Remember the old Japanese monster flicks? Godzilla wreaked havoc on the city, stomping cars like they were ants. That monster had one serious footprint! We are the new Godzilla. Our footprints have been stomping the planet and it seems we’ve only recently looked back to realize the destruction. Can progress that leaves a trail of environmental ruin really be called progress?
Perfect parfaits. Tiramisu you could die for. Strawberry-topped cakes that can melt in your mouth. Le Patissier’s creations look like decadent, calorie-laden treats, but you never have to worry about gaining a single pound if you indulge in its delightful delicacies.
Recently I was asked to stage several model apartments for a nonprofit organization and it became one of the more challenging projects to date. The building featured one-bedroom, two-bedroom and studio apartments. I was asked to stage one of each.
Stephen Nixon’s prowess in another sport is causing college football recruiters to gain interest in the Cimarron-Memorial junior running back.
Bonanza’s early-season softball workouts have consisted of a bit more than the normal ground balls and swings in the batting cage.
• LAKE MEAD — Stripers have been biting on anchovies fished deep in the Las Vegas Wash area, and schools of fish also have been viewed close to shore. Few anglers are catching stripers off the shore and dock at Boulder Harbor. Largemouth and smallmouth bass should be on spawning beds soon. The last trout plant this spring will be Friday.
Chalk defines teams that have advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16, but it has nothing to do with how well the leading players might translate in the NBA.
Hunters who have been waiting anxiously for Nevada’s big-game tag application process to begin no longer have to wait. As of Friday, the quest for coveted 2009 big-game tags officially began. The application deadline is April 20, so don’t procrastinate.
UNLV basketball fans have seen this script play out before, but this version is even crazier.
After watching his team score only 28 runs in a 2-5 start, Basic baseball coach Jeff Bondurant wanted to see his players change their approach at the plate.
Several elite teams barely survived scares to advance past the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament. But for Connecticut and dominant 7-foot-3-inch Hasheem Thabeet, there was no sweat and no chance of being upset.
Emotions figure to be running high — on the ice and in the stands — when the Wranglers and Alaska Aces meet for the final time this season Friday at the Orleans Arena.
• ARBOR VIEW — Boys track athlete De’mon Scurry won the 200 meters, was fourth in the 400 and ran on the winning 400 and 800 relay teams at the Ron Resler Invitational. Girls track athlete Candice McFarland won the 100 hurdles, the 300 hurdles and ran the anchor leg on the winning 800 relay team at the Ron Resler Invitational.
Local security guard Michael Wagner knows all about the $6.10-per-carton jump in cigarette taxes he’ll pay on Wednesday when the federal levy on smokes rises to $10 a carton.
The return of Celine Dion and the revival of Michael Jackson‘s career were hot topics on Wednesday at a Caesars Palace event.
A jury Wednesday spared the life of a 32-year-old man convicted of killing another man during a drug-fueled 2006 episode but sentenced him to spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Mike Franklin’s pitch to passing tourist couples in Las Vegas usually is pretty simple: “Just one question,” he says. “When are y’all going home?” … If they’re around for a couple more days, he tries to entice them into taking a time-share condo tour in exchange for free show tickets or a nice dinner. It’s something he has been doing on the Strip for years, but Wednesday was the first time he tried his pitch downtown on Fremont Street — and he ran right into a long-running debate on free speech.
WASHINGTON — The House gave final approval Wednesday to a sweeping public lands bill that will transfer several Southern Nevada federal tracts to local control.
Never did I anticipate my first participation in a fundraising “fun walk” would be so humbling, even borderline humiliating. Then, I never envisioned I’d look like a big yellow marshmallow chicken suitable for Easter, since I never thought I’d be standing next to the hard bodies from Cirque du Soleil.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada legislator pressed Wednesday for a state law to prevent Taser use that could result in deaths, but faced opposition from police who said they already have thorough stun-gun policies in place.
Two officers who were arrested for falsifying an arrest report in January are no longer with the North Las Vegas police department, the department announced Wednesday.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that reforming health care has become increasingly important as the economy has become more dire and that Congress must take up the issue.
Local public housing agencies that have struggled in recent years to make do with shrinking federal resources will receive about $8.9 million in stimulus funds to build or renovate housing for the poor, officials announced on Wednesday.
Rapid enrollment growth and high teacher turnover were once the pillars of job security in the Clark County School District.