NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Deputy shot: A sheriff ’s deputy responding to a call in western Oregon was shot and injured, and a suspect was arrested Saturday, authorities said. The unidentified 18-year veteran with the Lane County Sheriff ’s Office was in stable condition after the shooting Friday night in Cottage Grove, about 20 miles south of Eugene. Sheriff ’s spokesman Sgt. Greg Rice said deputies responded to a report of shots fired when they found a man armed with a gun. He said the man fired at deputies, who returned fire, and the man fled. Carlos Roa, 38, was taken into custody several hours later. He was hospitalized for treatment of an apparent gunshot wound.
2 Water conservation: Residents of the Reno-Sparks area have saved enough water this summer that the region’s most important storage reservoir won’t have to be tapped for emergency drought relief. Lake Tahoe dropped below its natural rim in June, cutting off flows into the Truckee River, the metro area’s major source of water. For the second year in a row, the Truckee Meadows Water Authority had to borrow from drought reserves upstream at Donner Lake, and Boca and Stampede reservoirs. But thanks to local customers who cut water usage by 10 percent, authority general manager Mark Foree said they won’t have to use any of the water stored at Independence Lake.
3 Eclipse worries: A rare confluence of a lunar eclipse and a super-moon set to happen Sunday night has prompted such fear of an impending apocalypse that the Mormon church was compelled to issue a statement cautioning the faithful to not get caught up in speculation about a major calamity. Sunday’s “blood moon” and recent natural disasters and political unrest around the world have led to a rise in sales at emergency-preparedness retailers. Apocalyptic statements by a Mormon author also heightened fears. It’s unclear how many Latter-day Saints buy the theory, but Mormon leaders in Salt Lake City were worried enough that they took the rare step last week of issuing a public statement cautioning the faithful not to get carried away with visions of the apocalypse.
4 Deadly crash: Four people — a Texas trucker and three men from California — died in a twovehicle crash south of the Texas town of Baird. The Texas Department of Public Safety said a pickup truck failed to stop Friday at an intersection and hit a truck towing a trailer. The victims were identified as trucker George Earl Nowlain, 71, of Valley Mills; and three men from Anaheim — Joel Flores Jr., 24, Fernando Ramirez, 48, and Joel Ortega-Flores, 51.
5 Boating accident: A power boat ran into a nine-woman crew team from UC Irvine, splitting their boat in half and injuring one. Sheriff ’s Lt. Jeff Hallock said four men were headed out to fish on a 22-foot sport boat Friday. The men apparently weren’t paying attention, and by the time they saw the rowing vessel it was too late, Hallock said. The boat splintered in two. One woman was taken to hospital, possibly with a broken foot. It hasn’t been decided whether the power boat operator will be cited or arrested, Hallock said.
6 Tuna quota: Environmentalists have asked a federal judge in Honolulu to stop the National Marine Fisheries Service from allowing Hawaii-based fishermen to attribute some of the bigeye tuna they catch to U.S. territories. They argue the agency is enabling the fishermen to circumvent international agreements aimed at controlling the overfishing of a popular tuna species known as ahi. Bradley Oliphant, a U.S. Justice Department attorney, said the fisheries service studied the environmental effects of the quota transfer. He said the arrangement meets the requirements of U.S. fisheries and environmental laws.