73°F
weather icon Partly Cloudy
Destined to burn: No simple solution to California wildfires

With nearly 40 million people living in California and development spreading into once-wild regions, some of the state’s best tools toward preventing wildfires can’t be widely used.

Destined to burn: California races to deter disaster as towns face fire risk

Impoverished towns in the shadow of Mount Shasta. Rustic Gold Rush cities in the Sierra Nevada foothills. High-dollar resort communities on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Ritzy Los Angeles County suburbs. They all could be the next Paradise.

Students at Mormon-owned BYU urge honor code compassion

Several hundred students at Mormon-owned Brigham Young University urged college officials to be more compassionate with punishments for violators of rules banning things that are commonplace at other colleges.

Giant Stratolaunch jet flies for first time

A giant six-engine aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan completed what company officials called a superb initial flight over California’s Mojave Desert.

Erick Fedde Talks About Big League Highlights
 
Erick Fedde Talks About Big League Highlights

Former Las Vegas High and UNLV baseball star Erick Fedde talks about pitching in the major leagues during a 2019 fundraiser for the UNLV baseball team. (Ron Kantowski/Las Vegas Review Journal.)

Cory Booker seeks campaign momentum in return to Newark

The New Jersey senator joined the race more than two months ago, capped by an appearance before reporters outside his Newark home and with a call for the country to unite in a time of sharp division.

One person critically injured in 3-car crash in Henderson

About 7 p.m. Friday, the Henderson Police Department responded to a three-car crash involving a pedestrian and a bicyclist at Sunset Boulevard and Boulder Highway.