Two Japanese women who live in Las Vegas struggle with a language barrier and raw emotions to explain how their lives were affected by Japan’s triple disaster of a massive earthquake followed by a mammoth tsunami and compromised nuclear reactors at a power plant.
Michael McClendon, a poker room supervisor at the Sahara, wasn’t surprised when he was called into a meeting at 7:30 a.m. with other employees and was told the nearly 60-year-old Strip resort would cease operations in May.
McClendon, who recently celebrated 25 years at the casino, said the announcement Friday shouldn’t have been unexpected.
