Waiter Jose Carlos Chavez brings a late afternoon meal to diners Friday at Lindo Michoacan, 2655 E. Desert Inn Road. All of the Mexican restaurant's employees will be staying at home on May 1 during the nationwide economic boycott over immigration reform.
Photo by Jeff Scheid.
IMMIGRATION REFORM: Workers cry May Day Fans of Lindo Michoacan's signature carnitas will be out of luck if they try to visit the popular Mexican restaurant on May 1. It will be closed as part of a national day of protest by immigrants designed to draw attention to how important they are to the U.S. economy.
Seniors mixed on Medicare Part D It took Bernice Johnson's son and a friend a little more than a week to comb through the state's 40-plus prescription drug plans and determine which would be best for the 86-year-old.
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IMMIGRATION REFORM: Workers cry May Day Fans of Lindo Michoacan's signature carnitas will be out of luck if they try to visit the popular Mexican restaurant on May 1. It will be closed as part of a national day of protest by immigrants designed to draw attention to how important they are to the U.S. economy.
Lake Tahoe homeowner fights fine STATELINE -- A property owner has apologized for poisoning three large pines to improve his view of Lake Tahoe but is resisting a proposed hefty fine, land-use regulators said.
WEEK IN REVIEW: Reporters' notebook HE MAY HAVE TAKEN A STAND AGAINST GANGSTA RAP, but Sheriff Bill Young isn't opposed to a Mayor Oscar Goodman-backed proposal to create an organized crime museum in the historic former post office and courthouse on Stewart Avenue.
BRIBERY TRIAL RECAP Dario Herrera was left with little choice but to take the witness stand last week after his one-time colleague, Mary Kincaid-Chauncey, was called as the first witness in her case.
ROAD WARRIOR: Despite hurdles, plenty take pets on road Rosalind Holland doesn't think she's nuts. She just believes driving her trio of portly pups, tipping 200 pounds total, from Las Vegas to her new home in North Carolina is a good idea.
CORRECTION The name of Las Vegas police officer Bryon Bunitsky was misspelled in a story about a coroner's inquest and accompanying photo caption in Saturday's edition.
Democratic Convention: Party sees ballot of opportunities The mood was exuberant at Saturday's state Democratic convention, as candidates and party faithful seemed confident that Republicans' mounting unpopularity would sweep the opposition party into office in November.
Seniors mixed on Medicare Part D It took Bernice Johnson's son and a friend a little more than a week to comb through the state's 40-plus prescription drug plans and determine which would be best for the 86-year-old.
STORIES OF SURVIVAL: Mother's story hidden in plain sight from grown children Alan Chenin is 46, but he never heard his mother, Fernande Chenin, tell the full story of her time as a Jew in Nazi concentration and labor camps until four years ago, when she spoke to students at the Las Vegas grade school Alan's children were attending.
