The Latest
Generation E
Can a little electricity co-op lead Nevada to the promised land of renewable energy?
May 17th, 2013
In the not-too-distant future, a woman gets home from work in Bakersfield, California. As she walks in her house, she reflexively flicks on a light. Little does she know, the electricity entering the lamp over her head comes from a solar plant in Nevada’s Amargosa Valley via a high-voltage transmission line owned by Valley Electric Association (VEA), a nonprofit co-op based in Pahrump. Read more »
The Deal
A Guide to Vegas' Off-the-Menu Specials
May 15th, 2013
There’s something about off-the-menu specials that gets people fired up—maybe it’s the sneaky pleasure of knowing a secret. Or maybe it’s just that they’re usually a good deal. Read more »
Politics
The Two Faces of the Legislature
Is there some Jekyll to its Hyde?
May 15th, 2013
The notion that the state Legislature has more than one personality makes sense, since it has 63 members. But as a body, the Legislature never ceases to be depressing. Except when it’s exhilarating. Read more »
Going for Broke
Loss Angeles
Big-money Dodgers, Angels striking out on the field, at the window
May 15th, 2013
Usually, $358.5 million goes a pretty long way—even in a place as overly pricey (and overly vain) as the greater Los Angeles area. But within the friendly confines of two stadiums affectionately known as the “Big A” and Chavez Ravine, all $358.5 million buys you is a heaping dose of underachievement. And despair. And mockery—lots and lots of mockery. Read more »
Seven Days
A curated guide to this week in your city
May 15th, 2013
Time for another installment of Helldorado Days, Las Vegas’ longest-running civic event. This one’s big: a daily carnival, the Whiskerino beard contest Friday, a parade Saturday and professional rodeo stars doing their thing daily. The fun happens in and around Downtown. Read more »
Found Material
Nevada Has Plastic Priorities
May 15th, 2013
Las Vegas is often chided for its inauthenticity, so is it any surprise that our state’s highest paid public employee is a plastic surgeon? Read more »
Real Estate
Will Any of Those Out-of-Town Buyers Wind Up Living Here?
It might take time, but out-of-towners could be thinking retirement to Vegas
May 15th, 2013
Las Vegas has long been a popular second address for out-of-towners. And with so many out-of-state cash buyers these days, the civic-minded Las Vegan can only hope that some of these investors will want to actually live in these homes someday. Read more »
The End of 'Vegas'
May 15th, 2013
Vegas has crapped out. Based on a fictionalized version of the career of former Clark County Sheriff Ralph Lamb (portrayed by Dennis Quaid), the 1960s-set drama has been canceled by CBS after one season. Read more »
The Latest Thought
The Art of Knowing Joyce
Two generations, after-school lessons and a life-changing teacher
May 14th, 2013
Many people—outsiders and locals alike—make fun of Las Vegas for being slow, obscure and devoid of culture. If you agree, you never met Joyce Straus. We recently lost a huge piece of our city and our lives when she died at age 77. The people who loved Joyce knew it was coming. So we prayed and hoped, but we knew cancer can get the best of the best among us. This time it did. Read more »
Ask a Native
Prom, Wind and Other Vegas Spring Pleasures
May 14th, 2013
Much is made about how fancified the ritual of school dances has become, but Vegas prom in the 1980s wasn’t much different than it is now, except that today’s attendees seem to spring for limos more often than we did. That’s likely a byproduct of fewer teenagers with drivers licenses—a good thing considering the shenanigans that often take place on prom night. Read more »
