Chop to host culinary arts event for charity

Josh “Chop” Towbin will serve as the master of ceremonies for the “fill the food bank” fundraising portion of “Dish Las Vegas,” a first-time Three Square fundraiser at Springs Preserve that will bring celebrity chefs and entertainers together for a culinary arts adventure on April 3. Chop will be on stage throughout the evening, encouraging audience members to donate much-needed supplies to stock the shelves of Three Square’s new facility.

Towbin hosts smart-living party

To celebrate the smart fortwo’s first anniversary, smart center Las Vegas will host “Eat Smart, Drive Smart, Live Smart,” a celebration for current and future smart fortwo owners. The event will take place Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. and is open to the public.

Z4 converts to folding hardtop

While nearly all prize ponies have long since left the barn, BMW has decided to wait for all the pushing and shoving to subside before letting loose its prized Z4 thoroughbred.

Mint 400 brings back glimmer of past

The second edition of the revitalized Mint 400 begins north of Las Vegas on Saturday, but the essence of the legendary desert race takes over Fremont Street today.

A busy Saturday, here and there

The $6 million Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest race, highlights a mind-boggling $21 million card Saturday at Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, but 3-year-olds prepping for the Kentucky Derby will merit plenty of attention this weekend, too.

Racing a young person’s sport

Some mornings begin with tears racing down my cheeks, and that’s even before I look in a mirror.

HORSE RACING

TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK

IN BRIEF

FOOTBALL

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Hockey fans look for Cirque rescue

A Toronto newspaper is reporting that fans of the NHL Montreal Canadiens would welcome the idea of having Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte take over the storied franchise.

Bad Religion believes in facts

It’s hard to think of a living punk band more revered than Bad Religion. So because they’re playing Saturday at Extreme Thing at Desert Breeze Skate Park, I called to chat with singer Greg Graffin in his UCLA office on Thursday.

NLV aims to reduce union pay

North Las Vegas hopes to soon wrap up negotiations with its three employee unions that would potentially delay or eliminate its employees’ cost-of-living raises for a year, saving the financially strapped city about $13.5 million, City Manager Gregory Rose said Wednesday.

Wind out of protesters’ sails

A smaller crowd, only in the hundreds, showed up Thursday at UNLV’s Academic Mall for another rally against proposed state budget cuts. A few thousand protesters attended the first rally in January. Some students signed form letters to legislators in Carson City protesting the cuts. Gov. Jim Gibbons has proposed cutting the university system’s budget by 36 percent.

3-2 vote clears Loux

CARSON CITY — Former Agency for Nuclear Projects administrator Bob Loux burst into tears Thursday night after the Ethics Commission found on a 3-2 vote he did not break state ethics laws by boosting his salary and that of his staff beyond levels approved by the Legislature.

No-warrant seizures OK’d by state panel

CARSON CITY — A plan allowing no-warrant seizures of funds on prepaid debit or stored-value cards, to block money-smuggling by drug-dealers or financing for terrorists, was approved Thursday by a state Senate panel despite critics’ constitutional concerns.

Lawmakers aiming to keep state museums up, running

CARSON CITY — Members of a Senate-Assembly budget panel said Thursday they want to find funding to keep state museums operating as close to current levels as possible, rejecting Gov. Jim Gibbons’ proposed cuts that would close some museums or cut hours.

Wind leaves workers dangling

Two men working on 15th-floor windows outside the Encore were rescued after the scaffolding they were working on was tossed by wind Thursday morning.

LV attorney admits to misconduct

Las Vegas attorney Philip Singer, who was temporarily suspended in November, resolved his disciplinary proceedings Thursday by agreeing to accept disbarment.

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