In Brief
TEMBLOR-PRONE NEVADA
Official urges homeowners to buy earthquake insurance
Most of Nevada's homeowners don't take out quake insurance though Nevada is the third-most active state for quakes after Alaska and California.
The Nevada Division of Insurance says homeowners should consider buying protection that is not afforded by conventional fire insurance.
Nevada Insurance Commissioner Scott Kipper says homeowners should call his division or check its Web site for more information.
Kipper on Friday issued a consumer's guide to earthquake insurance to mark the end of Nevada Earthquake Awareness and Preparedness Week.
MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS
Man slain in vehicle, body dumped near downtown LV
A man was fatally shot Sunday afternoon in his vehicle near downtown Las Vegas .
The man, whose name was not released, had been driving north on Fourth Street at Adams Avenue, near Las Vegas Boulevard and Washington Avenue, Las Vegas police said.
After being shot inside the car, he was pulled out of the vehicle and dumped into the roadway by a male suspect who witnesses described as either Hispanic or white, police said.
When officers arrived around 3:30 p.m., they found the man dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
Police did not release a motive for the slaying. The vehicle the suspect fled in is thought to be a newer-model silver sedan with California license plates.
Anybody with information on the slaying is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 385-5555 or the homicide section at 828-3521.
SAN DIEGO PARK SEARCHED
Authorities arrest sex offender in case of missing teenager
A registered sex offender from Southern California was arrested Sunday in the disappearance of a suburban San Diego teenager missing for three days after going for a run in a park.
The arrest came after some 1,400 volunteers searched Rancho Bernardo Community Park for 17-year-old Chelsea King over the weekend with about 120 law enforcement personnel, sheriff's spokeswoman Jan Caldwell said.
Investigators found evidence in the park that led to the arrest of 30-year-old John Albert Gardner of Riverside County, San Diego County Sheriff William Gore said.
DUE FOR INSPECTION
Tahoe Queen under repair, including work on hull
Operators are gutting parts of the Tahoe Queen to refurbish its hull.
Aramark Parks Director Austin Sass says the job involves taking out a walk-in freezer and several kitchen grills to make room for repairs that should be finished by May.
The Tahoe Queen, which normally offers Lake Tahoe cruises, is due for an inspection by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Sass says a dozen boatmen were offered other resort jobs with the Tahoe Queen laid up for repairs.
BODY FOUND ON I-80
Authorities trace slain woman back to Wyoming town
Police in Nevada say an unidentified woman found dead with two gunshot wounds more than 16 years ago along Interstate 80 in Elko County spent the last seven months of her life near the town of Afton, Wyo.
The Elko County sheriff's office said hair samples sent to a Salt Lake City lab late last year matched isotope sequences with drinking water that pinpointed where the woman had lived.
Sheriff's Detective Dennis Journigan said he hopes the latest information will help identify the woman and lead to her killer. The woman's body was found nude and posed in the shape of a cross.
The woman is buried in the Elko County cemetery. Authorities said she had blond hair, was about 27 years old, 5 foot 7 inches, 140 pounds, and had given birth to at least one child.
