is the best. His awards and recognitions are way too numerous to list, so here are the greatest highlights. The American Sportscasters Association named him Sportscaster of the Century in 2000 and first on its all-time Top-50 list later. Numerous halls of fame, a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, etc.

There’s a new and free recreational youth baseball league beginning this spring and summer for boys and girls in Carson City. The Junior Giants, the flagship program of the San Francisco Giants Community Fund, serves more than 25,000 boys and girls in 88 underserved communities throughout northern and central California, Nevada and southern Oregon.

A 39-year-old Gardnerville man was arrested Friday on suspicion of felony grand larceny in the 1800 block of Winnie Lane, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Join Adams Hub this Wednesday for an evening of exploration into the captivating world of innovative thinking and its impact on the future of our community.

Adams Hub is sponsoring an educational and inspiration presentation from world-renowned speaker and author of Education Nation, Dr. Milton Chen. The event, titled Launching Innovative Thinking, will focus on innovative thinking and education.

Join Adams Hub for an evening of exploration into the captivating world of innovative thinking and its impact on the future of our community.

Adams Hub is sponsoring an educational and inspiration presentation from world-renowned speaker and author of Education Nation, Dr. Milton Chen. The event, titled Launching Innovative Thinking, will focus on innovative thinking and education.

Lake Tahoe, Stateline, NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will conduct travel surveys with visitors and residents at several recreational and commercial locations throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin starting today, Friday, Feb. 19, 2016.

As snow continues to fall in the Sierra, the Business Association Chamber Collaborative, a sub-committee of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association is proud to announce the creation of the “Touch Lake Tahoe Secrets” interactive online map. The purpose of the interactive map and its components is to encourage those who visit North Lake Tahoe during the winter months to make their way down to the lake and patronize the many businesses that call the lakeshore home.

When you first set foot inside the doors of Bleu Café at 240 E. Winnie Lane in Carson City, the ambiance is reminiscent of a café from the streets of Old World Europe.

The atmosphere is light, airy and spacious. Tables and chairs are arranged around the 1,500 square-foot dining area to resemble seating at an outdoor café in famous Old World destinations like Paris or Rome.

Even the polished stone breakfast bar and dark wood hutch behind it have Old World charms to them.

"Paisley Nightmare" one night only in Carson City. Come hear the original, live music of Kim Ewart, the one women band that is Paisley Nightmare. Presented on the Zen Den stage at the A to Zen Thrift Store,1803 N. Carson St., this Saturday February 6 at 7:00pm. Rock out with special guest opener, Canyon White, RNR's Best Performer and Best Songwriter of 2015. $5 admission gets you $5 store credit. Doors open at 6:00pm. For more info call 775-691-3945.