Naya Rivera, best known for her role as Santana Lopez on the hit show “Glee,” has gone missing in Southern California.The 33-year-old actress was on a boating trip at Lake Piru on Wednesday with her 4-year-old son at the time of her disappearance. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Ex-UNLV AD Jim Livengood says these are uncertain times in college athletics.
UNLV has advantage of improved facilities such as Allegiant Stadium.
Fertitta Football Complex also is a major upgrade for UNLV.
T.J. Otzelberger is trying to point the basketball program in right direction.
Major programs, though, should easily better handle financial fallout
Jobless claims reached more than 16 million Americans on April 9. This equates to 10 percent of the workforce who have lost their jobs in the last three weeks. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Regent Cathy McAdoo held a dinner at her son’s Elko restaurant … and had the higher ed department pay for it. Then the Regents catered a meeting at the same restaurant for $10,000. Regent John T. Moran frequents top Vegas restaurants … sometimes with campaign donors. And Regent Kevin Page goes to dinner with his brother and others. The Regents and agency say the spending is appropriate but … a good government advocate questioned the expenses. Robert Fellner, policy director Nevada Policy Research Institute.
Centennial junior Jade Thomas is the third of four children in her family to commit play basketball at a Division I university. Thomas, in October, announced her commitment to UNLV, where she’ll join her sister, Bailey. Her other sister, Sam, plays for Arizona. The trio learned basketball from their father, Derek, who coached at the college level for 25 years and now coaches locally. Jade made the game-tying 3-pointer as time expired in the Class 4A state championship last year. She’s a versatile, 5-foot-10 inch guard who excels in various roles for the Bulldogs.
Lora DiCarlo is a women-run start-up that creates a vibrator-like device designed for female pleasure called the Osé. This year they were awarded the CES Innovation Award in the Robotics and Drone Category, but a month later the Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, rescinded the award and their booth. Haddock and her team believe it is a reflection of gender bias and sexism in an industry with a long history of male domination.
Las Vegas has a long history of developers pitching massive projects and never building them. Ideas that have come and gone include megaresorts, stadiums and condo towers. Current stalled ideas include a 27-acre arena and hotel project on the Strip and a 130-acre extreme sports park near Town Square. More than $3.5 billion worth of relatively new projects in Las Vegas are stuck on the drawing board or showing little progress.
Las Vegas apartment rents are climbing at one of the fastest rates in the country. The average asking rent is $1,055, up 25 percent since early 2013, according to Reis Inc. Apartment complexes are also selling fast, and at rising prices. Buyers often plan to renovate the property and boost the rents.
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Nick Suzuki is showing versatility at Golden Knights’ rookie camp. Suzuki played left wing in the team’s first game and will move to right for the second. He also played center last season in the Ontario Hockey League. Nick Suzuki
