🏀 5 great Las Vegas sports moments

💻🪓 All Hack, No Sack (of Money)

Despite the $100 million havoc wreaked by the September cyberattack on MGM International, CEO Bill Hornbuckle says the company never considered paying ransom to the hackers — even as systems shut down company wide and employees had to do tasks olden-time-style: with pen and paper. [Nevada Independent]

• Context: What the hack could mean for the Strip. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🏠 Tossed Out

A few state lawmakers got an up-close look at the valley’s burgeoning eviction crisis when they sat in on Justice Court proceedings Tuesday. Upwards of 30,000 people have been evicted since June, when the governor vetoed a bill that would have extended pandemic renter protections. [Review-Journal]

💰 Breaking Ranks

Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen are among the small number of Democrats breaking ranks with President Biden by calling for the White House to refreeze $6 billion in Iranian assets following the Hamas attack on Israel. [Nevada Independent]

• Looking back: Our podcast interview with Rosen about how growing up in Las Vegas shaped her views. [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

⚖️ Teens Plead Not Guilty

The two young males charged with running down and killing a bicyclist have pleaded not guilty. A defense attorney for one said he’s concerned that frequent public comments about the case by prosecutors could taint the jury pool. [KLAS]

📚 Kim Foster Reading | Today | 7 p.m.

The award-winning Las Vegas food writer reads and signs her new book, “The Meth Lunches: Food and Longing in an American City.” [The Writer’s Block, downtown; free]

🖼️ Reception for ‘Meaning, The Search for’ | Friday | 6-8 p.m.

A solo exhibit of intricate paintings, sculptural canvases, and murals by artist and curator Nancy Good. [Core Contemporary, New Orleans Square; free]

🐭 ‘Stuart Little’ | Friday-Sunday | Various times

The newish troupe Neon Spark Youth Theatre stages the family classic about the adventures of a talking mouse in New York City. [Las Vegas Little Theatre, Valley View and Spring Mountain; $12]

An Insider’s Guide to Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest is underway, and there’s more to it than drinking beer. On today’s episode, musician and Oktoberfest performer Ginger Bruner gives host Dayvid Figler the inside tips on where to find the valley’s best Oktoberfest parties. Oompah!