Dining Pick of the Week: Las Islas De Mexcaltitan

This restaurant is an island of Mexican cuisine highlighted by seafood dishes. Large, colorful salads are topped with prawns, steamed shrimp and baby octopus.

Dining Pick of the Week: Hometown Classic American Eats

Rex Henriott’s comfortable restaurant shines with a menu where every item can be described as being true American comfort food.

Dining Pick of the Week: Norm’s Eggs Café

There is more to Norm’s than just the eggs and a great breakfast menu. This family-friendly neighborhood restaurant has a pleasant dining atmosphere to start your day or keep it going with a hearty lunch.

Low-performance schools get second chance with new staff

Clark County School District is banking on new leadership to help four struggling “turnaround” schools. In a way, being some of the consistently lowest-performing schools is the best thing that could have happened to them.

Artist works to rescue business inspired by his firefighting career

Retired Las Vegas Fire & Rescue firefighter and artist Allan Albaitis is determined to test the expression, “a phoenix rises from the ashes. ” The Centennial Hills resident is the talent behind FireArt Inc., and he’ll be the first to tell you, “It’s going down by the bow.”

Le Cordon Bleu educator’s line of spices geared toward home chefs

Centennial Hills resident Heinz Lauer, an educator at the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Las Vegas, recently launched his own line of spice and seasoning blends that includes 15 mixes and rubs blended locally and containing natural spices without fillers, preservatives or artificial flavorings.

STEVEN KALAS: Pain, suffering part of the process of experiencing life

This is an open dialogue with a man I have never met, but would like to meet. A reader introduced me to his website. He is Robert Masters, a psychotherapist in Canada. In the words of the late singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg, I decided Masters and I are “twin sons of different mothers.” He’s, like, my Human Matters counterpart north of the border.

Things to do in North Las Vegas July 24-30

Teen night, a free fun night hosted one Friday a month for Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas members 13 to 18 years old, is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at the James Clubhouse, 2530 E. Carey Ave. A disc jockey is scheduled to perform, and teens can enjoy open gym and access to other clubhouse amenities. A Boys & Girls Clubs of Las Vegas membership is $10 a year. For more information, call 399-3172.

Bail bondsmen share their concerns over city’s shifting of inmates

When the North Las Vegas Detention and Corrections facility closed July 1, about 100 employees received pink slips, and nearly 300 prisoners got an eviction notice. The decision was to save millions for the cash-strapped city, but it left a choppy wake for at least one group – North Las Vegas bail bondsmen.

Area Briefing

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K-9s put their specialized skills to use while assisting police

Residents may be familiar with Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officers throughout the valley, but there are some lesser-known employees – the four-legged ones – that play a vital role in the organization.

Sunday Reset Project geared to promote health, community

Shift Vegas, led by individuals who seek to promote active lifestyles among downtown-area residents, have started the Sunday Reset Project, an event set for 7 a.m. on the first Sunday of each month at the former Downtown Senior Services Center building, 310 S. Ninth St.

The D’s remodeling melds vintage with modern

The Plaza, the Gold Spike and the Golden Gate are some of the hotels downtown that have undergone renovations in the past couple of years. Now the D, 301 Fremont St., can be added to the list.

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