At Tucson, Ariz., Mike Baxter went 3-for-4, including a two-run homer in the fifth inning, to lead Las Vegas’ 10-hit attack in a 5-2 win over the Padres.
Las Vegan Jesus Gutierrez continues to impress in the lightweight division.
Coronado High School graduate Kieran Eissler had two goals Saturday to help the South to a 28-24 lacrosse win over the North in the Under Armour All-America Classic in Towson, Md. Eissler has signed a national letter of intent to play at Johns Hopkins.
Green-thumbers Janet and Don Knight from Northern California became brown-thumbers when they started gardening in Las Vegas, but now they’re green-thumbers again. In fact, they are producing vegetables year-round to sell at the farmers market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday at 333 S. Valley View Blvd.
Here are a few items in pop culture that caught our eye recently.
Here is a listing of events designed for book lovers. Information is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Additions or changes to this listing must be submitted at least 10 days in advance of Sunday publication to Bookmark, Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125. For more information, call 383-0306.
One of the prettiest side roads in Nevada, the Success Summit Loop near Ely packs a lot of scenery into 38 miles. The route climbs over a high forested summit after leaving U.S. Highway 93 either north or south of Ely and remains open from snowmelt to snowfall, usually from April through mid-November.
HIKES: Red Rock Canyon: On Monday, join a geologist to discuss the geology, plants and animals encountered on a moderate, 3-mile hike to the First Creek Grotto; for ages 10 and older.
The fifth annual White Linen Affair sponsored by 100 Black Men of Las Vegas Inc. took place June 29 at the Eastside Cannery to raise money for the organization’s efforts to empower young people.
For the ancient Hebrews, fertility, pregnancy and birth were not first and foremost biological events; they were theological metaphors.
Ronnie Bardah still has no explanation for the mysterious illness that hospitalized him three years ago.
An Asiana Airlines flight crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens of others and forcing passengers to jump down the emergency inflatable slides to safety as flames tore through the plane. One person was unaccounted for from among the 307 passengers and crew, said airport spokesman Doug Yakel. He said 181 people were taken to local hospitals. There were 291 passengers and 16 crew members.
TRUCKEE, Calif. — A 24-year-old bicyclist was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after striking and critically injuring a pedestrian in the Sierra Nevada town of Truckee.
LONDON — Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are building their own Grand Slam rivalry, one that perhaps someday will merit mention alongside Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal, or Djokovic vs. Nadal.
WASHINGTON — A solar-powered aircraft has completed a history-making cross-country flight, landing at New York’s JFK airport.
A fatal car accident in Henderson left Galleria Drive near Marks Street closed for almost three hours Saturday. A 66 year-old man drove a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu off the road around 12:30 p.m., according to Henderson police.
NEW YORK — Bryce Harper has smashed barriers and made uncommon occurrences routine since his teens, and the pattern continued Saturday afternoon as a late flood of fans’ votes made the former Las Vegas High and College of Southern Nevada standout the youngest National League starter in the history of the All-Star Game.
Matt “BB Gun” Krause won his first-ever International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship on Saturday, returning the crown to a family that has dominated the annual competition in southwestern Michigan for four decades.
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said it is “wrong and irresponsible” to connect him or his former Florida staff to the murder charge facing Aaron Hernandez.
Long ago, there were no traffic lights at all. Soon, they appeared. Eventually, green left turn arrows arrived, which is probably when road rage emerged. These lights were great, except they made you wait when no one at all was coming in the other direction.
Two new fire stations are being proposed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to improve response times across the sprawling, wildfire-prone Winnemucca District in Northern Nevada.
MEXICO CITY — The Popocatepetl volcano just east of Mexico City has spit out a cloud of ash and vapor 2 miles (3 kilometers) high over several days of eruptions, and Mexico City residents awoke Saturday to find a fine layer of volcanic dust on their cars.
SALT LAKE CITY — A lottery system for hikers makes it difficult for many to win a permit to visit a rock formation called The Wave — and that may have colored the judgment of a couple who set out in brutal heat and were found dead along the trail.
Security forces boosted positions near a protest camp by supporters of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi as authorities Saturday plotted their next moves after violence claimed at least 36 lives across the country and deepened the battle lines in the divided nation.
LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec — Provincial police say one person has died after a train carrying crude oil derailed, triggering several explosions and a huge blaze in a town in eastern Quebec.
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