UCSB fan runs onto court, confronts Hawaii coach

A UC Santa Barbara basketball fan ran on the court and confronted Hawaii coach Gib Arnold during the Gauchos’ 86-77 victory over the Rainbow Warriors on Thursday night.

Restaurants announce benefits and beer events

Viva Max! a benefit for critically injured Seven magazine restaurant critic Max Jacobson, is 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Tacos & Tequila at the Luxor. Tickets for the cocktail mixer and three-course dinner (with entree choices of lamb shank with mole verde, or red snapper with achiote and an herb spice rub) are $100 per person. For tickets, call 702-735-8322. …

EDC sells out, even without announced lineup

The Electric Daisy Carnival, the world’s largest dance music event, held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway over three days in June, has officially sold out three months in advance.

Nevada deputy accused of illegal stops, confiscations on I-80

A rural Northern Nevada sheriff’s deputy is accused of stopping travelers on a lonely stretch of Interstate 80 and confiscating tens of thousands of dollars for the county without bringing charges, according to two federal lawsuits.

 
Russians march in support of Crimea; Ukrainian base under siege

Russia was swept up in patriotic fervor Friday for bringing Crimea back into its territory, with tens of thousands of people thronging Red Square waving flags and chanting “Crimea is Russia!”

Carlos Molina still jailed, his fight in Las Vegas canceled

With junior middleweight champ Carlos Molina still jailed Friday and facing deportation, his fight against Jermall Charlo on the undercard at the MGM Grand Garden on Saturday was canceled.

Avila Beach a funky, oil-free getaway

Always write to the most common denominator. General interest, appeal to the masses. That’s what I was told when I started this writing gig.

Grocery deal a big bet supermarkets can fend off competition

Cerberus Capital Management’s deal to merge Safeway with Albertsons is a bet — a hefty $9 billion bet — that a larger supermarket chain can better fend off an attack on the grocery business by big-box stores and online retailers.

GOP convention in Las Vegas would draw Democratic ‘trackers’

Democrats plan to deploy “trackers” with video cameras to Las Vegas if the city wins the 2016 Republican National Convention to catch convention-goers possibly getting into trouble or going into and out of Strip bars and casinos, which might not go over well at home.

Strip listed as world’s most visited tourist attraction

The Las Vegas Strip is the most visited tourist attraction in the world, beating New York City’s Times Square and Paris’ Eiffel Tower. That’s according to a list of the world’s 50 most visited tourist attractions by Love Home Swap, an online home and rental swap service.

Police: Argument led to fatal stabbing in North Las Vegas

The man stabbed to death in North Las Vegas Monday has been identified. Guillermo Enrique Coletti, 54, was found dead by North Las Vegas police in an apartment closet on 2432 Webster St.

Victorino, Natural History Museum get ‘Tanked’

Wayde King, co-star of the Animal Planet series, offers a look at some of the Las Vegas-based tanks he and Brett Raymer build for the reality show’s fourth season.

Patrick ‘incredily focused and driven to succeed’

Danica Patrick burst onto the auto racing scene in May 2005. In fact, she generated attention from around the world when she led 19 laps of the Indianapolis 500 before finishing fourth in her first run at the Brickyard.

Key HOA case defendant wins delay in related tax trial

Former construction company boss Leon Benzer, the accused mastermind of a massive scheme to take over homeowners associations, has won a delay in his tax evasion trial. The new date in December means the tax case will follow the long-awaited Oct. 6 trial of Benzer and nine others in the multimillion-dollar HOA takeover scheme, which occurred between 2003 and 2009.

Gordon always a favorite in Las Vegas

Another of the stars of Hendrick Motorsports, Jeff Gordon comes to Las Vegas as a former winner of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The four-time NASCAR Series champion is always among the favorites at LVMS.

 
Woman’s mummified body found 6 years after death

The body of a woman whom neighbors say they last saw several years ago was found in a sport utility vehicle parked in the garage of a foreclosed home northwest of Detroit.

Brooklyn Bowl brings new mix of live music to Las Vegas Strip

Peter Shapiro made a hit of the Brooklyn Bowl concert club and more recently reopened the historic Capitol Theatre in New York, before agreeing to build an 80,000-square-foot version of the Brooklyn Bowl in Las Vegas.

Give Obama the ‘R-S-P-E-C-T’ he deserves

As we head into another fabulous weekend in Las Vegas, let’s turn our attention to a minor story — but an embarrassing one — regarding great music and bad spelling.

 
Man said to create bitcoin denies it, leads LA car chase

A Japanese American man thought to be the reclusive multi-millionaire father of Bitcoin emerged from a modest Southern California home and denied involvement with the digital currency before leading reporters on a freeway car chase to the local headquarters of the Associated Press.