The Sept. 27, 2024, R-C Morning Report

Genoa, Nev. — If you’ve noticed more motorcycles on the road than usual, that’s because Street Vibrations brings around 35,000 riders to Reno this weekend. I watched a car pulling onto Highway 395 nearly hit a motorcyclist on Thursday afternoon. Keep an eye out for the riders.

Between Street Vibrations and Candy Dance vendor load-in both occurring today, Nevada’s oldest settlement may well be its busiest. Unless you have business in Genoa, or have to use Foothill to Jacks Valley Road, I would suggest an alternate route.

While Candy Dance is the biggest thing going on this weekend, it’s not the only thing. The first Bear Fest will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Spooner Lake Park and Markleeville is hosting an art festival 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the library.

Historian David and Gayle Woodruff will be at the Minden Mill Distillery on Sunday just a few blocks from where Mary Pickford was granted her 1920 divorce in Minden so she could marry Douglas Fairbanks.

The couple are portraying Reno Divorce Ranch characters of Clive and Vivian Sterling to recount the history of the Reno divorce industry in the 1930s-'60s. https://www.exploretock.com/minden-mill-distillery/event/505365/the-reno-cure-a-living-history-presentation or call Woodruff at 760-920-8061 for more information.

Speaking of Minden and traffic, the folks working on the 10^th Street sidewalk poured the new curb on Thursday which blocked the driveway for The Record-Courier most of the day. If you use the alley from Lucerne to 10^th, you might run into a cone situation.

The forecast high for Saturday has backed away from the predicted 90 degrees. Now it’s just going to be 89 degrees, with 90 degrees on Tuesday. We might see some fall weather late next week, or we might not.

For today, the high is forecast to hit 87 degrees under sunny skies with a calm wind out of the north at 5 mph this afternoon.

Kurt Hildebrand is editor of The Record-Courier. Contact him at khildebrand@recordcourier.com or 775-782-5122.