Patients must decide when the work is done

When is a person ready to leave counseling? What do they need to learn or achieve or grow toward? What about someone who is in counseling for an extended period, longer than what should be needed for whatever issue they have?

Dining Pick of the Week: Fremont Mediterranean Cafe

After a night experiencing those large colorful cocktails at the Fremont Street Experience, fresh, natural and healthy is a smart dining decision.

Temple Sinai hopes to open new building by July

Temple Sinai, a Reform Jewish synagogue, has marked another milestone in its 30-year history. It broke ground Sept. 10 for a new building.

Kids get movie-making tutorial in library district program

Steven Spielberg might have some competition. A special program through the Las Vegas-Clark Country Library District, TechArt Studio, has young adults learning the ins and outs of movie making in a two-day class. The next one is planned for Oct. 26-27 at the Sahara West Library.

Park users look forward to trail connection, improvements

Work is underway to connect a new trail portion to the city of Las Vegas’ trail system. The Bonanza Trail Phase 3 project includes a new trail connection at Torrey Pines Drive and U.S. Highway 95 and an enhanced connection at Bill Briare Family Park, 650 N. Tenaya Way.

Josh Groban exudes earnestness followers appreciate

It’s my favorite piece of hate mail. The two-page letter is a funny, sometimes eerily accurate skewering of myself in the wake of a Josh Groban concert review that I wrote.

Dining Pick of the Week: Corner Thai Kitchen

This restaurant is in a corner, and it’s small. However, its chefs have been preparing award-winning dishes since 1952, so it makes no difference how large it is or where it’s located.

Reader-submitted photos and adoptable pets, Oct. 15-21

View Neighborhood News readers send photos of their pets and everday lives, and View features photos of pets ready for adoption each week. To submit a photo, email View copy editor Anne King at aking@viewnews.com or mail to Viewpoints, 1111 W. Bonanza Road, Las Vegas, NV 89125. Photos cannot be returned, and due to the high volume, they are often scheduled a month or two in advance.

Favorite Sons and Daughters Oct. 15-21

Javier Calvo has graduated from Air Force basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio.

7 ways Las Vegas isn’t like Vegas in the movies

Las Vegas is the setting for plenty of movies , or scenes in movies. But life in Las Vegas isn’t always how it seems on the silver screen.

Area Briefing, Oct. 15-21

THE RAPE CRISIS CENTER PLANS OCT. 17 FUNDRAISER

Do Lakers have shot to contend? Not likely

The Lakers hosted a preseason game Thursday night at the MGM Grand Garden, but there was no Bryant and a definite lack of buzz. Imagine the E Street Band showing up to play without Bruce Springsteen.

John Ascuaga’s Nugget sold to private investment group

John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks has been sold to a private investment group, which will end more than 50 years of family ownership in the Northern Nevada hotel-casino.

Rebel receivers feed off each other

Opponents mostly have chosen to play UNLV wide receiver Devante Davis straight up, and he has made them pay. But don’t necessarily look for a change in strategy.

Las Vegas veteran plans to visit war memorials despite closures

World War II veteran Ed Turken doesn’t care if he’ll be violating any laws when he crosses the National Park Service barricade Saturday to visit the Washington, D.C., memorial that was built to honor his generation of veterans.

Fill your palace with Caesars decor

If you’re looking for a Price is Right chair, statues of lounging Greek goddesses or tiki huts for your backyard, you just hit the jackpot. Caesars Entertainment is unloading more than 14,000 chairs, lamp shades, metal bed frames and countless other items online and at the Rio this weekend.

Lawmaker Pierce gave voice to workers’ rights

Anyone meeting Assemblywoman Peggy Pierce for the first time would have been forgiven for underestimating her. She was petite and could be soft-spoken.

50 state parks that will make you forget all about the shutdown

The government shutdown is having far-reaching consequences, but travelers are really feeling the pinch as their plans get … well, shut down … due to national park and monument closures. But America’s principal attractions aren’t all shuttered. From sea to shining sea, state parks have an astounding array of natural wonders and historic hotspots well worth a look. So don’t cancel your travel plans. Instead, head out to these 50 amazing state parks that will leave you saying, “Shutdown? What shutdown?”

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