BERKELEY, Calif. — Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to tame a lightning-sparked wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest that already burned 16 homes and is moving closer to the scenic community of Big Sur, where it threatens another 500 residences.
Andrew Himmler’s “Superman” showed super strength after taking a pancake-sized bullet wound to his stomach in a drive-by shooting at Bob Baskin Park.
District Judge Arthur Ritchie Jr., the presiding judge for Family Court, has been named new chief judge for the District Court.
Welders’ sparks were blamed for igniting a large block of insulation at a casino construction site Wednesday.
Family Court Judge Stefany Miley, who is running for District Court, on Wednesday didn’t oppose a judge’s order unsealing a malpractice lawsuit against her law firm. But Miley hasn’t explained why the firm wanted the case sealed from public view two years ago.
Las Vegas headliners are being urged to take a moment and say a word — or seven — to honor comedy legend George Carlin.
CARSON CITY — A state panel including Gov. Jim Gibbons approved a payment of $419,000 to the Office of the Military on Wednesday to cover some of the cost of looking for missing adventurer Steve Fossett last fall.
Henderson Police Chief Richard Perkins announced his retirement late Wednesday.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain still supports putting America’s nuclear waste at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, but he has begun to doubt whether it will ever happen and is stressing that he would make the proposed repository meet environmental and safety standards.
Sherri Love has a history of mental illness dating back more than a decade. The 47-year-old, on trial in District Court on charges she fatally stabbed her 7-year-old daughter, tried to kill herself multiple times and was diagnosed as bipolar, authorities said.
RENO — An air traffic controller taken ill while on duty in Reno sparked a volley of words Wednesday between the controller’s union and the Federal Aviation Administration, with each accusing the other of using the incident for political gains.
WASHINGTON — Former Department of Energy and contractor employees who worked at the top secret Area 51 base now are eligible to seek health payments available to nuclear weapons workers who got sick from their jobs, a top federal official said Wednesday.
A respected straight shooter who hasn’t missed a session of the Nevada Legislature since 1969 won’t be at the special legislative session Friday.
A man accused of robbing and beating Oakland Raiders receiver Javon Walker alleged in court Wednesday that police pressured his girlfriend to press charges against him in a domestic violence case before he was arrested in the Walker case.
About 60 people gathered Wednesday morning outside UNLV to criticize presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain, focusing on the war in Iraq and concerns that a McCain presidency would follow the course charted by President Bush over the last eight years.
Little Jason Rimer was alone outside in the big sport utility vehicle. But no one seemed to notice.
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people have been arrested and 21 children rescued in what the FBI is calling a five-day roundup of networks of pimps who force children into prostitution.
Valerie Soto on Wednesday offered up her 3-year-old daughter, Yvette Diaz, as an example of who would be hurt by further state budget cuts.
CARSON CITY — Gov. Jim Gibbons said he will not recommend cutting or delaying 4 percent cost-of-living pay raises for teachers and state workers when he announces his plan today on how to slash $250 million to balance the state budget.
CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has decided to take up the issue of whether term limits for state and local officials are constitutional.
Last week, while volunteering at a green building workshop, my cell phone started vibrating. I stepped out of the room and took the call. A television newsman wanted to do an interview about solar energy and asked if I was available — as in right now. He had heard about our net-zero energy home and asked if we could meet there. I appreciate any opportunity to share information about green living so I arranged for my colleague to cover the event and I headed home.
: I had water leaking from underneath my toilet where the toilet meets the floor. My neighbor agreed to help me replace the wax ring underneath. We got the toilet off with no problem, but when we cleaned off the wax from the floor, we noticed that the retaining ring is broken. What do we do now?
raig Snelling doesn’t need any more friends, thank you. It seems anyone who meets him and sees his game room wants to become his friend. And here are the reasons why: Pac-Man, 8-foot pool table, classic pinball machines, foosball, air hockey and Frogger.
: I have two Indian fig cacti that grow exceptionally well. My question is about how these cacti reproduce. Mine form little stubs on the leaves and flower quite heavily in the spring. The petals drop off in a few weeks. Later, the little stubs drop off. Are these seed pods? If I planted one, would I get another cactus? Or, do I cut a leaf off and pot that to start a new plant?
The arrival of warm weather puts me in the mood to throw a summer soiree. I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t entertained. Now I’m ready to dust off my screened porch, sweep out the back courtyard and fill it with friends. Here are a few tips I’ll be following as I entertain this summer. Perhaps they will help inspire you, too.
“There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.” Logan Pearsal Smith (1865-1946), American educator, “Afterthoughts” (1931)
Editor’s note: UNLV basketball player Kendall Wallace will provide occasional postcards from the team’s six-game “Down Under” tour of Australia. This is his first: