Nevadans say party will be unified in run-up to election

Political conventions are supposed to be about the nominees. But this Democratic National Convention keeps coming back to someone who’s not going to be the nominee: Sen. Hillary Clinton.

School Board webcast is set

Anyone with an Internet connection can watch Clark County School District board members in action beginning Thursday with a webcast of a regular board meeting at 4 p.m.

IN BRIEF

MULTIPLE WOUNDS

Castle doctrine

Nevada would be much better off if most bill drafts requested by state lawmakers never saw the light of day.

School funding, choice and results

Just a year on the job, District of Columbia Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee has shuttered 23 schools, fired more than 30 principals and given notice to hundreds of teachers and administrative workers.

RESTAURANT REPORT

Aloha Kitchen & Bar kitchen, 2605 S. Decatur Blvd., received 40 demerits Aug. 11. Violations included open personal drinks on prep surfaces. GRADE: C

Win-Win Situation

Interested in doing good while eating well? During Las Vegas Restaurant Week from Monday through Sept. 7, 79 top Las Vegas restaurants will offer special lunch and dinner menus and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to Three Square, which works to provide nutritionally balanced meals for hungry people in the valley.

Plenty of resources for frozen quail in valley

Some might quail at the idea of eating quail (sorry!) but it’s a delectable little bird, and one that reader Bob Matzke is trying to find, either fresh or frozen.

Barely Out of the Water

Seafood in the desert? Isn’t there something a little … well … oxymoronic about that? “I love that question,” said Rick Moonen, executive chef/owner of rm seafood at Mandalay Bay. “And it does come up often.” But Moonen and other local chefs say that thanks to modern transportation and technology, the seafood served in their Las Vegas restaurants is as fresh as that ’70s East Coast spot purported its to be. “Halibut’s off the boat one to two days from the time we get it,” Moonen said.

Wind power to bring rebates

The electric company, which for several years has provided financial incentives to homeowners who install solar power systems, will start doing the same for home wind turbines in a few days.

Authority votes to freeze executives’ pay

A committee from the official booster board for Las Vegas would freeze the pay rate for its chief executive under a recommendation approved Tuesday.

INSIDE BUSINESS

Law firm names associate in LV office

Trevi Architectural will close

Entrepreneur Scott Acton has spent the past few days trying to ensure that his customers, which include some of the biggest names on the Strip, will get their orders filled.

Airline slashes winter flights

DALLAS — Southwest Airlines Co., which had resisted the kinds of capacity cuts being made by other carriers, will eliminate nearly 200 flights — including some from Las Vegas — early next year as it struggles with high fuel costs and a weakening economy.

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