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Containment on the Strawberry Fire in Great Basin National park sits at 52%.

Containment on the Strawberry Fire in Great Basin National park sits at 52%.

The Chickadee Fire is 10% contained

Top of the Hour Newscast 6 AM 08/13/16

A man who pleaded guilty to killing a Reno cab driver has been sentenced to 70 years in prison. Judge Lynne Simons sentenced 29-year-old John Orris to 50 years for murder and 20 years for the deadly weapon enhancement for the 2014 killing of Sami Amin. Prosecutors agreed to the plea deal, to spare the victim's family from going to trial. Parole won't be an option until Orris has served at least 28 years.

A man who pleaded guilty to killing a Reno cab driver has been sentenced to 70 years in prison. Judge Lynne Simons sentenced 29-year-old John Orris to 50 years for murder and 20 years for the deadly weapon enhancement for the 2014 killing of Sami Amin. Prosecutors agreed to the plea deal, to spare the victim's family from going to trial. Parole won't be an option until Orris has served at least 28 years.

The pilot of a small plane was not injured when his plane crashed early this afternoon near Pyramid Lake. The incident was called in just before 1p,m. The original location was reported off Pyramid Highway near Warrior Point, but the location is closer to Needles on the north end of the Lake.

Placer County Planners are recommending approval of a development plan at Squaw Valler ski resort. The panel voted 4-2 to approve the Squaw Valley expansion project and forward it to the county commission. Squaw Valley Real Estate wants to add nearly 1,500 motel rooms, condos, time shares and retail space in Olympic Valley over the next 25 years. Plans also call for construction of an indoor adventure center. Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth says it's critical to re-establishing the resort as a pre-eminent destination. Critics are concerned about environmental impacts.

An "habitual criminal" has been given a 20 year prison sentence. Washoe County D.A.'s office says 32 year old Matthew Paul Williams latest conviction is for felony eluding January 29th, 2015.The eluding charge alone carries a sentence of up to six years in prison. Prosecutor Carrie Morton says not a year went by without Williams committing new crimes, even while facing charges for others. She also pointed to Williams’ 13 felony convictions for crimes including burglary, possession of controlled substance, grand larceny, commercial burglary, forgery and theft. In the eluding case Williams led police on a chase more than 90 miles per hour, eventually crashing his vehicle and running away.