Las Vegas resident Rob Heiob, 22, center, shakes hands with Dan Solis of Antioch, Calif., on the Strip near Tropicana Avenue on New Year's Eve. Heiob's friends, Jason Sise, far right, and Otis Boyd joined in the evening's festivities. When Heiob was asked why he chose to spend the evening dressed in a fat lady suit, 28-year-old Sise quipped, "It's a time for new beginnings." Photo by Sara Tramiel/Review-Journal
Outgoing Clark County Sheriff Bill Young shakes hands with Las Vegas police officers on the Strip on New Year's Eve, his last night as sheriff. Undersheriff Doug Gillespie, right, will be sworn in today as sheriff. Photo by K.M. Cannon.
Fireworks explode over the Strip in the first seconds of 2007. Photo by K.M. Cannon.
Tristan Ramirez, 25, and his girlfriend, Marylyn Morley, 21, both of Phoenix, share a kiss at midnight Monday at the Fremont Street Experience. Photo by Craig L. Moran.
Star Dominguez, 23, of Las Vegas, does a keg stand with help from Tony Streand in front of the Bellagio on New Year's Eve. Photo by K.M. Cannon.
Bill Oesterle, 41, kisses Kristi English, 33, outside Tao Las Vegas in The Venetian on Sunday night. Photo by Jane Kalinowsky.
Confetti falls on crowds under the Fremont Street Experience canopy in downtown Las Vegas at the end of the countdown to 2007.
Photo by Sara Tramiel/Review-Journal
Felipe Perez holds his daughter Catrin Perez, 18 months, as midnight approaches on the Strip, near Tropicana Avenue. The Perezes live in Hawthorne, Calif., and came to Las Vegas to ring in the new year. Photo by Sara Tramiel/Review-Journal
Revelers mingle at the New Year's Eve party at Tao Las Vegas in The Venetian late Sunday night.
Photo by Jane Kalinowsky.
