Jason Alexander has a contract clause that will keep him at Planet Hollywood Resort “as long as people want to see it.”
The former “Seinfeld” star opens his Las Vegas show, “The Donny Clay Experience,” on Thursday and will share the “Peepshow” theater for four weekends through March 14.
Gov. Jim Gibbons offered no surprises in his Monday State of the State speech. The Republican criticized tax-hiking lawmakers who increased spending amid a recession, then called them into special session to balance their inflated budget. He urged a mix of cuts and reforms that could include pay reductions for public employees.
For a moment Monday evening, I thought the light bulb of dubious wattage in Gov. Jim Gibbons’ head had finally begun to shine.
How many of us are a lost paycheck away from disaster? I could survive maybe two years if I lost my job, but my neighbors might not be so lucky.
Card check legislation remains the Holy Grail for Big Labor. With union membership in a free fall outside the public sector, labor organizations want to rig the game by making it more difficult to defeat organizing efforts.
Entertainer turned restaurateur Tony Sacca wasn’t worried about Neonopolis when opening Las Vegas Rocks Cafe there last year.
The struggling entertainment venue at 450 Fremont St. — opened in 2002 — was built before its time, Sacca says. “Now, on Fremont Street it’s like Disneyland.”
Amato’s Bakery, 3300 Meade Ave., received 19 demerits Jan. 29. Violations included dirty food contact surfaces. GRADE: B
When most of us remember our college days, it’s with not-so-fond memories of college student food: Ramen noodles. Soup cooked in a popcorn popper. Ramen noodles. Government cheese. Ramen noodles. Frozen pizza. Oh, and let’s not forget ramen noodles.
Our brief annual fling with brisk weather will come to an end before we know it, so it’s a good time to report on a reader-requested soup. For Jim Loeffler, who’s looking for oyster stew, Evelyn Mayfield and Marlene Helfrich e-mailed that they find it at separate Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets. …
TASTE OF THE TOWN
In the glass: Ardeche Chardonnay is a light golden-yellow color with a faint streak of chartreuse through the core, which displays a clean, clear, bright appearance, going out into a faint rim definition with medium viscosity.
Local power utility NV Energy has agreed to a 20-year deal to buy electricity from a wind farm planned near Ely.
Pattern Energy Group of San Francisco will build the 150-megawatt Spring Valley Wind Project, which would be Nevada’s first major utility-scale wind plant.
CARSON CITY – Legislators questioned Wednesday whether Gov. Jim Gibbons’ plan to close the maximum-security Summit View Youth Correctional Center in Las Vegas would save money or just lead to problems at wide-open rural centers where offenders would be moved.
Las Vegas’ marshals, as the city’s firefighters did before them, have taken the debate over budget cuts directly to the public in an effort to pressure officials not to cut public safety positions to meet an expected budget shortfall.
A woman is dead after two vehicles collided and rolled over in the south valley Wednesday afternoon.
RENO – Washoe County District Attorney Richard Gammick says he doesn’t scare easy. But he started carrying a gun and wore a bulletproof vest after a man threatened to kill him during a six-month “domestic terror” spree.
