Ozzie the giraffe has a new barn-style enclosure at Henderson’s Lion Habitat Ranch thanks to a partnership between the facility and area construction businesses, including Penta Building Group.
You don’t have to be German American to come to Jazz Night Tuesdays at the German-American Social Club of Nevada, 1110 E. Lake Mead Blvd., but it does raise the price of admission from the $2 members pay to a whopping $7, which really isn’t much for three hours of jazz by seasoned performers.
The Vegas 15. Second cousin to the Freshman 15 and a depressingly accurate description for the extra pounds many newcomers gain after moving to the land of fine food, 24/7 coffee shops and ubiquitous buffets.
Yahoo says the personal information in 500 million accounts was stolen in a massive security breakdown. The breach disclosed Thursday, the latest setback for the beleaguered internet company, dates back to late 2014.
They are the questions that every parent ponders: What to make for dinner? What can be made that will satisfy every family member and add enough variety and nutrition?
Most people imagine the life of a stand-up comic as a long series of anonymous hotel rooms and performing endless one-night gigs in dingy clubs with brick walls. Vinnie Favorito has been performing almost exclusively in Las Vegas since 2003. “It’s awesome,” Favorito said. “I have a great family and a great support system. Now I have a new family, (Red Mercury Entertainment). I’ve never been with such a professional crew as I am now. I’ve never been with a group that really cares the way this one does.”
On Sept. 30, United Way of Southern Nevada hopes to bring together more than 1,200 volunteers its largest, one-day, community-wide volunteer event celebrating the spirit and value of volunteering. The inaugural event is hailed as the Day of Caring.
Summerlin resident Dinorah Arambula, 53, says she was depressed when she began dialysis in June of 2009. “I thought, ‘Will I be a vegetable? Will my life depend on me being hooked to a machine?’, ” she recalled. Fast-forward seven years and one kidney transplant later, and she has completed her second Transplant Games of America,
