The Sparks Police Department has two people in custody in connection with two separate theft cases at the Super Pawn store on South Rock Blvd.

The Sparks Police Department has two people in custody in connection with two separate theft cases at the Super Pawn store on South Rock Blvd.

Blowing snow is creating poor visibility for travelers east and west of Reno as a winter storm makes its way into the Sierra Nevada, where a foot or more of snow is expected around Lake Tahoe by Wednesday night. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Monday for the Sierra's eastern front north of Reno in effect until 4 p.m. Wednesday.

California surveyors are plunging poles into the Sierra Nevada snowpack, taking the season's first measurement by hand as the state flirts with a sixth year of drought.