Delmonico Steakhouse’s Truffle Week starts Monday

White truffles may retail at $1,900 and up — and up, and up — but Ronnie Rainwater, executive chef at Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian, says some customers come in specifically for the restaurant’s annual Truffle Week.

Dining events and news for Nov. 10-16, 2016

View rounds up dining events and news from across the Las Vegas Valley, from restaurant openings to special dinners and promotions.

Blue Wave hands Democrats reins of Nevada Legislature

Tuesday’s Blue Wave in Nevada’s state legislative races is likely to give Republicans a case of the blues as their brief fling with majority control becomes only a memory.

2 US fighter jets collide over ocean near San Diego

Two F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets collided over the Pacific Ocean near San Diego while flying a training mission from the Marine Corps Air Station at Miramar, military officials said Wednesday.

 
Food pantry program goes digital

One of Las Vegas’ latest food-related digital advances is a world away from the fancy restaurants on the Strip, and it’s already making a world of difference for those using it.

 
Fishing Derby at Lorenzi Park Lake — VIDEO

City of Las Vegas Ward 5 Councilman Ricki Y. Barlow invited residents ages 55 and older to participate in the free Ward 5 Senior Fishing Derby Thursday, Nov. 3, at Lorenzi Park Lake.

 
First Project Taco Festival proves to be popular event

From Korean street tacos to traditional al pastor, chicken and fish, soft shell and hard shell, all were available on Saturday at the first Project Taco Festival at Craig Ranch Regional Park.

‘President Squid’ will amuse even the politically weary

All the boxes are checked. Tie, mansion, fame, blah-blah-blah-talking, bossiness; it’s all there. So you know who to vote for, right? “All hail, President Squid.”

Literary Las Vegas: Thomas D. Powers

Henderson writer Thomas D. Powers shares a family-focused saga in his novel “Mother, Father, Son.”

View’s Nov. 10, 2016, caption contest

View’s Nov. 10 and 17, 2016, caption contest by staff writer F. Andrew Taylor. Send caption ideas to aking@viewnews.com with subject line “Caption contest.” Limit five per person. Deadline is Nov. 19. Look for the winners in the Dec. 1 edition.

Dream Racing driver calls Strip home

Cars are an important part of Yuki Harata’s life. As a driver with Dream Racing in Las Vegas, he is used to getting behind the wheel and driving fast … real fast. It is no wonder Harata and his Realtor Frank Napoli reference Harata’s 41st-floor penthouse at The Residences at Mandarin Oriental to a luxury sports car — a Lamborghini, to be exact, the type that Harata puts the pedal to the metal while racing.

UFC again strips Jon Jones of light heavyweight title

UFC star Jon Jones has not lost a fight since he was disqualified against Matt Hamill in 2009 for the first and only defeat of his career. Yet Jones has now managed to lose his UFC title twice in the last two years.