Tournament newbie Palo Verde storms into soccer final

It didn’t take Palo Verde boys soccer coach Kevin Hagood long to figure out Friday’s Division I state semifinal against Wooster would come down to whichever team got a break. Eli Ruffer made sure it was the Panthers.

Arbor View shakes off slow start, blanks Galena

Arbor View’s girls soccer team looked like anything but a state champion in the first 20 minutes of Friday’s Division I state semifinal.

Deficits can’t derail Faith Lutheran run

Good volleyball teams know how to stepup in the face of adversity, and Faith Lutheran girls coach Amy Fisher thinks she’s got a pretty good team.

Liberty survives Canyon Springs to advance to Sunrise title game

An unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Liberty helped keep Canyon Springs’ last-ditch drive alive late in the fourth quarter Friday night. But junior Spencer Wilson made sure that the Pioneers wouldn’t score.

Pardee’s Sandstone in northwest

Pardee Homes’ new LivingSmart Homes Sandstone is a collection of two-story homes that start in price from $232,950. The builder has a limited number of move-in ready homes at the neighborhood, which is near the southwest corner of Camino Al Norte and Ann roads in the Eldorado area of North Las Vegas.

Sterling Ridge in Summerlin

Sterling Ridge by William Lyon Homes, a new luxury neighborhood in Summerlin, opened its sales office this past week. Located in the exclusive guard-gated village of The Ridges, Sterling Ridge offers semi-custom homes in Summerlin. Sterling Ridge will offer two collections of homes with varying lot sizes, floor plans and features for homebuyers to customize their home.

Resale Home Report: Existing homes sold Nov. 3-10

Editor’s note: Listings include the resale home’s parcel number. Occasionally, the address listed is the homebuyer’s mailing address and not the actual location of the home. Check the parcel number to make sure. Also, a few transactions do not reflect the market value of the homes.

Girls rule at Women 2.0 conference

Girls certainly ruled during Women 2.0, billed as the world’s largest conference on innovation, entrepreneurship and women, Thursday and Friday at the Bellagio.

Group pursues film studio at Cashman Center

A group of stakeholders that includes Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and local film industry workers has been meeting every four to six weeks to possibly make Cashman Center the new home of a Las Vegas film studio.

Thunderbirds F-105 model resurrected at Nellis Air Force Base

Like the red-white-and-blue jet their father flew, the one perched on a pedestal outside the Thunderbirds hangar at Nellis Air Force Base made their hearts soar Friday when the team re-dedicated the 600-pound model in honor of their dad, Capt. Gene Devlin.

Animosity grows for Hendricks, St. Pierre ahead of UFC 167

What started as a gentleman’s agreement has sparked a spirited war of words between two of the nicer guys in the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s welterweight division.

 
Toronto council strips Mayor Rob Ford of some powers

Toronto’s City Council voted overwhelmingly Friday to strip Mayor Rob Ford of some of his powers, trying to box in the brash leader who has rebuffed huge pressure to resign over his drinking and drug habits and erratic behavior.

Clark County School Board approves contract for school police

The frozen salaries of Clark County School District’s nearly 170 police officers will be thawed, the same as was done for teachers, administrators and support staff whose contracts have already been decided for the 2013-14 school year.

Supreme Court declines to hear case tied to teachers union executive’s former job

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused, without comment, to review a federal judgment against John Vellardita, now executive director of the Clark County teachers union, and other leaders of his former union in Oakland, Calif., which means they will have to pay $1.5 million in damages to the parent organization of United Healthcare Workers-West.

3-car crash interrupts vigil for teen pedestrian

A vigil for a teen pedestrian killed over the weekend on Blue Diamond Road was interrupted Thursday night by a three-car crash at the same intersection as the previous crash.

Pedestrian killed in west valley crash

An 80-year-old woman died after being struck by a vehicle in the west valley Thursday night.

SPORTS BETTING SPOTLIGHT: Week 11

Free picks and analysis for this weekend’s football games from Matt, Tony and Kelly.

Madeira Canyon is in Henderson

Madeira Canyon, Richmond American’s planned community in Henderson, has floor plans with four to six bedrooms, standard three-car garages and are as large as 4,200 square feet.

Ryland helps owners into homes before holidays

The holidays are upon us and Ryland Homes is helping local home shoppers make them even more special this year. Homes available for quick move-in are offered at most Ryland communities, including the Maravilla Vistas and Evergreen in Mountain’s Edge.

Homeowner not exempt from city’s leash law

Q: I live in (an age-qualified) gated community in North Las Vegas I agree the citywide leash law is necessary. My question is can our homeowners association make exceptions within our gated community regarding this leash law should they choose to do so.

Renter’s home about to go into foreclosure

Q: The property I am renting is in contract (for a) short sale. The owners have not paid their mortgage since June. I have received notices on my door. I am under the impression that if they are not paying their mortgage, they are not to be collecting rent from the property. This is a breach of contract on their part from what I have read. I am just looking for some answers and what rights I have as a tenant, and if I should stop paying rent on a property that is in default.

 
Boy’s wish to become “Batkid” comes true in San Francisco

With the help of the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the city of San Francisco, 5-year-old Miles Scott, aka Batkid, will rescue a woman from cable car tracks and capture the evil Riddler as he robs a downtown bank.

Police review fatal shooting during fact-finding hearing

Las Vegas police called the fatal police shooting of a 33-year-old man on Feb. 8 a “culmination of events from two days prior.” On Feb. 6, two days before police shot and killed Roberto Torres, the man shot his pregnant girlfriend in the head while she slept on the couch, detective Clifford Mogg said Friday.

Sandoval criticizes Obamacare, urges president, Congress to fix it

Gov. Brian Sandoval said Friday that the failure of the federal government to properly implement Obamacare “has made this effort in Nevada significantly more difficult or even impossible.”

FRIDAY FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN: Week 11

Scott Kellen and Scott Pritchard go head-to-head this week.

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