Pastry chef Brigette Contreras indulges in chocolate

Brigette Contreras, corporate executive pastry chef of The ONE Group, which has STK at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, is understandably a big fan of chocolate.

NV Energy customers running out of time to opt in to solar rate program

NV Energy customers who were grandfathered in under more favorable net metering rates as a result of a 2016 decision by state utility regulators need to act soon if they want to take advantage of the opportunity.

 
Verizon pulled back into unlimited data game

In a major reversal, Verizon has joined other carriers in offering an unlimited data plan.

New York Knicks stay on top as Forbes’ most valuable NBA team

The New York Knicks are the NBA’s most valuable team for the second consecutive year despite having been shut out of the playoffs since 2013, according to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday that showed the average team value rose 9 percent.

Yahoo warns users of possibility of compromised accounts

Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts between 2015 and 2016, the latest development in the internet company’s investigation of a mega-breach.

UNLV ice hockey club gets playoff berth

The UNLV ice hockey club has made the American Collegiate Hockey Association playoffs, but did not receive an automatic bid to the nationals.

 
‘Firefall’ phenomenon wows visitors to Yosemite’s El Capitan

Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California’s Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava.

Rumor comes out of retirement and wins Westminster’s Best in Show

Rumor was crowned America’s top dog Tuesday night when, a year after a near miss on the very same green carpet, she came out of retirement to win best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club.

 
Toddler killed in Chicago in shooting streamed on Facebook Live

A toddler and his uncle were killed and a pregnant woman was wounded in Chicago on Tuesday when a gunman opened fire on their car as they drove through the city’s West Side, in a shooting captured on Facebook Live.

Evidence washed away but cracks in spillway offer clues to Oroville flood danger

Six months before rushing water ripped a huge hole in a channel that drains a Northern California reservoir, state inspectors said the concrete spillway was sound. As officials puzzle through how to repair Oroville Dam spillway, federal regulators have ordered the state to figure out what went wrong.

No jail for Reno man who drove truck into crowd of protesters

A Reno man who seriously injured a woman after driving his truck through a crowd of people who were rallying for Native American rights under the city’s famous arch has escaped jail time.

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