Reno Nevada

Golden moment with Huell Howser I will never forget the day at the end of 1998 that my friend Eva and I met Huell Howser ["What Made Him Huell," by Christopher Reynolds, Jan.13]. We had just visited St. Sophia Cathedral, inspired by one of Howser's shows, and afterward went to C&K (Greek) Importing for lunch. To our amazement and delight, in walked Howser, the nicest guy in the world. He graciously allowed us to take a group photo with himself and the owner of the restaurant, Papa Cristo, one of his many friends.

Golden moment with Huell Howser I will never forget the day at the end of 1998 that my friend Eva and I met Huell Howser ["What Made Him Huell," by Christopher Reynolds, Jan.13]. We had just visited St. Sophia Cathedral, inspired by one of Howser's shows, and afterward went to C&K (Greek) Importing for lunch. To our amazement and delight, in walked Howser, the nicest guy in the world. He graciously allowed us to take a group photo with himself and the owner of the restaurant, Papa Cristo, one of his many friends.

California has dumped 100 to 200 unsupervised prison inmates each month for the last three years in the Reno area without any notice, state and local officials have charged. Nevada Atty. Gen. Brian McKay said, "It's a crappy way to conduct law enforcement, especially between two sister states." He said he has called California Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp to complain.

California has dumped 100 to 200 unsupervised prison inmates each month for the last three years in the Reno area without any notice, state and local officials have charged. Nevada Atty. Gen. Brian McKay said, "It's a crappy way to conduct law enforcement, especially between two sister states." He said he has called California Atty. Gen. John K. Van de Kamp to complain.

Nevada 74, Cal State Northridge 65--Andre Hazel tied a career-high with 22 points for Nevada (5-2) at Reno. Nevada forward Corey Jackson had 10 points and a career-high 18 rebounds for Nevada. Markus Carr led Northridge (1-5) with 21 points.

A live ammunition training exercise erupted in an explosion that killed seven Marines and injured at least seven others at a storied Nevada military munitions depot, officials said Tuesday. The explosion, which occurred about 10 p.m. Monday night at the Hawthorne Army Depot, is under investigation, military officials said. All of the Marines were from the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C., military officials said. At least eight Marines were taken to the Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno, Mark Earnest, a spokeswoman for Renown told the Los Angeles Times by telephone.

Guard Justin Jones scored 21 points and forward Jon Wickizer added 16 to lead Utah State over Nevada, 70-65, Friday night in the opening round of the Big West Conference tournament before 7,172 at the Lawlor Events Center in Reno. Nevada finished 16-13. Fourth-seeded Utah State (17-14) plays top-seeded Long Beach State (17-10), which had a first-round bye, tonight in one semifinal at 6. Long Beach defeated Utah State in their two regular-season meetings.

Sierra Pacific Power Co. and Nevada Bell are proposing a restructuring of management to cut costs. Sierra Pacific has announced an overhaul of its management and operations. A study of the company, released earlier, showed that it had a work force 20% larger than other utilities of the same size. There are about 1,800 employees at Sierra Pacific, which serves electricity to northern Nevada and water and natural gas to the Reno area.

Lee Dembart's provocative review of "Intoxication" has provoked me, not to read the book, but to offer to Prof. Siegel for his experiments one 6-foot, 7-inch, 30-year-old male hominid, "healthy as an ox" but for an emergency room visit for what I suspect was a miscalculation in dosage. This specimen has been in what appears to me to be Siegel's "fourth drive" and "feeling different" for about 14 years, and generally behaving like Siegel's other laboratory animals. My specimen has adopted a "minimalist" life style (working three hours in the afternoons)

Five baseball players from Westside universities were named to the NCAA All-District 8 team. Selections included shortstop Paul Faries, outfielder Rick Hirtensteiner and designated hitter Ruben Gonzalez, all of Pepperdine; UCLA second baseman Torey Lovullo and Bruin catcher Billy Haselman and Loyola Marymount third baseman Chris Donnels.

Darryl Owens made a three-point shot with five seconds remaining in overtime to give Nevada-Reno an 81-80 victory over the University of San Diego in a game played Saturday night in Reno. Nevada (2-2) had a 46-37 lead early in the second half, but USD (2-1) came back to tie the game at 76-76 on a three-point shot at the buzzer by forward Marty Munn. For the night, USD made 10 of 15 shots from beyond the 3-point line. Danny Meanes scored 20 points--18 in the second half--to lead the Toreros.

U.S. District Judge Howard McKibben set a Feb. 28 court date for the NCAA's challenge of a Nevada law that regulates NCAA enforcement procedure in the state. McKibben also ruled that the case will be heard in Las Vegas rather than Reno, where he held a hearing Thursday to consider a request by the NCAA for a preliminary injunction in the matter. The NCAA filed suit Nov. 12 in U.S. district court in Reno against Nevada Gov.