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For the second time this week in Reno, a home is damaged by fire. The fire
started at this home on Corde Cardone Avenue near Kitsky Lane last night
about 8 30 residents told News 4 the fire started in the chimney before
spreading to the roof and attic. While the home is heavily damaged, residents
say they are happy to be alive.
Everybody got out safe, even the dog safe.
That's how you have to do it. Houses can be replaced. Family can't.
Yesterday, another fire displaced a family of six on Auburn Way, a wire
shorted in the attic, causing the insulation to smolder and then smoke.
The Red Cross is helping the family find temporary housing until they can
get back into their home. We wanted to know if the house fires are on the
rise. We spoke to Captain Bonnie Terry with the Reno Fire Department. Terry
says Reno firefighters have responded to 16 structure fires since the
beginning of November. Investigators have labeled 15 of those fires as
accidental. Terry says January is the peak month for home fire. She says
typically fire crews respond to 37% of all structure fires during that month.
Now, in 2006, firefighters around the country responded to more than 62,000
structure fires. Those fires resulted in 670 deaths and 1500 injuries across
the country. Space heaters are responsible for three fourths of all
structure fire deaths. Captain Terry is warning homeowners do not bring
outside heating equipment such as a kerosene heater into your home and be
careful where you put those space heaters and always make sure your
chimney is clean before starting a fire. The American Red Cross always steps
in to help families displaced by any kind of disaster. And this year, the
Red Cross responded to 41 calls for help. So far this week, they've helped
nine people displaced by fires here in Reno. They say fires are common during
the cold months because of space heaters. As we were mentioning, dry
Christmas trees and extra outlets being used. Funding wise, Red Cross
spokespeople say they're always in a fundraising mode.
Last year, because that's what I have the figures for for a complete year is
that we overspent the budget tremendously and had to go into our
reserves. Uh, and then this year with the Angora fire and with the Hawken
fire and the multiple shelters we opened and and we've had a number of
single family fires.
The Red Cross relies on donations from the community to keep its program
going. They provide shelter and financial assistance for victims to
help buy necessities. Today, the Reno City Council secured more than $600,000
to help buy protective gear for the Reno Fire Department. The money will go
to the urban search and rescue team to buy 100 breathing apparatuses. Now the
team is made up of 45 specially trained firefighters, which includes the water
entry team and the hazmat response team. A Carson City man who was injured
when his condominium caught fire has died. Carson City Sheriff's deputies, a
48 year old Wayne Yawn died at the UC Davis Burn Center from injuries
sustained in Saturday's fire on Salomon Road. Investigators say that fire
started from smoking in bed. Reno police are keeping an eye on abandoned
property after Monday's deadly fire in a vacant Reno motel. The King's Inn in
downtown Reno has been empty for more than 20 years. However, police regularly
make code enforcement stops. In fact, it just passed code last month. Code
stipulates empty buildings must be boarded up and fenced off with condo
projects popping up in downtown. Law enforcement worry people will make
their way inside empty buildings at night. They are working with some
developers to mitigate safety concerns. We have officers that go over the plans
and they'll look at those plans and say, Hey, you know, you've created a
blind spot right here. We need to. We need to think about that. What can we
do to mitigate that? The montage is under construction across the street
from the King's Inn. The property manager says the gate is locked at
night and security patrols 24 hours a day. They are messages of hope and
inspiration and they are on display for you to read. The messages are part of
what the Reno Gospel Mission calls the wall of change. Today they let people
put up messages that offer hope. Most of these stories are from people who have
been helped through random acts of kindness. Lives that have been changed,
addicts that are now recovered, homeless people that are back on their feet,
anybody that's that's you know, had a problem in their life that has now
found a solution, whether it be through religion, whether it be through God,
whether it be through recovery program.
And if you'd like to see some of those messages, they are posted on the West
Street Plaza. Operation Turkey Drop has just about wrapped up for the night.
The goal was to collect some 2000 turkeys for families in our area. That's
900 more families than last year. They were off to a good start yesterday
when the Nevada Guard dropped off $600 worth of turkeys tonight. Though we are
still waiting word for the final count and we will get that to you as soon as
we find out. Clear skies out there today, but it is still plenty cold. Let's
check in with Dave Finley for more on the forecast and Dave. That snow in my
driveway is not exactly melting away. It's not going anywhere and it's not
like to as we're going to stay chilly. But today, particularly cold, our high
today was only 32 degrees. We had 33 yesterday. Let's show you those numbers
and details. The siren sunrise and sunset are getting a little closer
together and will buy a little bit until the 21st. That will be the first day of
winter. But our high today of 32 15 degrees below average for the date 31
and L. Co 35 Winamuc and 33 for Tonopah, Las Vegas made 49. Not much happening.
We've got a little band of moisture that slipped through the area there.
That's cloud pattern that dropped a little precipitation. But in fact, most
of that evaporated for it could get to the ground tomorrow. Well, we're gonna
try this again. We're gonna push for a little bit warmer temperature tomorrow
all the way to 39. I know you have to be excited about that. Joe getting
crazy. All right. Thanks, Dave. A man convicted of shooting out windows in
Carson City Douglas County faces some new charges tonight. David Killen had
originally pleaded guilty to shooting out the windows back in October
tonight. He has been charged with mail tampering. The D. A. Says Killen went
through mailboxes looking for gift cards and credit card offers. Now that
had us curious about mail tampering and even theft during the holiday season.
Holiday cards tend to stand out because of their brightly colored envelopes.
And sometimes those envelopes do contain gift cards or even cash. We
spoke with the Postal Service about what you can do to make sure that your
gifts don't end up in the wrong hands. We advise customers to check their
mailboxes daily. As soon as your mailman drops off the mail, you should be
picking it up right away. If you're going on a vacation or gonna be
leaving town for a couple of days, you need to notify us and put a hold mail
on your mail so that we don't deliver.
Maximoff says there really aren't too many cases of mail theft that are
reported. However, she says if you want some more security, you can buy a
locking mailbox just to be safe. The man accused of raping a little girl and
videotaping it was in a Las Vegas courtroom today. 37 year old Chester
Styles waived an evidence hearing and was bound over for trial. Styles faces
22 charges, including lewdness and sexual assault of a child under 14.
Styles will be back in court next week for his arraignment. Security in Clark
County Schools is getting tighter this after six students were shot after
getting off a bus in northeast Las Vegas yesterday. Two of the students have
been hospitalized. The other four were treated and released. Police have found
out all the students went to Mojave High School and the shooting may have
been related to a fight that had broken out there.
Some brave souls are braving the cold weather up next will tell you why you
and our students say they are not budging when it comes to the state
budget. But first stocks have recovered a little bit since yesterday's losses.
Here's a quick look at how stocks spread on Wall Street today. Stay with
us everyone. News 46 will be right back. Just 29 miles south of Reno.
Welcome back everyone. Some students at UNR are proposing protesting that is
Governor Gibbons proposed education cuts. No budget cuts. No budget cuts.
Students gathered at the Joe Crowley Student Union Plaza today. The protest
was organized by the young Democrats, but it was open to all students,
faculty and staff. The majority of students say they believe the cuts will
be a detriment to the university, while others think that these cuts are just
what the education system needs to weed out wasted money.
Students could lose their jobs or campus jobs because we won't be able to pay
them. We're gonna be losing classes. We are going to be losing professors who
don't have tenure, so it's just gonna be all over the board. It's a lot of
fear mongering at this point. I'm trying to make this sound a lot worse than it
is. If it ends up crippling the School of Medicine, that's because they're
choosing to cut in places that will do damage, not in places where the waste
is.
Meantime, the A. S. U. N. Senate voted unanimously this afternoon in support
of a resolution that encourages Governor Gibbons not to cut higher
education. That resolution will be sent to the governor tomorrow.
Nevada bridges are topping the list when it comes to the safest bridges. A
survey by Better Roads magazine says Nevada and Arizona bridges are in good
shape. The survey found of Nevada's 1800 bridges, only 4% were found
structurally deficient. The national average is 24%. State engineers
provided the data for the survey
in light of a proposed truck stop at Interstate 80 and Rob Drive in northwest
Reno. Today, the Reno City Council defined exactly what a truck stop is.
Some of the rules. Truck stops can only be in areas zoned for industrial or
commercial use, and it would have to be at least a quarter mile away from
residential and mixed use. Truck stops have to be within 1500 ft of a freeway
on or off ramp and must be at least 10 acres in size. There also must be a
noise impact study performed as well as measures taken to reduce the noise. Now
under these new provisions, the proposed truck stop at I 80 and Rob Drive would
not fit the requirements. More than 60 companies are being recognized for
their efforts and helping the community. The associated general contractor
celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Washoe County Contractors Auxiliary for
the work done during natural disasters like floods. Now, what that means is the
county can use construction equipment and materials during natural disasters.
Anything that heavy equipment can build or destroy or built or help remove and
alleviate emergency, whether it's interstate 80 closing from a flood,
whether it's fire where you need bulldozers, whether you need loaders in
snow emergencies or buildings collapse because of the auxiliary, the county
saves money since it doesn't have to buy or maintain the equipment and it's
only used maybe once or twice a year. This auxiliary is the first of its kind
in the nation. Well, while the rest of the country is either very icy or very
wet, it's been pretty clear here the last few days. But what's up next when
it comes to possible storms? Dave Finley has the answer up next in his
weather plus forecast.
Win cash for the holidays. Wednesdays at the Silver Club. Always something good.
And now your weather plus forecast with Dave Finley. Good evening. Here we are
in the holiday season. I can tell it's the holiday season because I'm ordering
my latte is extra hot. It's that weather. Here is our sparks waterfront
Marina cam showing you how the community looks over the Marina. It's
Christmas. He doesn't. Let's get to some numbers. The high today in Reno, 32
degrees, 35 winamuck and 31 in Elko Tonopah. You peaked at 33 today in
Las Vegas made 49. They are shouting with joy. 49 degrees 29 now at the
airport with the Brahmers dropping at 30 31. We have a little breeze out of the
south and five miles per hour, which pushes that wind chill down to about
22 right now. 25 currently in winter market. These are statewide currents
now. Las Vegas is at 46 27 Tonopah and 11 in Ely already. Quick check of the
travel situation. All of the current major delays are in the east. Dallas,
Fort Worth and Houston have been running delays in those locations, but
LaGuardia is the one side still reporting delays. All the western hubs
are on time in the Reno Tahoe International is currently on schedule
with all flights. Here's a look at our pattern. Now we've got a little wave
moving through the area that's brought us a few showers in the Sierra and
dropping through the area. They've been so light. It has been Virga virtually
evaporating for can get to the ground. We don't expect anything out of this
way out in the Pacific up in the Gulf of Alaska near the Aleutians. There are a
couple of storms brewing. Now those may be way weathermakers for us about
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and about that time period. If we set up with a
stream of the storms, that might be a substantial amount of snow for the
overnight swell will be down around 20 degrees for the Reno area for the
overnight and tomorrow's zooming up to 39 32 win a muck at 34 Tonopah and 26
for Elko. We'll have a slight chance of showers across the northern tier here.
Snow showers and the eastern corner of the state as we get into Thursday, but
for the local area doesn't look like anything but a few clouds and cold
conditions Hawthorne 20 for your overnight 42 tomorrow surrounding
communities almost all in the teens and a few single digits for the overnight.
We'll see the Tahoe numbers here down in the teens as well with just low
thirties tomorrow and notice these upper elevation temperatures are very
similar to the ones in the valleys. We have some inversion going on here. So
we are trapping some pollution in the downtown areas. Cold air trapped in the
valleys 37 for verdict tomorrow 38 for spanny springs in Virginia City. You're
high at 31 tomorrow after a low of 19. We must laugh. Six will be the low in
Elko tomorrow as we said a slight chance of a snow shower in eastern
Nevada will set it at about a 20% chance. Accumulations will be pretty
small around the Tahoe Basin. Partly cloudy skies into tomorrow. Look for a
little breeze to pick up by tomorrow afternoon and that will be out of the
northeast about 10 MPH and we'll see that similar northeast flow in the
Carson City area with a high of about 40 little stronger inversion in the
Reno Sparks areas who will cap that temperature at 39 tomorrow. A little
breeze might help break that up late afternoon as we go through the next
couple of days. A weak system will clip the area late Friday, Saturday. Then
that stronger set of systems moves into the picture Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. We'll keep a close eye on that development. Shelby, that's the
forecast back to you. All right. Thank you, Dave. Love next in sports will go
live to Lollard Event Center where the Wolf Pack is gearing up for a showdown
with the University of San Diego and we'll also introduce you to the news for
athlete of the week that and much more up next in sports.
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news for in high definition continues with Brian Samudio on sports.
Hi everybody. Brian Samudio live out here outside of Lollard Event Center in
the cold with the Wolf Pack will be inside trying to continue their winning
ways here at home against the University of San Diego. Toreros tonight,
Nevada comes into the game three and four overall. The Toreros five and six
on the season. They lost to the University of New Mexico on Saturday
night by 10. It has been speculated that Nevada head coach Mark Fox may
shake up the lineup a little bit tonight at home against the Toreros. We
will see tip off at seven o'clock. Of course, we'll have highlights for you
tonight on News four at 11. Boxer Joey Gilbert's quest to clear his name took
a big boost today and a step in the right direction. If you're in Joey's
camp, Nevada attorney general and the Nevada Athletic Commission have both
dropped the alleged violation of Gilbert having methamphetamine in his system
following his last fight. Gilbert originally tested positive and negative
in the urine in the urine samples. But a recent test of the same sample came up
negative again. Gilbert's camp is now awaiting results regarding his positive
test for a steroid from that fight. A hearing with the Nevada Athletic
Commission could come as early as January. Gilbert's attorney Mark Chopra
released a statement to News four late this afternoon saying, quote, After
confirmation by an international Olympic Committee testing laboratory
that there was no methamphetamine in Mr Gilbert system, we are pleased that the
Nevada Athletic Commission has rightfully dropped this alleged
violation. He goes on to say, quote, This does not, however, change the fact
that Mr Gilbert's reputation was wrongfully damaged by what appears to
be the negligent release of false information. We look forward to
addressing the remaining allegations at the proper time and place. Switching
gears. High school basketball season is in full swing here in northern Nevada.
It's out on the hardwood where we find the news for subway athlete of the week.
Reno High Guard. Remy Novichek has been outstanding so far this season. The
senior guard led the Huskies to the high Sierra winter classic title over the
weekend. The defending co player of the year in the north is averaging over 10
points per game for the Huskies and tossed in 13 in their title game win
over Douglas. We're all playing really good right now and we're trying. We're
coming together as a team, so that's really good. Um, it's usually what the
pre seasons for and I think we're all playing really well together.
If you know of an athlete that deserves recognition, let us know emails at
sports at KRNV dot com. And finally, San Francisco Giants made a big move
today, signing center fielder Aaron Rowan to a five year contract worth
$60 million. Rowan expected to bat fifth in the Giants lineup. He vetted
308 27 home runs last season. But back out here live at Lollard Event Center,
it's a chilly one in outside. It's gonna be hot inside Nevada, taking on the
University of San Diego of highlights for you tonight at 11. Joe. All right,
good stuff. Thanks, Brian. There's more to come tonight on News four at six.
Stay with us. First, here's a check on your Nevada numbers. Good luck. We'll be
right back after this
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in with Dave Finley and get the news about tonight. Cold. What a surprise. And
tomorrow we're heading for a high of 39 degrees as we go through into the
weekend. Not much change. Some minor warming next week. A chance of seeing
some precipitation with a couple of storms coming our way at that time. So
you're holding your breath until big snow arrives again. You gotta you gotta
job ahead of you there. Too bad. It might as well snow as cold as it is.
It is. I know we're really locked into a very cold pattern right now. You tell
by Brian at Lawler Event Center. It was a little hard to talk when your mouth
is frozen. Thanks Dave. All right. That's it for us tonight at six. Thanks
for tuning in. Have a great night and join us back here for more at 11.
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