Tahoe Inspectors Find Invasive Mussels on Boat

(LAKE TAHOE, Calif.) -- Inspectors found a boat's hull to be carrying 37 quagga mussels, a dangerously invasive species, after the craft attempted to enter Lake Tahoe, according to the Tahoe Daily News.

The motorboat came from Lake Mead in Nevada, where the mussels have become rampant. The boat was decontaminated in hot water several times after the inspection.

Conservationists fear that invasive species like quagga mussels threaten Lake Tahoe's ecosystem.

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Golfer Appeals to Public After Making Boy Cry at Reno Golf Event

(RENO, Nev.) -- PGA golfer Pat Perez says he's sorry for dismissing a young boy's overtures for an autograph after he finished in second place at the Reno-Tahoe Open on Sunday.

The Golf Channel caught the incident on live television, which showed the boy crying as Perez walked by him and spiked his water bottle into the ground in displeasure. Perez called his actions "unprofessional" and appealed to the public via Twitter for help in finding the boy and his father.

Perez also said, amid a series of apologetic tweets Monday, that he has "got something big for him," in reference to the boy.

On Tuesday, he was able to track the boy down through the help of Twitter.

"Alright. Found the boy!! Talked to his father. Great guy. We talked about the situation. Apologized to him and son. Getting gift together," Perez tweeted.

There was no word on what type of gift the boy was set to receive from the golfer.

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Reid's Office Hosts Foreclosure Workshop

(LAS VEGAS) -- The office of U.S. Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is holding a foreclosure workshop on Saturday to assist and inform residents.

Homeowners with Bank of America loans can meet with a bank representative and a counselor to discuss options to avoid foreclosure. The workshop will be conducted from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Consumer Credit Counseling Services, 3650 South Jones Boulevard in Las Vegas.

Sen. Reid's office says homeowners attending the event should bring copies of pay stubs and bank statements for the immediate past two months, a letter of explanation of the hardship they are currently experiencing, as well as signed copies of 2009 and 2010 tax returns.

Those interested in attending must RSVP by calling Sen. Reid's office at (702) 388-5020 or by sending an e-mail to foreclosureprevention_reid@reid.senate.gov.

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Knife-Wielding Men Slash, Rob Man

(RENO, Nev.) -- Police are searching for two suspects who assaulted and robbed a male victim in Reno early Tuesday morning.

The robbery reportedly occurred in the vicinity of Center and Moran streets around 2:35 a.m. The victim told police he was confronted by the suspects, who demanded his watch, before one of them punched him in the face, while the other began cutting him with a utility knife. Police say the victim eventually gave up his watch, and the suspects fled the scene.

The victim was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

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Lake Tahoe Body Identified as Lost Scuba Diver

(RENO, Nev.) -- El Dorado County officials announced Monday that they had identified the body pulled from Lake Tahoe in July as a Reno man who went missing 17 years ago in a diving accident.

Donald Windecker was found 265 feet off of Tahoe's west shore on July 24. He went missing while scuba diving off Rubicon Point on July 10, 1994.

Windecker was diving with a friend when he suffered from technical problems with his equipment and drowned.

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