Smoke

BUNKERVILLE — American flags flap in the wind on the two-lane state highway to Cliven Bundy’s ranch. Along the roadside, self-described militia members in camouflage who came to defend him from the federal government lounge and smoke, loaded pistols on their hips.

Prescribed fires are planned around Lake Tahoe beginning Monday, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Recent rain and snow made conditions too wet for burning this week, but fire management staff expect conditions to be dry enough for burning next week.

Smoke from March 29 prescribed fires in the Stateline area did drift into Carson City and Lyon County.

With Thursday's Reno Aces opener, baseball fans will again line the stands for peanuts, beer and a hot dog made exclusively here in Carson City.

For the third consecutive season The Sausage Factory is the official hot dog and sausage for the Reno Aces. Some 4,500 pounds of product were sent off to Reno last week in preparation of Thursday's opening day.

The University of Nevada, Reno announced Monday, March 31, its plans to implement a Tobacco-Free University policy effective Aug. 1, 2015.
This action has been endorsed through resolutions of support by the UNR Faculty Senate, Staff Employees Council, Graduate Student Association and Associated Students of the University of Nevada. The University will join nearly 1,200 other U.S. colleges and universities that have implemented a tobacco-free policy.

A prescribed fire in the Round Hill area at Lake Tahoe is putting up a lot of smoke that has made its way into the Carson City and Dayton areas, officials said Saturday afternoon.

A Douglas County Sheriff's Office dispatcher confirmed the prescribed fire is off of Kent Way and is part of an active controlled burn that is indeed putting off a lot of smoke. Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District has a crew on the prescribed burn. The U.S. Forest Service reports a prescribed burn in the Cave Rock area as well.

Smoke may be visible west of Carson City around Spooner Summit beginning Monday when U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews continue prescribed fire operations in several locations around Lake Tahoe.

The prescribed fires could continue through the week and the weekend if weather, staffing, and conditions allow. Besides Spooner fuels management crews will likely be assigned to the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89 S near South Lake Tahoe.

A small shrub fire was knocked down shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday night at a park in the area of Windridge and Spooner Drive in Carson City. Children playing with matches is believed to be what started the fire, which burned some shrubs and bushes.

Carson City firefighters were called at 4:56 p.m. Smoke and flames were visible in the area. Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies investigating found a box of matches next to the fire. Neighbors told officers that they saw two children, between the ages of 7 and 9, running from the area about the time the fire started.

Smoke may be visible west of Carson City beginning Monday as the U.S. Forest Service continues prescribed fire operations in numerous locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin.

Prescribed burning may continue through the week and possibly the weekend if weather, staffing and conditions allow, according to the Forest Service. Fire operations are scheduled to take place at Spooner Summit and in the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89 near South Lake Tahoe.

Prescribed burns at Tunnel Creek in the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park backcountry will be held March through May weather permitting, according to the Nevada Division of Forestry.

The Tunnel Creek road, from State Route 28 to Tunnel Creek Station, may be closed in order to conduct the burns. Signs will be posted throughout the area when burns are being conducted.

Where were you on Saturday? Did you wake up and go to breakfast at one of our many great restaurants, like Grandma Hattie’s, Red Hut, Adele’s, or at the café in Gold Dust West? Did you stay at one of our lovely hotels or bed and breakfast Inns?

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews are conducting a number of prescribed fire operations Monday in several areas around Lake Tahoe. Carson City dispatch was alerted by concerned residents this afternoon about smoke seen south and west of C Hill. Firefighters confirmed it came from the controlled burns.

Prescribed fire activities are taking place on Spooner Summit on the East Shore, off of Bunker Drive near Tahoe City, on the west side of Highway 89 N near Tahoma, and in the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89 S near South Lake Tahoe.

A Carson City man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of felony child abuse, according to the Carson City Sheriff's Office. Michael Isaiah Rodriguez, 21, is being held on $20,000 bond.

According to the arrest report, Carson City Sheriff's Office deputies responded at 3:14 p.m. to the 1400 block of Siskiyou Drive for a report of child abuse. The minor child at the location had fresh bruising on the left side of his face, left eye, chest, back and neck. The mother of the child told officers that she believed her boyfriend, Rodriguez, had caused the injuries to her son.

Carson City firefighters responded this afternoon to a structure fire off of Highway 50 near Mound House. The fire, said to be an outbuilding, is off of Garnet Circle.

Firefighters were alerted to the fire at around 12:35 p.m. after seeing a column of smoke. When firefighters arrived they saw the structure burning, according to dispatch. The Central Lyon County Fire District in Mound House was notified.

A dispatcher with Central Lyon County Fire District said the structure was an outbuilding. No other information was available.

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews may resume prescribed fires in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Tuesday, Feb. 18.

Prescribed fires are planned in the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89 S near South Lake Tahoe, on the west side of Highway 89 N near Tahoma, and in Slaughterhouse Canyon on Lake Tahoe’s East Shore. Prescribed fire crews may continue operations through the weekend, weather, staffing, and conditions permitting. Locations may vary due to changing conditions.

U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Tuesday.

If predicted rain and snow arrives this week, U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will resume prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Tuesday.

Burning will take place on the South Shore in the Luther Pass Campground off of Highway 89 S, on the West Shore off of Bunker Drive near Tahoe City and off of Chalet Road near Alpine Meadows ski area, and on the East Shore off of Easy Street on Lower Kingsbury Grade. Burning may continue through the weekend, weather, staffing, and conditions permitting

More than two-thirds of adult Nevadans are exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke, the highest rate in the nation, according to a federal study.

In fact, the No. 2 state for secondhand smoke was almost 10 percentage points behind Nevada.

I am adamantly opposed to the 1/8 cent tax increase to fund proposed city projects. I resent the efforts of city staff to “bundle” these projects, falsely represent them as necessary, and, by omission, deceive voters as to the true costs of these efforts. While at the work shop on January 21st, no one could tell me where the tax budget shortfall was for these projects, and there was no clearly demonstrable need.

A Carson City man faces a felony charge of using false information to avoid prosecution after presenting deputies with another person's name during a traffic stop early Friday morning along Highway 395 and Old Clear Creek Road.

On Monday at approximately 3:06 a.m. employees of North Sails Company, 2549 Business Parkway Minden, NV were present when a flash fire enveloped a product manufacturing machine.

UPDATE: The structure fire at a Gentry Lane home is now under control, reports Carson City Assistant Fire Chief Tom Tarulli. The fire was situated in the high-peak roof area of the home. The cause has not yet been determined, he said.

Firefighters knocked it down within 30 minutes of the call. Damage to the home is between $80,000 to $100,000, said Battalion Chief John Arneson.

A 32-year-old Carson City man was arrested Dec. 20 and faces a gross misdemeanor charge of child neglect and three misdemeanor charges including domestic battery.

According to the arrest report, officers responded to the 2300 block of Carmine Street at 10:05 p.m. in reference to a call to Carson City 911 dispatch from a crying woman. Officer made contact with the suspect who answered the door with a baby in his hands. Officers immediately noticed a strong odor of marijuana with a cloud of smoke in the residence.

Carson City firefighters were called to a structure fire late Tuesday night at a Tiger Drive mobile home park in which a unit burned leaving a family homeless.

The residence had significant smoke and structural damage inside. The fire was brought under control at 12:16 a.m., Wednesday morning and fully extinguished at 1:22 a.m. No injuries were reported.

Witnesses said the family returned from work to find the home filled with smoke that appeared to come from the floor area in the front part of the unit. Family members grabbed what they could and evacuated.

UPDATE: 10:15AM: A fire Saturday morning at a Levi Gulch home has been extinguished, according to Carson City Fire Chief Stacey Giomi. No injuries were reported. The owners were home at the time of the fire.

About 40 percent of the home was damaged. The size of the home is estimated to be between 3,000 to 3,500-square foot. Another 20 to 30 percent of the home received smoke damage.

A 25-year-old Carson City was arrested Nov. 24, 11:01 p.m. He faces felony warrant charges of domestic battery and failure to appear out of Del Norte Superior Court in California. Daniel Glenn is being held on $35,000. He was stopped doing 50 in a 35 mph zone while traveling northbound on Lompa Lane.

In other felony arrests:
A 49-year-old Carson City man faces a felony charge of possession of a controlled substance and three misdemeanor charges. James Henry Minor Jr. was arrested Nov. 22, 5:38 p.m. in the 1500 block of Airport Road.

Carson City firefighters were called shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday to a structure fire in an attic in the 1400 block of Sonoma Street.
Firefighters on scene report smoke coming from the attic of the home. Carson City Sheriff's Office patrol deputies were directing traffic. Three Carson City fire engines were deployed, one with a spotlight.

It is unknown at this time if anyone was inside or if any injuries were reported.

Logs, stumps and limbs piled across 565 acres of public land in eight Carson Ranger District project areas of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be burned in the coming weeks, the U.S. Forest Service announced Monday.

Residents to the north, south, east and west of Carson City can expect heavy, dense smoke in the pile burn areas that will cause impacts, albeit short term, on air quality levels. Prescribed burn notices have been posted near homes and subdivisions, alerting occupants about the planned prescribed fire operations.

A mobile home received significant damage on Monday after a structure fire in the area of Poole Way near Lompa Lane in Carson City. No one was home at the time.

Children in an adjacent home told a Carson City sheriff's deputy that the mobile was occupied by their grandmother and that she was not home at the time. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Fire crews in Carson City responded late Saturday night to a motor home on fire in the area of Gordon and Brown streets.

The call came into dispatch at around around 10:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived to the vehicle emitting a heavy amount of smoke. As of 10:41 p.m. firefighters had the fire out and were mopping up. No injuries were reported.

The owner of the motor home was at the scene as was his dog, according to dispatch. Both were reported to be fine but now without a home.

With the end of the federal government shutdown, prescribed fire operations by the U.S. Forest Service will continue Friday near South Lake Tahoe.

Forest Service fuels management crews will conduct prescribed burns near the intersection of Pioneer Trail and Al Tahoe Boulevard. Crews expect to burn approximately one acre per day, weather and conditions permitting. Operations are expected to last through next week.